Thomas Fuller

1618 - 1698  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Thomas Fuller
  Born	Apr 1618	, Wales, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	516D-Q9
  Died	Jun 1698	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I9422	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	5 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Fuller,   b. 3 Dec 1573, Redenhall, Norfolk, England ,   d. 30 May 1659, Of Redenhall, Norfolk, England  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Anne,   b. 1576, Redenhall, Norfolk, England
  Married	1598	Redenhall, Norfolk, England
  Family ID	F8094	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Tidd,   b. Abt 1626, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Married	13 Jun 1643	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Fuller,   b. 30 Apr 1644, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. Mar 1721  (Age 76 years)   2. Elizabeth Fuller,   b. 12 Sep 1645, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts + 3. Ruth Fuller,   b. 17 May 1648, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts + 4. Deborah Fuller,   b. 12 May 1650, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts + 5. John Fuller,   b. 1 Mar 1653, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Jun 1675  (Age 22 years) + 6. Jacob Fuller,   b. 11 May 1655, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Nov 1731  (Age 76 years)   7. Joseph Fuller,   b. 8 Aug 1658, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. See Notes + 8. Benjamin Fuller,   b. 15 Apr 1660, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Oct 1754, Ashford, Connecticut  (Age 94 years)   9. Samuel Fuller,   b. 9 May 1662, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 1 Jan 1688  (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F3432	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Nutt,   b. , England ,   d. 24 May 1688
  Married	25 Aug 1684
  Family ID	F5679	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Hannah
  Married	Aft 25 Aug 1688	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F5680	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 13 Jun 1643 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - Aft 25 Aug 1688 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Died - Jun 1698 - Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Immigrated in 1638 from the western part of England (probably from Wales) to Woburn, Massachusetts. From records apparently authentic it appears that Thomas Fuller, the emigrant, came from the western part of England, probably Wales as some old accounts give it, in 1638, at the age of 20, on a trip of observation, intending to return after a sojourn of a year but changed his plans before that limit was reached. He attributed his change of purpose to his conversion under the preaching of Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge, but others assign as a reason that he became attached to a maiden who refused to accompany him to England, and that he went alone, and having secured his patrimony from his father, who was a blacksmith, returned to this country, married and settled in that part of Cambridge now called Woburn and became prominent in local matters, serving often as a town officer. As nearly as can be ascertained he left "Woobourne" about 1665 and settled in that part of Salem which 63 years later, 1728, was incorporated into the town of Middleton. He located not far from the place where 25 years afterward, 1692, the infamous "Salem witchcraft" developed, and selected lands on a stream then known as Pierce's Brook, tributary to Ipswich river, and was the second man in this settlement. It appears, however, that about 1684 he once more became a citizen of "Woobourne" remaining till 1687 when he again returned to Salem, now Middleton, and remained till his death in 1698. In England he evidently had a military prestige as shown in the family "Coat of Arms" and his name appears on several records as "Lieut." Fuller. In a history of Essex County written about 1836 is found in that part relating to witchcraft a reference which serves to establish both the military reputation of Thomas 1st and his reputed religious habits. In this country he followed the vocation of blacksmith, probably having learned the trade from his father, and although two hundred years have passed since he ceased from his labors, cinders from his forge are still to be found where his shop then stood. ---------- Reference: "A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 5-6, 10.