Abraham Fuller (1735 - 1807)

Born Oct 1735 in Colchester, New London, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Died 20 Sep 1807 at age 71 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Captain Abraham Fuller served with 13th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham Fuller is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A042079.

Fourth Generation descendant of Mayflower passenger, Samuel Fuller.

Abraham Fuller, son of Joseph Fuller and Lydia Day, was born October, 1735 in Colchester, Connecticut.^[1]

He married Lydia Gillett November 4, 1762.^[2] They had 9 children born in Kent:^[1]

1. Ezbon^[3]
2. Ashbel^[4]
3. Olive^[5]
4. Zerviah^[6]
5. Abraham^[7]
6. Isaac^[8]
7. Roswell^[9]
8. Lydia^[10]
9. Jeremiah^[11]

Abraham was a Revolutionary War veteran serving in the 13th Regiment under Col. Mosley at Fredicksburg. His Memorial includes this timeline of his military career:^[2]

1767: Ensign

1770: Lieutenant.^[1]

1773: Oversee of the Scatocook Indians.

1774: Captain.^[1]

1777: Captain, Danbury Raid^[12]

June 1779: Fredricksburg

His family lived in Kent, Connecticut.^[13][14]

Data

Birth:^[15]

Date: OCT 1735

Place: Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA

Father: Joseph Fuller

Mother: Lydia Day

Marriage:

Date: 22 DEC 1722

Place: CT

Military Service:^[15][16]

Date: 1758

Place: Connecticut

Marriage:^[15][17]

Date: 04 NOV 1762

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Husband: Captain Abraham Fuller

Wife: Lydia Gillett

Residence:^[15]

Date: 1790^[13]

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Date: 1800^[15]

Place: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut

Death:^[15][18]

Date: 20 SEP 1807

Place: probably Kent, CT

Cemetery: Good Hill

Location: Kent, CT/Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Research Notes

13th Connecticut Militia: Capt Abraham Fuller's Co. Aug & Sep 1776.^{[19][20] [21][22]}

Better sources with functional links are needed for these Ancestry.com sources which have already been used in the biography. The easiest is to just add the new source to the under "See also:" in the Sources section. First replace the Ancestry citation with the new citation an link (from, for example, Family Search). Then move the note out of the Research Note section to within reference of the first use of source in the Biography Fuller-5853 12:00, 10 December 2016 (EST) :

1. AFProfile Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1^[15]
   
2. CTsoldiers Author: Guertin, Iris, Rose, comp Title: Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R1^[16]
   
3. AFMarr Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1^[17]
   
4. SofARMapp Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1^[18]
5. Repository: #R1 Ancestry.com^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Fuller, William Hyslop.: Vol. 1, Pages 228-230. Turn to desired page Note: pp 228-230 has details of Abraham's family. pp 230-234 have details on the lives of Abraham's children.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave [Memorial# 33699963 for Capt Abraham Fuller] Maintained by: Allison Ferris Pierce; Originally Created by: Mike Cooper; Record added: Feb 10, 2009.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7BT : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Esborn Fuller, 27 Apr 1764; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7B1 : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Ashbel Fuller, 14 Oct 1765; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WD-M8T : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Ollive Fuller, 13 Mar 1767; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WD-MVK : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Serviah Duah Fuller, 05 May 1769; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7B4 : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Abraham Fuller, 17 Apr 1772; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7RW : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Isaac Fuller, 17 Apr 1772; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7Y6 : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Roswell Fuller, 01 Sep 1774; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WD-MNR : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Lydia Fuller, 25 May 1776; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ ."Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-7YN : 3 December 2014), Abraham Fuller in entry for Jeremiah Fuller, 03 Apr 1778; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
12. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C36Y-X?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 509 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} 1790USC Abram Fuller: Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut: accessed 4 October 2017. image of 1790 US Census
14. ↑ Abm Fuller, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States: accessed 4 October 2017. Image of 1800 US Census
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6} Source: #AFProfile Page: Database online. Data: Text: Records for Abraham Fuller and Lydia Day
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Source: #CTsoldiers Data: Text: Record for Abraham Fuller
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Source: #AFMarr Data: Text: Record for Abraham Fuller and Lydia Gillett
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Source: #SAR45542 Page: Volume: 228; SAR Membership Number: 45542 Data: Text: Record for Captain Abraham Fuller
19. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KSNV : 21 December 2016), Abraham Fuller, 1776. Image of record
20. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KM5P : 21 December 2016), Abraham Fuller, 1776. Image of record
21. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-VYLQ : 21 December 2016), Abraham Fuller, 1776. Image of record1 Image of record2
22. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KM3W : 21 December 2016), A Fuller, 1778.Image of record
23. ↑ Sources from Ancestry.com are not linked and should be replaced before removing them.

See also:

1790USC "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch; United States; citing p. 232, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

1800USC "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch citing p. 700, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 205,619.

Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller Genealogies (C.B. Fiske & Co., Palmer, Mass.: Vol 1 dtd 1908; Vol 2 dtd 1910) (William Hyslop Fuller, 23 School St, Palmer, Mass.: Vol 3 dtd 1914; Vol 4 dtd 1919)

• Research Notes section contains Ancestry.com sources left from the GEDCOM inport. Hopefully these can be replaced with better sources with functional links.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to William DeCoursey for the creation of Fuller-189 by importing the data for Abraham Fuller from 24-DeCoursey.ged on September 13, 2010.

Thanks to Michael Spencer for proposing a merge between Fuller-189 and Fuller-3393 which was created through the import of Grace2_2013-11-02.ged on Nov 2, 2013.