Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel (Boston, Massachusetts Printer) and Jane Bainbridge (or Banbury) Green. She married John Plumbe about 1662, 3 years after his arrival in Massachusetts from England.
Elizabeth and John were innkeepers in both Hartford (where they lived until about 1677) and New London (where they arrived about 1677 and lived out the remainder of their lives). Among the more noteworthy and colorful events of Elizabeth's life were her court-imposed fines for selling liquor to Indians on at least 3 occasions. These incidents can be explained by the fact that John and Elizabeth were involved in the inn-keeping trade in both Hartford and later New London.
Elizabeth would have been among family in both Hartford (her grandmother, Justic Bainbridge died in Hartford abt 1673), and New London, as her half-brothers (Deacon) Timothy Green and Jonas Green resided in New London.
Five of John and Elizabeth's children were born in Hartford: John (m. Elizabeth Hempstead, eldest sister of the New London Diarist), Samuel (m. Mehetabel Hinde), Joseph (m. Susanna Newton), Greene (m. Mary Hempstead), and the last three in New London: Mercy (m. John Latham), George (m. Prudence Richardson) and Sarah (1682-1718).
Elizabeth Joined the New London Church in 1691 (Church records and the PLUMB BOOK). At a meeting of the Governor and Town Council in New London 29 Sept 1710, "Widow Plumbe" is reimbursed 1 pound 4 shillings (and her son John Plumbe, Justice, 1 pound 6 pence).
On 18 Nov 1721, Joshua Hempstead writes these three words in his DIARY: "Aunt Plumb died." As the New London Diarist referred to John, husband of his eldest sister Elizabeth as "Brother Plumb," he was surely talking here about John's mother, Elizabeth Green Plumbe, the "Widow Plumbe."
Elizabeth and John were innkeepers in both Hartford (where they lived until about 1677) and New London (where they arrived about 1677 and lived out the remainder of their lives). Among the more noteworthy and colorful events of Elizabeth's life were her court-imposed fines for selling liquor to Indians on at least 3 occasions. These incidents can be explained by the fact that John and Elizabeth were involved in the inn-keeping trade in both Hartford and later New London.
Elizabeth would have been among family in both Hartford (her grandmother, Justic Bainbridge died in Hartford abt 1673), and New London, as her half-brothers (Deacon) Timothy Green and Jonas Green resided in New London.
Five of John and Elizabeth's children were born in Hartford: John (m. Elizabeth Hempstead, eldest sister of the New London Diarist), Samuel (m. Mehetabel Hinde), Joseph (m. Susanna Newton), Greene (m. Mary Hempstead), and the last three in New London: Mercy (m. John Latham), George (m. Prudence Richardson) and Sarah (1682-1718).
Elizabeth Joined the New London Church in 1691 (Church records and the PLUMB BOOK). At a meeting of the Governor and Town Council in New London 29 Sept 1710, "Widow Plumbe" is reimbursed 1 pound 4 shillings (and her son John Plumbe, Justice, 1 pound 6 pence).
On 18 Nov 1721, Joshua Hempstead writes these three words in his DIARY: "Aunt Plumb died." As the New London Diarist referred to John, husband of his eldest sister Elizabeth as "Brother Plumb," he was surely talking here about John's mother, Elizabeth Green Plumbe, the "Widow Plumbe."
Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel (Boston, Massachusetts Printer) and Jane Bainbridge (or Banbury) Green. She married John Plumbe about 1662, 3 years after his arrival in Massachusetts from England.
Elizabeth and John were innkeepers in both Hartford (where they lived until about 1677) and New London (where they arrived about 1677 and lived out the remainder of their lives). Among the more noteworthy and colorful events of Elizabeth's life were her court-imposed fines for selling liquor to Indians on at least 3 occasions. These incidents can be explained by the fact that John and Elizabeth were involved in the inn-keeping trade in both Hartford and later New London.
Elizabeth would have been among family in both Hartford (her grandmother, Justic Bainbridge died in Hartford abt 1673), and New London, as her half-brothers (Deacon) Timothy Green and Jonas Green resided in New London.
Five of John and Elizabeth's children were born in Hartford: John (m. Elizabeth Hempstead, eldest sister of the New London Diarist), Samuel (m. Mehetabel Hinde), Joseph (m. Susanna Newton), Greene (m. Mary Hempstead), and the last three in New London: Mercy (m. John Latham), George (m. Prudence Richardson) and Sarah (1682-1718).
Elizabeth Joined the New London Church in 1691 (Church records and the PLUMB BOOK). At a meeting of the Governor and Town Council in New London 29 Sept 1710, "Widow Plumbe" is reimbursed 1 pound 4 shillings (and her son John Plumbe, Justice, 1 pound 6 pence).
On 18 Nov 1721, Joshua Hempstead writes these three words in his DIARY: "Aunt Plumb died." As the New London Diarist referred to John, husband of his eldest sister Elizabeth as "Brother Plumb," he was surely talking here about John's mother, Elizabeth Green Plumbe, the "Widow Plumbe."
Elizabeth and John were innkeepers in both Hartford (where they lived until about 1677) and New London (where they arrived about 1677 and lived out the remainder of their lives). Among the more noteworthy and colorful events of Elizabeth's life were her court-imposed fines for selling liquor to Indians on at least 3 occasions. These incidents can be explained by the fact that John and Elizabeth were involved in the inn-keeping trade in both Hartford and later New London.
Elizabeth would have been among family in both Hartford (her grandmother, Justic Bainbridge died in Hartford abt 1673), and New London, as her half-brothers (Deacon) Timothy Green and Jonas Green resided in New London.
Five of John and Elizabeth's children were born in Hartford: John (m. Elizabeth Hempstead, eldest sister of the New London Diarist), Samuel (m. Mehetabel Hinde), Joseph (m. Susanna Newton), Greene (m. Mary Hempstead), and the last three in New London: Mercy (m. John Latham), George (m. Prudence Richardson) and Sarah (1682-1718).
Elizabeth Joined the New London Church in 1691 (Church records and the PLUMB BOOK). At a meeting of the Governor and Town Council in New London 29 Sept 1710, "Widow Plumbe" is reimbursed 1 pound 4 shillings (and her son John Plumbe, Justice, 1 pound 6 pence).
On 18 Nov 1721, Joshua Hempstead writes these three words in his DIARY: "Aunt Plumb died." As the New London Diarist referred to John, husband of his eldest sister Elizabeth as "Brother Plumb," he was surely talking here about John's mother, Elizabeth Green Plumbe, the "Widow Plumbe."
Gravesite Details
As a member of the New London Church in good standing, having joined in 1691, there is no doubt that Elizabeth Plumbe is buried in the Ancient Cemetery, where her son John is interred.
