Thomas Fuller (1644 - bef. 1718)

Born 30 Apr 1644 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Richardson) Fuller — married 1668 (to about 1695) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Martha (Durkee) Fuller — married 19 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 6 May 1718 before age 74 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Thomas Fuller was a witchcraft accuser in the Salem Witch Trials

Biography

Thomas Fuller was born on April 30, 1644, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[1] to parents Thomas Fuller and Alice Elizabeth Tidd.

He married firstly Ruth Richardson about 1668 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Children:

1. Benjamin.
2. Thomas.
3. Jonathan
4. John
5. Joseph
6. Thomas
7. Stephen
8. William
9. Susannah.

He married secondly Martha Durkee on 19 July 1699 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.^[2] Children:

1. Stephen.

Event

Date: MAY 15, 1692

Place: Warrant for Arrest of John Willard^[3]

To the Marshall of the County of Essex or to the Constables in Salem or any other Marshal or Marshalls Constable or Constables within this theire Majest's Colony or Terretory of the Massachusetts in New England --

You are in theire Majest's names hereby required to Apprehend John Willard of Salem Village husbandman, if he may be found in your precints who stands charged with sundry acts of Witchcraft by him donne or Committed on the Bodys of Bray Wilkins and Daniell Wilkins the son of Henery Wilkins both of Salem Village and others -- according to Complaint made before us by Thomas fuller Jun'r and Benj'n Wilkins sen'r both of Salem Village afores'd yeomen; who being found you are to Convey from Town to Towne from Constable to Constable, untill he be Brought before us or such as may be in Authority here in Salem, and hereof you are not to faile Dated Salem May the 15'th 1692

p us *John Hathorne Assist's

*Jonathan. Corwin Assist's

To be prosecuted according to the direction of Constable John putnam of Salem Village who goes with the same.

(Reverse) I have apprehended John Wilard of Salam Veleg according to the tener of this Warant and brought him before your Worships Dated 18 May 1692

by me *John Putnam Constable of Salem

Goody wheat Mrs Hall of [Groton]

( Essex County Archives, Salem -- Witchcraft Vol. 1 Page 94 )

Event:

Date: MAY 17, 1692

Place: Return of a Jury of Inquest on the Death of Daniel Wilkins^[3]

We whose names are underwritten being warned by Constable John Putnam of Salem this 17 of may 1692 to view the body of daniell wilknes of Salem village deceased and we find several brussed places upon the back of the said corps and the skin broken and many places of the gratest part of his back seemed to be prickt with an instrument about the bigness of a small awl and own side of his neck and ear seemed to be much bruised to his Throat and turning the corps the blood Run out of his nose or mouth or both and his body not swel'd neither did he purge elce where: and to the best of our judgments we cannot but #[think] apprehend but that he dyed an unnatural death by sume cruell hands of witchcraft or diabolicall act as is evident to us both by what we have seen and heard consarning his death.

Salem Village this 17'th of May 1692

* Nathanell Putnam

* Thomas Fuller Sen.

* Jonathan Walcott Sen.

* Nathanail Ingersoll

* Thomas Flint

* William Way

* Thomas Fuller

* Joseph harrick

* Thomas Haynes

* Edward Putnam

* Daniell Rea

* John Putnam Jun.

All the above named twelfe men the Jury of Inquest made oath to the truth of there aboves'd Returne Salem

May the 18'th 1692

Before us John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin per ord'r of the Governor & Councill

( Boston Public Library -- Dept. of Rare Books and Manuscripts [ 1939 acquisition ])

Event:

Date: AUGUST 19, 1692

Place: John Willard Executed^[3]

Residence

Removed to Windham, Connecticut, where he settled at Hampton Hill about 1715 and where he was appointed to keep a tavern.^[4]

Death

Before 6 May 1718, the date his will was proved.

Will

Thomas Fuller, plowright of Windham, made his will 27 November 1716 mentioning: wife Martha Fuller; five sons, all dwelling at Salem Village: Thomas, Jonathan, John, Joseph and William Fuller; cousin (niece) Sarah Durkee, daughter of John Durkee; son Stephen Fuller, co-executor with his mother. Proved 6 May 1718, when Thomas Durkee is also appointed guardian to Stephen Fuller, aged 16.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 102
2. ↑ Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Vol. III - Marriages. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1924. Page 393.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} https://historyofmassachusetts.org/john-willard-salem/
4. ↑ Larned, Ellen Douglas. History of Windham County, Connecticut (Worcester, Mass., 1874-1880) Vol. I, 94, 95.
5. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R.S. Peck & Co., Hartford, 1904) Vol. II, 386-7.

• Vinton, John Adams. (1876).Vol II. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson.Portland ME.

• Fuller, J.F. (1896) A brief sketch of Thomas Fuller and his descendants with historical notes. Crescent Printing House, Appleton Wisconsin.

• Genealogy of Some Descendants of Thomas Fuller of Woburn, By William Hyslop Fuller

• Author: Michael A. Hobart Title: Possible Ancestry of Freeman Trask Abbreviation: Possible Ancestry of Freeman Trask Publication: [Archived page: https://web.archive.org/web/20070609033328/http://users.sisna.com/mhobart/US/FTrask/wc_toc.htm ] Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Name Thomas Fuller22,31. Birth 30 Apr 1644, Woburn, MA. Death ca 1717, Hampton, Windham, Connecticut. Father Lt. Thomas Fuller (1618-1698) CONT Mother Elizabeth Tidd (-ca1664) Spouses: 1 Ruth Richardson22,32. Marriage 1669 Children: Thomas (1671-) Johnathan (1673-ca1758) John (1676-) Joseph (1678-) William (1685-) Susanna (1695-) 2 Martha Durkee32. Marriage 19 Jul 1699 Children: Stephen (1700-) Notes for Thomas Fuller. He settled at Hampton Hill, Windham Co., CT, about 1715. He was appointed tavern keeper. He left a will with his wife Martha and son Stephen as executors. He died circa 1717 as he was alive on 27 November 1716, and had died by 6 May 1718. Notes for Martha (Spouse 2). She was allowed to keep a public house from 1721 onwards. Note: 22. Trask, William Blake, 1904, Capt. William Traske and Some of His Descendants, Boston: David Clapp & Son, (reprinted from New England Historic Genealogical Register, vols. 55, 56, 57), 33 p. 30. Fuller, William Hyslop, 1919, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Thomas Fuller of Woburn, Palmer, MA: William Hyslop Fuller, v. 4, p. 57. 31. Ibid. p. 20.

• Rand and Heather Putnam, The Putnam/Thompson Family Genealogy

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)

Ruth RICHARDSON

Spouse Thomas FULLER

Later Residences Windham, CT

1670 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

FULLER, Thomas (-1718) & (1/wf) Ruth [RICHARDSON]; by 1671, ca 1670; Salem/Windham, CT {Titcomb 275; Reg. 55:386; Bassett-Preston 117, 234; Fuller 4:10; Sanborn Anc. 19; Richardson Mem. 306; Trask (1904) 13; Salem 3:46}

Citation New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

• https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/591/426886670

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