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Benjamin Plumer (1656 - 1724)

Benjamin Plumer aka Plummer
Born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 15 Jun 1678 in Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married 1 Sep 1715 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Rowley, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Benjamin Plumer was born on 23 October 1656 in Rowley, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Plumer and Sarah Cheney. [1]

Occupation: Surveyor. Benjamin Plummer took the oath of allegiance in 1678, and the same year settled in Rowley, probably in the centre of the town, as, in 1695-6, he was surveyor of highways for district number one. He took an active interest in the affairs of the town, and served on the trial jury in 1688-9.

About 1700 a considerable number of families settled around the falls on Parker river at a point about four miles to the west of Oldtown and Rowley, the settlers living on both sides of the line which divided the two towns. At the falls, one or two mills had been built, and this was probably the cause of the establishment of the hamlet, if such the scattering houses could be called. A twenty-acre lot of land that had been granted and laid out by the town of Rowley to Thomas Wood, Mr. Plummer's father-in-law, on Clay brook, had come into the possession of John Wainwright, a merchant of Ipswich. This lot which then had a dwelling house upon it, Mr. Plummer purchased of Mr. Wainwright Feb. 27, 1700-1, and removed thereto.

Benjamin, Jonathan and Joseph Plummer are all shown to be in the listing of "Heads of Families Who Settled in Rowley". [2]

In 1702, he joined about a score and a half of men in the neighborhood, on both sides of the line between the towns of Newbury and Rowley, in building a meeting house there, and the Byfield church was organized. Mr. Plummer and his wife were dismissed from the church in Rowley Oct. 13, 1706, "in order to their imbodying in church order by themselves at Rowlbery alias Byfield".

Marriage and Children
On 15 June 1678 Mr. Benjamin Plummer married Ann Wood, daughter of Thomas and Ann Wood (b. 8 Aug/Oct 1660) also of Rowley.[3] Benjamin and Ann Plumer had the following known children all born in Rowley unless otherwise indicated:[4]

  • John, b. 2 May 1680; m. Elizabeth Smith 8 Nov 1701, Newbury; d. 1 Apr 1711, Rowley
  • Benjamin, b. 4 Mar 1682; m. Jane Peirson, 31 Dec 1707; d. 29 Jun 1734, Rowley
  • Thomas, b. 15 Apr 1684, Rowley, parents Benjamin & Anne Plumer; d. 15 Nov 1762, Rowley, Gentleman
  • Sarah, b. 6 Aug 1686, Georgetown; parents Benjamin & Ann Plumer; d. 17 Dec 1722, Rowley; m. Samuel Brocklebank (b.1682), 26 Mar 1706. He was b. 10 Aug 1686. Resident Rowley. She d. soon after 1708.
  • Stephen, b. 1 Sep 1688, Georgetown, parents: Ann and Benjamin Plumer; prob. d. young.
  • Ann, b. 18 Jan 1691, parents: Ann Wood and Benjamin Plumer who m. 15 Nov 1710 Jonathan Wheeler. Resident Rowley
  • Mary, b. 28 Jul 1694; m. Edmund Cheney (John Cheney and Mary Chute Cheney) of Newbury, 18 Nov 1714. Edmund b. 20 Jun 1696. Resident Newbury.
  • Martha, b. 2 Mar 1697, Rowley, parents Benjamin & Ann Plumer; m. Leonard Harriman (Jonathan & Margaret Elithorp Harriman) of Newbury, 5 Jul 1715. He was b. 5 Oct 1694. Resident Newbury. She d. Georgetown, Essex, MA.
  • Nathan, b. 26 Feb 1702 / 25 Feb 1701; parents Benjamin & Ann Plumer, Rowley, MA; settled Byfield parish, Rowley; m. Barbary David, 5 Jul 1721; resettled aft 1773 Londonderry, NH.

