Ancestry of
Maria Mitchell
Astronomer
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- 4th Great-grandfather of Maria Mitchell — 7th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 98
- Father:
- John Folger
- Mother:
- Meribell Gibbs
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1617
- Birth Location:
- Norfolk, England
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 1690
- Death Location:
- Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts
- Spouse Name:
- Mary Morrill
- Marriage Date:
- 1644
- Marriage Location:
- Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Children:
Bethiah Folger
Eleazer Folger
John Folger
Abiah Folger
Joanna Folger (Ahnentafel No:49 )
Dorcas Folger
Basheba Folger
Patience Folger
Experience Folger
- Notes:
- Came to Nantucket in 1663.
Peter Folger
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Sources for Peter Folger
- 1 American Ancestors Magazine, 2010, Vol. 11.4, p. 48.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/09/2011).
- 3 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket Deaths, Vol. 5, pp. 261, 266, 269, 271, 273, 277.
- 4 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Nantucket, Vol. 3, p. 462, Marriage record for Peter Folger and Mary Morrell.
- 5 Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 2, 1853-1855, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1881), 321.
- 6 New England Ancestors Magazine, 2008, Vol. 9.4, p. 29.
- 7 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1862, Vol. 16, pp. 269-270.
- 8 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1858, Vol. 12, p. 129.
- 9 The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1899, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 19.
- 10 Austin, John Osborne, American Authors' Ancestry: Including some others who have influenced life wisely . . ., Providence, Rhode Island: Freeman Company, Printers (1915), 64.
- 11 Banks, Charles Edward, M.D., The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Vol. 2, Town Annals, Boston: George H. Dean (1911), 67-70.
- 12 Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 76-77.
- 13 Brands, H. W., The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, New York: Doubleday (2000), 14.
- 14 Cornell, Thomas C., Adam and Anne Mott: Their Ancestors and Their Descendants, Poughkeepsie, New York: A.V. Haight, Printer (1890), 322.
- 15 Folger Shakespeare Library, "Henry Clay Folger", (accessed 09/09/2011).
- 16 Hinchman, Lydia S., Early Settlers of Nantucket: Their Associates and Descendants, 2nd Edition, Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach (1901), 64.
- 17 Hough, Franklin B., Papers Relating to the Island of Nantucket, with Documents Relating to the Original Settlement of that Island . . ., Albany: J. Munsell (1856), 16-19, 89-98.
- 18 Hughes, Thomas Patrick, American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent in the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the U.S., Vol. 01, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons (1887), 28.
- 19 Jordan, John W., Franklin as a Genealogist, Philadelphia?: Unknown (1899), Reprinted from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (April 1899), 18, 21-23.
- 20 Nantucket Historical Society, The Barney Genealogical Record, (accessed 10/28/2018).
- 21 Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town including Genealogies of First Settlers, Boston: C. E. Goodspeed and Co. (1924), 740-741.
- 22 Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town including Genealogies of First Settlers, Boston: C. E. Goodspeed and Co. (1924), 670.
- 23 Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 8, 2nd ed., Degory Priest, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2008), 15.
- 24 Wikipedia, "Peter Foulger", (accessed 09/09/2011).