Individual Details

Silvester Fuller

(29 Mar 1756 - 2 Dec 1815)



Vol. 2, p.169-170
This deed made 23 Jan 1788 but not recorded until 9 Mar 1795
Oliver Fuller of Rehoboth for 450£ sold to son Sylvester Fuller of Providence, two lots of land in Thompson containing 450 acres. David Hoopers house, Corbins land, MA state line, Masons, John Robins land. And another lot near the above mentioned land, Rhode Island state link, land of Charles Polluck, David Hooper. The same parcels purchased of Daniel Comstock, Esqr. Sarah Fuller, wife, relinquished all right and title. Signed: Oliver Fuller, Sarah Fuller. Wit: Henry Alexander, Theodore Fosters. 26 Mar 1788, Oliver Fuller personall appeared in court in Providence. Rec'd & recorded, 9 Mar 1795, Jacob Dresser.

Sylvester Fuller of Rehoboth, was a Private in Capt John Perry's Company, Col. Timothy Walker's (22nd) Regt. Muster roll dated 1 Aug 1775; Enlisted 11 May 1775; served 2 months, 3 weeks, 5 days. In company return dated 6 Oct 1775. Order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated 26 Oct 1775, at Roxbury.

Marriage on FamilySearch: to Affia Brouwer Anderson, 7 Jun 1776, New York City. He is buried with her.

In 1825, the heirs of Silvester Fuller, of Marietta, Ohio, were assessed for back taxes due on preperty Silvester had owed in Washington Co, Ohio.

FindAGrave #9044843
Sylvester Fuller is buried Fuller Cemetery, Rome, Lawrence Co, Ohio. Grave maker has birth as 30 April 1753, rather than 29 March 1756 as recorded in Rehoboth at the time of his birth; died 2 Dec 1815. The stone is obviously very old.
His wife was Affia B. Anderson, b. 15 Sep 1753, died 4 Dec 1842 - they share the stone.
A son and his spouse are also buried in this cemetery.
Gen. Alphonso Theodore Foster Fuller, b. 7 Sep 1792, d. 28 Sep 1857. Mary Swain Fuller, b. 26 Oct 1800, d. 30 Mar 1883.

Events

Birth29 Mar 1756Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Death2 Dec 1815

Families

FatherOliver Fuller (1732 - 1799)
MotherSarah Smith ( - )
SiblingWilliam Fuller (1759 - )
SiblingSarah Fuller (1761 - )
SiblingMehetabel Fuller (1765 - )
SiblingGilbert Fuller (1770 - )
SiblingRussell Fuller (1772 - )
SiblingOliver Fuller Jr. (1773 - )

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