.

<UU:
Mm.

1 i ( 1 ill} ;.j'];^!]jr
jiljlliilliiliiil!!!!!;'--

1 i!
I'i^i?^ Ti:;;!^!'
929.2
F9585fu
1570305

REYNOLDS HIS"^^^ICAL
GENEALOGY COLLECTION

M
&c
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY

3 1833 01239 1428

 GENEALOGY .
f^^

OF THE

/'I

FULLER FAMILIES
DESCENDING FROM

ROeCRT PUUUSR
OF

SALEXl ^XD REHOBO'TH, MASS.

<•*••• ,

hieioinrf fuller

1638.
 .

'•/) •
'

t
PREFACE.

EarW in the sixties, circumstances gave me the consciousness, that

our American people were too unconscious and too negligent of their
predecessors, from whom have emanated nearly all the social, civil aiui
reIii,MOus advantage^, in which our American citizens outrank the
world, standing preeminent in consequent of inherited blessings ami
blood of an ancestry, the like of which has no historic parallel.

These patriotic emotions stirred within me the purpose to know

in fact and deed tlie 'Abrahamj^, and Isaacs, and Jacobs." consiiiutini.'
my own ancestry, and to render them a suitable memorial nnd respect
not found in the moss-covered marble and granite, which recogni/e
their death, rather than their glorious lives and the inheritrd blessings

transferred to their posterity.

The magnitude of the enterprise of historic ccnsoltdation and re

uniting in family oneness, the thousands scattered over the continent,
during successive generations, surpassed greatly the incpient con-
ception of the work, both in its labor and outlay, hut, an ever incre.ns-
ing evidence of its real worth, and the philanthropic spi'i: cn^^'endcievl

by the effort, has giver* cuito oa'Jsfactory re^ults.

Hoping and trusUrig that this exhibit of worthy and ennoblcii

fathers, wil^ i/i?ip}re i.i their Lt>ililren. hi^h'-r and grander purposes, in

the accomplC-^hihtJrii: of tri;e ani tuccets»al life, give> the writer as>ur-
ance that the ef;orJs,v. ill pro'e a benefit and blessing to n:ultitude>.
• • • u > ->

NFWrON FILLER.
Nkw Loniion, Conn.. 189S.

.) 7
/ 4
 —

GENEALOGY
OF

FULLER FAMILIES.
1:570305
ROBERT FULLER, of Salem, T>I;\ss., accordin^: to the best evidence
at onr command, came from Southampton, England, in ship Bevis in
the year 163S.
He was progenitor of many Euller families of New Enf,'la!id, and was
one of eight early settlers of America by the name of Fuller who are

AN'CESTRAL HEADS
of a large and worthy progeny, wide-sproad over the United States and
in Canada.
To ascertain the special consauguinity of these eight ancestral Fu'Jers would
necessitate a research in ihe records of England.Dr. Samuel and Edward of the "May
flower" were brothers, and the ethnological evidences forcibly favor a common origin
not very far remote.
The eight ancestral Fullers are :

Dk. Samuel, and his brother Edward, of the Mayflower, 16-20.

John, of Ipswich, Mas:S., and William, of Uampton, >. H., who came in ICH.
Thomap. of DedLam, and John, of Newton, Mass., who came in IC:5.
Robert, of Salem, and Thomas* of Wobum, Mass., who came in lc>iH.
Robert, of Dorchester, afterward of Dedham, Ma.ss., who came iu 16-10.
William, of Hampton, N. H., left no children, his property was iah-rited by the
children of his brother Jotiu, of Ipswich. The numerous descendants of the eii^ht an-
cestral headd are found, almost universally, to exhibit an intelligence, a hiuh moral
tone, a spirit of thrifty independence and enterprise, which has marked them as
worthy sous of their v>Igrin» fathers, whose high toned principles were ever regarded
as dearer than life itself.

