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Henry Clay Folger

Ancestry of
Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil


    John Palmer

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    • 4th Great-grandfather of Henry Clay Folger — 7th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 84 
    • Birth Date:
    • 18 May 1665 
    • Birth Location:
    • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • Death Date:
    • 13 Oct 1753 
    • Death Location:
    • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1686 
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  • Sources for John Palmer

    • 1 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Newport County, Vol 4, p. 6-139, Death record for John Palmer.
    • 2 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Newport County, Vol 4, p. 6-139, Death record for spouse Elizabeth Palmer.
    • 3 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Newport County, Vol 4, p. 6-139, Birth record for John Palmer.
    • 5 Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, Albany, New York: Joel Munsells Sons (1887), 163, gives John's year of death as 1752.
    • 6 Richmond, Joshua Bailey, The Richmond Family, 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors, 1040-1594, Boston: Joshua Bailey Richmond (1897), 15, give father's name as Henry.