CROCKER: Rooted in History, The Crockers of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

William Crocker

Mottos:
God Feed Them
I Will Hold My Power in My Faith

Deacon William Crocker was borne in Devonshire, England circa 1612 and Christened 11 Feb 1614 in Devonshire, England to Hugh Crocker (1598-1662) and Thomasine Mitchell (1589-1628). 

It is believed he came to Scituate, Massachusetts in 1634. 

In 1636,  William married Alice (1614-1684), surname  believed to be Hoyt. Together they had six children. William married a second time to widow Patience Cobb Parker in 1684.

The Crockers are documented lived for three generations in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is likely that they left Scituate in 1639 as part of the congregation of John Lothrop. It is believed that he came to the Colonies with John Lothrop on the ship "Griffin" in 1634. 

William was a respected man and served as constable for Barnstable. He, also, served on a grand jury to many years and was a selectman. He became a deacon of Barnstable church.  

William died 6 Sep 1632, and both he and Hannah are both buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Martin, Sophia Smith. John genealogy: the descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied family, etc. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Co., 1903. Vol 2, Appendix, page 1363.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56973967/william-crocker

Children of William and Alice

John Crocker (1637-1711) ~ m. Mary Bodfish * See Bodfish

Both John and Mary are buried in Old Town Cemetery, Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA

Elizabeth (1639-1658)

Samuel 1642-1681)

Job (1644/5- Unk)

Josiah (1647-Unk)

Eleazer (1650-Unk)

Joseph (1654-Unk)

Children of John Crocker and Mary Bodfish

Elizabeth (1660-1716)

Jonathan Crocker (1662-1746)  ~ m. 20 May 1686 to Hannah Howland * See Howland

Both are buried at West Barnstable Cemetery,  West Barnstable, MA

John (1663-Unk)

Hannah (1665-1738)

Joseph (1667-Unk)

Benjamin (1670-Unk)

Nathaniel (1673-1740)

Experience (1674-1740)

Jabez (unk-1700)

Mary (unk-but married in 1702 and alive in 1714)

Children of Jonathan Crocker and Hannah Howland

Anne (1886-Unk)

Lydia (1686-1780) * Crocker genealogy documents 1742

Hannah Crocker (1688-1751) ~ m Shubuel Fuller Crocker genealogy  states Samuel 

* See Fuller, Samuel

 

Thankful (1690-1735)

Isaac (1692-1769)

Reliance (1694-1724)

Jonathan (1696-1725)

Rachel (1699-Unk)  

James (1699-1785)

Ephriam (1702-1704)

Descendants of William  Crocker and Alice 

John Crocker ~ m. Mary Bodfish

Jonathan Crocker ~ m. Hannah Howland

Hannah Howland ~ m. Shubuel/Samuel Fuller

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding 

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th Living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Bowman

For privacy reasons, I did not list my parents, children, siblings, or cousins

ROWLEY: Rooted in History, Henry of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Henry Rowley

Henry Rowley was born circa 1598 in England. 

Henry is believed to have arrived in Massachuttes Bay Colony sometime between 1630-32 with his wife and children, and first settling in Sciuate, Massachusetts. 

He married Sarah Palmer, whose father and brother came to the colonies in 1621 on the ship Speedwell.

Henry Rowley married second, Ann Blossom, widow wife of Thomas Blossom (1580-1633) who traveled on the Speedwell with Sarah's father. Thomas Blossom's sister was Sarah Palmer's mother. 

I descend from his first marriage with Sarah Palmer. After she died in 1632, their younger children may have been sent live with Sarah's father, William Palmer, Sr.. I say this because in 1637 William bequeaths part of his property to Rebecca and Moses Rowley, grandchildren, then provides a guardian to raise Moses. 

Henry Rowley was a freeman in 1639, and removed to Barnstable with his second wife in 1640. He died in Barnstable around befre the probate of his will on 15 Jul 1673. 

Rebecca, depends on migration date (1631-1710) mentioned in William Palmer's will.

