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]
  Person ID	I8944	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  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, 6]
  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. [S7891] Erica Hahn, "Was Matthew Fuller the Son of Mrs. Edward Fuller...Or Was He From a Different Family?" Mayflower Descendant 72:109, Summer 2024.