Fuller Family

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Comment by maggie on June 27, 2010 at 3:21pm

My Fullers
Jacob Fuller and Abgail webb of orwell VT

Comment by John Barrett Robb on June 27, 2010 at 2:56pm

Hello Krista,

I've familiar with all the standard secondary sources, and have analyzed the parish records, and wills, etc. for the Fullers of Redenhall published in NEHGR (1901), through the most recent secondary source I'm aware of: Robert Charles Anderson's Fuller sketches in The Pilgrim Migration (2004). I am pretty well convinced of the following, but beyond that I would not wish to go:

1. Samuel & Edward Fuller, the sons of Robert Fuller the butcher of Redenhall, came over on the Mayflower, together with their wives and living children (except that Edward's son Matthew, came over much later).

2. Thomas Fuller of DedhamMA was the son of Rafe Fuller of Redenhall.

3. Giles Fuller of Dedham, and HamptonMA, was the son of Roger Fuller of Topcroft parish, about 7 miles from Redenhall, and he was a "nearest kinsman" (presumably a cousin) of Matthew Fuller, the son of Edward of the Mayflower.

Thus, I believe that that Giles was a blood relative of the Mayflower Fullers, although the exact relationship cannot be determined from the existing evidence, and that while it is likely that Thomas was related to the others, there is only circumstantial evidence for the proposition.

Have you found any new primary records evidence yourself relevant to reconstructing the Fuller families of Redenhall and surrounds, sufficient to remove this doubt?

I note that there is also DNA evidence showing that a claimed male line descendant of Thomas of Dedham, matches sufficiently closely to claimed descendants of Edward and Samuel of the Mayflower to be considered of the same family. The key word is "claimed". The Mayflower Fuller lines have been exhaustively researched down to the late 1700s, and connecting to them convincingly isn't inordinately difficult, even though it's a rather common surname (the 318th most common in the US in 2000). And there are several DNA-tested descendants of both Samuel and Edward. But there is only one tested descendant of Thomas, and the person who sponsored that DNA test offers only "Descendants of Ensign Thomas Fuller, of Dedham" by Francis Fuller, as a source. But secondary sources are not, generally, to be trusted, and this particular one isn't even readily accessible to me, so I remain in the agnostic camp on Thomas's relationship to the others. Ditto for putative brother Robert Fuller of Rehobeth, for whom there is also a DNA-tested descendant who claims a descent from this Robert.

I'd be interested to know more about the kind of research you've done to get back to Thomas of Dedham. With the relatively complete Massachusetts vital records, it's fairly easy to make a convincing case as long as the ancestral line remained in the same, or a neighboring town, but once people began to make larger geographical leaps, the same-name problem crops up in fairly acute form with such a common surname as Fuller. Lets say that you have managed to reconstruct a convincing ancestral chain back to Thomas. If you were able to tie your line in to that of the person who DNA tested, or better, if you were to test a male Fuller cousin yourself, that would be the clincher.

Cordially,

John Barrett Robb

Comment by Krista Ann Ellis Argiropolis on June 26, 2010 at 6:00pm

Hi Fullers, I'm a descendent of Thomas Fuller (b. 1619 in Reddenhall, Norfolk, England, m. Hannah Flower, d. 1690 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts) He was the cousin of Samuel & Edward Fuller of the Mayflower, and in 1672, along with the people of Dedham, MA, contributed $61.00 (of which Thomas gave $5.00) to the building of Harvard College. I've done extensive research on the Fullers and would be happy to share info.

Comment by maggie on August 26, 2009 at 9:57am

looking for jacob fuller of orwell vt

Comment by John Laws on August 11, 2009 at 5:15pm

Sarah Ann FULLER 1845-1910 was my great grandmother her father Robert FULLER 1811-1871 family tradition has it that he was a Baker & French Confectioner, a Huguenot & that he baked Queen Victoria's Wedding Cake
Any relatives
John

Comment by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on July 30, 2009 at 12:20pm

A special and appreciative thank you to Sherry Hightower for the amazing graphic she created for this group. Please check out her group at: http://www.genealogywise.com/group/graphicdesigns

Comment by Laurence on July 17, 2009 at 12:37pm

I am interested in these Fuller associated surnames by Marriage, Dowling Married 1856 Battle Sx Eng. Sinnock Married 1830 Battle Sx Eng.

Comment by GaryRea on July 17, 2009 at 8:32am

I believe Robert Fuller (whom I mentioned below) was on the Mayflower, as a child, with his parents, Thomas Fuller and Audrey Ann Gilman. He was two at the time (1620). Then again, oddly enough, his father supposedly died in England, so his father must have returned there, at some point. Either that or the place of death I have for Thomas is wrong. I have Redenhall, Harleston, Norfolk, England, which was where he was born.

Comment by Laurence on July 17, 2009 at 7:46am

Hi GaryRea
There were Fullers on the Mayflower i believe in 1620 to virginia, and Massachusetts, see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower

Comment by GaryRea on July 16, 2009 at 4:54pm

I'm a descendant of Robert Fuller (1618-1706) of Southhampton, England and Dedham, Massachusetts, the emigrant ancestor of the Massachusetts Fullers. Also the ancestor of noted architect, engineer and thinker R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).

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