Plumbe, John

  General Notes:

John Plum came from Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Essex, England in his own ship, 1635. Removed from Dorchester, Mass to Wethersfield, Connecticut (1636-1642) where he was an early settler and proprietor. Ship owner; trader with the Indians; Serve d with Capt. Mason in Pequot War 1637; Removed to Banford 1644; town clerk 1645.
John fought in the Pequot War in Massachusetts in 1635 so he came to America before 1635.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot_War#:~:text=The%20Pequot%20War%20was%20an,the%20Narragansett%20and%20Mohegan%20tribes.)

John resided after marriage in Ridgewell Hall, where he is reported by the visitation of Essex of 1634. In 1635 he is found in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The only children known that survived him were Robert, Samuel, and Dorcas. In 1636 he was app ointed an appraiser, on 9 Feb 1737 he was a member of the court.

John, first of Dorchester, MA, removed to Wethersfield, CT, before Sep 1636, and before deputies to General Court were introduced in Connecticut was a sort of ruler in 1637, representative in 1641, 1642, and 1643, had Samuel, and Drocas, wh. mo. 1 2 Jan.1655, John Lyman, was nomina. 1643 for elect. as Assist. but did not succeed, in the choice, made custom-ho. officer 1644, sold his est. and rem. to Branford bef. 1646, and there d. His will was pro. 1 Aug. 1648. Yet is it not kn. where he f irst land. in our country, or whence he came.24

Added information from Find a Grave:

John Plumb
BIRTH 24 Jul 1594
Great Yeldham, Braintree District, Essex, England
DEATH
Jul 1648 (aged 53-54)
Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Branford Center Cemetery
Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
MEMORIAL ID 198857369 · View Source

Son of Robert Plumb (1558 - 1628) and Grace (Crackbone) Plumb (1565 - 1615). He married Dorothy (Wood) Plumb abt 1616. He was gifted Ridgwell Hall upon his marriage. It is thought that he sold this property and invested the proceeds in a vessel i n which he emigrated to Dorchester, Mass. in 1635. He arrived in Wethersfield before Sep 1636. He made voyages with this vessel up and down the Connecticut River, trading with the Indians. It is surmised to have been his vessel which was employe d to carry Capt. John Mason's little army of soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637 around to Narragansett Bay to the point of their attack upon the Indians, and that he took part in that engagement and received a grant of land. He was from the firs t a shipbuilder in Wethersfield.

John Plumb's name appears often on the town's records and as juror. He was representative to the General Court in 1637, 1641-43 and collector of customs in 1644. He sold his property in 1644 consisting of "13 parcels from 2 acres up to 204, an d 2 dwelling houses" and removed to Branford, where in Dec 1645, at the first town meeting of that settlement, he was chosen to keep the Town's books, which office he held until his death in July 1648, at age 54. His will was probated 01 Aug 1648.

He and his wife Dorothy had 9 children, all born in England, except for the youngest, Dorcas , who was born in Wethersfield and married John Lyman.

John married Dorothy Wood in 1616 in Ridgewell, Essex, England. (Dorothy Wood was born in 1596 in Takeley Grange, Hertfordshire, England and died in 1669 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.)