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Children of Edward1 DOTY and Faith Clark :
*1. Edward2 b. -; d. 8 Feb. 1689/90 ; m. 26 Feb. 1662, at Plymouth, Sarah Faunce, b. -; d. 27 June 1695, at Plymouth. She m. (2) 26 Apr. 1693, at Plymouth, John Buck.
*2. Mary2 bapt. 30 or 31 Aug. 1679, at Scituate ; d. bef. 13 June 1728; m. bet. 10 July 1677, & Nov. 1678, Samuel HATCH, b. 22 Dec. 1653, at Scituate; d. bef. 7 July 1735.
-¿ * 3. Elizabeth2 b. ; d. -; m. 13 Jan. 1674, at Marsh- field, John ROUSE, b. 28 Sep. 1643; d. 3 Oct. 1717, at Marshfield.
*4. Desire2 b. c. 1646; d. 22 Jan. 1731, at Marshfield ; m. (1) 25 Dec. 1667, at Marshfield, William SHER- MAN, Jr., b. -; buried 17 Nov. 1680, at Marsh- field ; m. (2) 24 Nov. 1681, Israel HOLMES, b .-; d. 24 Feb. 1684, drowned Plymouth Harbor ; m. (3) c. 1686 Alexander2 STANDISH, b. bef. 22 May 1627; d. 6 July 1702.
3 *5. John2 b. -; d. 8 May 1701, at Plymouth ; m. (1) c. 1667, Elizabeth® Cooke (Jacob2, Francis1) b. 18 Jan. 1648, at Plymouth ; d. 21 Nov. 1692, at Plymouth ; m. (2) 22 Nov. 1694, at Plymouth, Sarah Jones4 (Patience Little3, Anna2 Warren, Richard1) b. 12 Sep. 1671, at Hingham ; d. -. She m. (2) 23 Apr. 1704, at Plymouth, Joseph Peterson3 (Mary2 Soule, George1) b. bef. 1 Apr. 1669; d. aft. 1742.
*6. Isaac2 b. 8 Feb. 1648/9, at Plymouth ; d. 1728/9, at Oyster Bay, L. I., m. c. 1673, Elizabeth England, b. -; d. -.
*7. Joseph? b. "last of" Apr. 1651, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. (1) -, Deborah -, b. -; d. 21 June 1711, at Rochester ; m. (2) 5 Mar. 1711/12, at Rochester, Sarah (-) Edwards.
*8. Thomas3 b. -; d. 4 or 5 Dec. 1678, at Plymouth ; m. - , Mary Churchill, b. 1 Aug. 1654, at Ply-
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mouth; d. -. She m. (2) 8 Feb. 1687/88, at Plymouth, Henry Churchill.
*9. Samuel2 b. -; d. bet. 18 Sep. and 8 Nov. 1715, at Piscataway, N. J .; m. 15 Nov. 1768, at Piscataway, N. J., Jane Harmon, b. -; d. -.
Children of Edward2 DOTY and Sarah Faunce :
1. Edward3 b. 20 May 1664, at Plymouth ; d. bet. 3 Mar. 1689/90, and 3 Dec. 1696; unm.
*2. Sarah3 b. 9 June 1666, at Plymouth; d. bef. 16 Aug. 1749; m. (1) 21 June 1687, at Plymouth, James® WARREN, (Nathaniel2, Richard1) b. 7 Nov. 1665, at Plymouth ; d. 30 May 1715, at Plymouth ; m. (2) 28 Sep. 1726, at Plymouth, John Bacon. (No chil- dren by second marriage.)
3. John3 b. 4 Aug. 1668, at Plymouth ; d. 8 Feb. 1689/90; unm.
*4. Mary3 b. 9 July 1671, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. 21 Dec. 1699, at Plymouth, Joseph ALLEN (ALLYN), b. 7 Apr. 1671, at Barnstable; d. bef. 6 Apr. 1742, at Wethersfield, Ct.
*5. Martha3 b. 9 July 1671, at Plymouth ; d. aft. 26 Aug. 1741 and bef. 12 Sep. 1748; m. 23 Dec. 1696, at Plymouth, Thomas MORTON, b. -; d. bef. 12 Sep. 1748.
