Folger

Most recently updated: 

Folger Surname Origin

Folger Lineage
Peter Folger 1617-1690, father of Experience Folger 1663-1739

Experience Folger > William Swain Sr > Hephzibah Swain > Mary Pinkham > Mary Worth > David Day > Phedora Alice Day > Lenore Inez Steger > Barbara Lou Tridle

Folger Migration
Norfolk, England > Nantucket County, Massachusetts

______________________________________

Experience Folger, Bill's 7th & 8th Great-Grandmother
(7th as mother of William Swain 1688-1770 and 8th as mother of John 1690-1750)
1663 - 4 June 1739
b. Nantucket County, Massachusetts
d. Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Founders Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Ancestry | Find a Grave

Parents:
Peter Folger 1617-1704
Mary Morrill 1620-1704

Maternal Lineage:
Mary Morrill 1620-1704

Spouse: John Swain Jr 1690-1750

Married: 1687
Children:

1. William Swain Sr 1688-1770
2. John Swain 1690-1750
3. Stephen Swain 1703-1785

______________________________________

Peter Folger, Bill's 8th & 9th Great-Grandfather

1617-1690
b. Norfolk, England
d. Nantucket, Massachusetts

Founders Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Ancestry | Find a Grave

Noteworthy:

Maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin:
Peter Folger 1617-1690 > Abiah Lee Folger 1667-1752 > Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

 
Author of "A Looking Glass for the Times" Internet Archive | Google Books

Tags: Immigrated_to_USA

Parents:

John Folger 1589-1660
Meribah Gibbs 1594-1664

Maternal Lineage:
Meribah Gibbs 1594-1664

Spouse: Mary Morrill 1620-1704
Married: 1644

Children:

1. Joanna Folger 1644-1719
2. Eleazar Folger 1648-1716
3. Bethsua Folger 1651-1725
4. John Folger 1658-1732
5. Experience Folger 1663-1739
6. Abiah Lee Folger 1667-1752

______________________________________

John Folger Jr, Bill's 9th & 10th Great-Grandfather

1589 - 21 October 1660
b. Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England

d. Dukes County, Massachusetts

Tower Hill Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts

Ancestry | Find a Grave

Noteworthy:

Tags: Immigrated_to_USA

Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Meribah Gibbs 1594-1664
Married: 1617
Children: 

1. Peter Folger 1617-1690
2. Mary Folger TBD-1689

______________________________________

Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 1 December 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124418716/experience-swain: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for Experience Folger Swain (1663–4 Jun 1739), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124418716, citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Tena Kennedy Painter (contributor 47059355).

---, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10904442/peter-folger: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for Peter Folger (1617–1690), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10904442, citing Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Randy Eutsler (contributor 47007637).

---, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20850783/john-folger: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for John Folger Jr. (1590–22 Oct 1660), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20850783, citing Tower Hill Cemetery, Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ryan D. Curtis (contributor 46858513).

Folger, Peter. "A Looking Glass for the Times," 1878. Former spirit of New England revived in this generation. Providence: © Sidney S Rider 1883. Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/ms12folder3item1/page/n5/mode/2up  Accessed 1 December 2025.

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 1 December 2025.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term, "Folger Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Folger+Surname+Origin  Accessed 1 December 2025.

______________________________________

Miscellanea

Talking Kin™: Folger

https://www.talkingkin.com/2025/09/folger.html
© 2025 William H Lawson Jr

______________________________________