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About Samuel Fuller
Life
- Descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller (Barnabas Samuel Samuel Edward)
- b Nov 1681 at Barnstable.
- d May 1758 in Bolton Conn.
- Married in 1718; Ruth Crocker b Aug 3 1693; dau of Eleazer and Ruth Chipman Crocker of Barnstable.
- Married second, Dec 20 1727, Lydia widow of Andrew Lovell.
- He was admitted to church at Bolton by letter from Colchester March 9 1749.
- Lydia was probably the widow Fuller who d at Bolton, Conn Dec 28 1764 aged 72.
- Samuel Fuller died in Bolton between May 5 and June 6 1758.
- This family removed from Barnstable to Rochester Mass thence to Colchester and Bolton, Conn
- His will, dated May 5, 1758, is on file in the probate office - Hartford Vol 18 p 54 - and mentions all the children given below.
- He gave real estate to Barnabas, Joshua, and Lot, and money legacies to the daughters and to son Eleazer showing that Eleazer was not living at Bolton at that time.
Children born in Barnstable:
- Sarah b April 16 1719 Unmarried in 1758
- Barnabas b April 1 1721 Lived in Glastonbury Conn 1760 m Deborah had son David b 1758
- Eleazer b Feb 9 1722 3 m 1756 Elizabeth Hatch
- Joshua b Oct 3 1727 m Joannah Taylor ?? Child with 2nd wife, Lydia Conant Lovell
- Elizabeth b Jan 24 1728 m Nathaniel Goodspeed and went to Vassalboro Maine
Children with 2nd wife, Lydia Conant Lovell:
- Rebecca b April 3 1731 m Timothy Isham April 25 1751. She died at Bolton April 8 1823 aged 92
- Lot b Sept 18 1733 m Rachel
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Guardianship
According to the Fuller book (page attached as a source), Samuel was granted guardianship of brother
Ebenezer's children in 1742. For the older of those children, there are records which unambiguously place them in New England. But for several of the children, no further New England records are to be found.
Of specific interest are John, William, and Samuel. A John Fuller with about the right birth date appeared in Philadelphia, probably working as a ship-builder. Several Fuller children are attributed to him, and there is a marriage record and death record. For Samuel, there seems to be no written Philadelphia record, but there is a daughter Elizabeth Fuller, who claimed her father was named Samuel or Lemuel. For William, there is only the conjecture that he too may have gone to Philadelphia.
Samuel left Barnstable behind sometime before dying in Connecticut in 1758. Ebenezer's widow remained alive at that point and probably stayed in Barnstable. Samuel did not give any of Ebenezer's children mention in his will, which reinforces the idea that they were far from his mind by 1758.
Absent a present father or guardian, an apprenticeship or indenture might well have seemed like the only available option. Normally such things would require a signed contract, but in the case of Ebenezer's forgotten children, probably none was written.
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Samuel Fuller's Timeline
| 1681 |
November 15, 1681
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Barnstable, Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony
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| 1719 |
April 16, 1719
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1721 |
April 1, 1721
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Plymouth, MA, United States
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| 1723 |
February 9, 1723
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1727 |
October 3, 1727
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1729 |
January 24, 1729
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1731 |
April 3, 1731
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Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1733 |
September 18, 1733
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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
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