Joseph Fuller Sr (1758 - 1846)

Born 27 May 1758 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Miller — married about 2 Nov 1782 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1846 at age 88 in Madison, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Called “Deacon” in several publications and in family communications.

No documentation found to refute or support that.

Born in Brimfield, Mass Territory. Rev War Veteran Removed to Shoreham, VT in 1789 Several children born to wife Rachel Miller there. She died in Aug 1815 of a perforated ulcer He remarried a widow from Shoreham in Dec 1815. They left VT in June 1816 and arrived in Ohio July 1816 as his children had moved there. He established a large farm on 160 acres, built a fine home with his son Joseph Jr. Sr. J. Fuller died and was buried in the area’s Congregational Church cemetery, however, this land was unfit for long term use, as such the remains and gravestones were moved to a safer location.

All of this information comes from transcripts of letters written by Joseph and family members, all of which is posted on Ancestry.com

Sources

• Birth: Massachusetts Town Birth Records, Brimfield.

War of 1812 Massachusetts Volunteers, Capt. Isaac Lane’s Artillery Unit: US, Adjutant General Military Records.

Revolutionary War Service: Massachusetts Volunteers under Cols. Shepherd & Jackson. Cited in “North America, Family Histories” in the DAR section.

Marriage: wife was Rachel Miller. op cit.

Burial: Ohio, Soldier Grave Registrations, 1804-1958

Residence and family: multiple US Federal censuses.

Extensive collection of family letters on Ancestry.com (reviewed many)