Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Fuller was born on 17 February 1742, in Lebanon, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jeremiah Fuller, was 24 and her mother, Bethiah Dean, was 23. She married Asahel Cogswell in 1762, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Dorcas Fuller, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Dorcas Fuller, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1740–1792 Male
1742– Female
Children (7)
1771–1850 Male
1771–1823 Male
1772–1863 Male
1773– Male
1774– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1717–1785 Male
1718–1806 Female
Siblings (11)
1742– Female
1743– Female
1744–1800 Male
1746–1811 Male
1748– Female
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dresser of cloth, from Middle English fuller ‘fuller of cloth’ (partly from Old English fullere, partly from Old French fouleor, foleur, Latin fullo). Raw cloth had to be fulled, i.e. scoured, cleansed, and thickened by beating or trampling it in water, a process also known as walking or tucking, hence the surnames Walker and Tucker alongside Fuller. These three terms and surnames are characteristic of different parts of England. In general, in Middle English, Fuller is southern and eastern, while Walker belongs to the west and north and Tucker is southwestern. Compare Fullen .
English: variant of Fullard with loss of -d.
German (Füller): occupational name for a person whose work involved filling, such as a dauber, or a nickname for a gourmand or glutton. Compare Filler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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