John PLUMBE

1594 - 1648  (53 years)

• Name	John PLUMBE  [1]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	28 Jul 1594	Great Yeldham, Essex co., England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Robert Plumbe of Spaynes Hall and Grace Crackbone   [1]
  Death	Jul 1648	Brandford, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I101360	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Dorothy ?   d. Aft 1669
  Marriage	Abt 1616  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Robert PLUMB,   b. 30 Dec 1617, Ridgewell, Essex, England d. 12 May 1655, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Age 37 years)  [Birth] + 2. Dorcas PLUMBE,   b. Abt 1635, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut  [Birth]
  Family ID	F42164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S12076] Charles S. Hall, HALL Ancestry A Series of Sketches of the Lineal Ancestors of the children of Samuel Holden Parsons Hall and his wife Emeline Bulkeley.