BRENNEN FAMILY CHRONICLES

© Christopher Earls Brennen

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Datafile 6B. Palmer Births

The first part of this section is a listing of some of the Palmer entries in the index of registered births or in various church records as indicated. Also shown are the year with the volume and page number of the registration. An asterisk indicates a case in which the full record has been consulted and details included in the second part of this appendix. In the following N'ards stands for Newtownards and D'dee for Donaghadee.

First Name(s)	Surname	Area	Year	Ref.	Ch.
James	Palmer	Magheradrool	1706	[c]
Thomas	Palmer	Magheradrool	1709	[c]
James	Palmer	Magheradrool	1713	[c]
Mary	Palmer	Magheradrool	1716	[c]
Lucy	Marten	Glastry	1772	[d]
John	Palmer	Glastry	1793	[d]
Rachel	Palmer	Glastry	1795	[d]
Adam	Palmer	Glastry	1798	[d]
Mary	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1819
Rachel	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1819
Alexander	Palmer	Kircubbin	1823	[a] X/1540	*
James	Palmer	Kircubbin	1824	[a] X/1589	*
Annie	Palmer	Portavogie	1838	[b]
Eleanor	Palmer	Portavogie	1839	[d]
Nancy	Palmer	Portavogie	1840	[d]
James	Palmer	Portavogie	1842	[d]
Sarah	Palmer	Portavogie	1843	[d]
Robert	Palmer	Portavogie	1844	[d]
Robert	Palmer	Portavogie	1845	[d]
John	Palmer	Portavogie	1846	[d]
Ann	Palmer	Portavogie	1848	[d]
Adam	Palmer	Portavogie	1850	[d]
William	Palmer	Portavogie	1851	[d]
Ann Jane	Palmer	Portavogie	1853	[d]
Nancy	Palmer	Portavogie	1855	[d]
James	Palmer	Ballyfrench	1855	[d]
Samuel	Palmer	Ballyfrench	1857	[d]
James	Palmer	Cloughey	1858	[b]
John	Palmer	Portavogie	1861	[d]
Mary	Palmer	Portavogie	1861	[d]
Elizabeth	Palmer	Portavogie	1862	[d]
Margaret	Palmer	Portavogie	1863	[d]
James	Palmer	Portavogie	1864	[d]
Agnes	Palmer	Newtownards	1864	16/817	*
Agnes	Palmer	Newtownards	1864	6/901 [d]	*
Charles	Palmer	Newtownards	1864	16/819	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1864	16/815	*
Eliza	Palmer	Newtownards	1865	6/957	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1865	1/881	*
Margaret	Palmer	Newtownards	1865	6/958	*
Samuel	Palmer	Newtownards	1865	16/808	*
Thomas	Palmer	Newtownards	1865	16/809	*
Ellen	Palmer	Newtownards	1866	6/960	*
Esther	Palmer	Newtownards	1866	16/843	*
female	Palmer	Magheradrool	1866	[c]
Charles	Palmer	Newtownards	1867	1/912	*
Sarah	Palmer	Newtownards	1867	1/909	*
William	Palmer	Newtownards	1867	6/1014	[D'dee]
Adam	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	11/883	*
Adam	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	16/802	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	16/800	[D'dee]
John Alexander	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	16/804	*
Robert	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	1/928	*
Robert	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	6/1017	*
Robert John	Palmer	Newtownards	1868	11/885	*
Agnes	Palmer	Newtownards	1869	6/977	*
Elizabeth	Palmer	Newtownards	1869	11/883	*
Francis	Palmer	Newtownards	1869	11/879	[D'dee]
John	Palmer	Magheradrool	1869	[c]
Mary Isabella	Palmer	Newtownards	1870	11/868	*
Thomas	Palmer	Newtownards	1870	16/861	*
William John	Palmer	Newtownards	1870	1/967	*
Alice	Palmer	Magheradrool	1870	[c]
Agnes	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	6/974	*
Alexander	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	1/957	*
Elizabeth	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	6/977	*
Ellen	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	16/837	[D'dee]
Jane Skillen	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	11/846	[D'dee]
Robert	Palmer	Newtownards	1871	1/954	*
Sarah Jane	Palmer	Newtownards	1872	6/960	*
Adam	Palmer	Newtownards	1873	6/955	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1873	1/911	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1874	1/863	[unreadable]
Nancy	Palmer	Newtownards	1874	1/860	*
Robert John	Palmer	Newtownards	1874	16/780	[D'dee]
Samuel	Palmer	Newtownards	1874	11/963	*
William	Palmer	Newtownards	1874	1/862	*
Andrew	Palmer	Newtownards	1875	1/880
Jane	Palmer	Newtownards	1875	16/790	*
Sarah	Palmer	Newtownards	1875	6/912	*
Mary	Palmer	Newtownards	1876	6/928	*
Robert	Palmer	Newtownards	1876	1/901	*
Ellen	Palmer	Newtownards	1877	1/898	*
Hugh	Palmer	Newtownards	1877	1/896	*
James	Palmer	Newtownards	1877	16/820	*
William	Palmer	Newtownards	1877	6/927	*
Mary	Palmer	Portavogie	1877	[b][d]	*
Eliza Ann	Palmer	Newtownards	1878(2)	1/923	*
Hariet	Palmer	Newtownards	1878(2)	1/921	*
Elizabeth	Palmer	Newtownards	1878(4)	1/779
Rachel	Palmer	Newtownards	1878(4)	1/781
David	Palmer	Newtownards	1879(3)	1/836	*
Margaret Jane	Palmer	Newtownards	1879(3)	1/838	*
Robert	Palmer	Newtownards	1879(3)	1/840	*
Samuel	Palmer	Newtownards	1879(3)	1/837	*
Sarah	Palmer	Newtownards	1880(1)	1/880	*
Sarah	Palmer	Kirkistown	1880	[b]	*
Agnes	Palmer	Newtownards	1880(2)	1/889	*
Margaret	Palmer	Newtownards	1880(4)	1/691	*
Mary Catherine	Palmer	Portavogie	1881	[b]	*
Mary Keag	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1882	[e]
Ann	Palmer	Newtownards	1883(1)	1/798
Robert Stavely	Palmer	Newtownards	1883(1)	1/797
James Glover	Palmer	Newtownards	1883(2)	1/809
William	Palmer	Newtownards	1883(3)	1/740
Isabella Gilmore	Palmer	Newtownards	1883(4)	1/681
Annie	Palmer	Ballyhalbert	1883
James	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1884	[e]
William John	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1886	[e]
Ann Jane	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1889	[e]
David	Palmer	Ballyeasborough	1891	[e]
[a] Records of Kircubbin Presbyterian Church [X = LDS C700361].
[b] LDS IGI Records.
[c] Records of Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church.
[d] Records of Glastry Meetinghouse.
[e] Records of Millisle Presbyterian Church.

