When Phebe Palmer was born on 18 July 1786, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Amos Palmer, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Rhodes, was 25. She married James Hammond on 17 June 1804, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 21 August 1810, at the age of 24, and was buried in Common Ground Cemetery, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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