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Copyright, 1922
BY
ALBERT A. POMEROY
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DETROIT
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"The Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family is a
volume of 962 closely printed pages [aside from 78
pages of illustrations] that was published four years
ago. At the time of its publication there was a full
description of the book in these columns. At that
time the secretary and historian of the Pomeroy
Family Association was Albert A. Pomeroy of
Sandusky, Ohio, who has been continued in the
office. The volume represents the expenditure
of a large amount of time and money, and the
genealogies of the different generations are concise,
so that each page contains as much information as is
found in some genealogical pamphlets."
— Boston Transcript.
The History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family: "The book selected by the New England
Register for attack, is a splendid work of 1040 royal
octavo pages, with about eighty interesting illustra-
tions, the whole well printed in excellent type on
beautiful white paper and handsomely bound, while
in subject matter and contents it is, to an historian,
of all genealogies which I have ever examined the
one most notable and historically most valuable."
— The "Journal of American History, \o\ XI, No. 2,
VII
l^htrattott
To the memory of Dr. Hiram Sterling Pomeroy,
who passed to his reward on April 20, 1917, at Auburn-
dale, Mass. He studied medicine at Yale and received
the degree of M.D. at Leipsic, and in 1891 the degree
of M.A. from Yale; Fellow of the Massachusetts
Medical Society; member of the American Academy
Pol. and Social Science; President of the Pomeroy
Family Association, and a generous contributor to the
work and expense; and a prolific writer.
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ODffurrfi of tlir {Iomrrni| ^Family Afiunrialian
President — Hon. George Eltweed Pomerov, Toledo, Ohio.
First Vice-Presidoit — S. Harris Pomeroy, New York City, and New
Rochelle, New York.
Second Vice-President — Robert Watson Pomeroy, Esq., Buifalo, N. Y.,
and Camden, S. C.
Secretary mid Historian — Lieut. Col. Albert A. Pomeroy, State
Soldiers Home, Erie County, Ohio, and Sandusky, Ohio.
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Ql0ttt?nt0 of Part ®Ijr??
^iatorg attJ» (Bmmlo^^ of ll|0 Pomprog 3Ramtlg
Frontispiece ^ ii
POMEROY CoAT-OF-ArMS ff . . /W ill
Title Page v
Copyright vi
The Number of Your Book vi
Gratifying Quotations vii
Dedication viii
Officers of the Pomeroy Family Association ix
Contents x
List of Illustrations xii
Quotation from Journal of American History xiii
Part Three — History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family 14
Preface IS
First Progenitors of the Pomeroy Race 19
La Pommeraye in Normandy 20
Ruins of La Pommeraye Castle, Normandy 22
The Origin of the Name Pomeroy 23
Authentic Names of the Companions of William the Conqueror on Tablet 27
The Domesday Book 28
Eltweed Pomeroy's Enterprise in Beaminster 29
Letter of Commendation with His Signature 30
Deposition of Eltweed Written by Himself 32
Pedigree of the Descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy 35
Developments in the American Pomeroy Race 43
Extensions and Errata in Parts One and Two 143
A Study in Heredity — Pomeroy Characteristics 146
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Ancient Pomeroy Seals and Charters 155
Deed of Gift from Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, to his Sistf.r Rohesia de
La Pomeraie 156
Feet of Fines 159
A Mail-Clad Norman Knight and his Castle 160
The Building of the Castle 161
An Old English Church Crisis 162
Berry Pomeroy and the Towns ok the Dart 165
Honours of Harberton and Totten 168
Musters Taken in County Dorset 170
John Pomeroy, Gent 1 70
Inquisitions Post Mortem 1 76
Early Chancery Proceedings 182
Chapter of Devon, Dorset and Cornwall Wills 197
Lay Subsidy Rolls 201
Study of Vivian and Bond Unpublished MSS 205
Eltwitt Pomeroy's Birth the First Record in Beaminster Register 210
The Great Release and Transfer of Pomeroy Manors 222
Chancery Decree Rolls 225
The Force of Actual Record Authority 232
Heraldic Analysis of Harleian MSS. 1091 . . 233
Some Gratifying English Records 234
About the Pomeroy Pamphlet Number One 256
Criticism of a Stupid Attack on the Pomeroy Genealogy 259
Controversy Determined by Scientific Analysis 260
"A GENEALOGICAL CAUSE CELEBRE" 261
Difficulties of British Pedigree Building 267
Unassailable Strength of the Heraldic Rights of the Pomeroy Race 271
A New "Deteckative School of Genealogical Deteckating" 291
Collapse of the New England Register's Last Bridge 299
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litat of JUuatrattoit0
Face Page
Frontispiece, View of the Ruins of Berry-Pomeroy Castle from the Limekiln . . II
The Pomeroy Coat-of-Arms In Colors T/2^:&?:^rt*^^\^^. 3^,:'^ III
Engraved Title Page In Colors f. . iy. ..... V
Ruins of La Pommeraie Castle at Saint Sauvieur de La Pommeraie, Normandy. . 22
Tablet with Engraved Names of the Companions of William the Conqueror. ... 27
The Ancient Church at Dives, Normandy, where the Tablet is Preserved 27
The First of Seven Pages of the Domesday Book, First Census of England. . . 28
Letter of Commendation Showing Signature of Eltweed Pomeroy 31
Three Sons of Medad Pomeroy, Eighth Generation in America 43
Hon. Theodore Medad Pomeroy 85
Deed of Gift from Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, to Rohesia de La Pomerie. .. . 155
Ancient Seal and Charter of Henry de La Pomeroy 157
Horn Hill Tunnel between Beaminster, Dorset, and Crewkerne, Somerset. . . . 210
Market Square, Crewkerne, Somerset 232
View of the Ruins of Berry-Pomeroy Castle, South Front 260
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Part Three of the History and Genealogy of the
Pomeroy Family is essentially a Ixwjk of the Pomcroy
Race. It is a hook of sources; of reference, and for the
present the conclusion of the research for the early
records of those wIkj hear this distinctive name. In
this volume may be found about all the records of
Pomcroy men and women preserved in the parish
registers of Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset
Counties, Kngland. Also, many of the loose ends
which have been dangling through more than nine
centuries which the Pomeroy name has endured in its
integrity; and it is safe to assert that ir is one of the
most ancient names of record, and may be traced from
its infancy in Normandy.
"Having a distinctive .surname, confined to a single
kinship to deal witii, Col. Pomeroy has taken advantage
of the opportunity by following the history of the race
on botli sides of the ocean personally to a degree which
is almost or quite unprecedented, making his work, to
an historian, or sociologist, as I have said, the most
valuable genealogy which has appeared in print to date,
.so far as my knowledge goes. And this is the book
selected by the New England Registei- for attack. In
examining the attack critically, therefore, I do not feel
that I am defending a book merely, but the entire
science of genealogy." — Frank Allaben, Editor-in-Chief
of the Journal of Atnerican History.
AUTHORITIES
Dictionaire Georgraphique et Administratif de la
France.
The Great Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy.
M. de Gerville.
The Red Book of the Court of the Exchequer
(Henry II).
The Domesday Book.
Chancery Depositions, Public Record Office, London.
Parish Registers of Counties Cornwall, Devon, Dorset,
and Somerset.
Principal Probate Registry, London.
The Journal of American History.
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Part ®Ifr^^
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Pr^fac^ til |Iart ihl]m
While it is not necessary to recite in this additional Part Three to the
History and Genealogy of rhc I\mieroy Family any details about the elegant
material and construction of the Pomeroy Family Book, or the satisfaction
and pleasure with which the same was received by all members of the Pomeroy
race, so far as heard from, perhaps it is advisable to state here the reasons
which have prompted the annalist to publish this smaller volume at this time.
The fact that there remains not one copy of the History and (Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family unsold is sufficient evidence that the volume was in
demand from the date of publication in 1912.
The History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family consists of Part One,
of 124 pages, covering the Pomeroy history in Normandy and England of the
tribal ancestors of Eltweed Pomeroy, and Part Two, of 930 pages, comprising
the genealogical ciata and activity of his descendants in America.
Part Three is added as supplementary to the other two parts in order
to carry the history and genealogy down to the date of its publication, in
both England and America. The active officers of the Pomeroy Family
Association employed Mr. C. A. Hoppin, an expert genealogist, to continue
the investigation in Normandy and England for new historical and genealog-
ical material, and the verification or correction of that which has been
published, while the Secretary has been diligent in recording in his inter-
leaved book the new developments that have been reported to him by the
American contingent, which comprise birth, marriage and death dates, with
the additional names; also, the classification of families which were omitted
from the big family book because no data of those families came to hand.
It is believed that this supplemental enterprise, with the new information
and alignment, will perhaps cause the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family to be recognized as the most complete book of genealogy published,
and that it will appeal to the interest of those bearing that distinctive name.
During the intervening years since the Pomeroy family book was pub-
lished the association has published two Pomeroy Brochures, No. 1 and No. 2,
and the Secretary has prepared several articles for the Boston Transcripty
the Hartford Times, and the Colonial of Boston, successfully defending the
descent of the American Pomeroys from the old Norman line so long estab-
lished at Berry-Pomeroy in Devonshire, England, as published in the History
and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. The warmest gratitude and thanks
are due to Mr. Frank AUaben, editor-in-chief of The Journal of American
History, and President of the National Historical Society, for his unbiased
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Part ilbm - Pomrrny Btstnrg unh (^mmio^i^ IB
and scientific analysis of the merits of the controversy and the claims main-
tained in the Pomeroy Family Genealogy against the assertions of the New
Eng/afid Register. These articles are comprehensive and are commended as
of great interest to every member of this association.
As the collection of Historical and Genealogical data has largely increased
since we began the investigation of Pomeroy activities in England in 1910,
we are now in possession of nearly all the available family records down to
the date of Eltweed Pomeroy's immigration, with the exception, perhaps,
of the historical events contained in the volumes in the British Museum
covering the reign of King Henry VIII . The Pomeroy family is now well
equipped to demonstrate an almost complete tribal and historical study of
an English baronial family from the conquest of England in 1066 to the
landing in America of our prolific ancestor, Eltweed Pomeroy, in 1631-32.
Such study reveals the changing conditions of royal and baronial blood
through many generations and thousands of descendants, many of whom,
by the inevitable economical force, and the average vicissitudes of family
life, would necessarily be represented in all ordinary avocations, and where
they would be much more concerned in making a living for their families
than in decorating themselves with their past glory.
The old castle of Berry-Pomeroy is a magnificent ruin in the Pomeroy
Park, surrounded by many fertile acres, and the Secretary ventures the
suggestion that if the old castle and its park and farm could be purchased or
leased by the American descendants, it would be a broader and more enterpris-
ing achievement than that represented in colors facing page HO in the History
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. The latter represents the marital achieve-
ment of Eltweed Pomeroy's ancestors; the acquisition of the castle and park
would represent the sentimental and business achievement of his descendants.
The new evidence collected and verified by our commissioner on English
investigation all leads up to Berry-Pomeroy for Eltweed Pomeroy's ancestors,
the only change necessary in the printed pedigree and tribal relations, after a
thorough search of all sources, being in the 16th generation, and that change
does not in any way involve the line of descent, as it is of a name only and not
of a family or generation. Mr. Hoppin, who is a business genealogist, writes
that after an exhaustive investigation he is fully convinced that our ancestor
of that generation was "John Pomeroy" instead of ''Henry," his brother,
sons of Richard Pomeroy and wife Eleanor Coker, all living 1531.
To learn that one of the most capable gealogists of the day has verified
the ancestral lines of Eltweed Pomeroy, as laid down in the History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, is gratifying intelligence. He has traced
the ascent to the same family in the 16th generation as did your historian,
although in considering the alignment referred to as a "weak link" the pro-
fessional has found that Henry Pomeroy's younger brother John was the
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vital man in the connection. Well, Eltweed Pomeroy gave his children
Bible names, antl bestowed the name "John" on his second son, but Kldad
and Medad were names of the prophets who phojihesied in the camp. This
change we will gracefully admit, as it is sustained by parish records published
in this volume. Alter eliminating all other Pomeroy men named "John,"
Mr. Hoppin finds that the John, brother of Henry, and son of Richard
Pomeroy and Eleanor Coker, given in the chart from the British .Museum
known as Harleian MS. 1091, as corrected and extended in the History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, is, without doubt, the John Pomeroy,
Gent., who settled in Dorset, near Beaminster and Simondsbury, early in the
16th century, and who is referred to in many of the parish records incorporated
in this book of genealogy.
There are several good reasons for publishing Part Three of the History
and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. They may be enumerated as
follows:
1. To lay before the Pomeroy race the important records discovered by
our commissioner in England during the last three years.
2. To record in an enduring form the latest developments concerning
the individuals and families, classified in the History and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family, as far as they have been reported to the secretary.
3. To add the records of several entire families, which were unavoidably
omitted from the first edition because of the indifference of those concerned,
thus bringing the Pomeroy records down to date as far as possible.
4. To correct errors by the reproduction of newly discovered parish
records, etc., from England relative to Eltweed Pomeroy and the date of his
sailing for the new world.
