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William was born 10 Jun 1878 on a riverboat on the Osage River at Purvis, Camden County, Missouri and died 3 Mar 1969 in Missouri. He married Nancy Emma Duffer, daughter of John Thomas Duffer and Catherine Lucinda McGinnis, on 23 Jul 1899 in Morgan County, Missouri. William served ____ terms as ____ Judge of Camden County, Missouri (I need to find these dates and the type of judge William was).

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Ancestors of William Allen Folsom

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Information from a file sent to me by Harry Folsom, Folsom Family Genealogist. Thanks Harry!

(Edited by me for my family line to the best of my ability at this time.)

First Generation 1

Second Generation (Parents) 1

Third Generation (Grandparents) 2

Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents) 2

Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandparents) 3

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents) 4

Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandparents) 5

Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandparents) 6

Ninth Generation (6th Great Grandparents) 10

First Generation

1. William Allen Folsom was born on 10 Jun 1878 on a riverboat on the Osage River at Purvis, MO.

William married Emma Duffer, daughter of John Thomas Duffer and Catherine Lucinda McGinnis, on 23 Jul 1899 in Morgan Co., MO

Children from this marriage were:

Charles Thomas Folsom

James Edward Folsom

iii

Emma Josephine Folsom

William Allen Folsom, Jr

Lou Zetta Folsom

Mary Ellen Folsom

vii

Lena Catherine Folsom

viii

Kittie Bell Folsom

Lucy Edna Folsom

Second Generation (Parents)

2. Charles Carroll Folsom was born on 25 Jun 1840 in New York, NY and died on 4 Sep 1914.

Charles married Josephine Napoleon Davenport, daughter of Paschal Davenport J. Davenport and Sarah C. Wood, on 30 Aug 1877.

Children from this marriage were:

William Allen Folsom

Sadie A. Folsom

iii

Lucy M. Folsom

Charles Carroll Folsom

Frank Folsom

Mary L. Folsom

vii

Kittie Bell Folsom

viii

Theron A. Folsom

Lucy N. Folsom

Clarence E. Folsom

3. Josephine Napoleon Davenport

Josephine married Charles Carroll Folsom, son of William Allen Folsom and Angeline Hicks, on 30 Aug 1877.

Third Generation (Grandparents)

4. William Allen Folsom was born on 28 Jun 1815 in Tunbridge, VT.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation. Farmer

William married Angeline Hicks.

Children from this marriage were:

Lester A. Folsom

2 ii

Charles Carroll Folsom

iii

Theron A. Folsom

Clarence E. Folsom

Lucy Folsom

Mary Folsom

William next married Mary Brown.

5. Angeline Hicks.

Angeline married William Allen Folsom, son of Rev. Abraham Folsom and Miriam Bean.

Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents)

8. Rev. Abraham Folsom was born on 9 Aug 1784 in Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH and died on 19 Mar 1858 in Waterloo, WI.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation. Blacksmith

2. Resided Tunbridge, VT.

3. Resided Cuba, Allegheny Co., NY.

Abraham married Miriam Bean, daughter of John Bean and Unknown, in 1804 in Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH.

Children from this marriage were:

Hannah Folsom

Abraham F. Folsom

iii

Edna Folsom

Stephen Folsom

4 v

William A. Folsom

Jeremiah Folsom

vii

Matilda Folsom

viii

Lucina Folsom

Mary Folsom

Lodema Folsom

9. Miriam Bean.

Miriam married Rev. Abraham Folsom, son of Daniel Folsom, Jr. and Mary Moody, in 1804 in Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH.

Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandparents)

16. Daniel Folsom, Jr. was born on 27 Aug 1739 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH and died on 2 Mar 1817.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Resided 1772: Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH.

2. Oath Of Allegiance 1776: Gilmanton, Belknap Co., NH.

3. Resided 1800: Tunbridge, , VT.

Daniel married Mary Moody, daughter of John Moody and Unknown, about 1764.

Children from this marriage were:

Dea. Daniel Folsom

David Folsom

iii

Stephen Folsom

John Folsom

Rev. Peter Folsom

Rev. Jeremiah Folsom

8 vii

Rev. Abraham Folsom

viii

Mary Folsom

Anna Folsom

17. Mary Moody was born in Jun 1743 and died in Apr 1833.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Resided About 1764: Kingston, Rockingham Co., NH.

2. Religion. Quaker

Mary married Daniel Folsom, Jr., son of Daniel Folsom and ? Folsom, about 1764.

18. John Bean.

John married.

Children from this marriage were:

John Bean 2nd

Abigail Bean

9 iii

Miriam Bean

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents)

32. Daniel Folsom was born about 1704 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH14 and died in 1756 in Epping, Rockingham Co, NH.

