ROBINSON ANCESTORS

John Robinson was one of the most important members of the Pilgrims church at Leyden--he was their pastor.  He preferred to call himself a Pastor rather than a Reverend.  He led the church out of England to Holland, and hoped to come to America when he could get the majority of the congregation across. Because the Pilgrims had no pastor in America, the Reverend Elder William Brewster did most of the Sabbath services at Plymouth. John Robinson died before his plan to come to America with the remainder of the congregation could be carried out.  His son Isaac came to America, in 1631 1

John was born in 1576 in Sturton, Le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England and married to Bridget White, February 15, 1601/02 in Greasley, Nottinghamshire, England, she was born in 1578 also in Sturton, Le Steeple, Lincolnshire, England. They had six children: John, Bridget, Mercy, Fear, James and Isaac. John died March 01, 1624/25 in Leiden, S. Holland, Netherlands, Bridget in 1643, reportedly in Holland, however Barry, John S., English Pilgrims Settle At Plymouth: Part I., History of the World, 01-01-1992. Reports that Isaac came in 1630 and was accompanied by his mother.

1620  No event in American history is more famous throughout the world, and none has been followed by results more potent in the making of this country,  than the settlement of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. This pioneer company, which founded the second English colony in the New World, was composed of Puritans who had left the Church of England, and were known as Independents or Separatists.

In the later years of the sixteenth century the tyranny of the Ecclesiastical Commission drove multitudes of English churchmen into the ranks of the dissenters. At last this tyranny, and the threats of King James I, caused some of the Independents to leave the country.

An Independent Church, mainly composed of simple country people, was formed in 1606 at Scrooby, in Nottinghamshire. At its head were John Robinson, the pastor, and William Brewster, often called Elder Brewster, who was postmaster at Scrooby. Robinson was distinguished alike for his learning and his tolerant spirit. Another leader was William Bradford, then but seventeen years old. He was afterward Governor of Plymouth colony for thirty years, and was its historian.

For some time the members of this Church quietly endured persecution at the hands of the King's officers. Then they began to talk of fleeing to Holland, whither other dissenters and already escaped. In 1607 some of the Scrooby congregation unsuccessfully attempted the flight. A few months later they succeeded in reaching Amsterdam, where they intended to remain. But finding the English exiles there involved in theological disputes, they acted on Robinson's advice and sought a more peaceful home in Leyden. 2

Isaac, Plymouth 1630, son of blessed John, the apostle of Leyden, come probably with his mother in the fleet with Winthrop. See letter of Sherely, 8 Mar 1629-30, to Bradford.  He was taxed 1634, when perhaps he lived on Duxbury side, but was freeman of  Scituate 1636, there married 1636, Margaret Hanford, sister of Rev. Thomas, niece of Timothy Hatherly, sold his estate, 1639, and with Rev. John Lathrop removed to Barnstable, had Susanna, baptized at Scituate 21, January 1638; and John at Barnstable. 5 April 1640; Isaac, 7 August 1642; Fear 26 January 1645; and Mercy 4 July 1647, all remembered except Susanna, probably dead, in the will of Timothy Hatherly in 1664. His wife was buried 13 June 1649 with a dead premature birth the week before.  Fear was the wife of Samuel Baker.  Isaac, the younger, was married in 1666, but drowned 6 October 1668.  Mercy married 16 March 1669, William Weeks.  He married a second wife whose name of baptism is not, I think, given by the tradition which calls her sister of famous elder Faunce, but our record proves that he had Israel, baptized 5 October 1651; and Jacob 15, May 1653.  Peter and Thomas were added by Mr. Otis.  By the teachings of his worthy father as well as his experience, he gained the wisdom through which he was opposed to Gov. Prince’s policy of severity against the Quakers, 1659 and was disfranchised, Deane says.  But he would have him count. an Assist. wherein he was wrong.  He may be more correct in saying he lived 93 years.  In some of this latter years he was of Martha’s Vineyard, Mr Otis says.  Prince is very careful (p 238 of Hale’s edition of the Annals, Boston, 1826) after saying that he “lived to above 90 years of age,” to add that he often seen him, and that he “left male posterity.”  His greater reverence for the Leyden pastor convinces me, that he would equally have mentioned. were such the opinion as to Abraham; yet the fact that nothing is ever seen of the widow. mo. in any earlier writer, militates somewhat with my opinion.  Still no reason thence can be deduced in favor of Abraham being the son of the glorious John, and the opinion of suggestion of Mr. Babson in the note of careful Mr Deane, Bradford 247, as the obscurity of Mrs. Robinson on our side of the water, is not to be explained by her supposed residence at Salem, where in Felt’s list of members of the church is a widow, Ann Robinson joined in 1637.  The greater probability appears to me, that she died very soon after reaching our shores; yet she must be inquired for, not at Cape Ann, but on the other side of the Bay of Mass., unless some appearance of tradition, in favor of Abraham be found, as it has not been, in the first, second, third or fourth generation of her descendants.

