Fulgham- FulghumFamily Facts

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Officers andBoardmembers for 2006-7; Newsof family members Page2In Memoriam;MoreFamily news Page3OtherNewsand Information ........Page4FULGHAM-FULGHUMFAMlLYNATIONAL FOUNDATIONnewsletter insertIn Search of CaptainAnthony,Part 2,. by J. Grant Fulgham Page5

ContinuedonPages6& 72006-2007MembershipCampaign please read- important Page7

BettyWiggins Accepts FFFNAVice-Presidential Nomination for 2006-7.At the FFFNA2007 PlanningCommitteemeeting on April 19.2006 in Williamsburg,VA, BettyWigginsaccepted the nomination for Vice-President of FFFNA. Betty has donemost of the work in planningand securing accommodations for the 2007 FFFNAReunion. Betty, is a FFFNAmemberand retiredColonial Williamsburg executive, Her Great Grandmother was Elizabeth Fulghum from WayneCounty, NCwho married Stephen Henry Price. Elizabeth “Lizzie” Fulghum was the daughter ofWilliamWashington Fulghumof Wayne County, NC.

Reunion2006 in Nacogdoches,Texas a SuccessAlthough a smaller than usual gathering of Fulgh*ms. the 2006 reunionwas a very good reunion. Itwas easier to meetpeople due to the smaller group. Forty-four registered and4 others dropped by as they could not be there for the entireprogram. EveryonehadaGreat time ! Onematureof the programwas a talk on DNAtesting for genealogical purposesby Bennett Greenspan, President of Family Tree DNA- Genealogy by Genetics Ltd., the company that handles theDNA testing project for the Fulgham-Fulghum Family. Dr. C.T. “Pete” McGuire and wife, Betty Fortune McGuire,attended the church service SundayMorning. Rev. McGuire is the pastor of Old NorthBaptistChurch and heofficiatedat the service. ColeenMurdoch,Secretary of Old NorthBaptistChurch, gave a talk on the early Fulghumswho attendedthe church in the 1839to 1845time frame. DanFulghum,FFFNAPresident

REUNION2007 to be held in Williamsburg, VirginiaMay 11,12,13,2007

2007 Reservations should have been made by June 15, 2006.Havingour 2007 reunion at the same time of the Jamestowne2007 Commemoration, made having room reservations in advanceimperative. Betty Wiggins was able to obtain 111 rooms at Colonial Williamsburg for the FFFNA reunion. Considering thatmillions of people will be visiting Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown during 2007, FFFNA was lucky to secure theseaccommodations. Outside of the entourages of featured speakers, others on programs, and entertainers, FFFNAwas to be theonly group to haveaccommodationsat ColonialWilliamsburg hotels during the May 10-13,2007 SignatureWeekend; however,this may change due to the release of other accommodations to the public. Thus, if you missedthe deadline for rooms,thereis a slight chance that you could still make a reservation. Colonial Williamsburg will be handling reservations for allWilliamsburg area hotels and motels for the Signature Weekend. Special postcard announcement were mailed by FFFNAregarding hotel and ticket reservationsand sales.

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lssueNo.56Fulgham-Fulghum Family Facts. anewsletteszaprbiicaionofthei-‘ulgham‑Fulghurn Family Nlional Associalon.(FFFNA) The FFFNA is a private. non-profiteducdional rlstoncal and genealogicdresearch society with a miseim to preserveand interpret tarrin history and theachievements of the furily. The FFFNA

concerning FFFFto the Newsletter Editor.

FFFNA ExecutiveCommltbeg Olilcers:

President DanN. Fulghum10707 FalrvlevrDriveConroe.Tease 77385(281)363-1174diulghun@iiex.net

Vice- BettyWigginsPresident 6105 Scarborough Mews

WIIIlarnsburg,VA 23188(767) 2 1 m m

MWPeggy FuighurnWood2970 St. Johns Ave..8120Jacksonville. Fl.32206-8728(804)380-6610W e ! ! !

m a n - 8 1 ¢ J .Grant P a l m2551Cor t .To hCOMM.GA 93010-2218(805)482-6688

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m e Fulghurn2221m sue-c mWilson. uc mes-1111( a n )moses

Dan M.Fulghum10707FalrviewDriveConroe,T e x . 77385(281)363-1114W

Newsletter Edior5 AssocideArchivist:Robert8. Fulghum2109 Westminster CourtP.0.Box 20860

Greerwllle, NC 27868-20860(252) I

1 PastPresidentCarolyn FulghurnSchmershal

2" PastPresident J a m e Fulghiln ma.

