Birth: Samuel Fuller was born in England about 1608.
Death: He died in Barnstable on October 31, 1683.
Ship: Mayflower, 1620
Life in England: Samuel’s father, Edward, was baptized a
tRedenhall, Norfolk on September 4, 1575. He may have married and had
two sons born in that area, but there is no furtherinformation.
Life in Holland: Edward Fuller’s name appears in a
document in the Leiden records, but there is no further information.
Since Samuel travelled to New England with his parents, it is probable
that he lived with them in Leiden.
Life in New England: Edward, his wife and son,Samuel, came
to Plymouth in 1620. The parents died the first winter, and Samuel was
raised by his uncle Samuel Fuller. He became a freeman of Plymouth in
1634. In 1635, he moved to Scituate where he joined the church on
November 7, 1636. He also served as constable while there. Reverend
Lothrop moved the church to Barnstable in 1638, and Samuel joined him
there.
Family: Samuel married Jane Lothrop on April 8, 1635, in
Scituate and had nine children. Jane died in Barnstable before his death
in 1683.
Children of Samuel and Jane Fuller:
- Hannah was born about 1636. She married Nicholas Bonham on January
1, 1658/9, and had eight children. She died in Piscataway, New Jersey
after August 23, 1686. Hannah was born about 1636. She married Nicholas
Bonham on January 1, 1658/9, and had eight children. She died in
Piscataway, New Jersey after August 23, 1686.
- Samuel was baptized in Scituate on February 11, 1637/8. He married
Anne Fuller about 1657/8 and had six children. He died before December
28, 1691, in Barnstable.
- Elizabeth was born about 1639. She married _____ Taylor and was
living on October 29, 1683.There is no further reference.
- Sarah was born in Scituate, but baptized in Barnstable on August 1,
1641. She died young.
- Mary was baptized in Barnstable on June 16, 1644. She married Joseph
Williams on November 18, 1674, in Haverhill and had four children. She
died on November 11, 1720, in Norwich, Connecticut.
- Thomas was born in Barnstable on May 18, 1650. He died before
October 29, 1683.
- Sarah was born on December 14, 1654,. She married _____ Crowe or
Crowell and was living on October 29, 1683.There is no further
reference.
- John was born about 1655. He married Mehitable Rowley about 1678 and
had eleven children. He died on March 23, 1726, in E. Haddam,
Connecticut.
- A child was born on February 8, 1658/9, and buried fifteen days
later.