Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied December 28, 2025 - Person Sheet
NameMary Morrell 1723,1720,1725
Birth1620, Norwich, Norfolk, England1720
Birth1619, Fowley, Cornwall, England1725
Death1704, Nantucket County, Massachusetts1720 Age: 84
Spouses
1Peter Folger see notes 1557,1723,1724,1725
Birth1617, Norwich, Norfolk, England1726,1727
Immigration16351728 Age: 18
Memocame with his father
Residence1635, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1723 Age: 18
Residence1642, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts Age: 25
Residence1663, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts1723 Age: 46
Death1690, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts1723,1720 Age: 73
OccupationTeacher, Surveyor, Missionary, Interpreter, Town Clerk, Clerk for Genearl Court, Poet
ReligionBaptist
FatherJohn Folger (1594-1662)
MotherMeribah Meribell Gibbs (1595-1664)
Marriage1644, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts1729,1730,1720
ChildrenBethsheba (1650-1726)
Notes for Mary Morrell
Mentioned in Moby Dick; Grandmother of Benjamin Franklin

Came as indentured servant to Hugh Peter, came over on the Abigail
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