THE MORRILL LINE MORRILL LINE - FIRST GENERATION MARY MORRILL Born: ____ Died: ____ Parents: Married: Peter Folger in 1644. Peter d. 1690 Nantucket, MA Note: They moved to Nantucket in 1663. Ref. "History of Nantucket" by Starbuck....Peter wed Mary Morrill in 1644, having bought her of Hugh Peters, to whom she owed service, and paid the sum of L20 of which he very gallantly declared was the best appropriation of money he had ever made. Ref. "The Nantucket Way" by Mooney & Sigourney.....Mary Morrill came to the New World as a bondservant. Peter paid off her indebtedness over nine years and then married her. It is said she so widened out in later years, that she had to sit in a special chair which she carried with her whenever she went visiting neighbors. Peter Folger and Mary Morrill were the grandparents to Benjamin Franklin. Their daughter, Abiah Folger was his mother. Per "Historic Nantucket" by Kim Downs-Watson, Coordinator, Peter Foulger Project for the Nantucket Historical Association: The story that Peter "bought" Mary Morrill's indenture from Rev. Hugh Peter in order to marry her, is most likely just a story. Documentation to date cannot be located mentioning Rev. Hugh Peter as having an indentured servant by the name of Mary Morrill. Only two indian girls can be found in his service. Mary Morrill's origins are most elusive. She may have been an orphan from England, as many suppose. She may have arrived in New England several years after Peter. Remember, they were not married until 1644. See the Folger line for children and descendants of Peter and Mary. Line of Descent: MARY MORRILL, JOANNA FOLGER, JOHN COLEMAN, ELIHU COLEMAN, EUNICE COLEMAN, BETHIAH MACY, PAUL MACY, THOMAS MACY, JOHN MACY, LORETTA MACY, JAMES PARISHO, WAYNE PARISHO, SUSANNE PARISHO NOTE: I also have a website named "Genealogy Graphic Sets by Tristram." Please come visit! BG's by "Daze of Our Lives"