*6. Elizabeth3 b. 22 Dec. 1673, at Plymouth; d. 16 or 17 Dec. 1745, at Marshfield ; m. - , Tobias OAKMAN, b. c. 1664 ; d. 16 June, 1750, at Marshfield.
7. Patience3 b. 7 July 1676 ; d. 26 Feb. 1690/1.
8. Mercyª b. 6 Feb. 1678 ; d. 30 Nov. 1682.
*9. Samuelª b. 17 May 1681, at Plymouth ; d. 26 Jan. 1750, at Saybrook, Ct .; m. 3 Dec. 1706, Anne Bucking- ham, b. 2 Aug. 1687, at Saybrook, Ct .; d. 16 Dec. 1745, at Saybrook, Ct.
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*10. Mercy8 b. 22 Sep. 1684, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. 13 Nov. 1713, at Saybrook, Ct., Daniel PRATT, b. 13 Jan. 1680/1, at Saybrook, Ct .; d. -.
*11. Benjamin3 b. 30 May 1689, at Plymouth, d. -; m. 2 Oct. 1716, at Saybrook, Ct., Hester Bemen, b. -; d. -.
Children of Mary? Doty and Samuel HATCH :
*1. Samuel3 b. 10 Nov. 1678, at Scituate; d. 1766/1767, at Scituate; m. (1) 7 Mar. 1704/5, at Scituate, Elizabeth Oldham, b. 5 May 1677; d. -; m. (2) 27 Oct. 1747, Mary (-) Sylvester, of Marshfield, b. -; d. aft. 1766.
*2. Josiah3 b. 30 May 1680, at Scituate; d. 12 Jan. 1714/15, at Rochester, Mass .; m. 24 Feb. 1701/2, Desire Hawes4 (Desire Gorham3, Desire? Howland, John1), b. "last of" Feb. 1681, at Yarmouth; d. 8 Feb. 1723/4, at Provincetown. She m. (2) 19 June 1719, at Rochester, John Cowing.
*3. Hannah8 b. 15 or 16 Feb. 1681/2, at Scituate; d. 13 Apr. 1771, at Middleboro; m. (1) bef. 1702, Japhet TURNER, b. 4 Jan. 1682, at Duxbury ; d. bef. 23 Jan. 1710/11; m. (2) 9 July 1719, at Scituate, Ebenezer Tinkham4 (Ebenezer®, Mary2 Brown, Peter1), b. 23 Mar. 1679, at Middleboro; d. bef. 7 Nov. 1726; m. (3) 23 Dec. 1729, at Middleboro, Capt. Ichabod Tupper, b. 11 Apr. 1673 ; d. 1748. (No children by second or third marriage.)
*4. Ebenezer8 b. 6 Apr. 1684, at Scituate; d. bef. 21 Apr. 1724 ; m. 10 Mar. 1719, at Scituate, Abigail Jones6 (Joseph Jones4, Patience Little8, Anna2 Warren, Richard1) b. 13 Apr. 1694; d. -. She m. (2) 26 Dec. 1727, Joseph Stetson.
*5. Isaac8 b. 20 Dec. 1687, at Scituate ; d. bef. 3 Dec. 1759, at Pembroke ; m. (1) 9 Aug. 1716, at Scituate, Lydia
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Clift, b. 13 July 1697, at Scituate; d. aft. 30 Sep. 1722, and bef. 1725; m. (2) 7 Jan. 1724/5, Penelope Ewell, b .; d. -.
*6. Elizabeth3 b. 16 June 1690, at Scituate ; d. -; m. 17 Dec. 1713, John BONNEY, b. 27 June 1690, at Pembroke; d. bef. 31 Jan. 1765.
*7. Elisha3 b. 7 Nov. 1692, at Scituate; m. 1718, Patience Keen, b. -; d. -.
*8. Ezekiel3 b. 14 May 1695, at Scituate; d. bef. 1 July 1768; m. 25 Sep. 1718, at Scituate, Ruth Church® (Richard4, Nathaniel3, Elizabeth Warren, Richard1) b. 8 Dec. 1701, at Scituate ; d. aft. 19 June 1765.
*9. Desire3 b. 25 Sep. 1698, at Scituate; d. -; m. 23 Sep. 1731, at Scituate, Joseph LOVELL, b. -; d. -.
