Captain William Fuller

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Captain William Fuller of the Severn. Governor of Maryland In 1654, he repealed the Tole ration Act and became Member of the Great Council and a Proprietor's deputy (assigned land grants). He was the ranking officer in Oliver Cromwell's Roundhead Army, Commander in Chief in Indian Wars and brought settlers to a colony in South Carolina.
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The new governor of Maryland, William Fuller, did away with the Toleration Act which gave Catholics the right to practice their religion, and removed Lord Baltimore from authority

From EARLY SOUTHERN FULLERS by Theodore Albert Fuller...

"Capt. William Fuller, ranking officer in Oliver Cromwell's roundhead army and subsequent Governor of Maryland, was one of five Puritans on committee to make a treaty with the Susquehannah Indians on 5Jul1652 for Isle of Wight Co., VA."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_S evern

Battle of the Severn Commanders and leaders: Captain William Fuller - William Stone

Casualties and losses: 2 killed - 17 killed 32 wounded

The Battle of the Severn was a skirmish fought on March 25, 1655, on the Severn River at Horn Point, across Spa Creek from Annapolis, Maryland, in what at that time was referred to as "Providence", in what is now the neighborhood of Eastport. The capital of Maryland was moved from St. Mary's to Ann Arundel Town in 1694,[2] and Ann Arundel Town name was changed to Annapolis in 1695.[3] It was an extension of the conflicts that formed the English Civil War,[4] pitting the forces of Puritan settlers against forces aligned with Lord Baltimore, Lord Proprietor of the colony of Maryland at the time. It has been suggested by Radmila May that this was the last battle of the English Civil War.[5]

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William Fuller, founder of the Fuller family of St. Andrew’s Parish on Ashley River in South Carolina, was born presumably in England about 1625 or earlier. He arrived in Virginia sometime in the late 1640s to 1650. In 1651, he moved into Maryland to join a colony of Puritans, who settled there two years earlier.

In his book, Nicolas Martiau, The Adventurous Huguenot, John Baer Stoudt states that William Fuller had been the surveyor for the Province of Virginia. However, no reference is given for this information, and no records in Virginia have been found to confirm it.


William was a Captain and married Sarah Martiau, youngest daughter of Captain Nicolas Martiau (1592-1657) and his wife, Jane of York County, Virginia. William Fuller married Sarah about 1651 and took her with him to Maryland.


Source: Captain William Fuller of Maryland and South Carolina and his Descendants by Virginia Fripp Shaffer, Southern Historical Press Inc., 2002,


1654 The new governor of Maryland, William Fuller, does away with the Toleration Act which gave Catholics the right to practice their religion and removes Lord Baltimore from authority.

Family/Spouse: Sarah Martiau. Sarah (daughter of Nicholas Martiau and Jane De Berkeley) was born in Nov 1629 in , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA; died on 14 Mar 1695 in Saint Andrews, Berkeley, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ezekiel Fuller was born in 1653 in Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Jun 1723 in Newport, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.

Thomas married Audrey Anne Gylman Giles on 22 Jan 1599 in Harlston, Norfolk, England. Audrey was born in 1577 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England; died on 30 May 1659 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]