Person:Robert Fuller (5)
Robert Fuller
b.Est 1615 Southampton, Hampshire, England
d.10 May 1706 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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  • H.  Robert FullerEst 1615 - 1706
  • W.  Sarah BowenEst 1624 - 1676
m. Abt 1643
  1. Jonathan FullerBef 1643 - 1708/09
  2. Elizabeth Fuller1645 - 1688/89
  3. John FullerEst 1647 - 1676
  4. Samuel FullerAbt 1649 - 1676
  5. Benjamin Fuller1657 - 1716
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Name Robert Fuller
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1615 Southampton, Hampshire, England
Emigration? 1638 Ship Bevis
Marriage Abt 1643 to Sarah Bowen
Occupation? Bricklayer
Death[2][4] 10 May 1706 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial? Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Fuller Family History, pp 4-5: Robert Fuller was a man of means in money and estate, holding extensive tracts of land in Rehoboth, Attleboro, Seekonk, and on the Pawtucket River; that in Attleboro he held jointly with his oldest son, Jonathan. He was one of the first proprietors of Rehoboth and drew shares in the general divisons of land in 1661 and 1668. He was the first and only bricklayer in New England for many years.

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  1.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862).

    (perhaps confused - both these entries have information currently in this entry) ROBERT, Dorchester 1640, freem. 2 June 1641, by w. Ann had Jonathan, b. 15 Aug. 1643; rem. to Dedham, there had Benoni, 16 June 1646; and perhaps his w. d. very soon; by w. Sarah, had Sarah, 21 Sept. 1647; John, 26 Nov. 1649; Patience, 22 Feb. 1652; and Mary, 218 1 Mar. 1654. His w. Sarah d.1680, and he d. 14 Dec. 1688. ROBERT, Salem 1639, rem. to Rehoboth, there was freem. 1658, wh. he had visited perhaps fifteen yrs. bef. and may there have had one or more ch. of wh. we kn. only, that he calls Jonathan his eldest s. in a deed of 28 May 1696 for ld. in R. but had, also, Benjamin, old eno. to take deed of 1 Dec. 1679 for ho. and six acres at R. while he styles hims. in both, of Salem, bricklayer. Prob. he had been driv. in Philip's war from enjoym. of his est. and would encourage his s. to ascertain if it might be profit. in peace. By the rec. at R. his n. Sarah was bur. 14 Oct. 1676; and w. Margaret, wh. may not have been mo. of any ch. d. 30 Jan. 1700; and he d. 10 May 1706. Abigail, perhaps his d. m. at R. 16 Oct. 1679, Thomas Cushman.

  2. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1897)
    page 825, Deaths.

    'FULLER ...
    Robert, Sr., May 10, 1706'

  3.   Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2003)
    page 106.

    'FULLER, Robert1 & Sarah2 BOWEN (c1624- ); m c1643 Rehoboth [TAG 76:274-7]'

  4. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
    page 289.

    'FULLER, Robert (ca 1620-1706) & 1/wf Sarah [BOWEN] (-1676) (dau Richard); ca 1639/44?; Salem/Rehoboth/Attleboro'

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