151. Elder Waite PALMER (William , Gershom , Walter ) was born 27 May 1711 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 19 Oct 1785 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Earl P. Crandall, 35 Pony Land, Catskill, NY 12414-9513
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BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol I, Boston, The Everett Press Co., 1907,  by Cyrus Henry Brown, pp. 113.
    Elder Wait Palmer was the first pastor of the First Baptist Church, No. Stonington.

  Source: Brown Genealogy, v2, p217.
  BG: First pastor of the First Baptist Church, North Stonington.
  [Film 1,309,871, Item 2, page 29, has a Mary Brown marrying Thomas York.
[Can't read date. Lists children.]
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Waite married Mary BROWN, daughter of Eleazer BROWN and Ann PENDLETON, on 1726/1727 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary was born 28 Nov 1703 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 10 Jun 1793 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Earl P. Crandall, 35 Pony Land, Catskill, NY 12414-9513 (518) 943-2981
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  Sources: B.G. Vols. I and II; Stonington vitals, film 1,309,871, Item 2.
  BG: Married Elder Waite Palmer, first pastor of the First Baptist Church of
North Stonington. Had seven children.
  Vitals: Born 28 Nov. 1703.

155. Zebulon PALMER (George , Gershom , Walter ) was born 4 Feb 1713/1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died Mar 1786 in Voluntown, Windham Co., Connecticut.

INFORMATION FROM: Dorothea Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield MA 01940.

Zebulon married Comfort FAIRBANKS, daughter of Jonathan FAIRBANKS and Lydia HOLBROOK, on 25 May 1737 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Comfort was born 8 Feb 1720 in Sherborn, Massachusetts. She died 20 Oct 1741 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

INFORMATION FROM: Dorothea Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield MA 01940.

156. Gershom PALMER (George , Gershom , Walter ) was born 1725. He died 1810.

Gershom married Dorothy BROWN, daughter of Thomas BROWN and Deborah HOLDRIDGE, on 1747. Dorothy was born 20 Feb 1724 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 1808.

158. Walter HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 20 Mar 1710 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 28 Dec 1746 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 3 Mar 1786 in Stillwater, Albany Co., New York.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 15.
    Born in Stonington, Conn., 20 March 1710 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; died after 3 March 1786, probably in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., NY. Walter married 1st. HEPSIBAH _____, about 1731. Hepsibah, wife of Walter Hewitt, renewed the covenant at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn. on 16 June 1742; she died before Dec. 1746.
    Walter married 2nd, ELIZABETH DETHICK, 25 Dec. 1746 (CR), at Stonington. Elizabeth was born in Stonington, 17 Dec 1721 (VR), daughter of John Dethick and Susannah Ranson; it is not known when or where she died.
    Most of Walter's life was spent in the Stonington area. While he and his 1st wife, Hepsibah, renewed the covenant at Rev. Joseph Fish's 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington in 1742, none of their children were recorded as being baptized there. Walter had a long association with the Congregational Church of Stonington. When Rev. Christopher Avery established the Strick Congregational Church of Stonington in `1746, Walter was chosen a Deacon and leader of that church on 27 Nov 1746. He held that position for over 20 years. The last time he was mentioned in the church records was 20 Dec 1769, but the pages of the records are missing for the next 17 years.
In 1761, Walter inherited 62 acres of land in Stonington from his father. The land was to be Walter's for his lifetime and then pass to his 4 eldest sons - Walter, Jr., Richard, Benjamin and Gershom. The property was sold by agreement of the 5 parties to Charles Phelps, Esq. of Stonington in 1786 (Stonington Land Records, Vol. 11, p. 29). Gershom and Benjamin Hewitt signed the deed on 15 April 1785 in Canaan, Conn. Walter and his sons, Walter, Jr. and Richard Hewitt, signed the deed 3 March 1786, at Stillwater, Albany Co., (now Saratoga Co.) New York.
    The sons, Walter, Jr., Benjamin and Gershom, moved to Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn. about the year 1766. Walter and the other members of his family may have followed them to Canaan before resettling in Stillwater, NY. Only Benjamin and Gershom stayed in Canaan to raise their families, the rest went to New York or Penn. It isn't known when Walter settled in Stillwater, NY, however, he was there by March 1786, when he signed the deed of land sale.
    Wheeler, in THE HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., has omitted Walter's first wife, Hepsibah, and the children born to them. The American Genealogist, Vol. 39, p. 173 and Vol. 44, p. 79, carried a discussion by researchers as to the parents of Hepsibah. It seems most likely that she was the daughter of Richard Stephens and Sarah Harker, whose daughter Hepsibah was born in Stonington, Conn., 25 July 1712 (VR). No proof has been found to confirm this supposition.

References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5080. Records of the 1st Congregational Church , Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5615. Records of the Strict Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,011,949, item 3.
Land Records of Stonington, Conn., Vol. 11, p. 29, LDS film #5598.
Records of Keepville Cemetery, Albion, Pa., LDS film #911,843.
National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension File #S31735.
Wheeler, HISTORY OF STONINGTON, CONN., p. 421.
C.E. Durkee, EPITAPHS OF MILTON, SARATOGA CO., NY, LDS film #17932.
The American Genealogist, Vol. 39, p. 173, and Vol. 44, p. 79.
Joan S. Gilford, ANCESTRY OF DR. J.P. GILFORD, Franklin, NC, 1990, pp. 668-669.

