Thirteenth Generation

4640. John Folger¹⁵² was born about 1593 in Norwich, County Norfolk, England. He died about 1660 in Martha's Vineyard, MA.¹⁵² John Folger and his son Peter (their name then being frequently written Foulger) are said to have crossed the Atlantic in the same ship with Hugh Peters (who at one time was chaplain to Oliver Cromwell) in 1635; the ship was possibly the Abigail. They came from Norwich, in the county Norfolk, England. Peter Folger was then about 18 years old. At what time they settled at Watertown, Mass. is not known, but in 1642 John Folger was possessed of a homestead in that town and owned six acres of land. It is probable that John and Peter Folger accompanied Thomas Mayhew, Jr. to Martha's Vineyard in 1641 or 1642. John owned a home, upland and commonage and meadowland at the Vineyard, as appears by the Vineyard Records. John died about 1660. Meribah Folger, his widow, was living in 1664. Her surname is said to have been Gibbs. John Folger and Meribah Gibbs were married.

4641. Meribah Gibbs died after 1664 in Martha's Vineyard, MA.¹⁵² The History of Nantucket says John Folger was a widower when he came to America. Children were:

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Peter Folger.