Elder Wait Palmer son of William and Grace (Minor) Palmer, was baptized in Stonington, May 27, 1711. He resided on Pendleton Hill, in Stonington, and was devoted to the church interests there. On April 10, 1772, a deed was drawn wherein his son, Wait Palmer, junior, set forth "whereas my father, Wait Palmer, senior, with my mother, agree to make over to me, in consideration of one hundred and ten pounds, a deed of the farm where on I now dwell on conditiion that I shall give them one-half of the profits thereof yearly during their natural lives," etc. [Land records, Vol. 12, p. 480]
Elder Wait Palmer married in 1727 Mary Brown, a daughter of Ebenezer and Ann (Pendleton) Brown, who was born Nov. 28, 1703.
Children:
Wait, junior, born May 5, 1728.
Amos, born August 27, 1729.
Israel, born January 16, 1730.
Isaac, born September 15, 1732.
Mary, born May 4, 1735.
Content, born January 27, 1736-7.
Ebenezer, born January 21, 1738-9.
Elihu, born March 10, 1741.
