William Plasse (abt. 1572 - 1646)

Born about 1572 in London, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margerie (Smith) Plasse — married after 19 Jul 1596 in St. Botolph's Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England

Husband of Phebe (Manning) Plasse — married 23 Feb 1619 in St. Botolph's Aldgate, London, Middlesex, England

Died 15 Apr 1646 at about age 74 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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William Plasse migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 266) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

William was born about 1572, probably in London. On 19 July 1596, he married Margerie Smith at Saint Botolph's Aldgate, London, Middlesex.^[1] She died 4 August 1618 and was buried in St. Botolph's Aldgate.^[2]

William, whose surname is variously spelled as Plasse, Place, or Playce, is named as the father in the christening or burial records of four children, all christened or buried at St. Botolph's Aldgate:

1. Marie Plasse ("Marye Place"), christened 5 June 1597;^[3] buried 4 August 1601^[4]
2. Unnamed infant boy, buried 4 June 1599^[5]
3. Ruth ("Rvthe") Plasse, christened 25 December 1603^[6]
4. Nathaniel Plasse ("Nathanyell Place"), buried 13 July 1607^[7]

On February 8, 1618/9, William Plasse widower and gunmaker of London, published his intention to marry Phebe Waters, widow of James Waters. They were married on February 23rd. ^[8][9]

The family emigrated to New England by 1637, when the town of Salem, Massachusetts, granted William the house with 1/2 acre of land, formerly of Mr. Conant. ^[8]

William Plasse died at Salem by April 15, 1646. ^[9] His estate was inventoried on that date. ^[10]

Research Notes

• Great Migration Directory: Plasse, William: London; 1637; Salem [STR 1:50; EQC 1:108; EPR 1:49; EIHC 28:88; Waters 1334-35, 1340-43].
• I could find no christening record for a Joyce or Rejoice Plasse or Place belonging to this family. A Joyce Place christened 4 December 1608 in Boughton under Blean, Kent, England, can't be the Joyce who married Richard Waters as she died 15 September 1612,^[11] Carol (Jennings) Thoma, 27 August 2023

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJQW-BXT : 12 March 2020), William Plasse, 1596.
2. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRF2-STT : 13 April 2023), William Plasse in entry for Margerie Plasse, 1618.
3. ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-480069
4. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JC9D-SJQ : 15 April 2023), William Plasse in entry for Marie Plasse, 1601.
5. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLJM-H8Q : 13 April 2023), William Place in entry for MM9.1.1/NLJM-H83:, 1599.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL2D-PVM : 5 February 2023), Wm. Plasse in entry for Rvthe Plasse, 1603.
7. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRFC-1M6 : 13 April 2023), William Place in entry for Nathanyell Place, 1607.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Water, Henry. Genealogical Gleanings in England: Manning Family in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEHGR, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897 Vol. 51 p. 394: 399: 406-7
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Fiske, William Wyman. The London Origin of Richard (1) Waters of Salem, Massachusetts: Revisited in: The American Genealogist, Volume 81, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006, Vol. 81 p. 172-82 $subscription (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
10. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, Volume 1, p. 49
11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GL4J-KYW

See also:

• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1911) Vol. 1

• Page 97: "Inventory of estate of William Plasse, ..."
• Page 108: "William Plasse, gunsmith, died in Salem 15:2:1646."

• https://books.google.com/books?id=caNCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1340-IA3