ISAAC ROBINSON
SON OF REV. JOHN ROBINSON Of LEYDEN, HOLLAND, AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS
by: MRS. LUCRETIA (ROBINSON) STORMS 3

Having been asked by a number of the members of the Robinson Association. about my line of ancestry from the Rev. John Robinson and invested by the secretary to send in my genealogical paper, I do so hoping other members may find help in connecting family links in their ancestral search. I must before speaking of the son Isaac, who was one of the founders of the State of Massachusetts mention the father, Rev. John Robinson of Leyden was born in Lincolnshire England, in 1575, entered Corpus Christi College at Cambridge in 1592 made a fellow in 1598, resigned in 1604 and gathered a congregation at Lincolnshire and with them fled to Amsterdam, Holland, in 1698, removed thence to Leyden Holland in 1609 where he died in 1625, and was buried beneath the pavement of St Peter’s Church He married about 1605. Bridget White. Their children as shown by the census taken in Leyden in 1622, were as follows:
            1. John born in England about 1606.
            2. Bridget ....Leyden 1608.
            3. Isaac ..........”.........1610
            4. Mercy ........”.........1612
            5. Favor ........”..........1615
            6. Jacob .........”.........1621
            7. A child ......”..........1623.
Isaac Robinson; the third child of the Rev. John Robinson, came to America in 1630, in the ship Lyon. In the passenger list his age is given at twenty-one. Settled first in Scituate, where he was freeman of the colony in 1633, joined the church in Scituate November 7, 1636. On the 20th of February he sold his estate of twelve acres of land and the house which he built to John Trisden, which was then described as being the fifth lot from Coleman's Hill. In 1639 he removed to Barnstable. He took a letter of dismission from the church in Plymouth and joined. the Rev. Thomas Lathrop on the 7th of July. His first estate in Barnstable was opposite that of Governor Hinckley. This he also sold and took twenty acres further to the west. In 1639 and 1648 he was a member of the Grand Inquest of the Colony; in 1641 he was on the jury for trials; in 1645 he was deputy from Barnstable to the General Court at Plymouth in 1646- 47-48 he was a "receiver of excise" for the town, and in 1650, again deputy. In 1660, Jonathan Hatch of Boston, with Isaac Robinson and twelve others purchased the plantation of Succamsset, now Falmouth. His party bought their land of the Indian chief Quachatesset, by permission of the General Court. In 1673 he again removed to Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, where he was a "recorder.". For several years he was its selectman. In 1700 he had divided his estate equally between his three sons, and in 1701 he deeded the homestead and its garden to Isaac, Jr. This was the first house built in Falmouth, standing on the south side of Fresh Pond. In November, 1701, he removed to Barnstable and made his. home with his daughter Fear, the wife of Rev. Samuel Baker, where he died at the age of ninety-four in 1704 At the age of ninety-two he was represented as a hale and vigorous man, with locks as white as the drifted snow. "A venerable man," writes Prince in his Annals, "whome I have often seen." Prince asserts that he was chosen assistant to the Governor of the colony in 1646, and in 1647 he was again chosen as assistant to the Governor 4

He was for a time disfranchised on account of his sympathy for the Quakers, but was restored to citizenship by Governor Winslow in 1673.. He married first at Scituate January 27, 1636, Margaret Hanford of Scituate. She was a sister of the Rev. Thomas Hanford and niece of Timothy Hatherly. She died June 13, 1649. Their children were: I. Susannah, born at Scituate  Jan. 21, 1637, died before 1664. 2. John, born at Barnstable April 5; 1640; went from Falmouth to Connecticut in 1714.