Henry  Rowley died 15 Jul 1673 in Falmough, Barnstable County, MA on or about 15 Jul 1673. 

Fiske, John and James Grant Wilson. Appletons; Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886-1900. Vol 1, page 269

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1632. Vol 3 P-W. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Pages 1602-1604.

Deyo, Simeon L. History of Barnstable County, Massachusettes, 1620-1637-1686-1890. New Yourk: Blake, 1890. Pages 308, also see index.

Green, Richard Henry. The New York genealogical and biographical record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1906. Pages 57-58.

 

Home W. Brainard, "Henry Rowley and Some of His Descendants." Article in The New York genealogical and biographical record; Green, Henry. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1906. Pages 57-59.

 

Pope, Charles Henry. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston, C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 393.

Children of Henry Rowley and Sarah Palmer

Joseph, born in England (1623-1655) 

Sarah, born in England (1625-1710)

Henry, born in England (1626-Unk)

Moses, born in England (1627-1705) ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller

Rebecca Rowley, birth depends on migration date. She is mentioned in William Palmer Sr. will.

Moses Rowley

Moses Rowley was born in London, England circa 1627. His mother Sarah Palmer died when he was about five years of age. I believe the Rowley family came to the Colonies as part of the followers of John Lothrop in the Winthrop fleet circa 1630; however, Sarah's father, William Palmer, was at Plymouth as early as 1621 and her mother, Frances Blossom, in 1623. 

Moses and his sister Rebecca are specifically mentioned in William Palmer's will, which makes me assume that William raised the two youngest Rowley children in his household. Also, his will provides for conservatorship of Moses after his death in 1637.  

Moses married on 22 Apr 1652 to Elizabeth Fuller. Elizabeth was the daughter of Dr Matthew Fuller of Barnstable, who came with wife and family to Plymouth Colony circa 1640. FamilySearch documents state she was born at Plymouth, but more likely in England. 

Moses and Elizabeth had twelve children, all in Barnstable. Sometime before his death in 1705, the family moves to Haddam, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 

* My personal speculation is that the Rowley family moved to Connecticut as early as 1683. [In 1635, John Winthrop Jr. was surveying the Connecticut area for colonization. Connecticut and New York had previously, had been a Dutch settlement. Ancestors on the Lambson branches like the Starks, Walworths, and Matsons settled in Groton and Fisher's Island; the Olmstead and Loomis in Hartford]. 

Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller genealogy, Vol III: Some descendants of Captain Mathew Fuller, John Fuller of Newton, John Fuller of Lynn, John Fuller of Ipswicch, and Robert fuller of Dorchester and Dedham, with supplements to Vol I and II. Palmer, Mass.: C.B. Fiske & Co. 1908. Pages 11-12.

 

Children of Moses Rowley and Elizabeth Fuller

Cahterine (1652-1683)

Mary (1653-1704)

Moses Jr (1654-1735)

Child (stillbirth 1656)

Mehitabel Rowley (1660-1759) ~ m. "Little" John Fuller 

Shubael (1660-1714) * twin of Mehitabel 

Sarah (1662-1705)

Nathan (1664-1742) 

Aaron (1666-1743)

John (1667-1705)

Matthew (1669-1717)

Daniel (1671-1682)

Descendants of Henry Rowley and Sarah Palmer

Moses Rowley ~ m. Elizabeth Fuller  * Matthew Fuller's daughter

Mehitable Rowley ~ m. John Fuller * Samuel Fuller's son

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding Smith

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons, I have not listed my children, parents, siblings, or cousins

 

LEE: Rooted in History, Robert of Barnstable

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Robert Lee

Robert Lee is believed to be born circa 1602 in London, Middlesex, England. He married Mary Atwood circa 1623. 

Mary was born circa 1603 to John Atwood (1580-1644) and Ann Coleson (1580-1654). She was Christened 23 Feb 1603. Mary is believed to be their only child. Records list John Atwood died in Plymouth circa 1644 and Ann  died in Boston 1654. This is consistent with the documentations of their wills I found in the Pioneers of Massachusetts, page 23. 

