Well it has been to long since I last posted on this blog, hopefully with winter coming on I will have more time to post. I sat here and looked at the list of titles that I had posted when I started this blog trying to decide which one would be the best one to blog about. My thoughts kept going to John Henry Coile walking to Illinois from his home near Greenville, Tn. I had not thought too much about this until we moved to Tennessee and then made our first trip to eastern Tennessee and have seen what this area looked like. Around 1849 John Henry left his family near the town of Chucky, Tennessee and headed to Saybrook, Il, where several of his in-laws, the Stanberry’s, who were from Chucky and had moved to and were living in the little town near the Sangamon River. John Henry must have gotten tired of farming the hills of eastern Tennessee, for that is what John Henry did was farm when he arrived in IL. The following is from Phillip Robbins, who did most of the research on the paternal side of the family.

“The name appears to have been Kile as John Henry was married by the Kile name in East Tenn. John Henry Coile came from Greene County, East Tennessee arriving in Cheney's Grove, McLean County, Ill the latter part of November, 1849. His family was his wife Mary and two sons John and Ezekiel. Family tradition was that John Henry walked from East Tennessee first to see the area then returned and brought his family. The family first lived on the property and worked for Ephraim Scudder Myers. This was in the southeast part of section 18 of Cheney's Grove. Later John Henry acquired 80 acres of section 16 from the state of Illinois. The title is dated January 31, 1851 and the purchase price was $100.00. It is signed by the Governor, Augustus French and the Secretary of State D. L. Gregg. A log cabin was built which was situated on the east side of the three-mile spur leading to route nine on a slight rise just south of the small creek running east to west. Grandfather Frank Coile remembered playing in the log building as a child. It was then used as a corn crib. He said he injured his arm falling from the loft area. Grandfather Frank Coile's sister Sarah (Aunt Sallie) was born in the log cabin, May 22, 1869. On February 28, 1855 John Henry paid taxes of $8.96 on 160 acres in section 16 and 10 acres in section 27.”

At the time that John Henry left on his trip, his sons were John, age 20 and Ezekiel, age 15, they were old enough to take care of things at home while he was gone. His wife Mary was the same age as John Henry, 50. As it said in the above article John walked to Saybrook which was a distance of around 550 miles and that is using the most direct route on Google maps. Now if you figure that a man can walk 3 miles in an hour, walking 8 hours a day I believe that it would have taken him at least 23 days to get to Saybrook. This is not taking into account the geography of Eastern & Middle Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Il/In. The hills/mtn. in Eastern/Middle Tennessee would definitely slow you down and wear you out. Now consider that John Henry was 50 years of age at the time. Then to think he made 3 trips to get the family moved. Phillip later stated in his narrative the following,

“Ezekiel came with his parents and his brother, John, to Cheney's Grove, McLean County, Ill by covered wagon. They arrived the latter part of November, 1849. “

Then to arrive in November with winter coming on, you had better have everything in order. Which is another post for later. It just amazes me to think of walking that far, at that age. Of course back then you didn’t have many choices.

Well until the next post I hope you are all blessed.

Here is a list of some of the posts that I am thinking of doing,

Is Hunting and Fishing in our genes??

Elbanis Myers (this one may take several posts as he has a lengthy civil war history)

Edward O. Rowley

The Swans( this will be several posts)

The Lewis’s, are we related to the Lewis of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

The men who have served in the Rev, war 1812, Civil war, ww1 and ww2

John Henry Coile

The Fullers

Carroll Earl Coile

Mable Coile

Ebenezer Rowley

I personally don't know much about Ebenezer, I have asked my two older brothers about him, Larry was only 7 years old when he died and doesn't remember much, Gerald would only say he was a nice man. In pictures that I have seen of him he seemed to like the grand kids. As you can see.

L to R, Gerald Coile, Kenneth Williams, Larry Coile, Ebenezer, Roger Williams.

In this picture I know that Kenneth Williams is behind Ebenezer, I believe that is Gerald leaning on his leg. So that means that the other two boys must be Roger and Larry falling over the dog.

