Born about in Hartford, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Plumb
and Elizabeth (Green) Plumb
Brother of
Samuel (Plumbe) Plumb, Joseph (Plumbe) Plumb, Benoni (Plumbe) Plumb [half], Green (Plumbe) Plumb, Mercy (Plumb) Latham, George Plumbe, Abigail (Plumb) Rogers and Sarah (Plumb) Plumbe
Husband of
Elizabeth (Hempstead) Plumbe
— married
13 Feb 1689 in New London, New London County, Colony of Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Plumbe, John Plumbe, Abigail Plumbe, Joshua Plumbe, Sarah Plumbe, Peter Plumbe, Lydia (Plumbe) Monroe, Hannah Plumbe, Daniel Plumbe, Patience Plumbe and Elisha Plumbe
Died
at about age 66
in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
John Plumb was born 1666 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was married to Elizabeth Hempstead on December 13, 1689. John died in October 28, 1732, and is buried in the Ancient Cemetery in New London, Connecticut. [1]
Name
- John Plumbe
Birth
Event
- deacon of the church for many years
- New London, New London, Connecticut[5]
Marriage
- Wife: Elizabeth Hempstead
Imported only 13 FEB 1688 from Marriage Date and marked as uncertain.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 January 2024), memorial page for Deacon John Plumbe (1666–28 Oct 1732), Find A Grave: Memorial #11367305, citing Ancient Cemetery, New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA; maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834), two headstone and cemetery photos.
- ↑ Source: #S339
- ↑ Source: #S330 Page: vol 46, no. 1, pg 7-11, Jan 1970
- ↑ Source: #S259 Page:
- ↑ Source: #S365 Page: pg 337
- ↑ Source: #S331 Page: New London Vital Statistics from the collated copy from the original records, Vol. 1, pg 43
- ↑ Source: #S190 Page: pg 590
- Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. II [database on-line].
- Probate Records, 1675-1916; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (New London District); Probate Place: New London, Connecticut
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. New London, Page 235.
- Bacon and Allied Families (Murray & Gee, Inc., Culver City, California, 1958) Page 101.
- Source: S190 Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, pg 236
- Source: S259 Author: H B Plumb Publication: Name: 1893;
- Source: S330 Author: Donald Lines Jacobus/ Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.
- Source: S331 Title: Vital Records
- Source: S339 Title: Vol I-III, Records 2956-2965 l
- Source: S365 Author: Frances Manwaring Caulkins Title: History of New London, Connecticutt Publication: Name: New London, H. D. Utley, Publ., 1895;
- History of the descendants of Peter Spicer [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
- U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Categories: Deacons | New London, Connecticut | Hartford, Connecticut | Ancient Cemetery, New London, Connecticut
In the mid to late 1670s, the Plumbs relocated from Hartford to New London, New London, Connecticut. On 13 Feb 1689 John married Elizabeth Hempstead, daughter of Joshua (Sr.) and Elizabeth Larrabee Hempstead; granddaughter of Robert and Joane Hempstead (who were among the original settlers of New London, Connecticut) and Greenfield and Phoebe Lee Larrabee.
Claims by LAMB family descendants that Elizabeth Hempstead (Daughter of Joshua & Elizabeth, 25 Dec 1672-19 Sept 1733) married their ancestor Isaac are unworthy of consideration, as they are speculative, long dismissed by serious researchers, and not supported by any historical record.
John and Elizabeth had 11 children, 5 of whom lived to healthy adulthood: Elizabeth (1. Thomas Bartlett 2. Joseph Truman), John (Hannah Harris), Abigail, Joshua (Amy Schellenger), Sarah, Peter (Hannah Morgan), Lydia (John Monroe), Hannah, Daniel, Patience and Elisha.
Known early as "Deacon and Justice Plumbe," and eventually as "John Plumbe, Esquire," John was son, brother, husband, father and grandfather; an attorney, County Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probate and member of the Connecticut Colonial Council.
In 1704, John, along with a companion, Jonathan Hill, saved the life of Owaneco, son of Uncas and Sachem of the Mohegans, who was drowning. John Plumbe and Jonathan Hill received 200 acres of woodland for their act of "kindness;" the gift of which was approved by the Colonial Court the same year.
He was a Deacon in First Church of New London, and was chosen by his congregation (along with Deacon Douglass) in 1708 to seek a new Pastor in Boston (when the New London pulpit became vacant by the resignation of the Honorable Gurdon Saltonstall, who became Governor of Connecticut upon the death of John Winthrop). Their search ended with the calling of the Rev. Eliphalet Adams, who pastored the New London church for many years. Deacons Plumbe and Douglass were given "lands" by the grateful citizens of New London for their work as spiritual envoys (Caulkins' HISTORY).
Joshua Hempstead (the New London Diarist) was a professional associate of his Brother-in-Law John Plumbe, as Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, and Judge of probates & wills. They made numerous legal decisions together over the years. Hempstead mentions this many times in his DIARY.
Joshua writes John's will, helps "lay out" his body for burial, and later carves the letters into his tombstone. To speculate, Joshua may have helped build the foundation of stones that supports John and Elizabeth's tombstone (a large, rather ornate slab). H.B. Plumb, family historian (descendant of the other branch of the New England Plumbs) writes: "John Plumb was a judge in the county court [New London County] in 1710 and after, as a decision of his in a Groton school case is on record in June 1712...he was appointed Probate Judge, which office he held at the time of his death…he and his wife joined the church in 1693...the Mrs. Plumbe who joined the church in 1691 must have been his mother [Elizabeth Green Plumbe]…this is the son who lived, married and died in New London."
When John died at the relatively young age of 66 on Saturday, 28 Oct 1732 Joshua Hempstead records in his DIARY; "...this morn Brother Jno Plumb died with a violent Cold yt Seizd him Thursd was Senet. I was Called up at 3 Clock to go to Brother Plumbs & found him a Dying. he died ten Minutes (unreadable) a Clock. I Stayed after I help lay him out till after Sun rise..."
John, Esq. and Elizabeth Hempstead Plumb are buried together in the Ancient Cemetery in New London, Connecticut, under the table stone inscribed by Elizabeth's brother Joshua (DIARY for 10-11 Sept 1736). Their inscription reads: "Here lies the body of Mrs Elizabeth Plumbe;" and "Here lies the body of John Plumbe, Esquire."
(information for the above biography is compiled from THE PLUMBS, 1635-1800 by Henry Blackman Plumb, published by Henry Blackman Plumb, F.M Caulkins HISTORY OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT, published by Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Connecticut, and THE DIARY OF JOSHUA HEMPSTEAD, published by The New London County Historical Society)