Children John Atwood and Ann Coleson 

Mary Lee (1603-1681)

Although I couldn't pinpoint Mary and Robert's arrival, page 282 of the above book, the record states that Robert Lee was in Plymouth in 1636. Robert died circa 1663. Mary died about 1 Oct 1681 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, having lived with her son-in-law John Howland Jr for eight years prior to her death. 

Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents. Boston: C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 23, 282.

Children of Robert Lee and Mary Atwood

Ann (1625-1697)

Mary Lee (1632-1697) ~ m.Lieutenant John Howland II

Descendants of Robert Lee and Mary Atwood

Mary Lee ~ m. John Howland Jr

Hannah Howland ~ m. Johnathan Crocker

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shabuel Fuller

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents

BODFISH: Rooted in History, Robert of Sanwich

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Robert Bodfish

Robert was born circa 1609 in England. He married Bridget (believed to be Sugg). Robert immigrated in 1634 with his first residence in Lynn, Massachusetts. He occupation was listed as "licensed to sell wine." In 1649, Robert was fined for two of his swine not being penned. 

Anderson, Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Vol 1 A-B, pages 357-358. Print, and available for viewing on Ancestory.com.

Bridgett was born circa 1612.  After Robert's death, she married Samuel Hinckley. Bridget died 30 Oct 1662 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.

Torrey, Clarence Almon. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Page 142. Print or able to view Ancestry.com. 

Robert and his family removed to Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay in 1638 where died between on or around 19 Nov 1651 depending of probate of his will. 

History of Sandwich and Bourne, Plymouth records: Sandwich and Bourne, colony and town records. Yarmouthport, Mass: S.S. Swift, 1912. Pages 16, 20, 22. 

Children of Robert Bodfish and Bridgett Sugg

Sarah (1638-1706)

Robert (1639-1641)

Mary Bodfish (1643-1662) ~ m. John Crocker 

Elizabeth (1647-Unk)

Robert (1648-Unk)

Peter (1649-1744)

Joseph (1651-1744)

Descendants of Robert Bodfish and Bridget 

Mary Bodfish ~ m. John Crocker

Jonathan Crocker ~ m. Hannah Howland * great granddaughter of Mayflower passengers

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller 

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

COLBY: Rooted in History, The Winthrop Fleet

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

Anthony Colby

Winthrop Fleet

Massachusetts Bay Company was joint stock trading company chartered by the English Crown in 1629 to establish a colony in New England. John Winthrop and his fleet of eleven ships brought over 700, mostly puritan, passengers from England to settle in Boston, Salem, and other cities around Massachusetts Bay. The ships were Arbella, Ambrose, Talbot, Jewl, Charlse, Mayflower (not 1620 vessel), Hopewell, William and Francis, Whale, Success, and Trial. This wave of colonization was known as first The Great Migration.

Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study on emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 69.

Banks, Charles Edward (1854-1931). The Winthrop fleet of 1630; an account of the vessels, the voyage, the passengers, and their English homes from original authorities.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 65.

Anthony Colby

Anthony Colby was born circa 1605 and Christened on 8 Sep 1605 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England to Thomas Colby (1567-1625) and Anne Jackson (1574-1625). 

Anthony married circa 1633 to widow Susanna, (her surname believed to be Haddon). Susanna was born circa 1610 in England. Susanna married a third time to William Whitridge in 1663, three years after Anthony's death. William Whitridge, who died in 1669. Susanna died destitute in/around 8 Jul 1689. 

Anthony came to Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the Winthrop in 1630. He first settled in Boston, then moved to Cambridge 1632, Ipswich 1637, Salisbury 1640, and in 1654 Anthony became a founding father of town of Amesbury, Massachusetts where his home still stands today. 

It was recorded that Anthony joined the Boston church, most likely Puritan because Quakers and Catholics were persecuted and banished from the Colony--even helping Quakers was cause for fine or punishment. This happened to Thomas Macy. Anthony Colby purchased Macy's house in Amesbury circa 1654.

