The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
THE FULLER R FAMILY
By FRANCES COwLEs.

The Family was Established Here by
 Flight Men of the Name--Two or me
 Uy.h+ Game on the Mayflower in 1920
 -samueps Inventory-Fhomas, or
 Dedham, Ancestor of the Late ohei
 Justice Melville w. FuIier-Robcrt or
 salem. the BrickIayer, and Thomas
 os Woburn, Who Became a Coionist
 Because of Love.
 Melville W. Fuller, the late chief JUS tice of the United States supreme court was A descendant of one of the eight first settlers named Fuller who came 10 America and left descendants.
 The founder of his branch of the fam ,lv was Thomas of Dedham, who came in 1855. He was a leading man In Deo- ham. and was much in public life. HIS wife was Hannah Flower.
 Their son. Thomas, like the father, mar ried Ester Fisher Daniel son of this second Thomas, studied for the ministry after his graduation from Yale college. He married Lucy Goodrich, and had son, Caleb Fuller. who was also grad uated from Yale. Caleb is sometimes re- ferred to as reverend, sometimes as dea- son. Ills wife was Hannah Weld Their son. Henry Weld Fuller, was born in 1T4. and was graduated at Dartmouth. Then he studied law. His wife. Esther Gould, was a sister of Hannah Flagg Gould, a poetess of some note. Henry Weld Eullers son, Frederick Augustus married Catherine Weston. and was the father of the distinguished chief justice of the supreme court, Melville, Weston Fuller.
 Thomas of Dedham, ancestor In tne seventh generation of this distinguished man, was only one of eight first settlers here who had children. The first two were Edward and Dr. Samuel, who came on the Mayfiower in 1920. Then there was John of Ipswich, Mass, who came in 1884. Johns brother William of Hamp- ton, N. H.. came at the same time. but he made his brothers children his neirs, as he himself had no children.
 The fourth and fifth were Thomas of Dedham, already referred to, and John of Newton, Mass, who came in 1885 Robert of Salem and Thomas of Woburn came in 153S, and were the sixth and seventh. The eighth members of this interesting sextet was Robert of Dorchester, later of Dedham, Mass. who came in 1640.
 HODeft or SaieIn one or these nfSt Set- tiers. who left a goodly family was a bricklayer. He lost his first wife Sarah, and two of his sons, when the Indians attacked and burned his house. Then he married Margaret Waller His chill dren were Jonathan, Elizabeth, John, Samuel, Abigail and Benjamin.
 Thomas, of Woburn, who arrived here fin 1928, came from western England, or more probably Wales. He left England on trip of observation, intending merely to come to the colonies and see what they were like But Thomas was only O. and Cupid ensnared him. In Massa- chusetts he met a fair maiden named Elizabeth Tidd. and promptly fell in love with her Elizabeth loved him in re- turn, but refused to leave her family and go with him to England. So Thomas took the only alternative, and decided to settle down in the colonies himself and marry Elizabeth.
 Thomas returned home alone, explained matters to his father who was black. smith, and secured his patrimony. Then he came back to Massachusetts and mar ried Elizabeth Tidd. ss
 Like his father. Thomas was black smith, He settled at Woburn. And al. though almost 300 years have passel z. since he first began to work there Il tis said that cinders are still found where he had his forge. $4tf Sl
 After his first wife's death, Thomas married the widow of Lieutenant John Wyman, and for third wife took ont Hannah, whose last name Is unknown He had nine children-Thomas, Elizabeth Benjamin and Samuel--all children oi Elizabeth Tidd It is said that Thomas descendants have always held places ol