Foi'ambe Arms

State Regresentatives 2006-7

Alabama ‐ Verna M. Fulgham256488-6687

Arkansas - Anthony B. Fulgham501-228-9508

California - Sue FulghamLibby530-342-7327

Connecticut - BarabraL.Beall203-966-1658

Florida ‐ Jane FulghumSimpson850-385-9452

Georgia - 0. Thomas Fulghum706-736-9914

Idaho- Patrick W. Fulghum208-378-7218

lowa - J. Walter Bell563-242-7162

Kansas- James W. Fulghum316-684-6818

Kentucky - William C. Fulgham502-223-0617

Louisiana ‑James Thomas Fuigham

337-365-5670Maryland-PeterC.Fulghum

301-824-2253Massachuseus ‑

DavisW. Fulgham506-757-3373

Michigan- Judyth A. Porter268-273-4172

Minnesota ‑Mary FulghumAdams

507-931-5605Mississippi‐ HilliardFulgharn

662-465-7826Missouri‐ Milton L. Fuighum,Jr.

636-328-6038Nebraska- Troy Fulgham

308-345-2210New Hampshire- Jane Johnsen

603-938-5281NewJersey - Anne Kobayaehi

732-741-3658NorthCarolina ‑

Judy FuighumGay918-586-5321

Oklahoma - Mary Oklah405-751-7189

Pennsylvania ‐ J. Cordell Hatch814-466-6948

South Carolina ‑Leonard C.Fulghum

834-884-4047Tennessee - Mara Fulghum Sprott

901-327-3725Texas ‐ DonaldP. Fulghum

872-937-6046_

State Regresentatives 2006-7Virginia -

Libby FulghumCrossland757-888-6114

Washington ‐Christian M.Fulghum

206-282-3595Weneed Fulgh‘rns in other statesto volunteer to serve

ANOTHER FAMILYWINNER

Kim Harden,GranddaughterofRon and Carrie Fulgham ofShoreline, WA won first place in theState of Washington livestockjudging contest for High Schoolstudents on May 17th. Her teenwon first place as well. They willcompete in the National cornea inIndiana in October.Kimralsessheep. Shewasln4-Hfor 9 years and has won manycompetitions. Kansas StateUniversity is recniting Kim to be astudent there. Kim is GreatGrmddaughter of Leo Edward andis of the ‘I’homas Albert -) EliasWester Fgghamlineage.

PROMOTEDCharles H. Fulghum has beenpromoted to the rank of Colonel inthe us.Air Force.Fulghum. an Air War Collegestudent. is assigned to the AirUniversity. Maxwell AF.B., GunterAnnex, Montgomery.AlabanaHe is the son of Kenneth and NancyFulghumoi Goldsboro. NC.His wife. Cherryl. is the daughter ofJoyce Brown of Lornpoc CA.In 1880.Colonel Fulghurn graduatedfrom Goldsboro High School. a id in1984. received a bachelor‘s degreefrom the Citadel Military College ofSouthCarolina,Charleaon.SWbycrraneeeaimrmneddemW.MEMBERSHIPCAMPAIGN

This year we are mounting a campaignto build the membership of the Fulgham‑Fulghun Family National Association.We mail to 1.400 Fuigh‘ms and kin. Weneed to double the number of paidmemberships in orderto be able to a n yonandextendtheworkoitheFFFNAandthe new FFFN Foundaion.The futi le of the work of FFFNAdaperids on lncreasfithe membership.

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INMEMQRIAMEms, Betty Harriette. age84, of Mendan. MS died May 8.2004. She was the daughter ofArthur W. Crouch and Amy B.Fuighun. ShewasbomJanuary 20,1920 in Glenwood Springs, 00.She married Loen Ems on January16. 1943. A member of manyorganizations inducing the DAR.Sheretiredin19833sadataentryoperator from the State UniversitiesRetimment System in Champaign,IL. She was preceded in death byher husband. a son. two brothersandagranddaughterSurvivors include her daughtersBarbara Lee of Meridian. and IreneDeanof M m ,AZ; brothers, GeorgeCrouch and Fred Crouch both atHubert Springs. AR; sisters, BerthaOsborne of Phoenix and CharlotteAllen of Snowflake AZ; a nephew,Elvin Dilley of St. Jmph . fivegrandchildren and five grea‑grandchildren.lnterment will be in PatersonCemeteryinStJoseph, IL.

. lNMEMQRIAMNiedermaier,MaryLouisePullen,A90 99 «m

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Y-DNA MATCH UPDATEThe 12 marker Y-DNA test forEvans Palmer Fulghum wasidentical to the previous sixFulgh’ms who have beentested. This indicates that allseven Fulgh'ms tested have acommon ancestor. Thiscommon ancestor is none otherthan Captain Anthony Fulghamwho established the only viableFulgham family in NorthAmerica in the early 1600’s.Evans' lineage is: CaptainAnthony (961)-) Michael (965)-> Anthony (974) -) Anthony(533) -) John (524) -) Matthew(295) -) John Glenn (207)-)Joseph Harrison (212) - )E thanMarion (240) 9 WalterHarrison (293) -) Glenn Smith(2874) 9 Evans Palmer (7423).