Anthony was most likely educated because he could sign his name on various Colonial documents. He owned a sawmill and became a freeman 14 May 1634. Anthony served on several grand juries.

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633. Vol 1 A-F. Pages 413-416. Print or available on Ancestry.com.

Hoyt, David Webster. The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton. Providence, R.I.: Snow & Farnham, printers, 1897. Pages 103-104, also see index.

 

The 1654 Macy-Colby House still remains in possession of the Colby family as a museum, supported by an endowment after a descendant named Moses Colby struck gold during California gold rush.  

Children of Anthony Colby and Susanna 

John (1633-1674)

Sarah Colby (1634-1663) ~ m. Orlando Bagley Sr 

Colby stillbirth (1637-1637)

Samuel (1638-1716)

Isaac (1640-1684)

Rebecca (1634-1672)

Mary (1647-1716)

Thomas (1651-1691)

Descendants of Anthony Colby

Sarah Colby ~ m. Orlando Bagley Sr

Sarah Bagley ~ m. John Mack

Jonathan Mack ~ m. Sarah Bennett

Ebenezer Mack ~ m. Hannah Huntley

Solomon Mack ~ m. Lydia Gates

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* I have not included my parents for privacy reasons

BAGLEY: Rooted in History, Salem Witch Trails

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branch

Orlando Bagley

Orlando Bagley is believed to have born circa 1623 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and immigrated to Massachusetts Bay Colony around 1642. 

Orlando Bagley, along with father-in-law Anthony Colby, was one of the founders of Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1654. He married Sarah A Colby the year before on 6 Mar 1653 in Salisbury, MA.  

Martin, Sophia Smith. Mack genealogy: the descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied family, etc. Rutland, VT: Tuttle Co., 1903. Vol 2, page 1351-1352.

 

Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Vol 1 A-F. Pages 413-416. 

Records put Orlando and Sarah Colby in Boston for the births of all of their children. Their youngest, Sarah A Bagley, was born 3 Mar 1663, three months before the death of her mother. It is documented that Orlando died the same year, also, in Boston. 

It is believed that Orlando died shortly after Sarah. It is possible that the children returned to Amesbury to live with their grandmother, Susannah Colby. This is purely speculation, but there is record of an Orlando Bagley as Constable in Amesbury in 1692, he may have grown up there.

Many believe that Orlando Sr was a Constable in Amesbury during the time that Susannah Martin was taken to Salem to be tried for witchcraft. This is incorrect because he died in 1663. According to other documentation, It is Orlando Bagley II who was Constable at this time. 

Bagley, Timothy W., Dr Norton Russel Bagley and Martha Bagley Anderson. Some Descendants of Orlando Bagley of Amesbury, Vol 1. Published by Authors, reprint copyright 2019.

 

This correlates with the testimony of Constable Orlando Bagley in 1692 as directly transcribed below: 

according to this warrant I have apprehended susanna Martin widow of Amsbery and have brought or caused hir to be brought to the place appointed for hir examination per me Orlando Bagley: Constable of Amsbery salem village this 2:th may 1692.

SWP No 92.1 of Essex CountyCourt Archives, Salem. Witchcraft Vol 1, No 171.

Susannah Martin's cradle resides at The Macy Colby House in Amesbury, MA.

Children of Orlando Bagley and Sarah Colby

Orlando Jr (1658-1727) - five at death of parents

John (1658-1658)

Sarah (1660-1661) 

Mary (1661-1700) - two at death of parents

Samuel (1661- 1735) - Mack genealogy does not mention Samuel, nor is he mentioned in Some Descendants of Orlando Bagley of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Vol 1. However, he is listed on FamilySearch which I believe to be incorrect.

