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SOME DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD FULLER

Generation No. 1

1. EDWARD FULLER, son of Robert and Sara (Dunkhorn) Fuller. Baptized 4 September 1575 in Redenhall parish, Co. Norfolk, England. He married, probably in England; his wife's name is unknown. (She d. Plymouth shortly after 11 January 1620/1.) He d. shortly after 11 January 1620/1 Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Edward and his wife came to America on the Mayflower, along with one of their sons and the family of Edward's brother, Samuel, who was a physician.

Known children: (both b. prob. England)

i. MATTHEW FULLER , b. prob. England

ii. SAMUEL FULLER b. ca. 1608, prob. England

Generation No. 2

2. MATTHEW FULLER, b. prob. England; d. Barnstable Co., Massachusetts bet. 25 July 1678 and 22 Aug. 1678. He m., prob. in England, FRANCES ------, who d. sometime after 30 Oct. 1678. Matthew arrived in Plymouth at some point before October 1640.

Children of Matthew Fuller and Frances -----:

i. Samuel Fuller, b. ca. 1630, prob. England

ii. Mary Fuller, b. prob. after 1630, prob. England

iii. ELIZABETH FULLER, b. prob. after 1630, prob. England

iv. Anne Fuller, b. ca. 1640 or earlier

v. John Fuller, b. after 1640, prob. Plymouth, Massachusetts

3. SAMUEL FULLER, b. ca. 1608, probably in England. He m. 8 April 1635 in Scituate, Massachusetts to Jane LOTHROP, dau. of REV. JOHN LOTHROP and HANNAH HOWES. She was baptized in Edgerton, Co. Kent, England. He d. 31 October 1683 Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Children of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop:

i. Hannah Fuller b. ca. 1636 Scituate, Massachusetts

ii. Samuel Fuller bp. 11 February 1637/8 Scituate, Massachusetts

iii. Elizabeth Fuller. ?

iv. Sarah Fuller b. Scituate, Mass. bp. 1 August 1641 Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. young

v. Mary Fuller bp. 16 June 1644 Barnstable, Massachusetts

vi. Thomas Fuller b. 18 May 1650 Barnstable, Massachusetts; bp. 18 May 1651; d. bef. 29 October 1683

v. Sarah Fuller b. 14 December 1654 Barnstable, Massachusetts

vi. JOHN FULLER b. ca. 1655 Barnstable, Massachusetts

viii. child b. 8 February 1658/9 Barnstable, Massachusetts; bur. 15 days later

Generation No. 3

4. ELIZABETH FULLER, b. prob. after 1630, prob. in England. Married at Barnstable, Massachusetts, 22 April 1652, to MOSES ROWLEY (b. prob. bef. 1630; d. East Haddam or Colchester, Connecticut 14/15 June 1705.) She died prob. at East Haddam or Colchester, Connecticut after 7 March 1714/15.

Children of Elizabeth Fuller and Moses Rowley:

i. Mary Rowley b. 20 March 1653, Barnstable, Massachusetts

ii. Moses Rowley, b. 10 November 1654, Barnstable Massachusetts

iii. child, b. and d. 15 August 1656, Barnstable, Massachusetts

iv. Shubael Rowley (twin), b. 11 January 1660/1, Barnstable, Massachusetts

v. MEHITABLE ROWLEY (twin), b. 11 January 1660/1, Barnstable, Massachusetts

vi. Sarah Rowley, b. 16 September 1662, Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. aft. 15 August 1700

vii. Nathan Rowley, b. ca. 1664, Barnstable, Massachusetts

viii. Aaron Rowley, b. 1 May 1666, Barnstable, Massachusetts

ix. Matthew Rowley

x. John Rowley, b. 22 October 1667, Barnstable, Massachusetts

5. JOHN FULLER, b. ca. 1655 at Barnstable, Massachusetts. Married ca. 1678 at Barnstable to MEHITABLE ROWLEY. He d. 23 March 1726 at East Haddam, Connecticut. Mehitable was b. 11 January 1660 at Barnstable and d. ca. 1732 in East Haddam. She was the daugher of Moses Sr. and Elizabeth (Fuller) Rowley of Haddam, and a granddaughter of Edward Fuller (see above).

