John Fuller of Newton – Children

John Fuller Sr. b. abt. 1611[1] in England, UK. [-or is it-] bp. 28 Aug 1617[2] in Colchester, Essex, UK; d. 7 February 1697/8[1] in Newton, Middlesex, MA; bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

+Elizabeth Cole was Christened January 1, 1622/3 at St Peter and St Paul Parish Church in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK; d. 13 April 1700[3] in Newton, Middlesex, MA; married bef. 1645[4] .

Their children were:

John Fuller Jr.

1– John Fuller Jr.   b. 1645[5] likely in England, UK[4];  d. 21 January 1720/1[6] in Newton, Middlesex, MA; bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA

+Abigail Balston[7] b. 20 August 1662 in Boston Suffolk, MA; m.1, 30 June 1682 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. about 1714, when John remarried.

+Margaret Hicks[7] b. 3 July 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; m.2, 14 October 1714 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. aft. 3 Dec. 1731.

2- Elizabeth Fuller b. Aft. 1645[8] likely in England, UK[4]; d. 28 November 1685[9] in Cambridge Village, Middlesex, MA.

+Job Hyde b. 1643[10] in Cambridge – South side of the river, Middlesex, MA; m. 1663[11] in Cambridge Village, Middlesex, MA; d. 19 November 1685[12] in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

 

Jonathan Fuller

3- Jonathan Fuller b. 1648[13] likely in England, UK [4]; Middlesex, MA; d. 12 August 1722[14] in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA

+Mindwell Trowbridge[15] b. 20 June 1662 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; m. 2 May 1684 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 22 February 1758 in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA

 

4- Capt. Joseph Fuller b. 10 February 1652/3[16] in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 5 January 1739/40[17] in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA .

+Lydia Jackson b. 1656[18] in Cambridge Village, Middlesex, MA; m. 13 February

Capt. Joseph Fuller

1678/79[19] in Cambridge Village, Middlesex, MA;  d. 12 January 1725/6[20] in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur.  East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA

5- Capt. Joshua Fuller b. 2 April 1654[21] in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 27 June 1752[22] in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA

+Elizabeth Ward[23] b. 18 June 1660 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA;  m. 7 June 1679 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; d. 17 August 1691 in Newton, Middlesex, MA

Joshua Fuller

+Hannah (Griggs) Rainsford[23] bp. 23 October 1659 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; m. bet. 28 Nov. 1691 and say 1695; d. 28 November 1739 in Newton, Middlesex, MA

+Mary (Buckminster) Dana[23] b. abt. 1667; m. 19 July 1742 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 13 February 1754 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.

 

6- Lieut. Jeremiah Fuller b. 4 March 1658/9[24] in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 23 December 1743[25] in Newton, Middlesex, MA. [No gravestone survived]

+Mary Jones b. 9 Apr. 1667[26]; m. bef. 17 Aug. 1689[27]; d. 17 August 1689[27] in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

+Elizabeth Blake[28] b. 3 October 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, MA; m. before 14 Apr. 1694 in Newton, Middlesex, MA; d. 3 July 1700 in Newton, Middlesex, MA

+Thankful Bird [28]; b. 6 Feb 1667/8 in Dorchester Suffolk, MA; m. bet. 3 July 1700 and 12 Sept 1701; d. 27 April 1729 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

+Rachel[28] ______;  m. aft. 27 Apr. 1729 ____;  d. 4 January 1741/2 in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

Isaac Fuller

7- Bethia Fuller b: 23 November 1661[29] in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. bef. 28 Mar. 1700, (the date her husband wrote his Will and she was not names), in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

+Lieut. Nathaniel Bond b. 9 January 1659/60[30] in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; m. 27 February 1684/5[31] in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; d. bet. 25 Mar. and 8 April 1700[32] in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

8- Isaac Fuller b. 2 December 1665[33] in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; d. 6 October 1691[34] in Newton, Middlesex, MA, bur. East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Middlesex, MA.

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[Note] Cambridge/Village/Newton: See Short History of Newton

1630-1654 =”Cambridge – South Side of the River”; 1654 – 1678 = “Cambridge Village”; after 1679 = “Newton”.

