Display Patriot - P-159887 - John FOLLIN/FALLIN

John FOLLIN/FALLIN

SAR Patriot #: P-159887

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Sailor / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A040234

Birth: 05 Sep 1761 Falls Church / Fairfax / VA
Death: 19 May 1841 Vienna / Fairfax / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Seaman, enlisted at Belle Haven (now Alexandria), VA. Captured at sea
  2. Prisoner of War, three years, first at Plymouth, England, then Gilbralter. Released at end of the war

Additional References:
  1. Lyman, Myron E. Sr.Genealogical, Burial, and Service Data for Rev War Patriots Buried in Virginia, [np]: Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2016
  2. DAR cites: EdmonstonGabriel, A Genealogical History of the Follin Family in America, Washington DC: self-published, 1911, pg 23-25

Spouse: (1) Catherine Sanford; (2) Mary Barker
Children: Brewer; James; Edward; Mary Jane; Rebecca; Letitia; Catherine/Katherine; Madison Jefferson; William; Matilda; Richard; John; Samuel; Joseph Nathaniel; Daniel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child Genealogy Flags View Application Detail
1941-03-26 MD Unassigned Henry Randolph Maddox (59837) James   
1957-05-28 VA Unassigned Dwight Merle Agnew (82290)   
1967-05-29 VA Unassigned William Walter Follin (95632) Joseph   
1967-11-15 OH Unassigned Robert Kendall Lewis Jr (95850) James   
1971-02-09 VA Unassigned Thomas Edwin Adams Jr. (101180) Catherine   
1991-12-11 OR 214536 Gerald Howard Hemphill (137993) Daniel   
1997-09-10 FL 201121 Daniel Minter Saunders Jr (148952) Richard   
2006-08-10 CA 26061 Patrick Elliott Buttner (167535) Matilda   
2007-10-02 SC 29639 Edward Michael Harrell (170191) Thomas   
2008-02-25 NY 31003 Daniel Ray Levering (171170) Daniel   
2014-05-21 FL 58932 Zachary Seaver Pike (191125) Edward   
2015-02-13 NC 62581 Scott Ryland Mathews (193757) James GRANDFATHERED   
2017-06-05 MS 73497 Paul Colby Cartwright (132346) Elizabeth   
2019-12-31 KS 89968 Jack Ellsworth Walker (214151) Matilda   
Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery (C-0371765)
Location:
Arlington / Arlington / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
49269
Grave Plot #:
Section 1, Grave 295-1-2
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.881301 / -77.075568
Find A Grave Memorial #:
12554
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Red granite upright monument



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Author: Jack Ellsworth Walker

John Follin was born on 5 September 1761 in Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, the son of William and Bathsheba (Hurst) Follin.

At age 17, John enlisted in the Continental Navy as a Seaman and soon sailed from what is now Alexandria, Virginia. During this first sailing, his ship was fired upon by a British ship, and following a three-day chase, his ship was taken captive by the British pursuer. John was to be held captive by the British for a period of three years. During his captivity, he reports that he was held in England, Gibraltar, and Cadiz for a period of about a year each. After three years, he gained his release, returned to his native soil, and commenced a life of farming in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was a successful farmer and became independently wealthy. 

He was married twice, first to Mary Barker, who died in 1813, and then to Catherine Sanford, who died in 1863. 

John Follin died in 1841 and was buried on his property in Fairfax County, Virginia. He was reinterred in Arlington National Cemetery with his two wives in Section 1, Lot 294-1-2, on 23 May 1911. Of the 11 Revolutionary War veterans buried at Arlington, he is the only Navy veteran among them.


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