In talking to Larry, my brother, whose is the one in the picture above being run over by the dog, he said one of the things he remembers about Ebenezer is that he loved to set out in the yard and play with the grand kids. As you can see in these pictures. Another thing that Larry told me about Eben was that every Sunday morning you would find him reading the comics from the Sunday newspaper.

Eben was born on September 14, 1869 somewhere close to Padua or Bentown as the 1870 census lists him at age 1 year living with his father in Padua Township.

Page 1, Eben's father, mother, sister and one brother are listed at the bottom of this page.

Page 2, Eben's brother, Eben and Eben's grandpa William Rowley are listed at the top of the page.

According to Glenn Rowley, Eben's second son, Eben's father (Edward O. Rowley) died in Iowa when he fell into a large boiling pot of Maple syrup. It seems that Edward Rowley and family were on their way to California, Edward doing work along the way so they could get there. It was during the fall and it was time to collect the sap from the maple trees to make syrup. This was done using large pots and apparently he fell into one that was boiling hot. As you can see from the census below that in 1880 the family was already back living in Normal, Il.

Middle of page, Eben's mother, Loanza, doing housekeeping, Sister, Mabel, a woolen mill apprentice, 3 brothers, 2 of which were in school 1 still at home and one sister in school. Loanza is listed as a widow.

I know very little about his early life, he and Cora were married Feb. 10, 1898 in Bentown, Il. At some time they lived in or near Blairberg, Iowa, as their oldest child Ethel was born there on Mar. 26, 1904. They did move back to Il soon after as their next oldest son was born at Proctor, Il as was my mother Edith. I know that Eben was a farm hand as most of the census's list him as a farm laborer

This is the 1910 census, it shows the family living in Proctor, Il., Eben as being 41, Cora 33, Ethel 6, Frank 4, Lucy 2 and Glen 11 months. They are listed as being married 12 years. It shows where each was born, and where each of their parents were born, which I believe Cora's mothers birth place is wrong. It lists Eben as being a farm laborer.




This is the 1920 census, it shows them living in Arrowsmith township, Eben as being a farm laborer

This is the 1930 census, as you can see by looking at it that the family lived in Cheney's Grove township. According to mom they lived just west of Saybrook on the farm that was directly west of Shaffens hill. Mom always said that she went to the one room school which was south of the farm. Mom said that Ethel was one of her teachers when she went to school and as the census shows Ethel was a teacher at this time. Glen, Frank and Lucy had left home by this time. Eben was still a farm laborer and it looks as if he had two men living with them who were also farm laborers.

According to Gerald(my oldest brother), Eben and Cora went to live with my mom and dad sometime after Eben retired. Ethel(Eben's oldest daughter) and Bill Wilken owned a house in Saybrook on the east end of town. Ethel and Bill told Mom and Dad they could live in that house rent free as long as Eben and Cora lived with them, which they did until Dad finished building the house on Jefferson St. At that time, Eben had died and Cora moved into the house on Jefferson st with Mom and Dad.

Eben died April 1, 1946 in Saybrook.

Edgar Allen Poe, Fuller Brush Man and the Coiles

Be sure to read the whole post to find out about Edgar Allen Poe and the Fuller brush man. We found this so interesting. Hope you do also.
Matthew Fuller is the father of Elizabeth Fuller who married Moses Rowley, Moses would be my great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather.

Name "Doctor" Matthew FULLER "Surgeon General, Mass. Militia" "Captain"
Birth 16 Oct 1603, Harleston, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND
Death 22 Aug 1678, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Age: 74
Occupation Farmer; Doctor; Soldier
Father Edward FULLER (<1575-1620)
Mother Anne HOPKINS (1577-1620)

Spouses
1 Frances/Francis HYDE/IDE/IYDE
Birth 1605, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND
Death aft 26 Oct 1678, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Age: 73

Marriage 1625, Redenhall parish, Norfolk County, ENGLAND
Children Samuel (~1625-1676)
Mary (1625->1691)
Elizabeth (1626->1715)
John (1631-1692)
Anne (1634-<1691)

