Husband: Humphrey PALMER
Birthdate: Abt 1741
Birthplace: Honiton, Devonshire, England
Death date: 14 Jan 1807
Place of death: Wrentham, , Massachussetts
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Father: Edmund PALMER
Mother: Margaret
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Marriage date: 6 May 1773
Marriage place: Wrentham, , Massachusetts

Wife: Marcy BACON
Birthdate: 11 Mar 1756
Birthplace: New Braintree, , Massachusetts
Death date: 27 Sep 1842
Place of death: Guilford, , Vermont
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Father: James BACON (1728-????)
Mother: Abigail AIKENS (1728-1789)
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Child No. 1: John PALMER
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Child No. 2: Mercy PALMER
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Child No. 3: Anna PALMER
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Child No. 4: Sarah PALMER
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Child No. 5: Hannah Childs PALMER
Sex: F
Birthdate: 22 Jun 1784
Birthplace: Weston, , Massachusetts
Death date: 10 May 1864
Place of death: Guilford, Windham, Vermont
Burial: Christ Church, Guilford, Vermont
Marriage date: 8 Feb 1808
Marriage place: Guilford, Windham, Vermont
Spouses' names: Capt. Stephen GREGORY (1780-1845)

Child No. 6: William PALMER
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Child No. 7: Humphrey PALMER
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Child No. 8: Mary PALMER
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Birthdate: 1792
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Child No. 9: Marcia PALMER
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Sources for Humphrey Palmer:
* Served as Private in Mass. militia in Revolutionary war.(1780) D.A.R. Patriots Index Vol.1 p513
* From:
Miss Valerie Bluett--- 63 Old Laira Road, Laira, Plymouth Pl3 6BL, England.
"Humphry son of Edmund and Margaret Palmer baptized 24 June, 1740 at the New Meeting House Independent Chapel, Honiton on Otter, Devonshire, England"
This is the only Humphry to appear on IGI from Devonshire. I would think there is a good possiblity that this is the man you are looking for. More research is needed to determine this for sure. Again, visit the family history center near your home, and the staff will assist you further in your research.
* Gravestone at Blanchard Cemetry (Old North Cemetery) in Guilford, Vt. states: "In memory of Mr. Humphrey Palmer, a native of Devonshire, G. Britain, came to America 1770 and died Jan 14 1807 aged 66"
* Wrentham Marriages and Births pp14 & 245New Braintree Births -p11
* NEHGR (1914) Vol.68 pp259-261Barbour Collection
* Bacon Genealogy by Thomas Baldwin
* "English Origins of American Colonists" by Henry B. Hoff? (Find this in Gleanings book 1, section 5. Mention of a Humphrey p.211
John Minard, History of Allegany County, New York. Alfred, NY: W.A. Ferguson, 1896, p.787:
Humphrey Palmer of Honiton, Devonshire County England, whence government persecution drove him from an estate that rented for L300 per year, that was afterward confiscated, because he espoused the cause of the American colonies. He settled in East Guilford, Windham Co., Vt. Children: Humphrey, John, William, Hannah, Maria.
* Official History of Guilford VT 1678-1961, ed. Broad Brook Grange No.151, p. 356: Kessler Frederick & Florence: On lots No. 60 and 61, on the road leading from the Gregory Schoolhouse northerly into Brattleboro. This place was sold by Samuel Allen to James Bacon in 1776. His daughter, Hannah Bacon, sold the homestead in 1785 to Humphrey Palmer, who owned it in 1805. In 1840 the farm was sold by George G. Stoddard to Ephraim Tyler of Wilmington, Vt., who lived here during his life. He was succeeded by his son William H., who remained here until the infirmities of old age caused him to sell in the fall of 1919 to (p.357) Copeland. He sold it to Arthur and Helen Jennison in 1921. Then in 1942 the Kesslers bought it.
* For map of land owned by Humphrey Palmer see pull-out of original layout of Guilford in 100 and 50 acre parcels in 1765. I think that he had 50 acres. Shown sideways, his lot was positioned as follows: HALIFAX
Notes: bordering on south side of Humphrey Palmer cemetary
62 Ephraim Nichols; Timothy Chickering
59 Samuel Belch
* Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, vol XI, p. 800 PALMER, HUMPHREY Private, Capt. Nathaniel Ide's co. Col Thomas Carpenter's regt.; marched Aug. i, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service 9 days including 2 days (48 miles) travel to and from camp; company marched from Rehoboth to Tiverton, R.I., on the alarm of July 31, 1780, and there served under Gen. Hieth (Heath).

Sources for Marcy Bacon:
* Gravestone states: "Marcy, wife of Humphrey Palmer, died 27 Sep 1842 AE 86. The righteous shall behold an everlasting rememberance"
* Wrentham Marriages p.245
* New Braintree Births p.11.

Husband's Notes
* There was a Humphrey Palmer born in Honiton on Otter in Devonshire on 24 Jun 1740 to Edmund Palmer and Margaret. High possibility that this is ours. IGI Page 27,317. However it seems that a disastrous fire in Honiton may have destroyed the records.
* Came to America in 1770
* In Rehoboth, Ma. in 1778
* In Guilford in 1784
* In Providence, R.I. 1774.