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}== BiographyRobert Charles Anderson, ''Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633,'' Boston, MA: NEHGS (1995), p 1485 ==
Francis Plummer was born about 1594 in England.:Some say he was born in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, and emigrated to Massachusetts in 1632 as part of the Plough Company.John Plummer, ''NGSQ,'' 83(1995):112-23 Anderson says that while possible, the claims require further proof.
::Others say, without proof, that he was the son of [[Plummer-245|John Plummer]] and [[Driver-201|Elizabeth Driver]].}
Francis died 17 January 1672/3 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsP.shtml
Some say he was a tavern keeper.} (Anderson says he was a linen weaver. Savage says he was a linen weaver.A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #3 Pinney - Plummer By James Savage http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/pinney-plummer.htm
He married first by 1619 Ruth _____ who died at Newbury 17 or 18 Aug 1647.Ruth w. Francis, Aug. 17 or 18, 164– [July, 1647. S. dup.] MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsP.shtml
He married second Newbury 21 March 1648 Ann (____) Palmer, widow of William [but which William Palmer?]. MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesP.shtml She died at Newbury 18 Oct 1665. MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aDeathsP.shtmlNote Savage lists the marriage as 31st. A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #3 Pinney - Plummer By James Savage http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/pinney-plummer.htm
William Palmer 1585-1646, Grantee of Hampton, New Hampshire, conveyed land deeds to his daughter Martha Palmer and her husband John Sherman.
Ann Palmer 1600-18 Oct 1665 was the second wife of William Palmer 1585-1646, William married first Mary Stamforth (aka Stamworth) 1588-1634, daughter Martha Palmer born about 1615 by first wife became the wife of John Sherman 1612-1691, son of John Sherman 1585-1616 & Grace Ravens 1588-1662. Source: Sherman Genealogy Records; William Palmer's widow Ann (____) Palmer 1600-18 Oct 1665 married 2nd, Francis Plummer 1594-1672/3. Other source: Genealogy of Major Brian Pendleton 1599-1681 and his descendants, Pendleton, Everett Hall; E.H. Pendleton 1911, NEHGS.
William Palmer and his 2nd wife Ann (____) Palmer 1600-18 Oct 1665 had son Joseph Palmer 1643 Newbury, MA.- 8 Feb 1715 Bradford, MA., married Sarah Jackman, their son James Palmer 1667-1740 married Sarah Wiggin 1668-1758 (New England marriages).
Francis Plummer married (3) Newbury 29 November 1665 Beatrice (Burt) Canterbury, widow of William. MA Vital Records http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesP.shtml She m. (3) by June 1676 Edward Berry of Salem. Francis said of her "that he lived so comfortable with her ... as a man would desire, and that if he had sought all the world over he could not have had a better wife" [Plumer Gen 9, citing EQC 25:91].
== Estate ==Although Francis Plummer died intestate, his last marriage contract, dated 25 November 1670, survives, giving details about the household goods Beatrice brought with her to the marriage. These items, her thirds, and the "new room and half the orchard,... and fire wood from the twenty acres near Little River, and the garden as it is now enclosed" were to be Beatrice's if Francis died first. If she died first, her property was to be "resigned up" to her heirs. If any debts were presented due from the estate of Beatrice's former husband, William Cantlebury, they were to be paid from her estate and not that of Francis
Administration of his estate was granted to his sons Samuel and Joseph 20 Feb 1673; on 25 March 1673, administration was again granted to Samuel who gave a L500 bond as surety to William Sawyer.
Although Francis died intestate, his last marriage contract 25 Nov 1670 provides some details of his estate, including what his third wife Beatrice brought with her into the marriage.
The inventory of his estate was taken 24 Jan 1672/3... The court ordered that it was to be divided as equally as possible, with Samuel getting half, and the other half being divided between the other son and daughter.
The first Plummers in this country were
Francis and Ruth Plummer, husband and wife, both natives of England,
who came to the American colonies in the year 1633, and settled in
Newbury, Massachusetts, two years later.
== Children ==
By first wife:
# Samuel, b abt 1619; m abt 1646 Mary Bitfield
# Joseph, b abt 1627; m Newbury 23 Dec 1652 Sarah Cheney, dau of John# Hannah, b abt 1633; m Newbury 3 May 1653 Samuel Moores; she d. Newbury 8 Dec 1654 without issue and he m2 Newbury 12 Sept 1656 Mary Ilsley.# Mary, b abt 1640; m1 Newbury 29 May 1660 John Cheney; m2 Rowley 29 Apr 1672 David Bennett.
Some claim that Ruth who married William Sawyer of Newbury was a daughter of Francis, but Francis' will leaves no room for her. They may have been related, but not as father and daughter.
== Sources ==
* George Brained Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 311. Also available at: [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1051163]*Jordan, John W. ''[[Space:Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania|Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, Pages 689-693]]'' (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915)* Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928), 2:62.* Francis Plummer, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 3:1494.
See also:* [https://archive.org/stream/plumergenealogyf00perl#page/n7/mode/2up Sidney Perley, "The Plumer Genealogy: Francis Plumer, Who Settled at Newbury, Massachusetts, & Some of His Descendants," The Essex Institute, 1917, pp 1-16]* [https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=TlgMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA17 Sidney Perley, "The Plumer Genealogy," The Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. L - 1914," The Essex Institute, 1940, pp 17-32]
Francis Plummer, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Name: Francis Plummer
Gender: Male
Death Date: 17 Jan 1672
Death Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:B06240-3
System Origin:Massachusetts-EASyGS Film number:877468
Reference ID:29
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