Matthew Fuller

Matthew married Patience Young on 25 Feb 1692 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Patience was born on 03 Mar 1673 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jun 1746 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cornelius Fuller was born in 1710 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died about 1790 in Dutchess County, New York.

Samuel married Anne Fuller in 1657 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Anne (daughter of Matthew Fuller and Frances (Hannah) Hyde) was born about 1634 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1691 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mayflower

Notes:

Came on Mayflower with parents Edward and Ann. His parents died soon after they came ashore and he lived with his uncle Samuel, first physician in country. From Plymouth he moved to Scituate where he married Jane Lothrop.
He built in 1636 the fifteenth house in Scituate on Greenfield, the first lot abuting on Kent St. He had 21 acres on the east of Bellhouse Neck. Deane says he was a "man of Kent" [county Engl].
His brother Capt Matthew came over in 1640, and was the earliest regular physician in Barnstable

Samuel married Jane Lathrop on 08 Apr 1635 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Jane (daughter of John Lothrop and Hannah Howse) was born on 29 Sep 1614 in Egerton, Kent County, England; died before 29 Oct 1683 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fuller, Matthew (abt 1603-1678)

Matthew Fuller was born in England, son of Edward Fuller. He did not embark in the Mayflower with his parents, but came with a later group of emigrants as head of a family. It is thought that while in England, he had married Francis ___, credited with being the mother of some, if not all, of his children, two sons and three daughters, some of whom were born before leaving England. Matthew brought his family to Plymouth by 1640. Plymouth colony records in September of that year describe his garden place in Plymouth and the six acres of land which he had recently purchased from John Gregory. In 1642, he had land assigned to him, was a juryman, and was propounded as freeman. The next year he was appointed sergeant of the military company raised in Plymouth, Duxbury, and Marshfield, of which Myles Standish was captain. In about 1650, he removed toBarnstable where he followed the profession of physician. He took a public stand on the side of the unpopular Quakers there and received a fine for it. In 1654, he appears as lieutenant under Captain Standish of the fifty men raised as Plymouth's quota to expel the Dutch from Manhatten; however he saw no service because peace between England and Hollandwas declared before his force departed. In 1673, he became Surgeon General of the Plymouth colony forces, and he was a captain in 1676 in KingPhilip's War. Matthew Fuller of Barnstable prepared a will dated 25 July 1678 which was sworn 30 October 1678. His wife Frances was executrix.
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(2) Capt. Matthew FULLER M.D.
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Birth: 1603, England
Death: ca Aug 1678, Barnstable County, MA
Occ: Physician

Spouse: Frances ____
Death: aft 30 Oct 1678

Children: Samuel (ca 1630-1676)
Mary (>1630- >1691)
Elizabeth (>1630- >1714)
Anne (ca 1640-)
John (>1640- <1686)

Notes: He came to Plymouth, MA in 1640 and settled in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
He was a Lieutenant of Barnstable Militia, OCT 15, 1652. Lieutenant inExpedition against Dutch. (see Colonial Dames Register).
He was Captain of Barnstable Militia 1668.
He was Surgeon-General of the forces in King Philip's War.
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Capt. Matthew Fuller's Will

Transcribed from the Original Recrords
BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN
MD 13:7

CAPT. MATTHEW FULLER died at Barnstable between 25 July, 1678, the day he made his will, and 22 August, 1678, the date of the inventory. The will and inventory are recorded in the Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, Volume III, Part II, Pages 127 - 129.

[CAPT. MATTHEW FULLER'S WILL]
[3: 2: 127] The five and twentieth Day of July in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and eight; I Mathew ffuller of the Towne of Barnstable in the Collonie of New Plymouth; being sicke of body but of Good and prfect memory thankes be unto almighty God; and Calling to Remembrance the uncertaine state of this transitory life and that allfflesh must yeild unto Death when it shall please God to Call; Doe makeConstitute and ordaine; and Declare this my last will and Testament, In manor and forme following; Revoakeing and Anulling by these prsents all and every Testament and Testaments will and wills heertofore by mee made and Declared either by word or writing; and this to be taken onely for my last will and Testament; and none other; and first being pen itent and sorry from the bottom of my hart for my sins past most humbly Desireing forgivenes for the same; I Give and Comitt my soule unto almighty God my Saviour and Redeemer, in whom and by the Merretts of Jesus Christ, I trust and be leive assuredly to be saved, and my body to be buried in such place, as my executors heerafter Named shall appoint; and Now for the settleing of my temporall estate; and such Goods Chattles andDebts as it hath pleased God farr above my Deserts to bestow on mee; IDoe order Give and Dispose the same in manor and forme following That isto say first I will That all those Debts and Dutyes as I ow in Right or Consience to any manor of prson or prsons whatsoever shalbe well and truely Contented, or ordained to be payed, within Convenient time after my Decease by my executors heerafter Named;