Sarah A Bagley (1663-1720) ~ m. John Mack 

Descendants of Orlando Bagley Sr and Sarah Colby

Sarah A Bagley ~ m. John Mack in Salisbury, MA

Jonathan Mack ~ m. Sarah Bennett

Ebenezer Mack ~ m. Hannah Huntley

Solomon Mack ~ m. Lydia Matilda Gates

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th Living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

* For privacy reasons I did not list my parents

HOWLAND: Rooted in History, Mayflower Immigrant Ancestors

10th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

John Howland

John Howland was born circa 1592 in Fenstanton, Huntingdonshire, England to Henry and Margaret Howland. He immigrated on the Mayflower as a servant to John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth. John Carver died during the first winter at Plymouth.

William Bradford, also a Mayflower passenger, documented that during a tempest on the journey to the new world, John Howland fell overboard. John was able to grab a rope tethered to the ship. Sailors were able to pull him back aboard the vessel.  

In 1623, John was allotted forty acres for having been a passenger of the Mayflower. 

The religious Puritan pilgrims had originally arranged their passage to colonize an area above Jamestown, Virginia; however, the ship had drifted off course. The passengers believed that they were no longer beholden to stockholders of the charter and designed their own form of government written by William Bradford. This document was known as the Mayflower Compact. John signed his name to this document along with other male passengers before going ashore. 

John served in the colony's militia and exploring party, and held many important positions within the community. In 1633 John became a freeman, which means he owns no debt to any man. Only freemen were able to join the Church set up at  Plymouth. 

John married Elizabeth Tilley about 1624. She was a passenger of the Mayflower with her parents, who--like Samuel Fuller's parents, died that first winter.

 John and Elizabeth Howland lived in Rocky Nook, north of Plymouth where a monument still stands.

John died 23 Feb 1672 at Plymouth. 

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 2 G-O. Boston: New England Historic General Society, 1995. Pages 1020-1024.

 

Howland, Franklyn,. A brief genealogical and biographical history of Auther, Henry, and John Howland and their descendants, of the United States and Canada: together with an account of the efforts made in England to learn of their English ancestry, etc.. New Bedford, Mass.: Howland, 1885. Section Forth. John Howland and his descendants, pages 319-320.

 

Buried at Burial Hill on School St, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA. 

Elizabeth Tilley

Elizabeth Tilley was born circa 1607 and was Christened on 30 Aug 1607 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England.

Marble, Annie Russell. The women who came in the Mayflower. Boston: Pilgrim Press, c 1920. Page 85. 

Elizabeth died 21 Dec 1687 in Swansea Bristol, MA Bay, British Colonial America.

She is believed to be buried at Ancient Little Cemetery in East Providence Rhode Island. 

Children of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley

Desire (1525-1683)

Lieutenant John Howland II (24 Apr 1627-1702) ~ m. Mary Lee 

Joseph (1627-1704)

Hope (1629-1683)

Elizabeth (1631-1692)

Lydia (1633-1711)

Hannah (1637-1705)

Jabez (1644-1708)

Ruth (1646-1679)

Isaac (1649-1774)

Descendants of John Howland

John Howland Jr ~ m. Mary Lee

Hannah Howland ~ m. Jonathan Crocker

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller (grandson of  Samuel Fuller, Mayflower passenger)

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Soloman Mack 

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

• Did not list my parents for privacy reasons

TILLEY: Rooted in History, Mayflower Immigrant Ancestors

11th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

John Tilley

John Tilley was born circa 1671 and Christened 19 Dec 1571. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth Tilley of Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. 

John married 20 Sep 1656 to Joan Hurst in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. 

John and Joan immigrated on the Mayflower with daughter, Elizabeth. John's younger brother Edward his wife Ann were also on the Mayflower and they brought with them two cousins, who later returned to England. Both John and Edward Tilley signed the Mayflower Compact.

Anderson, Robert Charles, 1944-, and New England Historic Genealogical Society. The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol 3, P-W. Boston: New England Historical Society. Page 1822.  

Mackenzie, George Norbury, 1861-1919, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades. Colonial Families of the United States of America: In Which is Given the History, Genealogy And Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled In the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. Vol V. New York: The Gafton Press, 1907.

