Lydia (Gillett) Fuller (1737 - 1800)

Born 11 Oct 1737 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1800 at age 62 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Lydia was born in 1737. She is the daughter of Joseph Gillett and Deborah Chapell. On November 4, 1762 Lydia married Abraham Fuller in Connecticut. ^[1]

Data

Name:

Lydia Gillet Fuller ^{[2] [3]}

Birth:

Oct. 10, 1737

Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ^[2]

1737 ^[3]

Roxbury, Ct ^[3]

Family:

Parents:

Joseph Gillet (1695 - 1756) ^[2]

Deborah' 'Chappell Gillett (1711 - 1794) ^[2]

Siblings:

1. Sarah Gillett ^{[citation needed]}
2. Deborah Gillett Wilcox ^{[citation needed]}
3. Amos Gillett (1734 - ____)** ^[2]
4. Joseph Gillett ^{[citation needed]}
5. Richard Gillett ^{[citation needed]}
6. Dorcas Gillett ^{[citation needed]}
7. Mary Gillett ^{[citation needed]}
8. Lois Gillett ^{[citation needed]}

**Half-sibling

Husband:

Capt Abraham Fuller (1735 - 1807) ^[3]

married 4 Nov 1762 in CT ^{[2] [3]}

Children:

1. Ezbon Fuller (1764 - 1829)* ^[2] born April 27, 1764. ^[3]
2. Ashbel Fuller (10/16/1766-1850) Born in Oct of 1765 or 1766. ^[3]
3. Olive Fuller Millard (1767 - 1807)* ^[2] Born March 13, 1767; married Philo Millard of Kent; died Sept, 1808. ^[3]
4. Zerviah Dewey Fuller Raymond (1769 - 1833)* ^[2] married Dr John Raymond of Kent on February 26, 1792. had 2 children. ^[3]
5. Abraham Fuller Born April 17, 1772 and married ___ Jewett of Dover, N. Y. ^[3]
6. Isaac Fuller (1772 - 1843)* ^[2] born Apri 17, 1772. ^[3]
7. Roswell Fuller (1774 - 1840)* ^[2] born September 1, 1774. ^[3]
8. Lydia Fuller Swift (1776 - 1855)* ^[2] Married John Hepson Swift on June 6, 1801 and had 7 children. ^[3]
9. Jeremiah Fuller (1778 - 1858)* ^[2] born April 3, 1778. ^[3]

*Calculated relationship

Death:

Jan. 2, 1800

Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ^[2]

Burial:

Good Hill Cemetery

Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ^[2]

Research Notes

Identity Issue

There were two women were born three months apart, in adjacent Connecticut counties:

1. Lydia Gillett, the daughter of Benjamin Gillett & Lydia (Hayes) Messenger, was born July 21, 1737 in Suffield Twp, Hartford, Connecticut
2. Lydia Gillett Fuller, the daughter of Joseph Gillett & Deborah Chapell, was born October 11, 1737 in Litchfield Twp, Litchfield, CT. She married Abraham Fuller.

DO NOT CONFUSE THEM!^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77V-829) : 3 December 2014, Lydia Gillet, 11 Oct 1737; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Find A Grave Memorial# 33700017 Maintained by: Allison Ferris Pierce; Originally Created by: Mike Cooper; Record added: Feb 10, 2009
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13} Fuller, William Hyslop. Genealogy of some Descendants of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower (C.B. Fiske & Co., 1908) pp 228-230
4. ↑ Details for Identity Issue can be found here: Space:2 CT births in 1737 for Lydia Gillett

See also:

• Fuller, William Hyslop. Fuller Genealogies (C.B. Fiske & Co., Palmer, Mass., 1908) - Volume 1 of Fuller Genealogies by William H. Fuller