Rachel Fuller

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel Fuller was born on 3 December 1673, in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Fuller, was 30 and her mother, Mrs Mary Fuller, was 26. She married Joseph Bent on 27 October 1698, in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 5 July 1725, in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 51, and was buried in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bent
1675–1728
Rachel Fuller
1673–1725
Marriage: 27 October 1698
Mary Bent
1700–1768
John Bent
1720–1803
Joseph Bent
1701–1755
John Bent III
1703–
Rachael Bent
1705–1764
Elizabeth Bent
1707–1774
Sarah Bent
1710–1802
Ebenezer Bent
1712–1786
Experience Bent
1714–1714
Thankful Bent
1716–1793

Sources (17)

  • Rachell Fuller, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Rachel Fuller Bent, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rachel Fuller, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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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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