CHAPTER EIGHT
MAPLE and FULLER
FAMILIES
Anna
Maple was the daughter of William Maple and Polly Fuller. Most Maples in
America are believed to have descended from one of six grandsons of a weaver
named Benjamin Maple of Ipswich, Suffolk County England.
Benjamin Maple was born circa 1663 and
signed by mark an agreement of indenture to a London merchant on May 8, 1684
when he was 21 years old. He was transported to the colony of Barbados and
after working on a plantation there for four years, Benjamin Maple settled in
Middlesex County near a Quaker community in the colony of New Jersey in 1688. There
he married and had only one son who left him progeny with the surname of Maple.
Benjamin Maple Senior's only son,
William “Benjamin Maple”, born circa 1696, married a Dutch widow Sara Clare
Vorhees and fathered three sons, all of whom were born in Middlesex County New
Jersey Colony. A deed record found in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office dated
22 February 1772 showed Benjamin Maple and his wife Sarah of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County transferring property to his son Jacob Maple of New Windsor Township,
Middlesex County. The Tract of 113 and 33/100 acres in New Windsor adjoined the
lands of Thomas Maple, William Maple, and James Parker. The deed was recorded 8
Apr. 1776.
A similar deed 21 February 1772 by
Benjamin Maple and wife Sarah to their son William Maple of an adjoining tract
of 113 and 33/100 acres, also adjoining land of Thomas Maple, implied that
Benjamin Maple divided a 340 acre tract equally between three of his sons. In
addition, the different wording "his son" and "their son"
suggests that Jacob may have been a son by an earlier marriage. Vol. 3 of
Mortgages, p. 12. 5 Nov. 1778.
Jacob Maple, son of William “Benjamin”
Maple was born circa 1735 in Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married Elizabeth
Stanford on 27 January 1769, in Middlesex, New Jersey, when he was 34 years
old. The bondmen on the Marriage Bond, for Jacob Maple of “Middlsex County, New
Jersey and Elizabeth Stanford of “Somerset County New Jersey, were “Elias
Smith, and “William Mapel”. Elizabeth Stanford was born in 1730 in Somerset
County, New Jersey, the daughter of James and Mary Ann Stanford. They had seven
children in 30 years.
Jacob
was a soldier in the American Revolution and served as private in Capt.
Jonathan Coomb's Co., 3rd Regiment, Middlesex County, New Jersey Militia.
Tax
Rolls for Windsor Township in Middlesex County for June 1778, and March 1779, showed
Jacob Maple owned 170 acres. He most have sold 40 acres during that year as
that in in September 1779 he paid taxes on 130 acres. He paid taxes on the 130
acres until January 1781 when he may have moved.
Jacob
Maple to Mary Hooper. Consideration of 100 pounds. Plantation in which said
Jacob Maple lives on Bear Brook and bought by him of Mahlon Wright and contains
170 acres. Mary Hooper assigned to George Bergen and Nicholas Hight Jr. 14
Sept. 1800. Wit: Mary Shokelean, Mary Updike. Levi Updike for Mary Hooper. Vol.
2 of Mortgages, page 165. 11 Feb. 1779.
Jacob
Maple of twp of Windsor of Middlesex Co., N.J. To John Evelman of Upper
Freehold. Deeds, Vol. 1, p. 137. 21 April 1779.
Jacob
Maple and Elizabeth his wife, of Windsor in County of Middlesex, to Nicholas
Hight Jr. Where Jacob and Elizabeth now dwell being part of a plantation
puchased of Mahlon Wright by the said Maple. Contains 170 acres. Wit: John _____,
David Olden.
The 1790 census for New Jersey was
destroyed but a tax list for Somerset County New Jersey show that Jacob Maple
was a resident there in 1797. However the 1790 Census of Pennsylvania showed
that the sons of Jacob Maple, David Maple and John Maple, lived in Fayette
County Pennsy but not in the same township. His son William Maple was found in
neighboring Washington County, Maryland.
David
Maple of Tyrone, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:
2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and
over: 5
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 12
John
Maple of German, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and
over: 3
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Benjamin
Maple of Washington, Maryland
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:
1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and
over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 5
William
Maple of Washington, Maryland
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:
2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and
over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Number of Household Members: 4
Jacob
Maple moved to Washington County, Maryland by 1800
1800
Census, Linton Hundred Washington Co., Maryland
Jacob Maple,
Sr. 3 males, 2 females.
Jacob Maple,
Jr. 1 male 16-26, 1 female 16-26, 2 females under 10.
William Maple,
1 male, 1 female.
Jacob
Maple is believed to have removed to Jefferson County, Ohio circa 1802 and then
to Coshocton County, Ohio about 1807. His brother William Maple had previously
removed to Jefferson County in 1797. Jacob Maple, can be found on Tax Lists
from Jefferson County in 1806 and 1807 where he is located in Knox Township.
