Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameRobert FULLER 
Birthabt 1616, Southampton, Hampshire, England2629, p 17; date only,3014, place only
Removal1638, New England2629, p 17,2630, p 4 Age: 22
Death10 May 1706, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts1868, p 144 Age: 90
Occupationbricklayer (mason)2629, p 21
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• The probability that Robert Fuller of Salem came to America in 1638, appears to be the result of research by Francis H. Fuller of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. That he came on the ship Bevis appears to have been first published in 1898 by Newton Fuller of New London, Connecticut, in his Fuller Memorial.2629, p 17
• By means of other documentary evidence quoted later in this chapter, we know that Robert Fuller’s wife was Sarah Bowen, daughter of Richard Bowen.2629, p 20
• Ancestral Robert Fuller made his early residence in Salem, Mass. He purchased or held rights in land in Rehoboth in 1645, but remained in Salem, as shown by deeds in which he signs himself as “brick-layer of Salem,” until about 1668 when a division of land was made in Rehoboth and a settlement established.
In 1676 the Indians attacked Rehoboth and burned the houses of the settlement. Robert Fuller having lost his wife and two sons and home returned to Salem, where he remained until 1696, having in the meantime married his second wife, Widow Margaret Waller, with whom he again settled in Rehoboth in 1696, and where he died May 10, 1706.2630, p 3
• According to Savage, Robert Fuller was living in Salem, Mass., by 1639, moving later to Rehoboth, where he died in 1706.1868, p 144
• By means of other documentary evidence quoted later in this chapter, we know that Robert Fuller’s wife was Sarah Bowen, daughter of Richard Bowen.2629, p 20
• Ancestral Robert Fuller made his early residence in Salem, Mass. He purchased or held rights in land in Rehoboth in 1645, but remained in Salem, as shown by deeds in which he signs himself as “brick-layer of Salem,” until about 1668 when a division of land was made in Rehoboth and a settlement established.
In 1676 the Indians attacked Rehoboth and burned the houses of the settlement. Robert Fuller having lost his wife and two sons and home returned to Salem, where he remained until 1696, having in the meantime married his second wife, Widow Margaret Waller, with whom he again settled in Rehoboth in 1696, and where he died May 10, 1706.2630, p 3
• According to Savage, Robert Fuller was living in Salem, Mass., by 1639, moving later to Rehoboth, where he died in 1706.1868, p 144
Spouses
Birthabt 1616, Wales2629, p 74
Death14 Feb 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts3015, p 1,2629, p 74; year & place only,2632, p 824 Age: 60
Burial14 Oct 1676, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts2629, p 74,2630, p 4
FatherRichard BOWEN (~1590-)
MotherAnn [BORN?] (1592-1648)
Individual Notes
• The garrison-house that he mentions was Rev. Noah Newman’s house, and the house “in the south end of the common” was undoubtedly that of Robert Fuller, whose wife, Sarah Bowen, was killed by the Indians 14 Feb. 1676. The Indians also killed his two sons, Capt. Samuel, who was buried the 15th, and John, buried the 23rd of August 1676. Shortly after these deaths Robert Fuller left Rehoboth and went to Salem, where he remained for several years, later returning to Rehoboth.3017, p 113, footnote
Marriageabt 1639, Salem?, Essex, Massachusetts2447, p 289,2629, p 20; marriage only
Family Notes
• 6 children.2630, p 6
ChildrenJonathan (~1640-1709)
John (1647-1676)