Thankful (Fuller) Wiswall (1704 - 1745)

Born 25 Sep 1704 in Newton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Noah Wiswall — married 15 Mar 1721 (to 19 Apr 1745) in Newton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1745 at age 40 in Newton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thankful Fuller, the daughter of Jeremiah and Thankful (Bird) Fuller, was born in Newton, Middlesex County, (then) Province of Mass. Bay on 25 September 1704.^[1] She married there on 15 March 1720/1, Noah Wiswall, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Cheny) Wiswall.^[2]

Thankful and her son Jeremiah were named in her father's will. Jeremiah Fuller of Newton, yeoman, being aged and ill of body, made his will on 9 March 1742/3 which was proved on 13 February 1743. He named, among others, daughter Thankfull Wissell and grandson Jeremiah Wissel. To Jeremiah Wissell he gave a silver spoon marked E^FT.^[3]

Thankfull died in Newton on 19 April 1745, ^[4] shortly after the birth of her 13th child.

Her widower remarried in 1752, had four more children, and lived until 1786 in Newton aged 86 years.^[5]

Children, all born Newton:

1. Elizabeth, b. ca. May 1721, m. William Baldwin 1741 Newton.
2. Thomas, b. ca. Aug 1723, m. Eunice Jones 1748 Boston, d. 1791 Maine.
3. Jeremiah, b. 27 Oct 1725, m1. Elizabeth Murdock 1750 Newton, m2. Hannah Marean 1770 Newton, d. 1807 Newton.
4. Thankful, b. 01 Sep 1727, d. 07 Jan 1728.
5. Thankful, b. 11 Aug 1729, m. Ebenezer Gee 1750 Newton.
6. Mary, b. 01 April 1731, m. Samuel Norcross 1752 Newton.
7. Sarah, b. 23 Dec 1734, m. John King 1761 Newton, d. 1798.
8. Esther, b. 02 Dec 1737, m. Benjamin White 1763 Newton.
9. Noah, b. 7 Jul 1741, m. Mary Palmer 1769 Newton, d. 21 Oct 1800 Westminster, MA.
10. Samuel, b. ca. 1742, m. Anna (--?--) 1793 Mannheim, NY.
11. Margaret, b. 25 Feb 1744, m. Thomas Palmer 1766 Newton.
12. Hannah, b. 31 Mar 1745, m. Ebenezer Richards 1769 Newton, d. 1787, Dover, Mass.

Sources

1. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 75.

   "Fuller, Thankful, d. Jeremiah (Fuler) and Thankful [dup. adds (third w.)] Sept. 25 [dup. Dec 23], 1704"

2. ↑ David Pulsifer, transcriber, Records of the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Mass. (Cambridge, MA: Middlesex Co. Commisioners, 1851 (microfilm #0892250 at MA Archives), Vol. 2:225, Newton marriages.

   "Noah Wiswell & Thankfull ffuller both of Newton were married by Mr Jno Cotton Minister March :15th:1720/1"

3. ↑ Middlesex County Probate Records file #8744, Jeremiah Fuller, 1743
4. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 519.

   "Wiswall, Thankfull [dup. Thankful], w. Noah, Apr 19 1745"

5. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905), p. 519, citing church records (age 88) and personal records (age 86y9m).

   "Wiswall, Noah, June 13, 1786, a. 88 [CR4] [a. 86y9m PR1]"; "Wiswall, Noah, July 25, 1786" [Town copy].

• Goddard, Elizabeth. Thomas Wiswall of Newton, Massachusetts, and Arundel, Maine: His Parentage and Marriage History, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, Page 191.