The fifth of 12 children born to John and Elizabeth Fuller of Bennington County, Vermont, John the younger married Elizabeth "Betsy" Clark there in December 1816. Soon afterward, they "went to Sennett, Cayuga, New York, where John's father had formerly purchased land. Many Vermont families were moving into New York at this time. All of their children were born here, and a number were married here.

"In April 1842 their son-in-law, John Hall, and their daughter, Eliza Hall left New York to make their home in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A few years later, their third son, Levi Fuller, joined the Hall family in Wisconsin. A few years later, Elizabeth Fuller went to Wisconsin to visit her children and to see what the country was like. Shortly after she returned home, she and her husband sold their land and moved to Waukesha County, bringing their younger sons with them.

"On March 28, 1856, John Fuller brought from Ralph B. Allen and wife Melinda, of the town of Merton... consideration $6,500, the SE Quarter of Section 15 and that part of the east half of the NW Quarter of said Section 15 as lies south of the highway running through the same to Richmond's saw mill containing forty five acres, excepting and reserving the use of the spring near the house of Peter Weeks. (Waukesha Co. Wis. Deeds 18, p. 431) This land lay about three miles west of Merton, and near the John Hall farm. It also joined land bought by Levi Fuller. Here they built a spacious Colonial house, which is still standing. They later moved to the town of Merton, where they both died.

"The will of John Fuller made March 19, 1877 left his estate to his granddaughter, Adelia Gillet and her husband, Joseph A. Gillet for the care of his son, John Wright Fuller as long as he lived. (Waukesha Co. Wis. Deeds 105, p. 279)"

- From "ROBERT FULLER OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS And Some of His Descendants" by Jean Muir Dorsey, 1961