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Originally Posted by kiterunner
Do you know whether he and his wife had any children who died young? If so, could he be buried with one of them?
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That's a tricky one as it appears that there were two John and Mary Palmer's having children baptized in St Stephen Coleman Street London around the same time. Either that or John was married previously despite him being described as a bachelor on the 1771 marriage licence. The burial registers are not digitized for that era (I had someone kindly look for John's burial c.1797); they are held in the LMA.
So I'm not sure if they had more children, and if they survived to adulthood. John's will was written after his marriage to Mary Smith in 1771 and never updated (pretty poor for an attorney lol); he did die aged only 53/54 though. It doesn't mention any children. Only Mary's will of 1818 mentions their daughter (my ancestor) and her three granddaughters. No other children are named. This might not be significant as she also doesn't mention her grandsons either.