You've opened a sticky-wicky. It's not a merge error, it's conflicting source information.
- Removed death data for Elizabeth Paddock. If she was William "the younger" Palmer's wife, she died before 1662 and his marriage to Susanna.
- I updated the profile for Elizabeth Paddock with source information; see the reference section.
Primary source:
“After his death in 1650 ‘some of the Children of Robert Paddocke Deceased’ were entered in the Plymouth Colony Vital Records (MD 17:185):
‘The Register of the age of some of the Children of Robert Paddocke Deceased’
‘Imprimis William Palmer the son in law of the said Robert Paddocke; was borne the 27th of June 1634’ . . . [sic: born 1638]
The interpretation of son-in-law was the modern interpretation, leading to:
The six children that Robert and Mary (nee Holmes) Paddock had thus far were all born in Plymouth, as follows:
1. Elizabeth Paddock was born about 1632 and married William Palmer, Jr., about 1660, in Duxbury. [15]
She's described this way in Robert Joseph Curfman, The Paddock Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, Blacksmith and Constable 1646, (Fort Collins, CO: self-published, 1977). Page 26. < AncestrySharing > married William Palmer, Jr. born 27 June 1634 (MD 17:185). William has been found given as son of William and Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Palmer (TPC) and this latter William identified as a Lieutenant and a Representative of of Yarmouth, Massachustts (GDNE/TPC ix). Members of this Palmer family were said to have live at one time at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and to have removed to Newton, Long Island, New York 1656 (GDNE/TC ix).
We could discount this as the misinterpretation of "son-in-law," perhaps; William "the younger" was the "step-son" of Robert Paddock. However, the Palmer genealogists "also" seem to have the marriage:
- https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/genealogy/ps04/ps04_200.htm
- 1318. Carlton A. Palmer, Jr., “The Palmer Families of New England Revisited,” Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 58 (3), August, 1992. [AmericanAncestors covers volumes to 1984 as of 14 April 2025; available at the NEHGS research library, call number F72.E7 E62.]
- 1320. Robert Joseph Curfman, The Paddock Genealogy: Descendants of Robert Paddock of Plymouth Colony, Blacksmith and Constable 1646, (Fort Collins, CO: self-published, 1977).
- 1667. Carlton A. Palmer, Jr., “Replies,” The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 59, No. 3, August, 1993.