Samuel Fuller

BAPTIZED:  20 January 1580, Redenhall, Norfolk, England, son of Robert Fuller and Sara Dunkhorn.
DIED:  between 9 August and 26 September, 1633, Plymouth
MARRIED:  

• Alice Glascock, prob. England
• Agnes Carpenter of Wrington, England, 24 April 1613, Leyden, Holland, daughter of Alexander Carpenter.
• Bridget Lee of England, 27 May 1617, Leyden, Holland, daughter of Mrs. Josephine Lee.

CHILDREN:

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	MARRIAGE
child	Leyden, Holland	bur. 29 June 1615, Leyden, Holland	unmarried
child	Leyden, Holland	died young at Plymouth	unmarried
Samuel	c1624, Plymouth	17 August 1695, Middleboro, MA	(1). name unknown (2). Elizabeth (Nichols) Bowen, c1665
Mercy	after May 1627	after 1650	unmarried

ANCESTRAL SUMMARY:

Samuel Fuller was born and baptized in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, the son of a butcher.  More on his ancestry can be found in the New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 55:411, The American Genealogist 61:194-196, and Mayflower Quarterly 51:58.

Will of Samuel Fuller

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY:

Samuel Fuller was one of the original members of the Pilgrims church, and fled England for Holland in 1609.  Samuel Fuller became a surgeon and physician, making him an important member of the Plymouth Colony (and other colonies as well once emigration to Massachusetts picked up).  Samuel Fuller also played a prominent role in the congregation, becoming a deacon of the church in Plymouth.  Samuel Fuller died in the 1633 epidemic at Plymouth.  William Bradford wrote:

. . . and in the end, after he had much helped others, Samuel Fuller who was their surgeon and physician and had been a great help and comfort unto them.  As in his faculty, so otherwise being a deacon of the church, a man godly and forward to do good, being much missed after his death.  And he and the rest of their brethren much lamented by them and caused much sadness and mourning amongst them, which caused them to humble themselves and seek the Lord; and towards winter it pleased the Lord the sickness ceased.

SOURCES:

Arthur and Katherine Radasch, Mayflower Families for Five Generations: Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller and William White, volume 1 (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1974).

Francis H. Fuller, "Early New England Fullers," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55(1901):192-196.

Francis H. Fuller, "Fullers of Redenhall, England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 55(1901):410-414.