Item I Give and bequeath unto Shubeall Jones my Grand Child the Reputedson of Ralph Jones, the angle lott of Marsh meddow, which I formerly bought of his father Ralph Jones, after ffrancis my wifes Decease

I Give and bequeath the one halfe of all the Rest of my Lands & meadowsI have in the Townshipp of Barnstable, or else where in America To my welbeloved son John ffuller; after ffrancis my wifes Decease

I Give and bequeath unto the Naturall sonnes of my son Samuell ffuller Deceased, Thomas ffuller Jabez ffuller Timothy ffuller Matthias ffuller,and Samuell ffuller, The other halfe of all the Lands and meddowes I have in the Townshipp of Barnstable or elsewhere in America; after my wifes Decease;

I Give and bequeath to Samuell ffuller the son of Samuell ffuller my Eldest son Deceased, my now Dwelling house with all the land and meadow belonging to the homsted where I now live; after my wifes Decease; and if it happen that hee should Die without Issue That then it shall Goe tothe Rest of them bretheren that Doe survive
Item It is my will that if my son John ffuller Die without Issue that then the lands and meddowes I have already Given to him Bethyah the wifeof John ffuller shall enjoy the full benifitt; and use of them to her Dieing Day; and then to Goe to the Rest of my Children begotten of my owne body;

I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Jones the wife of Ralph Jones Ten pounds in mony;

Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne ffuller The now wife of Samuell ffuller ten pounds in mony;

Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Rowley the wife of Moses Rowley ten pounds in mony;

Item I Give and bequeath unto Sarah Rowley the Daughter of Moses Rowleyall my sheep; and by these prsents I Doe appoint Jedediah Jones to oversee the sheepp That they be Imployed wholly for the use of the said Sarah;
Capt. Matthew Fuller's Will and Inventory 9

Item I Give and bequeath ten pounds to Jedediah Jones the son of Ralph Jones in mony;

Item I Give to every one of my Male Grandchildren halfe a Crown a peecein old England mony;

[p. 128] Item I Give to every one of my femall Grandchildren twelve pence a peece in old England mony;
Item I Give to Ralfe Jones Samuell ffuller Junir: and Moses Rowley senir my sones in law five shillings apeece in mony;

Item I Give and bequeath unto my onely beloved son John ffuller twenty pounds in silver mony, and to bethya his wife twenty shillings in Gould;

I Give to Mary ffuller the late wife of my son Samuell ffuller Deceasedfive shillings in Mony;

I Give and bequeath unto Robert Marshall the Scotsman a peece of Cloth Intended to make mee a suite; off;

Item I Give to Jaser Tayler two Raysers;

Item I Give and bequeath to ffrancis my Deare and welbeloved wife; whoeby these prsents I Doe ordaine and Declare to be the sole executrix ofthis my last Will and Testament the use and Improvement of all my housing lands and Meddowes Dureing her Naturall life; as alsoe all my Moveables houshold stuffe Cattle horse kind swine; and whatsoever else Can be Named undisposed of to be att her Dispose for ever
In witnes wherof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale the Day and yeer abovesaid

Signed and sealed Mathew ffuller and a seale
in the prsence of
Joseph Laythorpe
John Hawes

Leift: Joseph Laythorp and John hawes made oath to the truth of the Will abovewritten: viz: That they Did see Capt: Mathew ffuller above said;signe and seale and Declare this aforsaid Will to be his last Will andTestament; before the Court holden att Plymouth the 30th of October 1678

Matthew married Frances (Hannah) Hyde about 1625 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Frances was born in 1605 in Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England; died on 26 Oct 1678 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Butcher
• Occupation: 1613; Yeoman
• Will: 19 May 1613, Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England
• Will Probated: 31 May 1614, Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England; by wife
• Will Probated: 16 Jun 1614, Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England; by son Thomas

Notes:

Three of his children, Edward, Samuel, and Susanna withdrew their memberships from the Church of England and became affiliated with the Separatist Church. All three of them arrived in America on the "Mayflower".

Occupation:
Robert was a butcher, who owned property in the village of Harleston, Norfolk, England.

