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1. The following partial excerpt concerning this individual is from the biography of Jeffrey Ferris in the "Great Migration" book. These are highly reliable summaries of early pre-1636 colonists and the entire biography can be read in Jeffrey's notes:
"Jeffrey Ferris...
Migration: 1634
First Residence: Watertown
Removes: Wethersfield 1635, Stamford 1641, Greenwich by 1650, East Town 1655, Greenwich by about 1659...
Estate: ...In his will, dated 6 January 1664(/5?] and proved 9 March 1666/7, "Jeaffrey Ferris" bequeathed to "my wife that now is [KP: Judith Feake], all the estate which she can make appear that she brought with her" and £l0; to "her four children, that is to say, those four boys which I brought up and kept" [KP: In no particular order: Ephraim, James, William, and Joseph Palmer]..."
2. NEHGS, article "Miscellanea, Milford, Conn., Land Records," vol. 5, contributed by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., of New Haven, Conn. It would appear that the Mary and Abigail are sisters and daughters of William Tyler:
"Page 195. 21 Feb. 1712/13. Will'm Palmer of Greenwitch [sic] in ye County of ffairfield, to James Prime Jun'r of Milford, all my Right in land [being] one seventh part of ye Right that doth belong unto ye heirs of Will'm Tyler late of sd. Milford dec'd w'ch sd. land doth acrrue to me by ye Right of my wife formarly Mary Tyler. [Palmer's wife signed with him both by mark. Witnesses: Joshuah Knapp, thom's Marshall.]"
"Page 195. 23 Feb 1712/13. [Deed almost identical with above, from William Rundal of Greenwich in right of wife formerly Abigail Tyler. Both signed with mark. Witness Sam'l Peck, Thomas Marshall.]"
3. The book "One branch of the Miner family...," by Lillian Lounsberry Miner Selleck (New Haven, 1928), pp. 142-43:
"WILLIAM1 PALMER
LIEUT. WILLIAM1 PALMER appeared in Yarmouth, Mass., as early as Jan. 1639, and resided there until 1652. He married JUDITH FEAKE, born about 1620, daughter of James Feake, goldsmith, of London, Eng.
In December 1639, Robert Feake of Watertown, Mass., as guardian of Tobias Feake, aged seventeen, together with Sergeant William Palmer and Judith his wife of Yarmouth, son and daughter of James Feake, deceased, of London, goldsmith, signed a power of attorney to their uncle, Tobias Dixon of London, to sell a house on Lombard Street, London. Robert Feake of Watertown was uncle of Judith and Tobias.
Palmer was a Deputy to the Plymouth General Court, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1648, 1649, and 1650; and was appointed Lieutenant 22 Sept. 1642, under Capt. Miles Standish. In 1653 he moved to Newtown, Long Island, where he was a Magistrate from Mar. 1658 to Mar. 1660. He conveyed property in Newtown, 1 Aug. 1659, and his widow Judith conveyed 29 Nov. 1661, showing that he died between those dates; probably later than 9 Mar. 1660 when he was on the tax list.
Judith married second, Jeffrey Ferris, of Greenwich, Conn., and took her children to Greenwich with her. Ferris died 31 May 1666, and in his will dated 6 Jan. 1664 left ten pounds each to the "four boies" of his wife. Judith married third, John Bowers, who by deed 5 Apr. 1675 conveyed land to his "son Ephraim Palmer." Judith died before her last husband; and Bowers in his will dated 16 Mar. 1693/4, gave property that was her mother's to "my loving daughter-in-law [step-daughter], Judith Reynolds."
John Palmer, perhaps a brother of William Palmer, though usually given as his son, died at Greenwich prior to 26 Oct. 1672. Application was made for settlement of his estate, 24 Apr. 1724, in which it was stated that he died many years ago and that no settlement had been made. The next of kin were stated as William Palmer, Ephraim Palmer, James Palmer, Joseph Palmer, and Judith Reynolds. John must therefore have been their brother or their uncle; and as the "four" Palmer boys specified in their step-father's will are all accounted for, it is more likely that John was their uncle, and brother of William.
Children:
1. William2, m. Mary Tyler, daughter of William and Abigail (Terrill) Tyler of Milford, b. about 1660; they removed to Westchester County, N. Y.
+2. Ephraim2, m. Sarah2 Messenger.
3. James2, of Greenwich, d. 28 Feb. 1717; m. Sarah Denham.
4 Joseph2, m. Elizabeth Tyler, b. about 1663, sister of his brother William's wife; they probably removed to Bedford, N. Y.
5. Judith2, m. John Reynolds."
4. The periodical "The American Genealogist," 26(1950):95, 183-84, "Palmer of Westchester," by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., F.A.S.G. My interest in this article is in the William Palmer of Yarmouth, who is an ancestor, and not the William Palmer of the article. The following are applicable quotes:
"Various assertions, quite erroneous, have been made in print about William Palmer of Westchester County, New York. It has been claimed that he was identical with others of the name, such as William of Watertown, Mass., who was clearly later of Newbury, and finally of Hampton, N.H. [see Gen. Dict. of Me. and N.H., 527; Essex Files, 2:347-9; New Eng. Register, 51:309; 68:259; 69:284, 342; 75:79, 158, 318; 98:184); Lieut. William of Yarmouth, Mass., and Newtown, Long Island, a son of whose did later settle in Westchester, thereby adding to the confusion [N. Y. Record, 71:362; Selleck, Miner Family (1928), 142-3], William of Plymouth and Duxbury; William Jr. of the same, perhaps a nephew of the last-named; and others.
There was also a William, early of Wethersfield, and never of Watertown, and a William of Branford, both in Connecticut. It is the writer's opinion, based on research thus far made, that William of Westchester was identical with both the Wethersfield settler and the Branford sojourner…
As an addendum, a few notes will be given relating to the Palmer family [of Yarmouth] … Mead's Hist. of Greenwich (1911), 618-628, reprints the usual errors about the early generations. However, Lieut. William Palmer of Yarmouth, Mass., and Newtown, Long Island, died about 1661, and the subsequent remarriages of his widow brought the children to Greenwich, Conn. Among them, were Ephraim2 and William2.
Ephraim married in 1668, Sarah, daughter of Andrew Messenger and had but two sons: Ephraim3 and John3.
William2, born about 1658, married Mary Tyler of Milford, Conn., and removed to Westchester County. He had: William3, b. 6 Nov. 1694, d. 1786, of Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County, a Friend; m. Rachel -___, and had issue, see N.Y. Wills, 14:87. Phebe, by 4 July 1696. Peter, b. 23 July 1703, removed to Dutchess County and had issue, see N.Y. Wills, 13:114. Abraham, b. about 1705, removed to Dutchess County…"
SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed:
-NYG&H Rec V11 & 86.
-7 Gen. of Judith's, by A. Gibson.
-Gen Frangments, by J.J. Latting.
-Feake Fam. Gen, by G. McCrackern (1955).
-Ancient Heads of Fam., by Holmes.
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