Wright's Stories and History
Eugene Wright (1890 - 1973) was born in Whitman and moved to Plympton as a young boy. He was raised in Plympton and after attending both the Brockton Business School and the Bridgewater Teacher 's College taught for over 40 years in the Massachusetts public schools. After retiring he devoted much of his time to his farm on Maple Street in Plympton and his weekly column in the Silver Lake News. He was a descendant of Adam Wright, one of the earliest Plympton settlers.
Eugene Wright's Tales of Old Plympton Volume 1 & 2
A collection of Eugene Wright's stories originally published in his weekly column in the Silver Lake News for over 18 years, with the last story appearing in 1973. The collections were published by the Plympton Historical Society in 1977 and 1981, respectively. While the first Volume is currently out of print, the second volume is available for purchase from the Plympton Historical Society, 781-585-9648.
**NEW** In the spring of 2007, Plympton resident Alex Lloyd-Evans published a comprehensive index (PDF, 114KB) to be used with the Volume 1 stories. The 14 page index includes cited references to people, places and events.
Eugene Wright's History of Plympton
Wright’s History is a collection of his research compiled over many decades and a lifetime of close contact with Plympton. Some of these items form the basis of stories found in Tales of Old Plympton.
The original document is a loose-leaf binder in the Plympton Historical Society collection, and was scanned by PHS volunteers. There are 100 distinct PDF files. A number of the files span multiple topics and can therefore be found under more than one header.
Wright's Introduction
Baseball
Baseball in Plympton
Baseball Players-Potter, Pink and Billings
Plympton Baseball Team 1893-98 (Photo)
Plympton Baseball Team 1906-1908 (Photo)
Businesses
Brown Swamp Cranberry Bog (Photo)
Charcoal Trade
Cranberry Picking Around 1900
Cranberry Picking on Screen House Bog (Photos)
George W. Randall Shoeshop
George W. Randall Shoeshop (Photo)
Industrial Plympton
Picking Brown Swamp (Photo)
Picking Cranberries
Plympton Cranberry Culture
Randall's Shoe Shop 1930
Randall's Shoe Shop 1930 (Photo)
Z. T. Parker Store
Z. T. Parker Store (Photo)
Churches
Congregational Chapel
Congregational Chapel (Photo)
Deacons in the Plympton Church
First Members of the Plympton Church
First Plympton Church (Drawing)
Members (of Plympton Church) by Second Full Communion
Plympton Church Members (During Pastorate of)
Plympton Church Members (Joined since Sept. 2, 1866)
Plympton Church Members
Plympton Church Membership 1936
Plympton Congregational Church
Silver Lake Chapel Members 1936
Silver Lake Chapel
Silver Lake Chapel (Pastors)
Third Plympton Church (Drawing)
Homes & Farms
Adam Wright Homesite
Adam Wright Homesite (Photo)
Birthplace of Deborah Sampson
Birthplace of Deborah Sampson (Photo)
Fillebrown Home, Harrub's Corner (Photo)
George Roberts Farm
George Roberts Farm (Photo)
John Sherman Farmhouse (Photo)
Josiah Churchill Homestead (Photo)
Oliver Churchill House (Photo)
Rev. Elijah Dexter House
Rev. Elijah Dexter House (Photo)
Rev. Ezra Sampson House
Rev. Ezra Sampson House (Photo)
Stephen Bryant House
Stephen Bryant House (Photo)
General History of Plympton
Before Plympton
Miscellaneous Notes
Dennett Indian Stone Collection
Indian Stone Collection
More Indian Stones
Newspaper Article (Smallpox)
Establishment of Plympton, 1707
Plympton Chronological Events
Smallpox in Plympton
Southern Precinct of Plympton
Western Precinct
Untitled Personal Notes
Untitled Pages
Maps
Map of and Key to Plympton's First Settler's Homes
Map of and Key to Plympton's Landmarks
Map of and Key to Plympton's Old Buildings
Map of and Key to Plympton's Old Mills
People
Deacons in the Plympton Church
First Members of the Plympton Church
First Settlers
G.A.R. Vets and Sons of Vets (Photo)
Good Templars
John Sherman
John Sherman (Photo)
Members (of Plympton Church) by Second Full Communion
Plympton Church Members (During Pastorate of)
Plympton Church Members (Joined since Sept. 2, 1866)
Plympton Church Members
Plympton Church Membership 1936
Neck School Group
Neck School Group (Photo)
Plympton Census 1790
Plympton Census 1840
Plympton Census 1865 (Partial)
Plympton Directory 1865
Plympton Population 1765 - 1820
Plympton Road Scraping Crew (Photo)
Silver Lake Chapel Members 1936
Public Buildings, Places & Monuments
First Plympton School House (Drawing)
Library, Church and Parsonage
Library, Church and Parsonage (Photo)
Neck School Group
Neck School Group (Photo)
Old Burying Ground
Old Burying Ground (Photo)
Pleasant Street (Photo)
Plympton Cemeteries
Plympton Grange
Plympton Pounds
Plympton Public Library
Plympton Public Library (Photo)
Snappit Mill Pond (Photo)
Soldiers' Monument
The Green, Plympton, MA
The Green, Plympton, MA (Photo)
Union Hall
Union Hall (Photo)
Watering Places
Wars
Plympton in the War of 1812
Plympton in WW II