Mary Fuller

F, b. 1 March 1653, d. 12 September 1715
     Mary was born on Saturday, 1 March 1653 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Robert & Sarah Fuller.1 Mary married John Richards, son of Edward Richards and Susanna Hunting, circa 1686 in Dedham.2,3 Mary's husband, John, died on 21 December 1688 in Dedham leaving her a widow.4 She married 2nd 30 September 1695 Boaz Browne of Stowe, Massachusetts. Mary made her will on 1 July 1706 at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. She made her nephew & niece, John & Prudence Ranger her executors. They inherited her landed estate which was just the land she purchased in her own name. The rest of her estate was a life estate which went to her step children.5 Mary departed this life on Thursday, 12 September 1715 in Dedham at age 62 years, 6 months and 11 days.5

Child of Mary Fuller and John Richards

Citations

  1. [S1167] Robert I. Farrington Esq., Edward Richards of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 92-94 - The second wife of John Richards, whom he married probalby 1686 or 1687, was Mary Fuller, born at Dedham 1 March 1653, daughter of Robert Fuller and his second wife Sarah. . . . [The author goes on in great detail regarding the family of Robert Fuller, in this explanation he lists the children of himself and Sarah - they are as follows: Sarah, John, Patience and Mary, b. 1 Mar. 1653; m. about 1686-87, John Richards - KLM]
  2. [S1167] Robert I. Farrington Esq., Edward Richards of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 92.
  3. [S12] Rev. Abner Morris, Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, page 107 - John Richards m. 1 [8] 1672 Mary Colburn of Dedham b..21 [11] 1650, d. December 17, 1685, dau. of Nathaniel & Priscilla [Clarke] C.
  4. [S2084] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620-1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016): Volumes 1 & 2; page 21.
  5. [S1167] Robert I. Farrington Esq., Edward Richards of Dedham, Massachusetts, pages 95.