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 AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 
 
 WITH A 
 
 GENEALOGY OF THE FULLER FAMILY, 
 
 1 638- 1 902. 
 
 By ARTHUR BUCKMINSTER FULLER. 
 
 REPRINTED FROM THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 
 
 REGISTER FOR OCTOBER, 1 859, WITH AqDITIONS BY 
 
 EDITH DAVENPORT FULLER. 
 
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 PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION. 
 
 In reprinting this pamphlet two numbers have been given to 
 each individual born with the name of Fuller. The number 
 in parentheses before the name designates the person, and 
 the smaller number following the Christian name shows the 
 generation. 
 
 The births, marriages, and deaths which have taken place 
 among the descendants of (92) Timothy^ Fuller since the pub- 
 lication of the first edition have been added, and also some facts 
 relating to other lines. 
 
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TI103IAS FULLER 
 
 ASD HIS DESOEN'DANTS, 
 
 [From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 
 
 for October, 1S59.] 
 
 In 1638 Thomas Fullku came 
 
 from England to America upon a 
 
 tour of observation, intending, after 
 
 he should have gratified his curiosity 
 
 Ijy a survey of the wilderness world, 
 
 to return. While in Massachusetts, 
 
 he listened to the preaching of IJev. 
 
 Thomas Shepard, of Cambridge, who 
 
 was then, in the midst of a splendid 
 
 career of religious effort and eloquence, 
 
 the echo of which, after the lapse of 
 
 two centuries, has scarcely died away. 
 
 Through his influence Thomas Fuller 
 
 was led to take such an interest in the 
 Ar.threebarsgu.,onacanton^glj i^^ ^j ^j^^ p^^-^^^ ^^j^^^l ^^^^ 
 
 of the second a castle or. , , i i. ,. . , ,. . 
 
 the land oi liturgies and religious 
 
 formulas, which he had left behind, became less attractive to 
 
 him than the " forest aisles " of America, where God might be 
 
 freely worshiped. He has himself left on record a metrical 
 
 statement of the change in his views which induced him to re- 
 
 * These arms have been in this family for a long time, but the 
 compiler has no other proof that they belong to this branch of the 
 Fuller family. Burke in his General Armory describes the same 
 arms as belonging to a Fuller family on the Isle of Wight. 
 
 ARMS ()V KILLEK. 
 
4 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 solve to make his home in ]Massachiisetts. These verses were 
 collected by the Kev. Daniel Fuller of Gloucester from aged 
 persons, who declare that the author was urged, but in vain, to 
 publish them. Now, after the lapse of two centuries, we will ' 
 
 favor the world with a few of them, which will serve as I 
 
 a sample : — 
 
 " In thirty-eight I set my foot 
 On this New England shore ; 
 My thoughts were then to stay one year, 
 And here remain no more. 
 
 But, by the preaching of God's word 
 
 By famous Shepard he, 
 In what a woful state I was, 
 
 I then began to see. 
 
 Christ cast his garments over me, \ 
 
 And all my sins did cover : 
 More precious to my soul was he 
 
 Than dearest friend or lover. 
 
 His pardoning mercy to my soul 
 
 All thought did far surmount ; 
 The measure of his love to me 
 
 Was quite beyond account. 
 
 Ascended on his holy hill, 
 
 I saw the city clear, 
 And knew 'twas New Jerusalem, 
 
 I was to it so near. 
 
 I said, My mountain does stand strong, 
 
 And doubtless 'twill forever; 
 But soon God turned his face away, 
 
 And joy from me did sever. 
 
 Sometimes I am on mountains high, 
 
 Sometimes in valleys low : — 
 The state tliat man's in here below, 
 
 Doth oft-times ebb and flow. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 5 
 
 I heard tlie voire of God by man, 
 
 Yet s()rr<.)ws lield me fast; 
 But these my joys did far enoeed ; 
 
 God heard my cry at last. 
 
 Satan has tiling liis darts at me, 
 
 And thought the day to win ; 
 Because he knew he liad a friend 
 
 Tliat always dwelt within. 
 
 But surely God will save my soul ! 
 
 And, though you trouble have, 
 My children dear, who fear the Lord, 
 
 Your souls at death he'll save. 
 
 All tears shall tlien be wiped away; 
 
 And joys beyond compare, 
 Wliere Jesus is and angels dwell, 
 
 With every saint you'll share." 
 
 If these verses do not give evidence of the highest poetical 
 culture and finish, they at least hand down through the centu- 
 ries the reason which induced Lieut. Thomas Fuller (so we find 
 him styled in the probate proceedings on his will) to purchase 
 and settle upon a large tract of land in New Salem (afterwards 
 Middleton) ; and this land is still mainly owned and improved 
 by his descendants. He built a house on it near a stream, about 
 half a mile below Middleton Pond, and about the same distance 
 west from Will's Hill. He did not reside continuously at Mid- 
 dleton, but for some years dwelt in Woburn, and was one of 
 the first settlers and most active citizens of that town, as its 
 records manifest. He died in the year 1698, bequeathing his 
 remaining land to his youngest son Jacob, having previously, 
 in his lifetime, conveyed lands to his other children by way 
 of advancement. Jacob Fuller was born in 1655, and con- 
 tinued to reside on the farm in Middleton till his death in 
 1731. He married Mary Bacon, and they had five children. 
 His fifth child and second son, likewise named Jacob, 
 
6 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 was Ijorn in 1700, and died October 17, 1767, He married 
 Abigail Ilolton, and tliey had ten children — six sons and four 
 daughters. 
 
 Timothy Fuller, the sixth child and third son of the second 
 Jacob Fuller, was born at Middleton, on the 18th of May, 1739, 
 He entered Harvard University at the age of nineteen, and 
 graduated in 1760. His name over that date is still (1859) seen 
 on the corner-stone of one of the college buildings. He ajiplied 
 himself to theology, and in March, 1767, received from the 
 church and town of Princeton, Mass., a nearly unanimous invi- 
 tation to become their pastor, having previously supplied their 
 pulpit for two years. Here he was ordained the first minister 
 of Princeton, 9th September, 1767. In 1770 he married Sarah 
 Williams, daughter of Rev. Abraham Williams of Sandwich, 
 Mass. He was successful as a preacher, and his people were 
 united in him till the war of the revolution broke out. He 
 declared at the time, and ever afterwards, that he was friendly 
 to the principles of the revolution, and anxiously desired that 
 his country should be liberated from its dependence on the 
 British crown ; but he was naturally a very cautious man, and 
 believed this result would be certain to come, if the country 
 reserved itself for action till its strength was somewhat matured, 
 and its resources in a better state of preparation. Resistance at 
 the time he believed premature, and thought that we were hazard- 
 ing all by too precipitate action. Such views, however, were by no 
 means congenial to the heated zeal of his townsmen. He first gave 
 dissatisfaction by a discourse he preached to the " minute men," 
 at the request of the town, choosing for his text 1 Kings xx. 11 : 
 " Let not him that girdeth on the harness boast himself as he 
 that putteth it off." He was not a man to swerve from his own 
 cool and deliberate views through the pressure of public opinion ; 
 and his persistence in them led to his dismissal from the past- 
 orate in 1776, by an ex parte council, his parish refusing to agree 
 Avith him upon a mutual council. He removed soon after to 
 Martha's Vineyard, and preached to the society in Chilmark 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 7 
 
 till the war was ended. lie then removed to Middleton, and 
 brought a suit against the town of Princeton for his salary. 
 His dismissal had been irregular, and the law of the case was 
 in his favor; but the jury had too much sympathy with the 
 motives that actuated the town to render a verdict in his behalf. 
 It was supposed this result would be crushing to him, and that 
 lie would not be prepared to pay costs recovered by the town ; 
 and some were malignant enough to anticipate with pleasure 
 the levy of the execution. But they were disappointed ; for, 
 when the sheriff called upon him, he coolly counted out the 
 amount of the execution in specie, which, with his habitual caution, 
 he had carefully hoarded to meet this very exigency. He soon 
 after returned to Princeton, where he applied himself to the 
 careful education of his children, in connection with the culti- 
 vation of a large farm, which embraced within its bounds the 
 "Wachusett mountain. 
 
