Fuller Family

This group is for individuals interested in researching the Fuller surname.
  • Laurence

    Hi Jennifer
    Joined to give some support to the Fuller family name.
    My Fuller surname come from in the main Battle East-Sussex England, have the line going back to 1760.
  • GaryRea

    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).
  • Laurence

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

    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.
  • Laurence

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

    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
  • John Laws

    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
  • maggie

    looking for jacob fuller of orwell vt
  • Krista Ann Ellis Argiropolis

    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.
  • John Barrett Robb

    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
  • maggie

    My Fullers
    Jacob Fuller and Abgail webb of orwell VT
  • Krista Ann Ellis Argiropolis

    Well, it seems that GW likes to eat responses, as I had written out a nice response to you, John, and GW opted to only post the last two lines. Perhaps there's a text character limit for responses?

    My grandmother is the nearest Fuller and the person I started my search with, so I will start with her and work backwards to Rafe Fuller, going up the paternal line. I will break up my post a little so as to be sure that GW doesn't lose my post again.
  • Krista Ann Ellis Argiropolis

    Ethel Burnham Fuller (b. 1903; d. 1953 in Sanford, Maine)
    Edward Hall Fuller (b. 1874 in Newton, Massachusetts; d. 1932 in Sanford Maine)
    Horace B. Fuller (b. 1836 in Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts)
    Timothy Filler (b. 1806 in Dover, Massachusetts; d. 1882 Lincoln, Maine)
    David Fuller II (b. 1764 in Dover, Massachusetts; d. 1824 in Dedham, Massachusetts)
    Lt. David Fuller (b. 1731; d. 1805 in Dedham, Massachusetts)
    David Fuller (b. 1704; d. 1777 in Dedham, Massachusetts)
    Thomas Fuller (b. 1662; d. 1734 in Dedham, Massachusetts)
    Thomas Fuller (b. 1619 in Redenhall, England; d. 1690 in Dedham, Massachusetts)
    Rafe (Ralph?) Fuller (b. 1584; d. 1649 Redenhall, England)

    Note: If someone died in the same town they were born in, I only named their town after the date of death. Hope that makes sense.
  • Krista Ann Ellis Argiropolis

    John, I look forward to your response and thoughts on my work. If you find I've erred on any of this, please let me know. I am happy to share my work but also willing to take instruction/correction.
  • John Barrett Robb

    Thanks for your response, Krista. I am not an expert on the Thomas Fuller line, so I can't really offer any specific comments on your ancestry. I tend to be very evidence-centric, so I was hoping that you might have discovered something new which might bear on the first two generations.

    I do find it interesting the way your line remained in the suburbs of Boston for so long, and then began to bounce back and forth to Maine. Were your Fullers perhaps sea captains or merchants involved with fishing or trade?

    I too, had a Fuller grandmother, but my Fullers, who began in Plymouth (I'm descended from both sons of Edward of the Mayflower) followed the typical route for such people in subsequent generations, first westwards into Connecticut, then up the Connecticut River to western VT in the wake of the Revolution, and from thence to NY, and eventually (in the case of my family) Chicago, where both my grandmother and mother were born.

    Because your Fuller line is likely to be of interest to others (if this GW thing ever gets off the ground), I've turned it into a (threaded) Discussion, so that it can readily be expanded on, and so that it remains visible near the top of the page.

    I should have done this with my initial post, in fact. IMO it's nearly always best to start a Discussion if you anticipate even a single response to your post, and to leave the comment wall for posts which are likely to be relevant to all or many of the members. Comments aren't threaded, and if they are much used, they soon scroll off into oblivion. I've got my GW groups set to require my approval before comments get posted, while anyone can start a Discussion.

    Regards,

    John Robb
  • Angela Stewart

    I have enjoyed following this discussion and am greatly impressed with your knowledge of the Fuller family, John. I am descended from Edward's son Samuel and his wife Jane Lathrop down through the Bonhams who moved to central IL in the early 1800's. There is a Bonham Cemetery in Marshall County, IL just north of Sparland.
  • John Barrett Robb

    Angela, if you are also descended through Samuel2 (Edward1)'s son, Lt. John3 Fuller (rather than through his other son Thomas3), who married Mehitable Rowley, then you also have a descent from Edward1's other son, Capt. Matthew Fuller. I've included some material on Capt. Matthew in my old thread, "The Mayflower Fullers".