The
account book of James Miskimen, of Cohocton County, Ohio for the period
1807-1823, showed numerous purchases by Jacob Maple between April 22, 1809 and
May 11, 1813, many for whiskey. Some were picked up by his daughter Ruth
The 1810 Census for Coshocton County
does not exist but Jacob Maple Sr appeared in the 1820 Census. He is the head
of a household of 1 male 45 and up, 1 female 45 and up, 1 female 28-45 and 1
male 18-26 in Linton Township. Other Maple men who were heads of house holds in
Coshocton County were David Maple, George Maple, and Jacob Maple.
David Maple Linton married 18 October
1818 Joanna Addy daughter of William Addy Sr. He may have been a grandson and
not the son of Jacob Sr.
George
Maple of Linton, was married with 7 children under the age of 15. George Maple was the nephew of son of Jacob
Sr and son of his brothet William Maple and his wife Kesiah Larrson. This
George is no longer in Coshocton County and may have been the George Maple
located in Columbiana County by 1826.
Jacob Maple Junior was born circa 1774
in Middlesex County, New Jersey and and died 1822 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He
was married to Margaret Segatty whom he married 11 October 1796 in Berkeley
County Virginia [West Virginia]. She was born circa 1774 and died 23 August
1843. This census showed they had 10 children in this household, the eldest
under 25 years.
Children of Jacob Maple and Elizabeth
Stafford
1)
David Maple born circa 1770 Middlesex County, New Jersey. He died between 28
June 1837 and Feb 1846 in Coshocton County, Ohio. Married Mary Elizabeth Moody
2) Ruth
Maple born 13 September 1772 Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey. She died 6 December 1825 St Clair, St Clair, Illinois.
Married Jonathan Hill.
3)
Jacob Maple Junior born circa 1774 Middlesex County, New Jersey and and died 20
December 1822 in Coshocton County, Ohio. He married Margarette Segatty 11
October 1796 in Berkeley County Virginia [West Virginia] She was born circa
1775 and died 23 Aug 1843.
4)
Eliza Alley Maple born circa 1776 Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She
married Thomas Fuller Junior in 1796 in Washington County, Maryland. She died
in March 1852 age 76 years and buried in the Fortney Cemetery in Wheeling
Township. Her eldest son Thomas T Fuller moved to Peoria County, Illinois with
his cousins.
5)
William Maple born 16 July 1778 Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey. He died 6 March
1848 in Hollis Township, Peoria, Illinois and buried in the La Marsh Baptist
Church Cemetery at Maple Ridge. He married Mary Polly Fuller 4 January 1800 in
Washington County, Maryland. She was born April 1782 in Washington County,
Maryland and died 9 April 1850 in in Hollis Township, Peoria, Illinois and
buried in the La Marsh Baptist Church Cemetery at Maple Ridge.
6)
Ruhama Maple born circa 1780
William Maple and Polly Fuller
William Maple was born 16 July 1778 in
Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey. William Maple and his wife, Mary “Polly” Fuller
were married 4 Jan 1800, in Washington County, Maryland. They were the parents
of at least six children. Both William Maple and Polly Fuller families were
living in Washington County, Maryland according to the 1800 census and Washington
County, Maryland was the home of Maple and Fuller families before moving to
Ohio before 1810.
Washington County is located on
eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains, stretching from the Ridge-and-Valley
Country in the west to South Mountain in the east, which is an extension of the
Blue Ridge Mountains. It was formed 1 October 1776 from Frederick County, Maryland
and named in honor of General George Washington.
Washington County, Maryland has the
distinction of containing the smallest distance between a state and its
neighboring states. Linton Township where the Maples and Fullers lived is less
than two miles wide between Pennsylvania to the north and West Virginia to the
south. This is a historic area and many families in what is known as Maryland's
narrow waist trace their ancestors to early nearby Pennsylvania and West
Virginia settlers when the tri-state area was first settled.
The Hagerstown Valley is part of the
Great Appalachian Valley that continues southward into West Virginia as the
Shenandoah Valley and northward into Pennsylvania as the Cumberland Valley. The
county is bordered to the north by the Mason–Dixon line with Pennsylvania, to
the south by the Potomac River and the states of Virginia and West Virginia.
Polly Fuller was the daughter of Thomas
Fuller Senior and Lydia Hayes. She was born April 1782 in Washington County,
Maryland. Her father Thomas was born circa 1750 perhaps in New Jersey and died
circa 17 Mar 1824 in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio. Lydia Hayes was born
before 1756, and died before 1820 also in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio.
The Maple and Fullers lived in the
same vicinity in Washington County, Maryland by 1796 as Polly Fuller’s brother Thomas
Fuller Jr married and Eliza Alley Maple circa 1796 there. Eliza Alley Maple’s
brother Jacob Maple Jr was married 11 October 1796 in Berkeley County, Virginia
which was directly on the south side Washington across the Potomac River.