 None of his children attended any other than this family 
 school ; all were carefull}'^ taught, and several fitted for college 
 at home. Those in the town who had been opposed to him 
 soon became reconciled and even warmly attached. He was 
 very active in town affairs, and represented Princeton in the 
 convention which approved and adopted the present federal 
 constitution. He himself, Avith his characteristic firmness, voted 
 against the constitution, mainly on the ground of its recognition 
 of slavery; and he has left his reasons on record. In 1796, he 
 removed to Merriraac, N. H., where he continued to reside 
 till his decease, on the morning of the 3d of July, 1805, at the 
 age of sixty-seven, leaving a wife and ten children to mourn his 
 loss. His wife deserves more than a passing notice, as she 
 must have had no small influence in moulding the character of 
 the children. Her father, Rev. Abraham Williams, was a 
 person of genuine piety, a warm patriot, and an ardent friend 
 of the revolution. His letter accepting his call at Sandwich, 
 which is still carefully preserved, breathes a pure Christian 
 spirit ; as also a subsequent communication, in which he 
 
8 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 expresses a willingness to dispense with a portion of his salary to 
 accommodate himself to the narrow means of his people. His 
 will is likewise very characteristic. He emancipates his slaves, 
 and requires his children to contribute to their support if they 
 shall be destitute ; and " deprives any child who may refuse to 
 give bonds to perform this duty of his share of the estate, giving 
 to such cliild in lieu thereof a new Bible of the cheapest sort, 
 hoping that, by the blessing of Heaven, it may teach him to 
 do justice and love mercy." He married Anna Buekminster, 
 daughter of Col. Joseph Buekminster, Jr.,* of PVamingham, 
 and aunt of the distinguished clergyman. Rev. Joseph Buekmin- 
 ster, D.D., of Portsmouth, N. H., who Avas father of Rev. Joseph 
 Stevens Buekminster, of Boston. Rev. Mr. Williams graduated 
 from Harvard University in 1744, and died 12th of August, 1784, 
 aged fifty-seven. His daughter Sarah, wife of Rev. Timothy 
 Fuller, possessed a vigorous understanding and an honorable 
 ambition, which she strove to infuse into her children. She 
 died in 1822. Rev. Timothy Fuller left five daughters and five 
 
 * The following, taken from the " Boston Transcript," December, 
 1899, is of interest as it concerns several ancestors. 
 
 " Lawson. Sarah Lawson was daughter of John and Sarah 
 (Simpson) Lawson of Boston, and granddaughter of Savil Simpson of 
 Boston, Framingham and Hopkinton. She was born 1702, married to 
 Colonel Joseph Buekminster June 18, 1719, at Hopkinton, Mass., 
 where her grandfather, Savil Simpson, owned 500 acres of land which 
 he had bought from the heirs of Colonel William Crowne, in what 
 was then included in Framingham, but later was set off to Hopkinton, 
 and is now included in the town of Ashland. She was named in her 
 grandfather Savil Simpson's will, who died Aug. 22, 1725 ; will pro- 
 bated January 3, 1726. Colonel Joseph Buekminster, Jr., was the 
 son of Colonel Joseph and Martha (Sharp) Buekminster ; his mother, 
 Martha Sharp, being the daughter of John and Martha (Vose) Sharp 
 of Muddy River (Brookline). Sarah Lawson Buekminster died Sept. 
 11, 1747, having borne her husband seven children. He married, 
 second, widow Hannah Kiggell, who bore him one son. Colonel 
 Joseph Buekminster, Jr., received his commission in 1738-39, and 
 was prominent in town affairs for nearly forty years. He died May 
 15, 1780, aged eighty-three." 
 
 M. M. W[oolford]. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 9 
 
 sons. The sons were Timothy, Abraham Williams, Henry 
 Holton, William Williams, and Elisha ; of these we shall speak 
 more in detail. 
 
 TiMOTHV P^'uM-KR, the fourth child and eldest son, attained 
 distinction. The chief steps in his career may he thus summa- 
 rily stated : He was born in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard, 
 11th of July, 1778; grad. at Harvard College with the 
 second honors in his class, 1801. He was obliged to Avork his 
 way through college, and be absent much in teaching ; but such 
 were his talent, industr}^ and scholarship, that it is believed he 
 would have borne off the tirst honors had he not countenanced 
 a rebellion of the students, caused by certain college rules 
 regarded as oppressive. He was alwaj^s an ardent advocate for 
 freedom and the rights of man, and even while in college made 
 himself marked as a Democratic Republican, in contradistinction 
 to the Federalists. After graduating, he taught in Leicester 
 Academy, till he had acquired funds to complete his professional 
 study of the law, which he did in the ofKce of Hon. Levi Lincoln, 
 of Worcester, and afterwards practised law in Boston. He was 
 a member of the Mass. Senate from 1813 to 1816; Representative 
 in Congress from 1817 to 1825 ; Speaker of the Mass. House of 
 Representatives in 1825 ; a member of the Executive Council in 
 1828 ; and died suddenly of Asiatic cholera, at his residence in 
 Groton, Mass., October 1, 1835. 
 
 Mr Fuller's published writings are, "An Oration delivered 
 at Watertown, July 4, 1809; " "Address before the Massachu- 
 setts Peace Society, 1826;" "The Election for the Presidency 
 considered, by a Citizen ; " Speeches on the Seminole War, 
 Missouri Compromise, &c. . 
 
 Hon. Timothy Fuller married Margaret Crane, daughter of 
 Maj. Peter Crane, of Canton, Mass., May 28, 1809. She died 
 Sunday morning, July 31, 1859. A character like hers, so 
 sweet and amiable, full of sentiment and affectionate benig- 
 nity, delighting in flowers and every beautiful type of the 
 great Creator, is, indeed, one of the fairest ornaments of 
 
10 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 of existence. Her life was one of habitual self-denial and 
 devotion to duty in the various relations of her lot. We 
 know not that she ever made an enemj' ; and, on the con- 
 trar}', we believe that she has drawn towards herself the 
 heart of every one with whom she has come in contact. In 
 youth she was possessed of great personal beauty, and was 
 much admired in Washington when her husband was in Con- 
 gress. She had a rare conversational gift, aided by a lively 
 fancy and a well-stored mind, and above all she was a sincere 
 and <levoted Christian. 
 
 Margaret Fuller, the first child of this union, was born 
 May 23, 1810, in the house now (1902) numbered 71, Cherry 
 St., Cambridge. After her father's death she w^as her mother's 
 chief stay; for, though of very little business experience, and 
 with a natural aversion to financial affairs, she had a strength 
 of mind and courageous firmness which stayed up her mother's 
 hands when the staff on which she had leaned was stricken 
 away. It had been the life-long desire of Margaret to go 
 to Europe and complete her culture there, and arrange- 
 ments with this view had been matured at her father's 
 death. Her patrimony would have still sufficed for the desired 
 tour ; but she must have left her mother sinking under a sense 
 of helplessness, with young children to educate. Margaret, 
 after a struggle between a long-cherished and darling project 
 and her sense of duty, resolved to give up her own brilliant 
 hopes and remain with her mother. She applied herself per- 
 sonally to the academic training of the children, who learned 
 from her the rudiments of the classic languages and the first 
 reading of some of their great authors. We extract from the 
 " Mount Auburn Memorial " the following : 
 
 " Her wonderful power of conversation lives in memory alone. 
 It is said that there has been no woman like her in this respect 
 since Madame de Stael ; but while Margaret Fuller's conversa- 
 tion, in eloquence and effect, in sparkle and fiow, was like 
 that of the gifted French woman, it had a merit which the 
 
Historical Isiotices of the Fuller Family. 11 
 
 latter could not claim. There is hardly upon record one 
 with her power to draw out others. She not only talked 
 surprisingly herself, but she made others do so. While talking 
 with her they seemed to make discover}- of themselves, to 
 wonder at their own thoughts, and to admire the force and 
 aspiration of their character — hitherto latent to their own con- 
 sciousness. She made those who conversed with her forget to 
 admire her in wondering at themselves. As a friend, Margaret 
 Fuller Ossoli is tenderly and devoutly remembered by those wlio 
 knew and loved her. What an assemblage they would make if 
 gathered together! The rich and the refined, the poor and 
 the humble, the men and women of genius struggling with 
 destiny, and demanding audience for new and noble thoughts, 
 — all these found in her a confidant to soothe their .sor- 
 rows, and a friend to encourage and point onward. There 
 was but one thing needed to admit to the friendship of 
 Margaret, and that was a pure purpose and a noble aim. Those 
 who did not possess this instinctively shunned her. She had a 
 penetrating eye to see through, and a power of satire to strip 
 off, masks and pretences. She hated shams, hypocrisies, false- 
 hoods, and outside show. Characters not genuine strove to 
 keep at a safe distance from her ; they dreaded the sting of 
 her satire, the eagle look of her eye, and the eloquence of her 
 
 tongue." 
 
