THE PLANT FAMILY
OF BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT.
John1 Plant, the progenitor of this family, was a soldier in the Narragansett war. The Connecticut General Assembly, in October, 1696, bestowed on the “English Volunteers” in this struggle a tract of territory six miles square, to be divided among them, which was located in New London County, and has since borne the name of Voluntown. In the list of those receiving these grants John1 Plant was numbered 59 in the drawing of “Cedar Swamp Lots.”[6]
The Narragansett war ended in 1676. Soon after this the name of John1 Plant appears on the records of the town of Branford, January 21, 1677, when a lot of two acres was granted to him on condition that he should build upon it within three years. It seems unlikely that he was at Branford much before this date, for the reason that his name is not in the lists of residents enrolled in January, 1676. Nor do we find any others of the Plant name previous to this date. Subsequently his name occurs a number of times in connection with grants of land.[7]
He died about 1691, as evidenced by the inventory of his estate taken June 4, 1691. The valuation of his property was £130 8s. 9d.
The indications concerning his family are not altogether clear.[8] He had a son John,2 concerning whom accounts are somewhat full. There was a Martha Plant enrolled among the members of the church in 1704. She may have been his daughter. There was also an Elizabeth Plant,[9] who may have been another daughter.
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
OF JOHN2 AND HANNAH (WHEDON) PLANT.
| Hannah Plant | Reuben Whedon | |
| born July, 16, 1708 | William Whedon | |
| married | Noah Whedon | |
| Abraham Whedon | Hannah Whedon | |
| Martha Whedon | ||
| Submit Whedon | ||
| Sarah Whedon | ||
| Deborah Whedon | ||
| John Plant | ||
| born September 19, 1711 | ||
| Jonathan Plant | ||
| born July 29, 1714 | ||
| John Plant, Jr. | James Plant | Solomon Plant |
| baptized March 3, 1678 | born November 4, 1716 | James Plant |
| died February 10, 1752 | died February 7, 1795 | Samuel Plant |
| married | married September 22, 1740 | Stephen Plant |
| Hannah Whedon | Bathsheba Page | Lois Plant |
| died Nov. 5, 1754, aged 69 | Ebenezer Plant | |
| Sarah Plant | ||
| Moses Plant | ||
| Elizabeth Plant | Josiah Parrish | |
| born August 1, 1720 | Elizabeth Parrish | |
| married September 21, 1748 | Sibil Parrish | |
| Josiah Parrish | Hannah Parrish | |
| Mary Parrish | ||
| John Parrish | ||
| Timothy Plant | Lucy Plant | |
| born April 6, 1724 | Hannah Plant | |
| married February 12, 1745 | Timothy Plant | |
| Lucy Parrish | Joel Plant | |
| Ithiel Plant | ||
| Abraham Plant | Eli Plant | |
| baptized September 23, 1727 | Electa Plant | |
| married (1) | Lydia Plant | |
| Hannah Hoadley | Abraham Plant | |
| married (2) | Anne Plant | |
| Tamar Frisbie | Hannah Plant | |
| Elizabeth Plant | ||
| Rebecca Plant | ||
| Jason Plant | ||
| Benjamin Plant | Hannah Plant | |
| born 1732 | John Plant | |
| died August 11, 1808 | Benjamin Plant | |
| married (1) | Anderson Plant | |
| Lorana Beckwith | Lorana Plant | |
| married (2) | Peggy Plant | |
| Abigail Palmer | Samuel Plant | |
| married (3) | Elias Plant | |
| Lois Frisbie |
JOHN2 PLANT, JR.—HANNAH WHEDON.