Peerage Record – 55386

     Sir Edward Watson lived at Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England.¹

     Catherine Watson is the daughter of Sir Edward Watson.² She married Thomas Palmer.¹
     Her married name became Palmer.¹

     Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Bt. was born in 1598.¹ He was the son of Thomas Palmer and Catherine Watson.³ He married Margaret Moore, daughter of Sir Francis Moore, in 1625.¹ He died on 5 May 1670.¹
     They also had other issue.¹ He was the Royalist Commissioner of Uxbridge negotiations towards the end of the Civil War in 1645.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Stamford between 1649 and 1652.¹ He was the Attorney-General between 1660 and 1670.¹ He was appointed Knight Bachelor.¹ He was created 1st Baronet Palmer, of Carlton, Co. Northampton [E., 1660] on 7 June 1660.¹ He was Chief of Justice in 1661/62 at Chester, Cheshire, England.¹ He lived at Carlton, Northamptonshire, England.¹

     Sir Francis Moore lived at Fawley, Berkshire, England.¹ He was a practising Serjeant-at-law.¹

     Margaret Moore was the daughter of Sir Francis Moore.² She married Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Bt., son of Thomas Palmer and Catherine Watson, in 1625.¹ She died on 16 May 1655.¹
     From 1625, her married name became Palmer.¹ They also had other issue.¹

     Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Bt. and Margaret Moore.² He married, firstly, Jane Palmer, daughter of Robert Palmer, in 1654.¹ He married Frances (?)¹ He died in 1714.¹
     They also had four daughters.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Higham Ferrers between 1661 and 1697.¹ He succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Palmer, of Carlton, Co. Northampton [E., 1660] on 5 May 1670.¹

     Jane Palmer was the daughter of Robert Palmer.¹ She married Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Bt. and Margaret Moore, in 1654.¹ She died on 11 February 1700.¹
     They also had four daughters.¹

     Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 3rd Bt. was born on 12 June 1655.¹ He was the son of Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt. and Jane Palmer.² He married Elizabeth Grantham, daughter of Thomas Grantham and Frances Wentworth.¹ He died on 29 December 1732 at age 77, without issue.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Leicestershire between 1707 and 1722.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Palmer, of Carlton, Co. Northampton [E., 1660] in 1714.¹

     Elizabeth Grantham is the daughter of Thomas Grantham and Frances Wentworth.¹ She married Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt. and Jane Palmer.¹
     Her married name became Palmer.¹

     Robert Palmer was born on 8 December 1656.¹ He was the son of Sir Lewis Palmer, 2nd Bt. and Jane Palmer.² He married Esther Lawley, daughter of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Bt. and Anne Whitmore.³ He died in 1724.¹
     They also had other issue.¹