Children of Elizabeth? Doty and John ROUSE:
1. George3 b. -; buried 9 Dec. 1676, at Marshfield ; d. y.
2. George3 b. 25 Dec. 1679; buried 26 Feb. 1682, at Marshfield.
Children of Desire2 Doty and William SHERMAN, Jr .:
*1. Hannahª b. 21 Feb. 1668, at Marshfield ; d. aft. 7 Nov. 1738 ; m. 13 July 1693, at Plymouth, William RING® (Deborah2 Hopkins, Stephen1) b. c. 1652; d. bef. 21 May 1731, at Plymouth.
2. Elizabeth3 b. 11 Mar. 1670/1; d. July 1695; unm.
*3. William3 b. 19 Apr. 1672, at Marshfield; d. 26 Feb. 1739, at Marshfield ; m. 3 Feb. 1697, at Marshfield, Mercyª White (Peregrine2, William1) b. c. 1670; d. 12 June 1739, at Marshfield.
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*4. Patience' b. 3 Aug. 1674, at Marshfield ; d. bef. 30 July 1723 ; m. 15 Jan. 1695, at Duxbury, Josiah WORM- ALL, b. -; d. -. He m. (2) 25 Dec. 1723, at Middleboro, Grace (-) Sprague.
*5. Experience® b. 22 or 24 Sep. 1678, at Marshfield ; d. 31 Mar. 1744, at Duxbury ; m. bef. 5 July 1702, Miles® STANDISH, b. -; d. 15 Sep. 1739, at Duxbury.
*6. Ebenezer3. b. 21 Apr. 1680, at Marshfield; d. 1 Feb. 1759, at Marshfield ; m. (1) 18 Sep. 1702, at Marsh- field, Margaret Decro, b. c. 1680; d. 17 Mar. 1726, at Marshfield; m. (2) 4 May 1730, at Duxbury, Bathsheba Ford, b. -; d. -.
Children of Desire2 (Doty) Sherman and Israel HOLMES :
*7. Israel3 b. 17 Feb. 1682, at Marshfield ; d. 8 Sep. 1760, at Marshfield ; m. - , Elizabeth Turner, b. c. 1682; d. 10 Jan. 1754, at Marshfield.
*8. John3 b. 15 June 1684, at Marshfield; d. 6 Apr. 1754, at Plympton ; m. (1) 11 May 1710, at Marshfield, Joanna Sprague, b. -; d. bef. 1720 ; m. (2) 8 Sep. 1720, at Marshfield, Sarah Thomas, b. 1686; d. 15 Sep. 1761, at Halifax.
Children of Desireª (Doty) (Sherman) Holmes and Alexander? STANDISH :
*9. Desireª b. 5 May 1689, at Marshfield ; d. 20 June 1766, at Plympton ; m. 21 Feb. 1715, at Plympton, Nathan WESTON (Rebecca3 Soule, John2, George1) b. S Feb. 1688/9, at Plymouth; d. 11 Oct. 1754, at Plympton.
*10. Thomas8 b. 29 Jan. 1690, at Marshfield ; d. aft. 13 June 1774; m. 20 Jan. 1717/8, at Marshfield, Mary Carver, b. -; d. -.
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*11. Ichabod3 b. 10 June 1693, at Marshfield; d. 29 Feb. 1772, at Halifax ; m. 26 Nov. 1719, at Plymp- ton, Phebe Ring4 (Eleazer3, Deborah? Hopkins, Stephen1), b. 26 Jan. 1691, at Plymouth ; d. 15 May 1756, at Halifax.
Children of John2 DOTY and Elizabeth3 Cooke :
*1. John3 b. 24 Aug. 1668, at Plymouth; d. 1746 or 1747; m. (1) 2 Feb. 1692/3, at Plymouth, Mehitable Nel- son, b. 5 Apr. 1670, at Plymouth or Middleboro ; d. -; m. (2) 25 Apr. 1745, Hannah Sherman, b. 20 Feb. 1688, at Marshfield; d. 15 Apr. 1754, at Plymouth. (No issue by second marriage.)
