Folger family of Nantucket

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New England family Quaker family family historical family person

The Folger family of Nantucket was a prominent early New England Quaker family known for its maritime, whaling, and intellectual legacy, including being the maternal lineage of Benjamin Franklin.

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Label Occurrences
Folger family of Nantucket canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New England family ⓘ
Quaker family ⓘ
family ⓘ
historical family ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthPlace Nantucket NERFINISHED ⓘ
child Abiah Folger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicOrigin English ⓘ
familyName Folger NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfActivity commerce ⓘ
seafaring ⓘ
whaling industry ⓘ
givenName Abiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Nantucket whaling heritage ⓘ
New England maritime culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Abiah Folger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Folger NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole early New England Quaker community leaders ⓘ
early settlers of Nantucket ⓘ
knownFor connection to Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
intellectual legacy ⓘ
maritime activities ⓘ
whaling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Massachusett language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
Nantucket NERFINISHED ⓘ
New England ⓘ
maternalFamily Folger family of Nantucket NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Abiah Folger NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork A Looking Glass for the Times NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation interpreter ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
Quakerism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quakerism NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Massachusetts ⓘ
Nantucket NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Josiah Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary Morrell NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

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Abiah Folger Franklin → relative → Folger family of Nantucket ⓘ