 Soon after her tragic death in 1850 her memoirs were written 
 by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Greeley, William Henry 
 Channing, James Freeman Clarke and others, and were published 
 in two volumes, which were later re-edited by her brother Rev. 
 Arthur Buckminster Fuller. Since then her life has been written 
 by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in the " American JMen of 
 Letters " series, and by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in the " Famous 
 Women " series. 
 
 On July 19, 1901, the anniversary of her death, by the efforts 
 of several distinguished women of New York a memorial pavilion 
 and tablet Avere dedicated to her memory on Fire Island, near 
 
12 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 the spot where the ship Elizabeth was wrecked and she and 
 her husband and child were drowned. In spite of the efforts 
 of her family and friends her body and that of her husband were 
 never recovered. 
 
 On May 23, 1902, her 92d birthday, the house in which she 
 was born in Cherry Street, Cambridge, was dedicated, under 
 the name of " Margaret J'uller House," to the work of a branch 
 of the Young Women's Christian Association. 
 
 Of Eugene Fuller, the second child, the following notice 
 taken from the annual obituary college record, by Joseph 
 Palmer, M.D., pubhshed by the " Boston Daily Advertiser," 
 gives some account : — 
 
 "Eugene Fuller, the eldest son of Hon. Timothy and Mar- 
 garet (Crane) Fuller, was born in Cambridge, Mass., Maj' 14, 
 1815. After leaving college in 1834, he studied law, partly at 
 the Dane Law School in Cambridge, and partly in the office of 
 George Frederick Farley, Esq., of Groton, Mass. After his ad- 
 mission to the bar, he practised his profession two years in 
 Charlestown, Mass. He afterwards went to New Orleans, and 
 was connected with the public press of that city. He spent 
 several summers there, and, some two or three years ago was 
 affected by sun-stroke, which resulted in softening of the 
 brain, and ultimately in a brain fever, which came very near 
 proving fatal, and left him in a shattered conditon. His friends 
 hoping that medical treatment at the north might benefit him, 
 he embarked, with an attendant, on board the Empire City for 
 New York. When one day out, June 21, 1859, his attendant 
 being prostrated with seasickness, Mr. Fuller was left alone, 
 and was not afterwards seen. He must have been lost over- 
 board." 
 
 The second son of Hon. Timothy Fuller was William 
 Henry Fuller. He applied himself to mercantile pursuits, 
 first in New Orleans, afterwards in Cincinnati ; and later resided 
 in Cambridge, Mass. He died December, 1878, and his wife, 
 May 13, 1885. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 13 
 
 The third daughter was Ellex Kilsiiaw Fuller, born 
 Aug. 7, 1820, who manied William E. Channing. 
 
 Rev. Arthur Buckminstkr Fuller,* the third son of 
 Hon. Timoth}' Fuller, was born August 10, 1822. He was early 
 instructed by his father and his sister, Margaret Fuller. At the 
 age of twelve, he spent one year at Leicester Academy; and, 
 subsequently, studied with Mrs. IJipley, the wife of Rev. Samuel 
 Ripley, of Waltham. In August, 1839, he entered Harvard 
 College, at the age of seventeen, and graduated in 1843. During 
 his college course he united Avith the church connected with 
 the University. Immediately on graduation he purchased Bel- 
 videre Academy, in Belvidere, Boone Co., Illinois, which, assisted 
 by a competent corps of instructors, he taught for the two 
 subsequent years. During this time, Mr. Fuller occasionally 
 preached, as a missionary, in Belvidere and destitute places, 
 and also to the established churches, having been interested in 
 theological study during his senior year at college. He was a 
 member of the Illinois Conference of Christian and Unitarian 
 ministers, and by them licensed to preach. His first sermon 
 was preached October, 1843, in Chicago, to the Unitarian 
 church then under the charge of Rev. Joseph Harrington. In 
 1845 Mr. Fuller returned to New England ; entered, one year 
 in advance, the Harvard Divinity School, whence he grad- 
 uated in August, 1847. After preaching three months at 
 West Newton, to a church of which Hon. Horace Mann was a 
 prin'jipal founder and a constant attendant, Mr. Fuller accepted 
 a call to the pastorate of the Unitarian Societ}" in Manchester, 
 N. H., and was subsequently ordained, March 29, 1848. In Sep- 
 tember, 1852, Mr. Fuller received a call from the New North 
 Church, on Hanover Street, in Boston, one of the most ancient 
 
 * Rev. Mr. Fuller has collected most of the ancient records per- 
 taining to the Fuller family. He has also in his possession an ancient 
 chair, which tradition declares to have been brought from England 
 to this country by the first Thomas Fuller, in 1638 ; and also a chair 
 owned by Rev. Abraham Williams, of Sandwich. 
 
14 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 churches in the city, being founded in 1714, and a cliurch built 
 that year on the spot where the present one now stands. This 
 call Rev. Mr. Fuller refused, the relation between himself and 
 the Manchester Society being a most happy one. The call Mas, 
 however, renewed, and ultimately accepted, and Mr. Fuller was 
 installed in Boston, June 1, 1853. Failing health, and the fact 
 that the Protestant population was rapidly leaving the North 
 End, induced Mr. Fuller to resign his city pastorate, and close 
 his labors there July 31, 1S59. He accepted at once, however, 
 a call for a six months' charge of the Unitarian Church in 
 Watertown, Mass., having pieferred this temporary settlement 
 to one of longer duration. In November, 1853, Mr. Fuller was 
 chosen by the citizens of Ward 1, in Boston, a member of the 
 School Committee, then a much smaller body than now, con- 
 sisting of only twenty-four members. In January, 1854, Mr. 
 Fuller was chosen by the Massachusetts House of Representa- 
 tives chaplain of that body. In 1858 he was elected by the 
 Massachusetts Senate their chaplain, both of Avhich appoint- 
 ments he accepted, and discharged their duties. In 1855 Rev. 
 Mr. Fuller was selected by the citizens of Groton, Mass., to 
 deUver a bi-centennial oration, it being the two hundredth 
 anniversary of the settlement of that ancient town. This ora- 
 tion Avas delivered October 31, 1855. In 1857 Mr. P\iller was 
 nominated, by the republicans of Suffolk District No. 2, for the 
 Massachusetts Senate, but, with the other candidates of his 
 party in that district, failed of an election. In 1858 Mr. Fuller 
 was chosen by the State Temperance Convention a member of 
 the Executive Committee, and in the same year was elected a 
 director of the Washingtonian Home, better known as the 
 Plome for the Fallen. Mr. Fuller's published writings are, 
 "A Discourse in Vindication of Unitarianism from popular 
 Charges against it," Manchester, 1848 ; " Sabbath School Man- 
 ual of Christian Doctrines and Institutions," Boston, 1850 ; "A 
 Discourse occasioned by the Death of Hon. Richard Hazen 
 Ayer, delivered in the Unitarian Church, February 18, 1853 
 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Famili/. 15 
 
 " An Historical Discourse, delivered in the New North Church, 
 October!, 1854;" "A Discourse occasioned by the Death of 
 Miss -Mercy Tufts, delivered in the Unitarian Church in 
 Quiiicy, Mass., January 24, 1858; " " Liberty versus Romanism, 
 or Konianism liostile to Civil and Religious Liberty, — being 
 two Discourses delivered in the New North Church, Boston, 
 1859." yir. Fuller has also edited four volumes of his sister 
 Margaret's works, and has prepared for the press a complete 
 and uniform edition of her works and memoirs.* August 1, 
 1861, he received a commission as chaplain in the 16th regi- 
 ment of Massachusetts Volunteers and immediately went to the 
 front. After doing good service as a minister of religion and 
 a friend to the living and dying, both in hospitals and on the 
 field of battle, he volunteered as a soldier in the skirmishes 
 which preceded the Battle of Fredericksburg, and was killed 
 December 11, 1862. An account of his life was written by his 
 brother Richard F. Fuller under the title "Chaplain Fuller," 
 also by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in " Harvard Memorial 
 Biographies." He was correspondent during his army service 
 of the Boston Traveler, Boston Journal, Christian Inquirer and 
 N. Y. Tribune. 
 
