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- Tradition furnishes many interesting anecdotes of one Timothy Fuller, who lived
in Middleton, Massachusetts and was commonly called "Old Tim." It is related
that at a time when at work, becoming thirsty, he called at a house for a
drink; the woman being alone said "you rock the cradle while I draw the cider."
Upon her return with the cider, he asked her to give him the child in the
cradle. She promised to do so on condition that he would wait till she was
eighteen years old. He promised to do so, and at that time came and took her
as his wife, making her the mistress of his forty slaves. At this writing
(1896) the old "gambrel roofed" house where these slaves were domiciled is
still standing and occupied. It was built in 1710.
The killing of volunteer farmers on the historical 19th of April, 1775, by
order of the British Commander, stirred the blood of all in this region, and
with characteristic energy "Old Tim," now 73 years old, with his white mare and
shotgun started for the scene of action. He was also int the fight at Bunker's
Hill.
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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 14, 30-31.
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1702 - 
, d. 1753 (Age 81 years)