5. To maintain the integrity of the History and Genealogy of the
Pomeroy Family, which has been maliciously attacked in the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register by a disappointed officer of the New
England Society to his utter confusion.
During the last three years the Secretary and Historian, has published
two Pomeroy brochures, which were not circulated among the Pomeroy race
generally, but found the way into the circle of the New England Historic-
Genealogical Society. The reason for this discrimination was that the
Secretary purposed to reproduce the more important material contained in
said brochures in Part Three, here presented. Also, for the reason that said
Society, through its "official organ," by conspiracy, persecution, slander,
and false statements had made persistent but futile efforts to discredit not
only the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, but the family
itself, through a base and unsupported attack upon an alleged mother and
brother of Eltweed Pomeroy of Beaminster, Dorset. It is fully proved by
parish records of Simondsbury, Dorset, that this attack was a contemptible
private enterprise of the above mentioned genealogist acting in his public
capacity.
These facts are among the reasons why the scientific genealogical articles,
written by Mr. Frank Allaben, editor-in-chief of T/ie Joiirnal of American
History, and President of the National Historical Society, were published in
that artistic quarterly (Vol. 11, Nos. 2 and 3), portions of which will appear in
Part Three of our family history, with Mr. Allaben's consent; as well as the
historical material to which said articles refer. As Mr. Allaben writes in his.
first Pomeroy article in The Journal of American History, it appears that he
had been chosen by both parties to the controversy to examiinCy analyze and
make public his conviction as to the merits of each side of the cause under
consideration. Any one who reads Mr. A.llaben's articles, friend or enemy,
will be convinced that the editor and the chief genealogist of the New England
Register have betrayed their own society and its integrity and respectability.
And the "main guy" of that genealogical quarterly has not the honesty to
correct false statements made years since relative to the immediate family of
Eltweed Pomeroy of Beaminster, although he is perfectly aware that they
remain in the official organ of the society as known falsehoods. They mali-
ciously charge that Eltweed Pomeroy 's mother was named Mary and that she
received charity from the Beaminster church in 1635, while Dorset records
show that his mother's name was Elinor, and that she died at Simondsbury,
Dorset, on April 12, 1612, twenty-three years previous to the alleged charity
of said church.
ALBERT A. POMEROY
March 3, 1922.
19 JFiret JlniijruUur nf tlif Jlomiruij filare
cUIic Jftnit Jlrmjrnilur of the JJnmrruii ilUirr
Roger (no surname) who lived ahour 1U(J0 A. I)., was the first progenitor
of the Pomcroy race. Chronology prompts that in continuing the history of
the Pomcroy race this Part Three of the History and (jcnealog}- of the Pome-
roy Family should begin with the ancient village of Saint Sauveur de La
Pomeroy in Normandy, France, and a description of the orchard estate v/hich
gave to the family the name of Pommeraie, and of the old Castle, now a sad
ruin, as illustrated on aaother page.
Roger is credited with four children in the French records, and the
Calendar of Documents contains the statement that he, with his son William
Capra, was a large benefactor to the Pomeroy Abbey of St. Mary du Val, in
Normandy. His children were Sir Radulphus de La Pomeroy, the first to bear
a name which has endured over nine centuries. Hugue Pommeraie was a
companion of William the conqueror at the battle of Hastings. William
Capra, called also William La Chevre, No. 19 in the Exchequer Book, also
participated in the battle of Hastings; and a daughter, Beatrice became
Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Thus,
it will be noted that the entire family of Roger, of Saint Sauveur de La Pom-
meraie, followed and assisted the fortunes of William the Conqueror in
England.
Roger stands at the head of the Pomeroy race, without a surname, as the
father of our first ancestor in England, Sir Radulphus de La Pomeroy, no
family in the direct line of descent having failed in male issue during this long
interval, which covers over nine hundred years, and includes representatives
of thirty generations to the present day under the original name "Pomeroy."
The tablet in the ancient church at Dives, presented in this volume,
contains the names of the companions of William the Conqueror in the
conquest of England and is the one genuine and authentic list, which has
received the stamp of the French Archaeological Society. The names are
carved in stone and the tablet is erected over the entrance to the church.
Dives was the port where the fleet of the Duke of the Normans assembled.
You may find your ancestor's name near the center of the fifth column in
the tablet.
''Raoul de La Pommeraie''
Compagnon de Guillaume la Conquete de VAngletcrre, er jnlxvi.
J^art ®i|rf p - Pom^rcij Utatorg nnh (^mmia^^
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Ha Pnmm^rajj^ in Nnrmanhg
S no living American Pomeroy has visited this place, so far as I
know, may I add something to what you have printed about it in
your "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family?"
"The present very small village of La Pommeraye, devel-
oped slightly from some estate or 'orchard' from which the
English family of Pomeroy derives its surname, is situated near
the right bank of the river Orne, in Normandy, opposite Clecy, on the
Caen and Laval railway. The exact location of the place is indicated upon
Fremin & Bonnet's map of the Department du Calvados of France, by a small
dot with the name 'La Pommeraye' attached. It is one of the smaller of
the one hundred and twenty-four communes in the greater modern arrondisse-
ment of Falaise.
"Pomeroy descendants, when visiting France, should endeavor to see
this little hamlet, its church, and ruined castle, not merely for historical
reasons, for the district in which the objects will be found is, perhaps, as
beautiful as any in inland Normandy. Half way between Caen and Fleurs
there are two railway stations for the village of Clecy, either station being
about an hour's journey by railway due south from Caen. The station called
La Severie Clecy is about a mile from the village, while the other called Clecy,
is about twice as far. The latter station is nearest to La Pommeraye, but no
houses exist there; hence it is best to leave the railway at La Severie Clecy,
and then walk or ride to the village, where a good inn will be easily found;
also, some person to act as a guide and to answer questions and to explain
the objects to be noted on the ride to La Pommeraye, about six miles distant
to the eastward. The innkeeper will provide the conveyance as well as some
amusement. It is a slow drive by horse to La Pommeraye for the hills are
steep, and five of the six miles are up hill. The country around Clecy is very
picturesque, as well as a purely agricultural district, with much woodland.
"The river Orne is broad and clear, winding among the lofty wooded
hills, and around the bases of many perpendicular cliffs of a reddish stone,
several hundred feet high, and resembling in shape the famous cliffs at Cheddar
in Somersetshire, England. The ruddy color of the stone is singularly like
that so marked a feature of beauty around Torbay in Devonshire, immediately
back of which nestles the ruins of Berry castle, the home amid the Devonian
hills of the Pomeroys who went there from Normandy. A mile or two from
21 iCa lJi^"^"i^^^^il^ "I Nurmmiiig
Clecy, on the oppiosite side of the river there are forests upon the hills; and
from tlie high grouiid the traveller has already reached, on the way to La
PointiRraye, the views are magnificent (as also are those from HIagdon Mill
at Berry castle in Divon, of which I am so fond).
"La Pommeraye village consists of only seven or eight scattered cottages
in the ncighhorhood of a very small, simple and ancient church, built of stone,
on the left sitle of the road. I believe the church is called, or was dedicated
to St. Clair, but is or has been confounded with St. Sauveur in connection
with the name of the commune of La Pommeraye. There is nothing about
it readily indicating that it is as old as the eleventh century.
Saint-Sauveur-de-La-Pommeraye is mentioned but brief!)- in the His-
ioire Ecclesiastiqne du Diocese de Coiitances (by Rene Tonstain de Billy, vol.
L p. 275), the item referring to the twelfth century and proving the existence
there then of a religious establishment:
{Translation:) "The Memoire of Mont-Saint-Michel furnish us with a
chart containing an agreement made before Guillaume, Bishop of Coutances,
by which the Abbot and the monks of the monastery ceded all the tithes of
St. Sauveur de La Pommeraye to Robert, parish priest of this place during
his life, because he gave them annually eight quarters of wheat, which the said
Lord Bishop ratified by af^xing the seal, all carried out in the presence of
Robert de Tournebu, Arch-Deacon, and Raoule de Talvende, Canon."
(Page 167.)
"Here is a summary of the principal donations which were made to this
hospital by the help and following the example of Hugues de Morville (Bishop
of Coutances).
"There was given In 1218, the patronage and two-thirds
of the tithe of St. Sauveur de La Pommeraye."
The Dictionnaire Geographiqne et AdministratiJ de la France, (Paul Joanne,
1899) states that the present chapel at La Pommeraye is dedicated to St.
Clair, and in its present form, dates back to 1670. From this it is to be
inferred as not unlikely that the chapel was rebuilt at that time, and may then
have received its present name. It was a common thing for a church or
chapel to be re-dedicated (particularly after the Reformation) to a different
saint than the one that served as its name originally. I find an example of this
fact in Paignton, Devonshire, (where your Pomeroy ancestors were landlords)
where in the 16th century the parish church was called "Sts. Peter and Paul,"
but became re-dedicated in the next century to "St. John the Baptist."
Paul Joanne also states that the ruins of the chateau at La Pommeraye are
known to date back, at least, into the 12th century: and he adds what I have
omitted to state heretofore, i. e., that from near the present chapel of St. Clair
a grand and beautiful view is to be seen over the plains of Caen and Falaise,
and of the sea beyond, and of the mouth of the river Seine, and of the coast
at Havre. Thus with such an outlook daily before them, is it not natural,
indeed, that the Pomeroys were inspired to share in the greatest event that
history records of the people of those plains and that coast, visible from La
Pommeraye? And how could any one ever doubt that this La Pommeraye
was the Norman ancestral home of all the Pomeroys of Devon, Dorset and
Cornwall?
The cottages of La Pommeraye are also ancient, and simple are the lives
of the very few villagers. There is no visible evidence that there anciently
ever were more cottages and inhabitants here than now; in all probability
there were less. It is highly probable that when Ralph de La Pommeraye
left there for England he took most of the cottagers with him, for they were
his servants. A few hundred yards past the church is a modern dwelling
formerly owned by a Madame Vauxville. It is a good country house with a
well-kept garden; stables and kennels are on the opposite side of the highway.
At this point of the road we are in a hollow, with little or no view. A quarter
of a mile further on, up a steep, hill one comes to a path leading into a wood
on the right; and following this path for a few hundred yards, along the high
ridge of the hill, we reach all that is left of the castle of La Pommeraye.
IJuuta of tl|? (Eaatlp of Ha J^nmrnrrag? in Normattlig
"The ruins are not extensive, merely consisting of three semicircular
arches, some crumbling walls and surrounding earthworks. Much of the
stone that was erected here has been removed for use elsewhere in times past.
The arches have no particular architectural feature indicative of their date,
except, perhaps in the masonry, which is in the herringbone style, as met
with in England in various buildings erected before the year 1066. The walls
and arches are built of small flat stones about two inches thick; scarcely any
of the 'facing stone' being left. The arches are about sixteen feet wide and,
taking the three together, form what may once have been a large room about
fifty feet long, and somewhere near twenty feet high. That the ruins are
very old is apparent in every way; and were a casual visitor to be told that
they are believed in Normandy to be as ancient as the eleventh century one
could not easily disagree. I append a little sketch, roughly done, of the first
arch, drawn from nature by Robert Coverly. The whole ruin is so over-
grown with brushwood and brambles and surrounded with trees that it is
difficult to make a satisfactory picture, or even to walk around the remains,
which are completely hidden from the world without. As a few yards down
the hill, outside of the wood, one gets a fine view of the adjacent country, the
site of this castle was a commanding one.
"You have already quoted, Colonel Pomeroy, in your 'History and Gea-
nealogy of the Pomeroy Family,' five distinguished English and French his-
torians to the effect that the 'Pomeroys of England were castillians of La Pom-
23 ®I?f (Driijtu uf tl|p '^mm JIummrrayF
mcraye in Normandy' (holders of a castle there); and you have quoted from
the Devonshire historian of Berry Castle: 'A fragment of this Norman
stronghold still remains in the Cinglais, not far from Falaise .... It is really
the Chateau de La Pommeraie, ami here no doubt was the original Fomeraie,
or orchard, which gave name to the stronghold of the family.' It is this
fragment that I have attempted briefly to describe.
^^e (iDrtyin of tlip rCamr JJiimmrrai|c
"As it must l)e illogical, (to say the least) that a man removing from this
estate to England to immediately become of record in England as a great
landlord possessing theie 58 manors or lordships, solely by virtue of the gift
(for fealty only) of King William I of England, (whose chief-of-staff Ralph de
La Pommeraye is said to have been) could very well have been a mere serf or
tenant upon this Norman estate, we are left to the sole contemplation of him
as having been the possessor of this Norman estate or orchard property and the
residence upon it; and as well, that its name of Pommeraye (however spelt)
was likewise his own surname, and probably used in Normandy in the eleventh
century by no other man, if any, than his own son or one of his own immediate
family. I find myself unable to disengage my mind from this understanding
and belief. I know of no reason to restrain me from now saying: We who
have stood upon the very spots of the beginning of the Pomeroy history have
not only been thousands of miles nearer to them, geographically, than the
inadequate individuals of Beacon Hill, Boston, but far nearer the truth con-
cerning the origin of the Pomeroy family.
