Palmer, Joseph, 1716-1788
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Dorchester (Boston, Mass.)
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(itoamc) Militia officers
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found: Sperma-ceti candles warranted pure; are made by Joseph Palmer & Co. at Germantown near Boston, 1770:t.p. (Joseph Palmer)
found: DAB(Palmer, Joseph; manufacturer; soldier; b. Mar. 31, 1716; d. Dec. 25, 1788)
found: Find-a-Grave, via WWW, Nov. 4, 2014(Joseph Palmer; Revolutionary War general; emigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 1740s; with his brother-in-law operated several businesses including a textile mill, glass works, chocolate mill, salt works and a spermacetti factory at Germantown, now part of Quincy, Mass.; active member of the militia; served in the Provincial Congress; took part in the Battle of Lexington; after the war, in which he had incurred debts by using his own funds to support the Revolution, moved to a house in Dorchester owned by John Adams and established a new salt works; b. Mar. 31, 1716 at Axminster, England; d. Dec. 25, 1788 at Dorchester, Mass.)
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