The Maple, Fullers and the family of
James Miskimen either attended or were members of the Tonoloway Primitive
Baptist Church while living in Maryland. The church was organized and built in
1752 and was located just fifty yards inside the Pennsylvania state line.
Before the Mason-Dixon survey, which was done between 1763 and 1767, the
congregants thought the church was in Maryland. The Tonoloway was the tenth
Privative Baptist church built in the colonies, and drew parishioners from
Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The land holdings of Thomas Fuller were
just about 5 miles south west of the church across the Maryland line.
Church records show that in May 1798,
Lydia Fuller, wife of Thomas Fuller was baptized into membership of the
Tonoloway Church while a Jemima Fuller was received by the Church with a letter
of transfer from Morristown, New Jersey at the same time. A Margaret Fuller was
also baptized in 1798.
The 1800 census for Linton Hundred,
Washington County, Maryland included the following Fuller and Maple families, Thomas
Sr., Thomas Jr. and James Fuller and three Maple households, Jacob, Jacob Jr.,
and William.
Jacob
Maple Sr.
Free White male age 45 & up
[before 1756] Jacob Maple Sr.
Free White female age 45 & up
[before 1756] Elizabeth Stafford
Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784]
George Maple
Free White female age 16-26 [1774-1784]
Ruhama Maple
Free White male age 10-16 [1784-1790]
unknown
This
entry was 9 entries past Thomas Fuller Jr..
Jacob
Maple, Jr.
Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784]
Jacob Maple Jr.
Free White female age 16-26
[1774-1784]
Free White female age under 10, [1790-1800]
William
Maple,
Free White male age 16-26 [1774-1784]
William Maple
Free White female age 16-26
[1774-1784] Polly Fuller born 1785
Not
listed in the 1800 census in Washigton Coynty, Maryland was son David Maple
born circa 1770 and who was married to Mary Elizabeth. He was most likely in
Pennsylvania. Shortly after this census was taken, William and Polly Fuller
moved into Somerset County, Pennsylvania at where their oldest daughter Anna
[Anne] Maple was born 7 January 1801
Jacob Maple Sr. and his family moved
to Jefferson County, Ohio in 1802, to join other members of the Maple family in
that region probably son David. It is quite likely that the Fuller's also went
to Jefferson County as all of these families left Washington County, Maryland
about the same time.
Statehood for Ohio was delayed until
1803 because of a political struggle between the Democratic-Republicans, and
the Federalists who believed they could retain more political power if Ohio
remained a territory. When Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1800,
Ohio’s Democratic-Republicans had their ally in power in Washington, D.C.
Jefferson advocated statehood for Ohio, even though the territory had not
reached the population level required by the Northwest Ordinance. Jefferson
County, Ohio, on the eastern border of Virginia and Pennsylvania, was named in
the president’s honor. Tax records show that Jacob Maple lived in Jefferson
County, Ohio, in 1806.
Land grants in the Military District
show that by December 1803, William Maple, Thomas Fuller, James Miskinem, and
George Mitchell all had parcels of land in Section 4, Township 4, and Range 4
in what was then Muskingum County. One parcel was labeled “Fuller & Maple”
which is assumed to be Thomas Fuller and his son in law William Maple. Directly
below this parcel was a parcel belonging to Thomas Fuller label No. 36 and he
owned the parcel directly east labled No. 37. George Mitchell owned two parcels
one above the Fuller & Maple lot and one below No. 37. George Mitchell
officiated in marriages in Guernsey County and therefore may have been a
Baptist preacher.
While land was acquired in the
Military District it wasn’t until late 1807 that seven families from Yellow
Creek in Jefferson County, namely William Maple, Thomas Dennis, Thomas Fuller
and his four sons, James, Thomas Jr., John, and Joseph and their families came
to the Military District.
A History of Guernsey County, Ohio
indicated that the Maples and Fullers arrived in what was to become Wheeling
Township in Guernsey County in 1807. As that Guernsey and Coshocton Counties
were not formed until 1810, this area of Ohio was in Muskingum County in 1807. They
formed a settlement called Fullerton that existed for many years along Wills
Creek. Joseph Fuller married Eleanor Boyles in Jefferson County, Ohio in 1807
before the families moved.
The settlements in Guernsey County
were few, and were confined to the valleys along Wills Creek and Bird's Run. It
was in this area the Maples and Fullers lived. There is no surviving 1810
census for most of Ohio but other early settlers, along Will Creek, were Joseph
Cowgill from Belmont County and William Gibson who settled three miles above
the Fullers. At this time the Military District was a deep wilderness. A number
of Indians hunted and fished along the streams and lived in huts but had left
the area about the time of the breaking out of the War of 1812.
