In his will, proved on 6 Jul 1709, Jonas calls himself a husbandman of in Rehoboth. He mentions his wife Abigail; his eldest son Samuel Palmer; Ensign Moses Read; son Jonah Palmer and his daughter Grace Carpenter; his three eldest daughters, Hannah French, Mary Doggett and Martha; Samuel's son Samuel; Jonah's three sons; his grandchildren Jonathan and Joseph Titus and Stephen, Lydia and Gershom Carpenter; Joseph Ormsbee. He made his son Samuel and Moses Read his executors.[L, p. 20-21]
L | Leavitt, Emily Wilder, Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn., David Clapp & Sons, Boston, MA, 1901. |
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