2. Edward3 b. 28 June 1671, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 15 Apr. 1701.
3. Jacob3 b. 24 or 27 May 1673, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 15 Apr. 1701.
*4. Elizabeth3 b. 10 Feb. 1675/6, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. 12 Dec. 1698, at Plymouth, Joshua MORS, b. -; d. -.
*5. Isaac3 b. 25 Oct. 1678, at Plymouth ; d. 15 Apr. 1725, at Plymouth; m. 17 Mar. 1702/3, at Plymouth, Martha Faunce, b. 16 Dec. 1680, at Plymouth ; d. 9 Sep. 1745, at Plymouth.
*6. Samuel3 b. "last of" Jan. 1682, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 20 May 1740, at Plymouth; m. 10 Apr. 1727, at Plymouth, Mercy Cobb, b. 1705; d. -.
*7. Elisha3 b. 13 July 1686, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 17 July 1754 ; m. 1 Feb. 1708/9, at Marblehead, Mass., Han- nah Horton, b. -; d. -.
*8. Josiah3 b. in Oct. 1689, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. -- , Abigail -; b. -; d .-.
*9. Marthaª b. in Oct. 1692, at Plymouth; d. -; m. 7 Oct. 1718, at Plymouth, Ebenezer CURTIS, b. -;
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d. -. He m. (1) 19 Jan. 1709/10, at Plymouth, Mary Tinkham‘ (Helkiah®, Maryª Brown, Peter1).
Children of John2 DOTY and Sarah Jones':
10. Sarah3 b. 19 Feb. 1695/6, at Plymouth ; d. -.
*11. Patience8 b. 3 July 1697, at Plymouth ; d. 18 Feb. 1784, at Marshfield; m. 22 Jan. 1718/19, at Duxbury, Kenelm BAKER4 (Sarah® Bradford, William2-1), b. 3 Nov. 1695, at Marshfield; d. 22 May 1771, at Marshfield.
*12. Desire® b. 19 Apr. 1699, at Plymouth ; d. -; m. 23 Aug. 1722, at Plymouth, George BARROWS, b. -; d. aft. Sep. 1757.
Children of Isaac2 DOTY and Elizabeth England :
*1. Isaac3 b. c. 1673, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. -; m. -, Elizabeth Jackson, b. -; d. -.
*2. Josephª b. c. 1680, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. 1716, at Oyster Bay ; m. - , Sarah -; b .-; d. -.
*3. Jacobª b. c. 1682, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. -; m. -- , Penelope Albertson, b. -; d. -.
*4. Solomon8 b. c. 1691, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. 1761/2; m. - -, Rachel Seaman, b. -; d. -.
*5. James® b. 21 Dec. 1693, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. 4 Feb. 1773 ; m. - , Cathrien Latting, b. -; d. -.
*6. Samuelª b. c. 1695, at Oyster Bay, L. I .; d. 1740/1; m. -, Charity Mudge, b. -; d. -.
Children of Josephª DOTY and Deborah
*1. Theophilusª b. 22 Feb. 1674, at Sandwich; d. -; m. - , Ruth Mendall, b. -; d. -.
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** 2. Ellisa b. 16 Apr. 1677, at Sandwich ; d. -; m. - , Elliner -, b. -; d. -.
*3. Elizabeth3 b. -; d. -; m. 28 Feb. 1705/6, at Rochester, Mass., John LEWIS, b. -; d. -.
*4. Joseph8 b. 31 Mar. 1683, at Rochester; d. -; m. 2 July 1708, at Rochester, Hannah Edwards, b. -; d. -.
*5. Deborah3 b. 31 Mar. 1685, at Rochester ; d. -; m. 7 Feb. 1710, at Rochester, Joseph LANDERS, b .-; d. -.
*6. John3 b. 1 Mar. 1688, at Rochester ; d. -; m. - , Elizabeth -, b. ; d. -.
7. Mercy3 b. 12 Jan. 1691, at Rochester ; d.
*8. Faith3 b. 18 Jan. 1696, at Rochester; d. -; m. 14 Apr. 1719, at Rochester, James SHAW, b. -; d. -.
*9. Mary8 b. 28 July 1699, at Rochester; d. -; m. 23 Aug. 1722, at Plympton, Samuel WATERMAN, b. 23 Sep. 1703, at Plymouth ; d. -.
v Children of Thomas DOTY and Mary Churchill :
*1. Martha8 b. 1672; d. aft. 1748; m. bef. 1696, John“ WHITE, (Samuel®, Resolved2, William1) b. 24 Aug. 1669 ; d. 1748, at Rochester.
