Wordless Wednesday: Capt. Lyman Hall and wife Phebe Palmer

Marble Stones Are Hard to Read

Parents of Capt. Palmer Hall

Close up of Capt. Lyman Hall's monument, photo by Brian Zoldak, 2013, used with permission

Close up of back side of Capt. Lyman Hall's monument,, photo by Brian Zoldak, 2013, used with permission.

Capt./Lyman Hall/ Born Aug. 30, 1761/Died Nov. 4, 1842/Aged 81 years.
Phebe,/(second) wife of/Capt. Lyman Hall/& daughter of Capt. Elias S. Palmer/ Born Aug. (8 or) 9, 1766/Died Sept. 22, 1858/ Aged 92 years

Phebe E. PALMER

 

 George W. STEWART and wife Phebe E. PALMER, a photo by midgefrazel on Flickr.

Follow-up Blog Post to George Washington STEWART 

As I am a PALMER descendant, George Washington Stewart's wife Phebe and I are related. I've been working on her ancestors this week, very slowly as I know I need to connect her correctly to my own Palmer family in my tree.

Thanks to the database of the Walter Palmer Society, I can tell you that eventually, Phebe's family workd back to a husband and wife who were both Palmers! This isn't unusual in new England families but it make getting it right harder.

As you have seen with previous posts, men's names keep repeating in this Stewart family. Phebe's father was named Cyrus and his father was Ethel. Yes, Ethel is a man's name.

This explains the name on the gravestone for Charles Ethel Stewart that I blogged about earlier.   

Mother of 8 children, Phebe Esther PALMER was born 13 Sept 1818 in North Stonington and married 21 Mar 1841 at 22 years of age to George Washington Stewart. As her husband purchased the Stewart Homestead, she lived in the house that used to be next to this cemetery.

 

Barbary PALMER [footstone]

Barbary PALMER [footstone]
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

February Footstone Project; Blog Post #6

I have annotated this photo of Barbary PALMER, wife of Nathan STEWARD's, footstone so that you can see clearly the carved side of the footstone and it's position in relation to the person's remains and the back side (uncarved) headstone.

Gaylord Cooper's book, "Stories Told in Stone" lists the definition of a footstone as a "smaller gravestone set at the foot of a grave, most often in conjunction with a headstone; may be inscribed with only initials or names." [p. 112] I recommend this book if you are looking to get started with working with gravestone research.

Photo was taken at Great Plain Cemetery in North Stonington, New London, CT

This is the last footstone investigation in this blog post project. As I go out gravestone hunting, I will look for more footstones and report on them!

Bridget PALMER

Bridget Palmer
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

Bridget PALMER (Thomas, Nehemiah Jr., Nehemiah Sr., Walter II) was the daughter of Thomas PALMER and his wife Priscilla CHESEBROUGH. She was born 05 April 1743 in Stonington, CT and died 22 August 1823 in Groton, CT.

Bridget was one of my 5th great grandmothers, wife of Benadam GALLUP, III. They married 30 Jan 1766 in Stonington. They were the parents of 7 children. Their daughter, Bridget GALLUP married Deacon Sands FISH

This stone, the "newest" in the row in which my Gallups rest, is very hard to read and has been repaired some time in the past. She is buried next to her husband in the row with his family.

It probably reads:

In memory of/ Bridget/ wife of Benadam Gallup/ who died August 22nd, 1843/ aged 80 years.

This grave is located in the Gallup Burying Ground in Ledyard, CT.

Barbary PALMER

Barbary PALMER
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

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.

Lydia PALMER

Lydia PALMER, wife of Shubael BROWN
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

Lydia7 PALMER (Ichabod6, Ichabod5,Ichabod4, Ichabod3, Gershom2, Walter1) wife of Shubael BROWN was born 1 Nov 1766 in Stonington and died 15 August 1815. She was the daughter of Ichabod PALMER and his wife Mary Grant.

The children of Shubael and Lydia are listed at his blog entry.

"In memory of/Mrs. Lydia Brown/Relict of/ Mr. Shubael Brown/who died/Aug.t 15th 1815/aged 48 years."

Photograph # 523

Sources:
Wheeler's History of Stonington: p. 516

Shubael BROWN

Shubael BROWN
Originally uploaded by midgefrazel

Shubael5BROWN, (Jedediah4, [Jr.], Jedediah3, John2, Thomas1 ) father of Roxana BROWN (who was the wife of John BURROWS) and father of Mary P. BROWN, was born 5 Oct 1758 in Stonington. He was the husband of Lydia PALMER. They married 16 March 1785. He died 18 Aug 1806 in Stonington.

The Genealogy records of the Palmer family give a different date of their marriage, which as a reader points out does not "fit" with the dates of the children's births. There is a birth record for Shubael but no marriage record in the Barbour Index of Vital Records of CT.

"In memory of/Mr. Shubael Brown/who died/Aug. t 18th 1806, /in the 47th year/of his age./"

Shubael and Lydia were the parents of 6 children:

Philura [b. 1787], Nancy [b. 1790], Polly [b. 1794], Roxana [b. 1798], Shubael [b. 1700] and Betsey [b. 1801]

Photograph # 522

Sources:
Wheeler's History of Stonington "Lynn Brown family":#170, pages 264, 266