FULGHAM-FULGHUM FAMILY FAOTS

America’s Anniversary Weekendin Jamestowne coincides with the2007 Fulgham-Fulghum FamilyNational Reunion in Williamsburg,Virginia, May 10-13,2007.

Godspeed Tours East CoastForJamestown Commemoration

The new replica of theship, Godspeed, that carriedJamestown’s founders, touredsix East Coast ports in July.The Godspeed departed itshome berth at the JamestownSettlement for Alexandria.Baltimore, Philadelphia, NewYork, Boston and Newport, RI.Each port had a “landing partyFestival that included historicaland cultural displays aboutJamestown.

The Godspeed sail wasthe launch event for America’s400‘" Anniversary and is the.first of the 10 SignatureJamestown anniversary events.The premier signature eventwill be “America’s AnniversaryWeekend on May 11-13, 2007and will be the major nationalobservance of Jamestowne'sfounding in 1607.

Your Newsletter Editoris Moving I

What? AGAIN ?IYes, the Robert S. Fulghumshave decided to return toGreenville, NC where they hadlived from 1972 to 2003. Theymiss the excellence of themedical care available inGreenville and the Church theyattended there. As retirees fromEast Carolina University, thereare many opportunities at E.C.U.that they miss. They look forwardto renewing friendships with theirformer colleagues and friends inGreenville.They are having a patio homebuilt in Yorkshire \fillage, acommunity populated mainly byretirees and some older peoplewho are still working. They willmove after Labor Day Holiday.The mailing address will be:

RobertS. Fulghum2109 Westminster Court

P.O. Box 20660GreenvilIe, NC.27858-20660

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Newsletter Editor’sColumn

Editor is seeking stories, etc.The Newsletter editor is seekingstories about Fulgh‘ms that wouldbe interesting in showing thesignificant events in the lives ofmembers of the family. If you haveany stories that you would like tosubmit, please send them to theEditor in care of:

RobertS. Fulghum2109 Westminster Court

P.O. Box 20660Greenville, NC 27858-20660

MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN forTHE FULGHAM-FULGHUM

FAMILY NATIONALASSOCIATION

This yes we as mounting a campaign tobuild the membership of the ngham ‑Fulghun Family Ndional Association. Wemail to about 1,400 Fagh'ms and kin. Wen e e d t o d o u b l e t h e n u m b e r o f p a i dmembershipsinordertobeablemearryonandeoctendtheworkofthaFFFNAandthenew FFFNFounddion.

Please Join today!WE NEEDYOUR SUPPORT!S” page7 19;mm informatiog

The Editor also would like tocontinue the 'MeetMy Family

Group' articles. Please look at thisarticle and see if you would like todo such a series on your family

group. Generally, the article shouldfocus on your immediate family,showing the ancestors of your

lineage. The articles can be eithermostly geneaiogical or can be

mostly descriptions of or storiesabout the family group and their

ancestors. Or they can beacombination of both. Picturesare

welcome and can be returned after

Lost Money ?Any Dueto You ?

Any of you who missed the NBCDateline TV show on SundayMarch 26 will be interested toknow that there is over 22 BillionDollars in unclaimed propertyand money. I checked theWebsite and found 126Fulghums on the list. (Didn'tcheck for Fulghams).

The best of the siteslfound atwww.unclaimed.org and

W W W ‐ M Wmainlsearch.cfm

I found the names of two of mynieces In the Fulghum llsting.Their money was being held bythe Commonwealth of Virginia.

A publ ica t ion of t h e Fuigham-Fulghum Fami ly National Foundation:740‘ a“, A non-profit, iarn l ly char i tab le Foundation incorporated in t h o S ta t e

of Florida, a nd tax-oxarnpt undo r paragraph 501 (c ) (3 ) of t h e 0 .8 .W Internal Ravonuo Coda.

