She was married to Edmund Rice on 15 Oct 1618 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. She Seal to Parents on 23 Feb 1944 in Sgeor. Children were: Joseph Rice, Mary Rice, Henry Rice, Edward Rice, John Rice, Thomas Rice, Lydia Rice, Matthew Rice, Daniel Rice, Samuel Rice, Edmund Rice, Benjamin Rice.

He was married to Abi Bowser in 1610 in Glemsford, Suffolk, England.

He was married to Joyse Barker on 20 Apr 1612 in St. Mary'S Notti, Nottingham, England. He Seal to Parents on 3 Mar 1961 in Manti.

She Private-Begin Private. Children were: Charles Brenen Meadows .

She was married to Agni Dagsson WFT Est. 443-473. Children were: Alrek Agnasson.

He was married WFT Est. 421-453. Children were: Skjalf Frostasson.

She was married to George Emerson WFT Est. 1589-1603.

She was married to Herbert Spencer Youngblood in Nov 1915.^{(441) (108)}

She was married to John Lawrence about 1570 in Wissett, Suffolk, England. She Seal to Parents on 5 Jul 1961 in Ifall. Children were: Robert Lawrence , Margery Lawrence, Katherine Lawrence, Margaret Lawrence, Henry Lawrence.

She was married to Jacob Winger WFT Est. 1840-1875.⁽⁸⁸⁶⁷⁾

She was married to John Meigs WFT Est. 1625-1657. ⁽⁶⁶⁾ Children were: Mary Meigs, Elizabeth Meigs, Concurrence Meigs, John , Jr Meigs, Tryal Meigs.

She was married to John Meigs in 1632 in England.⁽⁶⁴⁾ Children were: John Meigs.

She was married to John Meigs in 1632. Children were: John Meigs.

He was married to Joan White in So. Petherton, Somerset, England.

He was married to Jane White WFT Est. 1620-1653.

He was married to Mercy Chapman on 8 Jun 1705.

She was married to Shubael Hewes WFT Est. 1749-1782.

He was married to Jane White WFT Est. 1620-1653.

He was married to Joan White about 1627.

She was married to Bennet Franklin Cash on 2 Mar 1836 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Children were: James Monroe Cash, Margaret Elizabeth Cash, Mary Susan Cash, Martha Jane Cash, Emily Cash, Benjamin Franklin Cash, William Lewis Cash, Simeon Edward Cash, Evaline Cash, Sanford Cash, Laura Cash.

She was married to Ludwig Kirschner on 23 Mar 1613/14 in Langenselbold, Germany.^{(8) (8872)} Children were: Peter Kirschner , Juliane Kirschner, Gela Kirschner, Hans Kirschner, Elizabeth Kirschner.

He was married to Ursula Deynes in 1584 in Germany.^{(8) (6262)} Children were: Anna Fuchs.

He was married WFT Est. 1519-1577. ⁽⁸⁾ Children were: Anton Fuchs.

He was married WFT Est. 1519-1577. ⁽⁸⁸⁷⁷⁾ Children were: Anton Fuchs.

She Private-Begin Private. Children were: Jamie Lynn Woodstock, Brian James Woodstock.

He was married to Verla Arline Marler Private. Children were: Sharon Louise Fuger.

He was married to Mildred Naomi Pedersen Private.

She was married to Preston Brooks Lewis WFT Est. 1870-1914. ⁽⁵²⁷⁾ Children were: Preston Brooks , Jr. Lewis, Lillian Lewis , Ralph Lewis, Julian Lewis.

He was married WFT Est. 893-960. Children were: Adele.

He was married to Gerberga WFT Est. 920-971. Children were: I Geoffrey .

He was married WFT Est. 920-975. Children were: Adelaide Of Anjou.

He was married to Hildegarde after 1000. Children were: Ermengarde Of Anjou.

He was married to Hildegarde De Baugency WFT Est. 1060-1091. Children were: Ermengarde Of Anjou .

He was married to Bertrade in 1091. Children were: V Fulk.

He was married to Erembourg in 1110. Children were: V Geoffrey .

She was married to Tunis Swick WFT Est. 1816-1860.

She was married to John Alonzo Swick WFT Est. 1821-1854.

He was married WFT Est. 1795-1849. Children were: Marina W. Full.

She was married to Able Sumner Jillson on 18 Nov 1849. Children were: William Henry Sumner Jillson, Lavinia W. Jillson.

