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Robert Fulton 1730–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Kilkenny, Ireland

Death Date: 1794

Death Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Fulton

Mother: Mary MacDonald

Spouse(s): Mary Smith

Children(s): Mary Fulton, Abraham Fulton, Isabella Fulton, Admiral Fulton, Samuel Fulton, Elizabeth Fulton, Margaret Fulton

Robert Fulton was born in 1730 in Kilkenny, Ireland, the child of William Fulton And Mary Macdonald. Robert Fulton married Mary Mcdowell Smith, and had children including Abraham Smith Fulton, Admiral Robert Fulton, Elizabeth Fulton, Isabella Fulton, Margaret Elizabeth Fulton, Mary Fulton, Samuel Fulton. Robert Fulton passed away in 1794 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Fulton was born in 1730 in Kilkenny, Ireland, the child of William Fulton And Mary Macdonald.
  • Robert Fulton married Mary Mcdowell Smith, and had children including Abraham Smith Fulton, Admiral Robert Fulton, Elizabeth Fulton, Isabella Fulton, Margaret Elizabeth Fulton, Mary Fulton, Samuel Fulton.
  • Robert Fulton passed away in 1794 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Fulton
1700–1741
Birth Location: Lisburn, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Mary MacDonald
1702–1789
Birth Location: County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Smith
1734–1799
Birth Location: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Fulton
1768–1806
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Abraham Fulton
1768–1813
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Isabella Fulton
1763–1834
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Admiral Fulton
1765–1815
Birth Location: Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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Samuel Fulton
1767–1831
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Fulton
1760–1782
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Margaret Fulton
1760–1825
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Robert Fulton's Ancestors

Self
Robert Fulton
1730–1794
Birth Place: Kilkenny, Ireland
Parents
William Fulton
1700–1741
Lisburn, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Mary MacDonald
1702–1789
County Monaghan, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (The Smith of Boyne) MacDonald
1655–1715
NO, Monaghan, Ireland
Jonet ("Jane") Paterson
1658–1718
Antrim Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Robert MACDONALD
1630–1705
Mary MacDonald
1635–1710
Janet Huttoun
1630–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alasdair MACDONALD
1600–1658
Anne O'Neill
1600–1655

Robert Fulton's Descendants

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Robert Fulton (1730–1794) m. Mary (McDowell) Smith (1734–1799)
  1. 1. Mary Fulton 1768–1806
  2. 2. Abraham (Smith) Fulton 1768–1813 m. Mary Beverlin 1784–
    1. 1. Margaret (S) Fulton 1792–1850
  3. 3. Isabella Fulton 1763–1834
  4. 4. Admiral (Robert) Fulton 1765–1815 m. Harriet Livingston 1783–1824
    1. 1. Julia Fulton 1810–1848
    2. 2. Mary (Livingston) Fulton 1813–1860
    3. 3. Robert (Barlow) Fulton 1808–1841
    4. 4. Cornelia (Livingston) Fulton 1812–1893
  5. 5. Samuel Fulton 1767–1831
    1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Fulton 1790–1850 m. Henry (P Levi) Simmons 1790–1869
      1. 1. Henry Simmons 1811–1878 m. Anna Burcham 1812–1880
        1. 1. Hettie (Lavinia Ann) Simmons 1839–1910 m. William (Stephen) Maupin 1856–1935
        2. 2. Layfayette (Levi) Simmons 1838–1900 m. unknown 1834–
        3. 3. John Simmons 1844–1909 m. Mary (Jane) Grimmett 1833–1900
        4. 4. William (James) Simmons 1847–1911 m. Rachel Anderson 1847–1922
        5. 5. Henry Simmons 1849–
        6. 6. Eli (W) Simmons 1854–
        7. 7. Lavina Simmons 1841–
      2. 2. James (R) Simmons 1816–1892 m. Mary (Polly) Bunch 1820–1890
        1. 1. Nancy (Jane) Simmons 1843–1925 m. William (Monroe) Starbuck 1848–1930
  6. 6. Elizabeth Fulton 1760–1782
  7. 7. Margaret (Elizabeth) Fulton 1760–1825

Robert Fulton's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of Robert Fulton in Kilkenny, Ireland
Kilkenny, Ireland
1794
1794
Age 64
Death of Robert Fulton in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Kilkenny, Ireland
    Record Source: One World Tree (sm)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Record Source: One World Tree (sm)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1794
    Event Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: One World Tree (sm)
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