 Richard Frederick Fuller was the fourth son. He grad- 
 uated at Harvard University, 1844, studied law in Greenfield, 
 Mass., afterwards a year at the Harvard Law School, and, 
 having completed his studies in the office of his uncle, Henry 
 H. Fullej-, Esq., in Boston, was admitted to the bar on exam- 
 ination in open court, December, 1846, at the age of twenty-two. 
 He became, and continued for two years to be, the law partner 
 of his uncle, and subsequently practised law with success 
 in Boston. Having been fitted for college, at the age of sixteen 
 he entered a store in Boston, at the solicitation of his family ; 
 but mercantile life proving distasteful to him, he relinquished it 
 
 * These volumes are Woman in the Nineteenth Century, At Home 
 and Abroad, Art, Literature, and the Drama, and Life Without and 
 Life Within. 
 
16 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 at the end of one year. By severe application, he in six months 
 made up for this lost year, at the same time keeping pace with 
 the studies of the Sophomore class, and was admitted to college 
 in the middle of the Sophomore year. He graduated the second 
 or third scholar of his class. He died at his country home in 
 Wayland, May 30, 1869. He had a taste for literature, was 
 deeply religious, and an ardent lover of nature. One of his 
 greatest pleasures was to walk in the earl}^ morning through 
 woods and fields accompanied by his children. 
 
 This ends our account of the children of Hon. Timothy 
 Fuller. His brothers likewise attained distinction, and deserve 
 now to be mentioned. 
 
 Abraham Williams Fuller, the second son of Rev. 
 Timothy Fuller, applied himself, on reaching manhood, to 
 mercantile life. His strict application to business, his sagacity 
 and integiity, speedily won the confidence of his employer, 
 who, retiring from business about the time Abraham became of 
 age, lent him an adequate capital, and set him up as his suc- 
 cessor. The embargo, occuring at this time, caused a great 
 rise in prices, and Abraham very soon acquired a large fortune. 
 He at once relinquished mercantile business, studied the 
 law, and had an ofiice in Boston till he died, April 6, 1847, 
 unmarried, leaving a large property. A granite obelisk has 
 been erected to his memory, near the tower, in Mount Auburn. 
 
 The third son was Henry Holton Fuller, who graduated 
 at Harvard College, 1811, the second scholar in his class, 
 Edward Everett being the first, and was admitted to the Suffolk 
 bar September 19, 1815. He went into partnership with his 
 brother Timothy, and attained great distinction at the bar. He 
 was a thorougli and careful lawyer, a sound logician, and had 
 a sparkling fiow of wit and humor, which made him a great 
 favorite with juries. "When he could not answer arguments, 
 he could almost always throw a grotesque coloring over them, 
 and bring them into ridicule, possessing a vein of cutting 
 satire. He had a great run of business in court almost immedi- 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 17 
 
 ately ; and at thirty years of age it was said that he had argued 
 more cases than any lawyer of his age in Massachusetts. It 
 was remarked that he never was counsel in a case where the 
 jury did not wish to give him the verdict, if they could find 
 a fair way to do so. In conversation he was genial and 
 sprightly, affable and pleasant to all about him, and a universal 
 favorite with his juniors. He was several years a representative 
 from Boston in the Massachusetts legislature, and very efficient 
 in its debates and the transaction of the j)ublic business. At 
 his death, September 15, 1852, the bench and bar joined in 
 a public tribute of eulogy to his memory. A granite obelisk in 
 Mount Auburn, near the tower, beside the monument of Abra- 
 ham W. Fuller, is erected to his memory. 
 
 William Williams Fuller likewise graduated at Harvard 
 College, in 1813, and studied law. He practised several 
 years in Hallowell, ]\Ie., afterwards in Lowell, Mass., and ulti- 
 mately in Oregon, 111. His mind was cool and deliberate, his 
 judgment sound and reliable, and he obtained a very favorable 
 reputation in his profession. He died at Oreg(Mi, 111., 1849, 
 leaving an infant child, who survived but a few months. 
 
 Elisiia Fuller, the youngest son, grad. at Harvard College, 
 1815, and studied law. He practised at Lowell and after- 
 wards at Worcester, Mass. He had a keenness of perception, 
 a ready wit, and a sound knowledge of law, which won 
 for him much success in practice. He was a person of 
 remarkabl}'- buoyant temperament, and so cheerful and social 
 a companion, that his advent was sure to banish gloom and low 
 spirits, as sunshine dissipates the darkness. In person he closely 
 resembled Henry, whose vivacity of discourse he also shared. 
 Both were of rather small stature, with lively black eyes, and 
 great sprightliness of manner. Elisha died the last of the five 
 lawyers, 1855. Seldom in one generation has a family num- 
 bered so many successful professional men as were the five 
 brothers we have described. 
 
18 Historical Notice8 of the Fuller Faviily. 
 
 GENEALOGY OF THE FULLER FAMILY. 
 
 1 . Lieutenant Thomas Fuller, the first ancestor of this- 
 family, married June 13, 1643, Elizabeth Tidd, probabl_y daugh- 
 ter of John Tidd of Woburn. Subsequent to her deatli he 
 married, August 25, 1684:, Sarah Wyraan, whose maiden name 
 was Nutt. She died May 24, 1688, and he married a third 
 
 wife Plannah . He died in 1698. In his will, dated 
 
 June 9, 1698, and probated July 4, following, he makes bequests- 
 to his daughters, Elizabeth Dean, Ruth Wilkins, and Deborah 
 Shaw; grandson, David Richardson; grand-daughters, Ruth 
 Wheeler and Bethiah Fuller ; and sons, Thomas, Benjamin,, 
 and Jacob. 
 
 His ch. were:— (2) Thomas', b. April 30, 1644; m. first 
 Ruth Richardson, third daughter of Thomas and Mary Rich- 
 ardson of Charlestown and Woburn, who was born April 14, 
 1647; 2d Miss Durgy ; (3) Elizabeth^ b. Sept. 12, 1645; m. 
 1662, Joseph Dean of Concord ;— (4) Ruth-, b. May 17, 1645;, 
 m. Ist, Mr. Wheeler, by whom she had 1 ch. Ruth (who' 
 married Mr. Foye) ; m. 2d, Mr. Wilkins; — (5) Deborah'^, b.. 
 May 12, 1650; m. 1st, Isaac Richardson; 2d, Mr. Shaw ;— (6) 
 John^ b. March 1, 1653; m. Miss Putnam; left no sons, but 
 two daughters ;— (7) Jacob'-, b. May 14, 1655; m. Mary Bacon;; 
 d. 1731 ; — (8) Joseph-, b. Aug. 8, 1658 ; d. young and unm.; — 
 (9) Benjamin^ b. April 15, 1660; m. Sarah Bacon;— (10) 
 Samuel-, b. May 9, 1662, d. young and unm. 
 
 2. Thomas Fuller left 6 sons:— (11) Thomas^ m. Miss 
 Buxton;— (12) Jonathan^ m. Miss Trask;— (13) John\ m. 
 Miss Symonds;— (14) Joseph^ ra. Ist, Miss Buxton; 2d, Miss 
 Damon ;— (15) William^, m. 1st, Miss Goodale ; 2d, Miss Hill;— 
 (16) Stephen', m. Miss Moulton, but we have no account of his 
 family. 
 
 3. Elizabeth- Fuller m. Joseph Dean, who was b. about 
 1638, having d. March, 1718, aged 80. Their ch. were:— 
 Thomas, b. Sept. 15, 1664; m. 1st, Sarah BJanchard; 2.d^ 
 
 / 
 
Jlistorlcal Notices of the Fuller Famihf. 19* 
 
 Susannah ; Josej)!!, b. A])ril 5, IGO"; Daniel,!). Aiuil 21*,. 
 