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  1. The birth date of 1611 originally came from his gravestone and has been used in all the history books of Newton, MA. The date is confirmed on his death record per the Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2001-2010) (including town records) [hereinafter MA VR NEHGS], Newton Deaths, p448: “FULLER, John Sr., Feb. 7, 1698. [1697-8. A. 87, G.R.1.]”. GR1 is the East Burying Ground in Newton, Massachusetts. It has been reported that the actual wording on the gravestone states “Aged about 87 Years”. See link in Note 2 p2.
  2. This unsigned research shows that John Fuller of Newton was baptized 28 Aug 1617 in St Peter’s Church in Colchester, Essex, UK. More.. 
  3. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 448. “FULLER, Elizabeth [dup. Elizebeth], Apr. 13, 1700.”
  4. The first documented evidence of our Fuller family in New England is the birth of their fourth son, Joseph, 10 Feb, 1652/3 and our review concluded that the first three children were likely born in England. About John…  Therefore they were likely married in England before 1645. 
  5. MA VR NEGHS, Newton Births, p 70. “FULLER, John, s. John and Elizabeth, ––– ––, ” The inscription on his cemetery stone reads “Here Lyes Buried, ye Body of Mr, JOHN FULLER, Who DecdJanry ye 21st 1720/1 in ye 75th Year of His Age.”; The date of 1645 may have been calculated as 1620-75 = 1645. 
  6. MA NEHGS VR, Newton Deaths, p 448. “FULLER, John, Jan. 21, 1720-1, a. 75. G.R.1.” [GR1 – buried in the East Parish Burying Ground]. Gravestone
  7. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) John Fuller Sr., V.1, 14 Feb 2022, p6. “[John] m. (1) Newton, 30 June 1682, ABIGAIL BALSTON/BALSTONE, dau. James and Sarah (Root) Balston/Balstone, b. Boston, 20 Aug. 1662, bp. Boston, 22 May 1664; d. bet. 29 April 1705 and 14 Oct. 1714. John m. (2) Cambridge, 14 Oct. 1714, MARGARET HICKS/HICKES, dau. of Zachariah and Elisabeth (Sill) Hicks/Hickes, b. Cambridge, 3 July 1668; d. aft. 3 Dec. 1731.”
  8. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Births, p 70. “FULLER, Elizabeth, ch. John and Elizabeth, ––– ––, [?b. after ch. B. —- —, 1645.†”
  9. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 465. “HYDE, Elizabeth, w. Job, Nov. 28, 1685.†”
  10. MA VR HEHGS, Newton Births, p 109. “HYDE, Job, ch. Samuel and Temperance, ––– ––, 1643.†”
  11. Jackson, Francis, A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts: From 1639 to 1800 – with a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants prior to 1800. By Francis Jackson (of Boston) a Native of Newton. Boston: Printed by Stacy and Richardson, 1854, page 279 “Elizabeth m. Job Hyde 1663”. Because both Elizabeth and Job died in 1685 when their children were young, the grandfathers of the children raised their children.
  12. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 466 “HYDE, Job, Nov. 19, 1685, [a.]42. †”
  13. MA VR, Newton Births, p 72. “FULLER, Jonathan, ch. John and Elizabeth, ––– ––, 1648.†” The inscription on his cemetery stone reads: “Here Lyes Buried, the Body of Mr. JONATHAN FULLER; Who Decd. August.ye 12th 1722 in ye 74th Year of His Age.” The birth date could have been calculated, 1722-74 = 1648. Gravestone
  14. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 449. “FULLER, Jonathan, Aug. 12, 1722. [a. 74, GRI].” [GRI – buried in the East Parish Burying Ground]. Gravestone
  15. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) John Fuller Sr., V.1, 14 Feb 2022, p7. “[Jonathan] m. Newton, 2 May 1684, MINDWELL TROWBRIDGE, dau. of James and Margaret (Atherton) Trowbridge, b. Dorchester, 20 June 1662; d. Newton, 18/22 Feb. 1758, ae. 96.” The inscription on her gravestone reads: “HERE LIES BURIED Ye BODY, OF Mrs MINDWELL FULLER, RELICT OF Mr JONATHAN, FULLER WHO DEPARTED, THIS LIFE FEBy Ye 22DA:D; 1758 IN Ye 96th YEAR, OF HER AGE.”  Gravestone
  16. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Births, p 276. “FULLER, Joseph, s. of Jno and Elizabeth, Feb. 10, 1652.”
  17. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 449. “FULLER, Joseph, Capt., Jan. 5, 1739-40. [a. 88, GRI PRI].” [GRI – buried in the East Parish Burying Ground]. PRI = From Hyde Diary, 1706-1816, kept by Lieut. William Hyde, Lieut. Noah Hyde, and Miss Ruth Hyde, now in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (hereafter, Hyde Diary.) The inscription on his gravestone reads: “Here lyes Buried ye Body of Capt. JOSEPH FULLER; Who departed this Life, Janry. 5th Anno Domni 1739/40 in ye 88th Year of His Age.” [Therefore he would have been 87 and 1740-1653=87]. Gravestone