General Notes:In the division of his father's estate he inherited the house and barn, two shares of salt marsh in Hampton, together with all the home place excepting thirty acres. Oct. 1748, he received seven pounds, "Old tenor", for war service. On the 4th of Mar. 1749, he sold his homestead in Exeter and removed to Epping where he died of a fever. "He was a man of great strength." In 1775 his family removed to Gilmanton and became quite numerous, furnishing many preacher's for the Free-Will Baptist Church.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Land contract-purchase or sale 4 Mar 1748/49: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Sold his homestead in Exeter and moved to Epping.

Daniel married ? Folsom, daughter of Nathaniel Folsom and Susanna Jackson, in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Marriage Notes:

Probably a daughter of Nathaniel Folsom (Abraham, John, John)

Children from this marriage were:

16 i

Daniel Folsom Jr

Ann Folsom

iii

Abigail Folsom

Daniel next married Huldah Eastman, daughter of John Eastman and Huldah Kingsbury, on 17 Aug 1742 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Children from this marriage were:

Betsey Folsom

Jonathan Kingsbury Folsom

iii

Abraham Folsom

Mercy Folsom

Huldah Folsom

John Folsom

33. ? Folsom.

? married Daniel Folsom, son of Abraham Folsom and Anna Chase, in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH8.

34. John Moody.

John married.

Children from this marriage were:

17 i

Mary Moody

John next married.

Children from this marriage were:

Elizabeth Moody

Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandparents)

64. Abraham Folsom was born about 1678 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH20 and died in 1740 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service26 Oct 1696-9 Nov 1696: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Served in the Exeter Garrison (Hist. of Exeter, p. 218)

Abraham married Anna Chase, daughter of Sgt. Aquilla Chase and Esther Bond, on 27 Oct 1703 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Children from this marriage were:

32 i

Daniel Folsom

Jonathan Folsom

iii

Mercy Folsom

Abraham Folsom

Abraham next married Elizabeth Robinson.

65. Anna Chase was born on 4 Apr 1678 in Newbury, MA.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence Newbury, MA.

Anna married Abraham Folsom, son of Deacon John Folsom and Abigail Perkins, on 27 Oct 1703 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

66. Nathaniel Folsom was born in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH and died on 22 Aug 1747 in Nottingham, Rockingham Co, NH. The cause of death was Killed by Indians.

General Notes:About 1730 he returned to Exeter and bought lands on the road to Copy Hole in that part of the town which in 1742 became Brentwood. In 1743 he sold his homestead to his son John, and was in 1747 killed by Indians in Nottingham whither he had gone to aid in protecting the settlers. When his companions returned, he remained, feeling sure there were Indians about, to protect Robert Beard, and while the two men were at dinner in Beard's house, both were shot. The Indians then went to the home of Andrew Simpson and stabbed Elizabeth, his wife, who had left the garrison and gone to her home to bake bread. (For a fuller account of this massacre Note B, page 24 in the Appendix of the Chapman edition. Also the family tradition in the Morrill family written by Lieutenant Harry L. Symonds, and printed in the Records of the Eighteenth Annual Reunion Report, 1929; also, the Address by Professor Brainerd Mears at the unveiling exercises of the boulder and tablet erected on Nottingham Square in 1935, and printed in the Records of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Reunion Report.)

Administration on the estate of Robert Beard was granted on September 30, 1747. This would approximate the date of the Nottingham massacre as sometime in September of that year. (Probate Records, Vol. 3, pp. 490-491)

Medical Notes:At the reunion in 1935 another memorial was unveiled on Nottingham Square, N. H. This memorial was the generous gift of Mr. Charles Edwin Chase. The boulder, moved from the wall of the Simpson field, stands on the historic old Square near the site of the massacre of Sept. 1747, when Nathaniel Folsom, Robert Beard and Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson were killed by Indians. The address was given by Prof. Brainerd Mears.

Death Notes:Killed by Indians (Annals of Meredith, NH, p. 229)

Noted events in his life were:

1. Military Service1710: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH25. Sentinel in Captain John Gilman's Company.

2. Land contract-purchase or sale York Co., ME. On Aug. 15, 1720, "Nathaniel Folsom and Susanna Folsom, his wife, of Stratham, sold to James Tyler of Arundel or else Cape Porpus all right we have or ever had or ought to have in the lands, meadows, Timber and River in Scarboro at Blew Point in Province of Maine in County of York lying between Saco River and Sperwink River which came by our great grandmother, Elinor Jackson (or by the Jacksons)." (York Deeds, Vol. 11.)

Nathaniel married Susanna Jackson, daughter of John Jackson and Sarah.

