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Author: Richard Lee Palmer
Fenner Palmer was born on 15 September 1735 in the village of Killingworth (now Clinton), Connecticut the second child of John and Mary (Ward) Palmer. Fenner enlisted as a private at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War with the 14th Regiment of the Albany County Militia, New York under the command of Captain Haddock and Colonel Yates and by 20 October 1775 had been promoted to Captain of the Fifth Company in the 14th Regiment which encompassed the districts of Hoosick and Schaghticoke. Eventually his three oldest sons, John, Gershom and Nathaniel would be in the same company, the youngest being Nathaniel who at age fourteen enlisted to serve as a waiter for his father.
Fenner died in 1794, aged 59 years and there is no Application of his Pension for him but Applications of his two sons, Ensign John and Nathaniel Palmer contain many references to their father and the campaigns in which he fought. Nathaniel served as an aide to his father through most of the war. John served in his father’s company initially as Sergeant and later as Ensign. They frequently went out in alarms during the War and were involved in the Battle of Bennington on the 16th of August.
Fenner married Lydia with a likely maiden surname of Buell probably in 1754 in Hoosick. They had 10 children (Sarah, John, Gershom, Anna, Nathaniel, Peter, Fenner, Joseph, Benjamin, & Jerusha). Fenner and his wife are probably buried in a small cemetery adjoining the Baptist Church of Hoosick Falls in one of the unmarked graves along with many members of his family.
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