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Samuel Fuller (c. 1580/81 – between August 9 and September 26, 1633, in Plymouth) was a passenger on the historic 1620 voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower and became a respected church deacon and the physician for Plymouth Colony.
Samuel Fuller was a signer of the Mayflower Compact, signed on 11 November 1620, while the ship was at Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod. In the 1623 land division, he received two acres of land, for himself and his servant. Bridget Fuller received one acre as a passenger of the Anne.
Samuel Fuller boarded the Mayflower with his servant, William Butten, leaving his wife, Bridget, behind in Leiden. Fuller's plan was to wait until the conditions in Plymouth Colony were better suited to families - a decision that undoubtedly saved Bridget's life.
SAMUEL FULLER. ORIGIN: Leiden, Holland. MIGRATION: 1620 on Mayflower. FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth. OCCUPATION: Surgeon (see CHURCH MEMBERSHIP below). Inventory included "a surgeon's chest with the things belonging to it" valued at £5.
Nov 8, 2022 · Samuel Fuller was the first doctor in Plymouth. When the Mayflower left Plymouth, there were 50 passengers from Leiden.
- Randal Rust
He was the Colony's doctor, surgeon, and was a church deacon. His wife Bridget may have been the church's deaconess. Samuel Fuller spent time helping the sick at Neumkeag (now Salem) in 1629. He himself became sick in the autumn of 1633, and died, as did a number of other Plymouth residents.
Oct 27, 2020 · Samuel Fuller (l. c. 1580-1633 CE), brother of Edward and one of the leading advocates in the congregation for resettlement in the New World. He was the congregation's doctor and traveled with his servant William Butten, the only passenger to die on the Mayflower voyage.