Ancestral ROBERT Fl'LLER made

his early residence in Salem,
: Mass. Re purchased
or held rights in hiud in Rehol)oth in 1G45 but re-
mained in Salem, as shown by deeds in which he si^ns himstlf as "brick-
^Tlayer of Salem," until about IOHm, wlien a division of latid was made in
V Rehoboth and a settleruent established.
r »^ Iu 167G the Indians attacked Rehoboth and burned the houses of the
V s'ittlement. Robert Fuller having lost his wife and two son-* and home
"^rttiirnod to Sab.-m, wh-^re ho remained until having in iLe mean-
l«'>Or..

rr\ time married his second wite, Widow Margaret WaUer, with whom be
^ again settled in Rehoboth in ICOC, and where he died ilay 10, 17U6.
 ROBERT FULLER was a m»in of means in money and estate, hoiJ-
ing extensive trncts of laml in Rebobotb, Attleboro, Se-konk, »nd on
the Prtwtucket river, that in Attleboro he belil jointly with his ol ie>t
son, Jonathan. He was one of the tirst proprietors in Kelioboth r.nd
drew shafts in the general divisions of land in 16G1 and l'V',8. Hr is
found on the list of owners as early hs l«',-io at a value of £10'J— piida
tax of £1 10s. 3d. f.»r the expense of King Phillip's war in l'>7'». He was
the first and only bricklayer in New En<,'!nn 1 for many years.
His family record, as nearly as can be obtained, is as fallows:

1. ROBERT FULLER, born in En'^dand; came to Amrrica in ship

BeTis, 163S; lived in Salem and Rebobotb, M;iss.; m. Sarali. she died
Oct. 14. 1G76 ; m. Margaret Waller, she died Jan. 30, 1700.
Children :

2. JoMATHA>", b. about 1640: ni. Elizabeth Wilmarth, Dec. 14, 16fi4.

3. ELIZABETH, ' b. aDOUt lb4o ; EQ. < r, , tt-k , i. .1, t^^ii li, !»;-«
i- IbiH.
I Eleazer >» Dfeelock, April
4. JoHS, about 1647 m. Abigail Titus. April 2'i. lC7:i.
b. ;

5. Samttec, b. about 1^.19 m. Mary Ide, Dec. 12, 1C73.

;

6. Abigail, b. about 1G53; m. Thooiaa Cushnian, Oct. 1»'>, lOTO.

7. Besjamin, b. about 16o7 m. Mary, 1685. m. Judith Smita. Jan.
; 2?. U^f^.

Jonathan lived and died in Attleboro. Three of his sons settled in

the towns of Windham, Coventry and A^bford, Conn.
John and Samuel who died in King Phillip's war, l»J7t>. left eaea a
son, who were brought up and provided for by their grandfather, Robert.
Benjamin lived in Salem, afterwards in Rehoboth, wh-rre h-^ died Jan.
11, 1711. He had six sons, five of whom settled in Lebanon. C-nn., three
of whom died there, and two removed to western towns in Conti.
Elizabeth's husband, Nehemiah Sabin. «as slain 'oy the Indi tn«i.
first

1676, leaving children Elizab-ith and David. She had several cbildiva b/
her second husband, Eleazer Wheelock, of Medfield. Mass. Their gr.tnd-
son. Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, D. D., was the founder and rirst President
of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Dr. Wheelock was a man whose
life work was unusually filled with original tact and philanthropy.
Abigail, m. Thomas Cushman, (son of Rev. Thorn ts and Mary
(Allert'jn), she came in the Maytiower with her fath^-r. Isaac. R-:v.

Thomas Cushman when a boy of fourteen, came with his father Robert,
in the ship Fortune, 1621.)
Children— Job, Bartholonipw, Samuel, Honjamin.

