Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameGrace PALMER 
Birth1614, England2101, p 511
DeathOct 1690, Stonington, New London, Connecticut2101, p 511; year & place only,3001, p 326; date only Age: 76
FatherWalter PALMER (1585-1661)
MotherAnn (~1589-<1629)
Individual Notes
• Daughter of Walter Palmer.3110, p 9
Spouses
Birth23 Apr 1608, Chew Magna, Somersetshire, England3110, p 9
Removalmid-July 1629, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts3110, p 9 Age: 21
Removal1645, New London, New London, Connecticut3110, p 9 Age: 36
Removal1652, Stonington, New London, Connecticut3110, p 9 Age: 43
Death23 Oct 1690, Stonington, New London, Connecticut3001, p 326; date only,3110, p 10 Age: 82
BurialStonington, New London, Connecticut3110, p 10
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherClement MINER (1585-1640)
MotherSarah POPE (~1575-)
Individual Notes
• A long stone of rough granite in the burial ground Wickutequack, almost imbedded in the turf, bears the following rudely cut inscription: “Here lyeth the body of Lieutenant Thomas Minor, aged eighty-three years. Departed 1690.” It is said that Mr Minor had selected this stone from his own fields, and had often pointed it out to his family, with the request–Lay this stone on my grave.
Mr. Minor bore a conspicuous part in the settlement, both of New London and Stonington. His personal history belongs more particularly to the latter place. His wife was Grace, daughter of Walter Palmer, and his children recorded in New London, are Manasseh, born April 28th, 1647, to whom we must accord the distinction of being the first born male after the settlement of the town; two daughters who died in infancy; Samuel, born March 4th, 1652, and Hannah, born September 15th, 1655. He had several sons older than Manasseh, viz., John, Joseph, Thomas, Clement and Ephraim.3001, p 326
• Thomas, our first American ancestor, was born at Chew Magna, Somerset County, England, on 23 April 1608. He embarked for these shores aboard the Lyon’s Whelp, sailing from Gravesend April 25, 1629 and arrived at Salem in the middle of July.3110, p 9
Mr. Minor bore a conspicuous part in the settlement, both of New London and Stonington. His personal history belongs more particularly to the latter place. His wife was Grace, daughter of Walter Palmer, and his children recorded in New London, are Manasseh, born April 28th, 1647, to whom we must accord the distinction of being the first born male after the settlement of the town; two daughters who died in infancy; Samuel, born March 4th, 1652, and Hannah, born September 15th, 1655. He had several sons older than Manasseh, viz., John, Joseph, Thomas, Clement and Ephraim.3001, p 326
• Thomas, our first American ancestor, was born at Chew Magna, Somerset County, England, on 23 April 1608. He embarked for these shores aboard the Lyon’s Whelp, sailing from Gravesend April 25, 1629 and arrived at Salem in the middle of July.3110, p 9
Marriage3 Apr 1634, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts2101, p 511,3110, p 9
Family Notes
• 10 children.3001, p 326,3110, p 10