IssueNo 1 Jacksonville, Florida Summer 2006

Corporate Officers and Committee Chairpersons for 2006-2007President: EugeneF. Fulgham (904) 641-9970

4526 Harbour,NorthCourtJacksonville, Florida 32225-0664

Vice-president The Rev.PeterC. Fulghum (301) 824-225313007 StillMeadowRoadSmithsburg,Maryland 21783-1322

Secretary/ Treasury Peggy FulghumWood (904) 389-65102970 St. Johns Avenue, # 12GJacksonville, Florida 32205-8729

G M "of the Boardof Directors‑Chairman Robert L. Fulghum (206) 320-0125

117East Louisa Street,PMB-225Seattle,Washington 98102

Vice- chairman 0. Thomas Fulghum (706) 736-99143337WaltonWayAugusta, Georgia 30909-4529

Secretary James E. Fulghum (252)243-38032221NashPlace,NorthWilson,NorthCarolina 27896-1711

CommitteesScholarship The Rev.PeterC. Fulghum Smithsburg,MarylandPolicy & By-laws The Rev.PeterC. Fulghum Smithsburg.MarylandProperty andFinance 0. Thomas Fulghum Augusta, GeorgiaNomination& Finance James E. Fulghum Wilson,NorthCarolinaCurator of the Museum/Library Robert S.Fulghnm Greenville,NorthCarolina

Officers are elected annually. They mayserve only three terms in office. CommitteeChairpersons serveat the pleasure of theOfficers and Board

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Scholarship Committee Announces Revised RulesAt the 2006 annual meeting of the Scholarship Committee on 15June 2006 in Danville,Virginia, thecommittee members present adopted the following rules and announcement of the FFFNFScholarship:

The Fulgham‐FulghumFamily NationalFoundationScholarshipThe Rev.PeterC. Fulghum13007StillMeadowRoad

Smithsburg,Maryland 21783-1322

The Fulgham-Fulghum Family National Foundation (FFFNF) ofi‘ers one $500.00 scholarship annually on acompetitive basis to High School Seniors accepted by a college or University. Applications must bemade on anofficial Fulgham-FulghumFamily Scholarship Application form. Applicants must request a FFFNF formby US.Postal Service m i l from the Rev. Peter C. Fulghum (address above) postmarked between the dates 1 Septemberthrough 31 December. Applicants MUST Inchidea self-addressed envelom My first classmmewith theirrequest for anapplication form.The deadline for submittingm applications is Apri l 15"eachyear.Prioritywill be givento HighSchool Seniors entering apost-secondary program leading to a career in the teachingprofession. Eligibility is limited to highschool seniors.The completed applicationmust contain the following:. The completedofficial FFFNFapplication form;. Acceptance informationfi‘omanaccreditedcollege or university;

. A list of the applicant’s outside the classroomachievements and volunteer work;

. A 150word essayApplications are reviewedby the ScholarshipCommittee and the award is made eachyear to the applicant deemedmost deserving basedonthe complete application. The scholarship recipient will benotifiedby the endof June.Only the successful applicant will benotified.

l23. A summary of all academic achievement to date, includingomcial transcripts;45

The Committee members decided to limitthe scholarship to high school seniors entering a programleading to a degree in teaching. Applicants muststrictly follow the above rules in order to have theirapplications considered by the committee.

Scholarship Fund Statistics for 2006-7 applications:Application requests received.5Novanber2005through 14June2006......................................................................................................906Applicationformsmailed. 5NovemberZOO5through1April20m................................................................................................................604LateApplication requests receivedafter 1April 2006....................................................................................................................................302Application forms admitted...........................................................................................................................................................................203Application forms received by15April...........................................................................................................................................................199LateApplication forms receivedafter 15April 20%deadline.......................lncornpleteApplicdionfonnsreceived..........................................................

licationforms receivedandconsidered for the award... .......... ...Applcdimfmnrequestswererecdvedmwstdes(mmAhsleeaWyomhg),WashingtonDc"“3.7.,Guam, thevirginlsimds, APOandFPO

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RECIPIENTOFTHE FFFNFSCHOLARSHIP FOR2006-7

Stephanie J. Wilson of Pomona,Kansas

The recipient of the Fulgham‐FulghumFamily National Foundation Scholarship for2006-7 is Ms. Stephanie J. Wilson of Pomona,Kansas. Stephanie plans to pursue a major inelementary education. She aspires to be akindergarten teacher.

Stephanie is a graduate of Pomona HighSchool and was on the honor roll every singlesemester of high school where she achieved anoverall GPA of 3.61. In school, Stephanie hasbeen involved in FCCLAand RenaissanceClub.

Stephanie has been accepted to twocolleges, and plans to attend one of them,Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas.Stephanie and her twin sister will be the firstgeneration of both sides of their family to go tocollege.

Her volunteer work in a local kindergartenclass one hour each day is helping toward hercareer goals. Stephanie also does baby sittingjobs for neighbors and friends. At church, shevolunteers to help in the nursery and has been aVacation BibleSchool leader every summer.

