Sargeant John Plimpton1

M, d. 19 May 1677
     John was born in England. He is first seen on records in this country in the will of George Alcock of Roxbury, written 22 January 1640. From the will "to my servant John Plimton, his time from after midsomer, for £5." It is likely that John came to this country as an indentured servant of George Alcock when George returned to Massachusetts in 1637. John married Jane Damon, daughter of Henry Damon and Abigail Bacheldor, the 13th day of the first month 1644 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.2 On the 22nd day of the 12th month 1644/45 he received a grant of land in Dedham. The town of Deerfield was attacked by Indians on the twelfth and the eighteenth of September in 1675. In the last battle, John Plymton, son of Sargeant John was killed defending the settlement. In May of 1677, Sargeant John was captured and carried off to Canada.3 John died on Wednesday, 19 May 1677 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada, where his capturers burned him at the stake.4

Family

Jane Damon b. b 15 Aug 1624, d. May 1694
Children

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, pages 28-57.
  2. [S2067] Massachusetts, U. S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - Ancestry.com: Dedham, Birth, Marriages and Death - image 138.
  3. [S1517] Morgan County Genealogical Society, What's in a Name?, page 431.
  4. [S1517] Morgan County Genealogical Society, What's in a Name?, page 431 - One year later, his [Nathaniel Sutliff] father-in-law, John Plympton, was captured by the Indiansm taken to near Chambley in Canada where John was burned at the stake on 18 May 1677.