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Headstones		Fuller, Ensign Josiah, d. 1793 In memory of Ensign Josiah Fuller who departed this life May 10th 1793: Aged 83. Friend quit this Stone and look above the skies, The dust lies here but virtue never dies. Plot: Plot 83
Headstones		Fuller, Ensign Josiah, d. 1793 Ensign Josiah Ffuller [footstone] Plot: Plot 83

Name	Josiah Fuller [1, 2]
	Achieved the rank of 'Ensign' by 1750 (Junior military rank)
Title	Ensign
Suffix	Sr.
Birth	02 Dec 1710	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [3, 4]
Gender	Male
Occupation	1739	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [5]
Was a farmer when he received Land from his father
Occupation	Between 1743 and 1765	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [6]
Elected Offices held in the town of Newton, MA: SURVEYER OF HIGHWAYS - 1745 HOGREEVE - 1743 (a former New England Officer responsible for impounding of stray hogs) CONSTABLE - 1749 FISH REEVE - 1750-51 SELECTMAN - 1751, 56, 59, 60, 65 SCHOOL COMMITTEE - 1756 NEW HIGHWAY THROUGH HIS PROPERTY - 1750 JOURY LIST - 1756, 60 WALTHAM BRIDGE - 1752 (Supplied Lumber) LUMBER FOR PRATT'S AND CAMBRIDGE BRIDGES - 1766 NEW HIGH STREET THROUGH HIS LAND 1765 REPAIR WEST SCHOOL HOUSE - 1767
Reference Number	13
Reference Number	Ful-Sum3
Death	10 May 1793	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [7]
Will	02 Apr 1794	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [8]
Probate Date
Burial	West Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [7, 9, 10]
Person ID	I13	fullereriksen
Last Modified	14 Sep 2018

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with Ensign Josiah Fuller, Sr.
	Y-DNA-37	W.L. Fuller	I-M253	Most distant ancestor: James Fuller, b. Abt 1542 d. 14 May 1622, Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK 37 Marker Values: 393[13] 390[23] 19[14] 391[10] 385[14-14] 426[11] 388[14] 439[11] 389i[13] 392[11] 389ii[29] 458[15] 459[9-8] 455[8] 454[11] 447[23] S437[16] 448[21] 449[28] 464[13-14-15-16] 460[10] H4[10] YCA[19-21] 456[14] 607[13] 576[17] 570[21] CDY[35-35] 442[12] 438[10] 531[11] 578[8] 395S1[15-15] 590[8] 537[11] 641[10] 472[8] 406S1[9] 511[10] Relevant links: We think the most likely ancestor of John of Newton is James Fuller http://johnfullerofnewton.com/ancestral/about-john/ancestral-line/ Notes: THE FULL 67 MARKER VALUES ARE: 393[13] 390[23] 19[14] 391[10] 385[14-14] 426[11] 388[14] 439[11] 389i[13] 392[11] 389ii[29] 458[15] 459[9-8] 455[8] 454[11] 447[23] S437[16] 448[21] 449[28] 464[13-14-15-16] 460[10] H4[10] YCA[19-21] 456[14] 607[13] 576[17] 570[21] CDY[35-35] 442[12] 438[10] 531[11] 578[8] 395S1[15-15] 590[8] 537[11] 641[10] 472[8] 406S1[9] 511[10] 425[12] 413[21-23] 557[15] 594[10] 436[12] 490[12] 534[17] 450[8] 444[12] 481[25] 520[20] 446[13] 617[13] 568[11] 487[12] 572[12] 640[11] 492[12] 565[11]

Father	Lieutenant Jeremiah Fuller, Sr., b. 04 Mar 1658/59, Cambridge Village, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Dec 1743, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)
Mother	Thankful Bird, b. 06 Feb 1667, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 Apr 1729, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
Marriage	1700	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [11]
Family ID	F13	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Abigail Williams, b. 04 Oct 1710, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Sep 1796, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)

Marriage 14 Jan 1738 Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [12, 13]

