APuritan was a member of the religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries that advocated "purity" of worship and doctrine who believed in personal and group piety. Puritans were persecuted in England and came to America so they would be free to practice their religion.
Mary Fuller Williams was baptized on June 16, 1644 in Barnstable or Scituate. She was the daughter of Samuel Fuller and Jane Lothrop.
She married Joseph Williams on November 18, 1674. Joseph was born on April 18, 1674 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of John and Jane Williams.
Mary and Joseph's children included:
Sarah Williams Roath (1675, married John Roath),
Mary Williams (1677),
John Williams (1680, married Mary Knowlton), and
Hannah Williams (1683).
In 1683 Mary inherited from her father, Samuel Fuller, “four pound in Money and two Cowes" and “all my household stuffe to be equally Dvided" with her three sisters.
By 1687 the family had settled in Norwich, Connecticut on Poquetannock Cove, Brewster's Neck.
In 1703 Joseph was a member of the first Congregational Church of Norwich.
Joseph died before Mary who died in 1720 near Norwich, Connecticut.
Mary White Rowlandson,Talcot
was captured by Native Americans
during King Philip's War
(1675-1676).
Barnstable, Massachusetts was settled in 1639 when Parson Joseph Hull came to Cape Cod with and his congregation from Weymouth. A little later in the year, the Reverend John Lothrop brought his Congregationalists. They incorporated as the Town of Barnstable.
