Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Palmer was born on 8 May 1740, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, William Palmer, was 28 and his mother, Jane Foss, was 24. He married Sarah Willey on 9 March 1767, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1740. He died in 1824, at the age of 84.
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- Joseph Palmer, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Joseph Palmer, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
- Joseph Palmer, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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