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In the following N'ds stands for Newtownards, G'by for Greyabbey and K'md for Kilmood.

Parents:	Place:	Date:		Child's Name:
Adam Palmer, Snr.	Magheradrool	c.Mar.28,	1706	James
	Magheradrool	c.Dec.22,	1709	Thomas
	Magheradrool	c.Feb.8,	1713	James
	[baptized by Mr.Dickson]
	Magheradrool	c.Feb.20,	1716	Mary
William Marten	Kirkiston	Jul.26,	1772	Lucy
Robert Palmer	Ballyeasborough	Jun.8,	1793	John
	Ballyeasborough	Mar.31,	1795	Rachel
	Ballyeasborough	Apr.16,	1798	Adam
John Palmer	Ballyeasborough	Jan.11,	1819	Mary
	Ballyeasborough	Jan.11,	1819	Rachel (twin)
James Palmer	Kircubbin	c.Dec. 7,	1823	Alexander
James Palmer	Kircubbin	c.Apr.14,	1824	James
of Portavogie
Adam Palmer +	Portavogie	Dec.23,	1839	Eleanor
Lucy (Martin)	Portavogie	Feb.24,	1842	James
	Portavogie	Aug.19,	1844	Robert
	[Robert died at birth]
	Portavogie	Sep.1,	1845	Robert
	Portavogie	Jan.26,	1848	Ann
	Portavogie	Oct.7,	1850	Adam
John Palmer +	Portavogie	Nov.4,	1840	Nancy
Nancy (McKibbin)	Portavogie	Mar.26,	1843	Sarah
	Portavogie	Jan.4,	1846	John
Adam Palmer,	Portavogie	Jan.8,	1861	John
farmer, +	Portavogie	Oct.11,	1862	Elizabeth
Agnes or Nancy	Portavogie	Sep.29,	1864	James
(Gordon)	Portavogie	Jan.14,	1868	Robert
	Portavogie	Jan.16,	1874	Nancy
Alexander Palmer	Portavogie	Jan.14,	1851	William
(fisherman) +	Ballyfrench	May 9,	1855	James
Agnes (Mahood)	Ballyfrench	Dec.24,	1857	Samuel
	Ballyfrench	Mar.8,	1864	Agnes
Robert Palmer	Portavogie	Oct.26,	1864	Agnes
(fisherman) +	[reg. by her aunt, Eliza Anne Palmer]
Sophia (Bell)	Portavogie	Oct.10,	1866	Esther
	Portavogie	Oct.22,	1868	John Alexander
	[Eliza Anne Palmer present]
	Portavogie	Jan. 6,	1871	Robert
	[Robert now a farmer]
	Portavogie	Dec.19,	1872	James
	Portavogie	Dec.14,	1875	Jane
	Portavogie	May. 4,	1878	Ann Eliza
	Portavogie	Oct.16,	1880	Margaret
	[Robert now a fisherman. Eliza Coffey present]
Robert Palmer	Portavogie	Jun.10,	1853	Ann Jane
(fisherman) +	Portavogie	Apr.3,	1856	Nancy
Mary (Mahood)	Portavogie	Jan.30,	1861	Mary
	Portavogie	Feb.1,	1863	Margaret
	Portavogie	Nov.19,	1864	Charles
	Portavogie	Oct.25,	1865	Samuel
	Portavogie	Apr.27,	1871	Agnes
	Portavogie	May 1,	1877	Mary
John Palmer	Portavogie	Dec. 8,	1865	Thomas
(fisherman) +	Portavogie	Mar.17,	1868	Robert
Esther (Coffey)	Portavogie	Feb. 1,	1871	Alexander
	Portavogie	Mar.20,	1873	Adam
	[Sarah Coffey present]
	Portavogie	Feb.16,	1877	Hugh
John Palmer (farmer)	Ballyesborough	Feb.19,	1865	James
+ Jane (Martin)	Ballyesborough	Mar.29,	1866	Ellen
David Palmer	Portavogie	Apr. 2,	1865	Eliza
(fisherman) +	Portavogie	Feb.16,	1867	Charles
