Dr. Samuel Fuller was the doctor on the Mayflower who migrated to the New World with his brother and nephew. He would become a well-respected citizen of Plymouth Colony and would be spoken well of in the memoirs of William Bradford.
He would aid the Pilgrims in the first winter and witnessed the Wampanoag Tribe and Squanto aiding their survival.
He served until his death in 1933 when a pandemic went through the colony and would take him.
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Family Overview
Dr. Samuel Fuller arrived in Plymouth Colony in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact. After they arrived, the first winter hit and caused many deaths, including his brother Edward and his wife. This left their orphan Samuel, who the good doctor would take in and raise.
He traveled from Leiden, Holland, to Plymouth alone. He had lost two wives prior to marrying his third wife. His third wife and newborn baby waited for him to summon them from Holland. They would arrive in Plymouth a short time after him.
The couple would have three children together. Dr. Samuel had a child from a previous marriage that had died young.
Family Tree Chart
Parents:
- Robert Fuller (1543 - 1614)
- Sarah Dunkhorn (1552 - 1632)
Spouse:
- Alice Glasscock (1613) - Probably died during childbirth
- Agnes Carpenter (1593 - 1615)
- Bridget Lee (1600 - 1664)
Children:
- Unknown Fuller (1613)
- Bridget Fuller (1619 - 1641)
- Mercy Fuller (1627 - 1650)
- Samuel Fuller Jr. (1629 - 1695)
Siblings:
- Thomas Fuller (1573 - 1659)
- Edward Fuller (1575 - 1621)
- Robert Fuller (1581 - 1614)
- John Fuller (1582 - 1608)
- Edmund Fuller (1583 - 1584)
- (half) Sara Fuller (1586 - after 1607)
- (half) Elizabeth Fuller (1590 - 1614)
- (half) Ann Fuller (1594 - after 1612)
- (half) Mary Fuller (1595 - 1614)