Benjamin Fuller was born Plymouth 7 March 1695/96 at Plymouth, Mass.,
the son of Samuel and Mercy (Eaton) Fuller.
Benjamin was the descendant of Mayflower passengers Samuel Fuller,
Francis Eaton and John Billington. He is
my 9th great-grandfather on my grandfather Arthur Washburn Davis’
side of the family. Please note that I have
not had the above mentioned Mayflower lines approved by the Society but believe
they are pretty solid. This is a newer
ancestral line for me. Most of my information comes from the Fuller and Eaton “Silver
books.” If anyone has other resource suggestions, please let me know!
Benjamin married Mary Sampson
(sometimes spelled Samson), the daughter of Samuel and Hazadiah (Eddy) Sampson
before 1720 when their first child was born.
Benjamin and Mary had three
children born Plympton, Massachusetts:
Jeptha born 26 July 1720,
died young
Hasadiah born 3 March 1721/22,
married James Sturtevant
Samuel born 17 May 1724
I descend through their son
Samuel who married Ann Tinkham.
A Benjamin Fuller served on Plymouth juries multiple
times, including in September 1727 and May 1748.
There is no probate record for
Benjamin in Plymouth
County, and I have not
found death dates for Benjamin and Mary but they died after 4 July 1755 when
Samuel Fuller deed all his homestead and land at Plympton to Samuel Fuller,
laborer, of Plympton. I assume that this is his son Samuel. If anyone has a
transcription of this deed, I would really appreciate a copy.
Sources:
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume
10, Family of Samuel Fuller, GSMD,
1996
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 9,
Family of Francis Eaton, GSMD, 1996