Barbary PALMER

Barbary PALMER
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Barbary6 PALMER (William5 Jr., William4 Sr., Dea. Gershom3, Walter2 II, Walter1 I) was born 27 January 1749 in Stonington, CT daughter of William PALMER, Jr. and his wife Abigail WYATT.

She married Nathan STEWARD on 1 May 1768 in Stonington. The couple had 10 children. She died 15 Mar 1805 in Stonington.

She is buried beside her husband at Great Plain Cemetery #57 in North Stonington, CT with a matching sandstone gravestone with footstone intact and above ground.

Stanton Hall and Mercy Perkins

Stanton Hall and Mercy Perkins
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

This is the front of the gravestone for Stanton HALL and his wife Mercy PERKINS. Their daughter Phebe Eliza HALL (1820-1842) was the first wife of Matthew Stillman BARBER (1815-1888).

"Stanton HALL/ Died/January 21, 1837./Aged 53 years./
Mercy HALL, wife of Stanton HALL/Died/October 23, 1865/ Aged 79 years. "

Stantion HALL's father and grandfather were named Theodoty HALL Jr. and Sr. and their resting places remain "lost". Theodoty Hall, Jr.'s wife was Mary PECKHAM and those ancestors are part of the John PECKHAM line of Middletown and Newport, RI.

Capt. Jeremiah Holmes

Capt. Jeremiah Holmes
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

Capt. Jeremiah HOLMES, son of Jeremiah HOLMES and his wife Mary (Daniel4, Daniel3, John2, George1) DENISON, was a sea captain of many Mystic sloops and a hero of the Battle of Stonington in 1814. He married Ann Borodell DENISON (Isaac5, Daniel4, Daniel3, John2, George1) widow of John GALLUP, son of Col John GALLUP and his wife Hannah (Daniel4, Daniel3, John2, George1) DENISON, in 1809.
[Mary and Hannah DENISON were sisters.]
[There were no children from Ann's marriage to John GALLUP who died in 1804.]

Jeremiah and Ann had nine children and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with the whole village in 1859. Cannon were fired in the morning and they had guests in their home until late in the evening.
The Dension Genealogy says Capt. Holmes was born in North Stonington and at age 14 went to live in Norwich, NY with brother-in-law Thomas Crary,; shipped on schooner Four Sisters in 1800; he was thrown into a dungeon in Para, Brazil; for gallant service in the War of 1812 he won the title of "Hero of Stonington".

Their portraits done in 1865 hang in the Mystic Congregational Church and are reproduced in the book referenced below and there is an excellent article online with his signature and their picture.
"Captain/Jeremiah Holmes/Born Sept. 6, 1782/Died Sept. 14, 1872/His wife/Ann Borodel Holmes/Born Sept. 22, 1784, Died Dec. 6, 1873"

Source:
Images of America, Mystic, Mystic Historical Society Arcadia Press, 2004
Denison Genealogy, page 82 #1186 Ann Borodell DENISON; #1213 John D. GALLUP, Jeremiah Holmes #1203 page 42
Narrative of Capt. Jeremiah Holmes by Frederic Denison at Mystic Seaport [85 digitized handwritten pages]
Lossing's Field Book of the War of 1818 [online]. Capt. Jeremiah Holmes and wife Ann Holmes.

Back of Hall Stone

Back of Hall Stone
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

This is the back of the Hall stone which reads:

Sacred/ To The Memory of/Our/ Father & Mother/

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"

Stone Marker Section 28

Stone Marker Section 28
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

This is the stone marker for Section 28 at River Bend Cemetery in Westerly, RI.

I was directed to this area by my friend and "cousin" Barbara Fallon who kindly looked up the resting places of some ancestors at the Westerly Public Library for me.

Her directions to this section enabled me to take several gravestone shots in just a few minutes! Everyone should be this lucky!

Heather & Midge with Lady Ann Borodell Denison

Heather & Midge with Lady Ann Borodell Denison
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

Taken today, August 5, 2007, this is a photo of myself with my daughter Heather and the gravestone of Lady Ann Borodell Denison, second wife of Capt George Denison.

Lady Ann is my daughter's 9th great grandmother.

Gone Gravestone Hopping!

I'm on my way to the Denison Homestead Reunion Weekend in Mystic, CT. I have been researching more ancestors to "visit" and photograph while I am there. I have been working hard on my Rhode Island line and have met new people who have been helping me pinpoint the location of graves. It's wonderful to have these friends as "research buddies".

Don't try to do your gravestone research alone! It takes a village to get it done.

I am preparing for a new gravestone presentation to show others what a fun hobby this can be.

Going to pack my gravestone bag and mirror, camera and notebooks and of course, my computer.