Barnabas Palmer, of Rochester, N. H., was born in Cork or Limerick,
1725, emigrated from there with two brothers, and enlisted under Sir
William Pepperill. Barnabas sailed from Portsmouth, N. H.,—one of the
force of 3,000 men, 1745, and on the Isle of Cape Breton, under Fort
Louisburg, left his right arm. Subsequently he settled in Rochester, N.
H., married, had fourteen children, and was a member of the General
Court of New Hampshire that ratified the Constitution of the United
States. Here is another fragment of history: Lieutenant-General
Pepperrell, in 1745, ordered Maj. John Stover to organize a company at
Wells, Me., for the Louisburg expedition. The order was promptly carried
out. Among the volunteers were Edward Welch, John Conaway, James
Gillpatrick, John McDaniel, James Read, Michael Wilson and John Burks
(Burke?). They sailed March 24, 1745, for Cape Breton. Some of the
company died there. In the fall of 1745 most of the survivors returned
to Wells.