Mary Morrell Folger
English
Mary Morrell Folger was an indentured servant and the maternal grandmother of Benjamin Franklin. - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Son: Eleazer Folger
- Daughter: Abiah Folger Franklin
- Daughter: Bathsheba Folger Pope
Mary Morrell Folger was an indentured servant and the maternal grandmother of Benjamin Franklin. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1620/00/00 | Mary Morrill is born in England circa 1620. | Born | |||||
1635/00/00 | Indentured servant, Mary Folger, immigrates to Massachusetts Bay Colony from Norwich, England with Rev Hugh Peters and his family. Working for the family as a maid, she sails on the same ship as Peter Folger and his parents. | Work | |||||
1635/00/00 | After Peter Folger gives Hugh Peters 20 pounds in exchange for Mary Folger's servitude, she marries Peter Folger in 1644 and live in Watertown, Massachusetts. | Bride | |||||
1660/00/00 | Peter and Mary Folger move to Martha's Vineyard, where they will come to know the Mayhew family. Peter is a teacher, surveyor and translator for the Wampanoag tribe. | Life | Martha's Vineyard | ||||
1663/00/00 | Peter and Mary Folger relocate to Nantucket island. | Life | Nantucket | Massachusetts | |||
1704/04/00 | Mary Morrell Folger dies of natural causes on Nantucket in the Province of Massachusetts. She is buried at the Founders Burial Ground on Nantucket island. | Died |
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