Ezra Fuller

Quick Facts

Significance:

Patriot of Color at the Battle of Bunker Hill

Place of Birth:

Lynn, Massachusetts

Date of Birth:

Circa 1757

The following is from the 2004 National Park Service study Patriots of Color researched and prepared by George Quintal:

Ezra Fuller was born circa 1757 at Lynn, Massachusetts.¹

He joined the eight month’s service in the company of Capt. Ezra Town, in Col. James Reed’s 3^rd New Hampshire regiment of foot. The descriptive roll of the company lists him as follows:²

age: 18
stature: 5 ft. 8 in.
complexion: black
eyes: black
occupation: farmer
birthplace: Lynn
residence: New Ipswich
enlisted: April 23, 1775

On 29 June 1775 he was transferred and promoted (a possible sign of respected battle service). He became a matross in Col. Richard Gridley’s artillery regiment, in Col. Edward Burbeck’s company.³ He served in this company until 27 September 1775 when a man named Florence Crowley was ‘reported as serving in place of Ezra Fuller, who was discharged on account of sickness.’⁴

Footnotes:

1. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (1896-1908) 6:161. Also 2-CD Family Tree Maker^TM set “Military Records: Revolutionary War.”
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (1896-1908) 4:193. Also 2-CD Family Tree Maker^TM set “Military Records: Revolutionary War.”

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