Plumb home stead

The Plumb family home stead was purchased by Asa PLumb. This has been the family home to at least 4 gen. of Plumbs that I know of. My mother told me that the house was well over 200 yrs old. I have no clue when it was built. I remember that my grandfather loved the house it was the only home he knew. It was a very modest home. Asa Plumb, Charles E Plumb, And Herman C Plumb,and a granddaughter live in the home until its tragic demise in a fire. I far as I remember it was a warm house with some occasional drafts.

It has a lot of memories to those who lived there.

My grandfather's barn faced this side of the house along with the milk house. I remember being in the barn with our horses and seeing the cow skulls laying around. The milk house was fed by one of the many natural springs on the property. It still had the old milk cans there. This picture is the side the kitchen was on. The window to the far right had a ladle hung above the sink that we all drank from when we were thirsty. I remember watching my grandmother at the sink. They did have indoor plumbing put in when my mother was a child. I think the out houses were still there. Later my Uncle cleaned the property and built a new house in its spot.

Ancestry family research

Asa Plumb, the oldest picture of the Plumbs that I have. It began my journey into the family history. The Plumb story.......

Asa was born in New London County Conn. USA.

In 1818. His death was 1903 on the family farm in Macedon,NY. His parents were Elisha plumb and Rhoda Waters. Elisha 1773-1875, fought in the battle of 1812.

Asa was married three separate times His first wife was Sara Sabin from Ontario NY born 1824-1859. Daughter of Samuel Sabin. her brother was a Doctor in Palmyra NY.

Asa and Sara had as far as I know 4 girls their first child was

Ida Fidelia who died in childhood. She and her mother are buried in the Dickenson Cemetery in Ontario NY. 2nd child

Caroline A 1843, 3rd child Margaretta A 1845, 4th child

Elizabeth 1849. His second wife Catherine Elebash 1823-1860

Their two children Sarah H 1853, Charles E 1858 who is my 2nd gen. great grandfather. His 3rd wife is Sarah Elizabeth Towne 1824-1912. They had no children together. Sarah E. Towne had a child with her first husband (Vanderoef) who died prior to marriage to Asa, their child James Elwin .

Sarah Elizabeth Towne is a descendant of the Towne family from Salam Mass. And the witch trials. Her descendant, Rebecca Nurse, who was the oldest woman hung during the witch trials.

The play the Crucible was based on the Towne Family and the witch trials.