Ann Fuller (Collings) - Thoughts

It’s up to each of us to satisfy ourselves on the validity of every profile of interest. This particular Master Profile has a biography and 87 managers to query for sources, and If it wasn’t an MP, there would be 87 different trees, instead of one.

What source information can you add?

A master profile is not an important person. It is the profile against which duplicates are matched.

It’s right to be skeptical about this lady, her maiden name is not verified.

I’ve added these notes to profiles and will do some cleanup.

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Biographical Details

http://web.pdx.edu/~davide/gene/Fuller_John.htm

It may be supposed that John Fuller was born about 1510 probably in Redenhall Parish, County Norfolk, England. His father is thought to have been William Fuller, but the name of his mother is entirely unknown. Even so, it is likely that he married about 1533 or, perhaps, a year or two earlier. Moreover, it has been commonly stated by family researchers that his wife was Ann Collinge, an assertion which seems to derive from a reference to "mother Collinge" in the will of his son, John.1 However, there are other plausible explanations for this usage and the conclusion that Collinge was the maiden name of John Fuller's wife does not seem particularly convincing. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the wife of John Fuller was Ann Hoptkins and that his mother was Ann Collinge, i.e., she was the wife of William Fuller. However, there seems to be no documentary support for either of these presumptions, hence, both should be disregarded. Apparently, John Fuller died in April or very early May of 1559 since his burial on May 3, 1559, was recorded in the register of Redenhall Parish. (Alternatively, it has also been reported that he was buried in the Choir of Jesus College, presumably at Cambridge University, but this seems hardly likely.) Moreover, he had made his will three months earlier on February 4, 1558 (1559 N. S.) in which he made bequests to two sons, John and Robert; a daughter, Ales (or Alice); and probably two minor grandchildren, Stephen and Frances Sadd.2 Within this context, it has been frequently reported that of the two sons, Robert was older that John. However, John was left all of the property and instructed to pay his brother ten pounds. This is a clear indication that he was the oldest living son, since the custom of primogeniture prevailed in England at that time. In addition, John was made sole executor of his father's will further implying that he was of age, i.e., twenty-one years of age or older. In contrast, it would seem that Robert was younger than twenty-one years in 1559, perhaps, about sixteen.