*2. Hannah3 b. in Dec. 1675, at Plymouth; d. 12 Apr. 1764; m. 12 Jan. 1698, at Duxbury, Jonathan DELANO3 (Rebecca2 Alden, John1), b. in 1675; d. 6 Jan. 1765, at Duxbury.
*3. Thomas3 b. 22 July 1679, at Plymouth ; d. bef. 16 Feb. 1721/2 ; m. (1) 24 Feb. 1702/3, at Plymouth, Eliza- beth Harlow® (William“, Rebecca Bartlett®, Mary' Warren, Richard1), b. 3d. week Feb. 1683, at Ply-
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mouth ; d. bef. Apr. 1705; m. (2) 18 Apr. 1705, at Sandwich, Mercy Ellis, b. -; d. -.
Children of Samuel2 DOTY and Jane Harmon :
(Note: The research notes of George Ernest Bowman indicate that he did not complete his study of this family. The children listed below are those through whom lines of descent have been approved by the Massachusetts and the General Society of May- flower Descendants since the death of Mr. Bowman.)
*1. Samuel8 b. 27 Aug. 1679, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. c. 1750, at Piscataway, N. J .; m. 19 Sep. 1700, at Piscataway, N. J., Elizabeth Hull, b. 14 Nov. 1679, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. - -.
*2. Edward8 b. 14 May 1683, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. 1717, at Piscataway, N. J .; m. - , Sarah -; b. -; d. aft. 18 Oct. 1717.
*3. Jamesª b. 17 Sep. 1686, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. -; m. 16 Sep. 1712, at Piscataway, N. J., Phebe Slater, b. 28 July 1693, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. -.
*4. Jonathan3 b. 24 Feb. 1687/8, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. -; m. c. 1717, Mary -; b. ; d. -.
*5. Joseph3 b. 30 Oct. 1696, at Piscataway, N. J .; d. 10 Sep. 1768, at New Providence, N. J .; m. 1721/2, Sarah Badgley, b. at Long Island, N. Y .; d. bef. 20 Aug. 1785, at New Providence, N. J.
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FRANCIS EATON Twenty-third Signer of the Mayflower Compact
EATON FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
BUMPUS EATON
RAMSDEN (RAMSDELL)
FULLER
RICKARD
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FRANCIS EATON
Bradford tells us that "Francis Eeaton, his first wife dyed in the generall sicknes ; and he maried againe, and his 2 wife dyed, and he maried the 3 and had by her 3 children." Francis was a carpenter and is said to have died insolvent.
His first wife was Sarah - - who came with him on the Mayflower with their infant son Samuel. She died early in 1621 at Plymouth. The name of Eaton's second wife is unrecorded and, as far as is known, there were no children by the second marriage. In 1624 or 1625, he married Christian Penn. Francis Eaton died in November, 1633, and his widow married in 1634 Francis2 Billington.
From John A Goodwin's Pilgrim Republic (p. 295) : "The tenth lot fell to Francis Eaton and those joined with him, his wife, Christian Eaton, Samuel Eaton, Rachel Eaton, Stephen Tracy, Triphosa Tracy, Sarah Tracy, Re- becca Tracy, Ralph Wallen, Joyce Wallen, Sarah Morton, Robert Bartlett, Thomas Prence, Jr. To this lot an heifer of the last year, called the White-bellied Heifer.
"The increase of draught and other animals led some of the Plymouth people to seek room on the northerly side of the harbor. Work had begun there by 1628; and now, in 1632, these planters asked incorporation as a town. The division of the Pilgrim Church, strange to say, had not been expected, and the plan met with great disfavor. The land had originally been granted on condition that the planters come to church at Plymouth and live in the town winters ; and this had been regarded as a permanent rule. But the petitioners could not be slighted; for among them were Myles Standish and John Alden, with Love Brewster, Eaton, Soule, and Samson of the Mayflower; Jonathan Brewster, Bassett, Simonson, Delanoy, and Bompasse, of the Fortune, and Mitchell, Freeman, Collier and other strong men of later date. So, in 1632, a reluctant assent was given for a separate church; and the new settlement took the name of Duxbury, from one of the seats of the Standish family." (p. 361)
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Children of Francis1 EATON and Sarah
*1. Samuel2 b. 1620; d. c. 1684, at Middleboro; m. (1) - -, Elizabeth -, b. -; d. bef. 1660; m. (2)