Robert married Sarah Dunkhorn on 29 Jan 1571 in Starston, Harleston, England. Sarah was born about 1552 in Starston, Harleston, England; died on 01 Jul 1584 in Redenhall Parish, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: John Lathrop
• Name: John Lothropp
• Immigration: 1634, Massachusetts

Notes:

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Excerpt´uª0 ´uª0 from the biography´uª0 ´uª0 of Ernest Avery´uª0 ´uª0 Lathrop, "A Modern´uª0 ´uª0 History of New´uª0 ´uª0 London County,´uª0 ´uª0 Connecticut,"´uª0 ´uª0 published 1922
´uª0 . "Samuel Lathrop,´uª0 ´uª0 who was brought´uª0 ´uª0 from England by his´uª0 ´uª0 father, Rev. John´uª0 ´uª0 Lathrop, in´uª0 ´uª0 1734.´uª0 ´uª0 Rev. John Lathrop´uª0 ´uª0 came into open´uª0 ´uª0 conflict with the´uª0 ´uª0 Archbishop of´uª0 ´uª0 London,´uª0 ´uª0 where he´uª0 ´uª0 was pastor of an´uª0 ´uª0 Independent´uª0 ´uª0 church, and with´uª0 ´uª0 forty-three´uª0 ´uª0 members of his´uª0 ´uª0 church was´uª0 ´uª0 arrested, April 29,´uª0 ´uª0 1632, and thrown´uª0 ´uª0 into prison. While´uª0 ´uª0 he was in prison,´uª0 ´uª0 his wife died and´uª0 ´uª0 finally he was´uª0 ´uª0 released on the´uª0 ´uª0 condition that he´uª0 ´uª0 would leave´uª0 ´uª0 England.´uª0 ´uª0 Accordingly he´uª0 ´uª0 sailed with his´uª0 ´uª0 children, and in´uª0 ´uª0 1634 arrived in New´uª0 ´uª0 England.´uª0 ´uª0 He´uª0 ´uª0 founded a church in´uª0 ´uª0 Scituate,´uª0 ´uª0 Massachusetts, and´uª0 ´uª0 with many of his´uª0 ´uª0 congregation´uª0 ´uª0 moved´uª0 ´uª0 to Barnstable."´/uª

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John married Hannah Howse. Hannah was born in 1590; died in 1633 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mayflower

Notes:

Lived in Leiden Holland, the Netherlands, with second wife.
Edward and his wife came to the U.S.A. on the Mayflower in 1620 alongwith their son Samuel. Edward and his wife died during the first winterinPlymouth. Their son Samuel was raised by his uncle Dr. Samuel Fuller.
Francis H. Fuller, "Early New England Fullers," New England Historicaland Genealogical Register 55(1901):192-196.

Edward was born about 1575 and his baptism took place on September 4th, 1575 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England. Edward's father was Robert Fuller and his mother was Sarah Dunkhorn. He had a brother named Samuel. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-sister named Susannah. He died in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

* General Notes
o Edward Fuller, his wife, and his son Samuel came to America on the Mayflower. They had lived in Leyden, Holland for a short period of time, but originally came from Redenhall, Norfolk, England. Edward Fuller's father was a butcher by trade, and his brother Samuel was a doctor and deacon. Edward's occupation, however, remains unknown. He and his wife both died the first winter.

Edward Fuller's name appears on the "Mayflower Compact" which was drawn up just previous to the landing at Cape Cod on November, 1620. He died at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, the next spring between Jan and April, 1621. His wife, whose name may have been Ann, died about the same time, leaving their young son Samuel (and Matthew?), who came with them, an orphan.

Edward Fuller has been generally identified as the son of Robert and Sara (Dunkhorn) Fuller, baptized on 4 September 1575 at Redenhall, Norfolk. However, a number of genealogical scholars and Mayflower researchers, including Robert S. Wakefield, Robert Sherman, Robert Leigh Ward, Robert C. Anderson, Eugene Stratton, Leslie Mahler, and others, have all questioned the identification over the past couple of decades. The current identification is based upon circumstantial evidence only: the fact that the names Samuel, Edward, and Ann occur within the same family; and the fact the father is identified as a butcher. Thomas Morton, writing in 1637, says that Samuel Fuller was the son of a butcher. The name Matthew also occurs in this Redenhall Fuller family. The counter-evidence is primarily that the ages for the Fullers appear to be too old, when compared to their marriage dates, the ages of their spouses, and with the births of their children.

The name of Edward Fuller's wife has not been discovered. In James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-1862), Edward Fuller's wife was given as "Ann". However, there are no American or English records which give her name. I suspect James Savage may have made a simple typographical error: Mayflower passenger Edward Tilley had a wife Ann; or perhaps he was thinking of their sister Ann Fuller. None-the-less, numerous sources published after 1860 have utilized Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, and so the identification of Ann can be found in numerous other books and online resources.
So, in truth, very little is known about Edward Fuller. His English origins and the name of his wife are widely disputed. What is known is that he, his wife, and his son Samuel came on the Mayflower in 1620 to Plymouth. A single Leiden judicial document mentions Edward Fuller, and proves that he, like brother Samuel Fuller, were living in Leiden. Both Edward and his wife died the first winter, but son Samuel (who would have been about 12), survived. An older brother, Matthew, had stayed behind, and came to America later.

Children:
1. Matthew FULLER b: in England
2. Samuel FULLER b: ABT 1608 in England

Edward married Anne Hopkins. Anne was born in 1577; died in 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mayflower