She was married to *Johnson Smith on 14 Mar 1815 in Chatham, Quebec.⁽⁸⁸⁸⁰⁾ Children were: *Charlotte Smith, Ellison Smith, Stella Smith, Nancy Smith, Martha Smith, John Smith, Mariah Smith, Amindle Smith, Henry Smith.

He was married to *Anna Blood on 11 Mar 1762 in Concord, Massachusetts.⁽²⁴⁹⁸⁾ From "Genealogy of Thomas Fuller of Woburrn", by William Hyslop Fuller, 1919, page 128:

"Probate records show that Benjamin Fuller in his 17th year, son of Josiah Fuller, late of Concord, had for guardian James Chandler of Concord, appointed in 1758. He is probably the Benjamin Fuller of Newfane, Vt. who purchased Feb 13, 1776, Lot 64 in the 3d division in Newfane, Vt., containing 100 acres.

He became a Revolutionary soldier. (See D.A.R. Lineage Books, Vol. 3). After the war he removed to Kortright, N.Y., and later lived until his death with his son Simeon."


From "Inventory of the Town, Village, and City Archives of Vermont", 1941, Town of Jamaica, pages 7-8:

"A petition for the grant of a township, where Jamaica now is located, was submitted on June 3, 1779, and was filed for consideration... Early records of the town, except for fragments of the proprietors' minutes, have not survived. Although the charter bears date of November 7, 1780, it had not been received when the proprietors met on June 5, 1781 and a committee was named at that time to secure it. The meeting was held at the home of Benjamin Fuller. It was voted to make three divisions of land, respecting the pitches of those already settled, and James Mack of Londonderry was chosen surveyor. The town was organized at a meeting held at the house of William Hayward, September 3, 1781." Children were: *Ephraim Fuller, Stephen Fuller.

He was married to Rebecca Wilder on 21 Nov 1774. Children were: Josiah Fuller , Josiah Fuller, Simeon Fuller, Rebecca Fuller, Polly Fuller, Sally Fuller, Lydia Fuller, Elizabeth Fuller, Lucinda Fuller, Patty Fuller, Chester Fuller, Dean Fuller.

He was married to *Sarah Quarles on 20 May 1716 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. ⁽⁸⁸⁸²⁾ From "Genealogy of Thomas Fuller of Woburn", by William Hyslop Fuller, 1919, page 125:

"Edward Fuller, b. June 20, 1695, in Salem; d. before May 16, 1744; m. May 20, 1716, Sarah Quarles of Ipswich.

He was a blacksmith and lived in Salem, and later in Stow. June 1, 1722, Edward Fuller, blacksmith, of Salem, bought land and buildings in Sudbury. Sept. 29, 1740, Edward Fuller, in consideration of love and affection, deeded land lying partly in Sudbury and partly in Stow to his sons, Josiah of Concord and Edward of stow.

He made his will June 3, 1742, mentioning 4 sons, Josiah, Edward, Ephraim, Israel, and 2 daughters, Sarah, wife of John? Buttrick, and Mary. Josiah Fuller, Executor. Receipt for Sarah's share, signed by John Buttrick, May 16, 1744, and for Mary's share Nov. 3, 1744, by Asa Buttrick, her husband." Children were: Israel Fuller, Mary Fuller, Sarah Fuller, Edward Fuller, *Josiah Fuller, Ephraim Fuller.

He was married to *Abigail Higgins in 1785 in Newfane, Vermont. Information from Abigail Fuller's application for widow's pension, U.S. Archives:

Ephraim Fuller, Wid. File 24259

Date of Length Rank: Officers Under Whom Served State
Enlistment: of Svc: Captain: Colonel:

Feb/Mar 1777 Jan'y 1, 1778 Pvt. King Tupper Mass
June 7,1778 9 mos " " "
July 10,1779 9 mos " " "
Feb/Mar 1780 Oct 28, 1783 Taylor "
Lunt Vose "

On June 7, 1778, Ephraim was listed as:
Age, 16
Stature, 5-6
Complection: light.

Was wounded in battle at White Plains at Valentines Hill.

