Download or read book The Palmer/Parmer Family, 1653-1989 written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Palmer (ca. 1625-1702) was born in England, and immigrated to Virginia in 1653. He married four times: (1) Mary (d. before 1677), (2) Rachel Jones Croshaw (d. ca. 1677), (3) Mrs. Cobbs, and (4) Mrs. Robins (d. before 1702). The last three were widows, some with children by their previous marriages, but Martin apparently fathered only two children, both by his first wife. Descendants gradually moved westward, through Kentucky and the Ohio River region and beyond.