John FULLER
(1715-1795)
and Elizabeth LONGLEY (1712-1767)
John Fuller
and
Elizabeth Longley
were my 6x Great Grandparents. (Click
here to see their place in my pedigree chart.) They married
on 2 January 1735/6 at the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Sedlescombe, Sussex.
John Fuller
was baptised on 1 January 1715/6 in Udimore,
Sussex. He was the son of
Henry Fuller
(1687-1755) and
Elizabeth Swift (1681-1758). His father and younger brother
were thatchers. There were at least another 3 John Fullers of similar
age in the area at the same time,
see below.
John was buried on 19 May 1795 in Brede.
On 19 October 1795, his children, namely Thomas Fuller husbandman of
Udimore, Elizabeth Fuller spinster of Brede, Samuel Stace
blacksmith of Ore and his wife Martha, John Fuller husbandman
of Guestling and Joseph Fuller husbandman of Guestling, agreed to
sell the lease of The Hundred House in Brede for £125 to Thomas Ades
gent of Brede. John had received the lease on The Hundred House from
his father Henry on 1 November 1746.
Elizabeth Longley
was baptised on 5 April 1712 in Battle,
Sussex. She was the daughter of
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John
Longley (c1685-?)
and
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Elizabeth
Whatt. She was buried on 19 May 1767
in Brede when she was described as the wife of John Fuller. There was another
Elizabeth Longley
baptised on 4 March 1710/1 in Westfield,
Sussex. She was the daughter of
Thomas Longley
and
Mary.
But Thomas and Mary had another
Elizabeth
baptised on 25 December 1721 in Westfield,
although I was unable to find the burial of the first Elizabeth.
John Fuller and Elizabeth
Longley had 7 known children:
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Thomas Fuller
was baptised on 20 January 1736/7 in
Brede. He married
Mary Wratten
in 1764. (They have their own page.)
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Sarah Fuller, my 5x Great Grandmother,
was baptised on 29 October 1738 in Brede.
She married
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Thomas
Whiteman (1729-1810)
in 1765. (They have their own
page.)
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Elizabeth Fuller
was baptised on 30 November 1740 in Brede.
In 1795 she was a spinster of Brede.
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Mary Fuller
was baptised on 3 February 1745/6 in Brede
and buried there as an infant on 7 February 1745/6.
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Martha Fuller
was baptised on 28 August 1748 in Brede.
Martha married
Samuel Stace on 9 September 1771 in
Brede. Samuel was a blacksmith from Tenterden, Kent, although in
1795 he was a blacksmith of Ore, Sussex.
Samuel and Martha had the following known child:
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John Stace was baptised on 15 March 1772 in Brede. John
married Elizabeth Sinden on 6 August 1790 in Ore, Sussex.
Elizabeth was baptised on 17 March 1771 in Brede and was the daughter of
William Sinden (1741-?) and Sarah Baker (?-1794).
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John Fuller
was baptised on 14 July 1751 in Brede.
In 1795 he was a husbandman of Guestling.
He was mentioned in the 1805 will of his brother-in-law,
Thomas Whiteman.
John married
Dinah Kennard on 23 April 1778 at the parish church of
St. Lawrence in Guestling, Sussex.
Dinah was baptised on 20 June 1756 in Guestling and was the daughter of
Joseph Kennard (1725-1788) and
Martha Daws (c1730-1816). She
was buried on 3 March 1796 in Guestling.
John and Dianah had the following children:
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Dinah Fuller was baptised on 10 January 1779 in Guestling. On
11 February 1800 a removal order was issued to Dinah Fuller,
spinster removing her from Guestling to the parish of St. Clements in
Hastings.
Dinah married Moses Cloke on 3 February 1802 in Guestling.
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John Fuller was baptised on 30 March 1783 in Guestling.
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Stephen Fuller was baptised on 23 November 1787 in Guestling.
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Sarah Fuller was baptised on 17 May 1789 in Guestling.
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Edmund Fuller was baptised on 10 April 1795 in Guestling.
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Joseph Fuller was baptised on 8
June 1755 in Brede. In 1795 he was a husbandman of Guestling.
Other John Fullers of similar age:
John Fuller was baptised on 17 October 1704
in Brede and was
the son of
John
Fuller (c1675-1744) and
Mary
Peene (?-1737). He was buried as John junior in 1742.
John Fuller was baptised on 26 October 1708
in Brede and was the son of
Richard Fuller
(1681-?) and Judith
Minage (1681-?).
John Fuller was
born on 4 July and baptised on 6 July 1713
in Brede, and was the son of
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William
Fuller
(c1680-1722) and
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Ann Mills
(?-1732).
