Samuel Fulton

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Fulton was born in 1792, in Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Fulton, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Dunlap, was 27. He married Margaret Lovely in January 1810. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wicklow, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1871. He died in United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Fulton
1792–
Margaret Lovely
1785–1871
Marriage: January 1810
Sarah Fulton
1808–1846
Thomas Fulton
1810–1889
Joshua B. Fulton
1813–1900
Robert Murphy Fulton
1816–1897
Jane Fulton
1818–1850
Mary Ann Fulton
1821–1906
Cathrine Fulton
1826–
Margaret Fulton
1829–1915

Sources (5)

  • Samuel Fulton, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Fulton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Adam Fulton
  • Find A Grave entry

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1823

Oldest Grave Seen in Memorial List

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Fulton in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Compare Folden 2.

English: variant of Folden 3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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