Person:John Follin (1)

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Name John Follin
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Sep 1761 Fairfax (county), Virginia, United States
Military[1] Abt 1777 Virginia, United Statesage 17 - Revolutionary War - embarked as a sailor from Belhaven (now Alexandria) where ship was attacked by British and chased for 3 days and captured ; held prisoner in England and rock of Gibraltar for abt 3 yrs ; released in Philadelphia, he walked home to Fairfax county, Virginia
Marriage 17 Dec 1787 [1st wife]
to Catherine "Kitty" Sandford
Marriage Bef 11 Feb 1818 Virginia, United States[2nd wife]
to Mary Barker
Death[1] 19 May 1841 Vienna, Fairfax (county), Virginia, United Statesage 80 -
Burial[1] Vienna, Fairfax (county), Virginia, United Statesfamily plot was 300 yards from their home
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Family Recorded, in Edmonston, Gabriel. A genealogical history of the Follin family in America. (Washington, D.C.: G. Edmonston, 1911).