Children from this marriage were:

Jeremiah Folsom

Miriam Folsom

33 iii

? Folsom

John Folsom

Martha Folsom

Susanna Folsom

vii

Sarah Folsom

viii

Capt. Benjamin Folsom

67. Susanna Jackson was born in Bradford, Essex, MA26 and died on 30 Mar 1759.

Susanna married Nathaniel Folsom, son of Nathaniel Folsom and Mary Jones.

Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandparents)

128. Deacon John Folsom was born about 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, was baptized on 3 Oct 1641 in Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA30, died on 11 Dec 1715 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH and was buried in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Another name for John was John Folsome Junior.

General Notes:He is called in the records, Deacon John, to distinguish him from his son, his nephews and his grandsons named John.

Burial Notes:Congregational Church Yard

Noted events in his life were:

1. Jury Duty1666: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

2. land contract-purchase or sale28 Sep 1668: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. On the 28th of Sept. 1668, the town of Exeter "granted to John Folsome, Junior, 20 acres of land about Salisbury old way between James Walls land and Hampton line provided it was not formerly given." That same year he was one of the men chosen to "run the line between Hampton and Exeter upon the line west and by north." On 22 Feb. 1670, "John Folsome, Jr. was added to the men formerly agreed upon to run the line between Hampton and Exeter, according to the Court order, that is to begin at ye bound tree at Asse brooke and soe to direct upon a direct lyne so as to leave Exeter falls a myle and halfe due north of ye same, and from thence upon a West and by north lyne to the extent of ten miles." (Exeter Town Records)

3. Jury Duty1669: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

4. Occupation1670: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. In 1670 he with John Gilman and Jonathan Thing owned three fourths of a saw-mill in Exeter.

5. Land contract-purchase or sale 1672: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. In 1672 "Andrew Wiggin of Swampscott in ye river of Pascataway, conveyed to Jno ffoulsham, jr. of Exiter in ye river aforesaid one half of eighty acres of swamp land that was granted to Mr. Samll Dudley February 19, 1650 in Exiter, the whole bounded by Samll Levitt, Humphrey Wilson, Lt. Hall, ye great plain, Abraham and Nathl. Drake and ye towns common." In 1673 he sold to William Sanborn of Hampton 30 acres of land in Hampton "bounded by Exeter bounds towards ye playne comonly called ye Indian graves, the Hampton comons and ye old way that leadeth towards Salisbury."

6. Land contract-purchase or sale 1674: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. In 1674, "Moses Gilman of Exiter conveyed to John ffoulsham (also ffulsham) jr. of Exiter, one fourth of ye old saw mill standing on the west side of the falls of Exeter," and 70 acres of land 60 of it lying on the "south side of ye great river and formerly granted to Henry Robie, and the remaining 10 acres lying on ye west side of ye little river, also formerly granted to said Roby April 8, 1662."

7. land contract-purchase or sale1674: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. That same year "Theophilus Dudley and Byles Dudley of Exiter in ye river of Pascattaway conveyed to John ffoulsham Jr. of Exiter, 100 acres of upland given to us by Exiter near Lampeele river,"....and later in the year, in December "John Cutt of Portsmouth in ye river of Pascattaway, gent. for 20 pounds conveyed to John ffoulsham, jr. of Exiter in ye river my half of 4 1/2 acres of land in Exiter." (Old Norfolk County Records)

8. Jury Duty1674: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

9. land contract-purchase or sale2 Apr 1675: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. On Apr. 2, 1675 the town of Exeter granted to "John Folsom, junier two hundred acres."

10. Jury Duty1679: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

11. Election1681: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Selectman

12. Jury Duty1683: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Served on grand jury

13. Election1691: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Selectman

14. Election1696: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Selectman

15. Election1696: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Selectman

16. Will24 Nov 1715: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. proved 6 Dec 1715.

John married Abigail Perkins, daughter of Abraham Perkins and Mary Wise, on 10 Nov 1675 in New Hampshire.

Children from this marriage were:

Abigail Folsom

64 ii

Abraham Folsom

iii

John Folsom

Sarah Folsom

Mary Folsom

Jonathan Folsom

vii

Jeremiah Folsom

viii

Lydia Folsom

Mercy Folsom

129. Abigail Perkins was born on 12 Apr 1655 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., NH33 and died in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Noted events in her life were:

1. ResidedHampton, Rockingham Co., NH.

Abigail married Deacon John Folsom, son of John Folsom and Mary Gilman, on 10 Nov 1675 in New Hampshire. Another name for Deacon was John Folsome Junior.

130. Sgt. Aquilla Chase.

Noted events in his life were:

1. ResidenceNewbury, MA.

Aquilla married Esther Bond, daughter of John Bond and Hester.

