Rebecca (Baxter) Palmer (abt. 1682 - 1771)

Born about 1682 in Westchester, New York Province

Ancestors

Wife of John Palmer — married 31 Oct 1700 in Westchester, New York Province

Descendants

Died 1771 at about age 89 in Westchester, New York Province

Biography

Rebecca BAXTER was born to Thomas and Rebecca Adams Baxter about 1682 in Westchester, New York Colony

John PALMER and Rebecca BAXTER were married on 31 Oct 1700 in Westchester, NY. ^[1][2]

Children were:

1. Joseph, probably died before 1748, as not in his father's will. Proprietor of Minneford's or City Island
2. John, b. ca 1701. He and his daughters Rebecca, Esther and Rachel received legacies in his mother's will.
3. Esther, b. ca 1704, probably died before 1771, as not in her mother's will
4. Marcus, b. ca 1706, probably died before 1771, as not in his mother's will
5. Philip, b. ca 1710.
6. Jeremiah, probably died before 1771, as not in his mother's will, not listed by Frances Baxter
7. Israel, not listed by Norman Davis
8. Phoebe, b. ca 1710, m. Joshua Pell, not listed by Norman Davis
9. Martha, b. ca 1712, m. Benjamin Merrell, inherited mother's property on Minefords Island for life, entailed to her daughter Mary
10. Lewis, b. ca 1715, not in his mother's will. He removed to Nova Scotia, to join his son Benjamin a United Empire loyalist and died there.
11. Thomas, b. ca 1716, probably died before 1771, as not in his mother's will
12. Benjamin, b. ca 1718, succeeded his brother Joseph as proprietor of Minneford's

Rebecca died in Westchester in 1771, age about 89. In her will dated October 18, 1771, she calls herself a "widow . . . advanced in years." She leaves legacies to or otherwise mentions sons John, Philip, Benjamin and daughter Martha Merrell, plus John's daughters Rebecca, Esther, and Rachel, Martha's daughter Mary, grandson Joshua Pell, his daughter Sarah, and Anne daughter of Benjamin Palmer.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Davis, Norman, Westchester Patriarchs: a Genealogical Dictionary, (Bowie, MD. 1988, Heritage Books), p. 184
2. ↑ Miss Frances Baxter, The Baxter Family, Descendants of George and Thomas Baxter, (New York, 1913, Tobias A. Wright), viewed at wvancestry.com, p. 68
3. ↑ Pelletreau, William S..,Early Wills of Westchester County, New York 1664-1784, a careful abstract, p. 301

• Holman, Winifred Lovering. Palmer of Westchester, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 170.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lzrslong/b259.htm#P22213