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| Notes for John "Little John" FULLER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [GREATx11 UNCLE]+ [A] [K] [NOTE] They are the descendent of Mayflower passengers Edward Fuller, Edward's wife Ann, and their son Samuel. Little John was born about 1656 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was known as Little John to distinguish him from his Uncle John Fuller. He married Mehitable Rowley, the daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Fuller Rowley, about 1678 in Barnstable. Mehitable was born January 11, 1660 in Barnstable. In 1683 John's father Samuel, died. The will left John "4 acres of marsh, 3 year old horse running in woods, dwellinghouse, orchyard, and all out housing, the indian Jaell, a cart, plow, tooles, one fatt cow, my bald faced horse, my great bible, and one third of the other cattle." John and Mehitable lived in the dwellinghouse at Scorton Neck until 1694 when they moved to East Haddam, Connecticut. John Fuller died May 20, 1726 in East Haddam and Mehitable died there about 1732. We are uncertain how many children John and Mehitable had but there were at least two daughters. - [1] [NOTE] Conflicting data has John's death date as either 28 February 1726 or 23 March 1726, both in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Will of John Fuller: I, John Fuller, Senr of the township of Haddam, County of Hartford, upon the east side of the Great River, by the great goodness of God, retaining my reason, yet being crazy and infirm in body and not knowing the day of my death, have thought it my duty, and do by this my last will and testament, dispose of what temporal estate God has graciously given me as follows: viz: first of all I commit my body to the dust to be decently buried, and my soul to Jesus Christ in hope of eternal life. Imprimis: I give and bequeath to my dear and loving wife, one cow, such as she shall chuse, eight sheep, four pounds in money, the bed she lies on, one room in my dwelling house, and so much interest in the plow land and grass land of my home lot as may be necessary for her comfortable support during her widdowhood, and I do appoint my son Thomas to take care of the creatures from year to year, and I do appoint my sons Joseph and Benjamin each to give her a day's mowing, in a year yearly, and my sons Shubael and John to do her weaving in same proportion between them yearly. Item, I give to my oldest son Thomas besides what I have already given him by deed of gift, twenty pounds of my right or interest in the Iron Ware belonging to the field, but not what is in or for the house. Item: I give to my son Samuel besides what I have already confirmed to him by deed of gift, viz: twenty pounds of my right or interest in the common or undivided land, and one half of my meadow lot called by the name of the little pine meadow, together with sundry other valuable things he has already had of me. Item: I give to my son Shubael, etc. (Identical with the bequest to Samuel). Item: I give to my son Edward, six pound in money, that is to say, in case he never finds his lost money, yet the demands upon him from me upon the account of the fat cattle he bought of me late shall be abated to the value of six pound, because he hath a deed of gift and sundry other things from me. Item: I give to my son John, beside the deed of gift, one half of my first division meadow lot. Item: I give to my son Joseph, beside the deed of gift twenty pounds of my interest in the common and undivided land, and one half of the little pine meadow. Item: I give to my son Benjamin, beside the deed of gift, twenty pounds of my interest in the common land and one half of my first divison meadow lot. Item: I give to my daughter Thankful what she has had already in brass, pewter, etc. Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth sundry valuables she has already received. Item: I give to my daughter Mehitabel what she has already received, a coverlet and iron pot, also the bed I lie on after my and my wife's decease. Item: I give to my wife my mare and to my son Thomas a steer coming two years old. I appoint my sons Thomas and John to be the executors of this my will, and direct them to divide any overplus of my estate between my three daughters. Signed and Sealed Feb. 28, 1725-6. John Fuller, Senr (a seal) In presence of us Samuel Olmstead. Samuel Emons. Jonathan Emons. This will was exhibited in court at Hartford, May 2, 1726, and proved May 10, 1726. - [2] [1] - http://www.clt.astate.edu/rcarlton/public%20html/PCHPil.htm [2] - Enfield-Bryant Genealogy; www.jaenfield.com [ ] - Descendants of Edward Fuller, Mayflower Passenger, 1620; http://home.earthlink.net/~bwlane/fuller [ ] - Fuller, From the Mayflower ... to Michigan; www.jowest.net/genealogy/jo/fuller [ ] - email; Mary & Vern Chalupsky [ ] - email; Stan/Helen Gould [ ] - www.osmond.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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