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- From FindaGrave:
Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Rhodolphus Thacher and Ruth Partridge, b. of record Mar. 1, 1671/2 at Duxbury, Mass. Elizabeth first married Oct. 3, 1700, most likely at Chilmark, Mass., Sgt. Samuel Fuller, son of Lieut. Samuel Fuller and his wife Mary of Barnstable, Mass.
At the time of her marriage, Elizabeth was presumably residing at Chilmark where her father was then pastor of the Chilmark Congregational Church. Samuel Fuller was b. Aug. 15, 1676 at Barnstable, Mass. almost five full months after the death of his father, Lieut. Samuel Fuller, in the King Philips War. Sgt. Samuel Fuller d. Sept. 29, 1716 at Mansfield, Conn. Seven children of the family.
The widow Elizabeth (Thacher) Fuller m. 2) July 8, 1724 at Lebanon, Conn. as his second wife, Miles Standish, s. of Lieut. Josiah Standish, Sr. and Sarah Allen. Miles, as his name is spelled in the records, was the namesake grandson of Capt. Myles Standish of the Plymouth Colony, a Mayflower passenger. Elizabeth purportedly d. at Mansfield, Conn. circa 1740, but where she is interred is currently unknown. There are no known children of this second marriage and Miles Standish had no known children by his first wife.
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