The Life of Henry Bradley Plant: Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express CompanySmyth, G. Hutchinson (George Hutchinson)
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The Life of Henry Bradley Plant: Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express Company
Smyth, G. Hutchinson (George Hutchinson)
Plant family; Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
1. Eli^{4} Plant, born August 4, 1763; married, July 8, 1787, Sarah
Stent.
2. Electa^{4} Plant, born September 27, 1765.
3. Lydia^{4} Plant, born December 20, 1767; baptized, with the younger
children, May 2, 1784.
4. Abraham^{4} Plant, born August 3 or 4, 1770.
5. Anne^{4} Plant, born August 3 or 4, 1770, twin with Abraham.
6. Hannah^{4} Plant, born March 14, 1773.
7. Elizabeth^{4} Plant, born October 12, 1775.
8. Rebecca^{4} Plant, born March 7, 1777.
9. Jason^{4} Plant, born August 11, 1782.
VIII. Benjamin^{3} Plant, born about 1732; died August 11, 1808, aged
76; married (1), April 5, 1758, Lorana Beckwith, of Lyme; born about
1736; died March 16, 1789, aged 53; married (2), June 17, 1790, Abigail
Palmer; married (3), December 6, 1797, Lois Frisbie. _Account continued
on page 318._
_Authorities._--New Haven and Branford Town and Church Records; Probate
Records at New Haven, Branford, and Guilford; _Atwater’s History of New
Haven Colony_; Orcutt’s _History of Stratford_.
JAMES^{3} PLANT--BATHSHEBA PAGE.
James^{3} Plant, son of John^{2} and Hannah (Whedon) Plant (John^{1});
born November 4, 1716; baptized November 18, 1716, at Branford; died
there February 7, 1795; married, September 22, 1740, Bathsheba Page,
daughter of Samuel and Mindwell Page, of Branford; born January 25,
1715-16; died January 5, 1803, at Stratford, Connecticut. _See page
313._
He had a farm near the head of Lake Saltonstall and raised a family,
most of whom left Branford. He was drowned while crossing the lake on
the ice, and his farm was sold by John and Samuel Plant to George
Townsend, of East Haven. His widow seems to have passed the closing
years of her life with their oldest son in the home he had made at
Stratford.
I. Solomon^{4} Plant, born May 1, 1741; died May 20, 1822; married (1),
November 16, 1769, Sarah Bennett, of Stratford, who died September 15,
1815; married (2), November 19, 1816, Mrs. Esther (Frost) Botsford.
_Account continued on page 320._
II. James^{4} Plant, born September 10, 1742; living at Southington,
Connecticut, as late as June 15, 1813, when he deeded land to his son
Ebenezer^{5}; married, January 9, 1772, at New Haven, Lucy Judd,
daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Thompson) Judd, of that place. _Account
continued on page 321._
III. Samuel^{4} Plant, baptized February 10, 1745; married, July 2,
1769, Thankful Towner, of Branford. He was lost at sea.
IV. Stephen^{4} Plant, baptized March 8, 1747; died before February 3,
1808, when his estate was admitted to probate in Litchfield,
Connecticut, and his widow was appointed administratrix. _Account
continued on page 322._
V. Lois^{4} Plant, baptized April 2, 1749; died April 21, 1833, aged 84,
at South Hill, Onondaga County, New York; married Obed Fellows, of
Canaan, Connecticut. Their son, Ephraim^{5} Fellows, was the father of
Lucy^{6} Fellows, who became the wife of William Agur^{6} Plant. _See
page 328._
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