Robert Nicholas Fuller

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]

Robert married F. [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]

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

Family/Spouse: Anne Hopkins. Anne was born in 1577; died in 1620 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• Will: 28 Feb 1725, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
• Will Proved: 21 Apr 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Notes:

John was born on January 11th, 1655 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. John's father was Samuel Fuller and his mother was Jane Lathrop. His paternal grandparents were Edward Fuller and Ann; his maternal grandparents were John Lathrop and Hannah Howse. He was an only child. He died about March 23rd, 1725 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

* General Notes
o John was a farmer and landowner. He moved to East Haddam, Ct. in 1689. In 1721, five years before his death, he gave each of his seven sons a deed to a farm, complete with implements. John and Mehitable had eleven or twelve children.

He was called Little John Fuller to distinguish him from his cousin Dr. John Fuller.

He was bequeathed the Indian, Joell, in the Will of his father Samuel Fuller Sr., dated 29 Oct. 1683 and probated 5 June 1684 in Barnstable, Barstable, Massachusetts.

Birth:
1655/1656

Will:
1725/26

John married Mehitable Rowley about 1678 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Mehitable was born on 11 Jan 1660 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died in 1732 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [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:

• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Mayflower

Notes:

Samuel came over the Mayflower with his parents as a boy in 1620.
When his parents died he was taken care of by his Uncle Samuel Fuller (and hiswife Bridget Mary Lee Fuller). (Note-Uncle Samuel was a Doctor, whoalso came over the Mayflower.
He was a deacon of the Plymouth church for the colony as well as their surgeon. He would die during an outbreak ofthe plague in 1633.) The year following Samuel and Jane's marriage, 1636,Sam and Jane built a pallizadse style house in Scituate, located on Greenfield Street. It had walls of poles, filled in with stones and clay,with a thatched roof, windows of oiled paper and a floor of hand sawedplanks. They had 20 acres of land, probably a grant from the town. Samwas a constable and also served as a juryman and on committees to settle difficulties with the Indians. Samuel and Jane had at least 9 children.

Samuel was born on April 8th, 1608 in England. Samuel's father was Edward Fuller and his mother was Ann. His paternal grandparents were Robert Fuller and Sarah Dunkhorn. He had a brother named Matthew. He died at the age of 75 on October 31st, 1683 in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

* General Notes
o Samuel Fuller came on the Mayflower at the age of 12, with his father Edward Fuller. (He should not be confused with Doctor Samuel Fuller, his uncle, who also came on the Mayflower). Samuel's parents both died the first winter at Plymouth. Samuel was apparently raised by his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, and became a freeman of Plymouth in 1634.

At division of lands in 1624, Samuel was counted as three persons out of respect for his parents.

He married in Scituate the next year to Jane Tothrop, the daughter of Rev. John Lothrop and his first wife Hannah Howes.

Samuel was married at Mr. Cudworth's house by Capt. Miles Standish, Magistrate, "on ye fourthe day of ye weeke April 8-18, 1635, to Jane Lathrop, daughter of Rev. John Lathrop". He is on the rolls of the Scituate Church on 7 Nov. 1636.

The year following Samuel and Jane's marriage, 1636, Sam and Jane built a pallizadse style house in Scituate, located on Greenfield Street. It had walls of poles, filled in with stones and clay, with a thatched roof, windows of oiled paper and a floor of hand sawed planks.

He and wife Jane raised their family initially at Scituate, before moving sometime shortly before 1641 to Barnstable. He would live out the next forty years of his life in Barnstable, where he farmed. They had nine children.

His probate records of 1683-1684 indicate that his wife predeceased him. He also bequeathed an Indian named Joel to his son John.

He was constable of Scituate in 1641 but moved to Barnstable later becoming the only passenger of the Mayflower to settle permanently in that location.

His Will was dated 29 Oct. 1683 and probated 5 June 1684 in Barnstable, Barstable, Massachusetts, in which he gives his Indian Joell to his son John.

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]

Notes:

Birth:
1 Mar 1698/1699

Thankful married Jabez Crippen on 09 Jul 1707 in Sharon, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. Jabez was born about 1680 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut; died in 1785 in Manchester, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: B. Kneeland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Samuel Fuller in 1657 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lathrop) was born on 11 Feb 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died before 28 Dec 1691 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]