Battles engaged in: Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, Stony Point, White Plains at Youngsn Farm
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Enlisted in Lancaster, Mass.
Date of application for pension: July 12, 1819. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application: Grand Isle Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, Born at Concord, Mass 1756 or 1758, Died July 31, 1842

Remarks:

Soldier married at Newfane, Windham Co. Vt. Nov 1785, Abigail Higgins. She was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 4, 1844, while a resident of Georgia, Franklin Co, Vt. aged 79 years. Son James was living at Georgia Vt. in 1844. The Rev. War Pension records fail to afford any information of Ephraim Fuller who served from Vermont.



Declaration:

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 17th of June, 1844, granting pensions to certain widows.

State of Vermont, Georgia District, St. Albans October 4th, AD1844, on this day personally appeared before me Wm Bridges Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Georgia aforesaid Abigail Fuller a resident of Georgia in the county of Franklin and state of Vermont, aged seventynine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 17th day of June, 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.

That she is the widow of Ephraim Fuller who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and served (as she believes) as a private in the Massachusetts line. She has no knowledge of his Revolutionary services, only from her said husband, and does not now recollect the names of any of the officers under whom he served, taht her said husband was a pensioner of the United States, under the act of 1832, and received annually eighty dollars.

She further declares that she was married to the said Fuller in the month of (as she believes) October fifty six or seven years since, that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim fuller died on the thirty first day of July, 1842, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four vis at the time above stated.
her
Sworn to & subscribed the Abigail X Fuller
day & year above written, mark

Before me William Bridges Judge



State of Vermont, Franklin County: On the 9th day of July AD 1834 personally appeared in open court before the Probate Court for the District of Georgia was sitting Ephraim Fuller now a resident of Chatham, Province of Lower Canaca aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832, that he entered the service under the following _______ officers and served as ______ States. He was born in the Town of Concord, State of Massachusetts in the year AD 1756 and was an inhabitant of that state till after the close of the war of the Revolution. In AD 1775 or 6 at Lancaster in the state afd [aforesaid?] _ he entered the service of the United States by enlisting into the Continental army in the company commanded by Capt King _____ Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Tupper during which Term he served in said Regiment at West Point in the State of New York and afterward he again enlisted into the same company & regt. under the same officers for the term of nine months and served in sd. company & Regt. at West Point. During the term cast afd & soon after but at what particular time he ddy not now recollect he again enlisted under the same officers for the Term of three years, and under which enlistment he served till the close of the War of the Revolution had ___ until he was honorably discharged by General Knox at West Point. In AD 1781 or AD 1782 under his enlistment for three years he served more than two years and eight months and during that time was Transferred from sd Regiment to the Regiment of light infantry commanded by Col. or Major Scammel in which he served till he was discharged as before mentioned after the war. Fuller was in the battle of the White Plains so called and at the taking of Stoney Point by General McDeynes[?]. A Fuller placed on the pension list roll of the ______ Agency under the pension law of the 18th March AD 1818 and afterwards hie name was struck from said pension roll by reason (as he supposes ________ of his being at that time a resident of a foreign government to wit Lower Canada or because he had more property than the Law would allow a person receiving a pension. He had his original discharge signed by General Know at West Point for his last term of service as before mentioned which was sent to the Secretary of War when he applied for a pension under the act of the 18th March AD 1818 and which he supposes is now among the files of the War Office as he has never since seen the same. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of this agency of any State.
Ephrm Fuller

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afd.
Stephen L Brown Judge

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the introrogitoness[?] prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he stated.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court and subscribed my name at St. Albans in the District of Georgia the day and year aforesaid

Stephen L. Brown Judge


...Following I was in one other Battle at White Plains at Voturn-tines[?] Hill when I was wounded by a ball passing through my thigh, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of His Country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power bet[?]. This affidavit & the enclosed Discharge of his services.

Ephraim Fuller

Sworn to & declared before me the day & year afd.

Lewis Fowles apt. judge of
Grand Isle County Court .. ..

I Lewis Fowles Judge ___ as aforesd Do Certify that it appears to my satttisfaction that the sd. Ephraim Fuller did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress of 1818.

Albingh 14th November 1819 I am sattisfied from correct information, that the afd. E. Fuller is in Reduced circumstances & completely comes within the provisions[?] of the act granting pensions to Revolutionary Soldiers as construed by the War Department.

Lewis Fowles apt. Judge of
Grand Isle County Court


War Department.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Ephraim Fuller late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

C Vandeventer, acting Secretary of War.

