Jonathan Plumer and Anna Farrell

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Husband Jonathan Plumer ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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            AKA: Nathaniel Plumer,6 Jonathan Plummer 7
           Born: 13 Apr 1724 - Newbury, Essex Co, MA 5
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         Father: John Plumer (1697-      ) 1 5
         Mother: Rebecca Wheeler (      -      ) 1 5

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       Marriage: 1754 5

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Mehetable Herriman (      -Abt 1749/1750) 7 - 6 Jun 1744 5 8

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Wife Anna Farrell ^{2 4 5}

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            AKA: Sarah Farrell 7
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Children

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1 M William Plumer ⁵

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           Born: 1755 5
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2 M John Plumer ⁵

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           Born: 1759 5
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3 M George Plumer ^{1 2 5 9 10 11}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1762 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 5 10 11
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           Died: 8 Jun 1843 - near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA 10 11
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         Spouse: Margaret Lowrey (1765-1818/1818) 2 8 9 10 11
           Marr: Aug 1784 10 11 12

         Spouse: Martha Dean (      -      ) 5 12
           Marr: 14 Nov 1821 12

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4 F Nancy Plumer ⁵

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         Spouse: Robert Hays (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Jonathan Plumer

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About 1749-50, after the death of his first wife, he removed to Pennsylvania with his three sons, and his strong character was soon evidenced in the prominence he attained among his new associates. He did military duty during the French and Indian war, acting as commissary in Braddock's expedition against Fort DuQuesne in 1755. The English being defeated, he and his wife sought refuge at Fort Cumberland. In 1758 he served as quartermaster under General Forbes, and was with him when the English forces took possession of Fort DuQuesne and changed the name to Pittsburgh. Shortly after this Col. George Croghan obtained a grant of fifteen hundred acres of land on the south side of the Allegheny river, extending from Two Mile run to the Narrows, and Jonathan Plumer, becoming interested in this tract, settled on it in the summer of 1761, building a cabin "by the permission of Col. Henry Bouquet." He made numerous important improvements on the property, and subsequently sold his interests to Colonel Croghan. [CAB, 697]

He resided in Newbury, Massachusetts, the place of his nativity, until the death of his first wife. Her loss was so great an affliction that he decided to seek relief in a change of scene. Accordingly he arranged to leave their three sons, who were entitled to a good estate from their mother, with her relatives in Rowley, and traveled southward.
In his youth Jonathan Plumer had been converted under the preaching of Dr. George Whitefield, and always took a deep interest in the religious movements of his day. Whitefield in his travels through the colonies had made long visits in the congregations in southern Pennsylvania and neighboring Maryland, under the charge of the Finleys and Blairs and Smiths, then the great lights of the Presbyterian Church in those regions, and it doubtless was from his report of them, and of the fertility of the soil, etc., that young Plumer was led to seek his fortune among them.
A record prepared in Newburyport many years ago says of him: "Jonathan Plumer (5th) emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1750; was commissary to Gen. Braddock in 1755."
One of the foremost and most remarkable men of that day in Maryland was Col. Thomas Cresap, who had fixed his residence in what was then called "Old Town," near Fort Cumberland. After the disastrous failure of Braddock, Jonathan Plumer seems to have settled in Old Town, for it is shown in a published correspondence between Governor Dinwiddie to Col. Adam Stephen, at Fort Cumberland, and from the latter to Capt. Dagworthy, at Fort Frederick, that Cresap and Plumer were at the date, March, 1757, collecting commissary supplies in that country.
It is traditional in Mr. Plumer's family that he was also in the army of Gen. Forbes the following year, when that "Head of Iron" took possession of the smoking ruins of Fort Du Quesne and named the place Pittsburgh. The main portion of the army made only a short stay, and then returned to the east of the mountains, Mr. Plumer accompanying them. It was in Old Town, or in Fort Frederick, that he, on short acquaintance, married Miss Anna Farrell, who proved a loving wife and helpmeet through all their life of dangers and trials. [HWC 1882, 659]

He served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. Not a great deal is known of him, but that he was a stout patriot and an able man. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, but the place of his death is unrecorded. It is known, however, that he did not continue to live in the region so long occupied by his forebears. On the contrary he did considerable moving about the country, going first to New Jersey, and later to Maryland. In the latter state he settled in Frederick County for a time, but later went to Old Town in the same state, where he was engaged in the Indian trade. He was actively engaged in the Indian troubles as well, and helped to keep General Braddock supplied during that officer's campaign in Pennsylvania against the red man, which turned out so disastrously, but gave General Washington an opportunity to distinguish himself. Mr. Plummer, indeed, left his wife and children in fort, and accompanied General Braddock to Fort Duquesne, Pennsylvania, thus reaching the neighborhood which was later to become the home of his descendants. He did not remain there, however, but later returned to Maryland. [GPHWP, 691]

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General Notes: Wife - Anna Farrell

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Oldtown, MD

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 658.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 569.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 72.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 656.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 697.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 466.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 691.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 659.

9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 37.

12 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 660.