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John Fuller

Male Abt 1655 - 1726  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name John Fuller 
    Birth Abt 1655  Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Alternate birth 1656  [2
    Death 23 Mar 1726  East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I8944  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2021 

    Father Samuel Fuller,   b. Abt 1608, Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Jane Lathrop,   b. Bef 29 Sep 1614, Egerton, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 69 years) 
    Marriage 8 Apr 1635  Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Notes 
    • According to Homer W. Brainard (citation details below), the wedding took place "at Mr. Cudworth's in Scituate", and was officiated by Miles Standish.
    Family ID F5020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mehitable Rowley,   b. 11 Jan 1661, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1732, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1678  Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Fuller,   b. 1 Mar 1700, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1775, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F5891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2015 

  • Notes 
    • John Fuller and Mehitable Rowley were 3X-great grandparents of LDS founder Joseph Smith, and great-great grandparents of Smith's close associate Oliver Cowdery (1806-1850).

      They were also first cousins once removed, being both descendants of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller and his unknown wife.

      John Fuller (~1655-1726) = Mehitable Rowley (1661-1732)
      Shubael Fuller (1684-1748) = Hannah Crocker (1688-1751)
      Lydia Fuller (1709-1778) = Daniel Gates (1706-1776)
      Lydia Gates (1732-1817) = Solomon Mack (1732-1820)
      Lucy Mack (1775-1856) = Joseph Smith (1771-1840)
      Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844)

      Making TNH a fourth cousin 5 times removed to Joseph Smith, Jr.

      John Fuller (~1655-1726) = Mehitable Rowley (1661-1732)
      John Fuller (1697-1769) = Mary Cornwall (1694-1758)
      William Fuller (1729-~1769) = Rebecca Spencer (~1736-~1768)
      Rebecca Fuller (1768-1809) = William Cowdery (1765-1847)
      Oliver Cowdery (1806-1850)

      Making TNH a third cousin 6 times removed to Oliver Cowdery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S634] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 4, Third Edition, Family of Edward Fuller by Bruce Campbell MacGunnigle. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.

    2. [S3886] Homer W. Brainard, "Edward Fuller and His Descendants." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 33:171, Jul 1902; 33:227, Oct 1902; 34:17, Jan 1903.

    3. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

    4. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

    5. [S4249] The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.