Notes for "Doctor" Matthew FULLER "Surgeon General, Mass. Militia" "Captain"
April 1642 Ten acres of land were granted him in Plymouth, and in the same year he was juryman and propounded freeman of the Colony, but was not sworn and admitted until June 7, 1653. - [1]
1643 Matthew was appointed sergeant in the military company of the Colony, of which Miles Standish was captain. - [1]

About 1650 Matthew removed to Barnstable. - [1]

5 October 1652 Matthew was commissioned Lieutenant in the Colony's military company.

1653 Matthew represented that town in the Colony Court, and was already lieutenant of the militia there. - [1]

20 June 20 1654 Matthew was appointed lieutenant under Capt. Standish of the Company of fifty men, the quota of Plymouth Colony, in the proposed expedition against the Dutch at Manhattan. All preparations had been made, when news of peace arrived and further service became unnecessary. - [1]

2 October 1658 Matthew was elected one of the Council of War, and in 1671 its chairman, and one of the magistrates of the Colony, and in the same year lieutenant of the forces to be sent against the Saconet Indians. - [1]

17 December 1673 Matthew was appointed Surgeon-General of the Colony troops, and also of those of Massachusetts, if that Colony approved. For this service he was allowed 4 shillings a day. In King Phillip's War he was captain of the Plymouth forces. In the Quaker controversy, Capt. Fuller took a noble stand in favor of religious toleration. He lived near neighbors to some of the most prominent of the Quakers, and was connected by marriage alliances with some who felt the severity of the laws passed against the sect. He went so far as to censure this law in strong terms in public. For this he was fined by the magistrates. Though indiscreet in speech, the court continued to confer offices of trust and honor upon him, - a most unusual course which shows that his honor and bravery were never doubted. In his public and private life he was a man of sound judgment, of good understanding, faithful in performance of duty, liberal in politics, tolerant in religion. Captain Fuller was also the first regular physician settled in Barnstable. His homestead was in the northwest corner of Barnstable, at Scorton Neck. He also possessed large tracts in Falmouth and Middleboro, granted for the eminent services he had rendered the Colony. His will was dated July 25, 1678, and was proved Oct. 30th following. His estate was appraised at Ï1667,04,06, a very large amount for those times. Among the items is the following: "Pearls, precious stones and diamonds, at a guess, Ï200." - [1]

The will is copied with the spelling as it was on the paper he wrote it

WILL OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW FULLER.
This will is recorded in volume three, page 127 of the Plymouth Colony wills and inventories. A verbatim copy is found in a volume in the registry of Probate at Barnstable, from which this is copied.
"The five and twentieth day of July in the yeere of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and eight, I Matthew Fuller of the Towne of Barnstable in the Collonie of New Plymouth, Being sicke of body, but of Good and perfect memory, thanks be unto almighty God; and Calling to Remembrance the uncertaine state of this transitory life and that all Flesh must yield unto Death, when it shall please God to Call, doe make Constitute and ordaine and declare this my last will and Testament, In manor and forme following. Revoking and Anulling by these presence all and every testament and Testaments will and wills heertofore by mee made and declared either by word or writing; and this to be taken onely for my last will and Testament; and none other; and first being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past, most humbly desiring forgiveness for the same.
I Give and Comitt my soyle upto almighty God my Savior and Redeemer, in whom and by the Meretts of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved, and my body to be buried in such place as my executors heerafter named shall appoint, and Now for the Settling of my temporall estate and such Goods Chattels and debts as it hath pleased God farr above my desires (?deserts) to bestowe on mee. I doe order Give and dispose the same in manor and forme following. That is to say first I will that all those debts and dutyes as I ow in Right or Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shal be well and truly contented or ordained to be payed within Convenient time after my decease by my executors heerafter Named.

Item. I Give and bequeath unto Shubael Jones my grandchild the Reputed son of Ralph Jones the angle lott of marsh meddow which I formerly bought of his father Ralph Jones after Frances my wifes decease.