Children from this marriage were:

65 i

Anna Chase

131. Esther Bond.

Noted events in her life were:

1. ResidenceNewbury, , MA.

Esther married Sgt. Aquilla Chase, son of Aquilla Chase and Anna Wheeler.

132. Nathaniel Folsom was baptized on 2 Jun 1644 in Hingham, , MA.

General Notes:The first time Nathaniel's name appears on record in Exeter was on the 10th of October, 1664, when at a town meeting he was granted "ten acres upon the pine hill next to Thomas Kings fall. Layd out according to grant, bounded with John Folsom, Senier, lying to the westward."

In 1676 we find the name of Nathaniel Folsom (Foulsam) among those who made advance of money and the sum so advanced, in King Philip's War--5s:6. (History of Rehoboth, Mass.)

On March 11, 1678, at a town meeting in Exeter, he was chosen one of the "Surveyors for the next yeere." And on April 1st, same year, he with several others, "were admitted and taken in inhabitants of the towne." On Aug. 8th, same year, he was on the jury, and later, "Nathll. Foulsham, bound for selling strong drinks without license was fined, but with respect to a public meeting of the 'troop of Norfolk at ye town of Exeter this summer, we might occasion more houses of entertainment than one,' court remitted the fine." (Records & Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., p. 102-103.)

On Oct. 12, 1687, "Nathaniel ffoulshame of (???), in Piscataway River, carpenter, to Benjamin Fitzrandolph, 30 acres of land in said Town of Piscatway (N. J.) also all claims to other land due him or his brother Israel by right of first settlement in the town." (New Jersey Archives, 1 ser. v. 21, p. 121).

Nathaniel2 Folsom m. (2) Mary Roberts{(*)} (widow of George Roberts, and daughter of George Jones), before 1696, for on May 6th, 1696, "Nathaniel Foulsam, of Exeter, laborer, sold to Capt. Peter Coffin, of Exeter, two acres{**} in Exeter with house, barn and one-eighth of the Great Sawmill," and Mary Foulsam signed this deed with him.

Nathaniel Folsom was living in 1714 (Chapman) but in 1725 his widow Mary was taxed. The widow Mary married in old age, Moses2 Norris, who was born in Exeter 14 Aug. 1670, and whose first wife was Ruth3 Folsom (dau. of Samuel2 Folsom); he died before 1741.

{**}The same year, 1696, Capt. Peter Coffin sold a part of this land to the Town of Exeter, on which was bullt the second meeting-house. In 1736, Judith Coffin, a granddaughter of Capt. Peter, inherited a piece of land next the meeting-house land and the old house in which lived John Beard,--which was probably the house of Nathaniel2 Folsom, and was on "the Square" near the present meeting-house.36

Research Notes:{(*)}Credit is given to Charles Thornton Libby, of Yarmouth, Me., for information about the second wife of Nathaniel2 Folsom.37

Noted events in his life were:

1. Resided10 Oct 1664: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

2. oath of allegiance1677: Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Nathaniel married Hannah Farrow, daughter of John Farrow and Frances, on 9 Jun 1674 in Hingham, , MA.

Children from this marriage were:

Samuel Folsom

Nathaniel next married Mary Jones, daughter of George Jones and Mary, before 1696.

Marriage Notes:Proof that the last two sons were by the second marriage may be found in New Hampshire Court Files 21715:

Province of New Hamp.|Be it remembered that Thomas Dean, Gent. Theophs Smith, Gent., & Josiah Gilman, Physician, all of Exeter in the Province aforesaid being the Major part of the Selectmen of the said Town of the curr't year in their Proper Persons Come into the Court of our Lord the King, viz: the Court of General Sessions of the Peace on the first Tuesday of December Anno Dom. 1741 then Sitting at Portsmouth in & for the Province aforesaid And for & in behalf of the said Town of Exeter & as overSears of the Poor thereof give the said Court to understand & be informed That one Mary Norris of Said Exeter, Widow, being an Ancient woman & unable to Support & maintain herself Demands & Claims & for some time past has had a maintenance from said Town--That the said Town is aggrieved & thinks itself unreasonably & illegally Burthened therewith for that the said Mary hath three sons, vix: John Roberts, Nath'l Foulsom & Israel Foulsom, all of said Exeter, yeomen, who are & each of them is able to Support and Maintain their Said Mother and by the Law of Said Province in such case made & Provided the Town where any Poor or Impotent Person lives having Relations in the Direct line is not chargeable with their Support but the Relations of Such Person is the Direct Line Ascending or Depending are obliged to Relieve such Person in Such Manner as this Court shall assess, on the Pains & Penalties in the Said Law Provided

Wherefore the said Informants Pray the advisement of this Court in the Premises that the said Sons of the Said Mary may be Summoned to Shew Cause if any they have why they should not be Sentenced & adjudged to support & Maintain their Said Mother in such manner & proportion as this Court shall assess and further to be dealt with as to Law & Justice both Appertain.

