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Orson Welles

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John Palmer

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Orson Welles — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 162 
  • Father:
  • William Palmer 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Richmond   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Nov 1694 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Alice Shaw
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Feb 1716 
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  Bathsheba Palmer (Ahnentafel No:81 )

• Sources for John Palmer

  • ¹ Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, Birth record for daughter Bathsheba Palmer.
  • ² Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 6-139, Birth record for John Palmer.
  • ³ Fernald, Natalie R., ed., The Genealogical Exchange, Buffalo, New York, MAY 1905, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 8.
  • ⁴ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 338.