The surname ‘Plummer’ is of English origin. It is derived from the topographic name for someone who lived near a plum tree. It is also an occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, a Plumer (from the Anglo Norman French word ‘plom(m)er’, ‘plum(m)er’, from ‘plom(b)’, ‘plum(b)’, meaning ‘lead’, from the Latin word ‘plumbum’). Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Plummer’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the sixteenth century were a ‘Ralph Plummer’, and ‘Agnes Lendall’, received their marriage licence in London, as recorded in 1566. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but data extracted from Historical archive’s confirm that one of the first forefathers to bring this name to America was a certain ‘Francis Plumer’, from Newbury, Berkshire, England. He emigrated to New England in 1630, settling in Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1633. He was one of the original trustees of that settlement. He died in 1665, leaving but ‘Ruth’ his wife, with other issue, a youngest son, ‘Joseph Plumer’, who had emigrated to New …
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