Ephraim Folsom (1654 - abt. 1709)

Born 23 Feb 1654 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Phaltiel (Hall) Folsom — married before 1678 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 11 Jun 1709 at about age 55 in Exeter, Rockingham, Province of New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Biography

Ephraim Foulsham/Folsom was born February 23, 1654^[1] and baptized February 25, 1654, son of John Folsom/Foulsham and Mary (Gilman) Folsom. ^[2]

His baptism took place in Hingham.^[3]

Ephraim married Phaltiel Hall^[4], daughter of Lieutenant Ralph Hall, of Dover. She administered on his estate. and lived his widow 25 years after he was killed by Indians. They lived in the part of Exeter since called South Newmarket, and owned land which still remains in the possession of their decendants. He was shot by an Enidan as he was riding home from the village of Exeter, 11 June, 1709.^[5] Their children were seven. ^[6]

"was the first person of the name to locate at Lamprey River, settling near the falls on the Piscassic".^[7]

"He signed in favor of continuing with Massachusetts, 1677. His name first appears on the town books, April 1, 1678, and received grants of land in 1681 and 1700. Timber and lumber, the property of Ephraim Folsom and his brother-in-law, John Gilman, was attached in the interest of Robert Mason, April 14, 1684. He petitioned against Governor Cranfield in 1685; for the government and protection of Massachusetts, February 20, 1690; and was killed by an Indian at Newfields, near sunset, June 11, 1709, as he was riding home on horseback from the village of Exeter. His wife was Phaltial, daughter of Ralph Hall."^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Fitts: Page 501
2. ↑ Chapman, page 20
3. ↑ Fitts: Page 123
4. ↑ Fitts: Page 501
5. ↑ Fitts: Page 153
6. ↑ Chapman, page 21
7. ↑ Fitts: Page 123
8. ↑ Fitts: Page 123

• Chapman, Jacob. A Genealogy of the Folsom Family: John Folsom and His Descendants, 1615-1882 (Concord, N.H: Printed by the Republican Press Association, 1882); p. 20

• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908); vol. 3, p. 1555-6

• Fitts, James Hill. History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911 (Rumford Press, 1912 - Newfields (N.H.))

• Judkins, Elizabeth Littlefield. Job Judkins of Boston and his descendants (Privately Published, 1962, 17 Pages); p. 3

• Folsom, Elizabeth Knowles. Genealogy of the Folsom Family (N.H: Printed by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.); Vol.I,Page 65-68

• Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660 (Boston, Mass., 1908):Residence date: Residence place: Maine; p. 74