USGenWeb Genealogical Site for the Town of
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Plympton Massachusetts Plymouth County |
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Including the Villages of Harrubs Corner, North Plympton, Plympton Green, Prospect Hill and Winetuxet
See also the sites for the parent town of Plymouth and the daughter towns of Carver and Halifax
Deborah Sampson Birthplace
Elm St., Plympton
March 16, 2008 — We have a new address! Many USGenWeb sites have relocated, and we have, too. Please bookmark our new address.
March 26, 2007 — James Heffernan has transcribed a seven-page manuscript written by then Town Clerk Lewis Bradford about 1850, and containing information about some of the town's early families.
January 15, 2004 — I've added gravestone transcriptions from four Plympton cemeteries that were published in Mayflower Descendant. The largest is the Hillcrest Cemetery, also known as the Old Cemetery. The other three cemeteries are small - the Congregational Church Cemetery, North Plympton Cemetery and the Smallpox Cemetery.
April 6, 2003 — Welcome to the brand new Plympton USGenWeb page. I'll be posting notices here as new resources are added to the site.
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Books and Records
You can find copies of books for sale by using the search engine at Bookfinder.com.
Books that are no longer in copyright can often be found online at Internet Archive Text Archive, Family History Books or Google Books. Additional books are available through two sites that many libraries offer access to - Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest Online.
Henry Edwards Scott, Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923).
Ann S. Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Censuses for Plympton (Boston: The Author, 1988).
Eugene A. Wright, Tales of Old Plympton, Volume 1 (Plympton: Plympton Historical Society, 1977). Stories and anecdotes about Plympton people, places, and events, originally published in the Silver Lake News.
Eugene A. Wright, Tales of Old Plympton, Volume 2 (Plympton: Plympton Historical Society, 1981). More stories and anecdotes about Plympton people, places, and events, originally published in the Silver Lake News.
Ebenezer Weaver Pierce, Historic Sketches of Hanson, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, Middleboro', Pembroke, Plympton, Rochester, Wareham and West Bridgewater (Boston: The Author, 1873).
John Sherman, Historical Address Read at the 200th Anniversary of the Town of Plympton, August 8, 1907 (Plymouth: The Author, 1907).
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Town Records Images:
Images of the town record books are online at FamilySearch.org.
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
Published Vital Records 1707 to 1850:
Henry Edwards Scott, Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923).
Vital Records 1707 to present:
Town Clerk
Plympton Town House
5 Palmer Rd.
Plympton, MA 02367
781-585-3220
Hours: Mon., Tues. & Thurs. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Monday Evening 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Vital Records 1841-1920:
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-2816
Fax: 617-288-8429
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Vital Records 1921 to present:
Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
617-740-2600
Or order online:
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Massachusetts Vital Records Information from Ancestry.com.
Deeds and Probate
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
50 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-9200
Fax: 508-830-9221
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Researchers can search grantor books or grantee books at no charge.
Images of the Plymouth County deeds are online at FamilySearch.org.
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
Fax: 508-746-6826
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
Images of the Plymouth County probate estate files are available online for NEHGS members.
Images of the Plymouth County probate records are online at FamilySearch.org in two groups of image sets, one consisting mainly of case files and one consisting mainly of record books. Navigating the image sets of the oldest probate records can be a bit confusing, so I have prepared A Brief Guide to the "Old Series" of Plymouth County Probate Records (1686-1881).
SPECIAL NOTE: You need a free login to to view the images at FamilySearch.
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Genealogical and Historical Societies, Libraries and Locations
Genealogical and Historical Societies and Libraries
Plympton Public Library
2 Palmer Rd.
Plympton, MA 02367
781-585-4551
Hours: Tues. and Thurs. 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Plympton Historical Commission pages hold many valuable resources, including scans of old maps, Hillcrest Cemetery transcriptions and information on the Plympton Village Historic District.