    My line continues with John's son, Lt. Thomas, and his son Ebenezer who removed to HaddamCT, and later to HebronCT, and subsequent Fullers flow thence through RutlandCoVT, JamestownNY, and finally Evanston and Chicago. My grandmother was a Fuller, and my mother's middle name was Fuller.

    I've done very little real primary records research of my own on the earliest New England generations, although I've found some very interesting material on the Rev. John Lothrop's English background in secondary sources (which you may have found too). However, I've exhaustively researched my Fullers back to 5th generation descendant Mr. Roger Fuller, the keeper of a fashionable tavern in HebronCT, and have in the process, picked up an interesting pattern of Fuller family characteristics and traits which I can trace to descendants alive today (this only works because I also know a lot about all my ancestors back for the last four generations, so that I know also where these traits could not have come from).
  • Angela Stewart

    While I have always had an interest in family history it has only been in the last ten years or so that I was able to devote very much time to research and I have been most involved with some "brick walls" that occur about 4 generations back in a couple of my lines. My connection to the Fullers was found accidentally by my uncle who visited Salt Lake about 20 years ago and entered a name and then found himself buried in information. I went back and read your earlier post "The Mayflower Fullers" and I have to confess that parts of your discussion with the other gentleman went over my head totally. I am descended from Samuel and Jane Lathrop's daughter, Hannah, who married Nicholas Bonham. (All this according to LDS records.) Incidentally, did you know that a book was written about Rev. John Lathrop? The title is Exiled - The Story of John Lathrop, by Helene Holt. I would also like to know more about your research into Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish) genealogy. This is an area where I am hitting the wall, so to speak. I am descended from Dunbars, McLaughlins, Oliphants and, on my father's side, Follis, which I am told is a Scottish name. Of course, once I get beyond the 1850 census, I am unable to figure out where to look next. My McLaughlin ancestor was interviewed in 1880 as an "old settler" in Marshall County, IL and gave a tantalizing abridgement of his family history - he said his family migrated to Ireland after being persecuted as Covenanters (he even names the chief persecutor, Claverhouse) and then, 100 years later, came to America. He claimed that his ancestors "fought in the Revolution and were Indian fighters in Kentucky" yet doesn't mention their names. I found a distant cousin (through the wonders of the internet) and he says that our McLaughlin ancestors were actually O'Melaghlin's from Ireland. My McLaughlin, Oliphant and Follis ancestors came to IL from VA via a few years stay in KY. My Dunbar ancestor, Stephen, came from OH and listed his parents birthplace as PA but I have no idea of what their names were. Do you have any knowledge of these surnames or, perhaps, some advice on where I should look next?
  • John Barrett Robb

    Thanks for the reference to the John Lothrop book, Angela (incidentally, I use the "o" spelling simply because it's the predominant one in the Plymouth records, even though "Lathrop" is more common today). I see from the Mayflower... Five Generations: Edward Fuller book that Hannah married Nicholas Bonham, and they relocated to Piscatawy NJ.

    I'd be glad to give you a few ideas about researching your Scotch-Irish ancestors if you'd like to contact me off-list. If you Google my full name it should bring up my website, and you can e-mail me through the link in the upper right menu bar of each page.
  • Janel Rose

    searching for Donna Fuller, born in Oregon 1939-40 and lived in Colorado in 1961...anyone knowledgeable about Fuller Family genealogy in Oregon???? thanks....
  • Robert Jefferson Bartholomew, Jr

     

    This is interesting - I guess it comes under the topic of "forensic genealogy."

    http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/09/justice/washington-cold-case/index.ht...

  • Dave Martin

    Fuller family,

    I am looking for information on Norman Patrick Fuller  born Feb. 21, 1896 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and died in July 1964 in Oklahoma.   My oldest brother is the son of Norman Patrick Fuller.  Any assistance you could give me or direct me to would be greatly appreciated.   