(Signed) Thomas Dean|Selectmen

Theoph8 Smith|& Overseers

Josiah Gilman|of the Poor39

Children from this marriage were:

66 i

Nathaniel Folsom

Israel Folsom

133. Mary Jones was born in 1641.

Mary married Nathaniel Folsom, son of John Folsom and Mary Gilman, before 1696.

Mary next married Moses Norris, son of Nicholas Morris and Sarah Cox, after 1725 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH.

Mary next married George Roberts.

134. John Jackson.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Resided Bradford, Essex, MA.

John married Sarah.

Children from this marriage were:

67 i

Susanna Jackson

Sarah Jackson

iii

Mary Jackson

Martha Jackson

135. Sarah.

Sarah married John Jackson, son of John Jackson and Susanna Jones.

Ninth Generation (6th Great Grandparents)

256. John Folsom was born in 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England43 and died on 27 Dec 1681 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Other names for John were John Foulsham and John Fowlsham alias Smith.

Research Notes:Ancestry of John Folsom

The first traceable ancestor of John Foulsham is (1) ROGER FOULSHAM of Necton, county of Norfolk, England, whose will is dated 1534. (2) WILLIAM, his son, married Agnes Smith alias Foulsham of Besthorpe, and was father of (3) ADAM of Besthorpe, who married Emma -, and whose will is dated 1565. He owned lands in Besthorpe, Wymondham (Windham), Bunwell, Hingham, and Hackford. (4) ADAM his son, was baptized in 1560; married Grace -; had a home in Hingham and lands in Besthorpe. He died in 1630. (5) ADAM, of Hingham, son of the latter, married Agnes - and died in 1627. The facts in the preceding paragraph, and thus far in the present are given on the authority of the MSS. of Hon. George Folsom, who visited England and explored every possible source of information. He next states that "Adam" the fourth in descent from "Roger," left a son named "John," -i.e. the first Anglo-American John Foulsham. From this first Angle-American John Folsom of Exeter, NH and his wife Mary Gilman Folsom, are descended, as far as we know, all the Folsoms in America. (Chapman, p. 13)

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The wills of the "Smith alias Foulsham" family of Norfolk county, England, show the ancestry of John Folsom of Hingham, Massachusetts, and Exeter, New Hampshire, to be a little different from that published in the Chapman history of the family and elsewhere. See FOULSHAM FAMILIES IN ENGLAND.

This Adam Folshame of Hingham was son of John of Hingham and Hackford who died intestate 28 April 1620, and grandson of Adam of Besthorp. His son, John Smith alias Folsham, sold the Hackford estate given to him in his father's will.

The Rev. Jacob Chapman in his genealogy on page 14 says: "There has been a tradition that the father of the Folsom family was, in England, John Smith, and that his name was changed during the voyage to America. I find little ground for this opinion. John Foulsham, son of Adam, was baptized in Hingham, England, in 1615. (Research in the records of Hingham and in near-by towns, in 1927, failed to disclose a birth of baptism record. E.K.F. Elizabeth Knowles Folsom). In 1638 they came to Hingham, Mass. and in 1639 Adam Foulsham followed them. If the family name was ever Smith, it seems it must have been changed before the birth and baptism of John Foulsham, the emigrant to Hingham, Mass."

In 1672 there is a deed signed by John Foulsham, recorded in Vol. II, p. 287, Rockingham County Deeds, in which property is conveyed by John Foulsham to his daughter, which begins thus: "Whereas there is an Intent of marriage between George March, son of Hugh March of Newbery and Mary Foulsham, daughter of John Foulsham alias Smith, of Exeter, . . . " (Deed in full in No. 7)

Why the "alias" in the above deed unless he had once borne the name "Smith," and now wished to make the bequest to his child forever indisputable? (Chapman)

It would seem to the present writer that the line of Folsoms designated in the English records as "Smith alias Foulsham" sprang from the marriage of William2 (Roger1) Foulsham to agnes Smith, who as widow of William Foulsham, made her will 30 September 1551 (proved 31 May 1552), naming herself "Agnes Smith alias Foulsham, widow." In her will she names her three sons, William, Adam and Robert "Smith alias Foulsham." The descendants of these three sons are also called "Smith alias Foulsham." From the fact that the immigrant, John Foulsham, in his deed to his daughter Mary calls himself "John Foulsham alias Smith," seems to prove his descent from the William Foulsham and Agnes Smith. This being the only family of Folsoms in the new country, there was no further need of the "alias Smith" distinction.

