Brief Life History of Mary Or Polly
When Mary Or Polly Palmer was born on 2 June 1791, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Reuben Palmer, was 37 and her mother, Zerviah Stanton, was 37. She married Abel Palmer in 1816, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 22 August 1873, in Brookfield, Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States.
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- Polly Palmer in household of Ruben Palmer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Polle Palmer, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Mary Palmer Palmer, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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