Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

378 GKNEALOGICAL NOTKS OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
The date of his removal to Barnstable is uncertain. Sept. 3,
1652, the Court approved his election as Lieutenant of the militia
company in Barnstable. In 1653 he was deputy from Barnstable
to the Colony Court, and it is probable that he had been a resident
for three or four years.
June 20, 1654, he was appointed Lieutenant under Capt.
Miles Standish of the company of fifty men, the quota of the
Plymouth Colony, in thp proposed expedition against the Dutch
Colony at Manhattoes, now New York. The men were ordered
to rendezvous at Sandwich June 29, and to embark from Manomett
in the bark Adventer, belonging to Capt. Samuel Mayo, of
Barnstable, and join the force of the other colonies at the place
appointed. On the 23d of June, the news of the conclusion of
peace between England and Holland was received, and the preparations
for the expedition ceased. Peace had long been desired
by the colonies ; they were opposed to the war, but were most
loyal subjects. The order to raise the men, furnish ammunition,
stores and transportation was received June 6, and all the preparations
had to be made before the 30th. When the news of peace
was received, all the preparations had been made, and if the war
had continued, the Plymouth Colony troops would have embarked
from Manomett on the day appointed.
Oct. 2, 1658, he was elected one of the council of war, and
in 1671 its chairman, and one of the magistrates of the Colony,
and the same year, Lieutenant of the forces to be sent against the
Saconet Indians. Dec. 17, 1673, he was appointed Surgeon
General of the colony troops, and also of the Massachusetts, if
that Colony approved. In 1675, he was allowed 4 shillings a day
for his services as Surgeon General, and for "other good services
performed in behalf of the country." In addition to his duties as
Surgeon General, he served as a captain of the Plymouth forces
during King Phillip's war. To trace his history during this
interesting period belongs to the writers of general history.
In the Quaker controversy, Capt. Fuller took a noble stand
in favor of religious toleration ; but he was independent, and said
many things that he had better have left unsaid. Acting under
strong feelings of excitement, and indignant at the course pursued
by a majority of the Court, he made statements that a discreet
man would not
would aid.
have made, thus doing injury to the cause he
At the October Court, in 1658, he was presented by the grand
inquest of the Colony for saying, "The law enacted about minister's
maintenance, was a wicked and devilish law, and that the
devil sat at the stone when it was enacted." That he had uttered
these words he admitted, and he submitted himself, without trial,
to the judgment of the magistrates, who fined him 50 shillings.
He charged Gov. Hinckley with having oflScially certified that a