Plympton Historical Society
189 Main St.
Plympton, MA 02367
Plymouth County Genealogists, Inc.
PCGI is a non-profit genealogical society whose monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:00 PM at the East Bridgewater Public Library. Meetings generally feature a guest speaker and the public is welcome.
Old Colony History Museum
66 Church Green
Taunton, MA 02780
508-822-1622
Hours: Tues. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed on holidays and on Saturdays preceding Monday holidays
Museum Admission: Adults - $4.00, Children 12-18 and Seniors - $2.00
Genealogical Research: $7.00 per day
South Shore Genealogical Society
PO Box 396
Norwell, MA 02061
Meetings: The second Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:30 p.m. at the John Curtis Free Library, Rte. 139, Hanover, MA.
For beginners, amateurs and professionals interested in genealogical research in Plymouth and Norfolk Counties.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3695
617-536-1608
Hours: Mon. - Weds. 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Thurs. 9:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Closed Sunday.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury St.
Boston, MA 02116-3007
617-536-5740
Fax: 617-536-7307
Library Hours: Tues. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Weds. 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Thurs. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Closed Sun. and Mon.
The library is closed for some holidays - call or see the website for details.
For non-members there is a daily admisssion fee for the research library.
NEHGS is nation's oldest genealogical society, founded in 1845. It offers unsurpassed resources for New England research including the Boston research library of over 200,000 volumes. Members not in the Boston area appreciate their extensive online resources including all issues of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, the nation's oldest genealogical journal, published quarterly since 1847. Online resources also include member access to vital records through 1915, an ever-growing collection of online books, and databases derived from some of the Society's immense manuscript holdings.
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In 1640 the first grants of lands were made in Winnetuxet - the area that in 1695 became the western precinct of Plymouth. In the latter year the first meeting-house was built. In 1707 the precinct was incorporated as Plympton, the seventh town in Plymouth County. In 1734 the area of the town was diminished by some 5,000 acres which became part of the new town of Halifax. The size of the town was again diminished in 1790 when the southern precinct was incorporated as the new town of Carver.
| 1765 | (Prov.) | 1,390 | 1776 | (Prov.) | 1,707 | 1790 | (U.S.) | 956 | 1800 | (U.S.) | 861 | |||
| 1810 | (U.S.) | 900 | 1820 | (U.S.) | 930 | 1830 | (U.S.) | 920 | 1840 | (U.S.) | 834 | |||
| 1850 | (U.S.) | 927 | 1855 | (State) | 1,000 | 1860 | (U.S.) | 994 | 1865 | (State) | 924 | |||
| 1870 | (U.S.) | 804 | 1875 | (State) | 755 | 1880 | (U.S.) | 694 | 1885 | (State) | 600 | |||
| 1890 | (U.S.) | 597 | 1895 | (State) | 549 | 1900 | (U.S.) | 488 | 1905 | (State) | 514 | |||
| 1910 | (U.S.) | 561 | 1915 | (State) | 599 | 1920 | (U.S.) | 469 | 1925 | (State) | 511 | |||
| 1930 | (U.S.) | 511 | 1935 | (State) | 558 | 1940 | (U.S.) | 532 | 1945 | (State) | 545 | |||
| 1950 | (U.S.) | 697 | 1955 | (State) | 760 | 1960 | (U.S.) | 821 | 1965 | (State) | 1,060 | |||
| 1970 | (U.S.) | 1,224 | 1975 | (State) | 1,679 | 1980 | (U.S.) | 1,974 | 1990 | (U.S.) | 2,384 | |||
| 2000 | (U.S.) | 2,637 |
The Plympton Historical Commission has posted online images of a number of historical maps of the town.
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Commonwealth Communities page for Plympton
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Plymouth County, MA - USGenWeb
Plymouth County Records Online - USGenWeb
Massachusetts Genealogy - USGenWeb
The USGenWeb Project - Home Page
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Please note that although I was born and raised about 15 miles from Plympton
I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
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