"The town in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, named Pomeroy, after the
Pomeroy family had settled in Devonshire, had no more bearing upon the
Pomeroy surname in Devonshire and Dorset than has the modern town of
Pomeroy in Ohio. The same is true of the small estate formerly called both
"Pumbrey" and "Pomeroy," once located in the parish of Winkfield, Wilt-
shire, for it became so named after the name of a family, and not vice versa.
Those names of this small property have long since become obsolete. The
estate was not of a sufficient size to be mentioned in the histories of \\iltshire
and Winkfield. The earliest, the latest, and tlie only references to it that I
have found occurs only in two private deeds, covenants, or assignments, dated
1585-6 and 1687 respectively. By the same token, the villages in France now
known (whether they were also so known in the eleventh century we do not
yet know) as La Pommeraye near P'ontenay-le-Comte and La Pommeraye
near Cholet, cannot be considered in any connection with Ralph de La Pom-
meraye and William the Conqueror, or the early Pomeroys oi Devonshire and
Dorset, because those two other places of La Pommeraye are geographically
apart from, and entirely different from, that province of France wherein
Part Q^lim - Pom^rflg Btstnrg unh (Bmmiti^^ 24
William the Conqueror and his Normans were born and lived, and wherein
they organized their army and followers, and wherefrom they invaded England
and their Norman kinsmen after them. The La Pommeraye of Ralph de La
Pommeraye was in the very heart of the seat of Norman power, being in the
district of Falaise, the birthplace of William the Conqueror, the Duke of
Normandy, afterwards William I of England. The Falaise and Caen districts
were the scenes of the Norman movement, while the other two places called La
Pommeraye were not only not in the ancient district of Normandy (then a
Dukedom independent of France), or in Britanny, but remote from both
regions of Falaise and Caen.
Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae sub Regibus Angliae, (The Great Rolls
of the Exchequer of Normandy under the King of England) show that in the
year 1180 Odo, the son of Vitalis, accounted for the ferm (a rent in lieu of all
other payments) of the Prevote of Falaise, the fixed rent of which was then
£480. Out of this amount there was payable annually £200 to Richard Giffard
for the custody (maintainance) of the castle of Falaise, and £30 to Robert de
Pierrefite* for the custody of the castle of Pommeraye. Thus it is shown that
this castle either had passed from the possession and occupancy of the Pomerai
(Pomeroy) family before 1180 or, at least, was not in its custody about that
year. The £30 of that year would today amount to somewhere near
£450. A foot-note by the editor of these rolls refers to the castle of La
Pommeraye: "The ruins of this castle are pointed out in the commune of La
Pommeraye, between the chapel of St. Clair and Le Bourg, now a hamlet; local
tradition, as usual, attaches to them the name of the traitor of romance, the
warrior Ganelon or Ganne".
In the Register of Fiefs (feudal estates) for the year 1220 (among several
other entries) under the title "Feoda Ballivie Gaufridi de Capella" occurs the
item: Cressi et La Pomeree I feod de quo Reginaldus de Bosco habetXV S. pro
Pomereia.
Cressy was a village in the bailiwick of Caux in Normandy, and held of the
Honour of Bellencombre, along with La Pommeraie in the year 1220, of
Gaujridus de Saio (Geoffrey de Say) by Reginald de Bosco, for the fief of one
knight.
Though the Pommeraies appear to have been quit of all possessions at La
Pommeraye in, if not before, 1 180. I find by these same rolls of the Exchequer
of Normandy Vol. II. page Ixvii] that Henry de la Pomeraie (fourth
generation) of Berry in Devonshire held, about this time, by some form of
lease, the feudal estate of Herouville in Normandy, which right came to him
*This man's surname was taken from the small commune of Pierrefitte adjoining the commune
of La Pommeraye.
25 2Il|r ODrigin of tljF NauiF pummrraop
through his marriage to Rohcsia "Barclolf." Just how she came to have an
interest in this estate I have not attempted to determine (doubtless, Colonel
Pomeroy, you know*) but I note that Dodo "Hartlulf" held of Richard de la
Haief, constable of Normandy and senechal of Henry II. King of England,
the manor of Blanchelandc. The said Richard had founded the Premonstra-
tension Abbey, in the diocese of Coutanccs, called the church of the Blessed
Nicholas of Blanchclande; and T note that on the day of the dedication of this
church, (14 Jan. 1185) Dodo "Bardulf" gave to it a rent of four marks of
silver issuing out of his manor of Fillingham in Lincolnshire, England, by the
hand of William, bishop of Coutances; and that he, Dodo Bardulf, also had
land at Putol-en-Auge, Normandy; and that he is mentioned in a charter of
Blanchelande as having given the said church of Herouville^ to Michael the
Chaplin of Thomas "Bardolph." The latter, as you have evidenced in your
"History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family," was, doubtless, the father
of the said Rohesia. In the Dorsetshire Pipe Rolls of King John, circa 1200,
Rohesia is mentioned as sister of "Doun Bardolf," she being then the wife of
her second husband John Russell. Your book also states that her first hus-
band, the said Henry de la Pomerai, "held the castle of La Pomerai and the
Prepositura" [the office of a chief or overseer] "of the Duke of Normandy;"
this may have been before the said year of 1180 (or possibly some time later)
when Robert de Pierrefitte held the custody of the castle. It may be assumed
that before the Pomeroys of Devonshire terminated their realty interests in
Normandy, probably circa 1180, they made occasional visits thereto.
On the third day of April, in the year 1826, the eminent Norman anti-
quary, M. de Gerville, read, before a meeting of the distinguished Societe des
*Herou, the original name of the estate referred to, was granted to his daughter Rohesia by
Thomas Bardolf with the consent of his son Dodo on her marriage to Henry de la Pomeroy of the
fourth generation. Thomas Bardolf had recovered the estate from his chaplain at his death.
Until the publication of "The Victoria History" there was some confusion concerning the marriage
of Henry Pomeroy of the third generation to Rohesia, daughter of King Henry I, and that of their
son Henry of the fourth generation to Rohesia, daughter of Thomas Bardolf (his second wife).
Rohesia (Bardolf) Pomeroy had a suit-at-law with her step-son Henry de Pomeroy of the fifth
generation concerning her dower. Some interesting details about the two marriages may be
found on pages 46 and 48 of the "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. Several grants
in Normandy made by Henry de Pomeroy and his son Henry are recorded in the Monastic
Anglican. — A. A. P.
fThe remains of the tombs of Richard de la Haie and his cousin and wife Mathilde de Vernon
"dame de Varangitehec" are still to be seen in the ruined abbey of Blanchelande, as also the site
of the chateau de la Haye-du-Puits, situated between the Parishes of Varanguebec, Lithaire
and Neuf-Mesnil in the arrondissement of Coutances. References to the "Camville" and
"Verdun" families also appear in this neighborhood.
JHerouville, a commune adjoining Escoville (from which the surname of Scoville derives),
both near and north-east of Caen.
Part Si^rpp - pnmrrog IHtatorg unh (^mmU^^ 5fi
Antiquaires de Normandie, his Second Memoire on the ancient chateaux in the
department of the Manche, Normandy, in which he referred to the castle of
La Pommeraye:
{Translation-) "Saint-Sauveur-de-la-Pommeraye. If I give uncertain
indications of a castle in la Meurdraquiere, it is at any rate unquestionable
that this parish is the only one in Normandy which bears a name indicative of
the infancy (origin) of IVleurdrac; but we have not this resource to indicate the
first persons of the Pomerays, who for a long time were distinguished in Eng-
land and Normandy; for there are in our (modern) Normandy two other
parishes of the name of la Pommeraye, one in the diocese of Seez, the other in
that of Rouen. Nevertheless I shall relate what I know of this family if only
for the sake of promoting research as to its infancy (origin).
It is given as de Pommeroy in the Brompton list [apd. Twysden collect.
X-script. — Apd.Norman script, antic] and in that of Duschesne, and that of
la Pommeraye, which is the same as in the Hollingshed catalogue. — [Raphael
Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland; published in 1577.]
Here is a passage from the Red Book of the Court of the Exchequer which
proves that this family were in existence in the reign of Henry II, and that they
possessed a castle of La Pommeraye:
"Henricus de Pomaria terciam partem mil. defeodo de Vado et tenet castrum
de Pomaria de Rege [Traduct. de Ducarel. p. 233, de honore de mort. de bail-
liva de Hosa (of the Honor of Mortain and of the bailiwick of Heuze)]. There
is in this passage proof of the existence of a castle of la Pommeraye and a
strong presumption in favor of the department of la Manche, since it was
subject to the bailiwick of la Heuze and to the Honour of Mortaine."
From this it is clear that M. de Gerville was strongly inclined to the belief
that the Pommeraye from which the Pommeroys of Devonshire had sprung
was the Pommeraye which I have described, and from which, in this connec-
tion, I find it impossible to sever the Pomeroys of England. M. de Gerville, of
course, was not interested in the Pomeroy family to any such extent as others
have been since.
The exact date of the holding of the castle of Pommeraye by the said
"Henricus de Pomeria" is not specified in the Latin record other than as being
in the reign of King Henry II of England; but as this reign extended from n54
to 1189, the probability increases that the Pomeroy interest in the castle
expired by or before the year 1180, as I have previously suggested.
.1
BRONZE TABLET OVER THE ENTRANCE IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH AT DIVES CONTAINING
THE NAME OF RAOULE DE LA POMMERAIE
THE ANCIENT CHURCH AT DIVES. NORMANDY
2r (Unmiiauiintii uf lUiUtam tljr (Tumiurrur
Ulalilrt (Euutaiuimji Il|r Namrii nf the (Cnmpanimui nf
liiUiam ll|c (Cmu|urnir
The illustrations on the opposite page are reproduced from the "Mistory
and Genealogy of the Fomcroy Family," as it is anticipated that many who
will procure Part Three do not possess one of the big family books. One of
the illustrations shows the ancient church at Dives, at which port, (now sadly
neglected) the adventurous host of William the Conquerer assembled. The
other, which is of more importance in this connection, and which verifies a
previous statement that the eleventh century holder of the orchard which
gave the name to the family, and the ancient La Pommeraye Castle, now a
ruin, illustrated in this volume, was a sire and tenant-in-chief in Normandy,
and a companion of William, Duke of the Normans. The illustration is a
photograph of the tablet over the entrance to the church, and gives the names
of the companions of the Conqueror. This list of names will prove of interest,
not only to the Pomeroy race, but to many other families in this country
whose ancestors engaged in the conquest of England at the battle of Hastings
in 1066, and whose names can readily be distinguished in the engraving.
The names are arranged alphabetically, not by the surname, as obtains in
the present day, but by the christian name. Ralph is engraved as Raoul
in the list, thus:
"JRamtlp its Ea ^nmntfraip."
It was on the 17th day of August, 1862, that this tablet was erected in
the church at Dives. It was inaugurated by the Societe Francaise d'Archeo-
logies. Numerous delegates of learned societies of the cities and towns of
Normandy, and of other provinces, which furnished the supporters of the
Conqueror, attended the ceremonies.
In Dives there is also a column to commemorate the embarkation, which
was erected in 1861 by M. de Caumont at his own expense. The inscription
on this small monument is:
"The modest column which is placed here will tell to our countrymen, to
travellers and to seamen, that at the foot of this slope, at the mouth of the
Dives, Duke William assembled the fleet which transported his powerful army
to the coast of England, after having tarried some time at Saint Vellerie.
It will recall to mind that this army encamped during a month upon this shore
before its embarkation."
Dives, was, in the eleventh century, one of the chief ports of the Duchy.
It was the natural port of this vast plain, which separates us from Falaise, the
cradle of the Conqueror. It was the port of I'Hiemois, of Seez, and of the
Comte of Alencon. From the plains of Falaise and I'Hiemois, the Duke may
have shown his captains the eminence upon which this monument stands, for
it is visible for fifteen leagues in every direction. He may have said to them:
" V^ ^ou sdenne rrndrzvous sur cette colliu:- au pi-d de laqudU vous trouverez maflotU." (I
will meet you on this hill, at the foot of which you will find my fleet.)
Part ®l|rFF - Piitt»rng Btfitorg nnh (^tnmio^^ ZB
In the "Battle if^bbey Roll" appears also the name of Hugue Pomeraie,
who has been designated as Ralph's brother, but as the name does not again
appear in English history, or in the Domesday Book, we may assume that
Hugue was either slain at the battle of Hastings, Oct. 14, 1066, or that he had
changed his name after he had come into possession of large estates, as was
then and still is the custom of English land-holders.
We find also in the Domesday Book and the Victoria Histories, a com-
panion of the Conqueror, La Chevre William Capra, who is credited by many
authorities as being a brother of Sir Ralph de La Pomeraie, and to whom
William gave forty-six manors or honors, with an area of 22,000 acres, in
Devon and Somerset at the time of the great division of English lands.
Legal proof of a lineage for 700 years is often necessary to establish a
claim to a barony or earldom by tenure. In such event the Domesday Book
is the last court of appeal. The record of the descent of property is of more
value. The proof of ancient demesne still rests with the Domesday Survey.