RoBEBT FtTLLEBs descendants in the fourth generation numbrrcd

nearly 150 persons residing in the states of Masaacbusetls. Couneotictit,
Rhode Island and New York and were it ])OssiVile to ennm^-rate tbe
;

eighth generation from this single parent stocdc. it wouid .sei ui hlit'ci.t
beyond belief, yet it would give a realizing s<i!se of the possibiliiie.i cf
the liiinutu events of our lives.
 2. JONATHAN FULLER, (2) oldest son of ancestral Robert (1) and
Sarah, born in Sal^iu, Mass., about IGIO.
He liwJ in Attlehoro, Mass., where he held laud jointly with his father
Robert. (1) drawing his shares in the general divisions of land made to the
first settL.-rs in lt5Gl and 1608.
In the Indian war of 1673-70, Attieboro seems to have escaped the rava-
ges and destruction that Rehoboth and other places suffered, so that Jona-
than and family remained in their home, while other living members of
Robert's family removed to Salem.
Jonathan wus selectman of Attleboro, and in his public and private life

he bears the repute of bt^ing a leading influential citizen, his lars^e family
of children, all give evidence of inheriting the staid and high toned
characteristics of their parents.
JoN'ATHA.x Fuli.es die I Feb. 10, 1709, aged 09, leaving a large estate
intestate, settled by his widow Elizabeth, March, 1709. He had previous-
ly made quite extensive dispositions by deeds to his children.
He m. Elizabeth Wiimarth, dau. of Thomas, Dec. 14. 1664;,

His children were : 3rd Gen.

10. Jo'ATHAN, b. Dec. 23, 1G65 m. Mary Stevens, Feb. 15, 1C87. ;

11. David, b. Sept. 11, 1067 m. Mary Oriusby, -Julj 15, 1691.
:

12. Daniel, b. .\ug. 6. 1GG9 m. Mary ;

13. ROBEUT, b. June 2S, IGTl died July 23. IC7I. ;

r Llizabeth Colbey, June 8. 1693.

14. Thomas, b. June 28, 1G71 m. < Ann Woodcock. ;

( Mar>' White, Nov. 15, 1722.

,,
lo.
,, I.
KOBEBT, b. -.T
March^^ n
2, 1673
„ f Elizabeth Shepardaon, Jan. 4, 1699.
1CTO m.
^^.ry Titus ;
J

15. Nathajjiel, b. March m. Aiin Butterworth, 1697.

1, 1675 ;

17. Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1678 m. John Shepardson, April 9, 1694. ;

lo
18. Sabah. ^
o . lo i£?oa _ John Follett.
b. Apnl 2i, 1680 m. [ .,^^
1
;
t

j^^^^ j.^,1^^^ j^^^^ 29. 1720.

19. Marj-, b. Oct. 1. 1682 ; m. Stephen Cross Nov. 30. 1703.
20. Noah, b. Feb. 12, 1684 ;m. Rachel Pidge. Feb. 23, 1711,

4. JOHN FULLER (2) second son of ancestral Robert and Sarah, born
in Salem, ^lass.. about 1G47.
He came with his father Robert, in 1668, to the new settlement in
Rehoboth, and was one of its defenders in the Indian war of 1070, los-

ing his life Aug. 'I'.i, 1676 leaving a son nearly two years old named John,
;

also Abiel (posthumous).

He m. .\bigail Titus, .\pril 25, 1073.

Childreu : 3rd Gen.

o 1^-1 Shepardson. Dec. 2*2,

(Joanna^-^^^^.l^ 1701.
-,
21.
T
JoHS. o,
(3) b. o
t 1
Sept. 8. 1...4 : m (^^^^^ j^^^ ...^^ ^-.^^
22. AblEl., b. D.-c. 3^J, 1676

John's (3)second wife, widows- Sarah Follett, wus daughter of Jonatlian

Fi.ller (2) and had a portion from his estate.
 5. SAMUEL FULLER. (2) tbinl son of ancestrnl Kobert and Sarah,
born in Salem. Miss., about IGIO.
He was captain, and lo><t his life as did his brotherJobn and brother-in-
law Nehemiah Sabin in King Phillip's war, August 15, 1676.