Children of John Fuller and Mehitable Rowley:

i. Thomas Fuller, b. ca. 1679 Barnstable, Massachusetts/bp. October 1688

ii. Samuel Fuller, b. ca. 1682 Barnstable, Massachusetts/bp. October 1688

iii. Shubael Fuller, b. ca. 1684 Barnstable, Massachusetts/bp. October 1688

iv. Thankful Fuller, b. ca. 1688 Barnstable, Massachuetts/bp. 19 May 1689

v. Edward Fuller, b. ca. 1691 Barnstable, Massachusetts

vi. Elizabeth Fuller, b. ca. 1693 Barnstable, Massachusetts

vii. John Fuller b. 10 November 1697, East Haddam, Connecticut

viii. JOSEPH FULLER, b. 1 March 1699/1700. East Haddam, CT/bp. 30 July 1704 at East Haddam

ix. Benjamin Fuller, b. 20 October 1701/bp. 30 July 1704 at East Haddam, Connecticut

x. Mehitable Fuller, b. 1 April 1706/bp. 19 May 1706

Generation No. 4

6. JOSEPH FULLER, b. 1 March 1699/1700, East Haddam, Connecticut. He married (1) LYDIA DAY, 22 December 1722, at Colchester, Connecticut. Lydia was b. 11 April 1698 at Hartford, Connecticut and d. 2 November 1763 at Kent, Connecticut.

He m. (2) ZERVIAH (DEWEY) NOBLE, 8 January 1766. She was b. 1 March 1708 at Westfield, Connecticut. She and Joseph had no children.

Joseph d.19 July 1775 at Kent, Connecticut.

Children of Joseph Fuller and Lydia Day:

i. JOSEPH FULLER, b. ca. 1723 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

ii. Rachel Fuller, b. ca. 1724 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

iii. Zachariah Fuller, b. ca. 1725 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

iv. Grace Fuller, b. ca. 1726 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

v. Jeremiah Fuller, b. ca. 1728 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

vi. Lydia Fuller, b. ca. 1729 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

vii. Mindwell Fuller, b. ca. 1730 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

viii. Ruth Fuller, b. ca. 1733 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

ix. Abraham Fuller, b. October 1735 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut

x. Jacob Fuller, b. ca. 1739 probably at Kent, CT

xi. Isaac Fuller, b. ca. 1641 probably at Kent, CT

Generation No. 5

7. JOSEPH FULLER, b. ca. 1723 at Colchester or East Haddam, Connecticut. He married ZERVIAH HILL, 10 or 13 August 1752. She was born 13 April 1732 at Sherborn and died after 9 July 1795, probably in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He d. 13 July 1795 in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Children of Joseph Fuller and Zerviah Hill:

i. JOSHUA FULLER, b. 11 July 1753 at Kent, Connecticut

ii. Benajah Fuller, b. 4 June 1756 Kent, Connecticut

iii. Lydia Fuller, b. 23 April 1758 Kent, Connecticut

iv. Joseph Fuller, b. 19 December 1760 Kent, Connecticut

v. Jehiel Fuller, b. 15 October 1763 Kent, Connecticut

vi. Abigail Fuller, b. 16 May 1766 Kent, Connecticut

vii. Ruth Fuller, b. 3 September 1769 Stockbridge, Connecticut

viii. Zerviah Fuller, b. 24 May 1774 Sharon, Connecticut

ix. Jeremiah Fuller, b. 24 February 1776 Sharon, Connecticut

Generation No. 6

8. JOSHUA FULLER, b. 11 July 1753 at Kent, Connecticut. He was married about 1776 to SIBYL CHAMPION, who was born poss. 18 July 1755 in Connecticut and is believed to be the daughter of Daniel and Esther Champion. Joshua died 16 May 1815 in Huntsville, Pennsylvania.

Children of Joshua Fuller and Sibyl Champion:

i. Silvanus Fuller, b. 1778 in Kent, Connecticut

ii. Lydia Fuller, b. 5 November 1779 Kent, Connecticut

iii. Philetus Fuller, b. 7 September 1782 Kent, Connecticut; d. 1796 Huntsville, Pennsylvania

iv. Lavinia Fuller, b. 24 February 1785 Kent, Connecticut

v. Annis Fuller, b. 25 April 1787 Kent, Connecticut

vi. Abraham Fuller, b. 1790 probably Kent, Connecticut

vii. Hannah Fuller, b. 25 June 1793 Kent, Connecticut

viii. STEPHEN FULLER, b. 17 March 1797 Plymouth, Pennsylvania

Generation No. 7

9. STEPHEN FULLER, b. 17 March 1797 at Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He married ANNA HAMILTON PRATT 12 December 1822, probably in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania. Stephen d. 1882 in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. Anna's birthplace is unknown. In the 1850 census of Lee County, Illinois, it is listed as New York; in the 1880 census of Lee County, Illinois, the listing for "Abram" Fuller indicates his mother's birthplace was New York; and in the 1880 census for Humboldt County, California, the listing for Champion Fuller indicates his mother was born in Connecticut. She died in June 1851 in Lee County, Illinois.

