Mary FOLSOM

1719 - 1817  (98 years)

• Name	Mary FOLSOM
  Born	1719	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Aug 1817	Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I11018	Main
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2008

  
  

  Father	John FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1680, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire ,   d. 31 Mar 1725  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Mary SEWALL,   d. Abt Aug 1725
  Married	Abt 1712	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Family ID	F2351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Samuel BRADLEY,   b. 1721,   d. 11 Aug 1746, Rumford [Concord], Merrimack, New Hampshire  (Age 25 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1738	Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire
  Children	+ 1. Hon John BRADLEY,   b. 13 Feb 1743, Penacook, Concord, New Hampshire   2. Mehitable BRADLEY,   b. 16 Jan 1745, Penacook, Concord, New Hampshire
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F3737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert CALFE,   d. ?
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F3740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 2 Nov 1738 - Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire Died - 10 Aug 1817 - Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Mary was a woman of great energy and superior education,having been brought up in the family of Nicholas Gilman, father of the governor. Her husband was a man of enterprise, of piety, and of much promise. Mary had the sad task of identifying the bodies, including that of her husband. Her anguish was intense and overwhelming. It has been said that the impact on son John (3 years old) was life-long, resulting in a continual fear and terror of Indians. She used to tell his children of the last chapter he read in the Scriptures, and repeat expressions he used in his last family prayer before he was shot by the Indians. She m. (2) ROBERT CALFE, of Chester, and lived there much respected thirty years, but returned to Concord to spend her last days with her grandson.