Fuller Carvers

Nathaniel Fuller (1687 - 1750) of Middleborough was a major Plymouth area carver. He supplied many gravestones to Cape Cod. Other Plymouth area carvers who learned from Fuller and imitated his work included Seth Tinkham, William Cushman and Nathan Hayward. They all used a local green slate which has shown severe erosion over time. Fuller carved crude winged skulls but he was best known for crude winged heads which were transitional between winged skulls and the later realistic winged heads or winged portraits. Often Fuller's winged heads had unusual mouth marks and unusual wing patterns. The unusual mouth marks included heart shape, bird profile shape and head profile shape. The following gravestones are in the style of those produced by Fuller or his imitators.

Thomas Freeman (1716/17) - Brewster Cem.
Jeremiah Bacon (1723) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Patience Crocker (1727) - Barnstable Lothrop Hill Cem.
Alice Parker (1727) - West Barnstable Cem.
Thankfull Fuller (1728) - West Barnstable Cem.
Hannah Crocker (1728/9) - West Barnstable Cem.
Joseph Blish (1730) - West Barnstable Cem.
Jemima Bodfish (1730) - West Barnstable Cem.
Jonathan Russell (1730) - West Barnstable Cem.
John Bacon (1731) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
John Fuller (1732) - West Barnstable Cem.
John Fuller (1732) - West Barnstable Cem.
Rebekah Fuller (1732) - West Barnstable Cem.
Anna Backer (1732/3) - West Barnstable Cem.
Abigail Davis (1733) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Joseph Jenkins (1734) - West Barnstable Cem.
Joseph Bodfish (1735) - West Barnstable Cem.
Joseph Davis (1735) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Abiah Chipman (1736) - West Barnstable Cem.
Temperance Crocker (1736) - West Barnstable Cem.
Josiah Davis (1736) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Silas Ney (1736) - Sandwich Cem.
Martha Otis (1736) - West Barnstable Cem.
Martha Russel (1736) - West Barnstable Cem.
Isaac Chapman (1737) - Dennis Village Cem.
Bethiah Fuller (1737) - West Barnstable Cem.
Mary Parker (1737) - West Barnstable Cem.
Ruth Tayler (1737) - Yarmouth Cem.
Abigail Otis (1738) - West Barnstable Cem.
Francis Barrows (1738/9) - West Barnstable Cem.
Elizabeth Davis (1738/9) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
John Davis (1739) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Shubael Tayler (1739) - Yarmouth Cem.
Silvanus Bodfish (1740) - West Barnstable Cem.
Lydia Hersey (1740) - Barnstable Cobb's Hill Cem.
Elisha Tayler (1740) - Yarmouth Cem.
Sarah Freeman (1742) - Sandwich Cem.
Hannah Hatch (1742) - Sandwich Cem.
Sarah Chipman (1742/3) - West Barnstable Cem.
Jonathan Hamblen (1743) - Barnstable Centerville Ancient Cem.
Nathaniel Otis (1743) - West Barnstable Cem.
Joseph Fuller (1745) - West Barnstable Cem.
Jonathan Crocker (1746) - West Barnstable Cem.
Ebenezer Nye (1748) - Sandwich Cem.
Bathsheba Fuller (1749) - West Barnstable Cem.
Remember Dilingham (1750) - Sandwich Cem.
Johanna Crocker (1752) - West Barnstable Cem.
John Bourn (1754) - Falmouth Cem.


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