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Nathaniel Folsom (1726 - 1790)

Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Folsom
Born in Exeter, New Hampshiremap
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Died at age 63 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Folsom served with American Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.
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Major General Nathaniel Folsom served with 4th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
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Nathaniel Folsom is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A040277.

Nathaniel Folsom was born on September 28, 1726 in Exeter, New Hampshire. His parents were Folsom and Anna (Ladd) Folsom. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Nathaniel married first, Dorothy Smith. [2] [1] [3]

Nathaniel and Dorothy had the following children born in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire: [2] [1]

  1. Nathaniel Folsom
  2. Mary Folsom, b. August 25, 1751.[5]
  3. Deborah Folsom, b. 1753.
  4. Jonathan Folsom
  5. Anna Folsom, b. 1762.
  6. Arthur Folsom, b. 1764
  7. Dorothy Folsom

His first wife Dorothy died in Feb. of 1766. [1] [3]

Nathaniel married second, Mary (Sprague) Fisher Dec. 19, 1778 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. [6] [7] [2] [1]

Nathaniel and Mary had one child, Ruth Weare. [2] [1]

Nathaniel Folsom was a Capt. in the New Hampshire Militia during the French and Indian War, serving under Col. Joseph Blanchard and was on the Crown Point Expedition of 1755. [8] [4]

During the American Revolution he served in the New Hampshire Militia, and was promoted to Major General. [9] [10] [4]

He died on May 26, 1790 in Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. [11] [2] [1] [3] [4]

From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: [12]

Nathaniel Folsom was a Delegate from New Hampshire. He was born in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., on September 18, 1726. Nathaniel served in the French and Indian Wars as a captain in Colonel Blanchard’s regiment; successively major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Fourth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, which he commanded at the beginning of the Revolutionary War; brigadier general of the New Hampshire troops sent to Massachusetts and served during the siege of Boston; appointed major general and planned the details of troops sent from New Hampshire to Ticonderoga; Member of the Continental Congress in 1774 and 1777-1780; executive councilor in 1778; a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1783, serving as its president; chief justice of the court of common pleas; died in Exeter, N.H., on May 26, 1790; burial in Winter Street Burial Ground, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA .

From Wikipedia: [13]

Folsom married twice, first to Dorothy Smith (1726–1776). Their children included: Nathaniel, Dorothy, Jonathan, Anna, Arthur, and Mary (1751–1812), and Deborah; (Deborah was New Hampshire Governor John Taylor Gilman's first wife, Mary his second). By his second wife, Mary Sprague, he had one daughter, Ruth Weare Folsom.

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  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society
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  6. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924
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  8. Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous|Collections, Historical and Miscellaneous
  9. DAR
  10. United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  11. New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947
  12. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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  • "Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889"
    Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. II
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61360 #13979 (accessed 23 June 2023)
    Name: Nathaniel Folsom; Birth Date: 1726; Birth Place: Exeter, New Hampshire; Death Date: 26 May 1790; Death Place: Exeter, New Hampshire; Occupation: Revolutionary Soldier.
  • "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930"
    Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 50015 #109818 (accessed 23 June 2023)
    Name: Hon Nathaniel Folsom; Event: Death; Death Date: Abt 1790; Death Place: Exeter, New Hampshire; Newspaper: Columbian Centinel; Publication Date: 29 May 1790; Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA; Call Number: 485704.
  • Wikipedia Wikidata: Item Q6969615, en:Wikipedia help.gif




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