 1G09; Elizabeth, ni. ^Ir. AValker; Sarah, b. Aug. 4, UiTo; 
 Deborah, b. Sept. 29, 1678; Hannah, b. Nov. 13, 1682; 
 Benjamin. 
 
 5. Deborah'^ Fuller, who m. Isaac Richardson, had 5 ch. : — 
 David, ra. and had 3 ch. named Solomon, Hannah, and Bethiah ;. 
 Benjamin ; Jonathan; Edward ; Mary, m. Mr. King. 
 
 Mr. Shaw, the 2d husband of (5) Deborah* Fuller had by her 
 2 ch. : — Daniel ; Ebenezer. 
 
 7. Jacob- Fuller bad ch : — (17) Mary'', m. Mr. Whipple 
 and left 8 ch, : — James, Jacob, and ]Mary ; — (18) Elizabeth\ m. 
 Mr. Fisk and left 9 ch. : — Sarah, Elizabeth, Lucy, Mercy, Jona- 
 than, Ebenezer, Jacob, William, Mary; — (19) Edward^ m. Miss 
 Quarles, and left 7 ch. ; — (20) Sarah', m. Mr. Fisk, by whom 
 she had 8 ch. : — Daniel, Jienjamin, Samuel, William, Josiah, 
 Sarah, ]\Iartin, Hannah; — (21) Jacob', b. 1700, m. Abigail 
 Holton* d. Oct. 17, 1767. 
 
 9. Benjamin^ Fuller, who m. Sarah Bacon, left 6 ch. : — 
 (22) SamueP, m. Miss Littiefield ;— (23) P]enjamin-', m. (31) 
 Mary* Fuller;— (24) Sarah^ m. 1st, Mr. Felch, and had 2 ch., 
 Deborah, and Daniel ; — (25) Ruth^ m. Mr. Smith, and had 10 
 ch., James, Walter, Jonathan, Sarah, Ruth, Mary, Elizabeth, 
 Amos, Benjamin, and Abigail ; — (26) Abigail', m. Mr. Haywardv 
 no account of her children ; — (27) Hannah'', ra. Ist, Mr. Swinton, 
 and had 1 ch., Elizabeth ; m. 2d, Mr. Fowle, and had 2 ch., John, 
 and Ebenezer. 
 
 11. Thomas^ Fuller, who m. Miss Buxton, had by her 7 
 ch. :— (28) Jolm^ d. in infancy ;— (29) Joseph* ;— (30) Timothy* ;. 
 (31) Mary*, m. (23) Benjamin^ Fuller ;— (32) Ruth*;- (33) 
 Betty* ;— (34) Lydia*. 
 
 12. Jonathan^ Fuller, who m. Miss Trask, had 6 ch. : — 
 
 * It is said that she was the only sister of Hon. Samuel Holton of 
 Danvers. This may be so, tbougli her first ch. was born 9 years 
 before Judge Holton. See a biographical notice of the latter in 
 Hanson's History of Danvers, pp. 188-194. 
 
■20 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 s(35) Jonathan^ ;— (36) Sarah*;— (37) Eunice* ;— (38) Susanna*; 
 —(39) Anna* ;— (40) Ruth*. 
 
 13. John^ Fuller, who ra. Miss Syraonds, had 7 ch. : — (41) 
 John*;— (42) Andrew* ;— (43) Ruth* ; — (44) David*; — (45) 
 
 Ph(jebe* ;— (46) Jerusha* ;— (47) Elizabeth*. 
 
 14. Joseph^ Fuller had 6 ch. :— (48) Ephraim* ; — (49) 
 Amos* ;— (50) Joseph* ;— (51) Thomas* ;— (52) Rachel* ;— (53) 
 Ruth*. 
 
 15. William^ Fuller had 4 ch. :— (54) William* ;— (55) 
 Nathan* ;— (56) Ruth* ;— (57) Jeremy*. 
 
 19. Edward' Fuller, who m. Miss Quarles, left 7 ch. : — 
 •<58) Josiah* ;— (59) Edward* ;— (GO) Ephraim*;— (61) Israel* ;— 
 (62) Mary* ;— (63) Sarah* ;— (64) Benjamin*. 
 
 21 . Jacob^ Fuller, by wife Abigail, had 10 ch., b. at Middle- 
 ton, Mass. : — (65) Elisha*, b. Apr. 3, 1729, m. Elizabeth Putnam 
 of Sutton, and had 1 son, (66) IsraeP, who d. before him, 
 about Sept. 2, 1776, of the small-pox, at Bennington, Vt., while 
 in the American army, as secretary to (84) Col. Archelaus 
 Fuller, brother of (85) Rev. Daniel Fuller of Gloucester ; — (67) 
 Ezi-a*, b. Nov. 8, 1731, d. 1765, unmarried ;— (68) Abigail*, b. 
 Apr. 22, 1734, m. Dr. Bradstreet and had 1 ch., Ezra ;— (69) 
 Elizabeth*, b. Apr. 22, 1734, m. Ebenezer Kimball, and left 7 
 ch. : — Jacob, Betsey, Sally, Mehitabel, Abraham, Holton, Abi- 
 gail ; — (70) Sarah*, b. June 30, 1737, was 2d wife of Samuel 
 Devereaux of Marblehead ; — (71) Rev. Timothy*, b. May 18, 
 1739, m. Oct. 31, 1771, Sarah, daughter of Rev. Abraham 
 Williams of Sandwich; he d. July, 1805; she d. March, 
 1822;— (72) Mehitabel*, b. Dec. 1, 1742, m. William Foster of 
 Andover, Mass., by whom she had 5 ch. : — William, m. Phoebe 
 Holt; Israel, d. a minor, iinm. ; Jacob, d. a minor, unm. ; Sally, 
 married ; John, married ; — (73) Holton*, b. June 4, 1745, d. 
 unm., Nov. 27, 1767 ; — (74) Jacob*, b. Jan. 3, 1748, m., 1st 
 Margaret Devereaux, had 2 ch. who died young ; m. 2d, Jerusha 
 Upton, no ch. ;— (75) David*, b. July 14, 1751, d. Nov. 6, 1821 ; 
 m. Abigail Kimball, and left 1 ch. (76) AbigaiP, who m. Richard 
 Osborn of Salem. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Famili/. 21 
 
 22. SamueP Fuller, who m. Miss Littlefield, had 7 ch. : — 
 (77) Samuel-*; — (78) James^; — (79) IJonjamin* ;— (KQ) Miriam*; 
 —(81) Mary*;— (82) Abigail* ;— (83) Joshua*. 
 
 23. Benjamin* Fuller, who m. (31) Mary* P^iller, left 5 
 ch. : — (84) Col. Archelaus*, who m. Ist, Hannah Richardson,. 
 Aug 10, 1752, m., 2d, Betsey (Dale) Putnam ; he died at Ben- 
 nington, Vt., of small-pox, about 1777 (See No. GG) ; — (85) Kev. 
 Daniel*, b. Sept. 1, 1740, grad. Harvard College, 1764 ; ordained 
 at Gloucester, Mass., as colleague pastor with Rev. Richard 
 Jaques, Jan. 10, 1770; resigned 1821; d. May 23, 1829; m. 
 Hannah Bowers of Middleton, Conn. ; — (8G) Andrew*, grad.. 
 Harvard College, 1765, resided at Peterborough, N. H. ; — (87) 
 Elisha* ;— (88) Sarah*. 
 