The War of 1812 was declared in July 1812 by
President James Madison and Ohio was one of the key states due to its proximity
to Lake Eire and Canada. Hundreds of men from the county joined the state’s
militia although Guernsey County was sparsely settled and far from the front.
Guernsey County was represented in the
war of 1812 by three companies of militia, commanded respectively by Capt.
Simon Beymer, Capt. Absalom Martin and Capt. C. P. Beatty. William Maple served
as a private in the Ohio Militia from Guernsey County. He served from August 26
until November 12, 1812 in Captain Absalom Martin’s Company commanded by
Colonel Robert Bay of the 3rd Regiment, Ohio Militia. William Maple’s brothers
in law, Joseph Fuller and James Fuller also served in the war. James Fuller
served in Captain Cyrus P. Beatty’s company as a private. Joseph Fuller served
in Colonel John DeLong’s 1st Regiment Ohio, Militia.
Despite the humiliation of having the
nation’s capitol captured and burned, Americans celebrated the end of war in
1814 “with a brilliant burst of national pride. They felt that they had fought
a second war for independence, and had won.”
After the war, William Maple’s
nephew David Maple Jr. son of David and Mary Elizabeth Maple, married 18
October 1818 Joanna Addy in Coshocton County, Ohio. Joanna Addy was the
youngest daughter of William Addy and Nancy Clark.
The 1820 Census of Ohio showed that
William Maple was living in Wheeling Township, Guernsey, Ohio and was
enumerated 7 August 1820. Wheeler Township abutted Knox Township on the north.
Free White male age 45 and over
[before 1776] William Maple
Free White female age 26 thru 44
[1776-1794] Polly Fuller
Free White male age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810] William Maple
Free White male age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810] Isaac Maple
Free White female age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810] Anna Maple
Free White female age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810] Rebecca Maple
Free White male age Under 10:
[1811-1820] Abraham Maple
Free White female age Under 10:
[1811-1820] Mary Maple
1 Number of Persons - Engaged in
Agriculture:
The 1830 Census of Ohio show that
William Maple, Jehu Jones’ father in law was still living in Wheeling Township,
Guernsey, Ohio
Free White male age 50 thru 59:
[1771-1780] William Maple
Free White female age 40 thru 49:
[1781-1789] Polly Fuller
Free White male age 15 thru 19:
[1811-1815] Abraham Maple
Free White female age 15 thru 19
[1811-1815] Mary Maple
Free White female age 5 thru 9:
[1821-1825] unknown
On 26 April 1838 William Maple’s
widowed sister Ally Maple Fuller “of the County of Guernsey” sold to Joseph
Heslip “of the County of Coshocton” her 40 acres for $300. The deed was
recorded 25 May 1838, and witnessed by Joseph Cowgill and Nancy Cowgill. This
sale was most likely prompted by her family’s impending move to Illinois.
William Maple daughter Polly Maple
married John Jones the son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy in in Peoria County. John Jones was enumerated next to his father
in law William in the 1840 Census of Fayette Township, in Peoria County. This
marriage made up the four Maple siblings who married four Jones siblings. Jehu
Jones married Anna Maple, John Jones married Polly Maple, Polly Jones married
Isaac Mable and Charlotte Jones married Abraham Jones. The children produced
from these unions were double cousins all sharing the same set of Jones and
Maple grandparents.
On 3 November 1840 William Maple Sr.
paid cash for 80 acres in Peoria County, Illinois. The location was the west
half of the southeast quarter of Section 7 in Township 7 North, Range 7 East.
The purchase was recorded at the Land Office in Quincy, Illinois. Section 7
abutted, to the north, section 18 where William Maple also had lands that adjoined
his son Isaac Maple’s 160 acres. To the west of Isaac Maple in Section 20,
William Maple Senior had also another 160 acres. Directly below the property of
Isaac Maples was the 160 acre farm of Abraham Maple. Isaac Maples had an
addition 160 acre farm in Section 20 which was to the southeast of Section 18.
Abraham Maple set aside some of his
land for a burial ground perhaps because his first wife Charlotte Jones was
probably buried there. The first recorded burial however was that of William
Becannon who died 25 August 1838 age 8 year 5 months. He was a nephew of
Abraham Maple, the son of his sister Rebecca Maple Becannon. Others eventually
buried on the property were Enoch Jones in 1844 and William Maple Senior in
1848. In May 1849, Abraham and Ruhama Addy Maple deeded the two and ½ acres
surrounding these graves for the site of the La Marsh Baptist Church and the
cemetery is now known as the Maple Ridge Cemetery.
Shortly after Jehu Jones family
departed Peoria County, Illinois, his father in law William Maple drew up his
Last Will and Testament on 2 June 1843.
I, William Maple Sen. do will and
assign my property and effects, as follows, to-wit: to take effect after my
decease.
