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FATHER

Jonathan Palmer

MOTHER

Elizabeth Hawkins

Jonathan Palmer
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2023

Jonathan Palmer was born 2 Jun 1754 in Concord, Middlesex, MA with his parents listed as "Jonathan and Elizabeth Palmer." (1) He served as a private during the American Revolution and was at the Battle of Ticonderoga on 5 Jul 1777. (2)  He died in 1833 in Waitsfield, Washington, VT. (3)

Sources

(1) Birth Record for Jonathan Palmer

(2) History of Waitsfield, Vermont 1782-1908 by Matt Bushnell Jones, 1909 pg 74 and pg 405

"Jonathan Palmer was a private in Capt. John Willoughby's Company of Col. David Hobart's New Hampshire regiment, which marched to the relief of Ticonderoga on July 5, 1777. He was discharged July 16, but re-enlisted July 21 in Capt. Edmund Eliot's Company of the same regiment, and saw service with these troops at Bennington. He was discharged September 27, 1777."

"Jonathan Palmer was born in Concord, Mass., June 2, 1754; Revolutionary soldier; came early to Waitsfield certainly by 1797; res. on 'Palmer Hill,' lots 56 and 81; conveyed his farm to his son Aaron in 1832 and died the next year.

He married (1) Betsey Quimby (some say Zerviah Quimby); (2) Lydia Quimby of New Chester, N.H., who probably survived him.

Children:

1. Joseph b. Oct 15, 1789

2. Rhoda, m. Jan 1, 1812, Paul Boyce of Fayston, VT

3. Lucy, m (1) William Wheeler; (2) Elijah Grandy, Jr.

4. Lydia, m. Jan 12, 1829, William Pierce of Fayston

5. Mary, m. Jan 5, 1823, Benjamin Marble of Fayston

6. Moses, b. May 30, 1801

7. Aaron, b. May 30, 1801

8. Anna, m. Silas Parker of Henrysville, Canada

9. Jonathan b. Sept. 5, 1804

(3) Findagrave

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