Isaac, born in Barnstable Aug. 7, 1642, married Ann;  was drowned at Falmouth Oct. 6, 1668. The decision of the inquest appointed to view the body is preserved as a specimen of the style of the time: "Wee the jury of inquest appointed to view the corpse of Isaac Robinson, Jr. do apprehend according to view and testimony that the means of his death was by going into the pond, to fetch two geese which we Conceive to be the instrumental cause of his death he being entangled them 4 Fear, born at Barnstable Jan 26, 1644, married Rev, Samuel Baker of Barnstable 5 Mercy born at Barnstable July 4, 1647, married William Weeks March 16, 1669. 6. A daughter, June 6, 1649

In 1650 Isaac married his second wife, Mary - (not the sister of the."famous Elder Faunce of Plymouth," as has been claimed.)5 Children by Mary: 1. Israel, born in Barnstable Oct. 5, 1651; after the death of his brother Isaac in 1668, he took the name of Isaac. 2. Jacob, born in Barnstable May 10, 1653, married Experience; died 1733. 3. Peter, born in Barnstable 1655; said to have gone to Norwich, Conn. 4. Thomas, born in Falmouth 1666-7 Some authorities state that he removed to Guilford, Conn., but we find no proof of it.  

John, the second child of Isaac, born in Barnstable April 5, 1640, was a Representative from the town of  Falmouth in 1689-90-91. He removed to Connecticut in April 1714, married Elizabeth Weeks, May 1, 1667.  Their children were: John, born in Falmouth March 20, 1668. 2. Isaac, born in Falmouth Jan. 30, 1670. 3. Timothy, born in. Falmouth Oct. 30 1671. 4. Abigail, born in Falmouth March 20, 1614.  5. Fear, born in Falmouth June 16, 1676. 6. Joseph, born in Falmouth March 31, 1679. 7. Mary. 8. A son, born Dec. 12, 1683; died Dec. 16, 1683. 9. A daughter, born May 1 1687; died Aug. 4, 1688.

Timothy, third child of John; married May 3, 1699, Metitable Weeks Their children were: 1. Metitable, born in Falmouth Feb. 28 1701 2. Thomas, born in Falmouth April 3 1703 3.  Rebecca born tn Falmouth June 9, 1706: 4 Timothy, born in Falmouth June 17 1713. 5.  John, born in Falmouth Aug. 30, 1716. 6. William, born in Falmouth Aug. 10, 1719.

Thomas Robinson, second child of Timothy, Sr., born in Falmouth April 3, 1703, married Mary Robinson Sept. 23, 1725. Their children were: 1. Deliverance, born at Falmouth. 2. Zephaniah, born at Falmouth July 26, 1729. 3. Paul, born at Falmouth Ang. 11, 1731. 4. Rhoda, born at Falmouth Feb. 17, 1733. 5. Paul, born at Falmouth April 20, 1734. 6. Mary, born at Falmouth Feb. 12, 1738. 7. Thomas, born at Falmouth June 13, 1741.  

Zephaniah Robinson, second child of Thomas, born in Falmouth July 26, 1729, died in Livermore, Me., March 27 1805, married first Ann Hatch of Falmouth; second, married Jediah West of Rochester, Feb. 27,. 1756, by whom he Isaac: 1. Shadrach, born in Falmouth. 2. Stephen, born in Falmouth. 3. Thomas, born in Falmouth. 4. Cornelius, born in Falmouth. 5. James, born in Falmouth. 6. Zephaniah, born in Falmouth. 7. Rhoda, born in Falmouth. 8. Juda, born in Falmouth April 18, 1777, died 1778. 9. Anna, born in Falmouth Sept. 19, 1779, died 1814. 10. Seth,.born in Falmouth. 11. Ellis, born in Falmouth July 2, 1783, died 1832. 12. Paul, born in Falmouth June 17, 1785. died 1863. 13. Weston, born in Falmouth Aug. 2, 1789 died 1863. 14. Phebe, born in Falmouth July, 13, 1790, died 1863.   Many dates not given. As a descendant facetiously re-marked, "Zephaniah, Anna and Jediah must have been so busy  looking after their fourteen children that it is not to be wondered at that dates were in part overlooked by them. It must have been quite a task to find appropriate names even”

