Jonathan
Folger
Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Folger
and Margaret (Gardner) Folger
Husband of
Lydia (Barnard) Folger
— married
20 Dec 1750 in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Lydia (Folger) Coleman
Died
at age 84
in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2011
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Biography
Jonathan Folger was born on 7 July 1727 at Nantucket. He was a son of Jonathan Folger and Margaret Gardner.[1]
Jonathan Folger married Lydia Barnard, daughter of Eben. Barnard and Mary Hussey, on 20 December 1750 at Nantucket.[2]
Children:
- Merab Folger
- Ebenezer Folger
- Elisabeth Folger d. 17 Jan 1800
- Obed Folger b. 1751, d. 2 May 1837
- Peregrine Folger+ b. 21 Jun 1754, d. 24 Dec 1831
- Lydia Folger+ b. 14 Apr 1764, d. 17 Apr 1840
- Hezekiah Folger+ b. 30 Oct 1766, d. 27 Apr 1834
- Barnard Folger b. 1770, d. 20 Aug 1795
- Mary Folger b. 1772
Jonathan died on 28 April 1812 at age 84.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDZ-YFM : 15 January 2020), Jonathan Folger, 1727.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCXQ-23X : 28 December 2022), Jonathan Folger, 1750.
- Barney Genealogical Record. Nantucket Historical Association. Person I1834.
- Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, Mass.: The New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1925-1928. Vol. 1, Births, p. 486. Vol. 3, Marriages, p. 454. Vol. 5, Deaths, p. 266.
- "United States Census, 1790", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-QCZ : Mon Mar 11 02:04:08 UTC 2024), Entry for Jonathan Folger, 1790.
- "United States Census, 1800", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRM-ZPX : Sat Mar 09 14:38:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Jonathan Folger, 1800.
- "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-MJN : Sat Mar 09 10:33:20 UTC 2024), Entry for Jonathan Folger, 1810.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jonathan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Pam Miller
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1bb, FTDNA kit #1007157
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~0.78%
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