Isaac Fuller (1771 - 1841)

Born 30 Apr 1771 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Houston) Fuller — married 22 Dec 1797 in Poland, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1841 at age 70 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Isaac Fuller, son of Barnabas and Rebecca (Cushman) Fuller, was born at Kingston, Massachusetts, on April 30, 1771, and baptized there on June 23, 1771.^[1]

Marriage

Isaac Fuller married Sarah "Sally" Houston on 22 Dec 1797 in that part of Poland, Maine (then in Massachusetts) that later became the town of Minot.^[2]

Biographical Details

The 1874 history of Livermore, Maine, says that Isaac Fuller, "whose farm was on the southerly slope of Fuller's Hill, so called, in the westerly part of the town, moved from Kingston, Mass., a great many years ago," and it lists his children.^[3] The 1928 history of Livermore says that he "was born in Kingston, Mass., and settled on lot 76 next north of the farm owned by Daniel Coolidge," and it also lists his children and says that the farm was "embraced in that now [1928] owned by John Sanders."^[4]

Children

Isaac and Sarah (Houston) Fuller were the parents of the following children, all born at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts):^[5]

1. Rebeccah Cushman (Fuller) Day, born in 1798
2. Ruth (Fuller) Merrill, born in 1800
3. Sally Jones (Fuller) Stebbins, born in 1802
4. Isaiah Woodman Fuller, born in 1804
5. Ira Fuller, born in 1806
6. Asa Fuller, born in 1808
7. Laura A. (Fuller) Philips, born in 1813

Death

The gravestone of Isaac Fuller at the Alden Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, says he died on 3 June 1841at the age of 70.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ 1911 transcription of the birth and baptismal records of Isaac Fuller, citing for the birth date "private record,Census of Kingston families for 1796 by Rev Z. Willis, now [1911] in the possession of Edward T. Barker of Boston," in Vital records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1911), page 81
2. ↑ Marriage record of Isaac Fullor and Salley Houston, in Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch, Isaac Fullor and Salley Houston, 22 Dec 1797; citing Minot, Androscoggin, Maine; FHL microfilm 11,550.
3. ↑ Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 164
4. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 104
5. ↑ "A record of the children of Isaac Fuller 2 and Sally his wife", in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840" > page 198 > Image 131 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332]
6. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Isaac Fuller (Find A Grave: Memorial #119313082)