Shadrach Robinson; son of Zephaniah, born in Falmouth February 2; 1758; died April 6, 1842, married Deborah Robinson, the daughter of. Jeremiah Robinson who was the son of Peter and. Martha Robinson. Shadrach removed to Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, from Naushon, 1810. His house is still standing, surrounded by the hills of the western part of Martha's Vineyard. At the age of eighteen he served in the War of the Revolution. Their children were: 1. John. born October 3,. 1781. 2. Jediah, born June 2, 1783. died January. 1820, in Chilmark. 3. Anne, born March 15, 1785, died May 1, 1850, in Livermore, Me. 4. Abigail. born Sept. 5, 1788, died at West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Nov. 17, 1885 at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. She joined the Chilmark church in 1812. Her father's house was long the home of the early Methodist preachers, and (meetings were held there before any house of worship had been built. During her early life she taught school in various places on the island, was a Sunday-school worker, and sometimes superintended the school. Her memory and mental faculties remained unimpaired until nearly the last. 5. Rebecca, born April 30, 1790, died 1877, at West Tisbury. 6. Henry Robinson, born Nov. 18, 1792, died at Edgartown Martha's Vineyard, June 25, 1872, married Lucretia Adams at West Tisbury They had six children. Hannah, the seventh child of Shadrach born Aug 7, 1795, died at West Tisbury Oct 1882 8 James, born. Sept. 21. 1797, died 1799 9. Delia, born June 25, 1800. died Jan. 12, 1891 at West Tisbury.

Lucretia Adams was the daughter of James Adams; b. Sept. 30 1754, and Dinah Allen, b. 1753 d. November; 1844, his wife.

James Adams was the son..of Mayhew  Adams, b. Dec. 22, 1729, d. Oct 2, 1823 and Rebecca Mayhew d July 11, 1819 his wife. 

Mayhew Adams was the son of Eliashib Adams6  b May 9 1699 and Reliance Mayhew m Feb 18 1729 his wife

Eliashib Adams was the son of Edward Adams and Elizabeth Watley m May 19 1629 his wife  

Edward Adams was the son of Edward Adams d Nov 12 1716 and Lidia hi wife.

Edward Adams was the son of Henry Adams d Oct 8, 1646

Henry Adams was born in Devonshire England Came to America 1632: 1635 settled at Braintree; now, Quincy. He was the ancestor of John Adams; President of U. S. A. 

Isaac, Tisbury, son of the first Isaac, was baptized Israel, as Mr. Otis, with much sagacity argues, and that after the drowning of his first Isaac, he called this son for him, as the name Israel is no more heard after 1668, and Isaac died 1728, making his will 5 February which was probated 1, October, following.

Jacob, Tisbury, son of Isaac, died before 19, November 1733, when on the division of his estate are mentioned widow Experience, and children Jacob, Isaac and Mary.

Peter, Tisbury, son of Isaac married a daughter of John Manton. Mr. Otis says, and that he was of Chilmark in 1706 and of Norwich 1710 after at Windham, had seven sons which all married and had families and seven daughters, but no names are heard or dates given.

Thomas, youngest son of Isaac, by Mr. Otis said to have own land in Edgartown, 1700, and to have
removed to Guiford7

EDWARD FULLER8
Edward Fuller his wife and son Samuel came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, Edward was one of those who signed the Mayflower Compact on 11 November 1620.

