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Deacon Joseph Fuller

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  • Name Joseph Fuller 
    Title Deacon  
    Birth 29 Jul 1751  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1776  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Milit-Beg 04 Mar 1776  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Confirmation 10 Mar 1782  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation Between 1793 and 1813  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 23 Feb 1813  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8
    • Joseph Fuller died February 13, 1813, Intestate; without a Will. However the Probate court administered the estate and ordered the assets sold to pay the debts. Each child received $140 after the debts and the widow received 1/3 of the real estate as her dower rights.
    Obituary 27 Feb 1813  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Reference Number 113 
    Reference Number Ful-Sum3 
    Person ID I113  fullereriksen
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2016 

    DNA Tests  1 DNA test is associated with Deacon Joseph Fuller 

    Father Ensign Josiah Fuller, Sr.,   b. 02 Dec 1710, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1793, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Abigail Williams,   b. 04 Oct 1710, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1796, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1738  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11
    • Vital Record date 14 Jan 1738/9
    Family ID F12  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joanna Spring,   b. 15 Jul 1750, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1784, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1776  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Children 
     1. Joseph Fuller, Jr.,   b. 25 Apr 1777, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Apr 1811 (Age 33 years)
     2. Betsy Fuller,   b. 15 Aug 1782, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1807, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Bacon,   b. 11 Mar 1764, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1819, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1785  Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    Children 
    +1. Deacon Joel Fuller,   b. 10 Aug 1786, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1848, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. George Fuller,   b. 01 Jun 1788, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 20 Dec 1789, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 1 years)
     3. George Fuller,   b. 20 Dec 1789, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 21 Aug 1793, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 3 years)
    +4. Abigail Fuller,   b. 14 Sep 1791, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Dec 1848, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     5. George Fuller,   b. 12 Aug 1793, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1802, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
    +6. Edmund Fuller,   b. 23 Nov 1794, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jun 1878, Ridgway, Orleans, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     7. Minda Fuller,   b. 19 Jun 1796, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1818, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     8. Jeremiah Fuller,   b. 09 Sep 1797, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1828, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    +9. Lieutenant Sumner Fuller,   b. 03 Jun 1799, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jun 1839, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     10. Maria Fuller,   b. 12 Dec 1800, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Jane Fuller,   b. 01 Feb 1803, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1874, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     12. Mary Ann Fuller,   b. 26 Jun 1805, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Seth Fuller,   b. 16 Jul 1807, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1844, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Documents
    Fuller, Joseph, Deacon 1751-1813
    Fuller, Joseph, Deacon 1751-1813
    Probate Court Records filed 1813
    Middlesex County Court;
    Case number 8761
    He died intestate (without a Will)
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2024 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jul 1751 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 1776 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilit-Beg - 04 Mar 1776 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Apr 1776 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 10 Mar 1782 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 31 Mar 1785 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Between 1793 and 1813 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Feb 1813 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - 27 Feb 1813 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Documents
    Fuller, Deacon Joseph, (1751-1813) Obit.
    Fuller, Deacon Joseph, (1751-1813) Obit.
    Obit: Appeared in Boston Newspaper dated 27 Feb. 1813

    Fuller, Joseph, Dea., of the Church, d. in West Parish, Newton, Tuesday, aged 62 (c.c.Feb 27, 1813); MA. Columbian Centinel 1784-1840 Index to Obituaries. (Long obit notice). [d. 23 Feb, 1813]

    On Tuesday last, in the West Parish of Newton, Mr. Joseph Fuller at 62: he lived and died the character of an honest, upright man and was for several years Deacon of the Church in that place; he was an affectionate husband and kind parent though greatly lamented by his friends, they enjoy the consoling hope that their loss is his gain. It is worthy of notice, he was one of nine children, and the first instance of mortality which has taken place among them for the space of seventy years.

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), Newton, MA to 1850, Vol 1, p72; Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-various.

    2. [S204] Francis Jackson, Book, History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts; 1639-1800, with a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants prior to 1800, (Stacy and Richardson, Boston, MA, USA, Published 1854), Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-Sum3, various pages.

    3. [S228] Author: Members of the Fuller Family, Family Tree data with sources - Fuller Family, Information from the WILLS of some of the Descendants of John of Newton

      Deacon Joseph Fuller’s farm was located in the far south western corner of the original Fuller Farm and bordered the Charles River on the westerly side.
      Deacon Joseph inherited this Land/Farm from his father, Ensign Josiah Fuller, in 1776 when he first married Joanna Spring.
      Ensign Josiah inherited this Land/Farm from his father, Jeremiah Fuller, in 1739 when he married Abigail Williams.
      Jeremiah inherited this Land/Farm from his father, John Fuller of Newton, in 1694 about the time of John’s death.; Ful-Sum3, page 2-3+2-3b, Various.

