Descendants of Benjamin Palmer (Joseph,Nehemiah,Walter) of Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut

and Rebecca Palmer (Gershom,Walter)

  1. Gershom Palmer was born on 13 Feb 1717 in Coventry. [L, p. 116] He married first Mehitable Badger on 2 Feb 1737/8 in Coventry. [L, p. 116] He married second Elizabeth Unknown. [L, p. 116]
  2. Ann Palmer was born on 5 Feb 1720 in Coventry. [L, p. 67]
  3. Nathan Palmer was born on 27 Nov 1723 in Coventry. He married Grace Palmer on 6 Nov 1745 in Coventry. [L, p. 116]
  4. John Palmer was born on 14 Feb 1725 in Coventry. [L, p. 117] He died on 26 Jan 1755 in Coventry. [L, p. 117] He married Abigail Boynton on 7 Sep 1748 in Coventry. [L, p. 117]

and Ruth Bidwell

  1. Dr. Benjamin Palmer was born on 10 Oct 1729 in Coventry. [L, p. 117] He married Esther Hayward on 11 Nov 1755 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut. [L, p. 116]
  2. Ruth Palmer was born on 20 Feb 1733/4 in Coventry. [L, p. 67]
  3. Rebecca Palmer was born on 20 Feb 1737/8 in Coventry. [L, p. 67].
L Leavitt, Emily Wilder, Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn., David Clapp & Sons, Boston, MA, 1901.