Governor Bradford’s account of the Mayflower's passengers, written early in 1651 lists among the passenger "Edward Fuller, and his wife, and Samuel their sonne. Bradford further states: "Edward ffuller, and his wife dyed soon after they came ashore; but their sonne Samuel is living, and married, and hath 4 children or more."

Edward Fuller was baptized at the parish of Redenhall County of Norfolk England on 9 September 1575, son of Robert Fuller. While some accounts make him the son of Frances, who is named in Robert’s will, a convincing case has been made that Frances was the second wife of Robert fuller, and that Robert Fuller married first, at Starston Parish Co Norfolk England 29 January 1572/3 Sara Dunkhorn and that she is the mother of Edward and Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower. Sara Fuller, wife of Robert Fuller, was buried at Redenhall 1 July 1589. Redenhall and Starston were adjacent parishes.

The will of Robert Puller of the parish of Redenhall, yeoman dated 19 May 1613 proved 31 May 1614 by the widow and 16 June 1614 by Thomas Fuller, names wife Frances; sons Edward Samuel and Thomas; daughters Ann Fuller, Elizabeth Fuller and Mary Fuller; grandson John Fuller, son of his son John Fuller.

It has recently been discovered that Edward and his unnamed wife were among the English Separatists living in Leiden Holland. Edward is mentioned in Leiden Judicial Archives 79, L, Folio 172 verso.

There has long been a question as to whether Fuller was actually a son of Edward. For a full detailed discussion of Matthew Fuller's parentage, see "Was Matthew Fuller of Plymouth Colony a Son Edward Fuller", which confirms the relationship.

References BRADFORD’S HIST (1952) p 946. NEHGR 55:411(bp. Edward). SEARCHING FOR SUCCESS p. 232(Dunkhorn MQ 51:58(Leiden) SAVAGE 2:215(Fuller). MD 1:77-9 Compact). TAG 61:194-96, 1986(Matthew Fuller's

