Mary THING

Joseph married Mary FOLSOM. Mary (daughter of Peter FOLSOM and Susanna MILLS) was born in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from " Royall Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. One Gov. Thomas Dudley": he may have been the son of his father's unknown first wife. He died from a shot by his own gun when he fell from his horse. The administration of his estate was granted on 22 Feb 1695-1696 to Nicholas Gilman.

Excerpt from "The Story of the Gilmans and a Gilman Genealogy....":When a youth he served in King Phillip's War and later was Captain of the Exeter Co. in King William's War. He held various town offices. Mary died at the age of 33, leaving 7 children. He m. 2nd Mrs. Martha Wiggin and had a son Daniel. He was killed a year later by the accidental discharge of his gun while riding in the woods with his brother Samuel and peter Folsom. He was buried with his first wife, Mary, in the oldest existing graveyard in Exeter.

Jonathan married Mary GILMAN on 26 Jul 1677 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of John GILMAN and Elizabeth TREWORGY) was born on 10 Sep 1658 in Exeter, New Hampshire; died in Aug 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 08 Apr 1649, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Peter married Susanna MILLS on 06 May 1678. Susanna was born in Wells, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Mills and Mary Wadleigh of Wells, Maine
• Name: Susanna Cousins

Notes:

"Folsom Genealogy": "The following York, Me., deeds prove the parentage of Susanna, wife of Lt. Peter Folsom: V. 4. Aug. 12, 1685, Peter Folsam (Foulsum) sold to Robert Wadleigh et ux & John Wadleigh "one sixth part of the farm of John Wadleigh's in Wells." the same day John Wadleigh sold to Peter Folsom "one third part of a farm in Wells, formerly my grandfather's, John Wadleigh's as by gift from my father Robert Wadleigh, bounded on land of uncle Thomas Mills, and on other side with land of said Peter Foulsum, which he lately bought of my father Robert Wadleigh," etc.... June 27, 1689, "Peter Folsham et ux to William Sawyer, one half the farm, originally John Wadleigh's in Wells" (v.6). Feb. 16, 1721/2, Susanah Folsham, Widow, Relict of Lieut. Folsham,of Exeter, sold to Francis Sawyer of Wells 1/4 part of land and marsh that John Wadleigh of Wells gave unto his daughter Mary Mills, etc. 18 July 1664 (Vol. 11)."