10 Jan. 1660, Martha® Billington (Francis2, John1), b. -; d. -. She m. (2) Robert Crossman.
Children of Francis1 EATON and Christian Penn :
*2. Rachel2 b. c. 1625; d. bef. Oct. 1661; m. 2 Mar. 1645, at Plymouth, Joseph RAMSDEN, b. -; d. 25 May 1674. He m. (2) 16 Oct. 1661, at Plymouth, Mary Savery.
*3. Benjamin2 b. aft. 1 June 1627; d. 16 Jan. 1711/12, at Plympton ; m. 4 Dec. 1660, at Plymouth, Sarah Hoskins, b. -; d. aft. July 1690.
4. - 2, b. -; d. aft. 1650 ; d. s. p.
Children of Samuel2 EATON and Elizabeth -:
*1. - 3, b .-; d. -; m .-. *2. - 3, b. -; d. -; m .-
(Note: The settlement of Samuel2 Eaton's estate shows that the first wife must have had at least two daughters who had married and had children living when the estate was settled, and that at least one of these daughters was dead. See The Mayflower Descendant 2:172.)
Children of Samuel2 EATON and Martha® Billington :
*3. Sarah3 b. bef. 1664; d. -; m. aft. 1684, Philip BUMPUS; b. ; d. -.
*4. Samuel3 b. c. 1663; d. 8 Mar. 1723/4, at Middleboro ; m. 24 May 1694, at Middleboro, Elizabeth® Fuller (Samuel2-1) b. -; d. -.
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*5. Mercyª b. -; d. aft. 27 Feb. 1704; m. 7 Jan. 1685, at Plymouth, Samuel FULLER, (Samuel2-1) b. c. 1658; d. 6 Sep. 1728, at Plympton.
6. - 3 (dau.) b. -; d. -. * *
Child of Rachel2 Eaton and Joseph RAMSDEN :
*1. Daniel3 b. 14 Sep. 1649, at Plymouth ; d. aft. 1684 ; m. - -, Hannah Caswell, b. 14 July 1661, at Taunton ;
d. -.
Children of Benjamin2 EATON and Sarah Hoskins:
*1. Benjamin3 b. bef. 29 Oct. 1664; d. bef. 20 Dec. 1745; m. (1) 18 Dec. 1689, at Plymouth, Mary Coombs, b. c. 1665; d. 2 July, 1728, at Plympton ; m. (2) 11 Mar. 1728/9, at Hingham, Susanna (Lewis) Beal, b. 1669 ; d. 13 Apr. 1739, at Kingston.
2. William3 b. bef. July 1669; d. bef. 18 Mar. 1690/1; unm.
*3. Rebecca3 b. c. 1675; d. 13 Nov. 1770, at Plympton ; m. 21 Nov. 1699, at Plymouth, Josiah RICKARD, b. c. 1672; d. 22 Jan. 1765, at Plympton.
*4. Ebenezer3 b. bef. 1685; d. -; m. 2 or 24 Nov. 1701, at Plymouth, Hannah Rickard, b. -; d. -.
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EDWARD FULLER Twenty-first Signer of the Mayflower Compact
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FULLER FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
BONHAM
CROW
FULLER JONES ROWLEY
TAYLOR
WILLIAMS
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EDWARD FULLER
Among the passengers of the Mayflower who landed at Plymouth in 1620, were two brothers, Edward and Dr. Samuel Fuller. Edward was accompanied by his wife, Ann, and his son, Samuel. During the winter, which was a severe one for the Pilgrims, both Edward and his wife were among the number that died, and their son, Samuel, was left to the care of his uncle, Dr. Samuel.
Matthew Fuller, an elder son of Edward, came to Plymouth about 1640 with his wife and three children. He was a prominent man in the Colony; was captain in the militia, Surgeon-General of the Colony troops, and served as Chairman in the Council of War in 1671.