I give and bequeath the one halfe of all my Lands and meddow I have in the Townshipp of Barnstable or elsewhere in America. To my welbeloved son John Fuller after Frances my wifes decease.

I give and bequeath unto the naturall sonnes of my son Samuel Fuller deceased, Thomas Fuller, Jabez Fuller, Matthias Fuller and Samuel Fuller The other halfe of all the lands and meddows I have in the Townshipp of Barnstable or elsewhere in America after my wifes decease.

I give and bequeath to Samuell Fuller the son of Samuell Fuller my eldest son deceased my now dwelling house with all the land and meddow belonging to the homestead where I now live, after my wifes decease and if it hapen that hee shoyld die without Issue That then it shall Goe to the Rest of them brethren that do survive.

It is my will that if my son John Fuller die without Issue that then the lands and meddowes I have already Given to him Bethyah the wife John Fuller shall enjoy the full benifitt and use of themm to her dieing day, and then Goe to the Rest of my children begotten of my owne body.

I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Jones the wife of Ralph Jones Ten pounds in mony.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ann Fuller The now wife of Samuell Fuller ten pounds in mony.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Rowley the wife of Moses Rowley ten pounds in mony.

Item. I give and bequeath unto Sarah Rowley the daughter of Moses Rowley all my sheep and by these presents I doe appoint Jedediah Jones to oversee the sheep That they be Imployed wholly for the use of the said Sarah.

Item. I give and bequeath ten poynds to Jedediah Jones, the son of Ralph Jones in Mony.

Item. I give and bequeath to every one of my male Grandchildren half a Crowne a peece in old England mony.

Item. I give to every one of my severall Grandchildren twelve pence a peece in old England mony.

Item. I give to Ralph Jones, Samuell Fuller Junr and Moses Rowley Senr my sonnes-in-law, five shillings a peece in mony.

I Give and bequeath unto my onely beloved son John Fuller twenty ponds in silver mony and to his wife Bethya twenty shillings in Gould.

I Give to Mary Fuller the late wife of my son Samuell Fuller deceased five shillings in Mony.

I give and bequeath unto Robert Marshall the Scotsman a peece of Cloth intended to make mee a suite off.

Item. I Give and bequeath to Jasper Tayler two Raysers.

I Give and bequeath to Francis my deare and welbeloved wife who by these presents I doe ordaine and declare to be the sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament the use and Improvement of all my housing lands and meddows during her Narurall life, as alsoe aall my Moveables, household stuffe Cattle horse kind swine whatsoever else Can be Named and disposed of to be att her dispose forever.

In witness whereof I have heer unto sett my hand and seal the day and year above said.
Matthew Fuller and a seal.
Signed and sealed in the presence of
Joseph Laythorpe
John Hawes
Lieut. Joseph Laythorpe and John hawes made oath to the truth of the Will above written viz. That they did see Capt Mathew Fuller above said signe and seale and declare this aforesaid Will to be his Last Will and Testament before the Court holden att Plymouth the 30th of October 1678. - [1]