    4. [S116] Military Record, USA Registration, Fuller, Joseph, Private, Capt. Amariah Fuller's (Newton) co., Col. Thatcher's regt.; service, 5 days; company called out March 4, 1776. As per “Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War” vol 6, p 173.; Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-PW2, p 19.

    5. [S170] Phillips Academy, Ful, Sumner school file, (1817), Ful-Sum, page 12d, Ful-Sum, page 12a-g.

    6. [S152] dated Nov. 8 1881, West Newton Church Committee, Book, Second Church of Newton, 1882 - One Hundredth Anniversary, (Beacon Press: Thomas Todd, Printer, No 1 Somerset Street, Boston, MA, Published 1882), The first Deacons of this church were - 1781 - Joseph Ward and Joseph Jackson, the Third was - 1789 - Enoch Ward and Fourth - 1793 - Joseph Fuller; Booklet - Second Church, Ful-Sum, page 11.

    7. [S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), VR, Newton, MA to 1850, Vol 1, p449, 2nd Cong. Church, West Newton.; Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-various.

    8. [S228] Author: Members of the Fuller Family, Family Tree data with sources - Fuller Family, Middlesex Probate Court Case Number 8762, Petition before the court 2 Mar 1813.
      Inventory
      Real Estate
      The homestead of said deceased, situated in said Newton containing about Seventy Acres with the buildings thereon appraised at
       $2500.00
      A Pew in the West Meeting-house in said Newton
       70.00
      Total $2570.00

      Personal Estate


      Blue Great Coat $2..50 Dark Coat 2.00, Black Coat 1.50
       6..00
      4 Waistcoats 3..00. 1 pr Small Clothes 1..00. 1 pr Pantaloons ..50
       4..50
      3 Shirts 3..50. 1 Frock ..60. Mothers Gloves ..75 Stockings ..75
       5..60
      1 pr Boots 2..00. 2 pr Shoes 1..00. 2 Hats 2..25
       5..25
      1 Bed. Bedstead. Coverlet, Blanket, pr of Sheets Pillows & Legs
       20..00
      1 Bed. Bedstead. Coverlet, Pillows & 1 Bedstead ..50
       10..50
      1 Bed. Bedstead & Coverlet 9..00. 1 Bed. Bedstead & Coverlet 20.00
       29..00
      4 pr Sheets 9.50. 5 Towels ..50. 4 Strainers ..67.
       10..67
      4 pr Pillow cases ..40. 3 Table cloths 1..50. horn 14..00
       15..90
      1 Foot Wheel ..25. Old Iron in the Garret 1..00
       1..25
      Old Lumber in the Garret 1..00. 1 Chest & Contents 1.00
       2..00
      Old Draws ..50. Table ..50 Old Chairs 1.00. Cloths Basket .67
       2..67
      Lumber box 2..00. Rye 5..50 Barley 3..00 Malt 1..00
       11..50
      Lumber in the Chamber 1.25 Meat bags 1.33 Watch 4..50
       7..08
      Andirons, Shovel & Tongs 1..75 3 Maple Tables 1..50
       3..25
      Maple Desk 3..00 Foot Wheel 1..50. Candle stand ..25
       4..75
      9 Chairs 3..00 Desk 5..00 Table 2..50 Large Glass 3..75
       14..25
      Small Glass 1..25 Mahogany Table 3..00 Bible 1.00
       5..25
      Books 1..25 3 Leather bottom Chairs 1..50. 7 Common D[itt]o 2..75
       5..50
      Amount carried Over
       $164..92
      [page2]
      Amount Brought over
       $164..92
      Crockery ware 2..00 Glass ware ..50 11 Earthan milk pans 1.10
       3..50
      Glass bottles .92 Earthan pots ..50 Iron Logs ..75 Wooden boxes ..50
       2..67
      Flax Comb 1..00 Scales & Weights ..50. 2 pr Cards 1..00 Lard 4..25
       6..75
      3 Pails .50. 2 pr of Steel yards 1..50. 1 Gun 5..00 Hunting D[itt]o 3..50
       10..50
      Pewter ware 6..32. Tin ware 1..00 Knives & Forks 1..50
       8..82
      Flatirons .50. Candlesticks .50. Brass kettle 5..00. Iron ware 1.80.
       7..80
      Bell meath Skillet 1..00. Gridiron, Toasiron & Frying pan 2..00.
       3..00
      Sickles 1..00. Axes, Billhooks & Hammers 2..75 Sled 2..50.
       6..25
      Old Lumber 5..00 Ox Cart 10..00 Grindstone 1..50
       16..50
      2 Iron bars 4..00. 2 Steel traps 1..50 Wheelbarrow 2..50
       8..00
      Cask of Vinegar 4..50 Old tools 2..00 Mortise bx .75
       7..25
      Hemp Comb .40. 9 Baskets 2..50 Ox Yoke 1..00
       3..90
      Collar, Hairns & Traces 4..00. Cheese Press 1..50. Float Plank 3..00
       8..50
      Old Lumber in the shop 1..00. Plank & Joist 4..00. Old Iron 1..50.
       6..50
      1 Timber Chain & other Chains 9..00. 2 Riddling Sieves 1..25.
       10..25
      Beetle & Wedges 1..50. 5 Cider Barrels 2..50 Churn .50.
       4..50
      Silver spoons 1..50. Hand vice, Spoon & Bullet Moulds 1..00
       2..50
      2 Ploughs 9..00. 2 Harrows 6..00 Wheelbarrow 1.00. Chaise 18.00.
       34..00
      Forks & Racks 1.00 Shovels, Dung fork & Hoe 2..25 Horse Cart 8..00
       11..25
      English Hay 60..00. Swail Hay 9..90. Corn stacks 3.00.
       72..90
      1 Cow 19..00. 2 Ditto 25..00, 25..00, 1 Ditto 21..00 1 Ditto 15..00
       105..00
      3 Heiffers 30..00. 1 Yoke of Oxen 75..00. 2 Hogs 20..00 Cider 16..00
       143..00
      5 Casks 2..00. 1 Lumber Sleigh 1..50. 3 Legs Bacon 4..80
       8..30
      1 Barrel Pork 20..00. Cheese Tub 1..25. 2 Pork Tubs 1..50
       22..75
      Casks in the West Cellar 7..00 Cheese 4..80 Potatoes 9..50
       21..30
      Casks in the East Cellar .50 Bottles .25
       ..75
       [Total] ………………… $701..46