Walter married (1) Hepsibah.

Walter also married (2) Elizabeth DETHICK on 26 Dec 1746.

159. Nathan HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 11 Jun 1712 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 13 Jul 1712 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 17.
    Born in Stonington, Conn., 11 June 1712 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; date and place of death unknown. Nathan married 1st ANNA CURTIS, 2 Jan 1737/8 (Stonington Town Records). Anna was born in Stonington, 20 Sep 1715 (VR), daughter of John Curtis and Anna Shaw, she died shortly after the birth of her second child, Anna, in 1740.
    Nathan married 2nd, SUSANNA COATS, 3 Aug 1741 (VR) in Stonington. She was born in Stonington, 4 May 1717 (VR). daughter of Robert and Mary Coats; the date and place of her death is unknown. There was a Susannah Hewitt in the 1800 U.S. census listed in New London County, Conn. who was over 45 years old. This may have been the widow of Nathan Hewitt.
    Very little information has been found on this family. Nathan was living in Stonington when his last child, Lucy, was born in 1758. He was mentioned in his father's will, which was written on 3 Jan 1760. No probate records or Cemetery records have been found for Nathan or his wives in the Stonington area. He may have moved to another location. Nothing is known of the children of Nathan other than the record of their births in the Stonington Town Records with the exception of the marriage of the daughter Lucy to William Baker in 1781.

References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081. Town Records of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,309,871 & #1,309,872.

Nathan married (1) Anna CURTIS, daughter of John CURTIS and Anna SHAW, on 2 Jan 1737/1739 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Anna was born 20 Sep 1715 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 1740 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Nathan also married (2) Susanna COATS, daughter of Robert COATS and Mary, on 3 Aug 1741 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Susanna was born 4 May 1717 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died after 1800 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

160. Jepthia Gershom HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 6 Sep 1714 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 13 Jul 1715 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 8 Mar 1774.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 18.
   Born in Stonington, Conn., 6 Sep 1714 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; died sometime after 8 Mar 1774, when he sold land to his son Elijah in Stonington. Jepthia married MARY YORK at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., 31 Jan. 1733/4 (CR). Mary was born in Stonington, 17 Aug 1716 (VR), daughter of Thomas York and Mary Brown; date and place of her death are unknown.
    Jepthia was of Stonington, Conn. when he purchased 100 acres of land in Hopkinton, RI from Abraham and Silence Guile of Preston, Conn., 10 Mar 1757. A year later, in Feb. 1758, Jepthia and Mary sold the land to Samuel Button of Hopkinton, RI and purchased land in Stonington from Ebenezer Worden.
    The first 5 children of Jepthia and Mary were baptized at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., 6 Sept 1741 (CR), the same day their mother Mary was baptized as an adult. When the Revolutionary War began, some of Jepthia's sons were living in Stephentown, Albany Co. (now Rensselaer Co.), NY. It is likely that Jepthia and his family may have resettled there. The 1790 U.S. census lists a Jepthia Hewit with one female in Stephentown, NY but the ages are not given. No probate or cemetery records have been found for Jepthia or his wife, Mary.

References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081. National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension File #S22294.
Land Records of Stonington, Conn., Vol. 11, p. 29, LDS film #5597.
Andrews, CONN. MEN IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, Vol. 1, p. 190 & Vol. 2, pp. 57 & 173.
Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Vol. 4, p. 317, & Vol. 5, p. 3.
"Abstracts of Hopkinton, RI Land Evidence".

Jepthia married Mary YORK on 21 Jan 1733/1734 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary was born 17 Aug 1716 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

162. Abijah HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 13 Jan 1718/1719 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 3 May 1719 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1771.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 19.
    Born in Stonington, Conn. 13 Jan 1718/19 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; died after 20 Jan 1771, when he purchased land in Stonington, date and place of his death unknown. Abijah married MARY ___, little is known of Mary. She was born about 1727 and died at Broadalbin, Montgomery Co. (now Fulton Co.), NY, 27 Sep 1818, in her 92nd year (tombstone). Mary was living with her son Thomas and family at the time. She was buried in the West Galway Cemetery near Broadalbin, NY.
    Abijah was received into the 2nd Church of Christ at North Stonington, Conn. on 16 Jun 1742, the same day his brothers, Walter , Jepthia, Nathan and Edmund became members of the church. On 20 Dec 1769, Abijah was listed as a member of the Strict Congregational Church of Stonington. He and his brother, Walter, were named executors of their father's estate when Benjamin drew up his will in Jan 1760. The last record of Abijah was on 20 Jan 1771, when he purchased 29 acres of land near Latham Hill from Gilbert Smith (Land Records, Vol. 8, pp. 113 & 114). No probate or cemetery records have been identified. There were probably several others. Two of the children, William and Rebecca, were written up in A HISTORY OF THE STARR FAMILY by Burgis Pratt Starr in 1879.
    References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5080.
Records of the Strict Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., LDS film #1,011,949, item 3.
NSDAR Cemetery Records of Fulton Co., NY, LDS film #1,204,816.
Land Records of Stonington, Conn., Vol. 8,  pp. 113-4, LDS film #5597.
Burgis Pratt Starr, A HISTORY OF THE STARR FAMILY, Hartford, 1879, pp. 111-2.
Miner, THOMAS MINOR AND HIS DESCENDANTS, p. 78.
MORGAN GENEALOGY, page 118.
Data from Society of Mayflower Descendants on Rebecca Hewitt.
National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension File #R4939, on Thomas.
Elliot Storke, HISTORY OF CAYUGA CO., NY, Syracuse, 1879, pp. 493 & 495.
Cayuga Co., NY Probate Records, Will Book 2, p. 159, on Ebenezer.

