Correspondence Regarding Sarah Mayhew

[She was the daughter of Zaccheus Mayhew and Susanna Wade.]

 

From: Margaret St. John Wheaton <LA33850@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:48:32 EST
To: cbaer@vineyard.net
Subject: Re: Sarah Mayhew b. January 1718/19, Dukes County, Massachusetts

Here's what I have on Sarah:

1. SARAH MAYHEW (ZACCHEUS8, THOMAS7, THOMAS6, THOMAS5, MATTHEW4, THOMAS3, ROBERT2, SIMON1)1 was born January 1718/19 in Chilmark, Duke's County, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts2, and died July 23, 1812 in Falmouth, Massachusetts3. She married (1) WILLIAM ALLEN November 13, 17374. She married (2) SAMUEL PALMER5 November 23, 1751 in Falmouth, Massachusetts6, son of THOMAS PALMER and ELIZABETH STURTEVANT (?).

Notes for SAMUEL PALMER:
The Reverend Samuel Palmer was a respected minister in Falmouth, Massachusetts. I believe that Palmer Avenue is named for him. His father, Thomas Palmer, was a minister in Middleboro, MA. He was dismissed for "intemperance" but gave up drinking, served many years as town doctor, and was eventually let back into the church.

More About SAMUEL PALMER:
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Off Mill Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts7
Graduation: 1727, M.A. from Harvard

Marriage Notes for SARAH MAYHEW and SAMUEL PALMER:
Married in the First Congregational Church of Falmouth.

Children of SARAH MAYHEW and SAMUEL PALMER are:
i. SARAH PALMER8, b. November 07, 1752, Falmouth, Massachusetts9; m. ANDREW CROSWELL10, September 30, 1775, Falmouth, Massachusetts11.
More About SARAH PALMER:
Baptism: November 12, 1752, Falmouth, Massachusetts12

ii. LUCY PALMER13, b. May 05, 1754, Falmouth, Massachusetts14; d. September 04, 1825, Falmouth, Massachusetts15; m. LOTHROP LEWIS16, February 03, 1770, Falmouth, Massachusetts17.
Notes for LUCY PALMER:
Photographed Lothrop and Lucy's graves. Lucy's is the smaller one on the right. Lothrop's is the taller one on the left.
Baptism: May 07, 1754, Falmouth, Massachusetts18
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Off Mill Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts

Notes for LOTHROP LEWIS:
See more info in Pioneer Lewis Families and Spooner Memorial.
Baptism: June 26, 1749, Rochester, Massachusetts19
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Off Mill Road, Falmouth, Massachusetts20
Military service: February 02, 1776, Second Major of Col. Nathaniel Freeman's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia
Occupation: Hatter and farmer21

Marriage Notes for LUCY PALMER and LOTHROP LEWIS:
Shown as 1770 in Beecher Genealogy.

 

iii. SUSANNA PALMER22, b. November 27, 1757, Falmouth, Massachusetts23; m. MAYHEW HATCH24.

Notes for SUSANNA PALMER:
Falmouth Vital Records show marriage of a Susanna Palmer to Silas Hatch, Jr., October 5, 1777.
Baptism: December 04, 1757, Falmouth, Massachusetts25

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Endnotes

1. Alice M. Beecher, "Family Tree Prepared by Alice M. Beecher."
2. Charles Edward Banks, M.D., Assistant Surgeon General U.S.P.H.S. (Retired), The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, in Three Volumes, (Edgarton, Published by the Dukes County Historical Society, 1966), 304.
3. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 251.
4. Charles Edward Banks, M.D., Assistant Surgeon General U.S.P.H.S. (Retired), The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, in Three Volumes, (Edgarton, Published by the Dukes County Historical Society, 1966), 304.
5. Alice M. Beecher, "Family Tree Prepared by Alice M. Beecher."
6. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 196.
7. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 251.
8. Alice M. Beecher, "Family Tree Prepared by Alice M. Beecher."
9. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 97.
10. Alice M. Beecher, "Family Tree Prepared by Alice M. Beecher."
11. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 195.
12. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 97.
13. Alice M. Beecher, "Family Tree Prepared by Alice M. Beecher."
14. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 97.
15. Compiled by Oliver B. Brown, Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island,), 246.