This family is believed to have removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio around 1829 and to Lee County, Illinois in 1836, where they were among the earliest settlers.

Children of Stephen Fuller and Anna Hamilton Pratt:

i. Silas Pratt Fuller, b. 8 December 1823 probably Pennsylvania; d. 21 December 1844, prob. Illinois

ii. CHAMPION FULLER, b. 21 January 1826 Pennsylvania

iii. Washington Irving Fuller, b. 28 November 1827, prob. Pennsylvania; d. 21 September 1851, prob. Illinois.

iv. William Henry Fuller, b. 25 August 1830, Ohio; d. 31 November 1860, prob. Illinois

v. Abraham Fuller, b. 9 February 1839, Lee County, Illinois.

vi. Caroline Fuller, b. 4 October 1844, Lee Co., Illinois

Abraham Fuller fought with the 46th Illinois Infantry, Company H, in the Civil War. He was unmarried as of the 1880 census, in which he listed with his father Stephen in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. Stephen at that time was 83 years old and a retired farmer; "Abram" was 43 and his occupation listed as "works on farm."

Generation No. 8

10. CHAMPION FULLER, b. 21 January 1826 in Pennsylvania. He m. JULIA REYNOLDS prob. abt. 1870 in Humboldt Co, California. According to her death certificate (her son Theodore was the informant), she was born 15 April 1836 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and died 1 January 1917 in Dixon Twp., Lee County, Illinois. Champion died in 1914, Lee County, Illinois. They are both buried in Dixon.

Julia's parentage is somewhat uncertain, but her full name may have been Julia Worthington Reynolds. She may be a daughter of ELIJAH REYNOLDS and MARY WORTHINGTON, of Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania; Julia's death certificate indicates her mother's name was Mary Worthington, born in Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania, and lists her father as "Reynolds," born in Pennsylvania. Julia is listed as a "servant" in the household of Stephen Fuller in the 1860 Lee County, Illinois federal census; she was 20 years old (which would conflict a little with the birth date listed on her gravestone) and was listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. However, she was likely known to the family, or even a cousin, as Stephen Fuller's siblings married into Worthington, Reynolds, and Bulkeley families in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.

Various Lee County, Illinois histories indicate Champion removed to California about 1864, where he remained until the early 1880s. He is known to have purchased land in Humboldt County in 1872 and again in 1878. The 1880 Humboldt County, California federal census lists Champion, age 54; wife Julia, age 40; son Theodore, age 9; and son Edward, age 6. At the time, the family was living in Eureka and Champion was a farmer.

Children of Champion Fuller and Julia Reynolds:

i. THEODORE WORTHINGTON FULLER, b. 5 February 1871 in Eureka, Humboldt Co., California; d. 21 July 1944, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois

ii. Edward Champion Fuller, b. 1877 poss. California; d. 28 May 1918, Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois

iii. Joseph L. Fuller, b. and d. California (d. young).

Generation No. 9

11. THEODORE WORTHINGTON FULLER was born 5 February 1871 in Eureka, Humboldt County, California. He was married in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, to BELLA GEORGINA STEEL(E), the daughter of GEORGE STEEL(E) and LOUISE PECK VAN EPPS (see the STEELE and VAN EPPS family pages for more information). He d. in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, 21 July 1944, and was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon on 24 July 1944. She d. in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, in 1962.

Theodore W. was a newspaper editor in Dixon and Chicago.

Child of Theodore W. Fuller and Bella G. Steele:

i. MARY LOUISE FULLER, b. 1903 Dixon, Lee Co., Illinois.

Mary Louise m. Werner S. MARLOTH in 1924 in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. He was b. 1895 in Cape Town, South Africa. See the MARLOTH family pages for more information (coming soon!).

Mary Louise is my great-grandmother.