Vital Record date 14 Jan 1738/9

Children

+	1. Colonel Josiah Fuller, Jr., b. 24 Oct 1739, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Mar 1825, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
	2. David Fuller, b. 13 Oct 1741, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 Jan 1742, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)
	3. Phebe Fuller, b. 29 Jan 1744, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	4. Abigail Fuller, b. 24 Oct 1745, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 05 Jan 1828, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)
	5. Anna Fuller, b. 04 Jun 1746, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	6. Mary Fuller, b. 30 Nov 1747, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Dec 1792, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years)
	7. Patty Fuller, b. Jan 1748, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. Bef 1773, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 24 years)
	8. Thankful Fuller, b. 21 Feb 1750, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
+	9. Deacon Joseph Fuller, b. 29 Jul 1751, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Feb 1813, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)
	10. Susanna Fuller, b. 02 Jun 1753, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	11. Martha Fuller, b. 21 Aug 1755, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 08 Oct 1820, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)

Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 02 Dec 1710 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Marriage - 14 Jan 1738 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Occupation - Was a farmer when he received Land from his father - 1739 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Occupation - Between 1743 and 1765 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Death - 10 May 1793 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Will - 02 Apr 1794 - Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
	Burial - - West Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Sources

[S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), Newton, MA to 1850, Vol 1, p448;; Ful-Sum3, page 2, Ful-various.
[S229] P R Ritter & T Fleishman, Book, Newton, MA 1679-1779, Fleishman, (New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Published 1982), Page 38 - Fuller - Josiah (1710-1793); Book, Newton 1679-1779, Ful-Sum3, various pages.
[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), 3rd w Thankful and had ...Josiah 2 Dec 1710.; Ful-Sum3, page 3, Ful-Sum3, various pages.
[S193] Compiler: Church of the Later Day Saints, Family Search Website, various.
[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

- This farm of about 70 acres was located in the far south western corner of the original Fuller Farm and bordered the Charles River on the westerly side.
- 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 2-3b, Various.
[S229] P R Ritter & T Fleishman, Book, Newton, MA 1679-1779, Fleishman, (New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Published 1982), Page 37-38 - Fuller - Josiah (1710-1793); Book, Newton 1679-1779, Ful-Sum3, various pages.
[S106] Compiler: State of Massachusetts, USA, Vital Records, Massachusetts, (Publisher: NEHGS - Online, 99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA), Newton, MA to 1850, Vol 1, p448; Josiah, May 10, 1793, a. 83. CR2 [Ens. Josiah. GR2].(GR=River Street Cemetery, West Newton); Ful-Sum3, page 3, Ful-various.
[S228] Author: Members of the Fuller Family, Family Tree data with sources - Fuller Family, Will and Probate Record
Will written 12 Apr 1790
Probate date 2 Apr 1794

Record # 8775

Source: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.New England Historic Genealogical Society, Online database, 2014. From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.; Ful-John-research USA-wills, Various.
[S205] Cemetery Record, Newton, MA, West Parish Burying Ground, Newton, MA. Also known as the River Street Cemetery. Plot #83, the inscription on the grave stone reads:
"In memory of Ensign Josiah Fuller who departed this life May 10th 1793: Aged 83. Friend quit this Stone and look above the skies, The dust lies here but virtue never dies."
; Ful-Sum3, page 3, Ful-Sum3.
[S229] P R Ritter & T Fleishman, Book, Newton, MA 1679-1779, Fleishman, (New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston, Published 1982), Page 38 - Fuller - Josiah (1710-1793) --- Grave #83; Book, Newton 1679-1779, Ful-Sum3, various pages.
[S206] Compiler: Torrey, Clarence, Book, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (New England Historical Genealogical Society, City Printers), Jeremiah (1658-1743) & 3/WF Thankful [Bird](1667/8-)b 1701,1700; Newton; Page 288; Ful-Sum3, page 4, Ful-Sum3, p3.
[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.
[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.

Ensign Josiah Fuller, Sr.