Notable Cousin · via the maternal line

Walter Folger Jr.

1765-1849 · Nantucket inventor, astronomer, and U.S. Congressman. Built the celebrated astronomical clock of 1790, which tracks the sun, moon, and tides, and later served Massachusetts in the House of Representatives.

Relationship

Walter Folger Jr. is the 4th cousin, 7 times removed of John, Perry, and Patrick Long.

Through Tristram Coffin (1609-1681), founder of Nantucket. Both lines descend from Tristram; Walter Folger Jr. through the Nantucket Coffin-Folger families, the family through Tristram’s son James Coffin (via his daughter Hannah, parentage resolved 2026-05-30) and the Gardner → Macy → Folger → Perry descent.

SIDE: MATERNAL · Coffin / Folger

Most Recent Common Ancestor

Tristram Coffin (1609-1681). founder of Nantucket; the shared ancestor. This is the single shared ancestor that connects Walter Folger Jr. to John, Perry, and Patrick. FamilySearch PID: L8BH-G24.

Descent Tree

Both lines descending from the most recent common ancestor, Tristram Coffin. Research-in-Progress markers flag generations not yet enumerated. Click any PID to open the FamilySearch record.

Via the maternal line. Coffin / Folger
MRCA
Tristram Coffin
1609-1681
founder of Nantucket; the shared ancestor
L8BH-G24
The family’s line
James Coffin
1640
Tristram’s son; the direct line, via his daughter Hannah Coffin (parentage resolved 2026-05-30, see audit/00)
9VWJ-WHJ
Hannah Coffin
1686-1768
M7FZ-T6T
Robert Gardner
1708-1797
LZDF-335
Eunice Gardner
1744-1809
LZD4-RLB
Margaret ‘Peggy’ Macy
1782
K81V-53P
Frederick William Folger
1805-1878
K4TW-BFB
Harriet Ann Folger
1828
KZDT-ZC5
Charles Franklin Perry Sr.
1860
L1V1-W1H
Charles Franklin Perry Jr.
1890
L1VB-T1N
Francis Swift Perry
1923-2011
maternal grandfather
L1V1-8D2
Carol A. Perry
1952
maternal bridge
GB2W-HXSLIVING
John, Perry & Patrick Long
living
the three brothers
LIVING
Walter Folger Jr.’s line
Tristram-line Coffin / Folger generations
1600s-1700s
five generations from Tristram, documented in the Phase-6 FamilySearch walk and recomputed under the locked 12-step depth; per-generation PIDs not enumerated here, none invented
RESEARCH
Walter Folger Jr.
1765-1849
inventor, astronomer, U.S. Congressman
LCX7-MZZ

On the Relationship

Distance recomputed from the Phase-6 raw walk under the locked 12-step depth (4th cousin 7×). The Tristram-side intermediate generations are not re-enumerated PID-by-PID here; the shared anchor and the family’s own line are fully verified.

Sourcing confirmed

VERIFIED on the shared ancestor Tristram Coffin (L8BH-G24) and the family’s own John-Coffin line to the Perrys. Walter Folger Jr.’s own record is LCX7-MZZ. His intermediate Coffin/Folger generations come from the Phase-6 FamilySearch walk, recomputed at 4th cousin 7× under the FS-verified 12-step depth; per-generation PIDs are not re-enumerated here and none are invented.

Sources

  1. Walter Folger Jr.. Wikipedia
  2. FamilySearch: Walter Folger Jr. (LCX7-MZZ)
  3. Phase-6 famous-relatives FamilySearch walk (raw JSON, recomputed under locked depth)
  4. Internal: Tristram Coffin spotlight
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