The late Col. Charles E. Banks, well known historian and genealogist, explained the term "alias" thus: "Alias" was used as a distinguishing term not to conceal one's identity, but to make sure of that person's identity, when, for instance, grandchildren went to live with grandparents and became known by the grandparent's name, or often called by their surname. In maturity they took their legal surname and added to it the alias, or name they were sometimes called. The alias or both names were given to make doubly sure of the person's identity.

Noted events in his life were:

1. Election1645: Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA. He was a selectman, one of those chosen to order the affairs of the town.

2. Emigration26 Apr 1638: Mouth Of The Thames, England. Introduction (of Folsom Genealogy Vol. 1) By Rev. N. S. Folsom, D. D., Lawrence, Mass.

On the 26th of April, 1638, the ship "Diligent, of Ipswich," England, of 350 tons burden, John Martin, master, set sail from the mouth of the Thames for Massachusetts bay, having on board nineteen families and six or eight single persons, - in all, one hundred and thirty-three. Twelve of these families, numbering eight-four souls, were from old Hingham, - the rest from the immediate vicinity; and they had all embarked for the purpose of joining a colony settled in Hingham, MA. (1633-37), consisting of ten families and five single persons (in all, forty-nine), who had been their friends and neighbors in old Hingham. Among those now emigrating were John Foulsham of Hingham, then twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, and his young wife, to whom he had been married about a year and a half. They were attended by two servants. His wife's father and mother (Edward and Mary Clark Gilman, of Hingham), three younger brothers (Edward, not quite twenty-one years old, John and Moses), two younger sisters (Sarah, and Lydia who married Daniel Cushing, -1645), and three servants of the family, were fellow passengers. The rector of the parish, Rev. Robert Peck, with his family, consisting of wife, two children, and two servants, also formed part of the company. The immediate occasion of their departure seems to have been trouble in ecclesiastical matters. Their rector, doubtless with the sympathy and aid of most of those constituting the emigrating party, had pulled down the rails of chancel and altar, and leveled the latter a foot below the church, as it remains to this day. Being prosecuted by Bishop Wren, he left the kingdom, together with his friends, who sold their estates at half their real values, promising to remain with them always.

The party having landed at Boston, Massachusetts, August 10, 1638, immediately proceeded to their place of destination, about fourteen miles southeast from Boston. An Adam Foulsham, probably a son of the Adam who died in 1627, and a cousin, if not brother of John Foulsham, came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1639, but returned and died in 1670. Their rector remained about three years, when, hearing that the bishops were deposed, he returned to England in 1641 (the date given by Daniel Cushing), resumed his rectory, and died in 1656. Edward Gilman had with others obtained a grant of land eight miles square in a place now called Rehoboth, near the Rhode Island line, in 1641. In 1647 his name is recorded in Ipswich. Soon afterward he went to Exeter, NH, where his sons were already established in business. John Folsom and wife, with their children, followed her father and mother to Exeter, probably not earlier than 1650, the first authentic record of their residence in that town being in the year 1655. (Chapman, pp 7-9)

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The remainder of the Introduction by Rev. N. S. Folsom, is not included here as it is taken up, with changes, in the First Generation of the genealogy.

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Hingham (England) was once the head town of a deanery and contained 43 parishes. Foulsham seems to have been one of those outlying parishes. (Chapman)

3. Immigration10 Aug 1638: Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

4. Religion. Congregationalist

There is a Memorial to John And Mary Folsom in the Exeter Congregational Church yard.

John married Mary Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman and Mary Clark, on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England. Another name for Mary was Marie Gyleman.

Children from this marriage were:

Samuel Folsom

128 ii

Deacon John Folsom

132 iii

Nathaniel Folsom

Israel Folsom

Lt. Peter Folsom

vii

Mary Folsom

viii

Ephraim Folsom

257. Mary Gilman was born about 1615 in England, was baptized on 6 Aug 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England and died about 1692 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Another name for Mary was Marie Gyleman.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration26 Apr 1638: Mouth Of The Thames, England.

2. Immigration10 Aug 1638: Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

Mary married John Folsom, son of Adam Foulsham and Agnes, on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England. Other names for John were John Foulsham, and John Fowlsham alias Smith.

258. Abraham Perkins was born in 1613 in Hillmorton, England and died on 31 Aug 168331.

Noted events in his life were:

1. ImmigrationBef 1640: MA. Immigrated with his brother Isaac during the height of the Puritan immigration from England brought on by the harsh treatment by Bishop Laud of the Church of England. Isaac married Mary's sister Susannah Wise.

