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Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)

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164:, England on 6/16 September 1620. The small, 100-foot ship had 102 passengers and a crew of about 30–40 in extremely cramped conditions. By the second month out, the ship was being buffeted by strong westerly gales, causing the ship's timbers to be badly shaken. Caulking failed to keep out sea water. And passengers, even in their berths, lay wet and ill. This, combined with a lack of proper rations and unsanitary conditions for several months, contributed to death for many, especially the majority of women and children. During the voyage there were two deaths, a crew member and a passenger, but the worst was yet to come when, after arriving at their destination, in the space of several months almost half the passengers perished in the cold, harsh, unfamiliar New England winter. 33: 127: 183:
Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford's 1651 recollection of this family reads: "Edward Fuller and his wife dyed soon after they came ashore; but their sone Samuell is living, and married, and hath *4* children or more." After the deaths of Edward Fuller and his wife, their son Samuel, then about
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Edward Fuller was married in England sometime before 1605. His wife's first and maiden names are unknown. The couple had just one son, named Samuel. For many years it was thought they also had a son named Matthew, but in 2022 extensive yDNA testing conclusively proved that this cannot be true. In
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passenger, were the sons of Robert Fuller, a butcher, and apparently of Robert's first wife Sarah Dunkhorn (she was buried at Redenhall on 1 July 1584). There is very little additional existing documentation on the life of Edward Fuller in England. His father, who died by early 1614, left a will,
214:, probably in very early 1621. In the 1623 Division of Land, he was listed as "Samuell fuller Junior" and in the 1627 Division of Cattle he was listed as "Samuell fuller Junior" with his uncle Samuel Fuller. He became a freeman in 1634 and married Jane Lathropp—daughter of the prominent Rev. 175:, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbour at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on 11/21 November. Edward Fuller was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact on 11/21 November 1620, along with his brother Samuel Fuller. 192:
Edward Fuller and his wife died, according to Bradford, sometime after the Plymouth settlement was established, likely between 11 January 1621 and March but the exact date was not recorded. They were buried in the
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in Plymouth, possibly in unmarked graves, as were so many who died that winter. They are memorialised on the Pilgrim Memorial Tomb on Coles Hill, as "Edward Fuller and his wife".
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dated 19 May 1613, in which Edward is named as receiving some monies as well as his father's tenement, an inheritance which would take place after his step-mother Frances' death.
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On 9/19 November 1620, after about 3 months at sea, including a month of delays in England, they spotted land, which was the Cape Cod Hook, now called
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with his wife and a child. He had two known children, Matthew, born about 1605, and Samuel, born about 1608.
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Samuel Fuller was born c.1608. At his parents' demise, he came under the care of his uncle,
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and perished with his wife soon after the passengers came ashore to their new settlement at
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2023 the Mayflower Society officially stopped accepting lines of descent through Matthew.
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age twelve, was taken into the household of his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller.
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The names of Edward Fuller and his brother Samuel Fuller appear in a
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record, but there is no other information about his life in
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Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Four
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Edward Fuller (Mayflower)

William Halsall
Mayflower
Mayflower Compact
Plymouth
Redenhall
Norfolk
Samuel Fuller
Leiden
Holland
Holland

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
William Bradford
Plymouth
Provincetown Harbor
Colony of Virginia
Coles Hill Burial Ground
Samuel Fuller
John Lothropp
Scituate




General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Op. cit.

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