Jacksonville. Florida Summer 2006

Stephanie is involved in 4-H activities andis Treasurer of the 4-H club in which she is amember. She has worked as a superintendentand project leader for both local and county 4-Hfairs. In addition, she does service projectsthrough 4-H. Stephanie made and donatedbaby blankets to Life-Care as well as other 4-Hactivities. Stephanie has also done fund raisersfor the local animal shelter and she has been abell ringer for the SalvationArmy each year,,

Stephanie lives with her parents and twinsister on their family farm. The family membersare very involved in the school, church, andcommunity.

In High School Stephanie’s sportsactivities included volleyball, cross country,basketball, track and weightlifting. At BethanyCollege, shewill be part of the cross country andtrack team.

The Foundation and the FamilyAssociation join in congratulating Stephanie andwishing her all the best during her first year incollege.

The Scholarship Committee members present atthe selection of our 2006-7 FFFNF Scholarshipat the meeting at Stratford House in Danville,Virginia June 15, 2006. Right is Carolyn AnnFulghum of Greenville, NC while left is the Rev.Peter C. Fulghumof Smithsburg, Maryland.

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MUSEUM/LIBRARY NEWSMaterials Committee - Curator Report:The commiuee has collected 76 items, including books,papers, Family Bibles,and research notes as well as a pictureand the desk used by James Hooks Fulghum,Sr.during the

years he worked on the Fulgham-FulghumFamily genealogy.We also have copies of all of his genealogy writings, papers,andnotesaswel iashisnotebookbinders.Arecent ,h ighly ~significant contribution is the Family Bible,circa 1814, belonging -.to Jesse and PhoebeFulghum,one of the families who migrated . , ~; .. " -‘ " ' ,from Wayne County, North Carolina to Arba, Wayne County, . 'Indianaduring the Quaker migration from North Carolina. “- 'Jeanne Roberts of Gennantown, Ohio found and donated thisBibletothefluseurnnjbrary. Thefamilyisgratefuiforher RobertPeterandCamfynAnnFnghumdiligence in locating us and her generosity in donating the bible. examining the familybible, circa 1814,

of Jesse andPhoebeFulghumMuseumlLibrary Funding Campaign:

Three years ago, at the Louisiana Reunion, a decision was made to attempt to esbbiish aFulghamIFulghum Family Library-Museum in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, where Capbin Anthonysettled our English fanin in 1640,just 33 years after the Virginia Colonists settled across the JamesRiverat Jamestown in 1607.

The purpose of the proposed library-museumwas to serve as a repository for the family’s manybooks and artifacts. The hope was that adequate funding could be developed from family membersacross the nation to be used to create the library-museumand it was envisioned that the funding couldbe developed over a three year period in time for a g r a n d t h in 2007 at the Family's annualReunionwhich was scheduled for Virginia.

The first step to be taken was to attempt to get a bx exemption for the FulghamIFulghum FamilyNationalAssociation so that all gifts to the Association could be bx exempt for the givers.

In preliminary examination with some attorneys, it was found that the Intemai Revenue Servicewas very unlikely to give tax exemption to a family association. However Eugene Fuigham and PeggyFulghum Wood, both of Jacksonvlie, Florida, agreed to b k e on the b s k of trying to obbin bxexemption. In working with the IRS, it turned out that the agency was loath to give tax exemption to afamily group. However, a very empathetic IRS agent, suggested to Peggy Fulghum Wood that a bxexemption possibly could be obtained for a family foundation. Therefore, the FuighamIFulghumFamily Foundation was formed to conduct some fundraising efforts such as scholarships and otherworthy projects such as libraries and museums. Application was made to the IRS and theFoundation'sapplication was approved.

As a resultof this extended effort to get IRS approval, the library-museum project experienced atwo year delay and it was not until January 1, of this year that a fundraising effort was launched toraise $500,000.00 for the library-museum.

Since that date, 250 telephone calls have been placed to members of the family across thecountry. Of that number, 100 of the cals made contact so that carnpflgn efforts were successful Indiscussing the campaign with families. As a result, 47 signed pledges have now been received and 61additional pledge forms have been mailedout to these contacts. They are urged to retumed the signedpledges as soon as possible so that a competent resulton the effort this far can beascerbined.

Of the 47 pledges received thus far they represent gifts to the project tobling $86,636.00. Thetwo largest pledges thus far are $25,000.00 each. One has been paid in full and the other will s b r tpaying at the end of this year in December.

The three year pledges thus far show an interesting picture. Below the $25,000.00 pledges, thegifts fall into some interesting categories. Some of the pledges are for $5,000.00. Some are for$3,000.00. Another group is for $1,500.00. Severalare for $1,000.00. Another group sbnds at $500.00.A popular group is for $300.00. Campaign leaders say that for the campaign to succeed, practicallyevery family unit on the 1,500 family mailing l is t is going to have to do something.

