The Famous Descendants of John Fuller (1655-1726), Part 1

My 8th great-grandfather, John Fuller, was born on 11 Jan 1655 in Barnstable, Massachusetts to Samuel Fuller (1611-1683) & Jane Lothrop (1615-1683). He married Mehitable Rowley (1669-1732) and they had at least 5 children:

1. Thomas Fuller (1680-1772)

2. Samuel Fuller (1682-1757)

3. Thankful Fuller (1689-1740)

4. Joseph Fuller (1699-1775)

5. Benjamin Fuller (1701-1740) 

Four of these five children would have descendants who would become notable in history. This post will only focus on the first two children- Thomas and Samuel:

~Thomas Fuller (1680-1772) & Elizabeth (ULN) (1689-1784)

    - Ebenezer Fuller (1715-1749) & Mary Rowley (1708-1798) 

        - Elizabeth Fuller (1750-1837) & Joshua Phelps Jr. (1751-1825) 

            - Dicey Phelps (1785-1860) & Joseph Carver (1782-1854) 

                - Levina P. Carver (1825-1854) & John Albert Fuller (1819-1891)

                    - John Fuller (1853-1928) & Charlotte A. Squires

                        - John Robert Fuller (1889-1938) & Ruby Ingham (1893-1963)

                            - Imion A. Fuller (1917-2004) & Kenneth F. Trainor (1908-1986)

                                - Gary Trainor & Kelley Anne Jekanowski 

                                    - Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (b. 1993)

Meghan Trainor is an American singer- songwriter. She married actor Daryl Sabara and they have 2 sons: Riley and Barry.

~Samuel Fuller (1682-1757) & Naomi Rowley (1685-1764)

    - John Fuller (1704-1769) & Sarah Clotheir (1709-1769)

        - Asa Fuller (1733-1811) & Mary Goodwin (1738-1768)

            - Charles Fuller (1773-1853) & Philinda Wells (1787-1847) 

                - Charles A. Fuller (1811-1862) & Alivia Cole (1813-1899)

                    - Jane Sophia Fuller (1835-1924) & George Barnard (1833-1896)

                        - Charles Fuller Barnard (1859-1905) & Anna Aldridge (1870-1962)

                            - Julia Fuller Barnard (1897-1973) & Richard Clark (1896-1989)

                                - Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (1929-2012)

Dick Clark was a television and radio personality. He was married 3x- Barbara Mallery from 1952-1961, Loretta Martin from 1962-1971) and then Kari Wigton in 1977. He had 3 children: 

1. Richard A. Clark

2. Duane Bradley Clark 

3. Cindy Clark

Part 2 to come next week!

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The Three Famous Descendants of Richard Daniel Harrison (1595-1665)

 My 11th Great-Grandfather Richard Daniel Harrison was born on 31 March 1595 in West Kirby, England and died on 25 October 1665 in Branford, Connecticut. He was the son of Richard Catherall Harrison (1565-1617) and Ellen Rose Newbold (1550-1630). In 1619, he married Margaret Picke (1598-1655) and they had at least 8 children: 

1. Thomas Harrison (1619-1682) **
2. Benjamin Harrison (1620-1652)
3. Richard Daniel Harrison Jr. (1620-1686)
4. Elizabeth Harrison (1623-1669)
5. Mary Harrison (1625-1680)
6. Anna Harrison (1627-1669)
7. Ellen Helena Harrison (Twin) (1631-1690) *
8. Dorothy Harrison (Twin) (1631-1690)

~Thomas Harrison (1619-1682) & Katherine Bradshaw (1637-1682)
    - Nathaniel Harrison (1658-1728) & Hannah Frisbie (1669-1723)

            - Hannah Harrison (1690-1744) & James Tallmadge (1689-1748)

                    - Benjamin Tallmadge (1723-1786) & Susanna Smith (1730-1768)

                            - Benjamin Tallmadge Jr. (1754-1835)

Benjamin Tallmadge was an American military officer and politician, a former United States Representative. He married Mary Floyd (1764-1822) on 18 Mar 1784 and they had 7 children: 

1. William Smith Tallmadge (1785-1822)

2. Henry Floyd Tallmadge (1787-1854)

3. Maria Jones Tallmadge (1790-1878)

4 Benjamin Tallmadge III (1791-1831)

5. Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (1792-1869)

6. Harriet Wadsworth Tallmadge (1797-1856)

7. George Washington Tallmadge (1803-1835)

~Thomas Harrison (1619-1682) & Katherine Bradshaw (1637-1682)

    - Isaiah Harrison (1666-1738) & Abigail Smith (1678-1732)

        - Abigail Harrison (1710-1780) & Alexander Herring (1708-1778)

            - Bathsheba Herring (1746-1836) & Abraham Lincoln (1744-1786)

                - Thomas Lincoln (1777-1864) & Nancy Hanks (1784-1818)

                    - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. On 04 Nov 1842, he married Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882) and they had 4 sons: 

1. Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926)

2. Edward Baker Lincoln (1846-1850)

3. William Wallace Lincoln (1850-1862)

4. Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (1853-1871)

~Ellen Helena Harrison (1631-1690) & John Thompson (1631-1674)

    - Hannah Jane Thompson (1654-1718) & Abraham Bradley (1650-1718)

        - Lydia Bradley (1685-1757) & Thomas Punderson (1677-1742)

            - Ebenezer Punderson (1705-1764) & Hannah Miner (1712-1792)

                - Hannah Punderson (1733-1775) & Solomon Avery (1729-1798)

                    - Miles Avery (1760-1850) & Malinda Pixley 

                        - Lucy Avery (1786-1867) & Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller

                            -William Avery Rockefeller (1810-1906) & Eliza Davidson

                                -William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (1841-1922)

William Rockefeller was an American businessman and financier of standard oil worth well over a billion dollars. He married Almira Geraldine Goodsell (1844-1920) in 1864 and they had 6 children: 

1. Lewis Edward Rockefeller (1865-1866)

2. Emma Rockefeller (1868-1934)

3. William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870-1922)

4. John Davidson Rockefeller (1872-1877)

5. Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878-1934)

6. Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (1882-1973)

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