Jeremiah Plympton

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JEREMIAH PLYMPTON (b. 1683), son of Joseph Plympton and Mary Morse

ELIZABETH JOHNSON (b. 1681)

Jeremiah Plympton (Plimpton) is probably the son of Joseph and Mary Plympton, born on 8 November 1683 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [1, 80][2] He married Elizabeth Johnson in 1704. [2]

It is possible that Elizabeth is the Elizabeth, daughter of Return and Mary Johnson, born on 10 August 1681 in Medfield. [1, 64][3]

Return Johnson, "Doct: of Physick" and husband of Mary, died on 15 March 1706/7 in Medfield. [1, 219] Return Johnson married Mary Johnson on 7 September 1673 in Andover. [4, 2: 201]

Jeremiah and Elizabeth went to Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut. [3]

Jeremiah Plympton of Dorchester bought land in the south of Canterbury, “with buildings and fences,” from Jeremiah Fitch in 1706. [5]

In 1714 Jeremiah Plympton sold land in Canterbury to Edward Rainsford. [6]

Children of Jeremiah Plympton and Elizabeth Johnson:

i. Sarah Plympton was born 17 October 1709 in Canterbury. [7]

ii. Sabillah Plympton was born 20 August 1712 in Canterbury. She married Moses Johnson.

iii. Bette Plympton was born on 25 September 1720 in Plainfield. [7]

Endnotes:

1. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1903).

2. Chase, Levi B., A Genealogy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America: and of Plumpton in England, Hartford, Plimpton Mfg. Co. Print., 1884.

3. William S. Tilden, ed., History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts (Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1887), 420.

4. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, vol. 2 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912).

5. Dennis Partridge, "Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut History," webpage, Connecticut Genealogy (https://connecticutgenealogy.com : accessedd 28 September 2023).

6. Ellen D. Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut, vol. 1 (Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton, 1874).

7. "Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630–1870," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Canterbury, 133 (Sarah); Plainfield, 101 (Bette).

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