Mayflower Month! My Connection to Edward Fuller

Edward Fuller has been generally identified as the son of Robert and Sara (Dunkhorn) Fuller, baptized on 4 September 1575 at Redenhall, Norfolk. Thomas Morton, writing in 1637, says that Samuel Fuller (brother of Edward Fuller) was the son of a butcher. The name Matthew also occurs in this Redenhall Fuller family. 

The name of Edward Fuller's wife has not been discovered. In James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-1862), Edward Fuller's wife was given as "Ann". However, there are no American or English records which give her name. I suspect James Savage may have made a simple typographical error: Mayflower passenger Edward Tilley had a wife Ann; or perhaps he was thinking of their sister Ann Fuller. Nonetheless, numerous sources published after 1860 have utilized Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, and so the identification of Ann can be found in numerous other books and online resources.

Very little is known about Edward Fuller. What is known is that he, his wife, and his son Samuel came on the Mayflower in 1620 to Plymouth. A single Leiden judicial document mentions Edward Fuller, and proves that he, like brother Samuel Fuller, were living in Leiden. Both Edward and his wife died the first winter, but son Samuel (who would have been about 12), survived. An older brother, Matthew, had stayed behind, and came to America later. ~from MayflowerHistory.com

My Lineage

• Edward Fuller
• Matthew Fuller (1605/1678) married Frances LNUK
• Elizabeth Fuller (1627/1714) married Moses Rowley Sr (1627/1705)
• Moses Rowley Jr (1654/1735) married Mary LNUK (some say Fletcher, not proved)
• Moses Rowley III (1679/1735) married Martha Porter
• Daniel Rowley (1719/UNK) married Bethiah Langrill (1725/1750)
• Joseph Langrill Rowley (1750/1837) married Hannah Loveland
• Joseph Rowley (1788/1853) married Annie Beach (1790/1863)
• Rossiter Clark Rowley (1818/1912) married Rhoda Ann Vredenburgh (1818/1890)
• Flora Dell Rowley (1857/1932) married Jesse Louis Twining (1850/1933)
• Carrie Elizabeth Twining (1881/1969) married Irving A Potwin (1878/1938)
• Elizabeth Twining Potwin (1904/1985) married Robert W Thomas (1804/1955)
• Elizabeth A Thomas (1936 - ) married Robert L Faulkner (1934 - )
• ME

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Mayflower Month! My Connection To The Pilgrims

Well, it's November. 

Again. 

Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving later this month. The characters of our Thanksgiving are the Pilgrims who sailed across the ocean on the Mayflower to land at Plymouth Rock, and thus colonize the New World. Every schoolchild knows the story. Parents and Grandparents sit through 'The First Thanksgiving" plays, watching their progeny in construction paper headdresses and Pilgrim hats. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving airs on TV. And personal curiosity to find a connection to one of the original 102 travelers peaks. Everybody wants to have a Mayflower Connection!! 

At least in November.

The blood of several Mayflower passengers courses through my veins. It is exciting, as a genealogist and family historian, to make the connection. To think of those people, my ancestors, and their lives; struggles and triumphs, wins and loses. The oppression that drove them to a virtually unknown wilderness across a vast ocean, guided by their beliefs. Facing delay and peril, yet forging ahead.

Strong people. 

Stubborn people. 

My people.

To date I have discovered my connection to three families:

• Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton through their daughter Remember.
• Edward Fuller through his son Matthew.
• Stephen Hopkins through his daughter Constance.

In the coming weeks I will briefly explore each of these families and share my connection. As so much has already been written on these folks I seen no need for in-depth coverage, but I would like to share my ties, and hopefully discover some 'cousins' who share some of the same ancestors.

Until next time here are some links for further reading:

MayflowerHistory.com
Wikipedia 
TheMayflowerSociety.org


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