Joseph Plympton. [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Mar 1676/1677. He died on 21 Oct 1739. He married Priscilla Partridge in 1699.
Other marriages:Sabin, Susannah
He was a prominent man in Medfield; was representative, 1720, and 1731.
He was Lieut. of Militia, commissioned by Gov. Dummer in 1723.
He was one of the proprietors of New Medfield, and was very active inforwarding the settlement, and in ordering the affairs of the town. Hewas on the several committees--to divide the land; to locate and buildthe first meeting-house; to locate the first bridge over the Quinebaug;and he was moderator of ten of the proprietors' meetings.
Priscilla Partridge [Parents] was born on 3 Sep 1672 in Medfield, MA. She died on 24 May 1738 in Medfield, MA. She married Joseph Plympton. in 1699.
They had the following children:
M i William PLIMPTON was born on 26 May 1700. He died on 29 Apr 1770. M ii Simon Plimpton. M iii Nathan Plimpton. F iv Priscilla Plimpton was born on 13 Oct 1704. M v Joseph Plimpton. F vi Hannah Plimpton. F vii Amy Plimpton was born in 1715.
John Dwight [Parents] was born on 3 May 1675 in Medfield,Norfolk,Massachusetts. He died on 30 Mar 1751 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. He married Elizabeth HARDING on 3 Dec 1696 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
Elizabeth HARDING [Parents] was born on 2 Dec 1678 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. She died on 9 Apr 1758 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. She married John Dwight on 3 Dec 1696 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA.
They had the following children:
F i Keziah DWIGHT was born on 8 Sep 1705. She died on 11 Nov 1776.
Joseph Plympton. [Parents] 1 was born on 18 Mar 1676/1677. He died on 21 Oct 1739. He married Susannah Sabin on 15 Apr 1739.
Other marriages:Partridge, Priscilla
He was a prominent man in Medfield; was representative, 1720, and 1731.
He was Lieut. of Militia, commissioned by Gov. Dummer in 1723.
He was one of the proprietors of New Medfield, and was very active inforwarding the settlement, and in ordering the affairs of the town. Hewas on the several committees--to divide the land; to locate and buildthe first meeting-house; to locate the first bridge over the Quinebaug;and he was moderator of ten of the proprietors' meetings.
Susannah Sabin.Susannah married Joseph Plympton. on 15 Apr 1739.
Joseph Plympton [Parents] 1 was born on 7 Oct 1653 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. He died on 22 Jun 1702. He married Mary Morse.
Mary Morse.Mary married Joseph Plympton.
They had the following children:
M i Joseph Plympton. was born on 18 Mar 1676/1677. He died on 21 Oct 1739.
William Partridge [Parents] was born in 1622 in England, Navestock, Essex. He died in 1692 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. He married Sarah Colborne on 19 Nov 1656. William resided in 1654 in 1653 Medfield, Norfolk, MA. He signed a will on 14 Aug 1692 in Suffolk Co, . probate vol 13, p75.
Other marriages:Price, Sarah
Sarah Colborne [Parents] was born on 15 Apr 1640 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA. She married William Partridge on 19 Nov 1656.
They had the following children:
M i Nathaniel Partridge was born on 3 Nov 1660. M ii John Partridge was born on 13 Feb 1661/1662. M iii Elisha Partridge was born on 27 Feb 1663/1664. M iv Joseph Partridge was born on 13 Mar 1665/1666. M v William Partridge was born on 22 Feb 1667/1668. F vi Priscilla Partridge was born on 3 Sep 1672. She died on 24 May 1738. F vii Sarah Partridge was born on 21 Jan 1672/1673. F viii Hannah Partridge was born on 15 Aug 1677. M ix Josiah Partridge was born on 22 Jan 1678/1679. F x Mary Partridge was born on 22 Feb 1680/1681.
John Cleves Henderson was born on 16 Oct 1809 in Cincinnati, OH. He died on 11 Mar 1884. He married Jane Louisa Rapallo on 9 Dec 1841.
