William Palmer late in Ern-Genoch died 11 Feb 1837 aged 70; children: Mary, 25 Feb 1792 infant; Agnes, 7 Feb 1802 aged 18mths; Jean, 19 Aug 1816 aged 14; William, died North America Oct 1826 aged 31; widow Margaret Neilson, 16 Nov 1851 aged 84; daughters Margaret, died Gatehouse 10 Sep 1871 aged 67; Mary Palmer, died Gatehouse 13 May 1891 aged 82.
Information that nephew William Palmer, who had expressed an interest in joining his uncle in Quebec, was in Pictou and died there. (correspondence in Neilson correspondence, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa)