fplum
08-12-2005, 5:59 AM
This message is very similar to the last. Yes I read the item about the 20 families. However here is what I have got.
"The name Plumstead is derived from Plomb, a commune in Normandy, near the ancient town of Avranches, and the Saxon word Staede, signifying house or residence, farmhouse; hence Plombstede signified a householder in the commune of Plomb. The family was of Norman origin and the name was de Plombstede and de Plumstede for many generations. The de Plumstedes came to England with William the conqueror and settled in Norfolk and Kent, where three parishes yet bear their name."
Sources: The Plumstead Chronicles by Eugene Devereux Philadelphia 1887
Pennsylvania Founding Families 1681-1911
Does anybody have additional information on this family either in Normandy or early settlement in Kent or Norfolk?
Thanks for any help
"The name Plumstead is derived from Plomb, a commune in Normandy, near the ancient town of Avranches, and the Saxon word Staede, signifying house or residence, farmhouse; hence Plombstede signified a householder in the commune of Plomb. The family was of Norman origin and the name was de Plombstede and de Plumstede for many generations. The de Plumstedes came to England with William the conqueror and settled in Norfolk and Kent, where three parishes yet bear their name."
Sources: The Plumstead Chronicles by Eugene Devereux Philadelphia 1887
Pennsylvania Founding Families 1681-1911
Does anybody have additional information on this family either in Normandy or early settlement in Kent or Norfolk?
Thanks for any help