Successful New York businessman. Built and owned 57 houses in the UpperEast Side. Source: Ernest F. Henderson
Jane Louisa Rapallo [Parents] was born on 21 Jul 1820 in New York, NY. She died on 22 Sep 1880. She married John Cleves Henderson on 9 Dec 1841.
They had the following children:
F i Charlotte Henderson was born in 1847. F ii Elizabeth Henderson was born in 1850. F iii Mary Henderson was born in 1851. M iv Lewis O. Henderson was born in 1856. M v Harold G. Henderson was born in 1858. M vi Ernest Flagg Henderson was born in 1860. He died in 1928. M vii Norman Henderson was born in 1862. F viii Ellen G. Henderson was born in 1864.
Gershom Flagg [Parents] 1 was born on 20 Apr 1705 in Boston, MA. He died on 23 Mar 1771 in Brattle Tavern at School St., Boston, MA. He married Hannah Pitson on 4 Jan 1736/1737 in Boston.
Other marriages:Clallender, Lydia
From family records, it appears that Gershom Flagg was an architect byprofession. He was employed at the rebuilding of Fort Richmond on theKennebec in 1740, and went with Governor Pownal to the Penobscot in 1759,as a contractor in constructing Fort Pownal. He was a proprietor in thePlymouth Company, and lands in Augusta, Me., were assigned to him in thedistribution. On the lot in Agusta a compact part of the city wasafterwards built. The lands on the kennebee developed enough in islifetime to make him wealthy for the times. It is to be inferred that hewas a freemason, from the squares and compasses on the head-stone of hisgrave in the Granary Buryingground in Boston. At the time of his death hehad large possessions in real estate in Boston, including a homestead ofmany acres, with extensive gardens, richly cultivated. This was his homeuntil a short time before his death, when he removed with his family tothe town of Harvard, in order to be out of the way of danger to them whenthe anticipated hostilities between this and the mother country shouldbreak out. In Harvard he occupied the house belonging to Henry Bromfield,Esq. This house is described by Dr. Slade, in his account of theBromfield family, as "situated amidst avenues of lofty elms, of venerableappearance, with gambrel roof, and quaint chimneys, suggestive of homecomforts."
Hannah Pitson [Parents] was born in 1711 in England. She died on 13 Oct 1784. She married Gershom Flagg on 4 Jan 1736/1737 in Boston.
They had the following children:
F i Mary or Polly Flagg was born in 1750. F ii Griselda (Grizzell) Apthorp Flagg was born on 2 May 1753. She died on 19 Jan 1827. F iii Ebenezer Flagg died in 1775 in The West Indies. M iv James Flagg.
James, a merchant, settled in Gardiner, ME in 1762, but afterwardsremoved to Boston, and died in the West Indies of Yellow Fever, unmarriedin 1775.F v Hannah Flagg. M vi Gershom Flagg died in May 1802 in Maine. F vii Elizabeth Flagg died in 1817.
Gershom Flagg [Parents] 1 was born on 20 Apr 1705 in Boston, MA. He died on 23 Mar 1771 in Brattle Tavern at School St., Boston, MA. He married Lydia Clallender in 1730.
Other marriages:Pitson, Hannah
From family records, it appears that Gershom Flagg was an architect byprofession. He was employed at the rebuilding of Fort Richmond on theKennebec in 1740, and went with Governor Pownal to the Penobscot in 1759,as a contractor in constructing Fort Pownal. He was a proprietor in thePlymouth Company, and lands in Augusta, Me., were assigned to him in thedistribution. On the lot in Agusta a compact part of the city wasafterwards built. The lands on the kennebee developed enough in islifetime to make him wealthy for the times. It is to be inferred that hewas a freemason, from the squares and compasses on the head-stone of hisgrave in the Granary Buryingground in Boston. At the time of his death hehad large possessions in real estate in Boston, including a homestead ofmany acres, with extensive gardens, richly cultivated. This was his homeuntil a short time before his death, when he removed with his family tothe town of Harvard, in order to be out of the way of danger to them whenthe anticipated hostilities between this and the mother country shouldbreak out. In Harvard he occupied the house belonging to Henry Bromfield,Esq. This house is described by Dr. Slade, in his account of theBromfield family, as "situated amidst avenues of lofty elms, of venerableappearance, with gambrel roof, and quaint chimneys, suggestive of homecomforts."
