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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Fulcher.
  • German : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German volger ‘companion’, ‘supporter’.
  • John Folger came from Norwich, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1635. By 1652 he was on Martha’s Vineyard. His son Peter had ten children.

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