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In Search of CaptainAnthony'lheInSearchot gm Anthonyseries oftlneearticlesisdesignedtoupdatethereaderon wrfindingsand opinimsregardingAnthony’s origins in each of the three 17"-ca1tury English anigration-to-Virginia areas that included the east midlands,West Country,and greater London. Eachof the three areas represents a dominant cultrnal theme at work in the early 17"camay that drove emigrationto “Virginia.” The dominant cultural theme of the east midlandswas religious separatism, non-conformity and clerical activism, of theWest Countrywastheanergingtobaccoarlnne, andofgreata LondonwasthemercmtilisnthataeatedtheVirginiatobaoco economy.Fulgham-FulghumFamilyFactsNo. 55presentedthe case for eastmidland/Lincolnmireorigins for Captain Anthony. At about the timeJamestown was settled - if; indeed, Anthmy was an: east midlands man ‐ a significant few of Anthony’s fellow citizens of Lincoln,Nottingiam and Yorkshire were anigrating to Amsterdam and otha areas of the Nethalands to temporarily join the so-called AncientBrethren,anon-ccnformist Englishchmch that hadbeenmeeting in Amsterdam for pa'hapsadecade. One highprofile charter memba'of the Ancient Brethrat was a wealthy merchant-mariner Edward Bennett of Wivelscombe, Somersetshire. Edward Barnett and hisfellowAncient Brethrenencouraged the Pilgims li-ornScrooby,Nottinghamand the eastmidlandsandprovided than support while theyattempted to mbl ish themselves in the Netherlands. Ultimately, Bennett would come to play a major part in the establishmart ofplantations and settlement of Southside Virginia and, inta‘estingly, is the unifying thread, at least in Isle of Wigit County, Virginia,among the east midlandpilgrim separatists, the West Comtry tobacco growers, and greater Londonmercantilists. Although FFF Facts#55 presented the east midlands case, let us new explore how Anthony Fulgharn might have originated in England’s west country andemigrated to Virginia through the auspices of the Somersetshire Bennetts.

T B E W E S T C O U N W YA N D N O RWA M E M C A N W S O F T H E S O M E R S M E B W

Understanding the push to populate isle of Wight Courny Virginia in the 17‘ caitury requires an undastanding of the history of thecommercialintion of tobacco. It isa littleknown fact that, longbeforethe Virginia Colony was established in 1607andOrinoco tobaccocultivatim was introduced by Rolfe in 1612, tobacco had beat a popular eommacial commodity in England for decades and wassuccessfully grown andmarketed, primarily in the EnglishWest Country. Sir Walter Raleigh introducedpipe tobacco smoking to theElizabethan Court in 1587. Smoking immediately became stylish anong the courtiers and spread thrcudiout England. For obscurereasons, the eultivatim of tobacco quickly became specialized to the West County counties and London became its primary market.West cormtry farma'squicklyadoptedtobaccoasacash crop usingadhoc marketingsystemstosell their somewhat boutique product.'Ihefactwasthattobeccogmwingwasluaative. lntheearlydays, the priceoftobaccobyweight exceededthatofgold. Followingtheintroduction of South American tobacco strains into V'nginia by John Rolfe in 1612, however, due partly to the efl‘orts of EnglishMerchant Advamiras, including Edward Bennett, by 1624 the Stewart Court introduced laws giving ammopoly to Virginia for theexpatatimofwbaccotoEnglmdmdp-diibifinthginia’sarpatoftobaccotoanyportsothathanEnglishports. TheCourt furtherintroduced lawsprohibitingthe growth cfcontraband tobacco withinEngland.‘ As these lawsbecamemore tightly mforeed in the WestCormtry, the English tobacco growers lost a lua'ative source of income. hidrily, the llamas faced underanploymart at the same timematureMadimtAdvamrasbegmmedevelopmentofmetobaccoecmomyin V‘n'giniamdartaprisinggrowaswaeneededtotakeup the landand begin growing tobacco. It is not by accidait that wecan identify the majority of the 17‘|Caitury Isleof Wight Cormtyplantersasoriginating fi-orn thewestern counties of England.

