The Life of Henry Bradley Plant / Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express Company

by G. Hutchinson Smyth

Authorities.—Town and Church Records at Branford; gravestones at Branford; Family Records; Baldwin Genealogy; Rokeby’s History of New Haven County.

ELIAS⁴ PLANT—RUHAMAH HALL.

Elias⁴ Plant, son of Benjamin³ and Lorana (Beckwith) Plant (John,² John¹), baptized August 7, 1774, at Branford; married (1), March 31, 1799, Ruhamah Hall, daughter of Elias and Ruhamah Hall,[21] and widow of Thomas Trowbridge; born January 16, 1776; married (2), November 10, 1843, Lydia Linsley. The children were by the first marriage. See page 320.

I. William⁵ Plant, born January 4, 1800; baptized with the four younger children, September 30, 1810, at Branford; married Polly Beach, daughter of Asher S. and Statira (Baldwin) Beach. Children born at Branford.

1. Anna Louisa⁶ Plant, born February 14, 1832.

2. Alonzo Austin⁶ Plant, born October 27, 1834; married, July 2, 1857, Elizabeth Mary Hough, of New Haven.

3. Edwin Ezra⁶ Plant, born February 6, 1837.

4. Margaret⁶ Plant.

5. Lucerne⁶ Plant.

6. William⁶ Plant.