John died on 10 Apr 1621 at Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America after serving the first winter. John died three months after Joan, leaving Elizabeth an orphan.

 

Joan Hurst

Born circa 1658, it is recorded that  she was Christened on 13 Mar 1658 in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. Her father was William Hurst. 

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GY-T2Z: 19 Mar 2020), Joan Hurst, 1569.  

Joan Hurst married John Tilley in 1696. She had been married to a Thomas Rogers previously. 

Joan died on 11 Jan 1621 (less than a month after arriving in the New World) at Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.

Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918. The Pioneers of Massachusetts: a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches and Other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston: C.H. Pope, 1900. Page 445.

First hand records of Plymouth Colony was documented by William Bradford, 1590-1657, Of Plymouth Plantation, pages 408, 412.

 

Children of John Tilley and Joan Hurst

Rose (1597-1601)

John (1599-1636)

Rose 1602-1601-Unk)

Robert (1604-1639)

Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687) ~ m. John Howland * See Howland

Descendants of John and Joan Tilley

Elizabeth Tilley ~ m. John Howland

John Howland Jr ~ m. Mary Lee

Hannah Howland ~ m. Jonathan Crocker

Hannah Crocker ~ m. Shubael Fuller (grandson of  Samuel Fuller, Mayflower passenger)

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates Jr

Lydia Matilda Gates ~ m. Soloman Mack 

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

• Did not list parents for privacy reasons

FULLER: Rooted in History - Mayflower Immigrant Ancestors

11th Great Grandparents

Mack-Smith Branches

Edward Fuller

Edward Fuller was born circa 1575 and Christened on 4 Sept 1575. His father was Robert Fuller of Rendenhall, Norfolk, England. 

Edward married circa 1605 to a woman whose name was lost to history. In William Bradford original records in Of Plymouth she is referred to as Mrs Fuller. Samuel, their youngest son, is recorded as being born circa 1608/1612 depending on the research document I read.

Bradford, William, 1590-1657; Davis, William T., 1822-1907. History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606-1646. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1908. Pages 408, 413. 

 

Stoddard, Francis R., 1877-. The Truth About the Pilgrams. New York: Society of Mayflower descendants in the State of New York, reprint 1997.

The Fullers fled England to Leiden, Holland to worship according to the dictates of their hearts, but returned to England to depart with other Puritan pilgrims on the Mayflower. Edward's brother, Samuel Fuller, was also a passenger on the Mayflower.

The Fullers had an older son named Matthew Fuller who did not make the journey until 1640 with his wife and children. He like his uncle, Samuel, were doctors.

Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995. Vol 1 A-f, pages 712-713.

The pilgrims finally set sail from England in Sept 1620 and arrived at Plymouth on 18 Dec 1620. 

 

In Nathaniel Philbrick's book, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, he mentions that both Edward and his brother, along with other men, were involved in scouting and protecting the community from the native Indians. 

Edward died 10 Apr 1621 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. It is believed that Edward's wife died on early Jan 1621 at Plymouth Colony.

 

Samuel Fuller

Born circa 1608/12 in England and immigrated with his parents aboard the Mayflower.

After his parents death, he lived with his uncle, also named Samuel. 

Samuel was made a freeman of the Colony in 1633/4 and moved to Scituate, Massachusetts. 

On 8 Apr 1635, Samuel married Jane Lathrop (1614-1683), daughter of Reverend John Lothrop, by military leader and former Mayflower passenger Miles Standish. The couple moved moved to Barnstable in 1639 with Jane's father and other members of his congregation.

Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 289.  

 

Samuel served in the colonial militia. 

Died 31 Oct 1683. Although unknown, it is believed Samuel was buried in Lothrop Hill Cemetery.

Fuller, William H. Genealogy of some Descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1990. Print.

Kellogg, Lucy M, Edna W. Townsend, and Robert S. Wakefield. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. 1975. Print. 

Waters, Henry F (Henry Fitz-Gilbert), 1833-1913, and New England Historical Society. The New England Historial and Genealogical Register. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society. Pages 192-195.  

