Brief Life History of Benjamin M.
When Benjamin M. Palmer was born on 21 October 1792, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Edmond Palmer, was 33 and his mother, Pamela Anderson, was 29. He married Permelia Bettis on 15 November 1825, in Mason, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mason, Kentucky, United States in 1840. He died in July 1849, at the age of 56.
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- Benjamin Parmer, "United States Census, 1840"
- Benjamin Palmer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Benjamine Parmer, "United States Census, 1830"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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