When Rowland Palmer was born on 18 March 1787, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Aden Palmer Sr, was 30 and his mother, Lois Stanton, was 29. He married Harriet Mackay Hill on 4 November 1813, in Minden, Montgomery, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1840, in his hometown, at the age of 53.
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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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