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From "Genealogy of Thomas Fuller of Woburn", by William Hyslop Fuller, 1919, pages130-131:

"She [Abigail Higgins Fuller] was a U.S. pensioner on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, and applied for the pension Oct. 4, 1844, ae 79 years, from Georgia, Vt. where he son James, 55 years of ae, was living and who made affidavit in the case. Ephraim Fuller enlisted in 1775 or 76, into the Continental army at Lancaster, and was discharged at West Point in 1781 or 82. Was in battles of White Plains, Stony Point, and others. His last deed of land in Newfane, Vt., was dated May 30, 1803, about the time he removed to Chatham, P.Q."

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From "Centennial Proceedings...Relating to Newfane, Vermont", 1877, pages 198-199:

Newfane, August ye 14, 1787

This may certify all persons whom it may concern that the following persons, whose names are herein inserted, are professors of the doctrine of Universal Salvation by Jesus Christ, and are constant attenders to hear the preaching of the same, and also do contribute to support the preaching of that doctrine, viz.:

Tilley Wilder, Ebenezer Robinson,
Ebenezer Ober, John Pike,
Benjamin Fuller, Asa Houghton,
Ephraim Fuller, Joseph Wilder,
Abel Fuller, Edward Smith,
Thomas Higgins, Jr., Stephen Fuller

All belonging to Newfane.
Witness our hands,

Thomas Barns, Teacher in said Society
Edward Smith, Society Clerk."


And on page 205:

"The first framed house in Fane was built in the summer of 1768 by Jonathan Park, in the yard in front of what we term the old Parks house, just north of the Fayetteville hotel. The ground was so thickly wooded at the time that when the sills were laid there were several stumps within the space they enclosed. The frame is still in existence in the house of Mrs. Orison Johnson. Its original cover was hemlock bark.

We have not been able to learn the date when Nathaniel Stedman left Fane hill and took up his farm near Fayetteville, but it was not until after Park had taken the land on which the village stands. His first log house stood a little northeast of the barns occupied by his grandson, Mr. Wm. A. Stedman, who has pointed out the spot to us. A few traces of the old foundations being still discernible.

Thomas Higgins, Artemas Bruce, Ephraim Fuller, and Thomas Green were among their early neighbors. Fuller settled on the first farm north of the village, now owned and occupied by M. O. Howe. Green came from Worcester and built his cabin on the hill about half a mile west of Park, upon land now owned by W. A. Stedman, and known as the Judge Allen farm."
From "History of Argenteuil", page 280:

"Chatham. (Erected into a township by Proclamation, 13th July, 1799.) This township is bounded on the north by Wentworth, east by the parishes of St. Andrews and St. Jerusalem d'Argenteuil, south by the Ottawa [River] and west by Grenville."

"At just what time the first settler located in Chatham, or who he was, are questions we are unable to answer, but from information obtained from different sources we are led to the conclusion that the advent of the first pioneer* must have been about the beginning of the present [19th] century."

"We cannot find a more appropriate introduction to the history of this township than the following letter of our esteemed friend, Mr. Dewar of Ottawa."

'The front of Chatham was largely settled by Americans, in the latter part of the last century; some of them being refugees, who had left their country for their country's good, and who were remarkable for nothing but their hatred of British institutions and love of Brother Jonathan. This was well exemplified a few years later on the breaking out of the war of 1812, when all the loyal inhabitants of the County volunteered as one man, leaving their families and homes, and amid much suffering and privation, marched to headquarters, which was then at Pointe Claire, when they prepared themselves, as best they could, to repel the priatical invaders of the Province. Many of the above mentioned men refused to join the ranks with the others, openly declaring that they were not going to fight against their own friends. Of their principal employment and means of subsistence was the clearing of land and making potash, as the timber began to get scarce, they found it convenient to leave for other parts; and, for years, their names have been almost forgotten, and I will mention only a few, viz., the Bennetts, Bates, Parchers, and Smiths. Their vacant places were soon filled up by a better class of men, many of whose descendants still occupy the old homesteads, and are a credit and an honor to any country; among these may be reckoned the Schagels, Fullers, Noyeses, Bradfords, Ostroms, Casses and many others."

"The early settlers were often put to great straits for breadstuffs; whenever the crops failed from any cause, there were no means of supply, except by the natural highway--the Grand River,--and nothing but canoes for transport to and from Lachine. The trip was often very much protracted, especially by the boats getting windbound."

