Brief Life History of Abiah
When Abiah Folger was born on 15 August 1667, in Nantucket, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Folger, was 50 and her mother, Mary Morrell, was 47. She married Josiah Franklin on 25 November 1689, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 18 May 1752, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 84.
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- Abiah Folger, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abiah Folger, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Abiah Lee Folger Franklin, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Fulcher .
German: nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German volger ‘companion, supporter’.
Swiss German: status name for a supporting person in a legal trial, see 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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ABIAH FOLGER: Eminent Nantucketers, Extracted From "Nantucket; a History," Douglas-Lithgow, R.A., New York. G.P. Putman's Sons, Knickerbocker Press, 1914. [Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]
"ABIAH FOLGER was the only child of Peter Folger born at Nantucket, as 'his two sons and other six daughters were born at Martha's Vineyard previous to his arrival' on the more southern island. She wa …
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