Samuel Fuller, son of Edward, resided at Plymouth and received three shares in the division of land in 1624. He was executor of his uncle's will in 1633. Soon after, he removed to Scituate, where he built the fifteenth house of the place in 1635. He resided there until about 1641, when he became a resident of Barnstable, where he died 31 October, 1683, one of the last survivors of those who came in the Mayflower. He was a man of retiring habits, eminently pious and one whom posterity will ever honor.
It seems quite probable that Edward never lived in Hol- land, since Mr. Dexter, after years of exhaustive research there, found no trace of him. That Edward remained in England is rendered more probable from the language of the will of Robert, his father, made in 1614, leaving Edward tenements and houses, with writings concerning the same, while to Samuel, then in Holland, no money was left. The more reasonable conclusion, therefore, is that Edward was among those who joined the Pilgrims upon their arrival at Southampton.
Samuel2 was married at Mr. Ardworth's house in Scitu- ate, by Capt. Miles Standish, magistrate, "on ye fourthe daye of ye weeke," to Jane Lothrop, who was baptized 29 September 1614, at Edgerly, County of Kent, England. She died after 1658 and before 1683.
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Samuel2 had three acres at the division of lands in 1623, receiving, it is thought, those of his father and mother, and one for himself. If this theory is correct, he was at least sixteen years old at the time, and his birth occurred as early as 1608. It is not quite certain, however, that he was old enough to work his land alone. The land assigned to him was on the south side of the town brook, "to the Woodward," and included what is now Watson's Hill. His neighbors were John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Winslow, Gilbert Winslow and the Indian, Hobomok.
Samuel2 was mentioned in his uncle's will in 1633 as fol- lows: " . . . my will that my Cozen (nephew) Samuell goe freely away with his stock of Cattle and Swine without any further recconing wch swine are the halfe of six sowes, six hogges, one boare & four shotes. Also one Cow & one heyfer . . . I give to him my Rufflet Cloake & my stuffe sute I now weare."
In 1636 he built his house in Scituate, on Greenfield the first lot, abutting Kent Street. He had twenty acres of land on the east of Bellhouse Neck, probably a grant from the town. The kind of house these early settlers built is worthy of note. Mr. Lothrop calls them "small plaine pallizadse Houses." The walls were made of poles filled between with stones and clay, the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantel of rough stone, and above of cob- work, the windows of oiled paper, and the floors of hand sawed planks. Mr. Lothrop, who had been accustomed to life in Christ's College, Cambridge, and to a generous life in England, truly says that the dwellings in Scituate were "meane." Elsewhere he calls these structures "booths" and says they were open and cold; and in winter a high piled fire had constantly to be kept burning. All the houses in the village were alike.
In June and July, 1639, the Reverend Mr. Lothrop and many of the members of his church removed, and founded the town of Barnstable, probably at the time the most easterly settlement on Cape Cod.
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For deed of land conveyed by Samuel Fuller of Scituate, see The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 1, p. 91.
Capt. Matthew Fuller appears to have removed from Plymouth about the same time and together he and Samuel bought of Secunke, an Indian, Sandy Neck, Barnstable.
Children of Edward1 FULLER and Ann -:
*1. Matthew2 b. -; d. July or Aug. 1678; m. -, Frances -, b. -; d. aft. 26 Oct. 1678.
*2. Samuel2 b. -; d. 31 Oct. 1683, at Barnstable; m. 8 Apr. 1635, at Scituate, Jane Lothrop, bapt. 29 Sep. 1614, at Edgerly, Kent, Eng .; d. aft. 1658 and bef. 29 Oct. 1683.
Children of Matthew' FULLER and Frances -:
*1. Samuel8 b. -; d. 25 Mar. 1676, at Rehoboth; m. -, Mary -, b. aft. 1630; d. aft. 25 July 1678.
*2. Johnª b. -; d. 1690 or 1691; m. (1) -, Bethiah -, b. -; d. -; m. (2) 24 Mar. 1687, at Plymouth, Hannah Morton ; b. -; d. -.
*3. Mary8 b. -; d. -; m. - 1650, Ralph JONES, b. -; d. -.
