Mary Morrell Folger | |
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| Born | Mary Morrell (Morrel/Morrill/Morrills/Morill) Circa 1620 [citation needed] |
| Died | 1704 |
| Known for | Grandmother of Benjamin Franklin and being noted in Herman Melville's fictional Moby-Dick |
| Spouse | Peter Folger |
| Children | Nine, including Abiah, wife of Josiah Franklin |
| Relatives | Grandson, Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, Great-Grandson, Founder of Cornell University Ezra Cornell |
Mary Folger (née Morrell (Morrel/Morrill/Morrills/Morill); c. 1620–1704) was the maternal grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States.[1] In Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick, she was cited as an ancestor of the Folger whalers.