Robert Plumb, I, Yeoman

Robert Plumbe, or Plume, of Great Yeldham, Essex County, England, was born about 1530 and buried May 18, 1613. He married for his first wife Elizabeth Purcas, about 1555. She was buried June 25, 1596. For his second wife he married Mrs. Ethelred Fuller, about 1600. She was buried May, 1615. He had eight children by his first wife, of whom Robert, the eldest son and second child, is our lineal ancestor, and one child by his second wife. These children were all born in Great Yeldham except the two elder, and they were probably born there before the commencement of the parish registers, the earliest of which were not instituted until 1522. His children are all named in the Visitation in 1634, except those who died in infancy. This Robert owned much land in Great Yeldham, Little Yeldham, Toppesfield, Waller, Belchamp, Bulmer, Castle Hedingham, Heding- ham Sible, and Halstead in Essex, and in Clare and other parishes in Suffolk. He gave Spaynes and Butlers manors and considerable other land to his eldest son, Robert ; Yeldham manor he gave to his son Thomas, and Hawkdon Hall in Suffolk, to his son Edmund. Robert's great-granddaughter, Dorcas, married John Lyman, whose daughter Mary married Hon. John Hall.

From:

A SERIES OF

SKETCHES OF THE LINEAL ANCESTORS

OF THE CHILDREN OF

SAMUEL HOLDEN PARSONS HALL

AND HIS WIFE

EMELINE BULKELEY

OF BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

WFTH SOME ACCOUNT OF NEARLY ONE HUNDRED OF THE EARLY

PURITAN FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND -

Also Tables Showing

THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF MARY LYMAN

AND SARAH CHAUNCY

AND OF THEIR DESCENDANTS

BY

CHARLES S. HALL

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

NEW YORK LONDON

Sources

1. The American Genealogist vol. 70 no. 3 (July 1995):149-155. John Plumb1 of Connecticut and his Cousin Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds1 of Massachusetts: Additions to their English Ancestry (continued), by Clifford L. Stott.
2. The American Genealogist vol. 70 no. 2 (April 1995):65-74. John Plumb1 of Connecticut and his Cousin Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds1 of Massachusetts: Additions to their English Ancestry, by Clifford L. Stott.

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!Birth/Marriage/Death: The Plumbs, 1635

!Birth/Marriage/Death: The Plumbs, 1635-1800, by H.B. Plumb, pg. 8. "Of Great Yeldham, Essex. From the Parish Register. Son of John Plume and Elizabeth. I do not know where he was born nor the date of his birth, but his children were all born in Great Yeldham except the 22 eldest and they must have been born there before the registry begins, for that begins in 1560. His children are all named in the Visitation in 1634 except those that died in infancy, and their wives and husbands, except Margaret Raye and Mary Wilbore, whose husbands' family names are mentioned in his will in 1611-12... The children of Robert, Thomas and Edmund on the register point to near the date of Robert's marriage... This Robert owned much land, in Great Yeldham, Little Yeldham, Toppesfield, Waller Belchamp, Bulmer, Castle Hedingham, Hedingham Sible, and Halsted in Co. Essex, and Clare and other parishes in Suffolk. He gave Spaynes and Butlers manors, and much other land to Robert his eldest son; and he gave Yeldham manor to Thomas, and Hawkdon Hall in Suffolk to Edmund, and he gave land to his 4 married daughters, and to his brothers' and sisters' children he gave money."

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!SOURCE: Yeldham Magna !SOURCE: Genealog

!SOURCE: Yeldham Magna !SOURCE: Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, by Ernest Flagg. !LAND: purchased Manor of Spaynes Hall from the 17th Earl of Oxford for his younger sons, Thomas and Edmund. !SOURCE: John Plumb of Connecticut and His Cousin, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds of Massachusetts, by Clifford Stott, The American Genealogist, July 1995, p.149 !WILL: written 9 Jan 1611/1612, codicil 17 May 1613, proved 22 Jun 1613.

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Robert owned extensive lands in Essex an

Robert owned extensive lands in Essex and Suffolk, including the manors of Yeldham Hall and Spaynes Hall in Great Yeldham.

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Colonial families of America, Vol. 7 p329

Colonial families of America, Vol. 7 AuthorLawrence, Ruth Pages549 LanguageEnglish; eng; en LocationGenealogical Society of Utah d.b.a FamilySearch; http://www.familysearch.org/ SubjectUnited States - Genealogy; DescriptionCompiled family histories.

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Life Sketch

Robert Plumb (I, Yeoman) born about 1530 at Toppesfield, Essex, England, buried 18 May 1613 between ages 79-87, at Great Yeldham, Essex, England. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Plumb, and married twice. He married about 1555 his first wife, Elizabeth Purchas. She was buried 25 June 1596. He married Mrs. Ethelred Fuller/Redfuller about 1600. She was buried May 1615.
He was father of 13 children: Robert Plumb II, Joseph Plumbe; Elizabeth Symonds; Thomas Plumbe; Edmund (or Edmond) Plumb; Anne Sorrell; Mary Wilbore; Margaret Raye; an unnamed child; an unnamed son of Robert Plumbe I, an second unnamed son of Robert Plulmbe I, John Plume and Alice Plume. He was brother of John Plumb II; Alice Easterford; Margaret Edgeley; Mary Ann Plumb, Thomas Plumb, Edmund Plumb, Unknown Plum 1, Unknown Plum 2; Daughter Plumb, and Elizabeth Whipple. He was half brother to Margaret Sylvester and William Plumbe.

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! Families of Early Milford, Conn., by S

! Families of Early Milford, Conn., by Susan W. Abbott, p 582-3; Ancestral File 1999;

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The Plumes were, apparently, wealthy as

The Plumes were, apparently, wealthy as Robert purchased the estate of Edward DeVere, the 7th Earl of Oxford. His occupation is listed as Gentleman. He was born during the reign of King Henry the VIII and lived through that of Bloody Mary and her Protestant sister, Queen Elizabeth the I. He would have seen Scottish James Stuart I ascend the throne. The entry in the burial register in Great Yeldham is in large, bold script, suggesting that Robert was a man of importance in the parish. He owned extensive lands in Essex and Suffolk, including the manors of Yeldham Hall and Spaynes Hall in Great Yeldham, which he bequeathes to his sons, and The Poole, inherited by his daughter Elizabeth. He owned much land in Great Yelden, Little Yeldham, Toppersfield, Walter Belcamp, Bulmer, Castle Hendlingham Sible & Halsted in Essex and in Suffolk parishes. He gave Spaynes and Butlers manors to his eldest son Robert; Yeldham manor to his son Thomas, and Hawkdon Hall in Suffolk to his son Edmond. He was classed as a gentleman and had a coat of arms. A codicil was added to his will May 17, 1613. He will was proved June 22, 1613, Great Yeldham, co., Essex, England. SOURCE: Genealogies and Biographies of Ancient Wethersfield