Lydia Clallender.Lydia married Gershom Flagg in 1730.
John Flagg [Parents] was born on 26 May 1673 in Woburn, MA. He died about 19 Dec 1732 in Boston. He married Albia Kornic before 1700 in Woburn, MA. John signed a will on 19 Dec 1732 in Probate.
He moved to Boston about 1700. In 1717 he owned an estate on HanoverStreet, Boston, where the American House now stands. He married AbiahKornic, a native of England. They were the parents of nine children.Their third child was Eleazer Flagg, who was the grandfather of the twosoldier boys of '76, Ebenezer and Gershom. Their seventh child was theEbenezer Flagg mentioned above as the owner of "Pompey", and thisEbenezer Flagg of Boston had a grandson Henry Collins Flagg Jr., ofNewport, R.I., whose granddaughter Alice Gwynne married CorneliusVanderbilt, mother of Cornelius and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
Albia Kornic was born in 1676 in England. She died on 3 Sep 1715 in Boston, MA. She married John Flagg before 1700 in Woburn, MA.
They had the following children:
M i John Flagg was born in 1699. F ii Hannah Flagg was born in 1701. M iii Eleazer Flagg was born in 1703.
Of Eleazer Flagg little is known; he was born in Boston Feb. 12, 1703,and at one time was an innkeeper there. In a deed dated 1740 we findEleazer Flagg mentioned as a "retailer" of Boston. He purchased fromDaniel Johnson and other heirs of Samuel Johnson deceased of LancasterNov. 24, 1740, a famous slate-quarry property, situated four miles N.E.of Lancaster Center, in the extreme north end of the town, not far fromthe Shirley line. In the words of Rev. Peter Whitney in his History ofWorcester Co., published in 1793, "this slate pit is fine and valuableand perhaps inexhaustable, furnishing slate and tiles for the roofs ofhouses, and most excellent stones for graves. This was first discoveredby Mr. Flagg. The slates have been in use for about 40 years. The quarryis now (1793) owned by Joseph Wales. No slates equal to these have yetbeen discovered on the Continent.
Eleazer Flagg was the grandfather of the two soldier boys of '76,Ebenezer and Gershom.M iv Gershom Flagg was born on 20 Apr 1705. He died on 23 Mar 1771. M v Ebenezer Flagg was born in 1707. F vi Hannah Flagg was born in 1708. M vii Ebenezer Flagg was born in 1710.
John and Abiah's seventh child, Ebenezer Flagg is mentioned above as theowner of "Pompey", and this Ebenezer Flagg of Boston had a grandson HenryCollins Flagg Jr., of Newport, R.I., whose granddaughter Alice Gwynnemarried Cornelius Vanderbilt, mother of Cornelius and Alfred GwynneVanderbilt.M viii Thomas Flagg was born in 1712. F ix Abiel Flagg was born in 1713.
James Pitson was born in 1683 in Surrey, England. He died in 1739. He was buried in 1739 in Old Granary Burying Ground. He married Hannah Pitson. James immigrated in 1714.
Hannah Pitson was born in 1688. She died in 1749. She was buried in 1749 in Old Granary Burying Ground. She married James Pitson. Hannah immigrated in 1714.
They had the following children:
F i Hannah Pitson was born in 1711. She died on 13 Oct 1784. F ii Elizabeth Pitson was born in 1719. She died in 1789.