| Name | Edward FULLER |
| Birth | bef 4 Sep 1575, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND |
| Death | 10 Apr 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Age: 44 |
| Burial | Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Religion | Baptized, 4 September 1575, Redenhall, Norfolk, ENGLAND; "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Father | Robert FULLER (1543-1614) |
| Mother | Sarah DUNKHORNE (1551-1584) |
| 1 | Anne HOPKINS |
| Birth | 1577, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND |
| Death | 11 Jan 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Age: 43 |
| Religion | "Mayflower Pilgrim" |
| Marriage | 1602, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND |
| Children | Matthew (1603-1678) |
| Samuel (1608-1683) |
4 September 1575 Edward was baptized in Redenhall, Norfolk County, England.
[NOTE] The area of the parish of Redenhall with Harleston is 1,610 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 1,784, less than one-fourth agricultural. Part of the town lies in the parish of Mendham, which is chiefly in Suffolk; the Norfolk portion of this parish has an area of 720 acres, with a population, in 1831, of 341, one-fourth agricultural; giving a total for Harleston of 2,330 acres, with a population of 2,125. The town consists of a main street along the Yarmouth road, and a convenient market-place on the south side of the main street. The 'middle row,' between the street and the market-place, is in the hamlet of Harleston, which is part of Redenhall parish. In this part is a chapel-of-ease, a plain building. There are three dissenting places of worship in the town. The river Waveney flows at a short distance to the south; there are three bridges over it in the neighbourhood. The manufacture of bombazines is carried on to a small extent: there is a well attended corn-market on Wednesday, and two considerable fairs, at which great numbers of Scotch cattle are sold. The parish church of Redenhall is situated on an elevation a mile from the town on the road to Yarmouth. It consists of a nave with two aisles, a chancel, and a fine western tower of perpendicular character. The tower was built A.D. 1460-1520, but the body of the church in the beginning of the fourteenth century. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Harleston annexed, of the clear yearly value of £803. There were in 1833, in the parish of Redenhall and the Norfolk portion of Mendham parish, two infant or dame schools, with 33 to 38 children; a national day and Sunday school, partly endowed, with 90 children in the week and 134 on Sundays; two day-schools, with 40 children; and one Sunday-school with 145 children. - [6]
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. Many people are aware that the passengers of the Mayflower were fleeing religious persecution. What most people don't realize is that over half the passengers were "strangers" picked up from London, whose passage to America on the Mayflower helped the religious separatists pay the excessive expenses involved with sending a ship to the New World. Those in the Leyden contingent are the "religious separatists" and those of the London contingent are the "strangers". Edward was listed as one of the Leyden Contingent.
EDWARD FULLER, ancestor of this branch of the Mayflower family, was baptized in the Parish of Redenhall, County Norfolk, England, September 4, 1575, and died at Plymouth, Massachusetts, between January 11 and April 10, 1621. He was not a member of the Leyden colony, but joined the Pilgrims at Southampton, embarking first in the "Speedwell" and when that ship proved unseaworthy, transferred to the Mayflower and with his wife and young son, Samuel, continued the voyage to the New World. He was the twenty-first signer of the "Compact," and though he and his wife both died soon after their arrival and are buried in unmarked graves on Coles Hill at Plymouth, their memorial has remained in a numerous, widespread, and worthy posterity, transmitted through their son Samuel. - [6]
9 November 1620 The passengers and crew aboard the Mayflower sighted land.
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. - [3]
Edward Fuller was the son of Robert and Sara (Dunkhorn) Fuller of Redenhall, Norfolk, England. Some accounts give his mother as Francis, but Francis appears to be Robert Fuller's second wife. Robert's first wife Sara was buried 1 July 1584, and thus would have been the mother of Edward Fuller. Edward Fuller's brother Samuel Fuller also came to America on the Mayflower. Edward Fuller married, and moved to Leyden, Holland for a short time before coming to America. - [2]
Edward immigrated to Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He arrived on the "Mayflower." Edward Fuller, who with his family and his brother, Samuel, came to Plymouth on the Mayflower, 1620, was the son of Robert Fuller, a butcher of Redenhall, County Norfolk, England, where Edward was baptized 4 September 1575. The family had heard the preaching of John Robinson and were members of the Scrooby congregation, which accounts for their joining the pilgrimage to a new land for the sake of religious liberty. Edward joined the company at Southampton, England, in August of that memorable year.
With Edward Fuller came his wife and small son, Samuel. Edward was the twenty-first signer of the Mayflower Compact, drawn up in the cabin of the Mayflower shortly before the landing at Cape Cod in November, 1620.
Edward Fuller died before spring in 1621 and his wife after spring (10 April 1621).
Their young son, Samuel was brought up by his uncle, Edward's brother, Dr. Samuel. - [1]
Edward was born September 4, 1575 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England. He probably was never with the Pilgrims in Holland but instead joined them in Southampton. Edward and his wife arrived on the Mayflower and he signed the Mayflower Compact in 1620. Although his wife's name is unknown, some researchers believe she may have been Ann. They were among the nearly half of the original Pilgrims who died during the first winter of 1620-1621. Twelve of the sixteen mothers and thirteen of the twenty five fathers who arrived on the Mayflower died that winter. It is estimated that Edward died between January 11 and April 10, 1621. Ann probably died soon after January 11th. They were probably buried in the unmarked mound that the Pilgrims made so that the Indians would not know how many had died. Many of these remains were removed to the Pilgrim Sarcophagus in Plymouth, Massachusetts and it is likely that Edward and Ann's remains are among them. The marble sarcophagus now sits in a hilltop park overlooking Plymouth Harbor near a statue of Massasoit, the Indian Chief who came to the aid of the surviving Pilgrims. Edward Fuller's name is engraved on the tomb along with the names of the others who died that first winter. Edward and Ann had a single son, who came on the Mayflower with them. - [4]
[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. - [5]
[1] - Biography of Edward Fuller; Emmagene B. Vos; http://redrock.sedona.net/fullersociety/edward_fuller.htm; 4 July 2003
[2] - http://members.aol.com/calebj/passenger.html
[3] - http://www.mayflower.org/pilgrim.htm
[4] - http://www.clt.astate.edu/rcarlton/public%20html/PCHPil.htm
[5] - http://www.umkc.edu/imc/mayflow.htm
[6] - http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Norfolk/harleston.htm
[7] - Descendants of Edward Fuller, Mayflower Passenger, 1620; http://home.earthlink.net/~bwlane/fuller
[8] - Fuller Family; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/fuller
[9] - Fuller, From the Mayflower ... to Michigan; www.jowest.net/genealogy/jo/fuller
[10] - email; Mary & Vern Chalupsky
[11] - www.cs.umbc.edu/~mayfield/genealogy