To William Maple, Jun. the east forty
acres of land joining lands owned by John Magee the long way of it being North
and South,
To Isaac Maple the next forty acres
being as aforesaid,
To Abraham Maple the remainder being
forty acres.
To Olima Maple wife of Palin Jones,
Fifty Dollars worth of property personal or Fifty Dollars in money.
To Becca Maple wife of Robert Bucannon
the same.
To Margaret Maple wife of George Worts
(sic) Forty Dollars in money.
To Polly Maple wife of Pohn (sic)
Jones the same as Anna and Becca.
To Polly Maple wife of William Maple
Sen. to hold her third of the real as long as she remains the widdow (sic) of
said Wm. Maple, Sen.
Signed in the presence of witnesses by
Seth Guener ck. this 2 dy of June A.D. 1843
The
will was amended 8 July 1843 stating “Ann Jones has received one Cow worth ten
dollars on her part of the dory July the 8th, 1843.”
The will would not be probated for
another five years but some of the people named within should be explained.
Olima Maple wife of Palin Jones is most certainly his daughter Anna and his son
in law Jehu Paten Jones. Olima mave have been Anna’s middle name if it’s not a
misreading of Anna.
A month later when the will is amended
to show that Anna had received part of her inheritance in the form of a cow and
at that time she is called “Ann”. Palin is easier to explain that the scribe
simply forgot to cross the t in his middle name. Anna Maple Jones’ sisters were
Rebecca Maple Becannon, Margaret Maple Werts, and Polly [Mary] Maple Jones.
William Maple was born 16 July 1778 in
Middlesex County, New Jersey and died 6 MAR 1848 in Maple Ridge, Hollis Twp.,
Peoria Co., Illinois. He was buried in La Marsh Baptist Church cemetery, Maple
Ridge, Peoria County, Illinois. He was the son of Jacob Maple and Elizabeth
Stafford
Mary "Polly" Fuller was born
April 1782 Halifax, Washington County, Maryland, and died 9 April 1850 in
Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. She was buried La Marsh Baptist Church
cemetery, Maple Ridge, Peoria County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Thomas
Fuller and Lydia Hayes.
Children of William B. MAPLE and Mary
"Polly" FULLER and are:
1)
Anna Olima Maple was born 7 January 1801 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and
died 12 July 1865 in Marion County, Iowa. She married Jehu Paten Jones 8 July
son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. He was born 1 January 1797 in Jefferson County,
Virginia, and died 1 March 1845 in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa.
2)
William Henry Maple was born 7 November 1802 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and
died 21 March 1874 in Chariton Twp, Lucas County, Iowa. He married Sarah
Cowgill 25 December 1826 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of Joseph Cowgill
and Jemima Reed. She was born 2 November 1808 in Guernsey County, Ohio, and
died March 1871 in Chariton Twp, Lucas County, Iowa.
3)
Isaac Maple was born 12 December 1804 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 20
March 1884 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary
"Polly" Jones 20 April 1825 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of
Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. She was born 27 July 1803 in Jefferson County,
Virginia, and died 25 November 1872 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois.
4)
Rebecca Maple was born 27 December 1806 in Jefferson County, Ohio, and died 23
August 1874 in Peoria County, Illinois. She married Robert Becannon 16 April
1829 in Guernsey County, Ohio, son of James Becannon He was born 26 July 1804
in Pennsylvania, and died 15 January 1859 in Peoria County, Illinois. Robert
Becanon brought his family to Illinois and settled in Hollis Township in 1837,
where he purchased a farm.
5)
Margaret Catherine Maple was born 23 December 1808 in Coshocton County, Ohio,
and died 13 May 1851 in Muskingum County, Ohio. She married George Peter Werts
27 September 1827 in Muskingum County, Ohio, son of George Werts and Susannah
Huff. He was born 11 November 1801 in Loudon County, Virginia, and died 29 July
1866 in Ohio.
6)
Abraham Maple was born 1 February 1811 in Yellow River, Jefferson County, Ohio,
and died 6 Ooctober 1889 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary
Charlotte Jones 20 October 1831 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of Enoch
Jones and Nancy Addy. She was born 1 February 1811 in Guernsey County Ohio, and
died 1834 in Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Ruhama Addy 3 January
1836 in Guernsey County, Ohio, daughter of William Adddy and Wealtha Ann Jones.
She was born 23 November 1811 in Guernsey, Ohio, and died 12 March 1854 in
Hollis, Peoria County, Illinois. He married Mary Goodwin 21 May 1855 in Peoria
County, Illinois, daughter of Joseph Goodwin and Sarah Essex. She was born 2
July 1832 in Ohio, and died 27 March 1915 in Mapleton, Peoria County, Illinois.
