| Name | Samuel FULLER Sr. |
| Birth | 8 Apr 1608, Edgerton, Kent, Norfolk County, ENGLAND |
| Death | 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Age: 75 |
| Religion | "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Father | Edward FULLER (<1575-1620) |
| Mother | Anne HOPKINS (1577-1620) |
| 1 | Jane LATHROP |
| Birth | 29 Sep 1614, Egerton, Kent County, ENGLAND |
| Death | bef 29 Oct 1683, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Age: 69 |
| Father | "Reverend" John LATHROPP Sr. (1584-1653) |
| Mother | Hannah HOWSE (~1594-1633) |
| Marriage | 8 Apr 1635, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Children | Hannah (1638->1686) |
| Samuel (1637-1691) | |
| Elizabeth (1640-~1683) | |
| Sarah (Died as Child) (1641->1683) | |
| Mary (1644-1720) | |
| Thomas (1651-1718) | |
| Sarah (1654->1683) | |
| John "Little John" (1655-1726) | |
| UNNAMED (Died as Infant) (1658-~1658) |
6 September 1620 Edward, his wife Ann, their son Samuel, and Edward's brother Samuel were four of the 102 passengers that embarked on the Mayflower, leaving Plymouth, England on this day.
9 November 1620 The passengers and crew aboard the Mayflower sighted land, seeing Cap Cod.
11 November 1620 The passengers and crew of the Mayflower made landfall in America. The group of 102 passengers who crowded aboard the Mayflower for the crossing was not homogenous. Many of the passengers were members of the Leiden congregation, but they were joined by a number of English families or individuals who were hoping to better their life situations, or were seeking financial gain. These two general groups have sometimes been referred to as the "saints" and "strangers." Although the Leiden congregation had sent its strongest members with various skills for establishing the new colony, nearly half of the passengers died the first winter of the "great sickness." Anyone who arrived in Plymouth on Mayflower and survived the initial hardships is now considered a Pilgrim with no distinction being made on the basis of their original purposes for making the voyage. - [2]
Edward Fuller, his wife, and his son Samuel came to America on the Mayflower. They had lived in Leyden, Holland for a short period of time, but originally came from Redenhall, Norfolk, England. Edward Fuller's father was a butcher by trade, and his brother Samuel was a doctor and deacon. Edward's occupation, however, remains unknown. He and his wife both died the first winter. - [1]
Samuel Fuller (Son of Edward Fuller) Samuel was born in 1612, before the Mayflower sailed, so he would have been a child of eight during the voyage. There was an older Dr. Samuel Fuller (our Samuel's Uncle) who signed the Mayflower Compact and he also had a son named Samuel who would have been near to the age of our Samuel, but who was probably born after arrival of the Pilgrims at Cape Cod. To complicate matters even further, both Samuels named their first sons Samuel. - [3]
8 April 1635 Samuel and Jane's wedding ceremony was performed by Captain Miles Standish at "Mr. Cudingsworth's".
[NOTE] One source has the wedding taking place on the 18th instead of the 8th.
1636 Samuel built a house in Scituate, "the 15th one to be erected in Scituate." The walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mental of rough stone, and above of cob work, the windows of oiled paper, and floors of hand-sawed planks.