  • Rae l. heath

    Looking for John Fuller living in Rome New York with wife Hannah? and eight children. died in 1814 according to pension records.

  • Roger Alan Walton

    I am attempting to find the Sarah Fuller, born in Connecticut, in 1754, who  married John Colvin about 1774, in New York

      I have found references in Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs by Cuyler Reynolds (pages 457-462) that that states:  “.. [John Colvin] . . 1772, .settling in Nine Partners, New York, where he married Sarah Fuller.  She was born in Connecticut, April 25, 1754, and was a descendant of a Mayflower Pilgrim”  A similar statement may also be found in American Ancestry, Thomas Hughes 1887, page 16, and in History of the County of Albany, page 838, and others.  They appear to be copied from each other and republished in several other places.

    In the History of Cornwall, Edward Starr, 1926 page 464, it does show another Sarah Fuller b. 4, April 1754 to Aaron Fuller and Ruth Sawyer.  When I supplied that to the Mayflower Society they declined to accept this source because the Barbour Collection for Colchester births and Cornwall Births did not show a Sarah Fuller born to Aaron Fuller.  Their records show a “Mathew Fuller, 27, March 1754” and they did not have a record for a Sarah and with the birth date cited in the History of Cornwell for Mathew is only a few days before the date for the birth of Sarah they believed it was not viable.

    I have researched the Barbour Records (AmericanAncestry.com NEHGS) and cannot find a Sarah Fuller born in 1754 that appears to be correct.  I have also reviewed many family trees online and find many of them to not be factually correct.  I have found many Sarah Fullers born in the timeframe of 1754 and most have been ruled out, e.g. daughter of John Fuller and Sarah Clothier that show Sarah was born about 1740- 1754 in Avon,  and that Sarah Fuller did marry an Isaac Woodruff, and would appear to eliminate her since my Sarah Fuller did marry John Colvin.

    I only have a marriage date of about 1774 to John Colvin and am not clear if they were married in New York or Connecticut but most evidence would support a New York marriage.  I do have and believe it to be correct, a death date for Sarah Fuller Colvin of 10 Feb. 1819 in Coeymans, Albany, New York.  There are several references in Colvin books that also mention that Sarah was born in CT.

    Any thoughts  regarding resolving this matterwould be greatly appreciated

     

  • Jeanette Wilde Long

    My Fuller connection is Emiline Fuller born in 1814. We think in Canandaigua. Her father was Sylvanus Fuller and we think her mother was Polly Bentley. She died inBattle Creek Michigan. She married first Jeremiah Thompson and 2nd Lorenzo Ireland. Does anyone know how I can find out more about Sylvanus?

  • Kandy Nina Oaks

    Edward Fuller and his son Samuel are my 10th and 9th great grandfathers, respectively.  I am a direct descendent through my great grandmother, Marion Genevieve Fuller Waite. My family's genealogical record for the Fullers goes back to John Fuller III (1518-1599) of Redenhall, England. I've been delving into the women these men married, as well as their families. I am stalled at Sarah Dunkhorne. Any suggestions would be appreciated! If anyone has at questions, I am happy to answer them if I can.

  • Bonnie Whitehead

    I am just beginning to do my family tree. I am very new at this. I was hoping maybe you can help. My 8th great grandfather is Thomas Fuller 1618 - 1689. He was born in England, Redenhall I believe, He came to America in 1638 and settled in Worburn, Mass. I am trying to find out who his parents were. I can not prove for sure who they were. I would appreciate any information you can help with. Thanks.

  • Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico

    James Hayes Fuller  b 30 Jan 1769 Washington Co. MD 

    Margaret Fuller 16 May 1801 WAshington Co. MD dau

    Samuel Fuller   15 Aug 1676 Barnstable, Yarmouith, Mass

    Priscilla Fuller 1613  (Byfield)   husband John Wright 1601-1688 father John Wright 1561-1640 wife Jane

    Others in between various lines. SusiCP1@gmail.com