Capt. Anthony Fulgham

Anthony Foljambe, later Fulgham

• Birth: Circa 1615  Pitminster, Somersetshire, England
• Death: Oct 1669  Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
• Parents: perhaps John Of Woodbrooke Foljambe 1575 - 1665 & Sarah Hole 1585 - 1648

1. Married:
   1. Nov 10 1638  Pitminster, Somersetshire, England to Elizabeth Norris 1623 - 1649
   2. Circa 1650  Northumberland County, Virginia to Martha Greene 1626 - (1678 - 1691)

Children with 1st wife:

1. John Foljambe 1639 - 1705
2. Thomas Foljambe 1641 - ?
3. Elizabeth Foljambe 1643 - ?

children with 2nd wife:

1. Michael Fulgham 1654 - 1691
2. Anthony Fulgham 1654 - ?
3. Mary Fulgham 1665 - ?
4. Nicholas Fulgham 1660 - ?

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Disputed origins

Although Anthony Fulgham for years was the speculated son of Hercules and Sarah Foljambe. There was never any real evidence to support this popular theory.

Fulgham researcher James Grant Fulgham seems to have resolved the issue of who Anthony's parents were with his article "THE STORY OF CAPTAIN ANTHONY FULGHAM" published in the Fulgham-Fulghum Family National Association's newsletter, Fulgham-Fulghum Family Facts in the Winter 2014 issue. He presents a good case for Anthony being the son of John and Sarah (Hole) Fuljames.

Parents seen as Sarah Foljambe & Gen. Hercules Foljambe were detached Nov 2015.

Immigration

1663-1668 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 120

con cerise that I ANTHONY FULGHAM came out of England in the year 1665 in the VIRGINIA MERCHANT and arrived in the Country the 20th day of January and KATHARINE JONES being then Servt. to old gunner of the same shipe having to serve the terme of twelves yeares her Indenture being made in the Guncoome I being Wittness to ym to the best of my knowledge this is the truth & the whole truth and further saith not

Sworne before me Octobr the 18th 1666 Anthonie Fulgham THO: GODWIN Recordat in Com Rappa 20th Die 9bris Ano 1666

Notes

The Fulgham-Fulghum family was established in America by Captain Anthony Foljambe ca. 1643 when he and his family emigrated from England to Virginia and patented land in the Smithfield, Virginia area. The diligence of the citizens of Isle of Wight County, Virginia in preserving their courthouse records, plus the fact that only one family of this name established families in America (so far as is documented), as well as the unusual name, has made it possible for family genealogists to work out most of the lines of descent of present Fulgham and Fulghum families from Captain Anthony Foljambe. Not all American Fulgh*m lineages have been proven with documentation at this time. Presently, Fulgh*m's reside in nearly every state in the United States.

From Fulgham-Fulghum Family Database

THE STORY OF CAPTAIN ANTHONY FULGHAM

By James Grant Fulgham

In 1638 an Anthony Fuljames married an Elizabeth Norris in Pitminster, Somersetshire; they had three children christened in Pitminster between then and 1643, and then disappeared from the Somerset records. Although the extant Somersetshire records are silent on the origin of this Anthony Fuljames, it is inferred from his approximate age and the chronology and naming of his sons that a descent from John Fuljames of Woodbrooke, Somerset is likely. It is the opinion of your Historian and Archivist that it is likely that the person who later became known as Captain Anthony Fulgham is this mysterious Anthony Fuljames. It is the purpose of this article to tell his story ? with documents when extant, and with inference when necessary. ....

At about the time that Anthony Fuljames disappeared from the records of Somersetshire in 1643, a phonetically similar Anthony Fulgham appeared in Virginia records.

ANTHONY FULGHAM OF VIRGINIA

Anthony Fulgham first appeared in the official records of Virginia in a land patent dated 22 October 1643 as Anthony Fulliamb.13 No official birth record for Anthony Fulliamb/Fulgham has been found; however, a clue to his approximate birth date is included in the 1643 land patent. Fulgham?s partner in the 100 acre patent, Sylvester Thacker, appears to have been the ?Silvester Thatcher?, aged 21 years, that came over on the Paule of London, Leonard Betts, Master, on July 6, 1635, placing Thacker?s birth year in 1614.14 It is believed that Fulgham and Thacker were contemporaries, with Thacker being slightly older based on his name recorded first on the patent. It is inferred that Fulgham?s birth year was 1615. ...

... Although no original Virginia immigration record for Anthony, Sr. has been found it is speculated that he did not pay his own transportation cost for the ca 1640 trip. He did return to England during 1640 and stayed at least through 1643 for the births of his second and third children, Thomas and Elizabeth, born in 1641 and 1643 respectively, in Pitminster, Somerset.3 The final status of his wife, Elizabeth and his children, Thomas and Elizabeth, is unclear but he returned to Virginia between 1643 and 1647 with ten headrights and filed for a 500 acre patent (in at that time Chicacoan Indian Territory, later Lancaster County.)13 This author believes that he brought his son John over to Virginia with him on this trip. It was during the three years between 1647 and 1650, while Anthony and John were ?seating? the 500-acre patent, that Counselor John Were of Silverton, Devon?s estates in England were sequestered by Parliament. It was no coincidence that the Were/Weare family filed for a 700-acre patent abutting upon Anthony Fulgham?s land in Lancaster Co., Va. in 1650. ....

... Anthony Fuljames married Elizabeth Norris on 10 Nov 1638 in Pitminster, Somerset. They had three children: John b. 1639, Thomas b. 1641 and Elizabeth b. 1643 all born in Pitminster. Elizabeth Norris, Thomas and Elizabeth Fuljames disappeared from the Somersetshire records after 1643 and it is presumed that they deceased.

Captain Anthony Fulgham died in Octobert 1669 and left his wife and sons two plantations with necessary stock, implements and furnishings. His eldest son John held the 1,000-acre Blackwater plantation and wife Martha and youngest children held his Pagan River plantation and home place amounting to 300 acres and more.

But most of all, Captain Anthony left his legacy of the establishment of the Fulgham Family in America.

References

1. Fulgham-Fulghum National Family Foundation, Inc.
2. "Fulgham" in Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A history of the County ...Vol 2.
3. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LDTJ-JV4/capt-anthony-fulgham-16...
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150232317/anthony-fulgham