SAMUEL FULLER

A true Copy of the last will & Testm of Samuell ffuller the elder as it was proved in publick Court the 28th of Octo in the ninth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God king of Engl. Scot. Ffr & Irel. Defender of the ffatith &c.
I Samuel ffuller the elder being sick & weake but by the mercie of God in prfect memory ordaine this my last will & Testmt. And first of all I bequeath my soule to God & my body to the earth untill the resureccon.  Item I doe bequeath the educacon of my children to my Brother Will Wright & his wife, onely that my daughter Mercy be & remaine wth goodwife Wallen so long as she will keepe her at a reasonable charge. But if it shall please God to recover my wife out of her weake estate of sicknes then my children to be wth her or disposed by her. Also whereas there is a childe comitted to my charge called Sarah Converse, my wife dying as afore I desire my Brother Wright may have the bringing up of her. And if he refuse then I comend her to my loving neighbour & brother in Christ Thomas Prence desiring that whosoever of them receive her pforme the duty of a step ffather unto her & bring her up in the ffeare of God as their owne wch was a charge laid upon me pr her sick ffather when he freely bestowed her upon me & wch I require of them. Item whereas Eliz Cowles was comitted to my educacon by her ffather & Mother still living at Charles Towne, my will is that she be conveniently apprelled & returne to her ffather or mother or either of them. And for George ffoster being placed wth me upon the same termes by his prents still living at Sagos my will is that he be restored to his Mother likewise. Item I give unto Samuell my son my howse & lands at the Smeltriver to him & his heires for ever. Item (worn) will is that my howse & garden at towne be sold & all my moveables there & at the Smeltriver (except my Cattle) togeather wth the prnt Croppe of Corne there standing by my Overseers heereafter to be menconed. except such as they shall thinke meet in the prnt educacon of my two children Samuell & Mercy my debts being first pd out of them, the overplus to be disposed of towards the encrease of my stock of Cattle for their good at the discretion of my overseers. Item I give two Acres of land that fell unto me by lott  on the Sowth side the Towne adjoyning to the Acres of mr Isaack Allerton to Samuell my son. Also two other Acres of land wch were given me by Edward Bircher scituate & being at Strawberry hill if mr Roger Williams refuse to accept of them as formerly he hath done. Also one othr Acre by mr Heeks his Acres neer the Reed pond, All wch I give to the said Samuell & his heires for ever. It. my will is that my Cozen Samuell goe freely away wth his Stock of Cattle & Swine wthout any further recconing wch swine are the halfe of six sowes Six hogges one boare & fowr shotes Also one Cow & one heyfer. Item my will is that not onely the other halfe afore menconed but also all other mine owne propr stock of Swine be sold wth other my moveables for the use before expressed except my best hogg wch I would have killed this winter for the prnt comfort of my children. It. whereas I have disposed of my children to my Brother Will. Wright & Prisilla his wife my will is that in case my wife die he enter upon my howse & land at the Smelt River, & also my Cattle not disposed on together wth my two servts Thomas Symons & Robt Cowles for the Remainder of their several termes to be employed for the good of my children he being allowed for their charg vizt. my childrens what my Overseers shall thinke meet. But if in case my said brother Will Wright or Prisilla his wife die then my said Children Samuell & Mercy together wth the said joynt charge comitted to the said Will & Prisilla be void except my Overseers or the survivor of them shall think meet. To whose godly care in such case I leave them to be disposed of else where as the Law shall direct them. By cattle not disposed on o to be employed for the good of my children I meane three Cowes & two steere calves Six old ewes & two ewe lambs two old wethers & three wether lambs together wth such overplus upon the sale of my goods before expressed as my Overseers shall adde heereunto. It. I give out of this stock of Cattle the first Cow calfe that my Browne Cow shall have to the Church of God at Plymouth to be employed by the Deacon or Deacons of the said Church for the good of the said Church at the oversight of the ruling Elders. Item I give to my sister Alice Bradford twelve shillings to buy her a padre of gloves. Item whatsoever is due unto me from Capt Standish I give unto his Children. It. that a pr of gloves of 5sh be bestowed on mr Joh. Wynthrop Govr of the Massachusets. It. I give unto my Brother Wright aforesaid one cloath suit not yet fully finished lying in my trunk at Towne wch I give notwthstanding my wife survive. It. whereas Capt John Endecott oweth me two pownds of Beaver I give it to his sonnet It. my will is that when my children come to age of discretion that my Overseers make a full valuacon of that Stock of Cattle & thencrease thereof, & that it be equally devided between my children. And if any die in the meane time the whole to goe to the survivor or survivors. It. my will is that they be ruled by my Overseers in marriage. Also I would have them enjoy that smale porcon the Lord shall give them when my Overseers thinke them to be of fit discretion & not at any set time or appointmt of yeares. It. whereas my will is that my Overseers shall let out that stock of Cattle wch shall be bought wth the Overplus of my goods to halves to such as shall be as well carefull as honest men. My will is that my brother Wright have the refusall of them. It. I give unto John Jenny & loin. Wynslow each of them a padre of gloves of five shillings. It. I give Unto mrs Heeks the full sum of twenty shillings.
It. I give to old mr William Brewster my best hat & band wch Lh(worn) never wore. Item my will is that if my children die that then my stock be thus distributed. ffirst that what care or paines or charge hath been by any about my children be fully recompensed. Next at the discretion of the Overseers I thus bequeath the rest vizt so as it may redownd to the Governing Elder or Elders of this Church at Plymouth aforesaid & towards the helping of such psons as are members of the same & are [illegible] as my Overseers shall thinke meet. It. I give to Rebecca Prence 2sh 6d to buy her a padre of gloves It. my will is that in case my sonne Samuell & other my children die before such time as they are fitt to enter upon my land for inheritance that then my kinsman Saml ffuller now in the howse wth me enjoy wtsoever lands Lam now possessed of except my dwelling howse at town or whatsoever shall be due to me or them. It. I give to him my Rufflet Cloake & my stuffe sute I now weare It. I institute my son Samuell my Executor. and because he is young & tender I enjoyne him to be wholly ordered by Edw Wynslow mr Wil Bradford & mr Tho. Prence whom I make his Overseers & the Overseers of this my last will & Testmt. so often menconed before in the same. And for their paines I give to each of them twenty shillings apeece. It. I give to Mercy my daughter one Bible wth a black Cover wth Bezaes notes. It. I give all the rest of my bookes to my sonne Samuell wch I desire my Brother Wright Will safely preserve for him. It my will is that when my daughter Mercy is fitt to goe to score that mrs Heeks may teach her as well as my sonnet It. whatsoever mr Roger Williams is indebted to me upon my booke for phisick I freely give him. Last of all whereas my wife is sick & weake I have disposed of my children to others my will is if she recover that she have the educacon of them, & that the other gifts & legacies I have given may be pformed And if in case any of my Overseers or all of them 13] die before my children be judged by them of age of discretion then my desire is they will before such time when they dispose of their owne affaires depute some other of the Church to pforme this duty of care & love towards my children, wch I allow & binde my children to obedience to them as before. In witnes that this is my last will & Test I have set to my hand & seale the 30 th of July Anno 1633.

