Solomon Palmer

first name
Solomon
last name
Palmer
gender
male
birth, death year
circa 1794 , --
first, last year in records
--, --
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
always free
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Amherst, MA  
place of origin
Greenwich, MA

Bio

Solomon was born circa 1794-1806 in Greenwich, Massachusetts. He was the second husband of Sylvia Pharaoh and they lived in Amherst, Massachusetts. They had three children born between 1824 and 1829, two of whom lived to adulthood. Sylvia died of smallpox in 1831. By 1834, Solomon was transient and nothing more is known about him.

Sources Consulted 
History of the Black Population of Amherst, Massachusetts, James Avery Smith, 1999, p.106