Ancestry of
Maria Mitchell

Astronomer

Jonathan Folger

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• • Great-grandfather of Maria Mitchell — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Folger 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret Gardner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Jul 1727 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Apr 1812 
  • Death Location:
  • Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia Barnard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Dec 1750 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sherburne, Nantucket, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Lydia Folger (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Sources for Jonathan Folger

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 1, p. 489, Birth record for daughter Lydia Folger.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 5, p. 208, Death record for daughter Lydia Coleman.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 5, p. 266, Death record for Jonathan Folger.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 3, p. 455, Marriage of Jonathan Folger and Lydia Barnard.
  • ⁵ Austin, John Osborne, American Authors' Ancestry: Including some others who have influenced life wisely . . ., Providence, Rhode Island: Freeman Company, Printers (1915), 64.
  • ⁶ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 342.