He one son Samuel, (an infant) who with his cousins John an
left
The farm that Robert
Abiel were cared for by their firandtather Kobert.
afterward gave to his gran-lson Samuel remained in the family one hun-
dred and sixty years. ,

Samuel, (2) m. Mary Ide, Dec- 17, 1G73, who after his death m. John
Redway, Dec. 27, 1077.
Children :

23. Samuel, (3) b. Nov. 25. JG75 ; m. Dorothj- Wilniarth, Dec. K.. 1701.

An obituary notice of ^Irs. Lucy Fuller Armington of the sixth genera-

tion of this line, gives in brief a picture of general application :

"The Fuller families from which Mrs. Aruiington has descended, were
of strong Puritanical character ; marked for integrity, industry, a .strict

regard for truth and justice, accompanied by an affability of manners,

both pleasing and of controlling influence".
The foregoing introduction of Robert Fulleb of Sak.ni, Mass., and bis
family is a prelude to the Genealogical History of his niuuerfjus descenil-
ants, designed to be followed out in four distinct Lines from each of his
sons, viz :

The Robert, (I) Jonathan, (2) Line.

The Robert, (1) John (2) Line.
The Robert, (1) Samuel, (2) Line.
The Robert, (1) Benjamin (2j Line.

The Robert Benjamin (.2) Line will receive our first attention on the
(1)

following pages, and will be divided into Branches from each of Benja-
min's sons, viz —Benjamin, John, Ezekiel, Amos, Joshua, Abitl.
Each individual will be nnniberHl for identity and easy reference.
Red numbers will show Known Heads of Families and the pages where
they may be found.

7. BENJAMIN FULLER, (2) youngest son of ancestral Robert and

Sarah, born in Salem, Mass., about 16o7. His father Robert deeded him
land in Rehoboth, at his majority in 1'".70, ;.nd again in I'"."'", at Lis mar-
riage, which became his home until his death Jan. 11, 1711.

He m. Mary 1C8G. She died Feb. 27, lG9o.

He m. Judith Smith, Jan. 13, 1698.

I
 7- BENJAMIN' FULLF:R, (2) voungest son of ancestral Robert
and Sarah, born in Salem, Mass., about 1657- His father, Robert,
deeded him land in Rehoboth, at his majority in 1679, and
again in

16S6, at his marriage, which became his home until

his death, Jan. ^7,

17 n. His residence was about three miles from Seekonk. (then a part
of Rehoboth), where ancestral Robert and sons, John, Samuel and
Benjamin, were buried.
Benjamin and family, before settling in Rehoboth, lived several
N-ears in Salem, Mass., where several of his
children were born.

He m. ist, Mary, 16S6. She died Feb. 27, 1695.

m. 2nd, Judith Smith, Jan. 13, 169S.

His children were: —

,, .3 \ TabatJia Wheaton, May 14, 1709. (See 3rd Geu.)
Feb. =5, 1087: m.
, ,^

24. Benjamin, b.
^ ^^^ Lydia .

m. Elizabeth res. Kehoboih. Mass. (

" )
25. John, , 1689: ,

26. M.^RV, , 1691: m. Joseph Martin.

ist Elizabeth d. May 13, 1723 C
" ;
^ - . . . ^ .

27. Ejtekiel, b. hcb. 11, 1605: m. ^^^ Hannah Thompson. ^

"
^S, AMos.b. Oct. is, 1699. m. PrisciUa Woodworth, June 29, 1721. { )

Nov. 26, 1724. <i. 1732- "

\ ist Mercy Knapp,
( )

eg. JosHiA, b. May 15, 1701: m. jod Experience stcaduian, Dec. 25, 1734-
^

ist Sarah Clossen.

