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HusbandPeter Folger

Born
1618atNorwich, England
Died
1690atNantucket, Mass.
Father
Mother
Married
1644atNantucket, Mass.

WifeMary Morrill

Born
1620atEngland
Died
1704atNantucket, Mass.
Father
Mother

Peter Folger went early from Watertown to Martha's Vineyard, probably with Thomas Mayhew. He worked very hard in teaching the Indians as a successor to Mayhew. He also was one of the few settlers who worked equally hard at learning the Wampanoag language. He moved about 1663 to Nantucket as interpreter for Tristram Coffin. Peter married Mary Morrill in 1644, having bought her of Hugh Peters, to whom she was an indentured servant, and paid the sum of f20. which he very gallantly declared was the best appropriation of money he had ever made. Mary may have emmigrated with Hugh Peters from England. [1]

CHILDREN
NameAbiah Folger
Born
15 AUG 1667
Died
18 MAY 1752atBoston, Mass.
MarriedJosiah Franklin


FOOTNOTES

[1]James Savage, Geneological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Boston, 1862).


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