The "Victoria Histories" state that although the legal utility of the Domesday
record is small the antiquarian as well as the family or national historian
"will find great assistance and gratification in consulting that record, con-
taining as it does, the name and title of every person of importance eight
centuries back, the situation, nature and extent of their estates, and in some
instances, the names of their fathers, wives and children. Almost every page
of modern peerage books may be referred to as an evidence of the utility and
importance of this first census of England."
The writer has discovered to his great satisfaction that the above state-
ment is absolutely true. The connection of the American Pomeroys with the
old Norman stock is no longer a problem. In the photographed copy of one
of eight pages of the famous Domesday Book relative to the manors acquired
by Sir Radulphus de La Pomeraie in County Devon, from William the
Conqueror in his division of the landed property of the subjugated country, a
red line is run through the names of the manors or hundreds, and sometimes
through the names of persons, as if to erase or mark them out. These lines
will appear in the etching used as an illustration in this article. This custom
is peculiar to the Domesday Book, and is equivalent to the modern practice
of underlining a word or passage to which it is desired to direct particular
attention. The copy of the Devonshire Domesday Book in my possession
contains a photograph of the great book in its binding, and the ancient chest
in which it has been preserved for 850 years.
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THE FIRST OF SEVEN PAGES OF THE DOMESDAY BOOK, REPRODUCED
FROM THE "HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE POMEROY FAMILY."
NAMING THE FIFTY-TWO MANORS BESTOWED UPON SIR RALPH DE
POMEROY BY THE CONQUEROR.
^Ituirr^ llnntpnni'a iHntcrprtsp txnh Aflaflriatuin« in ilU\uuinstpr
While Eltweed Pomeroy was chosen First Selectman in the Dorchester
Colony, in Massachusetts Ray, in 1633, (History of Dorchester, 1859, pp.
33-35), there has been for many years a question in the mind of the compiler
of the "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family" regarding the actual
date of his arrival in America, as his name does not appear in the list of pas-
sengers on the ship Mary and John in 1630, although all the colonial authori-
ties consulted point to the probability that he did arrive with the Dor-
chester Colony that year. Mr. C. A. Hoppin, genealogist, who has been
investigating the records in England from all sources for two years and more,
in the interest of the Pomeroy history, has discovered proof that Eltweed
Pomeroy did not sail from England until 1631-32 (new style). He had been
subpoenaed to appear before the court in Beaminster to make deposition
regarding a system of abuses practiced by some individuals in high places who
had wrongfully deprived the inhabitants of Beaminster village and neighbor-
hood of certain rights and benefits, as recited in his deposition, which appears
below in full.
The reader will find, also, other proof of his presence in England, and
evidence of his importance as a citizen, by his own signature to a clerical
petition in favor of Antony Harford, a curate of Beaminster, which has been
discovered and photographed, the original of which your secretary presents
on another page. There is no date to this document but analysis of con-
temporaneous events proves that this petition was preferred in 1631-32, and
shows perhaps the last signature he left in England, with the exception of his
signature to his deposition, which is now available for reproduction. The
compiler of the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family stated some
months since that if there was anything not in accord with the facts in the
Pomeroy Genealogy he was eager to make the necessary correction. The
chapter of legitimate evidence reproduced here will constitute a very important
correction.
Mr. C. A. Hoppin writes: Herewith you will find a photograph of the
front page of the address by the leading parishoners of Beaminster to Edmund
Mason, Dean of Salisbury, sent to him about January, 1631-(32). The
heading seems to have been written by "John Hopkins, schoolmaster," of
Beaminster, and the signatures seem to have been written by the persons
whose names are represented. The balance of the signatures, not shown on
the first page, are on the reverse side of the sheet, and have not been photo-
graphed, but the names appear in conjunction with the photograph or illus-
tration. It will be noted that the signature of Eltweed Pomeroy follows that
of the steward of the manor and Hugh Strode, lord of the manor, v/ith a line
drawn under it, which is significant of his standing in the community. I can
nov/ prove that he was in Beaminster in January, 1631, (old style) or in new
style 163i, and I am firm.Iy of the belief that he sailed for America a few weeks
after signing that address, early in the year 1631-32,
The address was made to Edmund Mason, Dean of Salisbury. The
Dean of Salisbury had "jurisdiction and authroitie" over a part of Dorset
(including Beaminster). The address says, referring to Antony Harford, . .
. . "hath been our curate for almost two years now last past; thereunto
admitted and licensed by y'" worthy Predecessor the now Lord Bishop of
Rochester."
Mason's predecessor as Dean of Salisbury was John Bowie (or Bowles).
He (Bowles) ceased to be Dean of Salisbury and became consecrated as
Bishop of Rochester, Kent County, on Feb. 7, 1629-30. He was immediately
succeeded as Dean of Salisbury by Edmund Mason, to whom the said address
was made. (See page 234, Historical Account of the Episcopal See of Salis-
bury; by William Dodsworth, 1814; also, see page 278, Diocesan Histories;
Rochester; Rev. A. I. Pearman, 1897).
As Bowles became consecrated bishop on Feb. 7, 1630, (new style), and
as the said address states that Antony Harford had been appointed and li-
censed by Bowles to become the curate at Beaminster "almost two years"
before the address was made, therefore, it is beyond dispute that Eltweed
Pomeroy was present at Beaminster and signed his name, with the others, to
that address about the beginning of the year 1632 (new style), and that the
address could not have been so made any earlier than a few days at most.
Bishop Bowles died Oct. 9, 1637; Dean Mason died in 1634.
It is thought advisable to reproduce the text of the Beaminster address
in more readable type than that of the illustration. The document is there-
fore printed below; with the illustration and signatures on the opposite page:
Right Worshipful & Reverend Sr: Our duties humbly remembered and prosed: Whereas,
the bringer hereof, Mr. Antony Harford, being a licensed Preacher, hath bin our Curate for almost
two years now last past; thereunto admitted and licensed by your worthy predecessour, the now
Lord Bishop of Rochester, during all wh times hee hath behaved & demeaned himselfe verie
31
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The names of the inhabitants
the list of signatures in the etchings.
Richard Cover
robt. horsford
Wm. Ireland, Sen.
\Vm. Jessop
Henrv Newman
William Sargent
Thos. Sineocke, Sr.
WiLLM Tucker
John Hodder
Rodger Ovall
William Newman
WiLLM SeABOURNE
James Daniell
Richard Mintern
Abraham Person
of Beaminster whic
but who signed the
Bernard Paynter
Richard Crabb
John Even
Hugh Hallett
Hugh Crabbe
William Tanner
Francis Burges
Henry Gudge
h do not appear in
address follow:
Richard Clarke
Wm. Ireland, Jun.
John Jesoppe
William Parsons, Jun.
John Crabbe
JoHEAS Svmmes
Thomas Sineocke Jun.
Part ®I|r^? - ^nm^rng i^tBtortt nnh Ci^ttralog^ 32
conformably peaceably and religiously in his whole carriage & conversation amongst us, after
the better manifestation of our respect to your jurisdiction and authoritie over us and for his better
settling encouragement & comfortable remaining amongst us; We humbly desire that upon your
viewe of his aforesaid licenses and this our testimony of his worth & good deservings 3^ou will bee
pleased to confirm him with addition alsoe of your approbation & license for wh we shall rest
with our best wishes and prayers.
Your Worshipp ever thankful poore friends the inhabitants of Beaminster whose names are
hereunto subscribed:
Laucelot Hallet 1 --^ , ,
Evans HiTT ) Constables
Hugh Strode (Lord of Manor)
Wm. Seaburne Steward (of the Manor)
Eltwide Pomery
(and 65 others all named).
Bppnsittnn af iEltmp^h ^nmrrDg Written by HtmaHf
Our Commissioner writes that he has "recently discovered in another
highly valuable document, that on April 5th 1631, Eltweed Pomeroy was in
Beaminster; appeared on that day before a notary there, and under oath,
gave his name as 'Eltwide Pomery,' etc., etc. His deposition I have now
copied in full and will send it with other evidences. This deposition will be
one of the most interesting English records of Eltweed which we have, as it
tells new facts in his own words, and deals with events in Beaminster of his
daily life."
The document (Chancery Depositions, Elizabeth to close of Charles I, S.
10-16, Public Record Office, London) is a record of testimony in a suit of
tenants on the manor of Langdon, Beaminster, against Peter and John
Hoskins, gentlemen, lessees, and farmers of the farms and other lands of the
manor, successors to the Strodes, the preceding lords and farmers. The
Hoskins were sued to restrain them from curtailing the tenants' rights under
the ancient "customary law" of the manor through impoverishment of the
manorial resources by converting the standing timber into money, one witness
declaring that already they had disposed of £1,000 worth of timber, while
another claimed that Hoskins, having refused to pay his poor rates and dues
to the Beaminster church, had to be destrained and a cow taken from them
to meet these charges. While the witnesses for the Hoskins were mostly
residents elsewhere, the Beaminster men nearly all deposed in behalf of the
tenants, including three Beaminster felt-makers, Eltweed Pomeroy, Pere-
grine Percote, and William Baker. The depositions are introduced by this
general heading:
"Depositions of Witnesses taken at Beaminster in the County of Dorset the last day of
March in the seventh year of the Reigne of our Sowveriegn Lord Charles by the grace of God in
England, Scotland, ffrance, and Ireland King, defender of the faith, etc.; Before Roger Gallopp
Esqr., George Bowdon, clerk; John ffoy and Thomas Keate, gent. By virtue of his Majties
writ of commission out of His Highness most Honorable Courte of Chancery unto us or to any
two or three of us directed for examinacon of Witnesses in a cause in the same Courte depending
as well on the pte and bahaulfe of the Reverend father in God John, Lord Bishop of Sarum,
compit, as also on the pte and behalfe of Peter Hoskins Esqr. and John Hoskins, gent, Defts, in
the manner and forme following, vizf."
33 lilrpnBittuu iif iiltuircii Pnmrrng
The general effect of the encroachment of the lessee lords upon the mano-
rial rights of the tenants may be gathered from the testimony of Lancellot
Hallett of Reaminster, clothier, aged three score years, who gave affirmative
answers to all the questions untler the two items following:
"IL Irctn, hath tlicrc nor bccnc by many years past in I'caniinr.rcr divers Clothiers, whoe
doc kcepc many poore people on worke vvhch sells their cloaths to Merchants that doc trade them
hcvounde the seas whcrcliy the kin>^ hath for riistome f)ut of their cloaths ffower or ffivc pownds
weckiv, one wcxk with the otlicr, throughout I he whole year by reasons of the same trading?
Antl if the tennants custoincs be overthrowne, many of these poore people will lackc work and the
kincj will loose his weekly customes? Delivr soc much as you knowe or have credibly heard
touching this Interrogatory?
"15. Itim; Doe you not take it that the townsmen, customary tenants of Bcamistcr, are
much weakcneii and ympovcrishcd in their estates by reason of the defendant Iloskins' long,
tedious and charLieable suits, attempted and psccuted against tiiem? Are they not much the
less able to jiay subicdyes. duties and Aydcs to the kinge and payments to th.e church and to the
poore in the said towne of Beamister by reason of Mr. Hoskins vexacious suits? Deliver soe
much as you knowe to have credibly heard touching this Interrogatory."
On Membrane 7 we have an additional explanation, which we give
following, together with Eltweed Pomeroy's testimony, which appears under
this subheading and which is here for the first time printed:
"Deposicons of Witnesses taken at Beamister in the county of Dorset, (by way of adionment)
the fievth day of Aprill Anno Dei 1631 between the pties aforesaid by virtue of the commission
before menconed in the cause before recited before us the then and now Cominors in the manner
and forme following vizt: . . .
"Eltwirt Pomcry of Beamister in the county of Dorset, feltmaker. Aged fourty fewer years
or thereabouts, educed to the first, tenth sixteenth and seventeenth, and three and twentieth
Inter (rogatories) only and thereupiion sworne and examined, (viz.) :
"1. To the first Inter, this Dept. saith that he knovveth the Defts. and the fearme and lands
called Langdon in the Inter, menconed and hath known them and the fearm.e by the space of
thirty years now last past or thereabouts, but the pit. he doth not know.
"10. To the tenth Inter, this Dept. saith that aboute three yeares sitherence one William
King sometyme in F.vill in the county of Somerst, (cooper), and another partner of his (whose
name this Dept. now remembereth not) bought a bargaine of fowr hundred ashes upon Langdon
aforesaid to the Deft. Mr. John Hoskins and paid three score poundes for the same as they informed
this Dept. which this Dept. rather believeth to be true for that during the tyme that the said King
and his Partner wrought and employed themselves about the working of the tymber of the same
trees they lay at this Depts. house at Beamister aforesaid and this Deponent then bought of
them two hundred of said ashes and trees with wood ujipon them growing together with the
toppes of tother two hundred ashes some of which ashes were not worth above fowr pence apiece
as this Dept. remebreth, and this Dept. paid them thirty powndes for the same, and further this
Dept. saith that about the same tyme he also bought of the said William King and his said partner,
another bargaine of wood of the said trees of some of the residue of the said three score powndes
bargaine, and that the chippes that came of the working of the said tymber, and paid twenty
shillings for the same, besides this Dept. gave the said King and his said partner beere and allowed
them and two others lodging during the tyme of their abode at his house at their pleasure tor the
space of allmost one whole yeare for this Dept. said seconde bargaine of wood and chippes, which
beer and lodging this Dept. esteemeth to be well worth twenty shillings more. .And farther this
Dept. saith that about six or seven years sithence this Dept. bought of one Richard Milles, a
turner, a bargain of wood upon Langdon aforesaid and paid him thirty shillings and upward for,
the same, which wood the said Richard Milles had formerly bought of the Deft. Mr. John Hoskins
and farther this Dept. saieth that about two years sithence he bought of the said Mr. John
Hoskins uppon Langdon a heape of wood set upp together and paid him six powndes tor same,
and farther this Dept. saith that about one year sithence this Dept. bought uppon Langdon afore-
said a bargain of wood of one Hill, a cooper, dwelling in Newish in the county of Somerset, and
paid him for the same thirty shillings, which wood and the tymber trees on which the same was
growne the said Hill bought of the said Deft. Mr. John Hoskins and payed aboute fowr or five
powndes for the same as this Dept. hath heard, and farther this Dept. saith that one Bates, a
cooper, bought a bargain of three score ashes or thereabouts upon Langdon aforesaid of the
Deft. John Hoskins which bargain this Dept. was in price of and had otTered twenty-eight powndes
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for the same and could not have yt, and therefore this Dept. believeth that the said Bates paid
more for yt; and farther this Dept. saith that one Thomas Lincolne, a coop(er), bought two or
three bargaines of ashes of the Deft. John Floskins, but what he paid for the same this Dept.
knoweth not.
"16. To the sixteenth Inter, this Dept. saith that about fourteen years sithance or upwards
there were Certeyn trencher makers working upon the said fearme but how long this Dept.
knoweth not. And more to this Inter, he can not to his own rememberance depose other than as
formerly he hath deposed.
"17. To the seventeenth Inter, this Dept. saith that there hath been many trees of oake,
ash, maple and other wood within the space of eight years now last past felled and cut uppon
Langdon aforesaid and converted to billet and firewood and such like uses and sold unto neighbors
and strangers but how many trees this Dept. knoweth not, nor remem.berth to v/hom, and farther
this Dept. saith that there were certain loades of woode made into faggotts but how many this
Dept. knoweth not, of which this Dept. bought one hundred (loads) of oaken fagotts of a carter
that bought the same amongst others upon Langdon aforesaid, and paid for the same and the
carriage whome to this Dept's. house nine shillings, and more to Inter, to his now remembrance,
he cannot depose other than as he hath formerly deposed.
"23. To the three and twentieth Inter, this Dept. saith that there are greate quantity of
timber trees of oak and ash yet standing and growing uppon Langdon fearme aforesaid many
of which are young and good tymber trees such as will be better fourty or sixty yeares hence than
now they are as this Dept. conceiveth, but how many such trees there are now there this Dept.
knoweth not and saith that many of the young trees are handsome and delightful trees and yf
all those trees should be cutt Downe in some short tyme and other owners of tymber trees there-
abouts should do the like the country would wante tymber to builde or there would be greate
scarcity of tymber thereabout for buildings about forty, sixty or one hundred years hence as
this Dept. verily believeth for this Dept. saith that there is like to be a scarcity of tymber about
Beamister already."
This deposition of EI tweed Pomeroy is said to be in a hand different from
the rest and apparently identical with that of his several know signatures.
If so, he drew up his own evidence, a task which might have been left to a
consciencious man of capacity. At any rate, his age was about forty-four
on April 5, 1631, agreeing well with the record of his baptism in the Beaminster
transcript; he had been a resident of Beaminster or vicinity all or most of his
life, having known the Langdon properties and their lords for about thirty
years, or since the age of about fourteen or fifteen; and he was a prosperous
felt-maker of Beaminster in 1631, four years before the Pomeroy items ap-
peared in the Beaminster "Poor Book," having "his house," commodious
enough to lodge for nearly a year four men beside his own family, where at
least two of the men he also furnished with "beere," while his means, above
all investments of capital in his house and business, permitted outside specu-
lation in timber to the extent of £30, and the offer of another £28, in addition
to smaller items — a mere glimpse at a little part of his transactions caught
incidentally. A few more such documents with their casual allusions, and we
shall begin to see how near Eltweed Pomeroy ever came to landing in the
poor house!
Such a document restores to our own Dorchester records the full power
of inference we should naturally draw from them. Had a pauper received at
Dorchester the trust reposed in Eltweed Pomeroy it would be the first case
of the kind known in the history of the founding of our New England towns;
and the contrary inference, which by pure analysis is drawn from the Dor-
chester records on the ground of the universal discretion of our colonial
35 Sribal Aittnitni nf tlir Amrriran |Jnmrnu|s
fathers in putting their affairs in the hands only of men of parts, is shown to
have been correct. We alsc; know that the first-comers in these new towns
had the first claim to hinds and honors; and since we now learn that Tdtweed
did not reach Dorchester until some time between 5 April, 1631, and 4 March,
1632-3, wiicn he took the freeman's oath, the place at once given him at
Dorchester is the more significant. I^itlier he must have sent over funds for
original investment with the first settlers, as did some whose affairs detained
them in England, or else he was accorded an unaccustomed advantage on his
arrival as a particularly desirable settler in a town which did not lack several
of the best names in the colony.
Dorchester itself will find more interest in the vindication of Eltweed
Pomeroy than in the effort of the New England Register to roll reproach
upon the memory of its "fathers," who instituted, it is claimed, "the first
town meetings in America;" and this satisfaction may be indulged — sur-
reptitiously, of course — even in spite of the frowning veto of the periodical and
society which, we are assured, constitute the supreme and final authority on
all emigrants to New England. May we mildly suggest that our bondage to
this great system of infallibility would be made a trifle more tolerable if its
English searchers will veer their inferences from their own erratic themes just
enough to avoid open collision with our colonial records? And is it too much
to ask if English research is not greatly helped by using every scrap of Ameri-
can light on the immigrant? Or, if this expedient be disdained, may not at
least one hurried glance be given to records of old towns like Dorchester.
The village of Dorchester itself will find more interest in the vindication
of Eltweed Pomeroy than in the effort of the tyro on the New England
Register to fasten reproach of carelessness upon the memory of its "fathers,"
who instituted, it is claimed, "the first town meeting in America;" and this
satisfaction may now be indulged — surreptiously, of course — even in spite
of the frowning veto of the quarterly and society which, we are assured,
constitute the supreme and final authority on all emigrants to New England
in the early days of the Colony. — Frank Allaben.
(Urtbal Attrpatry nf tl]p Auiprirau Pamrroys
Believing that an outline reproduction of the tribal relations of the
American Pomeroys, as published in PartOneof theEIistory and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family, will be of great interest and convenience in this Part
Three, the analyst has considered it advisable to present the several ances-
tral families, which constitute a complete pedigree. There is only one
change from that given in 1912. The change is in a name only, not in a
family, and will be found in the 16th generation. It has been discovered
that our ancester of that generation was John Pomeroy instead of his brother
Henry, sons of Richard and Eleanor Coker Pomeroy: \ __.
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Roger, (no surname) of La Manche, Normandy. With his son William
Capra, was a large benefactor to the Pomeroy Abbey of Saint Mary du Val
in Normandy. — Calendar of Documents, France, p. 536.
Generation:
1 RADULPHUS DE LA POMMERAIE, b. at St. Sauveur de La
Pommeraie, in the Province of La Manche, Normandy, circa 1030,
son of Roger, who had no surname; benefactor to the Hospital of
St. John the Baptist at Falaise, Normandy; companion of William
of Normandy in the subjugation of England; in the Battle of
Hastings, A, D. 14 October, 1066. Our authorities do not give
the name of his wife.
2d gen. Children:
JoscELiNus DE PoMERiA, son and heir b. in Normandy. +
William de Pomeraie
2 JOSCELINUS DE POMERAIE, {Radulphus), son and heir;
joined his father in grants to the Church and Hospital of St. John
at Falaise; also, granted to the Abbey of Val in St. Omer, in the
diocese of Baieux, in Normandy, of which he was the refounder,
the churches of Beri, Braordin, and Clisson, etc., A. D. 1125.
Married Emma, dau. of — .
3d gen . Children:
Henry de La Pomerie, son and heir. +
Roger de Pomerai. Philip de Pomerai.
JosELiN DE Pomerai Radulphus de Pomerai.
3 HENRY DE LA POMEREI, {JosceBnis, Radulphus), son and
heir; witness to a deed in Normandy 1135; d. about 1166. Married
Rohesia, dau. of King Henry I, and sister of Reginald, Earl of Corn-
wall. By this marriage the entire manor of Alverton, Penzance,
passed from the Earls of Cornwall to the Pomeroys.
4th gen. Children:
Henry de Pomerei, son and heir. +
Joscelin de Pomerai, second son; tried for high treason at Win-
chester; in 1177 King Henry II gave him the Kingdom of Limerick,
which he refused. He bestowed on the Knights Hospitallers the
Church of St. Maderi, in the county of Cornwall.
4 HENRY DE POMERIA, {Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), son and
heir; held the Castle of La Pomerai and was Prepositura (Prevost)
of the Duke of Normandy; accounted for £80 6s 8d for the fine of
his lands, and paid £29 7s 8d and certified his knight's fee in England
12 Henry II. The same year gave land to the Priory of Saint
Nicholas of Exeter by the name of Henry, son of Henry de La
37 Srtlial Anrralrij uf tijp Anirrirau yumrrnya
Pomcrai, Rcihcsia his mother, aiiil Joscelin his brother, being wit-
nesses. He seized and fortified the stronghold of Saint Michael's
Mount in Cornwall for King John against Richard I, A. I). 1193.
Married (1) Matilda, daughter of Andre dc V'itrie ami Agnes de
Cornwall; ni. (2) Kohesia, dau. of Thomas and sister of Doun
Bardolph; she survivetl her husband, and with her second husband,
John Russell, had a suit with her step-son, Henry de La Pomerai,
respecting her dower, {Cu}: Reg. Mich.)
5th gen. Child:
Henry de La Pomerai, son and heir. +
5 HENRY DE LA POMERAI, (//f;/ry, Henry, Joscelinus, RaduU
phits), son and heir; owed 700 marks for livery of his lands and the
King's benevolence, 6 Richard L Had a suit with his step-mother
relating to her dower in Cornwall. In the 17th year of King John
he joined the rebellion and his lands were confiscated; next year he
submitted and his estates were restored. Settled on his son Galfrid
the manors of Clistwick, Braordin and Ceriton by fine. Pasch,
7 John. Died 6 Henry III, (1222).
Married Alicia, daughter of Robert de Vere and wife Maud
(dau. of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall and wife Beatrice).
6th gen. Children:
Henry de Pomeraie, son and heir, -f-
Geoffrey de La Pomeroy. ■\-
6 HENRY DE POMEROY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), son and heir; owed 600 marks for livery of his lands, of
which sum Alice de Valletort paid 400 marks 10 John. Confirmed
the gift of his ancestors of two acres of land in Boscowen and
Trelgher, County Cornwall, to the Monastery of St. Michael's
Mount. Was Governor of Rougemont Castle, Exeter, 12-16 John,
Sheriff of Devon 6 Henry III, gave to the Church of St. Nicholas,
Exeter, an annual rent of four pounds of wax out of Buckerell,
County Devon. "Testi Gaufrido de la Pomeray fratre meo."
Married Johanna, dau. of Reginald and sister of Roger de
Valletort.
7th gen. Child:
Henry de la Pomeraye, son and heir. -\-
7 HENRY DE LA POMERAYE, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radulphus), son and heir; in ward of Ralph de Turbe-
ville 3 Nov., 5 Henry III. Did homage for the lands of his father
16 Henry III, and died circa 1235. He came of age 16 Henry III;
died 21 Henry III, 25 years of age.
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Married Margeria de Vernon, dau. of William de Vernon (fifth
Earl of Devon) and wife Mabel de Mellent (dau. of Robert de
Mellent and wife Maud de Cornwall). Henry's widow had ward
of her son Henry 21 Henry III, on payment of 400 marks, and 38
Henry III, had custody of the lands of the heir of her late husband.
Sih gen. Child:
Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
8 HENRY DE LA POMERiVY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), son and heir; under age 21 Henry
III. Confirmed the grants previously made to the Abbey of Ford.
Ordered to be at Salon with horse and arms against Llewellyn ap
Griffith, 44 Henry III. Party to a fine in Stockley Pomeray, 54
Henry III. Died before 12 July 9 Edward I.
