John (Foulger) Folger 
John (Foulger) was born in Norwich, County Norfolk, England.1 John (Foulger)'s father was Foulgier and his mother was Alice Elmy. He was an only child. He died about 1660 in Martha's Vineyard, Ma.2 General Notes
"John Folger and his son Peter (their name then being frequently written Foulger) are said to have crossed the Atlantic in the same ship with Hugh Peters (who at one time was chaplain to Oliver Cromwell) in 1635. They came from Norwich, in the county Norfolk, England. Peter Folger was then about 18 years old. At what time they settled at Watertown, Mass. is not known, but in 1642 John Folger was possessed of a homestead in that town and owned six acres of land. It is probable that John and Peter Folger accompanied Thomas Mayhew, Jr. to Martha's Vineyard in 1641 or 1642. John owned a home, upland and commonage and meadow land at the Vineyard, as appears by the Vineyard Records. John died about 1660. Meribell Folger, his widow, was living in 1664. Her surname is said to have been Gibbs. According to tradition, John was a widower when he came over; if this be correct, he must have married her after his arrival in America." They arrived in Boston on the ship Abigail.
Sources:
James E. Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. III, Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., 1966.
Florence B. Anderson, A Grandfather for Benjamin Franklin, Meador Publishing Co., Boston, Mass., 1940.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston, 1926, Vols. I and V.
William C. Folger, "The Folger Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XVI, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Albany, NY, 1862, pp. 269-279.
Henry B. Worth, Nantucket Lands and Land Owners, Heritage Books, Bowie, Maryland, 1992.
James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. II, 1860 (Republished by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994).
Thelma P. Simpson and Rebecca W. Sanders, ‘Kith and Kin' of Eastern Carteret County, Carteret County Historicl Society, Morehead City, N.C., 1983.
John (Foulger) and Meribell Meribah were married in a religious ceremony before 1615 in Massachusetts.3 They had a son named Peter.
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Children
Peter Folger
Peter was born about 1618 in Norwich, County Norfolk, England.3 He died in 1690 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Ma.4
1 New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:269 (no date)
2 New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:269
3 The History of Nantucket @ p. 740 (no date)
4 Lydia S. Hinchman, Early Settlers of Nantucket @ p. 156
Further source/citation:
New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:269 (1635)
2 New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:269
3 The History of Nantucket @ p. 740 (no date)
4 Lydia S. Hinchman, Early Settlers of Nantucket @ p. 156
Further source/citation:
New England Historic Genealogical Society Register @ 16:269 (1635)
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