 7 1 . Rev. Timothy* Fuller, hy wife Sarah, dau. of ] vev. 
 Abraham Williams, had ch. : — (89) Sarah^, d. unm. 1849, at 
 Boston ; — (90) Nancy Buckminster^, m. Henry Titcomb, Esq., 
 of Farmington, Me., d. Jan., 1859; — (91) Elizabeth^ d. unm.. 
 at Augusta, Me., in 1856 ; — (92) Timothy^, b. in Chilmark^ 
 Martha's Vineyard, July 11, 1778; m., 1809, Margaret Crane;, 
 d. at Groton, Oct. 1, 1835 ;— (93) Anna^, d. in childhood ;— (94) 
 Deborah AUen^, who m. Clifford Belcher of Farmington, Me., 
 and still (1859) lives a Avidow, surviving all her brothers and 
 sisters; — (95) Abraham Williams^, d unm. 1847; — (96) Martha 
 Williams^ m. Simeon C. Whittier, of Hallowell, Me., d. 1852, 
 leaving several children ; — (97) Henry Holton", b. at Princeton, 
 Mass., July 1, 1790 ; grad. Harvard College, 1811 ; m. Mary 
 Buckminster Stone of Framingham, d. Sept. 15, 1852, leav- 
 ing one daughter, (98) Mary^, who m. David Cunningham 
 of Boston and went to Texas to live. She had several children ;. 
 — (99) William Williams% grad. Harvard College, 1813, d. at 
 Oregon, 111., 1849 ;— (100) Elisha% b. at Princeton, Mass., Oct. 28, 
 1794, grad. Harvard College, 1815, m. Susan Adams, d. at 
 Worcester, 1855, leaving one son, (101) Dr. Henry Holton^ Fuller 
 of CharlestOAvn, Mass., who m. Mary Washburn, of Lancaster,, 
 Mass., and died leaving one son, (102) Henry Holton' Fuller, a 
 
/ 
 
 '22 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 la^fVyer, who m. June 7, 1900, at Brookline, Mass., Mary Colraan, 
 dau. of George Ropes Harris ; a son, (108) Henry Holton^ F'uUer, 
 was born in 1901. The two daughters of Elisha^ Fuller were (104) 
 Susie Adams'^, who m. Dr. Russell L. Hawes of Worcester, Mass., 
 •and had 3 ch. : — Fanny Russell, who m. George Kettell of 
 Charlestown, Mass., and had ch., Margaret Willard, and Russell 
 Hawes; — Mary Forbusli ; — John Wheelock; and (105) Mary®,, 
 who m. Moses D. Colby. 
 
 84. Col. Archelaus* Fuller, by 1st wife Hannah, had ch. : — 
 (IOC)) Elijah', d. unm. ; — (107) Sarah% d. young; — (108) 
 Hannah'', m. Joseph Hutchinson, and had 4 sons, Elijah, Joseph, 
 Archelaus, Levi. By his ^d wife, Betsey, he had: — (109) 
 ■Betty^, m. Nehemiah Putnam, and had one dau., Betty ; — (110) 
 Sarah^ m. Eleazer Putnam, and had 2 ch., Sarah and Israel ; — 
 (111) Mary^;— (112) Benjamin^ lived in P'ayette, Me.; — (113) 
 IJanieP. 
 
 85. Rev. DanieP Fuller of Gloucester, by wife Hannah, 
 had ch. :— (114) Hannah Pcters% b. Oct. 6, 1771 ;— (115) DanieP, 
 b. Aug. 27, 1773 ; resides at Bridgton, Me. ; — (116) Benjamin^, 
 b. Feb. 27, 1776; begun business in Boston in 1798; m., 1st, 
 Maria Beal ;— (117) Elijah% b. April 1, 1778 ;— (118) Archelau8^ 
 b. Sept. 11, 1780;— (119) Samuel NewelP, b. Oct. 22, 1782;— 
 <120) Mary^ b. Feb. 18, 1785;— (121) SaralP, b. Jan. 27, 1787. 
 
 92. Hon. Timothy^ Fuller, by wife Margaret, had ch. : — 
 (122) Sarah Margaret^ b. at Cambridge, Mass., May 23, 1810; 
 m. Giovanni, Marchese Ossoli, and had one ch., Angelo Philip, 
 b. at Rieti, Italy, Sept. 5, 1848; parents and child d. July 19, 
 1850;— (123) Julia AdeIaide^ d. in childhood ;— (124) Eugene®, 
 ■b. at Cambridge, May 14, 1815, grad. Harvard College, 1834 ; ra. 
 Mrs. Anna Eliza Rotta, a widow lady of New Orleans ; drowned, 
 June 21, 1859;— (125) William Henry®, m. Feb. 28, 1840, 
 PVances Elizabeth Hastings, whose mother was a Hammond, 
 •a niece of Mrs. Craigie of Craigie House, Cambridge ; resided 
 at Cambridge and in New York, where he d. Dec, 1878 ; — 
 <126) Ellen Kilshavv®, m. Sept. 23, 1841, A^Tilliam Ellery 
 
 Page 22, in 5th Hue, for George Kettell, read Charles 
 Willard Kettell. 
 
 In 7th line, for (105) Marf, read (105) Sarah Williams. 
 At end of same paragraph insert : (100) Elisha had also 
 a son Elisha, who died young. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Faviili/. 28 
 
 Channing, son of Dr. Walter Channing of Boston ; d. Sept. 22, 
 185G;— (127) Rev. Arthur Buckmiiister'', h. Au-^. 10, 1822, grad. 
 Harvard College, 1843 ; m., 1st, Sept. 18, 1850, Elizabeth Godfrey 
 Davenj)ort, of Mendoii, Mass., who d. March 4, 1856; ra., 2d, 
 Emma Lucilla Reeves, of Wayland, Mass., Sept. 28, 1859 ; — 
 (128) Richard Frederick^ grad. Harvard College, 1844 ; m., 1st, 
 Sarah KoUock Batclielder, Feb. G, 1S49, who d., Jan. 10, 1856; 
 m., 2d, Adeline Rutter Reeves, March 31, 1857; — (129) James 
 Lloyd", d. unm., July 7, 1891 ;— (130) Edward Breck'', d. in 
 childhood. 
 
 124. Eugene'' Fuller left 5 ch. :— (131) Julia Margaret^ h. 
 May 31, 1849; m. Sept., 1876, William James Lloyd of Potts- 
 ville. Pa., grad. Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School ; 
 —(132) Eugene Ossoli', b. Oct. SO, 1851, d. unm., 1878;— 
 (133) William Channing", b. March 11, 1853, married;— (134) 
 Clara", b. Feb. 27, 1854, d. unm., 1874;— (135) Ellen Kilshaw", 
 b. 1856. 
 
 125. William Henry*' F'uller, by wife Frances Elizabeth, 
 had ch. :— (136) Cornelia", b. in Boston, Oct. 23, 1841 ; m. Henry 
 Devens of Charlestown, Mass ^ died in Switzerland, Aug., 1901 ; 
 had 4 ch. : — Winifred, d. young ; — Cornelia ; — Frances ; — Henry, 
 d. unm. ;— (137) Margaret Ellen", b. July 20, 1843, m., Dec, 
 1865, William Frothinghara of Boston ; d. Dec. 9, 1873 ; ha<l 
 ch. : — Samuel, and a dau. who d. in infancy; — (138) William 
 Henry", b. Dec. 12, 1844, d. Aug. 6, 1845 ;— (139) Frances 
 Ehzabeth Hastings', m. Oct. 1, 1867, George Winthrop 
 Folsora of New York City ;— (140) William Henry', b. Feb 12, 
 1848, d. unm., at Omaha, Dec, 1870;— (141) Emily Roelker', 
 b. June 30, 1849; m. April, 1871, Augustus A. Hayes of New 
 York City; had 1 ch. :— Florence Rowan, b. 1872;— (142) 
 Julian Ossoli^ b. Dec 27, 1851, d. unm., Dec 1893 ;— (143) 
 Florence', m. April 2, 1888, Joseph Swift Whistler, of 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 126. Ellen Kilshaw® Fuller, who m. William Ellery 
 Channing, had ch. : — Margaret Fuller, m. at Dorchester, Mass., 
 
24 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 Sept. 5, 1870, Thacher Loring of Brookline. Their ch.: — 
 
 1. Lindsley, b. June 15, 1871, m. Charlotte Cochrane, and had 
 ch:— William Ellery, b. July 26, 1890 ; Charlotte, b. Sept. 6, 1897. 
 
 2. Alice, m. Dr. William Edwards of Boston, and had ch.: — Joseph 
 Oliver, b. March 26, 1898. 
 
 3. Margaret Channing. 
 
 Caroline Sturgis, m. Sept. 20, 1865, Follen Cabot, son of 
 Frederick and Marianne Cabot of Brookline. Their ch : — 
 
 1. Chilton, b. Oct. 11, 1866, m. at Concord, Nov. 23, 1891, Louise 
 Partridge Richardson, daughter of Samuel W. and Florence Richard- 
 son of Concord, and had ch. : — Chilton Richardson, b. at Waltham, 
 Dec. 12, 1895 ; Louise, b. at Waltham, June 13, 1897 ; Harold, b. at 
 Waltham, Nov. 28, 1899. 
 
