Notable Cousin · via the maternal line
1723–1798 · One of the most successful merchants and businesswomen in colonial Nantucket — she ran a trading operation in her own name, an unusual independence for a woman of her time. During the Revolution she sided with the British, trading through the blockade; her Loyalism left her isolated on a patriot island.
Relationship
Kezia “Miriam” Folger Coffin is the 1st cousin, 9 times removed of John, Perry, and Patrick Long.
Through John Folger (1659–1732), Peter Folger’s son and the family’s direct ancestor. Kezia’s mother, Abigail Folger, was the sister of the family’s direct ancestor Jethro Folger — both children of John Folger. (A second path makes her a 3rd cousin, 8 times removed via Tristram Coffin — the dense Nantucket endogamy of the Coffin and Folger families means many islanders connect by more than one line.)
John Folger (1659–1732) — Peter Folger’s son; the family’s direct ancestor and the shared ancestor with Kezia. This is the single shared ancestor that connects Kezia “Miriam” Folger Coffin to John, Perry, and Patrick. FamilySearch PID: L5YS-VGM.
Both lines descending from the most recent common ancestor, John Folger. The family’s line is the maternal Plantagenet descent documented in full on the Plantagenet Descent page; Research-in-Progress markers flag generations not yet enumerated. Click any PID to open the FamilySearch record.
VERIFIED on the shared ancestor John Folger (L5YS-VGM) and the family’s own Folger → Perry line through to the brothers, all enumerated on the Plantagenet Descent and Folger pages. Kezia’s own record is L4Y5-F62. Her mother Abigail Folger’s individual PID is left pending rather than invented (Rule #80); the John Folger → Abigail → Kezia link is documented in the FamilySearch walk. The “1st cousin, 9 times removed” figure is computed under the FS-verified 12-step maternal depth (John Folger = 9th great-grandfather; Kezia two generations below him).