Edward Fuller (abt. 1575 - aft. 1621)

Born about 4 Sep 1575 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England

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Died after 11 Jan 1621 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Edward Fuller, son of Robert Fuller and Sarah Dunkhorn, was christened on September 4, 1575 at St. Mary's in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, England. Robert Fuller was a butcher, but the occupation of Edward is unknown. Edward and his siblings were named in their father's will.

The name of the wife of Edward Fuller remains unknown. Some have suggested that her first name was Ann, but the oldest record with this name seems to be a transcription error made in the nineteenth century. Other names attributed to Mrs. Edward Fuller have been Anne Hopkins and Hannah Lewis. Several marriages have been found for Edward Fullers in English records: Amy Lee, 21 November 1596, Abinger, Surrey, England; Ann Carpenter, 25 November 1597, Carlton, Bedford; Thomasine Sheppard, 2 May 1597, St. Gregory, Norwich, Norfolk; Joan Raven, 28 October 1599, Woodham Walter, Essex ; Elizabeth Buck, 25 July 1602, Great Finborough, Suffolk; Barbara Colman, 10 June 1606, Chigwell, Essex; and Agnes Croucher, 14 January 1607, West Horsley, Surrey.

Edward and his wife had two sons, Matthew Fuller and Samuel Fuller, who were probably born between 1597 and 1612. The family was probably part of the group of religious dissidents known as Separatists who moved to Leiden, Holland to escape persecution in England. Edward's brother, Dr. Samuel Fuller, belonged to this group. Edward, his wife, and their son, Samuel, left Holland on the Speedwell, and were transferred to the Mayflower, which arrived in the New World at the end of 1620. He and his wife both died the first winter, soon after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth. The boy, Samuel, was left to the care of Edward's brother, Dr. Samuel Fuller. "Edward Fuller was the 21st signator of the 41 men who signed the Mayflower Compact. It was an agreement providing for the temporary government of the colony by the will of the majority, and therefore the first commitment to Democracy in America." (quoted from Wilson.ged as imported on 14 September 2010)

For more on the trip across the Atlantic, see: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_Voyage_of_the_Mayflower

Children:^[1]

1. Matthew Fuller was born say 1605; m. about 1630 Frances
2. Samuel Fuller was born about 1608. In 1623 he received three acres of land one acre for himself and one for each of his parents. Samuell Fuller Junior was the third person in the eighth company, living with his uncle Samuel Fuller in the 1627 land division.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004). pp 215, 216.

See also:

• MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 4, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., Third Edition, 2006 a/k/a "The Silver Book"

• Robert Charles Anderson, "Edward Fuller", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. I., Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society 1995

• Bradford's History "Of Plymouth Plantation", Wright & Porter Printing Company,Boston, 1898.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0dv1wh6w

• Willison, George F., Saints and Strangers, The Cornwall Press, Cornwall, NY, 1943, Third Printing

• Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs. "The Pilgrims and other English in Leiden records: some new Pilgrim documents." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1989, p. 195-214.

• Francis H. Fuller, "Early New England Fullers," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55(1901):192-196.

• Francis H. Fuller, "Fullers of Redenhall, England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55(1901):410-414.

• Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle, Robert M. Sherman and Robert S. Wakefield, "Was Matthew Fuller of Plymouth Colony a Son of Pilgrim Edward Fuller?", The American Genealogist 61(1986):194-199.

• Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and Its People, 1620-1691 (Ancestry Publishing: Salt Lake City, 1986).

• William Hyslop Fuller, Genealogy of Some Descendants of Edward Fuller, (Palmer, Mass: C. B. Fiskes and Co., 1908), https://archive.org/details/fullergenealogy011908full

• "Mayflower Passenger List", Pilgrim Hall Museum https://www.pilgrimhall.org/list_passengers.htm

• "The Mayflower Compact", Pilgrim Hall Museum https://www.pilgrimhall.org/ap_mayflower_compact.htm

• "A Genealogical Profile of Edward Fuller", Plimoth Plantation, http://www.plimoth.org/media/pdf/fuller_edward.pdf

• Caleb Johnson, "Edward and Mrs. Fuller", MayflowerHistory.com. http://mayflowerhistory.com/fuller-edward/

• "Edward Fuller", Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fuller_(Mayflower)

• "Edward Fuller", American Ancestors, https://mayflower.americanancestors.org/edward-fuller-biography

• Thomas & Melody Hull, "Fuller Genealogy", http://www.hullhome.com/fuller.genealogy.htm

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