Deacon Joseph Fuller

Male 1699 - 1775  (76 years)


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  • Name Joseph Fuller 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Born 1 Mar 1699  East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 30 Jul 1704  East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Jul 1775  Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1149  Muse-Nagy
    Last Modified 14 May 2015 

    Father John Fuller,   b. Abt 1655, Barnstable, Plymouth Bay Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1726, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Mehitable Rowley, (twin),   b. 11 Jan 1660, Barnstable, Plymouth Bay Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1732, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Abt 1678  Barnstable, Plymouth Bay Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Day,   b. 11 Apr 1698, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1763, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1722  Colchester, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Fuller,   b. Abt 1723, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Rachel Fuller,   b. Abt 1724, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Zachariah Fuller,   b. Abt 1725, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +4. Grace Fuller,   b. Abt 1726, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1776  (Age ~ 50 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Jeremiah Fuller,   b. 4 Mar 1727, Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1809, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Lydia Fuller,   b. Abt 1729, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1784  (Age ~ 56 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Mindwell Fuller,   b. Abt 1730, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1780, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     8. Ruth Fuller,   b. Abt 1733, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     9. Abraham Fuller,   b. Oct 1737, Colchester or East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony, British United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     10. Jacob Fuller,   b. Abt 1739, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     11. Isaac Fuller,   b. Abt 1741, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1772  (Age ~ 31 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID F400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Zerviah Dewey,   b. 1 Mar 1708, Westfield, Massachusetts Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 Jan 1766 
    Children 
     1. Joshua Fuller,   b. 16 Jul 1752, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1815, Huntsville, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
     2. Bennajah Fuller,   b. 4 Jul 1756, Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1836, Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 14 May 2015 
    Family ID F401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Dec 1722 - Colchester, Connecticut Colony, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    The Christening Record of Joseph Fuller
    The Christening Record of Joseph Fuller
    He was christened on the 30th of July 1704.
    An Excerpt from 'The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record' concerning the Family of John and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller
    An Excerpt from "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" concerning the Family of John and Mehitabel (Rowley) Fuller
    The children and the wife of John Fuller are listed in his will. He leaves his wife a mare, his sons land and money. To his daughter Mehitabel, he leaves "the bed I lie on after my and my wife's decease."
    John and Mehitable (Rowley) Fuller with Four Children in 'The New England Historical and Genealogical Register of 1857'
    John and Mehitable (Rowley) Fuller with Four Children in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register of 1857"
    John, Joseph, Benjamin, and Mehitable Fuller are listed with their birth dates and parentage.

    Headstones
    The Headstone of Deacon Joseph Fuller in the Good Hill Cemetery
    The Headstone of Deacon Joseph Fuller in the Good Hill Cemetery
    Joseph Fuller
    Birth: Mar. 1, 1699
    East Haddam
    Middlesex County
    Connecticut, USA
    Death: Jul. 19, 1775
    Kent
    Litchfield County
    Connecticut, USA
    Inscription:
    "In Memory of Deacon Joseph Fuller who died July ye 19th 1775 aged 75."
    Find A Grave Memorial# 33700011

    Histories
    The Application for Membership to the Society of Mayflower Descendants from Stephen H. Muse to Edward Fuller.
    The Application for Membership to the Society of Mayflower Descendants from Stephen H. Muse to Edward Fuller.
    Twelve generations are lined out with reference sources, names, dates, and places proving the lineage to Edward Fuller, a passenger on the Mayflower voyage which terminated at Plymouth, New England in December of 1620.
    An Excerpt from 'Mayflower Familes Through Five Generations' and the Family of John and Mehitable (Rowley) Fuller
    An Excerpt from "Mayflower Familes Through Five Generations" and the Family of John and Mehitable (Rowley) Fuller
    John married his cousin, Mehitable Rowley. They had eleven children.

    "This John Fuller was known as "Little John Fuller" to avoid confusion with his cousin Dr. John Fuller. John and his family moved to E. Haddam CT about 1694."
    An Excerpt from 'Mayflower Families Through Five Generations' with the Family of Joseph and Lydia (Day) Fuller
    An Excerpt from "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations" with the Family of Joseph and Lydia (Day) Fuller
    "Joseph moved from Colchester to Kent ca. 1738 where he helped found the church of which he became deacon."

    Joseph and Lydia had eleven children, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    Joseph and his second wife, Zerviah (Dewey) Noble, is also shown on this record. They did not have any children together.
    A Biography of the Deacon Joseph Fuller
    A Biography of the Deacon Joseph Fuller
    Compiled by Steve Fowler and shared on findagrave.com

    Joseph was one of the founders of the church at Kent, Connecticut, in 1741.