Peter FOLSOM^[1]

1747 - 1801  (53 years)

• Name	Peter FOLSOM
  Birth	3 Dec 1747	Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  CNFD	Y
  DNA	Y
  Occupation	Fisherman
  _UID	6E736E729268407B80B044EA7113AA6F7148
  Death	Aug 1801	Small Point, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine
  Cause: Drowned off Small Point near Phippsburg, Maine
  Burial	At sea   [2]
  Person ID	I1267	main
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Col Jeremiah FOLSOM,   b. 23 Jul 1719, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 1802, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary HERSEY,   b. 1720, Newfields, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 1806, Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1742
  Notes	Husband and wife are 3rd cousins.
  Family ID	F1460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah DAM,   b. 13 Dec 1747, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. Abt 1801, Phippsburg, Sagadahoc, Maine (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1768	New Hampshire   [1]
  Notes	Husband and wife are 4C1R.
  Children	1. Joseph FOLSOM,   b. 21 Mar 1762   d. Maine   2. Sarah “Sally” FOLSOM,   b. 1769, Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 2 Sep 1863 (Age 94 years)   3. Peter FOLSOM,   b. 18 Jun 1773, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 19 Dec 1839, Limerick, York, Maine (Age 66 years)   4. Elizabeth FOLSOM,   b. 1780, Waterboro, York, Maine d. 1850, Limerick, York, Maine (Age 70 years)   5. Jeremiah FOLSOM,   b. 1784, Madbury, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 1821, Waterboro, York, Maine (Age 37 years)   6. John FOLSOM,   b. 1786, New Market, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 1878 (Age 92 years)   7. Lidia FOLSOM,   b. 1788   d. Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   8. Mary FOLSOM,   b. 1790   d. ?, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   9. Samuel FOLSOM,   b. 1796   10. Ann Nancy FOLSOM,   b. 12 Nov 1801, Limerick, York, Maine d. 23 Oct 1867, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F94	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Lived and traded in Lee, Madbury, and Limerick, Maine —— Having entered the harbor, he left the ship in a small punt or wherry, which was upset by a rough sea. He righted the boat, put the other man into it, where he was saved; but as he was swimming toward the shore, he was chilled and sank.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA). [S96] database and images, Find a Grave, 256840503.