Walter Palmer
- Born: Abt 1585, Yetminster, Dorsetshire, England 303
- Christened: 9 Oct 1590, London, England 72
- Marriage: Ann Elizabeth Carter
- Died: 10 Nov 1661, Stonington, Connecticut about age 76 303
- Buried: Mar 1638, Wequetequock burying ground, Connecticut, Bristish American Colonies 72
 Noted events in his life and other information:
• Walter Palmer emigrated on 5 Apr 1629. 303
He sailed from Gravesend England on a boat called "Four Sisters" - one of six ships; the others being the Talbot, Lyons Whelp, George Bonaventure, Lyon, and The Mayflower.
Walter arrived in Salem, Massachusetts on June of 1629 and settled in Charlestown Massachusetts with his five children and Abraham Palmer, possibly his brother.
• Dates & Events: 303
He arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in the month of June in 1629. He was with his five children and his brother, Abraham Palmer.
• Dates & Events: 72
The name of Palmer was originally a common title of those who had returned from the Holy Land, and who carried a palm branch as a token of their pilgrimage. Thus, in Scott's Marmion, "There is a holy Palmer come, From Salem first, and last from Rome." It became a common surname in England, and several of the same founded families in New England previous to 1635. Walter Palmer was an early settler in Charlestown, Mass., with Abraham Palmer, probably a brother, who was a merchant from London and a sergeant in the Pequot War.
Walter was a Constable at Charlestown in 1633, and with his second wife was admitted to the church 1 Jun 1633. In 1642 he removed to Rehoboth, and was Deputy to the Plymouth General Court in 1645. In 1652, he joined his son-in-law Thomas Miner, with others in the settlement at Wequentenock, Conn., which became Stonington. Here he died 10 Nov 1661. His will, dated 19 May 1658 mentioned his wife, son John, daughter Grace (who recieved twenty shillings), sons Jonas and William, Children Elihu, Nehemiah, Moses, Benjamin, Gershom, Hannah, and Rebecca; and gave all his grandchildren twenty shillings apiece. The name of his first wife has been stated as Ann, also as Elizabeth, but the best authorities do not specify her name. He married second, probably in 1633, Rebecca Short, who had been a member of Eliot's Church in Roxbury.
• Will, 19 May 1658. 581
I give unto my son John a yoke of three years old steares and a horse.
Item, to my daughter Grace twenty shillings. Item, to all my grand children twenty shillings apeece.
Item to my Sonne Jonas halfe the Planting Lott at ye now meaddow River by Seacuncke & ye Lott betweene John Butter- worths according to the fower score pounds Estate & the use of halfe ye housing & halfe of the whole ffarme for foure yeares.
Item, I give to my Sonne William the other halfe of ye same ffarme at Seacuncke forever and to take Robert Martin or some other skillfull man, & divide the housing & the whole ffarme into two equal pts & to take his owne & dispose of it as he pleaseth, I doe give him also a Mare with her foale two redd Oxen, and a paire of Steares of three yeare old apiece, fower lowes & a muskett with all such things as are his own allready.
Item, the other halfe of the ffarme at Seacuncke I give to my Sonne Gershom for ever after the end tearme of fower yeares.
Item, for all the rest of my Land goods & Chattells undisposed of I leave unto my Loving wife whome & with my Sonne Elihu I make my full executor to pay my debts & to bring up my children & to pay them theire portions as my Lands & Estate will beare, but in case my wife shall marry againe before my Children are brought up & their portions payed them my three sonns Elihu, Nehemiah & Moses to enter upon the ffarme & Estate & to pay unto their mother £10. p. annum during her natural life & ye Land & Estate duly valued to be equally dis- tributed among my Children, Elyhu Nehemiah Moses Benjamin Gershom Hanah & Rebecca with consideration of the tenn pounds yearely to be payed to theire mother out of ye land but if my Loving wife pay theire portions according to theire dis- cretion & my three Sonnes Elihu Nehemiah & Moses possess the Land they shall give twenty pounds apiece out of the Land to my Sonne Benjamin besides his mothers portion, in three yeares after they are possessed of the ffarme.
Wittnes hereof I hav sett to my hand the day & yeare above in the presence of Walter Palmer.
William Cheseborough, Samuel Cheseborough,
Nathaniel Cheseborough. Sworn to February 25,1661.
Memorandum. That if Elyhu Nehemiah & Moses decease before they hav any yeares Benjamin is to succeed in theire pt of ye ffarme & to give to my daughter Elizabeth two Cowes.
Memorandum that I give my Executors a yeares time for the payment of Legacies. At the General Court heard May 11, 1662, the widow Palmer & Elihu by petition of Lieut. Richard Cooke. Court approved of ye will."
~Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer, pp. 13-14
• Children. 581
Children with first wife:
• Grace
• John
• William
• Jonas
• Elizabeth
Children, by Rebecca (Short) Palmer:
• Hannah, born 16 Jun 1634.
• Elihu, born 24 Jan 1636
• Nehemiah, born 27 Nov 1637
• Moses, born 6 Apr 1640
• Benjamin, born 30, Mar 1642.
• Gershom
• Rebecca
The Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer..., p. 15
• Source: History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, pp. 507-508.
• More Information: Walter Palmer.
Walter married Ann Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Unknown and Ann. (Ann Elizabeth Carter was born in 1589 in London, England 72 and died before 1628-1629 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. British American Colonies 72.)
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