Mary Palmer

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MP wrote, in the earlier part of the eighteenth century, some lively dialogues which may be the earliest literary writing to use the local dialect of Devon. They remained unpublished for nearly a hundred years. She was said too to have written poetry.

Milestones

9 February 1716

Mary Reynolds (later Palmer) was born at Plympton Erle or Earl in Devon (now swallowed by Plymouth), the third child and the eldest daughter among eleven children.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua. The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Editors Ingamells, John and John Edgcumbe, Yale University Press.
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27 May 1794

MP died at her home at Great Torrington in Devon.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1837

A sample of MP 's local writing appeared in print at Exeter and London as A Dialogue in the Devonshire Dialect in 23 pages, ascribed only to a Lady.
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

Biography

Birth and Family

9 February 1716

Mary Reynolds (later Palmer) was born at Plympton Erle or Earl in Devon (now swallowed by Plymouth), the third child and the eldest daughter among eleven children.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua. The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Editors Ingamells, John and John Edgcumbe, Yale University Press.
264-5

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