Samuell ffuller

Memorand that whereas the widow Ring comitted the Oversight of her sonne Andrew to me at her death, my will is that mr Tho Prence one of my Overseers take the charge of him & see that he be brought up in the ffeare of the Lord & See that he sustaine no wrong by any.

Witnesses heerunto
Robt Heeks
John Wynslow.

MATTHEW FULLER9
 He married presumably in England, FRANCES, who was living 30 Oct. 1678 when she swore to his inventory. As Frances was Matthew's sole executrix, it is likely that she was the mother of at least some of Matthew's children.

Matthew Fuller arrived in Plymouth bef. 26 Oct. 1640 when he sold land lately purchased of John Gregory. He probably brought his wife, Frances and children born in England with him. In 1642 he was propounded a freeman, served as a juryman, and was assigned ten acres of land near Thurston Clark. In 1643 he was chosen sergeant in the newly established "military discipline." He was called of Plymouth in a deed of gift of two acres on 16 March 1648/9 from Samuel Fuller.

Exactly when he moved to Barnstable is unknown, but on 5 Oct. 1652 the Court approved his election as lieutenant of the Barnstable militia. He was admitted a freeman on 7 June 1653, and in that year served as deputy from Barnstable to the Plymouth Court. On 20 June 1654 he was appointed lieutenant, under Capt. Myles Standish, of a 50-man quota to fight against the Dutch at Monhattoes (New York), but re­ceipt of news of peace between England and Holland on 23 June 1654 made the expedition unnecessary. On 2 Oct. 1658 he was elected a member of the Council of War, and in 1671 became its chairman. Qn 17 Dec. 1673 he was appointed Surgeon General of the Colony troops; he also served as captain of the Plymouth Colony forces during King Philip's War.

He was one of the first physicians to settle at Barnstable. He took a public stand on the side of the unpopular Quakers and received a fine for it. He lived in the northwest corner of Barnstable at Scroton Neck, but also owned land in Falmouth and Middleboro which had been granted to him by the Colony for distinguished service. He died a wealthy man for the times.

Matthew Fuller of Barnstable in a will dated 25 July 1678, sworn 30 Oct. 1678, names Shubeall Jones my Grand Child the Reputed son of Ralph Jones; wife Francis lsic); son John Fuller; natural sons of my son Samuel Fuller deceased: Thomas, Jabez, Timothy, Matthias and Samuel Fuller; Samuel, son of Samuel Fuller my eldest son deceased; Bethyah the wife of son John Fuller; daughters Mary Jones wife of Ralph Jones, Anne Fuller now wife of Samuel Fuller and Elizabeth Rowley wife of Moses Rowley; Sarah Rowley the daughter of Moses Rowley, Jedediah Jones son of Ralph Jones; my male grandchildren and female grandchildren; sons-in-law Ralfe Jones, Samuel Fuller Jr., and Moses Rowley Sr.; only (surviving) son John Fuller and his wife Bethya; Mary Fuller late wife of my son Samuell deceased; the Scotsman, Robert Marshall; Jaser Tayler; wife Frances, executrix.

No probate records for Frances Fuller in Barnstable Co.