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John FOLSOM

Male 1615 - 1681  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name John FOLSOM  [1, 2] 
    Christening 1615  Hingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Dec 1681  Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Notes 
    • "Folsom Genealogy": John Folsom and his wife came to this country, with the Gilmans, in 1638 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was granted four acres of land which abuted upon the "Playbe" eastward, and upon the "Common" westward. With Captain Joshua Hobart he had liberty from the inhabitants of the town to utilze certain streams for the purpose of erecting a saw-mill, or mills.
      He was a member of the Hingham militia. In 1645 he was a selectman, one of those chosen to order the affairs of the town. In the same year he was implicated in the Anthony Eames Affair, Eames having been appointed Captain of the military company by the government, was rejected by the townspeople, who elected Bozoan Allen. This result caused John Folsom(Foulsham) with others to be fined twenty pounds, but his fine was later remitted. he was representative from Hingham in 1654....
    Person ID I22689  Main Tree
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2022 

    Family Mary GILMAN,   c. 6 Aug 1615, Hingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1691/2, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage 04 Oct 1636  Hingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Peter FOLSOM,   b. 1649, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1717, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Natural]
     2. John FOLSOM,   b. 1638/9, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1715, Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
     3. Nathaniel FOLSOM,   b. 1644   d. Bef 1725 (Age < 80 years)  [Birth]
     4. Israel FOLSOM,   b. 1646   d. 1677, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Birth]
     5. Ephraim FOLSOM,   b. 23 Feb 1654, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1709 (Age 55 years)  [Natural]
     6. Mary FOLSOM,   b. 1651, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     7. Samuel FOLSOM,   b. Between 1638 and 1639   d. Abt 1700 (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F06443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1615 - Hingham, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 04 Oct 1636 - Hingham, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Dec 1681 - Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S00002] Jacob Chapman, A.M., "A Genealogy of the Folsom Family: John Folsom and his Descendants" 1615-1882, (Name: Name: Concord, NH - Republican Press Assoc. - 1882;;).

    2. [S00063] Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, "Genealogy of the Folsom Family" 1638-1938, (Name: Name: Rutland, Vermont - The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. 1938;;).

    3. [S02746] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1876, Vol. 30 April.


  

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