7)
Mary "Polly" Maple was born 4 December 1812 in Guernsey, Ohio, and
died in Washington County, Kansas. She married John Jones 10 March 1840 in
Peoria County, Illinois, son of Enoch Jones and Nancy Addy. He was born about
1814 in Coshocton, Ohio, and died 14 August 1884 Haddam Washington County,
Kansas. She probably died in Kansas as
well.
The Fuller Family
Fort Frederick in western Maryland was
established in 1754 to protect settlers during the French and Indian War. It
was a unique stone fort that served as Maryland’s frontier defense and was used
during the American Revolutionary War as a prisoner of war camp. As many as
1,000 captured British and German soldiers were incarcerated there after the
Battles of Saratoga and Yorktown. When Washington County was formed in 1776 the
fort was within the new county’s boundary. The county was the first in the
nation to be named for General George Washington.
On 17 May 1785, the Potomac Company
was created for the express purpose of planning, building and operating the
184.5-mile-long historic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. George Washington was its
first president and served in that capacity until he became President of the
United States. The digging of the canal would have brought hundreds of laborers
both free and slave to the area. This important commercial waterway had canal
boats drawn by mules.
The
earliest mention of the Fullers in Washington County Maryland was a 1783 tax
list. It is not certain where the family originated before then but most likely
they came from New Jersey near Morristown.
There are only
two Fullers listed in the tax list of Washington County and they were located
on the Fort Frederick and Linton Hundred Tax List of 1783. These men were
Daniel Fuller Sr. and Thomas Fuller. Daniel Fuller Senior was taxed on 1 horse
and 7 black cows. Thomas Fuller was taxed on 2 horses and 4 black cows. Neither
of the men appeared to have been land owners.
Linton Hundred was located just west
of nearby Fort Frederick. Here deed records in the Washington County Recorder's
office show that Thomas Fuller began obtaining land as early as March 1787.
There are several transactions recorded there, including at least one for
Daniel Fuller. The relationship between Daniel Fuller and Thomas Fuller is
unknown but as Daniel is known as Senior he could have been a father or older
brother.
From the above information, it can be
assumed that a Daniel and Thomas Fuller arrived in Washington County, Maryland
as early as 1783. It is not known how or if they were related, however the land
transactions and their close proximity in the 1790 census, indicates a good
chance they were related in some way.
The 1790 census for Linton Hundred in
Washington County, lists three Fuller families. Two of them Ephamia Fuller and
Daniel Fuller were living almost next to each other while Thomas Fuller is near
25 households away from them.
Ephaima Fuller, 2 females no age given
most likely a widow and her daughter.
Daniel Fuller, 1 male ages 16 &
up, 1 male under 16, 2 females no age given.
This
was probably a young family of a husband and wife with two children and not
Daniel Fuller Senior of 1783 but certainly could have been a son.
Thomas Fuller 2 males 16 & up, 3
males under 16, 4 females no age given. This family would have been that of
Polly Fuller who married William Maple. The three males under the age of 16 or
before 1774 were probably the sons James Fuller born 1772-73 Thomas Fuller
Junior born circa 1774-75, John Fuller born circa 1778-79 and Joseph Fuller
born circa 1780-01. The women would have been wife Lydia Hayes, and daughters
Polly Fuller born April 1782, Nancy Fuller born circa 1785, Katie Fuller born
circa 1789-90
The "Ephaima" in this census
was also probably related to Thomas and Daniel. The Daniel in the Tax List was
shown as Daniel Sr. and the Daniel in the 1790 census was not. There is some
chance that Ephaima was the wife of Daniel Sr. and she was a widow with a
daughter in the 1790 census and the Daniel in the 1790 census was their son.
This is only speculation. Since the land that Daniel acquired in 1791 was
transferred to Thomas in 1795, it is possible that Daniel either left this area
or died. The same is true for Ephaima.
There was only one entry between
Ephaima and Daniel and Thomas followed by 25 entries.
Thomas Fuller continued obtaining land
in this area until 1795, including a transaction that involved Daniel Fuller in
1791.
The 1800 Census for Maryland lists
three Fuller Households, Thomas, James,
and Thomas Jr,
Thomas
Fuller of Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland
Free White male age 45 and over:
[before 1756] Thomas Fuller born 1750
Free White female age 45 and over:
[before 1756] Lydia Hayes
Free White male age 16 thru 25:
[1775-1784]
Free White female age 16 thru 25
[1775-1784]
Free White female age 16 thru 25
[1775-1784] John born 1779
Free White male age 10 thru 15:
[1785-1790] Joseph born 1781
Free White male age Under 10:
[1791-1800] unknown
Free White female age Under 10:
[1791-1800] Margaret born 1793
Free White female age Under 10:
[1791-1800] Lydia born 1795
James
Fuller,
Free White male age 26-45 [1755-1774]
James Fuller
Free White female age16-26.
