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Martha Hill (Wiggin)

Also Known As: "Martha Wiggin Brackett Folsom"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Death: June 07, 1812 (83)
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Cornet Thomas Wiggin and Mary Wiggin
Wife of Thomas Brackett; Col. John Folsom and Gen. James Hill
Mother of Sarah Poor; Martha Robinson; Anne Adams and Elizabeth Hilton
Half sister of Ann Barker; Mary Wiggin and Mark Wiggin

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About Martha Hill

Martha Wiggin was born April 15, 1729 in Stratham, New Hampshire and died there June 07, 1812. She was the daughter of Thomas Wiggin and Mary Veasey.

She married three times:

  1. Thomas Brackett (No children)
  2. John Folsom (second wife) (4 children)
  3. Jonathan Hill (third wife) (no children)

3. Thomas Brackett, b. c1703, d. c1753, m. Martha Wiggin, daughter of Thomas Wiggin. They lived in Greenland, N.H., no known children.


JEREMIAH FOLSOM^ (Jn.S Jn.^), 16S5-1757, a farmer, of Newmarket, had b. in Newmarket, —

(30.) VIII. Col. John,Mj. 7 July, 1723, m., (i) Jan., 1748, Sarah (dau. of Samuel) Veasy, of Stratham, who d. in 1756; and he m. (2) 17 March, 1757, Mrs. Martha Bracket, dau. of Thomas Wiggin, b. 1729. He had 8 ch., and d. 17 April, 1787, aged 64. Col. Folsom was highly esteemed, and often elected to office in Stratham. His grave is in an orchard at the west side of Stratham hill. In 1766 he had removed to Greenland, and w^as for some years an innholder at Greenland Parade

By his second wife MARTHA (WIGGIN) he had:

  • V. SARAH^ b. 10 Feb., 175S, m., 2 Nov., 1777, John Poor, of Stratham, b. July, 1752.
  • VI. Martha^, b. 11 Jan., 1760, m. (i) Tnos. Bracket, and had She m. (2) Shadrach Robinson and had … She d. 27 May, 1835.
  • VII. Ann^ (Nancy), b. 16 June, 1763, m., 11 Jan., 1788, John (son of Rev. Joseph) Adams, of Stratham.
  • VIII. Elizabeth^, b. 23 June, 1769, d. 8 March, 1800. She m. (ist wife) Winthrop Hilton,*' of Newmarket, (Ichabod^, Winthrop*, Col. Winthrop^, Edward^)

Martha (widow of Col. John Folsom4) m. (3) Gen. James Hill, of Newmarket, and died a widow in 1812, aged 83, and lies buried beside her second husband at the west side of Stratham Hill.


James Hill married a third time to MRS MARTHA (WIGGIN) FULSOM, widow of COL. JOHN Fulsom,on April 6,1790. No children were born to this union to my knowledge.


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References

  1. "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPN-G3L : 21 October 2022), Martha Wiggin, ; citing Stratham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm . Name Martha Wiggin Sex Female Birth Date 15 Apr 1729 Birthplace Stratham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America Birthplace (Original) Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Father's Name Thomas Wiggin Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Mary Mother's Sex Female Event Type Birth
  2. https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/person/0AA509F9-C395-4BAD-B...
  3. "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL61-NCT : 1 August 2022), John Folsom and Martha Wiggin, 1757.
  4. "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS2H-5YX : 23 February 2021), Martha Folsom Hill, 07 Jun 1812; citing , Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,083.
  5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147031112/martha-hill
  6. A genealogy of the Folsom family : John Folsom and his descendants, 1615-1882 by Chapman, Jacob, 1810-1903. cn (Publication date 1882) page 30 < Archive.Org > page 53 - 54. < Archive.Org >
  7. https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm...
  8. http://www.seacoastnh.com/great-caesars-ghost-in-nh/?start=1
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Martha Hill's Timeline

1729
April 15, 1729
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
1758
February 10, 1758
1760
January 11, 1760
1762
June 16, 1762
Stratham, Rockingham County, NH, British Colonial America
1769
June 23, 1769
1812
June 7, 1812
Age 83
Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States