Nathaniel Fuller Sr. (1687 - 1750)

Born 14 Nov 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Sampson) Fuller — married 24 Jan 1712 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1750 at age 62 in Plympton, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Nathaniel Fuller was born at Plymouth on 14 November 1687. His parents were Samuel Fuller and Mercy Eaton.^[1][2]

Nathaniel married Martha Sampson on 24 January 1711/1712 at Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay.^[3]

Nathaniel was a mason and a housewright. In his will made on 16 March 1749 and probated on 7 May 1750 he mentioned his wife Martha; eldest son Amos; son Barnabas; daughters Sarah Sturtevant and Ruth Cobb; and his grandson William Fuller and granddaughter Lydia Fuller, children of his son Nathaniel who was deceased.^[2][4]

He died on 20 April 1750 at Plympton.^[2][3]

Children

Their children, all born at Plympton were:^[2][3]

1. Sarah born 28 September 1712
2. Ruth born 4 March 1713/1714
3. William (twin) born 20 July 1716
4. Elizabeth (twin) born 20 July 1716
5. Amos born 12 Feb 1718/1719
6. Nathaniel born 26 May 1721
7. Barnabas born 25 September 1723
8. Jesse born 18 February 1725/1726
9. Samuel born 11 November 1729

Will / Probate

Will of Nathaniel Fuller of Plympton, Province of the Massachusetts Bay (1749).^[5]

In the Name of God Amen this 16th day of March one thousand Seven hundred and forty Nine, I Nathaniel Fuller of Plimton in the County of Plimouth in New England mason Being Weke of Body but of Perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto almighty god therefore & Cauling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do mak and ordain this my Last Will and Testement .. .

viz Princepely and furst of all I give and Bequeath my Soule unto the hands of god that gave it hoping that threw the merets of Christ Deth and Suferings to recive the forgiveness of all my Sins .. and my Body unto The Earth to be Decently Bured at the Descrition of my Executor hereafter Named and as Touching Such Worldly Estate as it hath Pleased God to Bless me With in this Life I give and Despose of the Same in the following manor and form .. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Well Beloved Wife Martha one feather Bed and furniture During her Natoral Life—Item. I give and Bequeath unto my aforesd. Wife all the rest of my household goods for her own Desposel Except one fether Bedd and furnitureItem I give and bequeath unto my sd. Wife the youse and Improvement of my Westerly Dwelling house with all the Preveledges thereunto belongen So Long as she shall remands my Widdow and also I give unto my aforesd. Wife one Cow for her own Desposeil. Item. .

I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Amos Fuller my Eldest Son and unto his heirs and assigns forever all my homsted Lands and buldings Whare I now Dwell Excepting my westerly house, I also give and Bequeath unto my sd Son amos fuller his hairs and assigns forever all my meadow Lying in Dotes medow Together with part of my Swamp Lying in Dotes Seder Swampe begining at a Small maple Pole which is the North Corner between Jabez fuller and my Self from thence near South West to a Rock which is the Corner bounds betwen Josiah Rickards Swamp and mine, and from thence in the range between said Rickards Land and my sd Lot untill it Coms to the sforesd Jabez fuller Swamp and from thence to the Bounds first mentoned I also give and bequeath unto my aforesd Son Amos fuller and his hairs for Ever all the remander parte of my Personal and movebel Estate Excepting two fether beeds and furnyture and two Cows and my wairing apperal and also my Will is that my aforesaid Son Shall provide Everything nesseary for my aforesd Wife so Long as She Shall Remain my widow—Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Shurtevant to her hears and assigns for Ever one fether Bed and furnyture besides what She hath alredey received out of my Estate. Item..

I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Cobb her hairs and assigns forever my Lot of Land Lying Near Jones river meadow Toards the East End thereof besides What She hath allredy received out of my EstateItem—I give and bequeath unto my Son Barnabus fuller and his hairs for Ever all my wairing apperal Together with what he hath already received out of my Estate as may appear upon my Book—Item I give and bequeath unto my grand Son William Fuller and his hairs for Ever all my Lot of Land to the South Weste of my homested Together With the remandering parte of my Seder Swamp ajouning to that parte of Said Lot I Gave unto my aforesaid Son Amos and also my Will is that my aforesd Son Amos fuller Shall have Leberty to Cut and Cart of three Cord of Wood Every year as Long as my wife Shall remane my Widow of the Lot of Land I have given unto my Grand Son William fuller being for her youce and also my will is that if my aforesd Granson William Should Dye without Isue that the Said Lot of Land Which I have given him Shall be Divided amongst my hairs—Item. I give and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Lydia fuller Daughter to my Son Nathanail fuller Deceased the fether Bed and furnyture Which I have given to my aforesd Wife for her improvement During her Natural Life and also my will is that my aforesaid Son Amos fuller, nor his heairs Shall not make any Demand upon my Estate for any Labour that he hath Don Sence he was Twenty one years of age Towards Suporting me or my Famely I also give unto my aforesaid granson William one Cow—and Lastly I Constitute & appoint my aforesd Son Amos fuller Sole Executor on this my Last Will and Testement and my Will further is that my Said Son Amos fuller Should pay all the Just Debts that I Justly owe unto aney person What so Ever out of the Estate that I have Given him and I Do hereby uterly Disalow and revocke all other wills .

By me before made retifing and Confirming this and no Other to be my Last Will and Testement in Wittness Wherof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above Writen Signed Sealed publeshed pronounced and Decelared by the Said Nathaniel Fuller as his Last Will and Testement in the presents of us the Subscribers James Harlow Elkanah Cushman Josiah Perkins00:43, 10 June 2019 (UTC)00:43, 10 June 2019 (UTC)~.

Presented for probate on 7 May 1750, and proved by Jas Harlow, Elkenah Cushman and Josiah Perkens.

His inventory was taken on 13 June 1750 in Plimpton^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (3 November 2017), Nathaniel Fuller, 14 Nov 1687; citing Birth, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 416,334.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Katharine Warner Radasch and Arthur Hitchcock Radasch, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 1 (Central Society of Mayflower Descendants), p. 57.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital records of Plympton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, Mass., The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofpl00plym/page/n3 births pp. 103-108 death p. 480 marriage p. 322
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-FX7V : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 67-68 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Plymouth County Probate Vol. 12, p. 107-108.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FX7Z : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 15 of 596; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Wakefield, Robert S (revised) Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas. (comp.) Mayflower Families Through Five Generations.. Volume Nine Family of Francis Eaton. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996) pp 21, 22
• Plymouth County Probate Vol. 12, p. 107-108, Transcribed by John A. Maltby from FHL microfilm #0551539..

• Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller Genealogy (C.B. Fiske & Co., Palmer, Mass., 1910) Vol. 2, Page 23
• Rev. War doc

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