John Fuller (abt. 1518 - bef. 1559)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

John is the ancestor of two Mayflower passengers:

1. Edward Fuller
2. Samuel Fuller.

John's profile has been added to the Fuller Name Study who has several members who are descendants of John.

John is also listed as a Pre-1700 Ancestor in one of the Fuller Name Study sub-projects, Family Lines from Norfolk which includes a study of the descendants of John's 3rd great grandson, Joseph Fuller.

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It is uncertain that John Fuller was born 1520 in Topcroft, Norfolk, England. This will be changed to agree with the Transcription below posted on FIND A GRAVE by Patrina Hill Gotcher Perkins his birth was circa 1515-1518 in Redenhall, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England. Given that FindAGrave shows 1518 in Redenhall, the date above will be changed to 1518.:^[1]

4. JOHN4 FULLER (WILLIAM3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born abt. 1515-1518 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, and died May 03, 1559 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England. He married ANN COLLINGE Abt. 1547 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England. She was born Abt. 1514 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, and died in Redenhall, Norfolk, England.

Note: info on Fuller family http link to "freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/fuller html": is a broken.
'He [John] left a well dated 4 Feb 1558-9, proved 12 May 1559, 'Gives to son John Fuller all lands and tenements both bound and free, in Redenhall, Wortwell, as elleswyer,' he paying to my son Robert Fuller 10p. To Ales my daughter 6p, 8s, 4d... Son John executor; witness, Thomas Fuller, Thomas Warde, John Barne, William Norton."

Child of JOHN FULLER and ANN COLLINGE is:

5. i. ROBERT5 FULLER, b. Abt. 1548, Redenhall, Norfolk, England; d. May 1614, Redenhall, Norfolk, England.

Also a daughter Ales and son John (as noted in will);

Cemetery notes and/or description:
'St. Mary's [church parish] Redenhall is an elongated Parish bounding the River Waveney in the South and extending some 3 miles to the North, to include Clintergates and other scattered farms. The orginal settlement was probably by the river, where Anglo-Saxon and Danish invaders would have made their entry-hence the name Redenhall, the place in the reeds. ...the Church was built upon a commanding knoll. Excavations in 1858 revealed evidence of an older building on the same site with a round tower, a characteristic feature of Waveney Valley churches of the Saxon and Norman periods. The present building was begun about 1460 and finished in about 1520.

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His father was William Fuller.

John married twice:

1. Ann Collinge in 1547. Together they had 4 children:
   1. Robert Fuller
   2. John Fuller
   3. Alice Fuller
   4. William Fuller
2. Ann Unknown

John passed on May 03, 1559 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England.

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Research Notes

In this research, no wife was identified for John, nor was his birth date given. If others have sources that are not personal family trees, please add them.

John inherited Holland's Close from his father William.^[2]

In a will written 4 Feb 1558/9 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, John named the following children:

• John, inherited Hollands Close
• Robert, called "the butcher" and "yeoman"
• Alice

The will was proven 12 May 1559.^[2]

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Warning: Check the data. A mother's death date (Kinge-32 died 1514) should not be before one of her children's birth dates (Fuller-89 born 1518).

Mother detached. According to the wikitree profile, father was married twice and there appears no way of determining which wife was the mother of John Fuller.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images accessed 9 August 2019; memorial page for John Fuller, III (1518–3 May 1559), Find A Grave: Memorial #167065357, citing Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mar, Redenhall, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England; Maintained by Patrina Hill Gotcher Perkins (contributor 48989195). NOTE: NO MARKER and sources for transcription on memorial is not stated.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Bennett Starting on page 225 and ending on page 236.

See also:

• Archibald F. Bennett, FASG, Searching With Success:A Genealogical Text, (Salt Lake, UT: DesertBook Co.) 1962. An excerpt from this work which includes a summary of the excellent study on the Fuller family of Redenhall can be found on [Space:Fuller_family_by_Archibald_F.Bennett|Bennett's Research]]. Bennett was Librarian of the Genealogical Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (FASG).

Source list:

• England Births and Christenings for children Susanne, John, Alice
• England Select Deaths and Burials
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
• Dictionary of National Biography Vol 1-20
• Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1
• English Origins of New England Familes, Second Series, vol 1: Image of page 882 showing "Abstract of WIlls. Episcopal Consistorial Court of Norwich. Regsiter, Colman, Fol. 325."
• The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, its English Ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American descendants, A.D. 1662-1908
• John and Joanne; FAMILY LINES ONLINE
• Thomas and Melody; Hullhome surname links.