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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Surname Saturday - PALMER (Somerset, England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 105 - who is the unknown paternal grandmother of Devier J. Lamphier Smith; next on the list is number 107, who is the unknown maternal grandmother of Devier J. Lamphier Smith; next on the list is #109 - Mary Palmer (ca 1788 - ca 1840), one of my 4th-great-grandparents.

My ancestral line back through one generation of PALMER families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6. Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7. Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12. Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13. Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944)

26. Devier J. Smith (1839-1894)
27. Abigail Vaux (1844-1931)

54. Samuel Vaux (1816- after 1880)
55. Mary Ann Underhill (1815 - after 1880)

108. James Vaux, born before 20 December 1787 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died before 23 July 1839 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND. He was the son of 216. John Vaux and 217. Joan Laver. He married 13 December 1808 in Martock, Somerset, ENGLAND.
109. Mary Palmer, born about 1788 in probably Martock, Somerset, ENGLAND; died after 1840 in Aurora, Erie County, NY, USA.

Children of James Vaux and Mary Palmer are:
i. John Palmer Vaux, born befpre 15 July 1810 in Martock, Somerset, ENGLAND; died 06 June 1874 in Aurora, Erie, NY; married (1) Angeline King about 23 April 1833 in Aurora, Erie, NY; born 1813 in New York, USA; died 07 August 1852 in Aurora, Erie, NY; married (2) Alfreda A. Conklin after 1852 in Prob. Aurora, Erie, PA; born about 1812 in NY; died 27 December 1887 in Aurora, Erie, NY.
ii. James Edward Vaux, born before 28 February 1812 in Martock, Somerset, ENGLAND; died 30 November 1871 in Bedford, Taylor County, IA; married Harriet Taylor 31 March 1834 in East Coker, Somerset, ENGLAND; born before 23 April 1814 in West Coker, Somerset, ENGLAND; died 21 January 1870 in Bedford, Taylor County, IA.
iii. Anne Vaux, born before 07 July 1814 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; married John Taylor 12 August 1835 in Aurora, Erie, NY; born in NY; died after 1870 in probably Waupun, Fond du Lac, WI.
iv. Samuel Vaux, born before 11 February 1816 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died after 1880 in probably Marshall County, KS; married Mary Ann Underhill before 1839 in Aurora, Erie County, NY.
v. William Vaux, born before 25 May 1819 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND.
vi. George Vaux, born before 07 July 1820 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died before 1880 in probably Pepin County, Wisconsin; married Elizabeth Jarrett 11 February 1841 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY; born about 1824 in ENGLAND.
vii. Josiah Vaux, born before 01 October 1822 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died in WI; married (1) Emilia; born about 1846 in PRUSSIA; married (2) Mary Ann Fiske 28 August 1852 in Aurora, Erie County, NY; born about 1832 in NY; died 1857 in Waupun, Dodge County, WI.
viii. Joseph Vaux, born before 01 October 1823 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND.
ix. Cyrus Vaux, born 1825 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND.
x. Mary Vaux, born before 22 February 1826 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died 1828 in Somerset, ENGLAND.
xi. Ernest Vaux, born 30 January 1831 in South Petherton, Somerset, ENGLAND; died 25 March 1916 in Faribault, Rice County, MN; married (1) Jane Nash before 07 December 1858 in Prob. Faribault, Rice, MN; born about 1840; died 07 December 1858 in Faribault, Rice, MN; married (2) Caroline Anderson Johnson 14 January 1862 in Sargeant, MN; born 26 October 1844 in Marion, IN; died 25 April 1907 in Faribault, Rice County, MN.

I have done no original research in Somerset. My hope is to visit South Petherton and vicinity on our next trip to England and to meet some of my Vaux and Palmer cousins.

A team of Vaux researchers have worked through the Somerset parish records over many years trying to find the parents of Mary Palmer, because she is the mother of several Vaux immigrants to the United States. They have not had success in finding the parents of Mary Palmer (unless they've been found very recently, and word hasn't reached me yet).

If there are Palmer family researchers in Somerset with more information about Mary's ancestry, the descendants of Mary Palmer would love to know about it!

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