Fiveclasses of playerswere involved in the tobacco economy: the servants, the planters, themariners,themadnntsandtheGown,andCounty Clerksweremeticulousabout idartifyingone byhisplace in the system RichardDeath,Savant; Anthmy Fulgham,Planta;John Moons, Mariner; William Bressie, Machant, and so a t . The Virginia tobacco economy involved a several thousand-mile longwpplydrmmelmdofnecessity,requiredwardiousingdepotsateadiendofthediannel. anirginia,theplanterswhoseplantaionswere ccnveniaitly locatedatdeep-water landingsbuilt war-chmandtrovidedwardloming services for the planters in their area. TheFulgham family built awardrouse onthe PaganRiver near Smithfield, or what later became Smithfield, and it was called in the records,“Fulgham’s”.2 Alocalplanterwould leaveacaskofwbacco,say900LbsweightatFulgham’sandwouldbeissuedaFulgham’sWardrousereceiptfor900Lbs.oftobaceo. DuemasevaeshatageofEnglim«maicymdcoimgemVnginia,wudianerweiptswereused asamedium ofexdiangein Virginiaandlitaallybecamemoney. 'lheuseofwarehousereceiptsasmcneyprovidedanorganic basis,both litaallyandfiguratively, for the tam “tobaccoeconomy.”

Prior to about 1650,themajor destinationat theEngland,or eastern, endof the supply channel was the Stepney waterfront at the east andofLondon. In those days Stepneyhadnotyetbecomethe blighteduban areathat it is commonly identified astoday. The recordsindicate several Isle of Wight Cormty machants aidmariners crigimted liom the village of Ratclifi‘e near Wapping Wall in Stepney.Between 1650andabout 1750,themajor east-aiddestinationbecameBristolon the BistolChannel at the border betweenSomersetshireand lecestashire. Alter themid-1700’s,mostNorthAmericancanmodities flowedthrough Liverpool. WhenAnthonyFulgharncameoverin1640theeastendofthesupplyd1armelwasthe$tepneydisuictbutbefaehediedin 1669flieeastanterminationhadbecorneBristol. The reasons for the shill to Bristol are obscure but perhaps are of the reasons was the appointment of Sir William Berkeley, ofBnrtmparish inSomasetslrireasGova'norofVirginiain 1642.

It is not too over-reaming to state that Bakeleyhadmoreinfluarceonthedevelopment of the tobacco cultureandVirginia’s identity thanany single pason in Virginia’s history and he was a west-countryman. Berkeley was Gova'na' of Virginia for over 35 years and,except for theperiodof theEnglishCivilWar,heruledVirginiawith anironhand,passedout key colonial appo'mtmarts to his favorites,

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LSummer2006 Fulgham-FulghumFamily Facts ' Page6 Jandencouraged thedevelopment of aRoyalist-wntercdupper class in V'n’ginia Oneneeds looknofurther thanthe rosters of thetwosides of Bacon’s Rebelfim schism in orda to gmher which Emilia were Bakeley’s favorites. It is clear tlnt those who were M hisfavorites includedthose families that we of Puritanlemingsor, afier 1673,Quaker.3 TheBarnetts andmany of the families associatedwith theBarnetts fell intothat group. SinceAnthmyFulgham,Jr. sidedwith theanti-Bakeley forces in Bacon’sRebellion,there is goodreasonto believethat the Fulghamfamily was ofthe samepolitical leaningastheBermettsofSanersetshire. Accordingly, the Fulgl'lam’swould have family affinities to other firmilies havingsimilar leanings, especially in the anti-puritan environment of Berkeley's Virginia,andperhapshavingclose ties with those families fi’omEngland.4 It is instructive to identify theEnglishroots of the families connected tothe Fulghamsbymarriage(andin afew cases, by adoption) for two genaatimsalterCaptainAnthony.

WESTmUNTRYGENESIS”

West CountryOrigins F l i g h -Marriage Purge-hora

Devonshire SarahRaifordtoAnthony F. in 1695. Philip Wreyford b. O'editon, DevonWilliamRaifordtoSarahF. in 1719. in 1623.

Devonshire Mabew Tomlin, Jr. to May Watson Muhew Tomlin, Sr. b. Marwood,(Lived with Martha E, widow of Devon 1610.Capt. Anthony F.) in 1686.

Hampshire SarahDavistoNicholasF. in 1673. Capt. 1homasGreen b. Soutlnmptonin 1607. Captain John Moone b.Hampshire in 1601. Jolm Davis b.1633prob.Bristol.

Sornersetshire& Bristol AnneParnell to John F. in 1670. William Parnell b. Somerset 1595.Ridrard Drake b. Somerset 1520.WilliamBrewerb. Somerset 1520.

Somersetshire&Bristol Patience Pitt to Michael F. in 1705. Capt.HenryPittb. Bristol 1613.MutinPitt toMiclrael F. in 1687.

Oxfordshire Ann lzardtoMichaelF. in 1675. Robert Bracede b. Iondon 1612,echrcated Oxford 1631. He was Annland’sStepmother’s first husband.

