Nathaniel FOLSOM

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 02 Jun 1644, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts

Nathaniel married Hannah FARROW on 09 Jun 1674. Hannah was born in Hingham, England; died before 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathaniel FOLSOM was born about 1680.
2. Samuel FOLSOM was born on 18 Apr 1679 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died after 1714.

Nathaniel married Mary JONES before 1696. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Folsom Genealogy": John Folsom and his wife came to this country, with the Gilmans, in 1638 and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was granted four acres of land which abuted upon the "Playbe" eastward, and upon the "Common" westward. With Captain Joshua Hobart he had liberty from the inhabitants of the town to utilze certain streams for the purpose of erecting a saw-mill, or mills.
He was a member of the Hingham militia. In 1645 he was a selectman, one of those chosen to order the affairs of the town. In the same year he was implicated in the Anthony Eames Affair, Eames having been appointed Captain of the military company by the government, was rejected by the townspeople, who elected Bozoan Allen. This result caused John Folsom(Foulsham) with others to be fined twenty pounds, but his fine was later remitted. he was representative from Hingham in 1654....

John married Mary GILMAN on 04 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. Mary (daughter of Edward GILMAN and Mary CLARK) was christened on 6 Aug 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died in 1691/2 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]