Jeremiah FOLSOM b. Abt 1680 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 8 Oct 1757 Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire: My Old Dead Relatives

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Abt 1680 - 1757 (~ 77 years)

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Name	Jeremiah FOLSOM
Birth	Abt 1680	Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Gender	Male
DNA	Y
Occupation	Highway surveyor, businessman
_UID	76462682D92B49CF8DF0181A8E02C63BC05D
Death	8 Oct 1757	Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Burial	unknown
Person ID	I6688	main
Last Modified	29 Nov 2023

Family Mary BASFORD, b. 28 Aug 1687, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 8 Oct 1744, Newfields, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 57 years)

Marriage 26 Jan 1709 Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Children

1. Col Jeremiah FOLSOM, b. 23 Jul 1719, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire

d. 1802, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire

(Age 82 years)

Family ID F2345 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Jul 2017

Notes

Successful in business. Left much to his 8 children in his will.
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In 1719 Jeremiah Folsom built his two-story brick garrison house on the hill between Newfields and Lamprey River, where it stood until 1874, more than a century and a half, when it was demolished.

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