"Any scarcity in the matter of cereals was made up by the plenteousness of fish and game. In each year about the first of June, the shad (or, as they came to be called, 'Carillon Beef') made their appearance, when each family, in a short time, could lay in their yearly supply. For many years, the North River furnished fine specimens of salmon, when they regularly ascended that river to spawn; that, of course, was before the river was obstructed by dams."

"The system of agriculture was, for many years, of a very primitive character. While the country was being clearred, all their dependence was on the new land crop. After a time, when the land required breaking up, the 'hog plough' was introduced; but that implement did little more than cut and cover, and it was not until the 'Scotch' plough was introduced, about the year 1825, that anything approaching good farming was done. And from that time, the improvement was very rapid, so that in a few years there were as good ploughmen in the County of Argenteuil as in any part of Canada."


On page 296, we read: "About a mile on the road leading from Mr. George Bradford's, on the Ottawa, to St. Phillippe, the traveller comes to a good farmhouse and commodious barns. Descending a small hill, he crosses a bridge over a creek and, at his right, lies a small picturesque pond, in a tract of level ground, encircled by gentle hills, and at a point where these hills so nearly meet as to leave only a narrow outlet for the stream is a mill for sawing wood. Farther off, at some little distance beyond the hills, the upper part of a wind mill frame looms in sight. The whole surroundings, the creek, the pond, the well-tilled fields, good fences and sleer herds, afford a picture and suggest a phase of happy farm life on which the traveller delights to linger."

"This was the home of EPHRAIM FULLER, a pensioner of the United States Government for service in the Revolution, and here he subsequently settled, the earliest pioneer, it is believed, in this immediate section. On the spot where now his grandson has mis mill for sawing wood, he also had a saw mill for transforming the pines, spruce, hemlock, etc., into lumber--a single instance of the enterprise of which he was possessed. He had thirteen children--eight sons and five daughters; three of the former, Rinaldo, Ivory, and Calvin, were the only ones who remained in this section. Rinaldo lived on the homestead, and had two sons and one daughter. The latter, Marion, married to Daniel, a son of their neighbor, John Cass." Children were: Samuel Fuller, Dean Fuller, James Fuller, Thomas Higgins Fuller, Calvin Fuller, Anna Fuller, Laura Fuller, *Arathusa Fuller, Rinaldo Fuller, Clara Fuller, Ivory Fuller, Nancy Fuller, Stephen Fuller.

He was married to *Mary Bacon on 14 Jun 1683. Children were: Mary Fuller, Elizabeth Fuller, Jacob Fuller, *Edward Fuller, Sarah Fuller, Jacob Fuller.

He was married to *Mercy Whitaker on 6 Sep 1738 in Concord, Massachusetts.⁽⁸⁸⁸⁵⁾ From "Genealogy of Thomas Fuller of Woburn", by William Hyslop Fuller, 1919, pages 125-126:

"Josiah Fuller, bapt. June 7, 1719, in Salem; d. before Jan. 13, 1752, probably in Concord; m. Sept. 6, 1738, Mercy Whitaker of Concord, he being of Stow at that time. Mercy Fuller of Concord appointed administratrix of estate of Josiah Fuller of Concord, filed her bond Jan. 13, 1752. Estate insolvent.

In 1758 James Chandler of Concord was appointed guardian to Benjamin fuller, in his 17th year, son of Josiah Fuller, late of Concord.

Children of Josiah and Mercy:

Hannah, b. Apr. 20, 1739, in Concord; probably the Hannah Fuller who m. Nov. 10, 1757, in Concord, Wm. Wilson Jr.

Benjamin, b. Feb 11, 1741-42; m. 1. Anna Blood; m. 2. Rebecca Wilder

Stephen, b. June 12, 1744, in Stow. No further records found. There was a Stephen Fuller in the Newfane, Vt. Universalist church, with Benjamin, Abel, and Ephraim Fuller. His name does not appear in the Newfane land registry.

Abel, b. July 29, 1746. Abel Fuller of Newfane bought several parcels of land there about 1785. He was a blacksmith. The last land sold by him in 1789. No further record of him." Children were: Hannah Fuller, *Benjamin Fuller, Stephen Fuller, Abel Fuller.

He was married to Hannah (Fuller) WFT Est. 1635-1668.

He was married to *Elizabeth Tidd on 13 Jun 1643 in Woburn, Massachusetts. From "Historical Notices of Thomas Fuller and His Descendants" by Arthur Buckminster Fuller, 1902, "[From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for October, 1859.]"