Agnes (Lernon)	[Mary Palmer present]
	Portavogie	Mar.27,	1869	Agnes
	[David now farmer]
	Portavogie	Nov.27,	1870	Thomas
	[Jane Palmer present]
William Palmer	Ballyesborough	Apr. 6,	1865	Margaret
(farmer) +	Ballyesborough	Jul.14,	1869	Elizabeth
Rachel (Palmer)	[Mary Carson present]
	Ballyeasborough	Feb.24,	1874	William
	Ballyeasborough	May. 1,	1876	Mary
	Ballyeasborough	Mar.24,	1878	Hariet
James Palmer (fisherman)	Greyabbey or	Jan.22,	1867	Sarah
+ Sarah (Palmer)	Portavogie
James Palmer	Portavogie	Aug.12,	1868	Adam
(grocer) +	Portavogie	Dec.14,	1869	William John
Lucy (Martin)	Portavogie	Jun. 8,	1871	Elizabeth
	[Ann Palmer present]
	Portavogie	Dec.13,	1872	James
	Portavogie	Sep. 9,	1874	Samuel
	[Ellen Mahood present]
	Portavogie	Mar.11,	1876	Robert
Robert Palmer	Kircubbin	Aug.29,	1868	Robert John
(shoemaker) +	[Sarah Jane Harper present]
Margaret (Harper)	Ballyesborough	Jun.22,	1870	Mary Isabella
	[Robert now a fisherman]
	Ballyesborough	Jun.25,	1872	Sarah Jane
	[Agnes Flynn present. Robert a shoemaker again]
	Ballyesborough	Mar.30,	1877	William
	[Robert now a fisherman]
	Ballyesborough	Jul.12,	1879	David
Andrew Palmer	Ballyesborough	Oct.11,	1868	Adam
(lab.) + Esther	[Eliza Palmer present]
(McClermont	Ballyesborough	May. 1,	1875	Sarah
or McClement)
John Palmer +	Magheradrool	Apr.14,	1866	female
Sarah Dobbin	Magheradrool	Jun.24,	1870	Alice
(Mulholland)
Adam Palmer +	Magheradrool	c.Mar.21,	1869	John
Mary (Shields)
William Palmer +	Donaghadee 1869	Francis
Mary Ann (Skillen)	Donaghadee	Jul.22,	1871	Jane Skillen
Ann Palmer	Portavogie	Mar. 2,	1877	Ellen
	Portavogie	Sep. 1,	1879	Robert
	[Jane Palmer present at both births]
Anne Palmer	Greyabbey	Feb.28,	1874	James
John Palmer (farmer)	Ballygraingey, G'by	Oct.20,	1877	James
+ (Piper or Pyper)	Portavogie	Aug.11,	1879	Samuel
Robert Palmer	Portavogie	May 21,	1877	Mary
+ Mary (Mahood)
Eliza Ann Palmer	Portavogie	Aug.13,	1879	Margaret Jane
	[Oscilla Kirk of Kircubbin present]
Robert Palmer (farmer)	Ballyeasborough	Mar. 3,	1880	Sarah
+ Nancy (Coffey)
James Palmer	Kirkistown	Jun.5,	1880	Sarah
+ Eliza Jane (Robinson)
John Palmer (carpenter)	Portavogie	Apr.11,	1880	Agnes
+ Mary (Piper)	[Eliza Piper present]
John Palmer	Portavogie	Jan.17,	1881	Mary Catherine
+ Margaret (Martin)
David Palmer	Ballyeasborough	Sep.25,	1882	Mary Keag
+ Jane (Palmer)	Ballyeasborough	May 16,	1884	James
	Ballyeasborough	Jul.13,	1886	William John
	Ballyeasborough	Jan.4,	1889	Ann Jane
	Ballyeasborough	May 4,	1891	David
James Palmer	Ballyhalbert	Jan.15,	1883	Annie
+ Eliza (Coffee)

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Christopher E. Brennen