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Jeremiah FOLSOM

Jeremiah FOLSOM

Male Abt 1680 - 1757  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Jeremiah FOLSOM 
    Born Abt 1680  Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Highway surveyor, businessman 
    Died 8 Oct 1757  Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6688  Main
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2023 

    Father Deacon John FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1638, prob at sea Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1715, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Abigail PERKINS,   b. 12 Apr 1655, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1716, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1675  Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary BASFORD,   b. 28 Aug 1687, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1744, Newfields, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1709  Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth FOLSOM,   b. 12 Sep 1712, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mary FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1715, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Nathan FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1717, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1768  (Age ~ 51 years)
    +4. Col Jeremiah FOLSOM,   b. 23 Jul 1719, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1802, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +5. Sarah FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1722, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John FOLSOM,   b. 7 Jul 1723, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1787, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Abigail FOLSOM,   b. Abt 1725, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Ann FOLSOM,   b. Aug 1731, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1763  (Age ~ 32 years)
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F2345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth,   d. ? 
    Married Aft 1744 
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F2349  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Oct 1757 - Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Successful in business. Left much to his 8 children in his will.
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      In 1719 Jeremiah Folsom built his two-story brick garrison house on the hill between Newfields and Lamprey River, where it stood until 1874, more than a century and a half, when it was demolished.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023