*4. Anne® b. -; d. bef. 30 Dec. 1691; m. - , Samuel® FULLER (Samuel2, Edward1), bapt. 11 Feb. 1637, at Scituate; d. bef. 28 Dec. 1691.
*5. Elizabeth8 b. -; d. aft. 1714; m. 22 Apr. 1652, at Barnstable, Moses ROWLEY, b. -; d. bef. 8 Mar. 1705/6.
Children of Samuel FULLER and Jane Lothrop :
*1. Hannahª b. -; d. aft. 29 Oct. 1683 ; m. 1 Jan. 1658, at Barnstable, Nicholas BONHAM, b. -; d. 1684, at Piscataway, N. J.
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*2. Samuel® bapt. 11 Feb. 1637, at Scituate ; d. bef. 28 Dec. 1691; m. - , Anne® Fuller (Matthew2, Edward1) b. -; d. bef. 30 Dec. 1691.
*3. Elizabeth3 b. -; d. aft. Oct. 1683 ; m. - , - TAYLOR, b. -; d. -.
4. Sarahª b. -; d. y.
*5. Mary3 bapt. 16 June 1644, at Scituate; d. aft. Oct. 1683 ; m. 18 Nov. 1674, at Haverhill, Joseph WIL- LIAMS, b. 18 Apr. 1647, at Haverhill ; d. -.
6. Thomas3 b. 18 May 1650 ; d. prob. bef. Oct. 1683.
*7. Sarah8 b. 14 Dec. 1654; d. aft. Oct. 1683; m. -, - CROW, b. ; d. -.
*8. John8 b. -; d. -; m. - , Mehitable Rowley, b. 11 Jan. 1660, at Barnstable; d. -.
9. 3 b. 8 Feb. 1658 ; buried 15 days after.
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SAMUEL FULLER 1580 - 1633
Eighth Signer of the Mayflower Compact
FULLER FAMILY SURNAMES THREE GENERATIONS
EATON FULLER LEWIS SIRKMAN WOOD
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SAMUEL FULLER
(1580 - 1633)
Samuel Fuller was born in England and baptized there 29 January, 1580. He died in 1633 at Plymouth, in New England. He married (1) Alice Glascock; (2) 24 Apr. 1613, Agnes Carpenter, who died in 1615 in Leyden, Holland ; (3) 27 May 1617, at Leyden, Bridget Lee.
Samuel Fuller was one of the band of Pilgrims who escaped from England in 1608 and settled in Leyden, Holland, in 1609. He is mentioned as a witness to the betrothal of Degory Priest, 7 October, 1611, and that of William White, 27 January, 1612. As the widower of Alice Glascock, it is recorded he was betrothed to Agnes Carpen- ter, 15 March, 1613, witnesses being her father, Alexander, Edward Southworth, William White, Roger Nelson, her sister, Alice and his sister Susanna (Fuller) White.
Later Samuel lived in Pieterskerkof, and after marrying Bridget Lee, took up residence near Marepoort. He joined with Isaac Allerton, William Bradford and Edward Winslow in a letter, 10 June 1620, concerning the affairs of the Pilgrims, to their associates, John Carver and Rob- ert Cushman, then in England.
The records of his second and third marriages appear in The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 8, p. 129 et seq.
Bridget (Lee) Fuller, the third wife of Samuel, came to America in 1623 on the Ann. The date and place of her death are not recorded, but it was after 1 March 1664. In 1663 the town of Rehoboth voted to invite Mrs. Bridget Fuller to "come and dwell amongst us, to attend on the office of a midwife, to answer the town's necessity, which at present is great."
Samuel was the son of Robert Fuller and was baptized in Redenhall Parish in Harleston, Norfolk County, Eng- land. He was a physician and the biographical sketches mention him as eminent in his profession, devoutly pious, and wise in counsel in the affairs of the Colony.
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His will indicates that he was just, kind-hearted and benevolent. It was the first will included in the first vol- ume of Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories. A copy of it appears in The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 1, p. 24. In it he mentioned four youths trusted to his care who were to be returned to their parents at Charlestown and Dorchester. Also " . . I doe bequeath the educacon of my children to my Brother Will Wright & his wife, onely that my daughter Mercy be & remaine wth good- wife Wallen so long as she will keepe her at a reasonable charge . . Whatsoever is due unto me from Capt.
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