In brief

Born about 1644. She died about 1732.

Family

Children

  • John Palmer
    b. August 28, 1679, in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Abigail Palmer
    b. February 6, 1685, in Boston, Massachusetts
    m. Abraham Wacom, May 12, 1709, in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Arminall Palmer
    b. March 4, 1687, in Boston, Massachusetts
    m. Daniel Morse, November 15, 1709, in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Alice Palmer · in this line
    m. Joseph Covel, February 27, 1685, in Woburn, Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Palmer
    m. John Russell, December 27, 1682, in Woburn, Massachusetts
  • Mary Palmer
    m. Eliah Tottingham/Totman

Siblings

  • John Alger
    b. Abt. 1640
    m. Mary Wilmot
  • ____ Alger
    b. Abt. 1642
    m. John Ashton
  • Joanna Alger
    b. Abt. 1650
    m. Elias Oakman
    m. John Mills
  • Matthew Alger
    b. Abt. 1655
    m. Martha ____
  • Andrew Alger
    b. Abt. 1660
    m. Jane Andrews
    d. September 21, 1689

Life story

A Maine Settler's Will

Elizabeth Alger was born around 1644, daughter of the Maine settler Andrew Alger, and married John Palmer. In her December 1717 will, Elizabeth left everything to her daughters Abigail and Arminall. She died around 1732.

Sources (2)
  1. Sibyl Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict0000noye : accessed 5 August 2026).
  2. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1:27-29; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2496/images/42521_b158318-00101 : accessed 5 August 2026).