Quoted directly from A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, From 1635 to 1845 by Joshua Coffin (Samuel G. Drake: Boston, 1845; Reprinted by Peter E. Randall: Newbury, 1977), pp. 315.
PLUMER, FRANCIS, 'linnen weaver,' came, some say from Woolwich, Eng. Others from Wales, about 1633. He was in Newbury 1635. His first wife Ruth d. 18 Aug. 1647. He m. widow Ann Palmer 31 March, 1648 or 9, who d. 18 Oct. 1665. He then m. Beatrice, widow of William Cantlebury, of Salem, 29 Nov. 1665. He d. 17 Jan. 1673. Ch.—Samuel, b. 1619, Joseph, 1630, and Mary, who m. ____ Cheney.
PLUMER, SAMUEL, son of Francis, m. Mary _____. Ch.—Samuel, 20 April, 1647, Mary, 8 Feb. 1650, John, 11 May, 1652, Ephraim, 16 Sept. 1655, Hannah, 16 Feb. 1657, Silvanus, 22 Feb. 1658, Ruth, 7 Aug. 1660, Elizabeth, 19 Oct. 1662, Deborah, 13 March, 1665, Joshua, Lydia, 2 July, 1668, Bathshua, 31 July, 1670. He died 1702 aged 83.
PLUMER, JOSEPH, son of Francis, m. 23 Dec. 1652. Ch.—Joseph, 11 Sept. 1654, Benjamin, 23 Oct. 1656, Sarah, 13 May, 1660, Francis, 23 April, 1662 and d. 5 Dec 1663, Francis, 25 Feb. 1664, Nathaniel, 31 Jan 1666, Jonathan, 13 May 1668, Abigail, 16 July 1669, and d. 11 Dec. 1683.
PLUMER EPHRAIM, son of Samuel, m. Hannah Jaques 15 Jan. 1680. Ch.—Mary, 19 Feb. 1681, Hannah, 12 Oct. 1682, Samuel, 27 Oct. 1684, Elizabeth, 21 Nov. 1686, John, 7 Nov. 1688, Ruth, 5 Nov. 1690, Daniel, 10 March, 1693, Richard, 3 Aug. 1695, Bitfield, 12 June, 1697, Sarah 26 July, 1699, Emma, 21 June 1704.
PLUMER, SILVANUS, son of Samuel, sen., m. Sarah Moody 18 Jan. 1682. Ch.—Mary, 22 Oct. 1683, Samuel, 12 Nov. 1684, and d. 2 Aug. 1685, Samuel, Lydia, Sarah, and Benjamin.
PLUMER, JOSEPH, jun., son of Joseph, sen., m. Hannah Swett 20 Jan. 1685. Ch.—Samuel, 4 May, 1686, Abigail, 11 Dec. 1687, Miriam, 16 June, 1690, Aaron, 16 Jan. 1693, Eleazar, 29 Jan. 1694, Joseph, 12 Jan. 1695, David, 16 March, 1696, Sampson, 14 March, 1699, Hannah, 17 July, 1700, Sarah, 17 April, 1702, Deborah, 19 Dec. 1703, Eliphalet, 1 April, 1705.
PLUMER, JOSHUA, son of Samuel, m. Elizabeth Dole 6 Nov. 1699. Ch.—Samuel, 3 Sept. 1700, Stephen, 6 Dec. 1702, Joshua, 22 Aug. 1705, Nathaniel, 19 June, 1708, Enoch, 3 Dec., 1711, Elizabeth, 22 March, 1716.
PLUMER, SAMUEL, son of Samuel, sen., m. Joanna Woodbery 5 Dec. 1670.
PLUMER, JOHN of Rowley, m. Elizabeth Smith 1700.
PLUMER, FRANCIS, son of Joseph, m. Mary Ellitrop. Daughter Mary b. 15 May, 1701.
PLUMER, JONATHAN, son of Joseph, m. Sarah Pearson 16 June, 1696. Ch.—John, 25 March, 1697, Daniel, 7 Jan. 1699, Mary, 6 Dec. 1701, Jonathan, 14 Aug. 1705.
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