Robert PLUMB

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John Plumb and Dorothy Wood of England

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Name:
Robert Plumb accompanied his father to Watertown, Massachusetts and to Wethersfield, Connecticut, but upon coming of age he struck out for himself, moving to milford, Connecticut, in 1639, the year in which the town was settled, and joined himself with the fortunes of that new colony.

He was probably a companion of John Lane, already spoken of, but he was not a member of the church and hence could not be a Free Planter, as Lane was. but his name appears as the first one in a list following, of those who were planters but were not permitted to take part in governing the new colony.

Robert married Mary BALDWIN on 09 Jan 1642/43. Mary (daughter of Sylvester BALDWIN and Sarah BRYAN) was born on 19 Feb 1625/6 in England; died on 01 Feb 1707/08. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary PLUMB was born on 09 Feb 1644/45.
2. John PLUMB was christened on 12 Aug 1646 in Milford, Connecticut; died in Mar 1728/29.
3. Robert PLUMB was christened on 21 Dec 1648; died on 04 Dec 1703 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Robert Plumbe of Spaynes Hall and Grace Crackbone

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John Plumbe was the son of Robert Plumbe of Spaynes Hall and his wife Grace Crackbone, and great-grandson of John Plumbe of Toppesfield, county Essex. He probably owned Ridgewell hall by the gift of his father at the time of his marriage, and was living there in 1634, as reported by the King's herald at the visitation of Essex in that year. This property he doubtless sold and with the proceeds bought a vessel, if he was not already the owner of one, and in it came to Wethersfield, as he was from the first a ship owner there and traded up and down the river with the Indians. It was probably his vessel which carried Captain Mason's little army of seventy-seven men down the river and around to Narragansett Bay to attack the Pequots. His name frequently appears upon the Records of the town. He was often a member of the Court, was a candidate for Assistant in 1643, and held various offices until 1644. In that year he sold his land in Wethersfield, thirteen parcels from two acres up to two hundred and four, and two dwelling-houses, and removed to Brandford, where he died in 1648. At the first town meeting held there, Dec. 15, 1645, he was elected town clerk and held the office until his death. His eldest son Robert, settled in Milford, which he probably discovered in the pursuit of the Pequots, and died there.

John married Dorothy ? about 1616. Dorothy died after 1669. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]