John Fuller

Abt 1655 - 1726  (~ 71 years)

• Name	John Fuller
  Birth	Abt 1655	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1656  [2]
  Death	23 Mar 1726	East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut   [1]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Hannah Fuller ,   b. Abt 1636, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Aft 23 Aug 1686, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey  (Age ~ 50 years) ▻ Nicholas Bonham ,  m. 1 Jan 1659 + 2. John Fuller ,   b. Abt 1655, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 23 Mar 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut  (Age ~ 71 years) ▻ Mehitable Rowley ,  m. Abt 1678
  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 d. 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Jane Lathrop,   b. Bef 29 Sep 1614, Egerton, Kent, England d. Bef 31 Oct 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age < 69 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1635	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [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 d. Abt 1732, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1678	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Fuller,   b. 1 Mar 1700, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut d. 19 Jul 1775, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut (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

  [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. [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. [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. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. [S4249] The Mayflower Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020.