Brief Life History of Rev. John
When Rev. John Palmer was born on 3 May 1795, in Union, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jesse Amasa Palmer, was 20 and his mother, Hannah Watters, was 19. He married Mary Pattillo on 25 March 1817. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 16 October 1835, in Mountville, Troup, Georgia, United States, at the age of 40.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
- Ancestry Family Trees
Spouse and Children
1795–1835 Male
1795–1849 Female
Children (7)
1818– Female
1819– Female
1822– Female
1823– Male
1827– Male
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1774–1830 Male
1775–1815 Female
Siblings (8)
1793–1835 Female
1795–1835 Male
1797– Female
1808–1808 Female
1810–1868 Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803 · Gerogia's First Land Lottery
Age 8
1808
Age 13
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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