Jonathan Fuller (abt. 1645 - 1709)

Born about 1645 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wilmarth) Fuller — married 14 Dec 1664 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1709 at about age 64 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Jonathan Fuller, oldest son of ancestral Robert (1616–1706) and Sarah Bowen (1616–1676), was born in Salem, Mass., about 1645.

He lived in Attleboro, Mass., where he held land jointly with his father Robert, drawing his shares in the general divisions of land made to the first settlers in 1661 and 1668.

In the Indian war of 1675-76, Attleboro seems to have escaped the ravages and destruction that Rehoboth and other places suffered, so that Jonathan and family remained in their home, while other living members of Robert’s family removed to Salem.

Jonathan was selectman of Attleboro, and in his public and private life he bears the repute of being a leading influential citizen, his large family of children, all give evidence of inheriting the staid and high toned characteristics of their parents.

On 14 Dec 1664 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, he married Elizabeth Wilmarth ^{[1] [2]}

Elizabeth Wilmarth (4 Apr 1647 Braintree, Massachusetts ^[3] - alive in March 1709 per probate records) was the daugher of Thomas Wilmarth ( ABT 1615 England - 13 May 1694 Rehoboth, Massachusett) and Elizabeth Bliss (19 Sep 1615 Daventry, Northamptonshire, England - Feb 1676 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts).

Children:

1. Jonathan Fuller (23 Dec 1665 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[4] - 1716) married Mary Stevens (1667)
2. David Fuller (1667–1750) married Mary Ormsby (1672–1720)
3. Daniel Fuller (06 Aug 1669 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[5] – 1758)
4. Robert Fuller (b. 28 Jun 1671 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[6]- 1671)
5. Thomas Twin Fuller (28 Jun 1671 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[7] – 1742)
6. Robert Fuller (02 Mar 1673 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[8] –1710)
7. Nathaniel Fuller (01 Mar 1675 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[9] – 1730)
8. David Fuller b. 11 Sep 1667 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[10]
9. Elizabeth Fuller (12 May 1678 – 1716) on 9 Apr 1694 in Rehoboth married John Shepardson^[11] son of Daniel
10. Sarah Fuller (24 Apr 1680 Rehoboth^[12] – 1750) in 1707 md John Follett (1669–1719) as his second wife.
11. Marye Fuller (01 Oct 1681 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[13] – 1739)
12. Noah Fuller (12 Feb 1683 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[14] –1715)

Jonathan Fuller died Feb. 10, 1709, aged 69, leaving a large estate intestate, settled by his widow Elizabeth, March 1709. He had previously made quite extensive dispositions by deeds to his children.

Probate Record^[15]: Jonathan Fuller. Probate Date: 1709; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts; Inferred death year: abt 1709;

Jonathan Fuller, the oldest son of Robert and Sarah, was born in Salem, Mass. He moved with his parents to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, which was 60 miles by Indian trails or 200 miles by water from Salem. At Rehoboth he held land jointly with his father, Robert, drawing his shares in the general divisions of land made to the first settlers in 1661 and 1668. He married Elizabeth Wilmarth, daughter of Thomas, Dec. 14, 1664 in Rehoboth. On May 28, 1669 he bought 3 acres of land at Wachemechett from John Sutton and wife. In 1674 he served as the town constable. He and his father advanced money to the town of Rehoboth for troopsduring King Philip's War in 1676.

Jonathan made his home in the "North Purchase," which was under the jurisdiction of Rehoboth until it became its own township called Attleboro, Attleboro seems to have escaped the ravages and destruction that Rehoboth and other places suffered during King Philip's War of 1675 - 76, so that Jonathan and family stayed, while other living members of Robert's family returned to Salem.

The first Attleboro town meeting was on May 11, 1696. The boundaries between Rehoboth and Attleboro were established in 1697. Jonathan wasa prosperous farmer and leading influential citizen of Attleborough. By 1696 he had accumulated a 500 acre estate, and was selectman and a churchman. When his parents returned to Rehoboth, they might have lived with Jonathan.

Jonathan Fuller died in Attleboro on Feb 10, 1709, aged 69, leaving asubstantial estate intestate, settled by his widow Elizabeth, March, 1709. He had previously made quite extensive dispositions by deeds to his children. Three of his sons settled in the towns of Windham, Coventry, and Ashford, Conn. Jonathan FULLER and Elizabeth WILMARTH were married on 14 Dec 1664 in USA, Massachusetts, Bristol Co., Rehoboth

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
2. ↑ Genealogy of the Fuller families: descending from Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth, Mass., 1638. by Newton Fuller
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-RM7 : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Jonathan Fuller, 23 Dec 1665; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7V-2Y9 : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Daniell Fuller, 06 Aug 1669; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-VMS : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Robert Fuller, 28 Jun 1671; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-9LH : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Thomas Fuller, 28 Jun 1671; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-VM7 : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Robert Fuller, 02 Mar 1673; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQT-7ZJ : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Nathaniel Fuller, 01 Mar 1675; citing REHOBOTH TWP,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 2,915.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7K-DXH : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for David Fuller, 11 Sep 1667; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
11. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7J-WHQ : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Sarach Fuller, 23 Apr 1680; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7F-L2H : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Marye Fuller, 01 Oct 1681; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7J-13L : 10 February 2018), Jonathan Fuller in entry for Noah Fuller, 12 Feb 1683; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
15. ↑ Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991

See also:

• Everett, Edward Franklin, Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, MM, Publication: Name: Boston, MA: 1902 (privately published); NOTESource Medium: Book
• http://www.genusducere.net/wc19/wc19_441.htm
• Abell, Horace A. Title: Ancestors of Arunah Shepherdson Abell Publication: Name: Name: Rochester, NY: Privately Printed, 1933;; NOTEAbell, Horace A., Ancestors of Arunah Shepherdson Abell (Name: Rochester, NY: Privately Printed, 1933;), Source Medium: Book CONT Mary Beth Wheeler CONT .
• Newton Fuller, Genealogy of Fuller Families: descending from Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth, Mass., 1638 Publication: Name: Name: New London? Ct. : The Author?, 1898;; Repository: #R00002 Call Number: CS71.F968 1898 NOTENewton Fuller, Genealogy of Fuller Families: descending from Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth, Mass., 1638 (Name: New London? Ct. : The Author?, 1898;), CS71.F968 1898, Source Medium: Book CONT .
• Charles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts Publication: Name: Name: Boston: 1900; repr. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1986;; NOTECharles Henry Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts (Name: Boston: 1900; repr. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1986;), Source Medium: Book CONT Mary Beth Wheeler CONT .
• The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Publication: Name: Name: N.G. Parke & D.L. Jacobus, 1960;; Repository: #R00038 NOTEThe Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife.. (Name: N.G. Parke & D.L. Jacobus, 1960;), Source Medium: Book CONT Mary Beth Wheeler CONT .
• James N. Arnold Title: Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1642-1896 Publication: Name: Name: Providence, RI: 1897; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO;; NOTEJames N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1642-1896 (Name: Providence, RI: 1897; reproduced on CD by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO;), Source Medium: Other CONT Mary Beth Wheeler CONT .
• Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;
• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Title: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
• Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;
• Find A Grave: Memorial #47017147
• Good source for info on all the children - Richard Bowen of Rehoboth and His Descendants Pg 142