 

Jane Lothrop

Jane Lothrop was probably born shortly before she was baptized in Egerton, Kent, England on 29 Sept 1614. She was the daughter of Hannah Howe, who died before her father and other children immigrated to Scituate, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the ship Griffin with the Winthrop Fleet in 1634. 

It is believed that Jane died in 1656 in Barnstable. It is possible she is buried in her family's cemetery, Lothrop Hill Cemetery.  

 

Children of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop

Hannah (1636-1683)

Samuel Jr (1637-1691)

Elizabeth (1640-1685)

Sarah (1641-Unk)

Mary (1644-1720)

Thomas (1650-1683)

Sarah (1654-1683)

John Fuller (1656-1726) ~ m. 1678 in Barnstable to Mehitabel Rowley

"Little John" Fuller

 

John Fuller of Barnstable was born 11 Jan 1656 to Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop. He married Mehitabel Rowley (1660-1759) circa 1678. Mehitable Rowley is the granddaughter of Matthew Fuller, Samuel's brother. 

John and Mehitabel had twelve children. The family moved to Connecticut along with other Barnstable families, including the Rowleys, Crockers, Gates, and Olmsteads. They settled in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut sometime before the birth of their son John in 1697. 

John Fuller died around 20 May 1726, which might be the probate date of his will, in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut. He is buried at Old Cove Burying ground in East Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut. Mehitabel died 31 May 1759 in Mansfield, Windham, CT. It is believed that she is buried in the same cemetery, but she died in a different county and it is possible she is buried in Mansfield area. 

Fuller, William Hyslop. Genealogy of some descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co. 1908. Pages 34-36.

Connecituct. Probate Courth (Hartford District:; Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Records, Vol 11-13, 1729-1752. Accessed on Ancestry.com.

Children of John Fuller and Metiabel Rowley

 Thomas (1680-1772)

Samuel (1681-1757) 

Shubael Fuller (1684-1748) * May 29 ~ m. 7 Dec 1708 to Hannah Crocker 

Thankfull (1689-1748) * May 20 

When family members die around the same time it makes me wonder if a pandemic occured during that time. In the winter of 1747/8 a "Malignant Pleurisie" occurred at Hartford. Maybe this is what caused the death of these siblings? The Pursuit of a Pestilence by Ernest Caulfield from American Antiquarian Society, April 1950.

Deborah (1689-1752)

Edward (1691-1730)

Elizabeth (1693-1766)

John (1697-1758)

Joseph (1699-1775)

Benjamin (1701-1740)

Anne (1703-1741)

Mehitabel (1706-1738)

Shubael Fuller

Shubael Fuller was born 21 Oct 1684 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Crocker on 7 Dec 1708. The family moved to Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut before the birth of their first child in Sep 1709.

Hannah Crocker was born 26 March 1688 in Barnstable to Johnathan Crocker and Hannah Howland. Together Shubael and Hannah had thirteen children.

Children of Shubael Fuller and Hannah Crocker

Lydia Fuller (1709-1778) ~ m. circa 1728 to Daniel Gates Jr

Ephraim (1711-1772)

Thankful (1713-1806)

Isaac (1714-Unk)

Zurviah (1716-1780)

Lomah (1716-Unk)

Hannah (1718-1753)

Shubael (1720-1804)

James (1722-Unk)

Reliance (1724-Unk)

Jonathan (1724-1726)

Rachel (1726-1815)

Leah (1731-1748)

 

Descendants of Edward Fuller via Samuel

Samuel Fuller ~ m. Jane Lothrop

John Fuller ~ m. Mehitable Rowley

Shubael Fuller ~ m. Hannah Crocker

Lydia Fuller ~ m. Daniel Gates

Lydia Gates ~ m. Solomon Mack

Lucy Mack ~ m. Joseph Smith Sr

Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding

Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th living wife)

Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman

John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson

For privacy reasons, I did not list my parents, siblings, or cousins