[1774-1784]
Free White male age under 10,
[1790-1800] James born 1798
Thomas
Fuller Jr.
Free White male age16-26. [1774-1784]
Thomas Fuller born 1776
Free White female age 16-26
[1774-1784] Alley Maple
Free White male age under 10
[1790-1800]
Free White female age under 10,
[1790-1800]
Washington County, Maryland land
records show that Thomas Fuller Sr. was in Jefferson County Ohio in September
of 1807 He was selling off his Maryland property probably in anticipation of
another move. On 16 August 1811, Thomas Fuller, “of Muskingum County, Ohio”
sold the last of his land holdings in Maryland.
The only information located for the
Fuller families in Jefferson County Ohio is a marriage record for a Thomas
Fuller Sen.’s son Joseph Fuller. This record shows Joseph Fuller married
Eleanor Boyles 21 May 1807. Later land records will support this Joseph as being
the son of Thomas Fuller Sr.
A tract of 160 acres, described as the
Northeast quarter of Section 18 R4 T4 of Wheeling Township was purchased by
Thomas Fuller Sr. from the U.S. Government and the transaction was recorded in
Guernsey County, 18 Nov 1812. There is some indication that Thomas actually
purchased this land prior to 1810 but did not record it until 1812. If so, it
is probably recorded in Muskingum County, Ohio.
The west side of this quarter section
of land is located on the Guernsey--Coshocton County lines. Although two of
these members of the Fuller families were shown in the Coshocton County, Linton
Township census of 1820, they probably lived very near Thomas and the other
Fuller families that are listed in Wheeling Township of Guernsey County. Wills
Creek winds its way through this area and flows through Thomas Fuller's land.
This tract of 160 acres was disposed of by Thomas Fuller in four parts to his
children and neighbors.
Sometime circa 1815 William Maple’s
brother in law Thomas Fuller Jr died leaving his sister Alley Maple Fuller a
widow. Anna Fuller Maple’s youngest
sister Lydia Fuller married Peter Hamersley 9 May 1816 in Guernsey County,
Ohio. The remaining unmarried child of Thomas Fuller Sr, Margaret “Peggy”
Fuller, married Samuel Warden 5 November 1818, in Guernsey County Ohio. Thomas
Fuller’s wife Lydia Hayes Fuller died sometime before 1820 when he is listed in
the household of his daughter in law Alley Maple Fuller.
Thomas Fuller and his wife Lydia
Fuller sold 35 ½ acres to George Miller for $168 dated 15 January 1816. The
deed was recorded 10 June 1816 witnessed by Joseph Fuller and Joseph Hedge. The
land was the southeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 18 part of
160 acres bought in 1812.
On 28 Feb 1816 Thomas and his wife
Lydia Fuller deeded to their son Joseph Fuller, “for love and affection” 35
acres. The deed was recorded 10 June 1816 and witnessed by Joseph Hedge and
George Mitchell. This property was part of the 160 acres bought in 1812 and
located north of George Mitchell within the northeast quarter of the Northeast
quarter of Section 18.
In the 1820 census there are two
Fuller households in Linton Township of Coshocton County and four in
neighboring Wheeling Township of Guernsey County. There were also four households
that included married Fuller daughters. These
ten households included a total of 61 persons. While these people were in two
counties, they lived very close together within 10 miles of each other.
Within Guernsey County were James
Fuller Sr, Thomas Fuller, the Widow Fuller, William Maple, Joseph Fuller, Peter
Hammersley, and Samuel Warden in the following order.
James Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 45 and over
[before 1776] James Fuller
Free White Female age 26 thru 44:
[1776-1804] Catherine
Free White Female age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810]
Free White Male age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810]
Free White Male age Under 10
[1811-1820]
Free White Male age Under 10
[1811-1820]
Free White Male age Under 10 [1811-1820]
Free White Male age Under 10
[1811-1820]
James
Fuller and his wife, Catherine were probably married in Washington Maryland
before 1800. This is James Fuller Sr., who was born about 1770, location
unknown.
The son of Thomas Fuller Sr. and Lydia
Hayes, Joseph Fuller married Eleanor Boyles, and was enumerated in Wheeling
Township, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 26 thru 44:
[1776-1794]
Free White Female age 26 thru 44:
[1776-1794]
Free White Female age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Thomas
Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804]
Free White Female age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Thomas
Fuller and wife, Mary Johnston, were married 21 Aug 1817, in Guernsey County.
Quite likely he is the son of James Fuller Sr. and Catherine unknown.
Widow Fuller Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Female age 45 and over
[before 1775] Alley Maple Fuller
Free White Male age 45 and over:
[before 1775] Thomas Fuller Sr.
Free White Male age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Thomas Fuller Jr.
