John Plumb (1646 - 1728)

Born 21 Aug 1646 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Norton) Plumb — married 24 Nov 1668 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1728 at age 81 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

• Baptism: 1 SEP 1646, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Rev. Peter Prudden did the baptism.
• John PLUMB was born 21 Aug 1646 and christened 21 Aug 1646 in Milford, New Haven, CT. He died Mar 1728. John married 6 Elizabeth NORTON on 24 Nov 1668.
• Genealogical Dictionary under Plumbe or Plum states: John, Mildford, s. of Robert, m. 24 Nov. 1668, Eliz. Norton, had Eliz. b. 1669; John, 1671; and Mary, 1673; prob. more, for in 1676 and some yrs aft. rec. of b. is want. He was a man of distinct.

Sources

• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 1, p 274; vol 2, p 358.
• Colonial Connecticut Records, 1636 - 1776 (http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/). "Presented for Freemen... Milford: Samuel Burwell, Benjamin Fenn, john Plumbe, Samuel Nuton, Josi: Baldwin, Samuel Baldwin, Samuel Samford, Jos: Hawkins, Abel Gunn, Ephraim Smith, Sameul Clark, Georg Clarke." 13 May 1669.
• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 335.
• Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap64. " ... of Milford ..."
• Baldwin, Charles Candee, The Candee Genealogy : with notices of allied families of Allyn, Catlin, Cooke, Mallery, Newell, Norton, Pynchon, and Wadsworth (Cleveland, Ohio, Leader Printing Company, 1882), p. 174.
• findagrave.com
• The Ricker Collection of Vital Records of Early Connecticut, based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and other Statistical Sources by Jacquelyn Ladd Ricker, Genealogical Publishing Company Inc. Copyright 2006 - CD Resource
• Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622 - 1709, by Walter Whittlesey Norton accessed online through Google Books on January 17, 2009.
• James Savage, Geneaological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Originally published Boston 1860-62, reprinted April 1873 and 1884. Reproduced by Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore 1981.)
• Eldredge, Zoeth S., Reverend John Norton of Middletown, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 87.
• History of Milford, Connecticut, 1639-1939 (The Milford Tercentenary Committee, Inc., 1939) Page 42.
  • "On Rose's Mill Road, about a half mile from the New Haven Turnpike, on East or Indian River, are the remains of a mill that was built in 1707 by John Plumb, Sr. The first of several mills built on this site was a gristmill ; in authorizing the building of the mill, the town required that Plumb complete the structure in twelve months and that he build a good causeway over the river "for foot, cart and horse, and to be always maintained in good repair."