[1] - http://www.jaenfield.com/genealogy/Enf_Bry/famhist/h589.html#1
[2] - Fuller, From the Mayflower ... to Michigan; www.jowest.net/genealogy/jo/fuller
[ ] - Fuller Family; http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walkersj/fuller
[ ] - email; Stan/Helen Gould
[ ] - www.cs.umbc.edu/~mayfield/genealogy
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Matthew Fuller Bio II
Added by melobutterfly1 on 29 Feb 2008
Originally submitted by Eatatpipers to McGee Family Tree on 29 Sep 2007
Came to New England about 1640 with his wife and three children. He was a
prominent man in the Colony; was captain in the militia, Surgeon-General of the
Colony troops, and served as Chairman in the Council of War in 1671. He is the
son of Edward Fuller, who came over on the Mayflower. The following is from an
ancestry.com website; "Matthew was left in England when his family came to
America on the Mayflower, he was probably in school, he was a doctor when he
came to America in about 1640. He moved to Barnstable in 1652. He was appointed
surgeon general of the forces in 1673, Capt 1675. "
"Captain Matthew Fuller did not accompany his parents on The Mayflower, but
came to New England in 1640, and settled first at Plymouth, MA where he became
one of the leading military men of the colony. He was Sgt., then Lt., under
Captain Myles Standish."
Captain Matthew Fuller was strongly opposed to the persecution of the Quakers.
He was the first resident physician in Barnstable, MA. Sculptor Theo Alice
Ruggles Kitson, Edgar Allen Poe, Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon Church),
and Alfred Call Fuller (founder of Fuller Brush Co.) are descendants.
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 4: "There has long been a
question as to whether Matthew Fuller was actually a son of Edward. For a full
detailed discussion of Matthew Fuller's parentage, see the article "Was Matthew
Fuller of Plymouth Colony a Son of Pilgrim Edward Fuller?", which confirms the
relationship."
Douglas E. Leach, Flintlock & Tomahawk: "Fuller's stout little party began its
operation with all the efficiency of an army from Gilbert and Sullivan." "If
you read these lines in the mentioned source, you might feel that Captain
Matthew Fuller was a real bumbler on this occasion, which was the commencement
of what is known as "The Pocasset Campaign" of King Philip's war. The conflict
itself was just beginning to unfold. Plymouth Colony forces had just run Philip
and his followers out of the Mount Hope area (Bristol, RI) where a fort was
subsequently to be built. Captain Matthew Fuller and some of his men were
assigned to pursue Philip into that part of the colony called Pocasset (now
Tiverton, RI) where it was assumed Philip had fled.
Lieutenant (later Captain) Benjamin Church accompanied Fuller on this
expedition. Church's previous experience and good rapport with the
Pocasset-area natives would be useful, especially if a diplomatic end to the
hostilities could be reached. Captain Fuller confided to Church that he thought
the expedition might be too strenuous. Fuller was born about 1609, so he was
certainly in his senior years in 1675. Church reassured Captain Fuller, saying
for his part, he would much rather try and catch up with Philip or some of the
Pocasset area natives he was trying to enlist, than stay behind and assist with
the construction of the fort. The two men, with a party of about 40, set out
from Aquidneck Island under cover of darkness. The plan was to be ready at
Pocasset around daybreak in order to suprise some of the natives.
Church relates that the reason they were discovered was because some members of
the party were "troubled with the epidemical plague of lust after tobacco, must
needs strike fire to smoke it." The fire attracted a sentry party of the
Indians, who flew off to alert their companions. The Fuller/Church party split
up in pursuit, found nothing, and met again at a predetermined rendezvous,
disappointed and discouraged.
Church stated that there was nothing more to do at that point but go ahead and
have breakfast. This was not accomplished either. The person who had been put in
charge of breakfast provisions forgot all of it--the supplies were still back on
Aquidneck. Church had a few cakes with him, however, and split them up among the
men. After the slim breakfast, Church suggested to Fuller that the party should
split again, with Church's group going inland in pursuit, and Fuller's group to
explore the shore. This was done, and after a day which included some small
skirmishes with natives, Fuller and his half of the party was transported back
to the island.

