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Samuel FOLSOM

Male 1639 - Abt 1700  (62 years)


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  1. 1.  Samuel FOLSOM was born between 1638 and 1639; died about 1700.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 03 Oct 1641, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
    • Death: Between 17 Feb 1671 and 1672

    Notes:

    "Folsom Genealogy": Samuel Folsom, bapt, in Hingham, Mass. 3 Oct. 1641; deposed 17 Feb. 1671/2, aged 32, thus b. about 1639/1640, and doubtless the eldest child of John Folsom, for his name stands first on the record; the office of administrator on his father's estate was given him, in accordance with the custom which was to offer it to the widow or eldest son before any others of the family. He d. before 27 Feb. 1701/2, when his widow and eldest son renounce administration on his estate. he m. in Hampton, NH "22nd 10 mo 1664" (Hampton Rec.) Mary Robis (Dau. of Judge Henry) of Hampton.
    He was styled a "husbandman" and dealt some in lumber but engaged less in public affairs than his father and some of his younger brothers...
    In January 1692 Samuel was appointed administrator upon the estate of "John and Mary Folsom both deceased." In the performance of this business he provoked his brother, Dea. John, who in his passion, by violent language, exposed himself to prosecution for a violation of the law; but after some deliberation the trouble was amicably settled..
    Samuel Folsom died intestate: "Mary Folsom of Exeter widow of Samuel Folsom, and Ebenezer Folsom, oldest son, renounce administration on the estate, Feb. 27, 1701/2, and request that a younger son Samuel Folsom, may be appointed; witnesses, Moses Leavitt, Jr. and Dorothy Leavitt.
    Administration on the estate of Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeoman, granted to his son, Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeoman, Feb 28, 1701/2.
    Inventory May 27, 1702' amount L36:16:6; signed by Benjamin Jones and Charles Rundlett, Jr. (New Hampshire Wills, Vol. 1, p. 493)
    Samuel Folsom's estate on May 27, 1702 showed only L36:16:6; and the following July the widow Mary was in prison for debt.

    PETITION OF MARY FOLSOM, WIDOW OF SAMUEL

    At a council and General Assembly held at Portsmouth, July 20, 1702, a petition from Mary Foulsham was read at the Board relating to her being released out of Prison being in for Debt, and a very poor woman as upon file. In answer to which petition his Excellency and Council doth order that the Secretary write to the Creditor or his attorney, who keeps the petitioner in gaol, that if they do not take care, to find out the petitioner's estate whereby he may satisfy his Debt by laying his execution thereupon in twenty days time at farthest, that then the said Creditor shall allow said Petitioner 2s 6d per week, or otherwise the petitioner to be discharged. (Miscellanous Provincial Papers)

    Samuel married Mary ROBEY on 22 Dec 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Israel FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point died between 29 Mar and 15 Apr 1749.
    2. 3. Ruth FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1670.
    3. 4. Ebenezer FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1666; died on 22 Dec 1749 in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    4. 5. Deliverance FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1745.
    5. 6. Ann FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. Mary FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1664 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died on 03 Jul 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    7. 8. Samuel FOLSOM  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1723.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Israel FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) died between 29 Mar and 15 Apr 1749.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

    Israel married Sarah DRAKE after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Israel married Rachel BERRY on 30 Sep 1713 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Rachel (daughter of Nathaniel BERRY and Elizabeth PHILBRICK) was born about 1697 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died between 1733 and 1734. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ruth FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born about 1670.

    Ruth married Moses NORRIS on 04 Mar 1692. Moses was born on 04 Aug 1670; died before 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Ebenezer FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born in 1666; died on 22 Dec 1749 in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1712, Hampton

    Notes:

    "Folsom Genealogy": he was credited with soldier service at Oyster River Sept. 17 to Oct 1, 1694, under Capt. John Woodman (NH State papers, vol. 4, p. 643). Also in Capt. Kinsley Hall's 1st company of Militia in Exeter from Dec. 2 to Dec 30, 1695 (History of Exeter, p. 219). He also served in Exeter Garrison Apr. 13 to Aug 3, 1696. (History of Exeter, p. 219),

    Family/Spouse: Hannah SMITH. Hannah died on 16 Dec 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Deliverance FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) died after 1745.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: United with the church in Greenland

    Notes:

    "Folsom Genealogy": Deliverance, single woman, lived with her brother Samuel in Greenland. In 1723, she, with her mother Mary, and her sister-in-law Abigail, united with the church there. She was living unmarried in 1745.


  5. 6.  Ann FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1)

    Ann married Hezekiah JENNESS on 13 May 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Mary FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) was born on 27 Sep 1664 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died on 03 Jul 1741 in Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

    Mary married Ezekiel LADD on 30 Nov 1687 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. Ezekiel (son of Daniel LADD and Ann ?) was born on 16 Sep 1654 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Lydia LADD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Feb 1688 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
    2. 10. Nathaniel LADD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1695 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
    3. 11. Mary LADD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1690 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
    4. 12. John LADD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 May 1693 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.

  7. 8.  Samuel FOLSOM Descendancy chart to this point (1.Samuel1) died before 1723.

    Notes:

    Samuel was administrator on his father's estate in 1702; removed to Hampton, near the Portsmouth line; purchased a place in Greenland, 1710.
    Died without children.

    Samuel married Abigail COLE before 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
  

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