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Abijah married Mary about 1748. Mary died 27 Sep 1818 in Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., New York.

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    Abijah's wife Mary died in Broadalbin, Montgomery Co., on Sept. 27, 1818, at age 91 at the home of their son Thomas Hewitt.

164. Edmund HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 28 May 1723 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 5 Apr 1724 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 20.
    Born in Stonington Conn. 28 May 1723 (VR), son of Benjamin Hewitt and Ann Palmer; died sometime before 3 Jan 1760 when his father drew up his will and noted that Edmund was deceased, date and place unknown. Edmund married ELIZABETH _____. Nothing is known of her except that Elizabeth, wife of Edmund, renewed the Covenant as a member of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, 16 Jun 1742 (CR). She may have been the Elizabeth Hewitt who married 2nd, Thomas Main, 14 May 1766 at Stonington (VR).
    The only public records found on Edmund was as a witness to a land record of John Cottrell in Hopkinton, Rhode Island on 9 Feb 1755. Edmund and his family may have resided in Rhode Island part of the time. He was listed in his father's will as deceased. The well bequeathed to the two daughters of Edmund, a cow each, and to a son of Edmund, "if there is one", 10 pounds at the age of 21 years (New London Probate Records, docket @2599). The names of the 2 daughters were not given and are not known. The Vital Records of Westerly, RI note that at the son's marriage to Hannah Peckham on 7 Mar 1779, he was the son of Edmund Hewitt, deceased. No probate records or cemetery records have been found for Edmund or his wife, Elizabeth.

References:
Vital Records of Stonington, Conn.
Vital Records of Westerly, RI
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081. Land Records of Hopkinton, Rhode Island
National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension File #W15774 (Edmund, son)

Edmund married Elizabeth.

165. Jabish HEWITT (Ann PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 28 May 1725 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 6 Sep 1741 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1 Feb 1725/1726 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 56.
    Born in Stonington, Conn about 1734 and baptized, with his brothers and sister, at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., 6 Sept 1761 (CR), son of Jepthia Hewitt and Mary York; died during the French and Indian War, place unknown, 6 Sept 1762 (CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR). Jabez married SARAH _____ about 1755. Nothing is known of this lady except that she was named in the probate records as the widow of Jabez and the mother of his children. Her last name may have been Parker. Moses Parker was appointed to administer Jebez's estate.
    Jabez and Sarah resided in Preston, Conn., where their children were born. Jabez died without a will and in debt. The probate court appointed Moses Parker of Preston, Conn, on 20 Apr 1763, to administer Jebez's estate (Norwich Probate Records, docket #5204). Among the list of persons to whom Jabez owed money were: Deborah Hewitt, now Deborah Lewis and Reuben Hewitt.
The widow Sarah was left with 4 small children, one just an infant (Probate Records). It is likely that Sarah married again.
References:
Vital Records of Preston, Conn.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5081. Norwich Probate Records, LDS film #1,025,859.
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 67, p. 201, for Spalding Family Records.
Andrews, CONN. SOLDIERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, Vol. II, p. 319.

Jabish married Sarah before 1756.

168. Walter PALMER (Walter , Gershom , Walter ) was born 1716 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 29 Jul 1739 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 1 Nov 1785 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burial Yard, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Walter married Mercy HINCKLEY, daughter of Samuel HINCKLEY and Martha LATHROP, on 29 Dec 1736 in Road Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Mercy died 23 Dec 1786 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was buried in Wequetequock Burial Yard, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

181. Aserath PALMER (Mary PALMER , Gershom , Walter ) was born 26 Mar 1734/1735 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Researching this line is Dorothea Griebel

Aserath married Gideon RAY on 1751. Gideon was born 1731.

INFORMATION FROM: Dorothea Griebel, 11 Keniston Rd., Lynnfield MA 01940.

186. Hannah CHESEBROUGH (Elisha CHESEBROUGH , Rebecca PALMER , Walter ) was born 25 Feb 1698/1799 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. She died after 1737.

Hannah married Elisha CHESEBROUGH Jr., son of Elisha CHESEBROUGH and Marie MINER, on 4 Jan 1720/1722 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Elisha was born 15 Sep 1694 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died after 1736.