Eleazer FOLGER

Abt 1649 - Abt 1716  (67 years)

• Name	Eleazer FOLGER
  Birth	Abt 1649	Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1960746
  Reference Number	1988318
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Folger-26
  Death	Abt 1716	Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I432	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter FOLGER,   b. Abt Apr 1617, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 1690, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary MORRILL,   b. Abt 1619, England d. 1704, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1644	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F97	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah GARDNER,   b. Abt 1650   d. 19 Dec 1729 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1671	Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Folger-613 and Folger-26 appear to represent the same person because: similar dates, same family relationships

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category:Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Massachusetts]] {{Estimated Date }} {{Uncertain Family}} == Biography == Eleazer Folger, son of Peter and Mary (Morrell) Folger, was born in 1648 in Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts.[https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I2463&tree=barney Eleazar Folger] Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association.Virginiarese Folger Rust. ''Folger Genealogy''. Richmond, IN 1959. Page 1. Available at Famliy Search.org[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE934462&from=fhd Folger Genealogy] He married Sarah Gardner, daughter of Richard Gardner and Sarah Shattuck in 1671. Eleazer died in 1716. Eleazer was mentioned on a memorial in Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 19 Dec 1716. '''Memorial''': Find a Grave (has image) {{FindAGrave|70948021}} (accessed 3 October 2022) Memorial page for Eleazer Folger (1648-19 Dec 1716), citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Plantagenet Crown (contributor 49922906). He was well versed in the Indian language. Several documents are on record in his handwriting in the language of the Indians. His house was located a few yards east of the Jethro Coffin house and was built near 1699. On 3 Jan 1699 he had a part of some swamps north of his house lot set off to him. === Children of Eleazer and Sarah === #Eleazar Folger Jun. b. 2 Jul 1672, d. 15 Feb 1753 #Peter Folger b. 1674, d. 1707 #Sarah Folger b. 1676, d. 23 Jan 1733 #Nathan Folger b. 1678, d. 2 Jul 1747 #Ruth Folger d. 16 Jul 1729#[[Folger-306|Mary Folger]] b. 1684, d. 7 Aug 1720 married [[Arthur-779|John Arthur]] #Daniel died young. #Elisha died young. Children Barney and Rust. Unsourced family tree handed down to [[Fairbrother-617|Susie Fairbrother]]. == Sources == See also:*''Nantucket Lands and Land Owners'', by Henry Barnard Worth, publ. 1901 by Nantucket Historical Association.*Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., [https://archive.org/details/coffinfamilylife00coff/page/59 page 59]