Re: Macy connection to Ben Franklin
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Macy connection to Ben Franklin
David Crumley 10/29/08
My Macy ancestors are connected weakly to Benjamin Franklin.Here is what I have:
1)Barachiah Macy + Lucinda(y) Barnard back to his parents;
2)John Macy + Eunice Coleman, back to her parents;
3)Elihu(e) Coleman + Jemima Barnard, back to his parents;
4)John Coleman, Jr. + Priscilla Starbuck, back to his parents;
5)John Coleman, Sr. + Joanna Folger.Joanna Folger was Benjamin Franklin's aunt.Joanna Folger was born abt. 1643 on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.She died 18 July 1719 on Nantucket, Massachusetts.Joanna Folger's sister, Abiah married Josiah Franklin, the parents of Benjamin Franklin.Benjamin Franklin's grandparents were Peter Folger + Mary Morrill.Peter Folger was born 1618 at Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, m. to Mary, b. 1612, at unknown date.Peter Folger d. 1690 on Nantucket, where he first arrived in 1663;and, Mary d. 1704 on Nantucket.I don't know anything more beyond Peter Folger's parents, John Folger + Meribah Gibbs, except they were probably Flemish immigrants who probably left Flanders during the reign of Elizabeth I to escape persecution as Protestants.
Duane