Uriah Palmer was born on April 25, 1760 in Stonington, Connecticut. He was the son of Amos and Mary (York) Palmer of Stonington.
When he was about twenty-three years of age, Uriah married Elizabeth Newton, the daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth Newton of Voluntown, Connecticut. Gladys Palmer, in her genealogical work of the Palmer families of Rhode Island, has speculated that Elizabeth Newton's mother was from the Eaglestone/Eccleston family of Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Uriah and Elizabeth's first child, a son, was born in 1784. They subsequently had twelve children during the forty-eight years of their marriage:
- Uriah Palmer, born 1784, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; married (1) Susan Peckham; married (2) Freelove Pratt.
- Matthew Palmer, born 1786; married Susan Barber.
- Nathan Palmer, born 1788; died 02 April 1868, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut; married Sally Salisbury.
- Noah Palmer, born 1791, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; died 17 January 1872, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; married (1) Lydia Champlin; married (2) Polly Corey.
- Asher Palmer, born 07 May 1795, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; died 24 December 1851, Griswold, New London County, Connecticut; married(1) Hannah Pettis, 28 June 1816; married (2) Joanna Penry Eames, 15 June 1824.
- Mary "Molly" Palmer, born 1796; d. 18 January 1817; married John Barber, Abt. 1816.
- Comfort Palmer, born 02 December 1797; died 18 February 1862, Jewett City, Connecticut; married Nathan Burdick, 12 May 1822.
- Delia Palmer, born 20 February 1803; died 22 February 1875; married John Barber, Bef. 1824.
- John Palmer, born 1804; died 08 April 1874; married Keturah Newton.
- Ezra Palmer, born 22 April 1808, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; died 27 December 1839, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island; married Lucy Lewis.
- Albert Palmer, born 1812; died 1824.
- Olive Palmer, born 20 January 1814; died 17 April 1880; married Moses Richmond, December 1837.
Uriah was a wheelwright by occupation and a member of the Baptist Church. He served in the Revolutionary War in the Rhode Island Regiment. By 1790, he and Elizabeth and their family were living in Voluntown, Connecticut. It's possible that Uriah was given land in Voluntown for his war service.
Uriah died at the age of seventy-two in 1832 in Exeter, Rhode Island. His will was made on September 16, 1831 and proven on June 4, 1832. In his will, Uriah named his wife Elizabeth, his sons Uriah, Mathew, Noah, Nathan, Asher, John and Ezra, his daughters Deliverance, Content, and Olive, and his granddaughter Deliverance Barber. Uriah's son, Asher (my 4th great-grandfather), and his wife Elizabeth were named as executors of the estate. Asher was given all of his father's real estate lying in Exeter and Hopkinton. Son, John, was given the farm and all buildings in Voluntown for the sum of $250.
Sources
Inscriptions from the bible of Asher Palmer.
The Petty-Pettis Genealogy by Robert Joseph Curfman, Kansas City, Mo. 1974 (Genealogy & Local History Microfiche G-1663).
Palmer family records transcribed by Sarah Harvey Palmer and Sarah H. Clark Burdick.
Elmer Hall Palmer of the Walter Palmer Society
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