Church went on that day to his own adventures, including an altercation with a
nest of rattlesnakes. A diplomatic end to the conflict was not to be. As the
events of these two days reached its climax, Church and his half of the men were
under siege on the shore, fighting Indians, their backs to the water. A sloop
belonging to a Captain Golding, at first also under enemy fire, eventually was
able to rescue them by sending forth a drifting canoe. Two men at a time got
into the canoe, laid down, and managed to get themselves to the sloop. The canoe
would then be sent out again to retrieve two more persons. Eventually, all were
safe."
(An excellent study of King Phillip's War and the events leading up to it,
including a short reference to Matthew, is found in the 2006 book "Mayflower" by
Nathaniel Philbrick.)
Captain Fuller apparently collected jewels. In his will he left to his heirs "a
box of pearls, precious stones, and diamonds, at a guess £200." A few days after
his death, the jewels went missing. Capt. Fuller's personal assistant, known as
Robert the Scot, was accused of taking them.
All of the written sources for this story say the same things: Robert had been
steadfastly loyal and true to his employer, and was stunned and devastated when
this accusation was made. They say he died of grief not too long after Captain
Fuller died. He was delirious in his final days, and spent all of his time
searching for the missing jewels. Deep snow covered the ground at the time of
his death, and so he was buried in a shallow grave at the foot of Scorton Hill.
The jewels were eventually found, and Robert was exonerated, but the legend that
grew out of this incident is that Robert's ghost roams the area, still
searching. His grave is considered to be haunted, and harried mothers of the
past would invoke the Scotsman's ghost to frighten their disobedient children.
Robert may be "Robert Marshall the Scotsman" mentioned in Captain Fuller's
will. Two hundred years after Robert's death, Capt. Oliver Chase purchased a
headstone and footstone for Robert's grave.
jmdeitch1added this on 24 Oct 2008


Matthew FULLER
• Born: Abt 1605, Redenhall, Co. Norfolk, England
• Married (1): Between 1621-1638
• Married (2): Abt 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
• Died: 22 Aug 1678, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
• Buried: 30 Oct 1678, Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
Little is known of his early history, but he was doubtless acquiring the knowledge of surgery and military affairs which he afterwards put to good use. He came to New England in 1640, and settled first at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where in 1642, he was granted ten acres of land. The earliest record of him however is dated October 25, 1640, when Matthew Fuller sells to Andrew Ring "his garden place in Plymouth." (Plymouth Colony Deeds, Vol. I, 1620-1651, pg. 64.) He applied for admission as a freeman, September 7, 1642, but was not allowed to qualify until June 7, 1653. He was one of the leading military men of the colony. When the first company was organized under command of Capt. Miles Standish in 1643, he was appointed sergeant, and became lieutenant, October 5, 1652. "At the General Court held at Plymouth, October 5, 1652, the Court doth allow and approve of Matthew Fuller for Lieutenant of the Military Company of Barnstable." (Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. III, pg. 17.) On June 20, 1654, he was lieutenant under Captain Standish in command of fifty men, organized for the proposed expedition against the Dutch of New Amsterdam. This company was ordered to rendezvous at Sandwich, Plymouth colony, June 29, to embark from Manonet, in the barque "Adventure," to join the other English Colonial forces, but on June 23, news was received that peace was concluded between England and Holland and preparations for war ceased. On October 2, 1658, Lieutenant Fuller was elected to the Council of War, and was made chairman in 1671. In that year too he was lieutenant of the Colonial forces in the expedition against the Indians of Sarconet. That he was a physician also and stood well in his profession, is shown by his appointment, December 17, 1673, as surgeon general of the Plymouth Colony troops and also of the Massachusetts Bay troops. He served as captain of his company in King Philip's war, and took a distinguished part. As early as 1652, he served as deputy to the General court, and was "a man of sound judgment, good understanding, and great courage, faithful to his trusts, liberal in politics and tolerant in religion." He was in fact too tolerant for his day and too frank in speech to avoid trouble. He was indignant at the persecution of the Quakers and publicly censured the law against them for which he was promptly fined, but the Court continued to confer offices of trust upon him. He was the first resident physician in Barnstable, and died there, sometime between July 20, 1678, the date of his will, and October 20, of that year, when it was proved. His estate was appraised at 1667,04,06 L(pounds?) which was amounted to a large sum for those days, the inventory showing, among other items, "pearls, precious stones, and diamonds."
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Family Surnames

The four main surnames that I am going to write about are the Coile's, Rowley's, Fuller's and Myers'. Their are others that I am going to write about and they include but are not limited to the Stansbury's, Lewis's, Swan's, Ballou's and the Fuller's. The second family of Fullers, which I wrote about in the first post is not, to my knowledge related to the main Fullers listed above. The Stansbury's are a subject in themselves as there are several different spellings of the last name, that will make for an interesting post. As I do some of the posting I hope to be able to travel to some of the areas to do research and post pictures.