The listed Fulghammarriages are of Captain Anthmy and Mmha’s drildren and grandchildren tlu’ough John, Michael, and Nicholas(Anthony, Jr. did notmarry). Additimally, the authuhas includedMaryWatsm, granddaughte- of Capt. John Bond,who came to livewith Mrs. Martha Fulgham afier Captain Anthony’s death in 1669. All were marriages into westcountry families. Captain Anthmy’seldest son, John,marriedAnneParnellwhose family probably originated in NatonFitzwarrenSomerset. Anglican Bishop'sTransaiptsshow that Anlhmy FulliamesmarriedElizabethHillingeinNa-tonFitzwarrar Somerset in 1607.5

Through a consideration ofall oftheae disparate fads ‐ the common intaests oflate16‘ canary west cotmtry families involved intobacco growing the pulling together of the three impetuses to migration (religious non-cmformity, Virginia tobacco, and ImdonMercantilism)by the SomasetsbireBarnett family, filighams bandingtogetha'with otha Southside litmiliasagainst Berkeley,Fulghammufiagesmwastcumaydescmdmts,mdmemceofmefilfianesfimflymNMmFrawmmSomersetcontanporarywiththeParnell family-awestcormtryalfinityisinview. Eachofthasefacts,ifconsideredscparately, ismaelyinterssting. However, ifconsidered together, a case for west cormtry origins for the Fulgham family begins to emerge. That being said,what would have drawnoneormorehrlghamfamiliesfiomtheFoljmbeancaMralhomeinDa'byahiretoSomersetshiredtn'inga'beforethe16"century... whatfactorsdoDerbyshireandSomersetshirehaveincunmm?Primto themid 16‘t centuy, the Dabyshire Peak District was themajor souce of lead in England involvingmany local families in itsproductim. Much of the leadwas used in tiling the roofs of the grand oldmonasteries of England. The Foljambe firmily was amajorsupplier. In the early days, the smeltingprocesswas rather archaic anddepended on the natural air currents for furnace operation. Theprocesswas called “Bole” smelting. [hiringthe late 15"canary, Somu'setshiranen beganmining lead in the Mendiphills of Somerset.SomeDcrbyshirePeakDistriaworkers skilledintheBoleproceas,madetheirwaytotheMendipHillsofSomer-setatthistirne. It isfeasible that one or more Foljambes made the move to Sornasetshire. Mmdip lead Foduction was pofitable and stable for manydecadesmtilKingHemyVlIldissolveddtemmastuiesintheerly 16‘centu'y. Kingl-lenrydidmorethanma'elydissolve themonasteries,however,hegranted the formermonastaypropatics andrelatedbuildings to his favorites. The grantees immediatelybegantheprocess of salvagingmarketablebuildingmaterials from thebuildings, includingthe leadroofingtiles. Overnight, themarket value ofleaddroppedprecipitouslyduetolhesuddatmarkdghrt. Mmdip leadproductionfellintoaslmnpthatlastcd for several decades. ThoseFoljambes caugrt in this slump, alter having established themselves in Somersetshire for several decades, perhaps took up newoccupations there andwere pemanmtly establishedwhen recruitmentbeganfix the establishment of plantations in Virginia." Dueto thewest cotmtry affinities peviously discussed and the pesence of one or mac Anthony “Fulliamas” in Sanersetshire contemporary withthe lmownwest country emigrants to Isleof Wight County, a Sanersetsdrire origin is suggested for Anthony Fulgham,pe'haps in the areaof NortonFitzwarren.The next article will explore the linkages between the Isle of Wigrt Cormty tobawo economy and greater London mere-tilism. Amnnber of greater Iondmmerchantadvertiseswas involvedin the development of theVirginiaTobaccoEconomy, includingour old

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LSummer2006 I Fulgham-FulghumFamily Facts - Page 7 ]friend,EdwardBennett, aswell astheprogenitor of the prolificHarris family of Essex, and they (or their retainers) aggressively recruitedpromisingplanters for thenewVirginiaColony. There is credibleevidencethat Anthony Fulghamoriginated in the greater Londonarea.REFERENCES: ~

. Banks,Kenneth;The Transformationof ContrabandCommerce in theLateSeventeenth CenturyAtlantic World; Univ.of Georgia; 2006Hening’sStatutes at Large;Richmond; 1821Middleton,Richard;ColonialAmerica; Blackwell;Cambridge; 1992.Boddie,JohnBennett;SeventeenthCentury Isleof Wight County Virginia;Genealogical PublishingCompany;Baltimore; 1980.TheChurchof theLatterDaySaints; InternationalGenealogicalIndex;Salt LakeCity; 1994.Nugent, Nell Marion; Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666; Genealogical PublishingCompany;Baltimore; 1983.

7. Kiernan,David; TheDerbyshireLeadIndustry in theSixteenth Century;TheDerbyshireRecordsSociety; Chesterfield; 1989.

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