\ ( ' )

30. AiiiEL, b. Sept. 29. 1704: m. ^^j Hannah Porter, Dec. 19, 1732.
^

All above children, except John removed to Lebanon.

the
deeds. JosErw
Conn., between the years 1720 and 1726. By date of
Martin May 4, 17^0; Benjamin, June 2, 1720; A.mos, Aug. 31.
1721; Joshua, Nov. 5, 1722; Ezekiel and
Abiel, Sept. i. 1726.
Benjamin was a farm he sold^ hi^
large land holder; the
in 1726, is still in possession of the same
family 1S9S..
brother Abiel <

E/ekiel's first purchase of land in Lebanon, was from

hi.>.

brother-in-law Joseph Martin in 1726, upon which he lived till 1744

removed to Hebron, Conn., where he died about 1775.

and then
Lebanon.
A.MOS was 21 years old >\hen he purchased land in
of which he
Conn., of his brother-in-law Joseph Martin, a portion
J()shia's
deeded to hi. brother Joshl a in 1722 and which remained
in
remains in goon
family till iS./D and upon which a hous>e built in 174.;.
western
condi'tion (iS<>S). In 1748. A.mos and his family removed to
Connecticut and New York State.
.)n the
losHLA and Abiel lived and died in Lebanon. Conn..
farms they purcha>ed: Josiu a of his brother
Amos. 1722, anv
.\miki. of hi. brother Hknjwiin. 1726.
 1570305
7- BENJAMIN FULLER, (j) youngest son of ancestral Robert
and Sarah, born in Salem, Mass., about 1657. His father, Robert,
deeded him land in Rehoboth, at his majority in 1679, and again in
16S6, at his marriage, which became his home until his death, Jan. ^7,
171 1. His residence was about three miles from Seekonk then a part (

of Rehoboth), where ancestral Robert and sons, Jolin. Samuel and

Benjamin, were buried.
Benjamin and family, before settling in Rehoboth. lived several
N'ears in Salem, Mass., where several of his children were born.
He m. ist, Mary, i6S6. She died Feb. 2-. 16*^5.

m. 2nd, Judith Smith, Jan. 13, 169^5.

His children vk ere: f

X|.
D
Bekiamin, V r u
b. Feb. 35, 1007:
3
m.
* Tabatha Wheaton,
. , •
•
Mayj 14,
•».
iTou.
/
'See 35rd Gen.,' >
,

35- John, , 1689: m. Elizabeth , res. Rehoboth. Maiss. (

" )

a6. Mary, , 1691; m. Joseph Martin.

r u _ ist Elizabeth d. Mav 13, 1725 "
t-ZEtciEL,' V
c.,„ i * ,
C
v )
»7- b. Feb. 11,' 1605 m. j« 5 . /
' -'
•
tv.^^.^^^
1 nompson.
,
/
, . Manr.an
211a Uo„„-,v,
/

^8. Amos, b. Oct. 25, 1699. m. Priscilla \Vood*orth, June 20, 1721. C
" )

ist Mercv Knaop, Nov. 26, 1724, d. 1732.

\ {
" )
•9. JosHiA, b. May 15, 1701 m. ^^^ Experience stcaciaian, Dec. z;, 1734.
:
^

^ . _ < 1st Sarah Clossen. (

" )
Abiel, b. Sept. 29. 1704: m.
^ ,j,j Haacah Porter, Dec. 19, 1732.
30.

All the above children, except John removed to Lebanon.