 2. Walter Channing, b. Nov. 15, 1867, m., June, 1900, Elinore, 
 daughter of Charles Follen Blake of Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 3. Follen, b. April 14, 1869 ; m. Oct., 1896, Edith Tufton, daughter 
 of Charles Follen Blake of Portsmouth, N. H. ; had ch. : — Eleanor, 
 b. in N. Y., Feb. 10, 1898. 
 
 4. Harold, b. April 22, 1870 ; d. April 11, 1885. 
 
 5. John Higginson, b. April 10, 1877. ; grad. Harvard College, 1901. 
 
 Walter, b. April 14, 1849, m. at Jamaica Plain, June 25, 1878, 
 Anna Kast Morse, and had ch. : — Walter, b. April 28, 1879 ; — 
 Henry Morse, b. Aug. 17, 1880; — Barbara; — Hayden, b. March 
 6, 1886 ; — Rosalie. 
 
 Giovanni Eugene, b. June 23, 1853 ; m. in Washington, D. C.,, 
 1880, Florence McClellan. In 1902 was living in San Francisco, 
 Cal. ; had ch. :— George Thacher, b. 1881 ;— John, b. 1887. 
 
 Edward, b. June 15, 1856 ; m. July -22, 1886, Alice Thacher, 
 daughter of Peter and Margaret (Potter) Thacher, of Newton. 
 In 1902 was living in Cambridge. Children: — Alice; — Eliza^ 
 beth Torrey. 
 
 127. Rev. Arthur Buckminister® Fuller, by wife Elizabeth 
 Godfrey (Davenport) had 2 ch. : — (144) Edith Davenport" ; — 
 
 (145) Arthur Ossoli" ; by wife Emma Lucilla (Reeves), 2 ch. : — 
 
 (146) Richard Buckminster' ; — (147) Alfred Buckminster". 
 
 128. Richard Frederick*' Fuller, by wife Sarah Kollock 
 (Batchelder) had ch. : — (148) Frederick Timothy" ;— (149) 
 Sarah Margaret', d. young ; — (150) Arthur Angelo", d. young * 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 25 
 
 — (151) Grace". By wife Adeline \\. (Reeves) he hadcli.: — 
 (152) Eugene"; — (153) Waldo" ;— (154) Ernest" ; — (155) 
 Margaret" ; — (156) Gertrude". 
 
 1 37. Margaret Ellen" Fuller, who ni. William Frothinghani, 
 had 1 son, Samuel Fi'otliingham, b. Aug. 8, 1868, m. Ajiril, 
 1896, Eleanor Meyer, daughter of George Meyer, and sister 
 of Hon. George von L. Meyer of IJoston, and had ch. : — 
 Samuel, b. June, 1897 ;— Donald McCloud, b. April 7, 1900; 
 — Helen. 
 
 139. Frances Elizabeth Hastings' Fuller, m. George W. 
 Folsom and had ch. : — Helen Stuyvesant, ni. Hev. Churchill 
 Satterlee, Nov. 1, 1898, had child : — Henry Yates Satterlee, 
 b. April 8, 1900, at Morganton, N. C. ; — George Winthrop, b. 
 Sept. 21, 1869, d. April 7, 1S75 ;— William Fuller, b. June 3, 
 1871, d. April 19, 1875 ;—Etheldred ;— George, b. April 15, 1875, 
 d. May 15, 1876 ;— Margaret Winthrop, m. May 19, 1900, Lieut. 
 Sidney Haight, U. S. A., had 1 ch.: — Sidney Coolidge Haight, 
 b. Feb. 23, 1901, at Lenox, Mass. ; — Maud Christine; — Winifred ; 
 — Georgette ; — Frances Constance. 
 
 141 . Emily Roelker" Fuller, who married A. A. Hayes, had 
 a daughter, Florence Rowan Hayes, m. in 1893, Alwyn A. 
 Alvord of San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 144. Edith Davenport' Fuller is now (1902), librarian of 
 the Episcopal Theological School, in Cambridge, Mass. 
 
 145. Arthur Ossoli" Fuller, b. Feb. 15, 1856. Graduated 
 from Harvard College, 1877. Practised law in Exeter, N. H., 
 where he is living in 1902. Nov. 19, 1884, he m. in Cambridge, 
 Ellen Minot, daughter of George Minot and Elizabeth (Dawes) 
 Minot. His ch. are : — (157) Margaret Crane-, b. Sept. 29, 
 1885 ;— (158) Constanee^ b. Dec. 14, 1886 ;— (159) Elizabeth 
 Minot^ b. May 2, 1888 ;— (160) Arthur Davenpo^t^ b. Sept. 1, 
 1889;— (161) George Minot«, b. Aug. 24, 1891 ;— (162) Faith 
 Greenleaf*, b. Dec. 3, 1892 ;— (163) Kenneth Eliot^ b. March 9, 
 1894. 
 
 146. Richard Buckrainster' Fuller, b. Feb. 13, 1861; was 
 
26 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family, 
 
 a member of class of 1883, Harvard College, and in 1902 lives in. 
 Milton, Mass. He m. at Chicago, April 30, 1891, Caroline Wolcott 
 Andrews, daughter of Martin and Caroline (Wolcott) Andrews. 
 His children are : — (164) Caroline Leslie^ b. Aug. 13, 1892 ; — 
 (165) Richard BuckminsterS b. July 12, 1895 ;— (166) Wolcott^ 
 b. Nov. 12, 1898. 
 
 147. Alfred Buckminster^ Fuller, b. Feb. 12, 1863 ; m. at 
 St. Albans, Vt, Oct. 7, 1897, Pauline (Hockaday) Lane, widow 
 of Albert Lane, of Parkersburg, West Va., and daughter of 
 Isaac O Hockaday and Sarah G. (Gleim) Hockaday of Fulton, 
 Mo. Pie now lives in Melrose, Mass. 
 
 148. Frederick Timothy' Fuller, b. in Salem, Sept. 11, 
 1850, grad. Harvard College, 1870 ; m. in Wayland, Nov. 2, 1871, 
 Ella Jane Sherman ; children, (167) Mabel Warren^ b. Aug. 5, 
 1872;— (168) Clara Margaret^, b. May 8, 1877 ;— (169) Lucy^ 
 b. April 2, 1879, m. June 2, 1902, Philip Cabot, son of J. Elliot 
 Cabot of Brookline, Mass ; — (170) Edwin Sherman^b. May 27, 
 1885 ;— (171) Richard Frederick^ b. March 22, 1887 ;— (172) 
 Willard Perrin^ b. May 27, 1888. 
 
 161. Grace'', m. at Cambridge, Nov. 25, 1874, Benjamin 
 Marvin Fernald of Exeter, N. H., now living in Melrose. 
 Children :— Ethel, b. Sept. 12, 1877;— Paul Fuller, b. Feb. 9, 
 d. April 22, 1895 ;— Margaret, b. May 5, 1896. 
 
 1 62. Eugene^ b. May 8, 1858, grad. Harvard College, 1880, 
 and from Harvard Medical School. Is now practising medicine 
 in New York City. He m. in Victoria, B. C, May 23, 1890, 
 Margaret Elizabeth MacTavish, daughter of Duncan Archibald 
 and Margaret EUza (Wotherspoon) MacTavish. Children : — 
 
 (173) Dorothy Margaret^ b. Oct. 13, 1891, d. May 11, 1892 ;— 
 
 (174) Duncan MacTavish^ b. Aug. 13, 1893;— (175) Eugenia 
 May% b. May 13, 1895;— (176) Richard Eugene^ b. June 1, 
 1897. 
 
 1 53. Waldo' Fuller, b. May 30, 1861, grad. Harvard College, 
 1883. He lived for a time in Telluride, Colorado, and is now: 
 in New York City. 
 
 Page 26 (151), in 3rd line, read Paul Fuller, b. Feb. 9, 
 1893. 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 27 
 
 1 54. Ernest" Fuller, h. July 13, 1863. In 1902 is at Cripple 
 Creek, Colorado. 
 