Married Isolda, dau. of and widow of ; had
license to marry whomsoever she pleased, 15 Nov. 10 Edward I;
held one-third of Berry and Stockley Pomeray in dower, 22 April,
21 Edward 1; died circa 6 Edward III.
9th gen. Child:
Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
9 SIR HENRY DE LA POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus'), son and heir; born at Trego-
ney. County Cornv/all, and bapt. in the church there 23 April, 1265
sixteen years old and married at the Feast of Pentecost, 1 June 1281
Inquest 9 Edward I; (No. 82) Proved his age as 22 years on the
Friday after the Feast of Pentecost, 1287. Inq. 15 Edward I;
(No. 72). Claimed a moity of the manor of Tremeton and of 58
Knights' fees in Cornwall and Devon as co-heir of Roger de Valle-
tort, 33 Edward I; (No. 51). This Henry was in ward to Sir
Geoffrey de Camville, his wife's father.
Married, Amicia dau. of Sir Geoffrey de Camville; held the manor
of Stockeley Pomeray in dower, 1 May, 2 Edward III.
10th gen. Child:
Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
10 SIR HENRY DE LA POMERAY, {Jienry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus'), son and heir; aged 14
years 27 Sept. 33 Edward I, 1305, claimed as son of Henry, son of*
Henry, son of Johanna, eldest of the two sisters and co-heirs of
Roger de Valletort, renewed the suit commenced by his father for
a moiety of the Castle and lands of Roger de Valletort, 9 Edward
II, 1316. By the name of Henry, son of Henry de la Pomeray,
Knight, and Amicia, dau. of Geoffrey de Camville, confirmed the
grant made by his grandfather Henry, son of Henry de la Pomeray
39 Srihal Aurriilru nf Ihr Anirriran JJmnrrnua
and Margery de Vernon in the manor of Tale. I lad license to entale
the manors Stokeley, Byrye, Harherton, etc., on himself and Johanna
his wife for life, with remainder to his s(jns Henry, William, Nicholas,
John and Thomas, successively in tale male 1 May 2 Kdward II, and
cntalcd them by fine 3 I'.dward III, 132S. Presented to the church
of Whitson, Devon in right of I'.li/aheth, his wife, 16 April, 1359,
Died 22 Oct., 1367; inq. p. m. 41 Kdward I. (No. 5.) *
Married (1) Johanna, dau. of John, Lord Mules, (who was
descended from Richard the Fearless and Gunnora); m. (2) Eliza-
beth, dau. and co-heir of John de Powderham; living 1350.
11th goi. Children:
Sir Hknrv of. la Pomf.rav, son and heir, -f
Cai't. William de la Pomeray, second son; ped. fin. 3 P.dward III;
he was Captain of Castle Cornet at St. Peter Port, Isle ot Guernsey.
Nicholas de la Pomeray third son; ped. fin. 3 Edward III;
Sheriff of County Devon, 50 Edward III; arms, a lion rampant
gules within a bordure engrailed sable.
John de la Pomeray, fourth son; ped. fin. 3 Edward III.
Thomas de la Pomeray, youngest son. +
(American Pomeroys descend from this Thomas.)
Child by 2d ivije:
Elizabeth de la Pomeray; m. Oliver Carminow; vide Carminow;
ped. Vivian's Visitation of Cornwall.
11 THOMAS DE LA POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinns, Radulphus), youngest son.
Ped. fin. 3 Edward III; acquired lands in Sandridge, etc. Ped. /
fin. 45 Edward III. p '^
Married. Our authorities do not give the name of his wife.
In accordance with the entale of his father Henry, by fine 3
Edward III, his son and heir, Edward, succeeded to the manors ot
Stokeley, Byrye, Harberton, etc., his father's elder brother Sir Henry
having died without male issue, as did also his elder brothers Capt.
William, Nicholas, and John.
12th gen. Child.
Edward de la Pomeray, son and heir; succeeded to Berry Pomeroy
on the death of his uncle Sir Thomas Pomerav, 1426.
12 SIR EDW^ARD DE LA POMERAY, {Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, He)iry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinns, Radulphus),
son and heir; succeeded to Bery Pomeroy on the death of Sir
Thomas Pomeroy, 1426. Sheriff of Devon 10 Henry VI. Died
3 May 1446, seized of Bery Pomeroy, Stockley Pomeroy, one-half
of the manor of Harberton, one-third of the manor of Brixton, by
virtue of entale; ped. fin. 3 Edward III. Inquest p. m. 24
Henry VI. (No. 37.)
Married Margaret, dau. of John Bevile. Settlement before
marriage 5 Henry IV; settlement after marriage, 12 Sept. 13 Henry
VI; died 10 Sept. 1461. Inquest p. m. 1 Edward IV. (No. 11.)
13th gen. Children:
HexVry de la Pomeray, son and heir; m. (1) Alice, dau. of John
Raleigh; m (2) Anna or Amey, dau. of Robert Cammel. +
John Pomeray. + -
13 HENRY DE LA POMERAY, {Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus),
son of Sir Edward de la Pomeray and Margaret Bevile; m. (1)
Alice, dau. of John Raleigh of Fardell, County Devon; m (2) Anna,
dau. of Robert Cammel of Tittleford, County Dorset, widow of
Henry Barrett of Whiteparish, County Wilts; m. before Sept. 20,
1478; d. before her second husband; s. p. by him. She had a daugh-
ter, Johanna Barrett, by her first husband, who married William
Kelloway of Sherburne, County Dorset. They had a daughter
Agnes, who married Thomas Pomeroy, He d. 7 July, 1481.
14th gen. Children by 1st wife:
Sir Seint Clere Pomeroy, Knight, son and heir, d. v. p. s. p. 31
May, 1471. Inquest p. m. 12 Edward IV. No. 3; m. Katharine,
dau. of Sir Philip Courtenay, Kt. of Powderham, (son of Sir John
Courtenay and Joan, dau. of Alexander Cham.pernowne, widow of
Sir James Chudleigh), heir to his uncle Sir William Courtenay and
his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Weaker, Lord Hungerford, K. G.; she was
widow of Thomas Rogers; after the death of Sir Seint Clere Pomeroy
she m. (3) Sir W^illiam Huddesfield, Attorney-General to King
Edward IV. Inquest p. m. 7 Henry VIII. George Rogers her
son and heir. (The descent noted in the 11th, 12th and 13th
generations is declared in the inquest taken on the death of Katha-
rine Huddesfield, widow of Sir Seint Clare Pomeroy, 7 Henry VIII.
No. 14, Bond.)
Sir Richard Pomeroy, second son, heir to his brother, Sir Seint
Clere.
John Pomeroy, named in the will of his brother; living 1496.
Agnes Pomeroy, named in the will of her brother; 1496.
Elizabeth Pomeroy.
""Thomas Pomeroy, fourth son. +
14 THOMAS POMEROY, {Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Heriry, Joscelinus, Radulphus')^
fourth son; held lands in Cheriton, Fitzpaine, etc., which were
41 Sribal Aurratrij nf tlir Amrriran ynmrniya
settled upon him and Agnes, his wife, hy her father, 20 Sept. 1478;
d. 29 Dec. 1493. Inquest p. m. 9 Henry VII. No. 61.
Married Agnes, dau. of \N'illiaiii Kelloway and wife J<jan Barrett.
15th gen. Chiltln'n:
Agnes Pomerov, b.; ni. (1) 'I'honias Tresoyle; m. (2) Thomas
Vowell.
Anna Pomerov, h.; m. Tristram of Hengscott of Fxeter.
Margaret Pomerov, h.; ni. Thomasine Pomerov, h.
Elizabeth Pomerov, b.
Henrv Pomerov (not Thomas), son and heir; aged 12 years at
death of his father.
Richard Pomerov, of Rousdon, County Devon; living 1531. +
15 RICHARD POMEROY, {Thomas, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), b. about 1484; living 1531; m. Eleanor, dau. of John
Coker of Mapowder, county Dorset.
16th geri. Children:
Henry Pomerov, son and heir; living 1531.
John Pomerov, b. about 1510; living 1531.
16 JOHN POMEROY, {Richard, Thomas, Henry, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radulphus), gent., b. about 1510; living 1531-1565.
He left the immediate neighborhood of Berry-Pomeroy, and was
the first Pomeroy of this branch of the family to settle permanently
in Western Dorset, at Netherbury, which adjoins both Simonds-
bury, where Eltweed Pomeroy 's father and mother died in 1612/
and Beaminster, where they lived and Eltweed was born. While
we had strong reasons for the statement that John. Pomeroy's elder
brother Henry was the grandfather of Eltweed, our commissioner
in England has demonstrated by record that John Pomeroy, the
younger brother, was the vital man in the coyinection; therefore, the
proper correction of the alleged weak link in the Pomeroy pedigree
has been made to the best of our knowledge and belief. This change
does not affect the pedigree as given in the History and Genealogy
of the Pomeroy Family except in this one name, there being no
change in the family. He married twice and had children:
17th gen. Children:
Martyn Pomerov, of Netherbury, and Askewell, Dorset, of record
*k in 1528, 1549, 1561, and died before 15S9; solicitor and scrivener.
' Robert Pomerov, of record in 1532-1600 at Netherbury and
Simondsbury, Dorset.
Mary Pomeroy, of record in 1536-1540.
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William Pomeroy, of record at Simondsbury, Dorset; m. Mary — ;
lived at Crewkerne, Somerset; d. there July 3, 1595.
Richard Pomeroy, b. about 1540; of record at Netherbury 1560,
and at Beaminster 1585 and 1590.
17 RICHARD POMEROY, (John, Richard, Thomas, Henry, Edward,
Tho?nas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), b. about 1540, of record at
Netherbury 1560, and Beaminster 1585-1590; m. Eleanor; re-
turned to Simondsbury, Dorset, where she died April 12, 1612;
he d. there Feb. 7, 1612.
18th gen. Children:
John Pomeroy.
Henry Pomeroy, b.; m. Marget Oventon; d. 1635.
Agnes Pomeroy, b. 1582; m. April 25, 1612, Robert Jessopp;
lived at Stoke Abbot, Dorset.
Eltweed Pomeroy, b. July 4, 1585. +
18 ELTWEED POMEROY, b. July 4, 1585, Beaminster, Dorset; m.
(1) Joanna Keech;m. (2) May 7, 1629 Margery Rockett; shed. July
5, 1655, Windsor, Conn.; she was mother of his children, b. in
America; m. (3) Lydia Brown, widow of Thomas Parsons. Eltweed
Pomeroy d. in March, 1673, at Northampton, Mass.
19th gen. Children b. in America:
Eldad Pomeroy, b. Feb. 1630; d. May 22, 1662, Northampton,
Mass.
Mary Pomeroy, b. Dorchester; d. Dec. 19, 1640, Windsor, Conn.
John Pomeroy, b. Dorchester; d. 1647, Windsor, Conn.
Medad Pomeroy, bp. Aug. 19, 1638. +
Caleb Pomeroy, bp. March 6, 1641. +
Mary Pomeroy, bp. April 21, 1644; d. 1657, Windsor, Conn.
Joshua Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 22, 1646. +
Joseph Pomeroy, bp. June 20, 1652. +
All descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett may number
their generations from the 18th.
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George E. Pomerov, S. Harris Pomeroy, Albert A. Pomeroy
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\' 1012, when the History arul Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family
was puhlishcil, there were many families in America who neglected
to provide the liata necessary for publication in our Family Book.
'I Ik'sc deficiencies, have, in a large measure, been accounted
for in the chapter presented here of new developments and
extensions.
It is iiekl th;ii in genealogy no evidence is as authentic and faithful to
fact as that of a photograph of a record of authority. That is the chief
reason for the reproduction of the photograph of the bronze tablet facing page
27 in this volume. This engraved tablet contains the names of the Com-
panions of William the Conqueror in the conquest of England. This tablet
was officially authorized and erected by the Societe Francaise d'Archeologies
of Normandy and France. In this tablet is the name of your ancestor,
Roule de La Pommeraie, the Frenchman who stands at the head of the
Pomeroy Race. There were several variations in the spelling of the name in
France and England until the 14th generation (1470), when the name was
"anglicized "Pomeroy" and that spelling has been universally adopted.
TKe photographed page of the Domesday Book, facing page 28, is repro-
duced in this supplementary volume for the same purpose, as authentic
testimony that Sir Roul (or Ralph) de La Pomerie was of sufficient importance
and prowess in the armies of William the Conqueror to merit favorable con-
sideration, and to entitle him to large portions of the confiscated lands of
England in the division.
4 Eldad Pomeroy, (son of Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett)
b. Feb., 1630, Dorset, England (not Devon); admitted freeman at
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, 1658, (not 1638 as the records of
that colony give it); granted by committee of the General Court,
about 1660, fifteen acres of meadow land and ploughing at Massan,
on the west side of the Connecticut River, which he sold to Jonathan
Gillet; he was bethrothed to Susanna, only child of Henry Cunliff,
and left her part of his property by will; d. May 22, 1662, North-
ampton, Mass.; unm.
31 HANNAH POMEROY, {Caleb Eltweed), b. July 4, 1682; m. July
7, 1702, Joseph Baker, of Windsor, Conn., b. 13 April, 1678, son of
Joseph (Jeffry); removed to Tolland in 1724 and settled on a tract
of land of several hundred acres south of Shempset Pond; she d. July
7, 1705; he m. (2) Mrs. Abigail (Stiles) Bissell, dau. of Thomas
Stiles; he d. Jan. 29, 1754, at Tolland, Conn.
