John Plimpton [3rd]1

M, b. 16 June 1650, d. 13 January 1705
FatherSargeant John Plimpton d. 19 May 1677
MotherJane Damon b. b 15 Aug 1624
     John was born on Thursday, 16 June 1650. On 23 June 1650, he was christened. John married Elizabeth Fisher on 25 January 1679 in Massachusetts. John's wife, Elizabeth, died on 13 May 1694 in Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower. John married 2nd Sarah Turner on 28 February 1696 in Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.2 John made his will before 13 January 1705 at Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. "John Plimpton, late of Medfield, husbandman: "To Sarah, widow of the deceased,—her thirds, included in which were three acres of clay-pit, and one fourth part of a grist-mill; "to John, oldest son, his double portion" etc. John departed this life on Tuesday, 13 January 1705 in Medfield Township, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The administration of his estate was granted to John, 5 April 1704/1705. This estate remained unsettled for thirty-five years; when, in 1739 (none of the children being at that time living), John, grandson of the deceased, was appointed administrator. At the decease of the widow, Sarah, the dower or real estate is assigned to her grandson, John: he to pay to the other heirs their respective portions.

Family 1

Elizabeth Fisher d. 13 May 1694

Family 2

Sarah Turner d. c 1740

Citations

  1. [S179] Levi B. Chase, A Genealogy and Historical Notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America and of Plumpton in England, page 60 - 8ohn (9); b. June 16, 1650; bapt. the 23d of the same month; d. Jan. 13, 1704-5; m. first, before Mr. Danforth of Cambridge, Jan. 25, 1678-9, Elizabeth, dau. of John Fisher, d. May 13, 1694; m. second, Feb. 28, 1696-7, Sarah Turner, d. about 1740. Division of the estate of "John Plimpton, late of Medfield, husbandman: "To Sarah, widow of the deceased,—her thirds, included in which were three acres of clay-pit, and one fourth part of a grist-mill; "to John, oldest son, his- double portion" etc. Administration granted to John, Apr. 5, 1704. This estate remained unsettled for thirty-five years; when, in 1739 (none of the children being at that time living), John, grandson of the deceased, was appointed administrator. At the decease of the widow, Sarah, the dower or real estate is assigned to her grandson, John: he to pay to the other heirs their respective portions.

    9.     John Plimpton. [5]
    John (14) b. May 17, 1680, d. 1730 ; m. 1707 Susannah Draper, of Dedham, who m. second, Stephen Sabin, and m. third, 1739, Joseph Plimpton, was his second wife, and d. 1769.
    The inventory of his estate taken in 1730 amounted to L 879, 3s., 9d. He resided at Medfield, and was the third John in succession on the original homestead. The first house having been occupied about seventy-five years, he built a new one east of the former site, and somewhat nearer the street. It was a "half-house," two stories high, with front door, entry and chimney at the westerly end. It had one square room below with a lean-to in the rear. This with subsequent additions was occupied by his descendants about one hundred and fifty years.
    A tract of unoccupied land lying between Brookfield and Woodstock, Brimfield and Oxford, attracted the attention of some of the enterprising inhabitants of Medfield, who petitioned the General Court for a grant. "That it might furnish settlements for your petitioners, many of whom are destitute of settlements for themselves, and not well able to purchase necessary accommodations in towns already settled. And the other of the petitioners being in want of lands for their descendants."
    The grant was obtained September 3d, 1729, and three days later the petitioners gathered at the house of Joshua Morse, in Medfield. Among those present were John, Joseph, and William Plimpton. At this meeting John Plimpton was chosen the first
    constable and collector for the proprietors of New Medfield, now Sturbridge. But when the first division of land was made the following spring, and ever after, his share was set off and described to "ye heires of John Plimpton."
    Henry (15) b. Dec. 19, 1684, d. Mch. 24, 1731 ; m. 1705 Mary, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Smith, b. Nov. 22, 1688, d. June 21, 1774; she m. second, 1732, Lieut. Jabez Pond, of Dedham, and m. third, Apr. 24, 175o, Dea. Joseph Wight. Henry Plimpton founded the old homestead on the Dover road ; now the residence of Air. David Plimpton. This estate has the earliest Plympton title which has remained in that name to the present time.
    Sarah b. Dec. 28, 1700, d. 1706. Elizabeth (i6) b. Sept. 29, 1702, d. 1725 ; m. Jonathan Metcalf, who m. second, Hannah (Smith) Plympton (i9) and d. 1765.
    10.     Peter Plympton. [5].
    Hannah b. Mch. 28, 1679.     Mary (17)     b. Mch 8, 1681, d.
    July 19, 1720; m. Feb. 25, 1707-8, John Johnson (8); Marlboro.
    11.     Joseph Plympton. [5]
    Joseph (18) b. Mch. IS, 1677, d. Oct. 21, 1739 ; m. first, 1699, Priscilla Partridge, d. 1738 ; m. second, Apr. 15, 1739, Susannah Sabin (9); resided at the homestead on the corner opposite the cemetery in Medfield. Administration of estate of Joseph Plimpton, late of Medfield, husbandman, granted Mch. 3, 1740, to Simon, son of the deceased, house-Wright. Settlement and division, Aug. 7, 1742 ; estate taken by William and Nathan, sons, to pay out to brothers and sisters, or their representatives, their respective shares.
  2. [S1519] Herbert W Sumner, Dedham Marriages of Dedham Massachusetts, Part Two, page 390.