John PLUMB

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• Baptism: 12 Aug 1646

John married Elizabeth NORTON on 24 Nov 1668. Elizabeth (daughter of John NORTON and Dorothy ?) was born in 1645. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth PLUMB was born on 01 Nov 1669; died on 17 Oct 1749 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
2. Sarah PLUMB was born on 05 Apr 1675; died on 17 Aug 1712.

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

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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]

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• Fact: Daughter of Sylvester Baldwin and Sarah Bryan
• Birth: 22 Apr 1621

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• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Sylvester Baldwin and Jane Wells or Willis
• Death: 21 Jul 1638, on the ship "Martin"

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He was well off and left a liberal provision for his wife and children, all of whom were with him except Richard, "on the maine ocean, bound for new England." He devised by his muncupative will, certain estates in England to his wife, Sarah. One of these estates she subsequently conveyed by deed to Edward Baldwin of Guilford, co. Surrey, England, describing it as having been "indentured" to Richard Baldwin of St. Leonard's in the parish of Aston Clinton, for 1000 years, and by the said Richard bequeathed to Sylvester and by him to her. The latest date at which he appears in England is November 29, 1636, when he proved his uncle Richard's will, and he was then described as of Aston Clinton. That appears to have been his only residence, as his children were baptized and those who died, buried there. He received a substantial estate from his uncle Richard, whose will is printed in full in the New England Rec., 38, p. 167. Savage makes him son of this uncle and the father of John Baldwin of Milford, 1639. "Among the first settlers at Milford, Connecticut were Timothy, Joseph, John and Richard Baldwin, all of whom were at that time or soon after, heads of families. According to the Milford records, nathaniel and Timothy were brothers, and it is known that Richard had only one brother, John, who at the time of settlement was about six years of age. Richard and the younger John, were sons of Sylvester Baldwin, who died on the ocean in 1638, and were born in the parish of Aston Clinton, in the county Bucks, England. As the Milford settlers came over with the New Haven Company, it is a reasonable supposition that the Baldwins among them were nearly connected and were from London and its vicinity; the counties of Buck and Surrey."

Sylvester married Sarah BRYAN on early in 1620 in England. Sarah was born in England; died in Nov 1699 in Milford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]