Abner Fuller (1737 - 1776)

Born 10 Dec 1737 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1776 at age 38 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Christina DeWitt [send private message]

Biography

Abner Fuller was born on 10 Dec 1737 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut to parents John and Sarah (Clothier) Fuller. ^[1][2][3]

He married Mary Hilliard Crowfoot on 16 Jul 1767 in Farmington-Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut.^[4]

Children:

1. Daniel Fuller Sr. b. 1768; d. 1838
2. Abner Fuller, b. 1776

He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War under Capt. John Chester, Esq., of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Having joined the 9th Co., Continental Regiment on May 12, 1775, after the Battle of Long Island, he was reported missing. He was taken prisoner.

He died on board a British prison ship in New York Harbor, New York on 27 Aug 1776.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 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. pg 165
2. ↑ North America Family Histories 1500-2000, Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book Vol 137 p 174, #136554
3. ↑ Christina A. Mireles DeWitt via "Meet the Family" compiled by Dan Warren Kraft, 56 Charlesgate East, Apartment 208, Boston, MA 02215, December 1, 1963 in order to establish membership in Children of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution.
4. ↑ Early Connecticut Marriages Book 4, p 5, 1767
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48315333/abner-fuller: accessed 24 May 2023), memorial page for PVT Abner Fuller (10 Dec 1724–27 Aug 1776), Find A Grave: Memorial #48315333, citing Maryland Monument, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA.

See also:

• US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Abner Fuller, born 10 Dec 1737 in Colchester, Connecticut, died 26 Aug 1776 in British Prison Ship in New York Harbor, SAR #95612, spouse Mary Hilliard Crowfoot, child Daniel Fuller.
• US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Abner Fuller, born 1737 in Colchester, Connecticut, died Aug 1776 in Long Island, SAR #89192, spouse Mary Hilliard Crowfoot, child Daniel Fuller.