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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Nathaniel Palmer was born on 3 April 1753 in Salem, Westchester County, New York, the son of Jonathan and Hannah (Rundle) Palmer. His parents moved to Dutchess County, then to Albany County, New York, about 1777. In an assessment for Coxsackie dated 12 June 1787, the list includes Jonathan Sr. and sons: Jonathan Jr., David, Nathaniel, and Robert. At that time, the area was part of Albany County and later became a part of Greene County in 1801.
He married Elizabeth, [surname unknown], about 1775. Nathaniel’s eldest son had the middle name Rowland leading to speculation that Elizabeth’s surname may be Rowland.
The children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth were:
Jonathan Rowland was born on 25 March 1779.
John was born on 5 March 1781.
Anna was born in about 1787.
Mary was born on 14 March 1795.
Nathaniel III was born on 26 February 1793.
Gilbert was born in 1797.
During the American Revolution, Nathaniel enlisted in the Company of Captain James Hadlock of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Albany County, New York, Militia, commanded by Colonel Peter Yates. He appears in an undated roll from Captain Hadlock’s Company. His length of service is not known because few rolls have survived into the present. There is also a listing for a Nathan Palmer from Hadlock, who served as a Sergeant and a Corporal; unknown if this is the same person.
Nathaniel died on 15 February 1826 at Lysander, Onondaga County, New York, and was buried at Jacksonville Rural Cemetery in Lysander.
Sources:
Find a Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 1 July 2020), memorial for Nathaniel Palmer, Find A Grave Memorial # 33022299, Lysander, New York.
Sons of the American Revolution, National Society, Louisville, Kentucky. Primary application of John William Palmer, National Number 163753.
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 776. Washington: National Archives.
Revolutionary War Rolls, compiled 1894 - 1913, documenting the period 1775 - 1783. Micropublication M246, roll 78. Washington: National Archives.
Palmer, Horace Wilbur, Palmer Families in America Vol. 1, Lieutenant William Palmer of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and his descendants of Greenwich, Connecticut, New Jersey. Neshanic: Neshanic Printing Company, 1966, pages 348-349.
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