Display Patriot - P-162811 - Archelaus FULLER

Archelaus FULLER

SAR Patriot #: P-162811

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant Colonel / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A042105

Birth: 04 May 1727 Middleton / Essex / MA
Death: 25 Aug 1776 Charlestown / Cheshire / NH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. LCol. Lexington Alarm
  2. MA House of Representatives, 1774-1775
  3. Member of Provincial Congress
  4. 2nd Maj, Col John Mansfield, 1st Essex Regt
  5. Maj, Col Henry Herrick, 8th Essex Regt
  6. LCol Edward Wigglesworth, 13th MA Regt

Additional References:
  1. MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Rev War, Vol 6, pg 149
  2. Amer Archives, 4th Series, Vol 2, pg 1377
  3. The Essex Inst. Historical Collection, Journal of Col Archelaus Fuller of Midleton, MA, in the Expedition Against Ticonderoga
  4. MA, U.S, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
  5. Schutz, Legislators of the MA General Court

Spouse: (1) Hannah Richardson; (2) Betty Dale Putnam
Children: Elijah; Hannah; Sarah; Mary; Benjamin; Daniel;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1964-03-27 IL Unassigned Frederick William Hawley Jr (90946) Mary   
2020-05-15 IA 91586 Randolph Wilson Lyon (215231) Mary   
2021-07-23 IN 97972 Michael James Jacka (219889) Benjamin   
Location:
Middleton / Essex / MA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:

Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
Find A Grave Memorial #:
n/a
Marker Type:
Plaque affixed to stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Minuteman Memorial, Middleton, MA mentions Fuller and other Minute Men - denotes the assembly point for Middleton Militia
  • not found in Find-a-Grave - Feb 2025


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

On Essex St in Middleton there is a large rock to which is attached a plaque listing the names of the eight Middleton men who took part in the beginning of the War of Independence on 19 Apr 1775




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Additional Information:
  • Fuller's prior military experience included the defeat of British and French forces at the battle for Fort Carillon. His experiences are recorded in the previously mentioned "Journal of Colonel Archelaus Fuller of Middleton, Mass. in the Expedition Against Ticonderoga." It was popularly published in the June, 1972 issue of American Heritage as "The Debacle at Fort Carillon."
  • LCol. Archelaus Fuller, 1727-1776, a farmer from Middleton, MA


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