4t/i. ge??. Children:
210 Joseph Baker b. April 19, 1703; m. Jan. 21, 1730-31, Margaret
Gibbs of East Windsor; he d. 1782 at Tolland, Conn.
211 Samuel Baker, b. June 28, 1705.
5th gen. Children of Joseph and Margaret {Gibbs) Baker {210)
211.1 Seth Baker, b. at Tolland, Conn., July 2, 1733; m. Nov. 11, 1762,
Mercy (or Mary) Skinner. He was living at Tolland, Conn., in
1790. +
211.2 Titus Baker, b. June 18, 1736; m. May 14, 1761, Eunice Badger;
she d. August 11, 1801.
211.3 Joseph Baker, b. Nov. 18, 1738; m. March 25,1762,Lois Carpenter;
he d. Nov. 19, 1804; she d. Aug. 3, 1808.
211.4 Ebenezer Baker, b. Feb. 8, 1741-2; m. Sarah King Nov. 5, 1766;
she d. Jan. 12, 1788.
211.5 Mary (or Marah) Baker, b. Aug. 5, 1745.
211.6 Daniel Baker, b. Jan. 6, 1747-8.
211.7 Ruth Baker, b. Dec. 25, 1749.
211.8 Hannah Baker.
6th gen. Children of Seth and Mercy {Skinner) Baker {211.1):
211.9 Mary Baker, b. at Tolland, Conn., Nov. 15, 1763; m. (1st wife)
Feb. 19, 1789, Arad Skinner, b. at Harwinton, Conn., Nov. 3, 1756,
son of Ashbel and Marah (Holcomb) Skinner; she d. Sept. 25, 1809;
he d. Nov. 22, 1828.
211.10 Caroline Baker, b. Nov. 27, 1766.
211.11 Dulla Baker, b. Sept. 21.
211.12 Ezekiel Baker, b. May 12, 1771.
211.13 Phoebe Baker, b. Aug. 8, 1773.
211.14 Joel Baker, b. Apr. 6, 1779.
211.15 RusEL Baker, b. Jan. 22, 1785.
7th gen. Child of Mary and Arad Skinner^ {211.9):
211.16 Julius Skinner, b. March 13, 1895, Harwinton, Conn.; went to
Atlanta, Ga., about 1810-12; m. Sept. 5, 1822, Lucinda Houston,
b. April 12, 1808, d. Dec. 21, 1864; he d. May 2, 1872, at Atlanta,
Georgia. -f
8th gen. Child of Julius and Lucinda Houston Skinner, {211.16):
211.17 Margaret Skinner, b. April 23, 1831; m. Sept. 3, 1856, William
A. Mitchell, b. Jan. 24, 1822, d. April 19, 1895; she d. Feb. 4,
1915. +
9th gen. Child of Margaret and William A. Mitchell, {211 .17) :
211.18 Nena Mitchell, b. June 5, 1862; m. Dec. 22, 1909, Herbert M.
Milam. Residence, Atlanta, Ga.
45 Jlnmrnig DrurUi;jnirnta in Amrrira
154 Marv Benton, dau. of Mary Pfjineroy and Samuel Rcnton of
Hartford, hp. May 29, 1715; m. Klijah Clap.
182 Fltsha Sf.ari.f., {Abigail Pomcroy^ Cnlch, Eltwecd)^ I). 1695; son of
John and Ruth (Janes) Scarlc; captured hy hnlians May 13, 1704,
at Pascomuck, near Mt. Tom, at the time of the terrible massacre;
he was taken to Canada and brought uji in the Catholic faith.
Fifteen years later he was redeemed and returned to his native
town. He m. Rebecca Danks.
The following facts concerning his captivity were copied from the
Montreal parish records, page 496, and translated from the French
by Miss C. Alice Baker: "On Tuesday, the 29th day of September,
in the year 1705, the ceremonies of baptism have been by me, the
undersigned priest, given to an English child, named in his own
country, Elisha, son of the deceased John Searle and his wife Abigail
Pumry, who was born in Northampton, New England, the ,
having been captured the 11th of March, in the year 1704 and
brought to Canada; lives with Mr. John Baptist Beloron, Esq.,
Seignior de Blaineville and Captain of a company of the detachment
of marines. He had for his godfather the said Seignior de Blaine-
ville, who gave him the name of Michael, and for his godmother
Madame Mary Anne Le Moyne, wife of Mr. John Baptist, Seignior
de la Chassaque, Captain of a company of the regiment, who have
signed with me."
The signatures of Father Meriel and of the god-parents follow-
77 Thankful Burbank, wife of Joseph Pomeroy, {Joseph^
Medad, Eltweed), and dau. of Ebenezer Burbank, b. Sept. 3, 1704;
m. July 10, 1727; d. 1796; Joseph d. Sept. 25, 1787.
78 REV. BENJAMIN POMEROY {Josepk, Medad, E/mred), b. Nov.
11, 1704, Suffield, Conn.; m. Oct. 3, 1734, Abigail Wheelock, dau. of
Deacon Ralph Wheelock and wife Ruth Huntington. He was
graduated from Yale, A. B., 1733; degree of D. D. from Dartmouth
1774. He was minister in Hebron, Conn, from 1734 to 1784;
Chaplain in the army during the French and Indian wars; Chaplain
of the 3d regt. Connecticut Line from Jan., 1777, to July, 1778;
also a trustee of Dartmouth College, a patron of learning, a firm and
active pastor for fifty years, and a friend to the distressed. He
died Dec. 21, 1784.
5M gen. Children:
432 Benjamin Pomerov, b. Jan. 9, 1736; Surgeon in the 4th Conn, regt.,
of which his father was Chaplain; d. in that service at Skaneateles,
Dec. 8, 1757, or 1760, during the French war.
Part M}m - Pcm^rng HiBtcry anh C^^nrabgu ^^
433 Ralph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8, 1737. +
434 Eleazar Wheelock Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1739. +
435 JosiAH Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1741; d. Sept. 11, 1742.
436 Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 31, 1744. +
437 JosiAH Pomeroy, b. June 18, 1745. +
438 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1747; d. Jan. 16, 1748.
439 Hanxah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 28, 1748-49; d. March 30, 1749.
440 Hezekiah Pomeroy, b. July 17, 1750; d. Jan. 3, 1755.
441 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8, 1751. .+
442 John Pomeroy, b. March 5, 1754; d. April 27, 1754-5.
443 Elihu Pomeroy, b. Aug. 19, 1755. +
444 Augustus Wheelock Pomeroy, b. Feb. 14, 1758; d. Jan. 24, 1759.
Barber's Historical Collections report that the Rev. Benjamin
Pomeroy, so far as appears "was the oldest at graduation of any of
the students of Yale College commemiorated in this volume."
He resided at Yale College a year after graduation, as one of the
first scholars on Dean Berkeley's foundation, receiving as the income
therefrom £16. He seemed at the same time to have prosecuted the
study of theology, as he began to preach in 1734, in Hebron, Conn.,
where he was ordained as pastor, Dec. 16, 1735. Soon after the
great religious revival in 1740 began, he identified himself with the
movement, and thenceforth labored abundantly to promote it.
Samson Occum, the celebrated Indian preacher, lived a year with
Doctor Pomeroy, studying Latin and Greek.
In 1757, Doctor Benjamin Pomeroy was at Fort Edward as
Chaplain to the Connecticut troops in the French and Indian war.
The first letter from him in my possession is dated "Camp Fort
Edward, Sept. 10, 1757," and was to Mrs. Abigail Pomeroy at
Hebron, Conn. This letter contains no episode of general interest.
Then follows a letter to his wife dated:
Lake George, Jul. 23d, 1759.
Saturday last at break of day, our troops to the number of 12,000
embarked for Cabrillous all in health & high spirits. I co'd wish for
more appearance for Dependance on God than was observable
amongst them yet I hope God will Grant Deliverance unto Israel
by them. Mr. Beebe & I, by ye advice of our Col. stay behind but
expect soon to follow. A considerable number of Sick are left here
in Hospitals. Five died last night.
Capt. Ichabod Phelps is stationed at Fort Millar. I saw him and my
neighbor Feulding a week ago. Mr. Chamberlin's son is here in ye Hospital
but mending. I have been in general as well as when at home, want very
much to hear from you, our dr. children &:c. the People & neighboring ministers
4r Pmurroij Drurlii|imrntH in Amrrtra
&c. how does our son Gillct & dau. and son Ralph will they not write to me?
I wd mention, wod time permit me to describe ir The affecting scene of last
Friday morning. A poor wretched Criminal Thos Hailey was executed. Mr.
Brainard tv myself chieHy discoursed with him hut almost all his care was to
have his life prolonged, pleatled with us to intercede with ye fj'eneral for him
but there was no prospect of succeeding, his crime was stealing, or Robhing,
whereof he had been frequently guilty, once rec'd 100 lashes, & once reprieved
from ye gallows, but being often reproved he still hardened his heart, & was
sudiienly destroy'd. Several prayers were made at ye place of execution the
poor creature was terrified even to amazement & distraction at ye approach of
ye King of Terrors. An Eternity of sinful pleasure would he dear bought with
the pains of ye last two hours of his life. He struggled with His Executioner,
I believe more than an hour ere they could put him in any proper position to
receive the shot the Capt. of ye guard told me since that he believed verily that
the devil helped him. I was far from thinking so yet his resistance was very
extraordinary.
July 21,1 759. For want of time my dear I send enclosed to Dr. Whalock
a brief & imperfect journal from ye 3d inst to this present date, which please
to open & read & send to him. The wind is now fair. I am just going to
Embark for Carvillous. I want to hear more particularly from you, have any
of our people gone to ye Eternal world &c. I wod have wrotQ you before had
I opportunity. I am with increasing love and affection My Dr.
Your most affectionate loving husband
Bexj. Pome ROY.
The next letter of interest is to the Reverend Eleazer Wheelock,his wife's
brother:
Crow^n Point Oct. 8, 1759.
Dearest Brother
Yours of Sept. 29 as it would have been acceptable at any time was
peculiarly so last Saturday evening as I was parting with two very dear
brethren Messrs. Brainerd &: Forbes who went yesterday morning with about
300 invalids for Albany but they both in health both salute you Kindly.
Mr. Brainerd is forward to support the school but I fear will be able to do
nothing at Albany for its not probable Mr. Ogelive is returned. I hope he
will write you from Albany but if not soon after he gets home. Majr Rogers
has been out about 25 days with 200 men, 30 days provisions. We heard
little from him that can be relyed on. Know not his destination tis said
Genl . . . has positive orders from Genl Amherst to proceed directly to
Montreal but Im not satisfyed of ye truth of it. tis expected ye Genl & main
body of Regular troops with ye new Brig Sloops & other vessels of force will
sail down ye lake very soon, tomorrow I suppose is the day appointed for
embarking. But none of ye Provinsial troops are appointed. The weather
is & generally has been favorable to our business being pretty dry and as
warm as summer. If you was to see our garden which has been mostly made
since our arrival youd imagine it May or June no frost having yet touchd ye
tenderest plants. I thank you for ye care you take to inform of ye state of
my family & very heartily condole ye afflicted circumstances of any branches
of yours, if you have opportunity represent me to 'em as sharing their sorrow.
Ive taken a good deal of pains to get a later act. of Dear Cousin Phelp's state
but after all my hope is an expiring taper. Sergt Mack is informed she was
just alive 25 th Sept. The post came thro' Hebron was at Hosfords when he
took his letters ye 27th, but can give no act, of Mrs. Phelps. Does not know
yt. ee heard anything about her. He brought me no letter from my own
family or any body in Hebron. Bro. Leavenworth only is with me now. he
sends kind salutation. I hear Col. Wooster & Regt are ordered here & perhaps
on ye march. Can you think of any body who might be obtained to preach
ye Thanksgiving to my people if I should not come home soon eno? I return
kind salutation to Dr Sister Whalock, yr dear family &c, & am much as ever
your Brother.
Benja Pomeroy,
P. S. Oct. 12th. The post has waited for ye Embarkation for St Johns
which began yesterday afternoon & was finished by Daylight they are about
5000 in number, no provincials except small drafts of Sailors, oarsmen &c.
Theyeve had a very favorable night this morning looks a little threatening.
As I trust you will remember them all in your prayers, so I would bespeak a
particular regard to my son Eleazer who has gone with them.
Oct. 13. The weather is tempestous this morning. Ill boding to our
troops but God whose thots & ways are above our may mean it for good.
I fear the Posts long delay will rob you of ye little satisfaction you might have
had from ye above imperfect sketch of news, which I can not always remidy,
or compensate but by keeping my letter open to let you hear from me as late
as I can.
Oct. 14. Ye post is going in a hurry at last. Son Eleazer writes,
"Camp in Battoes, near Four Islands, 40 miles down ye Lake Oct. 13."