Conn., between the years 17JO and 1726. By date of deeds, Joseph
Martin May 4, 1720; Benja.min, June 2, 1720; A.mos, Aug. 31.
1721; Joshua, Nov. 5, 1722: Ezekill aiid Abikl, Sept. i. 1726.
Benjamin was a large land holder; the farm he sold his
brother Ahiel in 1726, is still in possession of the same family ('1S9S}.
Ezekiel's first purchase of Lebanon, was from land in his
brother-in-law Joseph Martin upon which he lived till
in 1726, 1744
and then removed to Hebron, Conn., where he died about 1775.
Amos was 21 years old when he purchased land in Lebanon.
Conn., of his brother-in-law Jgsf.I'H Martin, a portion of which he
deeded to his brother Joshia in 1722 and which remained in Joshua'^
family till iS</) and upon whicft a house built in 1745. remain* in good
condition (1S7S;. In 1748, A.mos and his family removed to western
Connecticut and New York State.
JosHLA and Abiel lived and died in Lebanon. Conn., on the
farms they purchased: Jo>hla of his brother Amo^*. 1722. and
Abiki- of hi> brother Benj\mi.v, 1726.
 ;. ' BKNJAMIN FL'LLLER. (2) the \our.L:est >»oii of ancc'^tral
Robert and Sarah, according to traditional history, '"was a man ot
retiring habits, whose fixed and high-toned principles, who^e manlv,
ennobliiiij characteristics, were best known to personal rnd pri\ate
acquaintance, as iliev were bv himself never paraded.
His fainilv inherited t!ie t.^ther's personalities." IIi«, voungest
son. .\.biel. lived in Lebanon. Conn., in active vigor passed his nine-
tieth vear. A neighboring bov Eleazer Dewev'-, in intimate relations (

with the old man. learned from him faniilv historv, which he coni-
jmmicated. in his ninetieth \ear,) to the writer.
v Hi> descendants
having ditfu>ed themselves from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
Canada to the (iiilf, we now seek to unifv in the family relation of a
brotherhood.

THE ROBERT. BENJAMIN LINE.

Third Okxeka^tiox.
24. BENJAMIN FULLER, (3; oldest son 01 Benjamin r) ami
Marv. born in Salem. Mass.. Feb. 25, 16S7. He lived for a time in
Salem. NLiss.. where his sons Nathaniel and Noah were liorn after- :

wards in Rehoboth. where his sons Benjamin and Jeremiah were

born. In June, 1720, he made his first purchase of land in Lebanon.
Conn., of John Smith, and where he and two of his sons lived until
his death, Jan., 1752. He and wife became members of the church in
North Parish of Lebanon 'New Columbia) 1726. His church tax
was 3£ IS. on one list.
He m. Tabatha Wheaton. Ma\ 4, 1709. She died 1737.
m, Lvdia ^ToS- She died 1754.
His children were:
31. NATHAMti b. Nov. r8, 1710. m. Mary
,
-' . (See 4th Gt:r..)
^2. Noah, b. 1712. ,

<3. Bbsjamin, b. M.irch 14, 171 4; ni. Sarah Porter, .May 29, 1745. (
" }

34. Jeremiah, L. April 25, 1717: m. Pcrtha Dean, Feb. 24, 1741. C
*'
)

35. Amos, b. Apnl 3, 1721 m. .Margaret Phelps. March 3, 1741.

; (
" )

*'
. , uV ^ . ^ ^'»'^" T'e l^cr. Pec. ?*, :75s. •
)
36. JoHS.b. feb. 26. 1723; m.^jn^ f ,,=^^^
57. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1725; m. J-in-ithan Herry, Jan. 3, 1751.
38. TnioTHV.b. July 5, 1727; m. .Mary Newell. J.ni. i, 1746. (
" ) ,

39. .Mary, b. , 1729. >

We find very little of NoAH, except in l.ind and probate records. He adminiiterc'l iV"
f.itlicr'$ estate 1752, biiyini; out the ri;;htN of his brothers Nathasif.l of Kent, Cr.. JEKEV!*.]^
nf Sal.sbury, Cl., John of Colchester, C.t , .\au.i of Hebron, Ct. ^nd sLsicrs Haswh oi Kei.'
Ci.. Mar\ of Dover, Duchess Co., N. N .
1989
m
f
/ ; I

iim
w
MKV)f'

'•1"K'

1H'

^
(
; '
*

•( t.

mm
mm
h|o|jpoli