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
[9] Elizabeth Plant married, July 23, 1712, John Coach, also of
Branford, who died about 1728, as evidenced by the Probate Records.
She was appointed administrator, June 14, 1728. The inventory
exhibited June 26th following gives the valuation of his property at
£118 14_s._ 4_d._ The children are named, Sarah, about twelve years of
age, James, ten, Elizabeth, eight, Mary, five, John, three.
Sarah Coach married, September 20, 1738, Eleazer Stent.
Elizabeth Coach married, March 9, 1736, Jacob Carter.
[10] Thomas Whedon, the grandfather of Hannah Whedon, came to New
Haven with John Meigs, who, in 1648, bought the lot on the corner
of Chapel and Church Streets, where the Cutler building now stands.
Before leaving England Thomas Whedon had been bound to Meigs as an
apprentice to learn his art of tanner. He took the oath of fidelity
in 1657; married, May 24, 1651, Ann Harvey, at New Haven; moved to
Branford, and his name appears on the lists of proprietors, January
17, 1676, as having five children, and an estate valued at £96; he
died in 1691, leaving a wife and five children. Their son, Thomas
Whedon, Jr., was born May 31, 1663, at New Haven, and died in 1692;
his wife, Hannah Barnes, was the eldest daughter of John and Mercy
(Betts) Barnes, and was born December 23, 1670.
John^{2} Plant became a member of the church at Branford, September 2,
1716, and Hannah Plant, September 21, 1729. His will is in the Probate
Records at Guilford, Connecticut, dated February 29, 1752, proved
July 7, 1752. It names his wife, Hannah Plant, who was appointed
administratrix, daughters Hannah Whedon and Elizabeth Plant, and sons
John, Jonathan, James, Timothy, and Abraham. The inventory of the
estate places the valuation at £1007 6_s._ 1¼_d._ whereof £891 8_s._
11¼_d._ was real estate, of which one hundred acres of land was in
Litchfield. In the distribution, which was made December 19, 1752,
Elizabeth is called the wife of Josiah Parrish.
The will of Hannah Plant is also to be seen at Guilford, dated
November 31, 1752, proved December 18, 1753, presented by John Plant,
executor. It names sons John, Jonathan, James, Timothy, Abraham, and
Benjamin, and daughters Hannah Whedon and Elizabeth Parrish. The
distribution occurred February 18, 1754, when Hannah was called the
wife of Abraham Whedon, and Elizabeth the wife of Josiah Parrish.
Benjamin’s name occurs in his mother’s will, but is omitted in his
father’s.
[11] His will, dated December 22, 1761, proved September 7, 1762,
names wife Hannah Whedon, sons Reuben, William, and Noah, daughters
Hannah, Martha, Submit, Sarah, and “youngest daughter Deborah, that
still lives with me.” William and Noah were minors, and chose their
mother guardian.
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