Start at the beginning

I was wondering where to start and of course you should always start at the beginning. So we will start at the Mayflower and Plymouth rock. I have heard members of the family ask the question about one of the Rowley's coming over on the Mayflower, that isn't true. What did happen is that one of the wife's of the Rowleys was a direct descendant of one of the Mayflower passengers. Moses Rowley married Elizabeth Fuller who is the daughter of Matthew Fuller. Matthew's father Edward Fuller, wife and son Samuel came over on the Mayflower. Edward and his wife died the first winter in Plymouth. Samuel was raised by his uncle, Edward's brother Samuel who was Plymouth's Doctor.

Edward Fuller has been generally identified as the son of Robert and Sara (Dunkhorn) Fuller, baptized on 4 September 1575 at Redenhall, Norfolk. However, a number of genealogical scholars and Mayflower researchers, including Robert S. Wakefield, Robert Sherman, Robert Leigh Ward, Robert C. Anderson, Eugene Stratton, Leslie Mahler, and others, have all questioned the identification over the past couple of decades. The current identification is based upon circumstantial evidence only: the fact that the names Samuel, Edward, and Ann occur within the same family; and the fact the father is identified as a butcher. Thomas Morton, writing in 1637, says that Samuel Fuller was the son of a butcher. The name Matthew also occurs in this Redenhall Fuller family. The counter-evidence is primarily that the ages for the Fullers appear to be too old, when compared to their marriage dates, the ages of their spouses, and with the births of their children.

The name of Edward Fuller's wife has not been discovered. In James Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1860-1862), Edward Fuller's wife was given as "Ann". However, there are no American or English records which give her name. I suspect James Savage may have made a simple typographical error: Mayflower passenger Edward Tilley had a wife Ann; or perhaps he was thinking of their sister Ann Fuller. None-the-less, numerous sources published after 1860 have utilized Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, and so the identification of Ann can be found in numerous other books and online resources.

So, in truth, very little is known about Edward Fuller. His English origins and the name of his wife are widely disputed. What is known is that he, his wife, and his son Samuel came on the Mayflower in 1620 to Plymouth. A single Leiden judicial document mentions Edward Fuller, and proves that he, like brother Samuel Fuller, were living in Leiden. Both Edward and his wife died the first winter, but son Samuel (who would have been about 12), survived. An older brother, Matthew, had stayed behind, and came to America later.

Baptism: 4 September 1575, Redenhall, Norfolk.

Marriage: Married, but name of wife unknown.

Death: Sometime the first winter at Plymouth.

Children: Matthew, Samuel

Imagine if you would what it would be like to have come to America with your parents, and then have them die not 6 months after arriving here.

Here are some links to information about the Mayflower
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/mayflower/mayflower_passenger_list.htm

http://www.themayflowersociety.com/member.htm

Here is a map of the Plymouth area giving you an idea of where they were.

First of hopefully many posts

This is the first of what I hope will be many posts to this site. I have thought about this project many times over the years. I have many stories in my mind that I want to share with our family that I hope everyone will enjoy. I hope they will stir your imagination like they did mine. I hope to have some that may get you involved in researching this and other parts of your family. Everything that I tell in this will be the truth as I know it. I have a huge wealth of information that I have collected over the years in researching this family, thanks to Phillip Robbins in researching the Coile's and Myers side, I think he would enjoy what Larry and I have found about the Coile side of the family (suspense, you have to stay tuned to find out what that is).

We will have stories about the Mayflower, yes we did have family on it, some information about the Revolutionary War, possible Jamestown descendant's, Civil War stories and basically a lot of stories about journeys from one part of the country to another. We will have religious stories, which we did have several ministers in the family on all sides.

Anyway I hope everyone will enjoy this. I hope to have several links to different sites for you to see and explore. I will try to post as often as possible, I will also let you know when there is a new post, this I will do on my face book site. Also on the right side of the blog there is a spot where you can become a follower of this blog and it should inform you when there is a new post.