Martha (Rowley) Fuller (1711 - 1760)

Born 11 Feb 1711 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Fuller Jr. — married 10 Sep 1734 (to 13 Mar 1760) in East Haddam, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1760 at age 49 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Martha Rowley was born on 11 February 1710/11 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut.^[1][2][3][4] She was the daughter of Moses Rowley and Martha Porter.^[1][2][4]

She married Thomas Fuller on 10 September 1734 as his first wife.^[1][3][4][5] They had the following children:

1. Jehiel Fuller, b. 25 Mar 1735^[4]
2. Sybil Fuller, b. 3 Jul 1737, died 30 Aug 1742^[4]
3. Daniel Fuller, b. 22 Apr 1739^[4]
4. Oliver Fuller, b. 30 Sep 1742.^[4][6]
5. Sybil Fuller, b. 29 Jan 1743/4^[4]
6. Martha Fuller, b. 27 Jul 1746^[4]
7. Anna Fuller, b. 8 Feb 1748/9^[4]
8. Abigail Fuller b. 3 Jul 1753^[4]

Martha died on 13 March 1760 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[1][3][5][4] She was buried in Moodus Cemetery, Moodus, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[5]

Research Notes

Some sources refer to her birth date as 11 February 1710^[3][4] and other sources show the birth date as 11 February 1710-1711^[1][2]. 1710 was the current year in the Julian calendar that was in use at that time. While 1711 was the year of her birth in the Gregorian calendar that was adopted under English law in 1752 and remains in use today (see "Julian vs. Gregorian Calendar" topic in WikiTree Help:Date Fields).

During the lifetime of Martha Rowley the town of East Haddam (includes the village of Moodus) was part of Hartford County. It did not become part of Middlesex County until Middlesex County was formed in May 1785.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Fuller
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Taintor
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} White
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12} MacGunnigle
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Find A Grave
6. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, Oliver Fuller
7. ↑ Whittemore

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W2-5W5 : 7 January 2020), Martha Rowlee, 11 Feb 1710, Colchester, New London, Connecticut.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-WZP : 7 January 2020), Martha in entry for Oliver Fuller, 30 Sep 1742, East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 February 2020), memorial page for Martha Rowley Fuller (11 Feb 1710–13 Mar 1760), Find A Grave: Memorial #19959117, citing Moodus Cemetery, Moodus, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).

• Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller Genealogy (C.B. Fiske & Co., Palmer, Mass., 1908) Vol. 1, Page 148

• MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass, December 1620, Volume Four, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006, Pages 104-105, 159-160

• Taintor, Charles Micaiell. Extracts from the Records of Colchester (Case, Lockwood & Co., Hartford, Conn., 1864) Page 86

• White, Lorraine C. The Barbour Collection (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994) Vol. 10 (East Haddam Vital Records). Martha is mentioned on the following pages:

Page 329:

"Martha [Rowley], d. Moses, Jr. & Martha, b. Feb. 11, 1710, in Colchester"

"Martha [Rowley], m. Thomas Fuller, Jr., Sept. 10, 1734"

Page 234:

"Martha [Fuller], w. of Thomas, Jr., d. Mar. 13, 1760"

• Whittemore, Henry. History of Middlesex County, Connecticut (J.B. Beers & Co., New York, 1884) Page 3: "Middlesex County was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Middletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford,..."