Abraham married Mary Wise, daughter of Humphrey Wise and Unknown. Another name for Mary was Mary Wyeth.

Children from this marriage were:

Mary Perkins

Abraham Perkins

iii

Luke Perkins

Humphrey Perkins

Timothy Perkins

James Perkins

vii

Jonathon Perkins

viii

David Perkins

129 ix

Abigail Perkins

Timothy Perkins

Sarah Perkins

xii

Humphrey Perkins

259. Mary Wise, died on 29 May 1706 in Hampton, New Hampshire. Another name for Mary was Mary Wyeth.

Mary married Abraham Perkins, son of Isache Perkins and Alice.

260. Aquilla Chase.

Birth Notes:ae 69

Aquilla married Anna Wheeler.

Children from this marriage were:

130 i

Sgt. Aquilla Chase

261. Anna Wheeler 13.

Birth Notes:ae 69

Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence Newbury, MA.

Anna married Aquilla Chase.

262. John Bond.

Birth Notes:ae 69

John married Hester.

Children from this marriage were:

131 i

Esther Bond

263. Hester.

Birth Notes:ae 69

Hester married John Bond.

264. John Folsom was born in 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England43 and died on 27 Dec 1681 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Other names for John were John Foulsham and John Fowlsham alias Smith.

Research Notes:Ancestry of John Folsom

*****

Why the "alias" in the above deed unless he had once borne the name "Smith," and now wished to make the bequest to his child forever indisputable? (Chapman)

Noted events in his life were:

1. Election1645: Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA41. He was a selectman, one of those chosen to order the affairs of the town.

2. Emigration 26 Apr 1638: Mouth Of The Thames, England. Introduction
(of Folsom Genealogy Vol. 1) By Rev. N. S. Folsom, D. D., Lawrence, Mass.

*****

The remainder of the Introduction by Rev. N. S. Folsom, is not included here as it is taken up, with changes, in the First Generation of the genealogy.

*****

Hingham (England) was once the head town of a deanery and contained 43 parishes. Foulsham seems to have been one of those outlying parishes. (Chapman)

3. Immigration10 Aug 1638: Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

4. Religion. Congregationalist

There is a Memorial to John And Mary Folsom in the Exeter Congregational Church yard.

John married Mary Gilman, daughter of Edward Gilman and Mary Clark, on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England. Another name for Mary was Marie Gyleman.

265. Mary Gilman was born about 1615 in England, was baptized on 6 Aug 1615 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England and died about 1692 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH. Another name for Mary was Marie Gyleman.

Noted events in her life were:

1. Emigration26 Apr 1638: Mouth Of The Thames, England.

2. Immigration10 Aug 1638: Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

Mary married John Folsom, son of Adam Foulsham and Agnes, on 4 Oct 1636 in Hingham, Norfolk Co., England. Other names for John were John Foulsham, and John Fowlsham alias Smith.

266. George Jones.

George married Mary.

Children from this marriage were:

133 i

Mary Jones

267. Mary.

Mary married George Jones.

268. John Jackson.

Noted events in his life were:

1. ResidedGloucester, Essex, MA.

John married Susanna Jones.

Children from this marriage were:

134 i

John Jackson

269. Susanna Jones.

Susanna married John Jackson, son of John Jackson and Eleanor.

1 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. II, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). pg. 772;.

2 Peter Douglas Dingwell, Jr., Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. III, (Folsom Family Association-1980). pg. 1621.

3 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. II, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). pg. 772.

4 ibid. pg. 665.

5 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). pg. 460.

6 ibid. pg. 276.

7 ibid. p. 276.

8 ibid. p. 101.

9 ibid. p. 101 and 167.

10 ibid. pg. 167.

11 ibid. p. 167;.

12 ibid. p. 73 and 101.

13 W. A. Reis, Ancestors of Jonas Folsom GEDCOM, (W.A. Reis 26 Mar 2000

2914 La Quinta Dr.

Missouri City TX 77459

281/437-6702

[email protected]

[email protected]).

14 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family

A Revised and Extended Edition Including English Records

1638-1938

In Two Volumes, Vol I, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975

Reprinted by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.) page 101 [#22].

15 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 85.

16 ibid.

17 ibid. p. 51 and 73.

18 ibid. p. 72 and 73.

19 ibid. p. 72.

20 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family

A Revised and Extended Edition Including English Records

1638-1938

In Two Volumes, Vol I, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975

Reprinted by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.) page 72 [#10].

21 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 73.

22 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family

A Revised and Extended Edition Including English Records

1638-1938

In Two Volumes, Vol I, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975

Reprinted by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.) page 72.

23 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 54 and 83.

