Twelfth Generation

3032. Samuel FULLER^4,117 was born about 1608 in England. He immigrated in 1620 to Mayflower, Plymouth Colony, BCA. He signed a will on 30 July 1633 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, BCADescription. Will of Samuel Fuller
"30 July 1633 I Samuel ffuller the elder being sick & weake but by the mercie of God in prfect memory ordaine this my last will & Testmt. And first of all I bequeath my soule to God & my body to the earth untill the resureccon. Item I doe bequeath the educacon of my children to my Brother Will Wright & his wife, onely that my daughter Mercy be & remaine wth goodwife Wallen so long as she will keepe her at a reasonable charge. But if it shall please God to recover my wife out of her weake estate of sicknes then my children to be wth her or disposed by her. Also whereas there is a childe comitted to my charge called Sarah Converse, my wife dying as afore I desire my Brother Wright may have the bringing up of her. And if he refuse then I comend her to my loving neighbour & brother in Christ Thomas Prence desiring that whosoever of them receive her pforme the duty of a step ffather unto her & bring her up in the ffeare of God as their owne wch was a charge laid upon me pr her sick ffather when he freely bestowed her upon me & wch I require of them. Item whereas Eliz. Cowles was comitted to my educacon by her ffather & Mother still living at Charles Towne, my will is that she be conveniently apprelled & returne to her ffather or mother or either of them. And for George ffoster being placed wth me upon the same termes by his prents still living at Sagos my will is that he be restored to his Mother likewise. Item I give unto Samuell my son my howse & lands at the Smeltriver to him & his heires for ever. Item (worn) will is that my howse & garden at towne be sold & all my moveables there & at the Smeltriver (except my Cattle) togeather wth the prnt Croppe of Corne there standing by my Overseers heereafter to be menconed. except such as they shall thinke meet in the prnt educacon of my two children Samuell & Mercy my debts being first pd out of them, the overplus to be disposed of towards the encrease of my stock of Cattle for their good at the discretion of my overseers. Item I give two Acres of land that fell unto me by lott on the Sowth side the Towne adjoyning to the Acres of mr Isaack Allerton to Samuell my son. Also two other Acres of land wch were given me by Edward Bircher scituate & being at Strawberry hill if mr Roger Williams refuse to accept of them as formerly he hath done. Also one othr Acre by mr Heeks his Acres neer the Reed pond, All wch I give to the said Samuell & his heires for ever. It. my will is that my Cozen Samuell goe freely away wth his Stock of Cattle & Swine wthout any further recconing wch swine are the halfe of six sowes Six hogges one boare & fowr shotes Also one Cow & one heyfer. Item my will is that not onely the other halfe afore menconed but also all other mine owne propr stock of Swine be sold wth other my moveables for the use before expressed except my best hogg wch I would have killed this winter for the prnt comfort of my children. It. whereas I have disposed of my children to my Brother Will. Wright & Prisilla his wife my will is that in case my wife die he enter upon my howse & land at the Smelt River, & also my Cattle not disposed on together wth my two servts Thomas Symons & Robt Cowles for the Remainder of their several termes to be employed for the good of my children he being allowed for their charg vizt. my childrens what my Overseers shall thinke meet. But if in case my said brother Will Wright or Prisilla his wife die then my said Children Samuell & Mercy together wth the said joynt charge comitted to the said Will & Prisilla be void except my Overseers or the survivor of them shall think meet. To whose godly care in such case I leave them to be disposed of else where as the Law shall direct them. By cattle not disposed on o to be employed for the good of my children I meane three Cowes & two steere calves Six old ewes & two ewe lambs two old wethers & three wether lambs together wth such overplus upon the sale of my goods before expressed as my Overseers shall adde heereunto. It. I give out of this stock of Cattle the first Cow calfe that my Browne Cow shall have to the Church of God at Plymouth to be employed by the Deacon or Deacons of the said Church for the good of the said Church at the oversight of the ruling Elders. Item I give to my sister Alice Bradford twelve shillings to buy her a padre of gloves. Item whatsoever is due unto me from Capt Standish I give unto his Children. It. that a