Notes for Patience Folger: Patience Folger, the wife of Ebanezer Harker,I , was the daughter of Peter Folger, who arived in New England in 1635. from Norwich County,Norfolk, England. Benjamin Franklin, in his geneology notes, infers that the Folger family is of Flemish origin. He taught school at Martha's Vinyard. In his later years he lived in Nantucket.
Children of Patience Folger and Ebanezer Harker are:
Sarah Harker, b. September 21, 1681, Boston,Mass., d. June 13, 1754, Canaan,Conn..
John Harker, b. July 21, 1684, Boston,Mass., d. WFT Est. 1685-1774.