  18. VR NEHGS, Newton Births, p 117. “JACKSON, “Lydia, ch. Edward and Elizabeth (second w.), ––– ––, 1656.†”
  19. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Marriages, p 134. “FULLER, Joseph and Lidea Jackson, Feb. 13, 1678-9.”
  20. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 449. “FULLER, Lydiah [dup. Lydia], w. Capt. Joseph, Jan. 12, 1725-6. [Lydia, a. 70. GR1]” The inscription on her gravestone reads: “Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs. Lydia Fuller Wife to Capt Joseph Fuller Who after She had served Her generation by the Will of GOD, fell on Sleep Janry, 12th 1726, in the 70th Year of her Age.” Gravestone.
  21. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Births, p 276. “FULLER, Joshua, s. of Jno and Elizabeth, Feb. 16, 1654.”
  22. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 449. “FULLER, Joshua, Jun. 27, 1752, a 98. GRI. [Joshua SR., a. 97, PRI.]” [GRI – buried in the East Parish Burying Ground]. . PRI = Hyde Diary. The inscription on his grave stone reads: “Here lyes Buried the Body of Mr. JOSHUA FULLER, Who Departed this Life June ye 27th1752 in ye 98th Year of His Age.” Gravestone
  23. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) John Fuller Sr., V.1, 14 Feb 2022, p8. “[Joshua] m. (1) Newton, 7 May 1679, ELIZABETH WARD, dau. of John and Hannah (Jackson) Ward; b. Cambridge, 18 June 1660; d. Newton, 17 Aug. 1691. Joshua m. (2) bet. 28 Nov. 1691 and say 1695, HANNAH (GRIGGS) RAINSFORD, dau. of John and Mary (Patten) Griggs, bp. Roxbury, 23 Oct. 1659; d. Newton, 28 Nov. 1739. Hannah m. (1) by abt. 1685, David Rainsford, son of Edward and Elizabeth (____) Rainsford, bp. Boston, “1 7 mo.[Sept.] 1644”; d. Boston, 28 Nov. 1691. Joshua m. (3) Cambridge, 19 July 1742, MARY (BUCKMASTER/BUCKMINSTER) DANA, b. abt. 1667; d. Cambridge, 13 Feb. 1754.” MAVR NEHGS, Cambridge Marriages p107. “Dana, Mary (in her 75th y. CR1) and Joshua Fuller (in his 88th y. CR1), July 19, 1742.”
  24. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Births, p 276. “FULLER, Jeremiah, s. of John and Elizabeth. Mar. 4, 1658.”
  25. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 448. “FULLER, Jeremiah, Lt., Dec. 23, 1743. †” [Town record]
  26. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Isaac Jones, V.1, 2 Aug 2022, p8.; “ MARY JONES, b. 9 April 1667.”
  27. MA VR NEHGS, Newton Deaths, p 449. “FULLER, Mary, w. Jeremiah, Aug. 17, 1689.”
  28. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) John Fuller Sr., V.1, 14 Feb 2022, p8/9. “Jeremiah m. (2) before 14 April 1694 (birth of child), ELIZABETH BLAKE, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Clapp) Blake, b. Dorchester, “3:8[Oct.]:1658”; d. Newton, 3 July 1700, Jeremiah m. (3) bet. 3 July 1700 (death of second wife) and 12 Sept. 1701 (birth of child by Thankful), THANKFUL BIRD, dau. of Thomas and Thankful (Atherton) Bird, b. Dorchester, 6 Feb. 1667[/8]; d. Newton, 27 April 1729. Jeremiah m. (4) aft. 27 April 1729 (death of his third wife), RACHEL _____, d. Newton, 4 Jan. 1741/2.”; Note: Jeremiah and Elizabeth had a daughter, Elizabeth 14 April 1694 per MA VR NEHGS, Newton Births, p 70, “Elizabeth, d. Jeramiah [dup. Jeremiah] and Elizabeth [dup. adds (second w.)], Apr. 14, 1694.”
  29. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Births, p 275. “FULLER, Bethia, d. of John and Elizabeth, Nov. 23, 1661.”
  30. MA VR NEHGS, Watertown Births, p 21. “1659 Nathanell Bond son of willyam & Sary Bond Borne 9 (11)mo”]
  31. MA VR NEHGS, Watertown Marriages, p 55. “1684/5 Nathanel Bond and Bethiah fuller Joyned in marriage the 27 of February”
  32. 25 March, 1700, is the day that Nathaniel Bond wrote his Will and 8 April, 1700 is the day the inventory was taken and attached to his probate file #2174 from Middlesex County, MA.
  33. MA VR NEHGS, Cambridge Births, p 275. “FULLER, Isacke, s. of John and Elizabeth. Dec. 2, 1665.”
  34. MA VR, Newton, Deaths, p 448. “FULLER, Isaac, s. John and Elizabeth [Elisabeth, M.R.], Oct. 6, 11691. [a, 26, G,R.I.]” [MR = Middlesex County Record; GRI = East Parish Buring Ground] [His gravestone reads: HERE LYES Ye
    BODY OF ISAAC FULLER AGED 26 YEARS DIED OCTOBER Ye 6t” Gravestone