24 Frederick R. Boyle, Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. IV, (Folsom Family Association-1988). p. 460.

25 Charles H. Bell, History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire, (Exeter, 1888). p. 227.

26 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 83.

27 ibid. p. 44;.

28 Frederick R. Boyle, Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. IV, (Folsom Family Association-1988). p. 1206.

29 Peter Douglas Dingwell, Jr., Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. III, (Folsom Family Association-1980). p. 1206.

30 Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (1939), (Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Baltimore, 1988; reprint 1928-1939). pp. 238 & 541.

31 Sally Bohs, 1842 Drawbridge Ct., Maryville, MI 48040-1811, A computer print-out sent to Wendyl Reis in March 2000.

32 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 44.

33 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family

A Revised and Extended Edition Including English Records

1638-1938

In Two Volumes, Vol I, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975

Reprinted by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.) page 44.

34 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 53.

35 Frederick R. Boyle, Genealogy of the Folsom Family - Vol. IV, (Folsom Family Association-1988). p. 1.

36 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 53-54.

37 ibid. p. 54.

38 Genealogy Dictionary of New England Settlers. p. 178.

39 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family- Vol. I, (Folsom Family Association-1938

Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975). p. 54-55.

40 ibid. p. 54;.

41 ibid. p. 25.

42 Donald Leroy Green, FULSOMS OF CAISTOR, (Looseleaf, by Don Green). p. D-2;.

43 Elizabeth Knowles Folsom, Genealogy of the Folsom Family

A Revised and Extended Edition Including English Records

1638-1938

In Two Volumes, Vol I, (Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1975

Reprinted by The Folsom Family Association of America, Inc.) page 25.

44 ibid. page 7.

(No surname)

Agnes 13, 16

Alice 14

Eleanor 17

Frances 9

Hester 8, 14

Mary 10, 16

Sarah 6, 10, 11

Bean

Abigail 4

John 2, 4

John 2nd 4

Miriam 2, 3, 4

Bond

Esther 5, 8, 9, 14

John 8, 14

Brown

Mary 2

Chase

Anna 5, 6, 8

Aquilla 9, 14

Sgt. Aquilla 5, 8, 9, 14

Clark

Mary 12, 16

Cox

Sarah 10

Davenport

Josephine 1, 2

Duffer

Emma 1

Eastman

Huldah 4

John 4

Farrow

Hannah 9

John 9

Folsom

? 4, 5, 6

Abigail 4, 8

Abraham 5, 6, 8

Abraham F. 2

Ann 4

Anna 3

Betsey 5

Capt. Benjamin 7

Charles C. 1

Charles Carroll 1, 2

Charles T. 1

Clarence E. 1, 2

Daniel 4, 5

Daniel Jr 3, 4

David 3

Dea. Daniel 3

Deacon John 6, 7, 8, 13

Edna 3

Emma J. 1

Ephraim 13

Frank 1

Hannah 2

Huldah 5

Israel 10, 13

James E. 1

Jeremiah 3, 6, 8

John 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16

Jonathan 5, 8

Jonathan Kingsbury 5

Kittie B. 1

Lena C. 1

Lester A. 2

Leur Z. 1

Lodema 3

Lt. Peter 13

Lucina 3

Lucy 2

Lucy Edna 1

Lucy M. 1

Lucy N. 1

Lydia 8

Martha 7

Mary 2, 3, 8, 13

Mary E. 1

Mary L. 1

Matilda 3

Mercy 5, 8

Miriam 6

Nathaniel 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13

Rev. Abraham 2, 3

Rev. Jeremiah 3

Rev. Peter 3

Sadie A. 1

Samuel 9, 12

Sarah 7, 8

Stephen 3

Susanna 7

Theron A. 1, 2

William A. 1, 2, 3

William A. Jr 1

Foulsham

Adam 13, 16

Gilman

Edward 12, 16

Mary 8, 10, 12, 13, 16

Hicks

Angeline 2

Jackson

John 6, 10, 11, 17

Martha 11

Mary 11

Sarah 11

Susanna 4, 6, 7, 10

Jones

George 10, 16, 17

Mary 7, 10, 16

Susanna 11, 17

Kingsbury

Huldah 4

Moody

Elizabeth 5

John 3, 5

Mary 3, 4, 5

Morris

Nicholas 10

Norris

Moses 10

Perkins

Abigail 6, 8, 14

Abraham 8, 13, 14

David 13

Humphrey 13, 14

Isache 14

James 13

Jonathon 13

Luke 13

Mary 13

Sarah 14

Timothy 13, 14

Roberts

George 10

Robinson

Elizabeth 6

Wheeler

Anna 9, 14

Wise

Humphrey 13

Mary 8, 13, 14

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