"In 1638 Thomas Fuller came from England to America upon a tour of observation, intending, after he should have gratified his curiosity by a survey of the wilderness world, to return. While in Massachusetts, he listened to the preaching of Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge, who was then in the midst of a splendid career of religious effort and eloquence, the echo of which, after the lapse of two centuries, has scarcely died away. Through his influence Thomas Fuller was led to take such an interest in the religion of the Puritan school, that the land of liturgies and religious formulas, which he had left behind, became less attractive to him than the 'forest aisles' of America, where God might be freely worshiped. He has himself left on record a metrical statement of the change in his views which induced him to resolve to make his home in Massachusetts. These verses were collected by the Rev. Daniel Fuller of Gloucester from aged persons, who declare that the author was urged, but in vail, to publish them. Now, after the lapse of two centuries, we will favor the world with a few of them, which will serve as a sample: --

'In thirty-eight I set my foot
On this New England shore;
My thoughts were then to stay one year.
And here remain no more.

But, by the preaching of God's word
By famous Shepard he,
In what a woful state I was,
I then began to see.

Christ cast his garments over me,
And all my sins did cover:
More precious to my soul was he
Than dearest friend or lover.

His pardoning mercy to my soul
All thought did far surmount;
The measure of his love to me
Was quite beyond account.

Ascended on his holy hill,
I saw the city clear,
And knew 't was New Jerusalem,
I was to it so near.

I said, My mountain does stand strong,
And doubtless 't will forever;
But soon God turned his face away,
And joy from me did sever.

Sometimes I am on mountains high,
Sometimes in valleys low:--
The state that man's in here below,
Doth oft-times ebb and flow.

I heard the voice of God by man,
Yet sorrows held me fast;
But these my joys did far exceed;
God heard my cry at last.

Satan has flung his darts at me.
And thought the day to win;
Because he knew he had a friend
That always dwelt within.

But surely God will save my soul!
And, though you trouble have,
My children dear, who fear the Lord,
Your souls at death he'll save.

All tears shall then be wiped away;
And joys beyond compare,
Where Jesus is and angels dwell,
With every saint you'll share.'

If these verses do not give evidence of the highest poetical culture and finish, they at least hand down through the centuries the reason which induced Lieut. thomas Fuller (so we find him styled in the probate proceedings on his will) to purchase and settle upon a large tract of land in New Salem (afterwards Middleton); and this land is still mainly owned and improved by his descendants. He built a house on it near a stream, about half a mile below Middleton Pond, and about the same distance west from Will's Hill. He did not reside continuously at Middleton, but for some years dwelt in Woburn, and was one of the first settlers and most active citizens of that town, as its records manifest. He died in the year 1698, bequeathing his remaining land to his youngest son Jacob, having previously, in his lifetime, conveyed lands to his other children by way of advancement. Jacob Fuller was born in 1655, and continued to reside on the farm in Middleton till his death in 1731. He married Mary Bacon, and they had five children..."

"Lieutenant Thomas Fuller, the first ancestor of this family, married June 13, 1643, Elizabeth Tidd, probably daughter of John Tidd of Woburn. Subsequent to her death he married, August 25, 1684, Sarah Wyman, whose maiden name was Nutt. She died May 24, 1688, and he married a third wife Hannah _____. He died in 1698. In his will, dated June 9, 1698, and probated July 4, following, he makes bequests to his daughters, Elizabeth Dean, Ruth Wilkins, and Deborah Shaw; grandson, David Richardson; grand-daughters, Ruth Wheeler and Bethiah Fuller; and sons, Thomas, Benjamin, and Jacob."


From "Genealogy of Thomas Fuller of Woburn", by William Hyslop Fuller, 1919:

"Thomas Fuller, who came to America from England in 1638 and settled in Woburn, died in Salem in June 1698, aged 80 years and 2 months. He married 1st, June 13, 1643, Elizabeth Tidd, dau. of John Tidd of Woburn, and 2d, Aug 25, 1684, Sarah (Nutt) Wyman, who died May 24, 1688. His 3d wife was Harriet (Pamer) wilson; date of marriage, and of her death not found.

Woburn, incorporated Sept. 27, 1642, was previously a part of charlestown. According to Sewall's History of woburn, Thomas fuller was a subscriber to the town Orders of Woburn, drawn up in Charlestown, in December, 1640. He was a blacksmith, and had meadow land granted him in 1648, and also, '4 poles square of swamp next to his shop.'