SAMUEL FULLER, son of Edward, was born in England, about 1602, and came to New England, a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620. He was left an orphan soon after the arrival of the ship at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and made his home in the family of his Uncle Samuel Fuller, the physician, who gave him "loving care and affection" throughout his first years in the colony, and remembered him generously in his will, proved October 28, 1633. Samuel Fuller, "the younger," shared in the division of lands in the colony, in 1623, receiving three acres on the south side of the "town brook, to the woodward," including what is now Watsons Hill. His neighbors were John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Winslow, and Gilbert Winslow. He became a freeman of the colony in 1634, and settled in the nearby town of Scituate, where he married, April 8, 1635, Jane Lothrop, daughter of Rev. John Lothrop (see Lothrop II), pastor of the Scituate church, which Samuel Fuller joined, receiving his letter of dismissal from the church at Plymouth. In 1636, he built a house in Scituate, "the fifteenth one to be erected in Scituate." "A small plaine pallizadse house," on Greenfield street. The walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantel of rough stone, and above of cob work, the windows of oiled paper, and the floors of hand-sawed planks. - [5]
Samuel (I)(Son of Edward) was born around 1612 and was a child of eight during the voyage of the Mayflower in 1620. His father and mother died during the first winter in the colony. He was brought up by his Uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, at Plymouth. In 1623 his Uncle died. Samuel left his Uncle's house with his cattle and swine to seek a home on his own. He was declared a freeman of the Colony in 1634 and he settled in Scituate. He married Jane Lothrop between April 8 and 18, 1635. One account says that Captain Miles Standish performed the marriage. Jane was born in 1614, the daughter of Reverend John Lathrop of Scituate. In 1636 they built the 15th house in Scituate on Greenfield Street at Kent Street. The houses of this period were very rough affairs. The walls consisted of poles filled between with stones and clay. The roof was of thatch, the windows of oiled paper, and the floor of hand sawed planks. Samuel and Jane also had 20 acres of land east of Bellhouse Neck. Between 1639 and 1644 they followed Janes' father, Reverend John Lathrop, to the new town of Barnstable (now in Massachusetts). Jane died between 1658 and 1683. Samuel died between October 31 and November 10, 1683 in Barnstable at Mr. Cudworth's house in Scituate. Samuel and Jane had nine children. - [3]
[NOTE] MYTH #1: Native Americans were mistreated by the Mayflower passengers, and their land was stolen from them. ANSWER: While in Holland, the Pilgrims had read stories of the savage natives who killed and tortured the white settlers. Because of this, they feared the Indians, and considered them uncivilized savages. When they arrived, and were exploring Cape Cod, they were attacked, and had to defend themselves. Luckily, no one died in this incident, Indian or Pilgrim. The natives were cautious and fearful of white settlers, because previous white explorers to the New England coast had killed, kidnapped, and enslaved them, and destroyed their tribes. The land the Pilgrims chose to settle on was abandoned land that had been settled by the Patuxet tribe, which subsequently was completely wiped out by a plague. The only surviving member of the tribe was Squanto or Tisquantum, who lived out the remainder of his life in peace within the Plymouth Colony. Squanto (Tisquantum), who was introduced to the Pilgrims by another Indian named Samoset, lived with the settlers in the Plymouth Colony. He helped translate, negotiate, and make peace with the surrounding native tribes, including the Wampanoags headed by chief Massasoit. Another Indian that spoke English also lived in the Plymouth Colony with Captain Myles Standish, was named Hobomok. Land was bought from the Indians, and sold with their permission-Native American signatures and marks can be found on many early Plymouth Colony deeds. Trade and other business dealings were common with the Indians as well. MYTH #2: The Pilgrims always wore colorless black and white clothing. ANSWER: Colorless clothing was a Puritan extreme, but not a Separatist extreme. When a colonist died, an inventory was taken by the Court, for purposes of probate. John Howland had two red waistcoats. William Bradford had a green gown, violet cloak, lead colored suit with silver buttons, and a red waist-coat. William Brewster had green drawers, a red cap, and a violet coat. Black, white, grey, and brown were by far the most common color worn by the Pilgrims, but it was definitely not the only colors. MYTH #3: The Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving every year. ANSWER: The Pilgrims had the first Thanksgiving, and never had another Thanksgiving again. When William Bradford's journal was discovered in 1854, it brought a lot of interest and attention to the Pilgrims history. President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a holiday. The original thanksgiving occurred in mid-October and the feasting lasted 3 days-not even close to the last Thursday of November with feasting of one meal as we celebrate it today. - [4]
[1] - http://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html
[2] - http://www.mayflower.org/pilgrim.htm
[3] - http://www.clt.astate.edu/rcarlton/public%20html/PCHPil.htm
[4] - http://www.umkc.edu/imc/mayflow.htm
[5] - http://www.jaenfield.com/genealogy/Enf_Bry/famhist/h589.html#1
[6] - Descendants of Edward Fuller, Mayflower Passenger, 1620; http://home.earthlink.net/~bwlane/fuller
[7] - Fuller Family; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/fuller
[8] - Fuller, From the Mayflower ... to Michigan; www.jowest.net/genealogy/jo/fuller
[9] - email; Mary & Vern Chalupsky
[10] - email; Stan/Helen Gould
[11] - www.cs.umbc.edu/~mayfield/genealogy