pr of gloves of 5sh be bestowed on mr Joh. Wynthrop Govr of the Massachusets. It. I give unto my Brother Wright aforesaid one cloath suit not yet fully finished lying in my trunk at Towne wch I give notwthstanding my wife survive. It. whereas Capt John Endecott oweth me two pownds of Beaver I give it to his sonnet It. my will is that when my children come to age of discretion that my Overseers make a full valuacon of that Stock of Cattle & thencrease thereof, & that it be equally devided between my children. And if any die in the meane time the whole to goe to the survivor or survivors. It. my will is that they be ruled by my Overseers in marriage. Also I would have them enjoy that smale porcon the Lord shall give them when my Overseers thinke them to be of fit discretion & not at any set time or appointmt of yeares. It. whereas my will is that my Overseers shall let out that stock of Cattle wch shall be bought wth the Overplus of my goods to halves to such as shall be as well carefull as honest men. My will is that my brother Wright have the refusall of them. It. I give unto John Jenny & loin. Wynslow each of them a padre of gloves of five shillings. It. I give Unto mrs Heeks the full sum of twenty shillings. It. I give to old mr William Brewster my best hat & band wch Lh(worn) never wore. Item my will is that if my children die that then my stock be thus distributed. ffirst that what care or paines or charge hath been by any about my children be fully recompensed. Next at the discretion of the Overseers I thus bequeath the rest vizt so as it may redownd to the Governing Elder or Elders of this Church at Plymouth aforesaid & towards the helping of such psons as are members of the same & are [illegible] as my Overseers shall thinke meet. It. I give to Rebecca Prence 2sh 6d to buy her a padre of gloves It. my will is that in case my sonne Samuell & other my children die before such time as they are fitt to enter upon my land for inheritance that then my kinsman Saml ffuller now in the howse wth me enjoy wtsoever lands Lam now possessed of except my dwelling howse at town or whatsoever shall be due to me or them. It. I give to him my Rufflet Cloake & my stuffe sute I now weare It. I institute my son Samuell my Executor. and because he is young & tender I enjoyne him to be wholly ordered by Edw Wynslow mr Wil Bradford & mr Tho. Prence whom I make his Overseers & the Overseers of this my last will & Testmt. so often menconed before in the same. And for their paines I give to each of them twenty shillings apeece. It. I give to Mercy my daughter one Bible wth a black Cover wth Bezaes notes. It. I give all the rest of my bookes to my sonne Samuell wch I desire my Brother Wright Will safely preserve for him. It my will is that when my daughter Mercy is fitt to goe to score that mrs Heeks may teach her as well as my sonnet It. whatsoever mr Roger Williams is indebted to me upon my booke for phisick I freely give him. Last of all whereas my wife is sick & weake I have disposed of my children to others my will is if she recover that she have the educacon of them, & that the other gifts & legacies I have given may be pformed And if in case any of my Overseers or all of them 13] die before my children be judged by them of age of discretion then my desire is they will before such time when they dispose of their owne affaires depute some other of the Church to pforme this duty of care & love towards my children, wch I allow & binde my children to obedience to them as before. In witnes that this is my last will & Test I have set to my hand & seale the 30th of July Anno 1633.
Samuell ffuller
Memorand that whereas the widow Ring comitted the Oversight of her sonne Andrew to me at her death, my will is that mr Tho Prence one of my Overseers take the charge of him & see that he be brought up in the ffeare of the Lord & See that he sustaine no wrong by any.
Witnesses heerunto
Robt Heeks
John Wynslow." Samuel died on 31 October 1683 at the age of 75 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. He has Ancestral File Number LCT5-CL3. Samuel and Matthew Fuller, though brothers, and living near each other in a retired spot, and owning property together, were as unlike as two men can well be. Samuel was eminently pious, and retired in his habits ; Matthew, though nominally a Puritan, was not a religious man ; but was ambitious, and courted official distinction. In one instance he recanted an opinion deliberately expressed, in order to secure the patronage of the majority. Samuel committed no acts that he had to recant—he was an honest man, a good neighbor, and a christian, and his posterity will ever honor him.

Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower, 1620. Samuel grew up in Plymouth under the care of his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, his parents having died shortly after landing at Plymouth. He removed to Scituate, where he was married in April, 1635, at Mr. Cudworth's, Jane Lathrop, daughter of John Lathrop. Their marriage was performed by Captain Miles Standish. In 1644 the couple moved to Barnstable and settled on Scorton Neck. There he was joined in a few years by his relative, Matthew Fuller. Samuel was a church member at all three places, very pious and retired in his habits, and he lived in a secluded spot where there were few passers-by. He was one of the last survivors of the Mayflower passengers, dying late in the year 1683 at Barnstable.

In the 1660's and 70's there were mass migrations west and south and the Lathrop and Fuller clan went west to the Connecticut River Valley. The massacre of Old Deerfield in 1704 had Fuller names but not Lathrop. Northampton has Lathrop names. Your direct ancestors Fuller’s and Bonham’s went south to Middlesex County, near new Brunswick, NJ in 1660-70's, to a Baptist colony. They left Mass. for religious reasons, descendants stayed on through the Revolutionary War in New Jersey, until the first or second decade of 19th century when they immigrated to Ohio. Remember these families had many children, and the men had many wives because of childbirth deaths.

The first five children of Samuel and Jane were born at Scituate; the last four at Barnstable, as follows:

1) Hannah, married January 1, 1659, Nicholas Bonham.
2) Samuel, baptized February 11, 1637/1638; died about December 1691; married Anna, daughter of Matthew Fuller.
3) Elizabeth, married Joseph Taylor.
4) Sarah, baptized August 1, 1641; died about 1651/1654.
5) Mary, baptized June 16, 1644; died 1720; married November 18, 1674, Joseph Williams.
6) Thomas, born May 18, 1651; died young.
7) Sarah, born December 10, 1654; married John Crowell or Crowe.
8) John, born about 1656; married Mehitabel Rowley.
9) Infant, born February 8, 1658; died February 23, 1658.

came with his father on the MAYFLOWER and during the first winter was orphaned THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT Drafted and signed on board the Mayflower as that ship approached Cape Cod on November 11, 1620. ... Having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, ... frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time ... unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, the year of our sovereign Lord King James of England, France, and Ireland the 18th and of Scotland the fifty fourth, Anno dominie, 1620. John Carver, William Bradford, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, Isaac Allerton, Myles Standish, John Alden, Samuel Fuller, Christopher Martin, William Mullins, William White, Richard Warren, John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Tilley, John Tilley, Francis Cooke, Thomas Rogers, John Turner, Francis Eaton James Chilton, John Crakston, John Billington, Moses Fletcher; John Coodman, Degory Priest, Thomas Tinker, John Rigdale, Edward Fuller, Thomas Williams, Gilbert Winslow, Edmund Margeson, Peter Brown, Richard Britterige, George Soule, Richard Clarke, Richard Gardiner, John Allerton, Thomas English, Edward Doty, Edward Leister. ----------------------------- Samuel Fuller lived to become the fourth great-grandfather of President Wilford Woodruff. Another child, Jane, who married Samuel Fuller, a boy passenger on the Mayflower, was the fourth great-grandmother of the Prophet. BIRTH: Also shown as Born Rendenhall, Norfolk, England. BIRTH RITE: Also shown as Christening Egerton, Kent, England. ~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 22 Oct 1929, ARIZO. ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 24 Jan 1930 ~SEALING_PARENTS: Also shown as SealPar 25 May 1985, PROVO. Jane LOTHROP and Samuel FULLER were married on 18 April 1635 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts., USA.

3033. Jane LOTHROP⁴ was born before 29 September 1614 in Edgerton, Kent, England. She died on 31 October 1683 at the age of 69 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. She has Ancestral File Number 9ZH1-NT1.

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