He bore the title of 'sargeant' in 1656, and of lieutenant in 1685. He was Selectman in the years 1663, 1664, 1685.

His wife Elizabeth dying, he appears to have removed to Salem about 1664; to have returned in 1684; married his second wife, and after her death returned to Salem and married his 3d wife, who survived him and came to woburn, to live with her married daughters.

According to Stiles' History Essex County, Thomas Fuller purchased in 1663, some 300 acres in that part of Salem now known as Middleton, (incorporated in 1728), and erected a dwelling house there, and had a blacksmith shop.

He made his will June 9, 1698, and it was probated in Salem, July 1, 1698. The legatees were sons Thomas, Benjamin, Jacob; daughters 'Dean', Ruth wilkins and her daughter, Deborah Shaw, and her two sons and three daughters --Ruth Wheeler, grandson David Richardson, and grand-daughters, Bethiah Fuller, and ruth wheeler--with son Jacob fuller as Executor. His children were all by his first wife, and b. in Woburn.


From "A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller and His Descendants", by J.F. Fuller, 1896, pages 40-42:

"Will of Thomas Fuller, The Emigrant.

In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Fuller sen'r, of Salem, in the county of Essex, in New England, the ninth day of June, one thousand six hundred and ninety-eight, being sick and weak in body but of sound mind and memory, thanks be given to God for the same, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in the manner and form following; that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my immortal soul into the hand of my merciful God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost who gave it, and only through the merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and my body I commit to the earth, to be buried in a christianlike and decent manner, at the direction of my executor and christian friends; and touching my worldly estate which yet remains in my hands I dispose of as follows:

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter, Dean, a feather bed, and that which now belongs to it; and a great kettle, and one pewter platter, and a draught chain, and eight pounds to be paid by my executor in money or as money within two or three years after my decease. And also I give to my daughter Ruth Wilkins ten pounds out of my estate in or as in money within three or four years after my decease, and a pewter platter to be given to her daughter when she is done with it.

Item. I give unto my daughter Deborah Shaw, her five children, three daughters and two sons, forty shillings apiece to be paid within five years after my decease as money, or land in lieu of it, and also I give unto my grandson David Richardson, ten pounds as money, or land in lieu of it.

Item. I give unto my granddaughter Ruth Wheeler, five pounds in or as in money to be paid within five years after my decease, a pillion, and a smoothing iron, and a linen spinning wheel to be part of the five pounds.

Item. I give unto my granddaughter Bethia Fuller, fifty shillings, to be paid in or as money, to be paid within two or three years after my decease.

Item. I give unto my son Thomas Fuller, five shillings.

Item. I give unto my son Benjamin Fuller, a flock bed and a flock bolster, and a feather pillow and two blankets.

Item. I give to my son Jacob Fuller, four score acres of upland and meadow, be it more or less, lying at little Beach Meadow, and also about one hundred and fifty acres lying in Reading bounds, of upland and swamp, be it more or less, and also my right in the saw mill irons, five parts of six being mine, there being six parts in the saw mill irons, and all my tools together with my household goods whatsoever, and all my debts and dues whatsoever, and I appoint and ordain my son Jacob fuller sole executor of this my last will and testament, as witness my hand and seal,

Thomas Fuller sen'r and a seal.

Witnesses:
Nathan Putnam,
The mark of Hannah Wilkins,
Israel Porter.

Mr. Nathaniel Putnam, Mr. Israel Porter and Hannah Wilkins made oath that they were present and saw Mr. Thomas Fuller sen'r sign, seal, and heard him declare the above written instrument to be his last will and testament and that he was then of disposing mind to their best discerning." ... proved July 4, 1698.

"A reading of this Will seems to indicate that the eldest son, Thomas, did not receive his just portion, but it is a matter of record that at the time the Will was made, he was over fifty years of age, married, and had received his part of the inheritance in land. From other sources it appears also that others had received lands from the father, Thomas, prior to the making of his Will, which in a measure accounts for apparent discriminations in that document. Children were: Thomas Fuller, Elizabeth Fuller, Ruth Fuller, Deborah Fuller, John Fuller, *Jacob Fuller, Joseph Fuller, Benjamin Fuller, Samuel Fuller.

He was married to Sarah Nutt Wyman on 25 Aug 1684.

He was married Private. Children were: Donald Fuller.

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