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Sir William Palmer 1581–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1581

Birth Location: Parham, Somerset, England

Death Date: 1637

Death Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: John Colony

Mother: Lady Verney

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The story of Sir William Palmer began in 1581 in Parham, Somerset, England. Sir William Palmer passed away in 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Palmer began in 1581 in Parham, Somerset, England.
  • Sir William Palmer passed away in 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Sir Palmer's Ancestors

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Sir Palmer
1581–1637
Birth Place: Parham, Somerset, England
Parents
John William Palmer, Sir Knight, Esq (Immigrant) (1544-1631) Massaschusetts Bay Colony
1550–1661
Parham, Somerset, England
Lady (Elizabeth Eleanor) Verney
1557–1592
Fairfield, Stoke Courey, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) Palmer
1508–1587
Parham,Sussex,Sussexshire,England
Catherine (Stradling Lady of St Donats,) Somerset
1512–1585
St. Donats, Glamorganshire, Wales
Sir (Henry) VERNEY
1530–1562
Fairfield, Somerset, England
Lady (Margaret) CLARKE
1538–1611
Kingsborth, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Parham
1480–1582
Lady Wellington
1484–1571
Edward Stradling
1474–1535
Lady Cornwall
1484–1514
Ralph III
1509–1546
Elizabeth Bray
1507–1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Palmer
1423–1481
Isabelle Bilton
1433–1495
Thomas Donats
1454–1480
Lady Mathew
1455–1539
Sir Lankerne
1454–1489
Catherine Lady
1453–1501
Sir Ii
1482–1525
Margaret Quainton
1477–1519

Sir Palmer's Timeline

2 Records

1581
1581
Birth of Sir William Palmer in Parham, Somerset, England
Parham, Somerset, England
1637
1637
Age 56
Death of Sir William Palmer in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Parham, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1621
    Record Source: New England, the Great Migration and the Great Migration Begins

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Duxbury
    Record Source: New England, the Great Migration and the Great Migration Begins

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, the Great Migration and the Great Migration Begins

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Genealogy of the descendants of William Chesebrough of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1637
    Event Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, the Great Migration and the Great Migration Begins

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