Free White Male age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804]
Free White Male age 16 thru 18:
[1802-1804]
Free White Male age 10 thru 15: [1805-1810]
Free White Female age 10 thru 15:
[1805-1810]
Free White Male age under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Male age Under 10
[1811-1820]
The
"Widow" Fuller, is most certainly, Eliza "Alley" Maple
Fuller, widow of Thomas Fuller Jr. who died circa 1815. Eliza Alley Maple,
daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Stanford Maple was born in 1776 Windsor,
Middlesex County, New Jersey. and married Thomas Fuller in 1796 in Washington
County, Maryland. They had seven children in 13 years. She died in March 1852
age 76 years and buried in the Fortney Cemetery in Wheeling Township. Her
eldest son Thomas T Fuller moved to Peoria County, Illinois with his cousins.
She was an aunt to Anna Maple.
The
daughter of Thomas Fuller Senior and Lydia Hayes, Margaret Fuller married Samuel
Warden 5 Nov 1818, in Guernsey County.
Samuel
Warden Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Samuel Warden
Free White Female age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Margaret Fuller
Free White Male age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Lydia
Fuller, daughter of Thomas Fuller Sr. and Lydia Hayes married Peter Hammersley 9
May 1816, in Guernsey County.
Peter
Hammersley Wheeling, Guernsey, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Peter Hammersley
Free White Female age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Lydia Fuller
Free White Male age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
In
Coshocton County Susanna Fuller Corbit was enumerated with her husband Robert
Corbit of
Oxford
Township, Coshocton, Ohio Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Male age 26 thru 44:
[1776-1794] Robert Corbit
Free White Female age 16 thru 25:
[1795-1804] Susannah Fuller
Free White Female age Under 10:
[1811-1820]
Robert
Corbit and wife, Susannah Fuller, had one child, and while they were married 22
July 1818, in Guernsey County in the 1820 census they are located in Coshocton.
Susannah Fuller is the daughter of James Fuller Sr. and his wife Catherine
After the 1820 census was taken in
early August, Thomas Fuller Senior transferred an additional 35 acres to his
son Joseph Fuller for “love and affection” on 29 August 1820. As that Lydia was
not mentioned in the deed transfer it suggests that she died between 1816 and
1820. The deed was recorded the same day and witnessed by George Metcalf and
William Golbut. The land was the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter of
Section 18 in Wheeling Township adjoining the property of George Mitchell.
On 12 Feb 1823 Thomas Fuller Sr’s son Joseph
Fuller and his wife “Elenor” sold the tract his father had given for love and
affection to James Fuller “of the County of Coshocton” for $100. James was
either a brother or nephew to Joseph. The deed was recorded 30 August 1823 and
witnessed by George Mitchell and Martha Mitchell.
Thomas Fuller Sr, sometime before
the death of his son Thomas Fuller Junior in 1815, deeded to him 40 acres of
the 160 acres he had purchased from the government that was recorded in 1812.
The tract adjoined the property of Joseph Fuller on the north in the Northwest
quarter of the Northeast section 18 in Wheeling Township. This property was
left to William Maple’s sister Alley Maple Fuller in Will of Thomas Fuller and
was recorded, 23 August 1823. Probably Thomas Fuller was dying or dead in 1823
and all these deeds needed to be recorded.
On 12 March 1827, William Maple’s
brother in law James Fuller Senior purchased 80 acres from George and Martha
Mitchell for $100. The property was the south half of the Southwest quarter of
Section 19 in Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. The deed was witnessed
by Edward Wilson and Joseph Fuller.
Children of Thomas Fuller and Lydia
Hayes:
1)
James Fuller born circa 1772 married Catherine
2)
Thomas Fuller Jun. born circa 1774; died circa 1815 about 41 years old in
Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. Married Eliza Alley [Allie] Maple
1796
3)
John Fuller born circa 1779, Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland died between
1850 - 1860. He married 1st a wife who died before 1823.He married Mary Ann
Piper 20 Feb 1823 in , Coshocton, Ohio. She was born Abt. 1780 in Maryland and
died after 1870.
4)
Joseph Fuller born circa 1781 Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland married
Eleanor Boyles in 21 May 1807 in Jefferson County, Ohio
5)
Mary “Polly Fuller born circa April 1782 Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland
married 4 Jan 1800 William Maple.
6)
Ann “Nancy” Fuller born circa 1789 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland
7)
Catherine “Katie” Fuller born circa 1791 in Linton Hundred, Washington,
Maryland
8)
Margaret “Peggy” Fuller, born circa 1793 in Linton Hundred, Washington,
Maryland. She married Samuel Warden 5 Nov 1818, in Guernsey County Ohio
9)
Lydia Fuller born 18 February 1795 in Linton Hundred, Washington, Maryland who
died 6 March 1835, Linton Township, Coshocton, Ohio. She married Peter
Hamersley 9 May 1816 in Guernsey County, Ohio.
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