Ancestry of
Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil

William Palmer

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Henry Clay Folger — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 42 
  • Father:
  • John Palmer 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Richmond   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Mar 1703 
  • Birth Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 21 Mar 1774 to 21 Feb 1775 
  • Death Location:
  • Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Esther Taber
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Feb 1727 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Amaziah Palmer

  Abigail Palmer

  Thomas Palmer

  Samuel Palmer

  Sarah Palmer

  Rebecca Palmer (Ahnentafel No:21 )

  Beriah Palmer

  Priscilla Palmer

• Sources for William Palmer

  • ¹ Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, Albany, New York: Joel Munsells Sons (1887), 163.
  • ² Richmond, Joshua Bailey, The Richmond Family, 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors, 1040-1594, Boston: Joshua Bailey Richmond (1897), 15.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 447.
  • 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), 338-339.