      June 3, Judge Prescott accepts the following distribution of the cash in hand and payments to the following:
      Dolls Cts.
      Joel (his own share)………………………….140..00
      Edmund Fuller a son….……………………..140..00
      Minda Fuller a daughter…………………….140..00
      Jeremiah Fuller a son………………………..140..00
      Sumner Fuller a son……….…………………140..00
      Maria Fuller a daughter…………………….140..00
      Jane Fuller a daughter……………………..140..00
      Seth Fuller a son………………………………140..00
      Ethel Jennings in right of his wife,
      Nabby a daughter of the dece[ase]d...140..00
      The children of the deceased’s son Joseph, who is also deceased viz.
       Joanna Fuller ………70..00
       Adelphia Fuller…….70..00
      That he (Joel) retained for future charges 7..97
       [Total] …………………...$1407..97

      
      Source:
      New England Historic Genealogical Society,Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database, 2014.; Will Folders, Joseph Prob 1813, Various.

    9. [S213] Semi-Weekley News Paper: Columbian Centinel (1790-1840), (Boston), Fuller, Joseph, Dea., of the Church, d. in West Parish, Newton, Tuesday[23rd], aged 62 (c.c.Feb 27, 1813); MA. Columbian Centinel Newspaper, Boston 1790-1840 Index to Obituaries. (Long obit notice).
      NEHGS search, Columbian Centinel 1790-1840, F73.1/C65/1790-1829, 13 May 1812-25 March 1815.

      “On Tuesday last, in the West Parish of Newton, Mr. Joseph Fuller Ζt 62: he lived and died the character of an honest, upright man and was for several years Deacon of the Church in that place; he was an affectionate husband and kind parent though greatly lamented by his friends, they enjoy the consoling hope that their loss is his gain. It is worthy of notice, he was one of nine children, and the first instance of mortality which has taken place among them for the space of seventy years.”; Ful-John1, Section IV, Ful-John2, Section IV.

    10. [S204] Francis Jackson, Book, History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts; 1639-1800, with a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants prior to 1800, (Stacy and Richardson, Boston, MA, USA, Published 1854), 1739 to Abigail Williams; Ful-Sum3, page 3, Ful-Sum3, various pages.

    11. [S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), Newton, MA to 1850;; Ful-Sum3, page 3, Ful-various.

    12. [S204] Francis Jackson, Book, History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts; 1639-1800, with a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants prior to 1800, (Stacy and Richardson, Boston, MA, USA, Published 1854), Ful-Sum3, page 2-1, Ful-Sum3, various pages.

    13. [S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), Newton, MA to 1850, Vol 1, p286; Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-various.


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