Ann Plumer died, sometime after the birth of Nathan, and Benjamin Plumer married 2nd Elizabeth Felt who survived him and was living in 1726.

Death & Will
He died on 8 July 1724 as a resident of Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. His will was proved July 20 1724; and listed below are highlights from the transcript of the original instrument on file in the office of the probate court in Salem:[5]

To his wife Elizabeth he gave forty pounds to be paid of two years.
His son Benjamin was named executor and who received the bulk of the estate.
To his son Thomas a confirmation of a Deed previously conveyed to him and in addition thirty pounds.
To his son Nathan a confirmation of what had been given and sixty pounds to be payed within six years of his decease.
To his daughter Ann Wheeler a confirmation of what had already been given and twenty shillings to be paid within one year after decease.
To his daughter Mary Cheney twenty shillings and confirmation of what had already been given.
To his daughter Martha Heriman twenty pounds and confirmation of what had already been given.
To his granddaughter Elizabeth Plummer (daughter of of his son John) thirty pounds of which twenty pounds were to be payed when she is twenty-one years of age.
To other three grandchildren (Daughters of his daughter Sarah Brecklebanck) fifteen pounds.

The will was witnessed by: Daniel Plummer; John Hopkison and David wood. The inventory of his estate consisting of personal items and Real Estate was filed in the office of the probate court in Salem and signed by Richard Kimball, Ezekiel Northend, Joseph Hale, Richard Dummer, and David Wood. The total value being somewhat over six hundred pounds. ________________________________________________________________ Research Notes Marriage Record (transcription) FUPah:
"Benjamin Plumer, male, Spouse: Mary Wood; Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1678; City: Rowley; County: Essex, Massachusetts. [6]

Sources

  1. Source: Publications of the Rowley Historical Society; No.3 (printed 1948); Rowley Inc. 7 April 1638. "Early Settlers of Rowley, Essex, MA.: Rowley Historical Society. E-Book available in the public domain at www.archive.org
  2. Source "Early Settlers of Rowley"; pg.30-31 by Sidney Perley.
  3. Source: U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Source Detail Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Orig. Source Author Torry, Clarence A. Source Text: "Plumer, Benjamin & 1wf Ann Wood (1660- ); 15 Jan 1678, ?17 Jan, 1678/9; Rowley." Online Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 30 Jun 2019.
  4. Also recording the births of the children of Benjamin Plumer and 1st wife Ann Wood: Source Detail Book Title: The Plumer Genealogy: Francis Plumer, who settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, & some of his descendents. Reprinted thru: North American, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016 @ Provo, UT., USA. Online access 30 Jun 2019.
  5. Ancestry.com. Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1638-1840. Salem, MA, USA: Essex County.
  6. Source Information Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Originally reprinted by Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782. Online publishing by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA, 2005.

See Also

  • James Savage, 'A Genealogical Dict. of the first Settlers of New England', May 1692. By James Savage. Boston, 1861 (4v.)v.3:446
  • Source: "Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts" by George Brained Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett.1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 311. Also available at: [1]
  • Source: Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com) accessed 13 February 2018, memorial page for Benjamin Plumer (23 Oct 1656–8 Jul 1724), Find A Grave: Memorial #13072845, citing Byfield Parish Cemetery, Byfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .

Acknowledgements
Plumer-137 was created by Bryan Sypniewski through the import of LentVise3b_2014-10-20.ged on Oct 20, 2014.

Editing by direct descendent johnson-43462





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Plummer-21 and Plumer-137 appear to represent the same person because: identical dates, from sources and biography, the correct spelling of his last name at birth is Plumer, please merge in that direction.
posted by Robin Lee
Plummer-21 and Plumer-168 appear to represent the same person because: Would you merge these duplicates. I created Plumer-168 because spelling of his name in records varies. But he is Plummer-21. I adopted the profile of his daughter and merge her with the profile I had created. Thanks.
posted by Elizabeth (Hart) Hyatt