11th Great Grandparents
Mack-Smith Branch
William Palmer
William Palmer was born 1681 in Stepney, Middlesex, England to the parents of William Palmer and Alice Knight. For purposes of this blog entry, the first William Palmer in America will be noted as senior.
William married Francis Blossom about 1603/4. Together he and Frances had four children, which included a William Jr.
William married Mary Tine after his first wife died in 1633. His second wife had a child that she also named William, which may be confusing when researching this lineage.
William and his son William Jr sailed to the Colonies on the Fortune, the second pilgrim ship to arrive at Plymouth. Two years later Frances sailed for Plymouth on either he Anne or Little James in 1623. Frances Blossom was born circa 1589 in England and died around 17 Oct 1633 in Roxbury, Plymouth, BCA.
William Sr. was a nailer by trade. He became a freeman 1633. He and Frances moved to Duxbury about the same time. One of the offices he held for the Colony was to lay out highways for Duxbury in 1634.
William Palmer Sr's will, dated 7 Nov 1637 and proved 4 Dec 1637, specifically documents his wishes regarding two of his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Moses Rowley, who probably came under his care after his daughter's, Sarah (Palmer) Rowley, death in 1632. The will sets aside parts of his estate "not in care of their parents," [meaning Henry and his second wife] but to be given to them at adulthood, and William Sr. placed instructions to have his grandson, Moses, cared for by Mr Partridge after his death.
Children of William Palmer and Frances Blossom
Sarah (1604-1632) ~ m. Henry Rowley
Henry (1606-Unk), from instructions in the will, he may have stayed in England.
Bridgett (1608-Unk), from instructions in the will, she may have stayed in England
William Jr. (1612-1636)
Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1632. Vol 3 P-W. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1383-1386.
Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 51, 54 (above vessels).
Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918. New England Families, Genealogical And Memorial: a Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths And the Founding of a Nation. 3rd Series. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915. Vol 1, pages 419-420. [information of 2nd wife children is incorrect].
Palmer, Horace Wilber. Palmer families in America. Neshanic, N.J.: Neshanic Print Co. 1966.
Descendants of William Palmer and Frances Blossom
Sarah Palmer ~ m. Henry Rowley
Moses Rowley ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller * Matthew Fuller's daughter
Mehitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son and brother to Matthew
Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker
Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr
Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack
Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr
Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)
Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman
John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson
* For privacy reasons, I did not list my children, parents, siblings, or cousins
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