Dorothy Plumb

New Information

Two recent articles in TAG update our understanding of the English origins of the Plumb family and prove that the wife of John Plum was Dorothy Chaplin not Dorothy Wood.

Please disconnect the parents of Dorothy (Wood) Plumb and change her name to Dorothy (Chaplin) Plumb and update her vitals:

Dorothy Chaplin Birth BEF 10 JUNE 1596 • Semer, Suffolk, England Death 1659 • Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Dorothy Chaplin was baptized on 10 JUNE 1596 in Semer, Suffolk, England to William Chaplin 1556 - 1629 and Agnes Holborough.[1]

She married John Plumb on 27 March 1616 in 27 March 1616.[1][2]

She died in 1659 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.[1]

Children

Children of John and Dorothy (Chaplin) Plumb:

1. ROBERT PLUMB, bp. 30 Dec 1617 Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England, d. Milford, Conn., 12 May 1655;45 m. Milford, 9 Jan. 1642[/3?], MARY BALDWIN.[1]
2. JOHN PLUMB, bp. 27 May 1619. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
3. WILLIAM PLUMB, bp. 9 May 1621. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
4. ANN PLUMB, bp. 16 Oct. 1623. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
5. SAMUEL PLUMB, bp. 4 Jan 1625/6 Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England; he was married. but the name of his wife is unknown. He d. Newark, N.J., apparently on 22 Jan. 1703..[1]
6. DOROTHY PLUMB. bp. 16 Jan 1627/8. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
7. ELIZABETH PLUMB, bp. 19 Oct. 1629. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
8. DEBORAH PLUMB, bp. 28 July 1633. Ridgwell parish, Braintree, Essex, England.[1]
9. DORCAS PLUMB, b. 1635 Milford, CT m. Branford, Conn., 12 Jan. 1654[/5?], JOHN2 LYMAN.[1]

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This John Plumb married on 27 March 1616 in Hitcham, Suffolk, England to Dorothy Chaplin who was mother to all his children. Dorothy Chaplin was bp 10 Jun 1659 in Semer, Suffolk, England daughter of William Chaplin and Agnes Holborough. Her English Ancestry was given in:

Clifford L. Stott, The American Genealogist (Boston, MA: NEHGS, April 1995) Vol 70 p 65- 74, “JOHN1 PLUMB OF CONNECTICUT AND HIS COUSIN, DEPUTY GOVERNOR SAMUEL SYMONDS OF MASSACHUSETTS: Additions to Their English Ancestry”

Clifford L. Stott, The American Genealogist, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, October 2007) Vol 83 p 250 - 260, “The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk: Ancestors of the Plumb and Parke Families of Connecticut”

I've entered some of it on here:

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorothy_Chaplin_%282%29

Sources

• 1 Clifford L. Stott, The American Genealogist, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, October 2007) Vol 83 p 250 - 260, “The Chaplin Family of Co. Suffolk: Ancestors of the Plumb and Parke Families of Connecticut” link
• 2 Clifford L. Stott, The American Genealogist (Boston, MA: NEHGS, April 1995) Vol 70 p 65- 74, “JOHN1 PLUMB OF CONNECTICUT AND HIS COUSIN, DEPUTY GOVERNOR SAMUEL SYMONDS OF MASSACHUSETTS: Additions to Their English Ancestry” link

1. Dorathy Chaplyn England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI) BIRTH: 1596. FATHER: Willia. Chaplyn MOTHER: Agnes