Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Palmer was born on 26 September 1647, in Saddington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Palmer, was 41 and his mother, Martha Matthew, was 33. He married Elizabeth Hill on 29 October 1672, in Enderby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 February 1707, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Palmer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Tho. Pallmer, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Thomas, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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Name Meaning
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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