 155. Margaret" Fuller, m. at Cambridge, ^Marcli 30, 1892, 
 Philip Mar(juand, son of John Phillips and .Margaret (Curzon) 
 Marquand of New York City, formerly of Newhuryport, Mass. 
 Cliild :— John Phillips, b. Nov. 10, 1893. 
 
 156. Gertrude" Fuller, m. at Cambridge, Sept. 25, 1895, 
 Arthur Boylston Nichols, son of Frederick Spelman and 
 Elizabeth (Humphrey) Nichols of Boston. Children : — Arthur 
 Boylston, b. June 27, 1896, d. Oct. 8, 1896 ;— Elizabeth Hum- 
 phrey, b. Dec. 13, 1897;— Arthur Boylston, b. April 26, 1900; 
 a son, b. July 7, 1902. 
 
 BUCKMIXSTER FAMILY OF FRAMINGHAM. 
 
 The Buckminsters of Framlngham were prominent for a long 
 time in the history of that region before it was incorporated as 
 a town and afterwards. They held civil and military positions 
 of many kinds. Thomas Buckmaster, as the name was at first 
 written, probably came from Wales, and is named in the Colonial 
 Records, April 30, 1640, when he received a grant from the Gen. 
 Court. He was made a freeman, 16-46. His will is recorded 
 in Suffolk Probate, dated Sept. 2, 1656. He lived in Muddy 
 River (Brookline). 
 
 The direct line of descent as regards the Fuller family runs 
 thus: — (1) Thomas Buckmaster had son (2) Joseph, already 
 called Buckminster in deed dated July 23, 1660. 
 
 2, Joseph married Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Clarke. Their 
 children were (3) Joseph, b. July 31, 1666; Elizabeth. 
 
 3. Col. Joseph, son of (2) Joseph, married Martha Sharp, 
 dau. of John Sharp of Muddy River (Brookline), May 12, 1686. 
 His children were eight in number, among them was (4) Joseph, 
 b. 1697, (3) Col. Joseph Buckminster was proprietor of lands 
 in Framinofham, 1693. The date of his removal to Framingham 
 
•28 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 is unknown. He was selectman in 1700, and for seventeen years 
 in all ; was representative twelve years; in the commission of the 
 peace many years. His estate was large, and the title to 
 it involved him in lawsuits protracted after his death. He 
 held several military commissions, commanded a company of 
 grenadiers in Sir Charles Hobby's regiment in the expedition 
 to Port Royal, and subsequently had command of a regiment of 
 the Colonial militia. He Avas tall and athletic, of great physical 
 power, and of a resolute spirit. He died April 5, 1747. He m. 
 2d, Martha Dale of ]3aston. He held slaves, for an account of 
 which see Barry and Temple. Numerous deeds from him are 
 in the Suffolk and Middlesex registries. 
 
 4. Col. Joseph Buckminster, Jr., was the father of Anna, or 
 Anne, b. Dec. 3, 1728, who m. Rev. Abraham Williams of 
 Marlborough and Sandwich. After passing through subordinate 
 ranks he received his commission as colonel. He was for 
 twenty- eight years selectman, thirty-two years town clerk, 
 representative nineteen (perhaps twenty-eight) years. After 
 a long life of personal worth and public service he died May 
 15, 1780. One of his sons, William, commanded the company 
 of Minute-men of Barre, Mass., at Bunker Hill. Became colonel ; 
 d. 1786. (Biog. sketch, Worcester Magazine, I. 79.) 
 
 Sources : Barry, William : History of Framinghmn and Temple 
 Post, 1847 ; and Temple, Josiah H: History of Framingham, 1887. 
 
 WILLIAMS FAMILY. 
 
 1 . Abraham Williams became a proprietor of Marlborough 
 in 1663. He had already been admitted freeman in 1652. He 
 married Joanna Ward, dau. of William and Elizabeth Ward, and 
 settled in Marlborough, near the pond, at the place long known as 
 " Williams Tavern " (still standing, 1902). He represented the 
 town in the General Court, and died Dec. 29, 1712. His widow 
 died Dec. 8, 1718, aged 90. The record of his family is very 
 defective, but his will or deed of gift supplies some of the 
 
Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 29 
 
 defects in the records. It is dated Dec. "I'S, 171 'J. Tliis first 
 Abraham Williams is probably the Lieutenant Williams whose 
 commission, signed by Sir Edward Andros and dated Feb. 12, 
 1686-87, but unfortunately omitting Christian name, is in the 
 possession of the editor of this revised edition of the Fuller 
 genealogy. Abraham AVilliams had children : — Elizabeth ; 
 (2) William ; John ; Lydia. 
 
 2. William Williams d. Aug. 30, 1702 ; he may have been 
 the owner of the above mentioned commission, lie had chil- 
 dren : — Thomas, d. in infancy ; (3) Abraham, b. April 15, 1695. 
 
 3. Col. xlbraham Williams m, Jan. 5, 1715, Prudence Howe, 
 dau. of Thomas and Sarah. She d. Jan. 16, 1725, and he m. 
 2d, Dec. 22, 1725, Elizabeth Brack, dau. of Rev. Robert Breck. 
 
 She d. Jan. 13, 1729, and he m. Elizabeth , who d. 1775. 
 
 He was a prominent citizen, filled manj'^ town ofiices, and was 
 justice of the peace. In 1757 he organized and commanded as 
 captain a companj' to serve against the French and Indians. lie 
 attained the rank of colonel, and in 1775, at the age of 80, com- 
 manded the 3d regiment of militia of Middlesex and Worcester 
 counties. He probably did not serve in the Revolutionary War 
 on account of his great age. He d. July 10, 1781. He had 
 numerous children (see Hudson), among them (4) Rev. Abraham 
 Williams, minister of Sandwich, Mass., b. Feb. 25, 1727. 
 
 4. Rev. Abraham Williams was Fellow of the American Acad- 
 emy of Arts and Sciences. He strongly favored the Revolution. 
 Two of his sons died in British prison ships. His slaves Titus Win- 
 chester and Phebe were bought in Frammgham, and the bills of 
 sale are still preserved by the editor. Titus refused manumission 
 and stayed with his master until the latter died. A poem read 
 at the < Quarter-Millennial celebration of Sandwich and Bourne 
 in 1889, mentions Titus as keeping order among the boys in Rev. 
 Abraham Williams's church. Freed by the will of his master, 
 Titus served in various capacities on sailing vessels and accumu- 
 lated some property. At his death he left a bequest for a clock 
 to be placed on the church. This clock has recently been 
 
'30 Historical Notices of the Fuller Family. 
 
 replaced by a new one, but is still preserved in the vestry of 
 the church (190-2). 
 
 Sources : Hudson, Charles : History of Marlborough ; 8fc. 
 
 CRANE FAMILY. 
 
 The first immigrant was Henry Crane of Dorchester, Eng- 
 land. This was before the town of Canton had a separate 
 existence and while it was still a part of Dorchester. The 
 direct line, until joining the Fuller family, was as follows : — 
 1. Henry had son (2) William, who m. Abigail Puffer. William 
 had son (3) Henry. 
 
 3. Henry Crane, who lived at Packeen in Canton, was the son 
 of William and Abigail (Puffer) Crane ; he was b. May 6, 1719, 
 and m. Abigail Lyon, Nov. 29, 1744. He was a warden of the 
 English Church and its constant friend and supporter. He d. 
 Jan. 4, 1804. Henry Crane had son Major (4) Peter Crane, b. 
 1752. The latter was a gunsmith, and prover of arms for the 
 
 county of Norfolk in 1813. He m. Abigail , and had dan. 
 
 Margaret, b. Feb. 15, 1789, who m. Hon. Timothy Fuller of 
 Cambridge, May 28, 1809. 
 
 Peter Crane served in the Revolution, was major and adjutant 
 in the 24th regiment of Massachusetts line commanded by Col. 
 John Greaton. He d. Dec. 6, 1821. 
 
 On the triangular piece of land situated in South Canton, 
 bounded by Neponset, Church, and Washington Streets, stood, 
 in 1786, the house of Peter Crane. Between 1834 and 1837 
 this house was removed to the Revere Copper Yard, Canton 
 Dale, and became the homestead of the Revere family. 
 
 Source : Huntoon, Daniel T. V. : History of Canton. Camhridg 
 1893. 
 
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