Nothing very extraordinary has happened yet But we hear our vessels have
got below those of ye French. Our men are in high spirits. We are like to
remain here till ye weather changes." An Ensign who brot ye letter says yt
an officer of ours & 24 men mistaking a French vessel for ours were impressed
by her but ours had blocked up the creek & were pretty sure of them."
Benja Pomeroy.
Ralph Pomeroy, son of the Reverend Benjamin Pomeroy, was pay-
master in Col. Wylly's regiment when the latter was serving as Chaplain
at Fort Edward
40 Jlmnrrny DntrUifimrnta in Amrrira
West Point, IK:i(l(|uarters, 8th day of March, 1778.
Personally ai^tpcared Kalph Pomeroy, Paymaster to Col. Wyliys's Regt.
and took the oath, of allegiance as Paymaster, by him sui)scribed, before me.
(Signed) Samukl H. Parsons, B, (j."
The last of Doctor Pomeroy's letters here quoted announced to his wife
the departure of the Provincial troops from Inirt Kdward.
Montreal, Sept. 11, 1760.
My dear:
I borrow a friends hand just to inform you that 1 received Mr. Whalock's
letter of August 3ti on the 4th instant which was peculiarly agreeable. But
before I had opportunity to answer it was seized violently with some of the
usual camp disorders, but thor' pure mercy am now apparently on the gaining
hand.
As our Provincials are retiu-ning by the same tedious route by which
they came, I expect to be left here, "to proceed homeward by way of Crown
Point, as soon as possible. I hope for the company of two worthy and very
dear brethren 'Chaplains' Mess. Ogileve & Kirkpatrick should divine provi-
dence see fit to disappoint us of these Expectations may he give us resignation
to his Will, prepare us for all trials & events & fit us for his holy pleasure.
Give Kind Salutations to the Family, to Dr. Bro, Whalock, to the
Ministers & to the dear people of my Congregation desiring their prayers, &
accept of wonted salutations yourself from, My dear, your Loving and
Affectionate husband Baxja Pomeroy.
The Reverend Benjamin Pomeroy was commissioned Chaplain of the
Third Connecticut Line (Colonel Samuel Wyllys), on January 1, 1777. He
served for one year and six months, resigning on July 1, 1778. He was a
zealous and able advocate for the civil and religious liberties of his country,
and was warm with patriotism while he officiated as chaplain. Like a good
bishop he was given to hospitality, and "The broken soldier, kindly bade to
stay, sat by his fire, and talked the night away."
The following statements were extracted from newspaper obituaries of
Doctor Pomeroy (a colonial preacher and patriot).
The Reverend Benjamin Pomeroy, D. D., departed this life at Hebron,
Connecticut, the 22nd of December, 1784, in the eighty-first year of his age;
in the triumphant hope of a blessed immortality. The Reverend Doctor
Huntington, of Coventry, preached at his interment, from Daniel 12, 13:
"But go thou thy way, till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy
lot, at the end of the days."
He was descended of a pious and respectable family, whose ancestors,
at an early period of the settlement of New England, (1630) came from Britain,
and settled in the town of Windsor, on the bank of the Connecticut river. He
was a son of Mr. Joseph Pomeroy, of Suffield. His capacious mind early discover-
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ed an ardent thirst for learning. He received the first honors of Yale College
A. D. 1733. He and his brother-in-law, the late President Wheelock, were the
two first who received the generous legacy of the Reverend Dean Berkley, to
that College, for superior merit in literature, while they were students there.
To his judgment, which was penetrating, was joined a warm and lively
imagination. His taste was very good; and his memory retentive to an un-
common degree. Theology was his chief study from early life. The ancient
and modern poets and classics were familiar to him, and improved in the
cause of virtue and religion. In friendship he was constant and affectionate;
and a pattern of the virtues which adorn the head of a family.
In the days of his youth, he became the friend of God, by the power of
divine grace. The enlarged powers of his soul and all his acquiremicnts, were
consecrated to the work of the ministry of the gospel, of which he was a most
ingenious preacher.
He excelled in casuistry and experimental knowledge. In this perhaps
he hath scarce left his superior. He was active and zealous in labors in carry-
ing on the reformation, remarkable for the uncommon effusions of the divine
spirit, thro' New England and other parts of the continent almost fifty years
ago. Multitudes in various parts of the land rejoiced in his light. His zeal
was ardent. It was a zeal for God and the immortal interests of mankind.
He was a Calvinist in principle, but not a bigot. His sentiments were liber-
al. His preaching was evangelical; his address solemn, pathetic and affecting.
He was greatly assisting, by his disinterested labors, to his worthy
brother, the late President Wheelock, in establishing the foundation of the
school in his vicinity, from which Dartmouth College arose, and exerted his
kind offices to that seminary to the close of life; of which he was appointed
by royal charter, a trustee. The Senatus Academicus of that University
conferred on him the degree of Doctor in Divinity, A. D. 1774.
His charities and compassion were unbounded. He enjoyed the luxurious
pleasure of mitigating human wo, and wiping the tear from the face of sorrow.
In relieving the wants of others, he was forgetful of his own. "The blessings
of many ready to perish came upon him."
He was called off from his public labors, by a severe asthma, more than
a year before his death, and was wholly deprived of his sight. His mental
powers remained unimpaired to the last. He familiarly conversed upon his
approaching dissolution; and the expectation of an exchange of worlds was
pleasant. " He knew that his Redeemer liveth." He took an affectionate
leave of his family, and sitting in his chair, quietly dropt into the arms of
death. He left a widow and five children to imitate his great example.
His son-in-law, the Reverend David McClure, A. M., delivered a sermon
on the "Death of the Reverend Benjamin Pomeroy, D. D.," which was printed
in Hartford by Elisha Babcock.
51 JJumrrny Drurlupmrntii iu Amrrtra
80 NOAF 1 POMEROY, {Joseph, Medad, FMweed), h. Oct. 20, 1 700, Suf-
ficlci, Conn.; m. Aug. 26, 1732, AMtzail Remington, perhaps dau. of
John Remington, {Jn/ni, Thomas, John), h. at Suffield, d. Sept. 26,
1813; He was appointed sealer for Suffield of leather; he d
5th ^c)i. Chihhen:
451 Noah Pomi-rov, h. Jan. U, 1733. +
452 Abigail Pomerov, h. April 3, 1734; d. May 29, 1734.
453 Eli A KIM Pomerov, h. May 3, 1735. +
454 Abigail Pomerov, h. Oct. 14, 1736. +
455 Simeon Pomerov, h. July 20, 1738; d. Jan. 30, 1761.
456 ; Dan Pomerov, b. March 26, 1740. +
457 Sarah Pomerov, b. Aug. 2, 1741.
458 Jonathan Pomerov, b. Sept. 15, 1743. +
459 Elijah Pomerov, b. April 15, 1745.
460 Epaphras Pomerov, b. July 12, 1749; d. Aug. 20, 1751.
461 Ruth Pomerov, b. Feb. 8, 1751. +
462 Elizabeth Pomerov, b. Sept. 24, 1752.
463 Epaphras Pomerov, b. April 4, 1753; d. April 3, 1763.
177 Lois Phelps, wife of Joshua Pomeroy, {Samuel^ Caleb, Eltweed),
dau. of William Phelps and Thankful Edwards, b. 1725; d. March
14, 1795, {not April 21, 1779); Joshua Pomeroy d. April 21, 1779.
530 Justus Pomerov, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, and
531 Princess Pomerov, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, children of Joshua Pomeroy
and wife Lois Phelps, {Samuel, Caleb, Eltiaeed), (were not twins),
although the record of their baptism is of the same date; Justus was
born five years before he was baptized.
847 William Pomerov, {Shammah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed)
b. June 6, 1776, {not d. June 6, 1776). +
890 Dr. Lewis Darling, {Lewis, Seth, Benjamin, Denice), b. Oct. 19,
1840, great grandson of Lucy Pomeroy, {Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), gr. University of Michigan; assistant-surgeon in both the
army and navy during the Civil War; died suddenly Oct. 20, 1916,
aged 76 years in the old Darling homestead, at Lawrenceville, Pa.
892 Emmeline Gibson Darling, dau. of Dr. Lewis and Lucy Mason
(Parsons) Darling, b. April 2, 1845, Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., Pa.;
d. at Angelica, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1918, aged 73 years, 8 months,
13 days; unm.; burial in the Darling cemeterv lot, Lawrenceville,
Pa.
897 Carson Mason Darling, son of Orland L. and Rue B. L. Darling,
b. Dec. 12, 1899, member of U. S. A. Students' Training Corps,
Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., d. in hospital, Rochester, N. Y.,
Dec. 2, 1918, aged 19; burial from his father's residence.
349 LIEUT. JOSIAH POMEROY, (Josmh, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
b. July 21, 1741; m. Joanna Wright in 1762, dau. of Phineas Wright
and wife Joanna Field.
There is a grievous confusion of identity in the History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family between Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy,
named above and Dr. Josiah Pomeroy (No. 430) in our family
genealogy, caused by two erroneous entries in the town records of
Westfield. The extracts from New Hampshire State Papers should
be omitted on page 203, and transferred to Dr. Josiah Pomeroy's
family record on page 236, No. 430, and the wholesome corrections
following read into the life history of Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy and
his family:
In order to make this mistaken record clear perhaps it would be
advisable to quote the records of both families as given in the
History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, as Mr. Frank
Pomeroy Wheeler, a descendant of Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy, writes
that the Pomeroy History has corrected the two marriages and has
the children right, although the confusion in the biographies of the
Lieutenant and the Doctor remains. If the extracts from New
Hampshire State Papers are taken from Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy's
record and placed with that of Dr. Josiah the status of both will be
correct. Frank Pomeroy Wheeler has published a small leaflet
from which the following well-supported evidence is taken:
"In tracing my ancestors it was to Warwick, Mass., I first turned, as both of my grand-parents
on my mother's side were born there. I soon found that Temple and Sheldon, in their History o'
Northfield, page 518, were in error in stating that my great-grandfather, Josiah Pomeroy, was a
Yale graduate, surgeon and royalist, etc., and married Ann Allis. There were two Pomeroy men
of nearly the same age named Josiah, i. e., Lieutenant Josiah, son of Ensign Josiah, who married
Joanna Wright and lived in Warwick, Mass., and Dr. Josiah, son of Joseph, of Suffield, Conn.,
who married Ann Allis, moved to Keene, N. H., and became a distinguished surgeon, abandoned
his property and went to Montreal, etc.
The fourth generation, father of Lieut. Josiah, we find the following:
Josiah Pomeroy, (Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), born Dec. 29, 1703, died 1789. Known as
Ensign. Estate settled in 1789. The names mentioned in will or settlement of Josiah Pomeroy's
estate: Adino, Eleazer, Shamer, Josiah, Jonathan, Eunice Williston and Dorothy Treadwell.
Mr. J. B. Dexter, in his Yale Biographies and Annals, Vol. ii, 1896, confuses Lieutenant
Josiah with Dr. Josiah, and states that his wife Joanna died in March, 1774, and that Lieutenant
Josiah married, second, Ann Allis, the following 5th of July. The Warwick town records show
that Lieutenant Josiah and Joanna Pomeroy had the following children after Mr. Dexter records
the death of Joanna:
Areal, born July 31, 1776; Nancy, born Feb. 24 1780; Henry, born Aug. 21, 1782. Mr.
Dexter even credits these children to Ann Allis and Dr. Josiah. So persistently have these
mistakes been perpetuated that some writers insist that the title "Doctor" is on Lieutenant
Josiah Pomeroy's tombstone. It is proven by the Warwick town records and the tombstone that
Joanna Pomeroy lived until Aug. 23, 1815, and that her name, age and date of death is on the same
stone with Lieutenant Josiah's in the Warwick cemetery today. Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy
never had but one wife.
The best method, perhaps, to clear up this confusion of identity would be to name the
children of both families, and the marriages of the two Josiahs.
From the Town Records of Northampton, Mass., March 16, 1898:
53 Jliimmiii DrurlopmriUa in Ainrrira
The following letter is a copy of an official report of the children of Josiah and Lydia Ashley
Pomerov:
Krank V. Wheeler:
Dear Sir — I have fouiui in the records of this f»fficc the followidg births in the family of
Josiah aiul I-ydia Ashley i'omeroy, liut have not been able to (ind anything further in regard to the
parents:
345 AoiNo, born Sept. 22, 1732.
346 Eleazer, born Oct. 17, 1734.
347 Sham AH, bom Oct. 21, 1736.
348 I.ucv, boin l-eb. 15, 173.H-9.
349 JosrAH (l.ieiit.), Horn July 21, 1741.
350 Eunice, born Sept. K, 1743.
351 Dorothy, born I'eb. 2, 1745.
352 Benjamin, born March 16, 1748.
353 Jonathan, born Feb. 23, 1749.
Yours truly,
Egbert I. Ci.ai-p, Cify Clerk.
Ensign Josiah Pomeroy married Lydia Ashley, Nov. 9> 1731. She was
born June 28, 1710, died Dec. 19, 1772, daughter of Jonathan Ashley and
wife Abigail Stebbins.
Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy (Ensign Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
born July 21, 1741, married 1762, Joanna Wright, daughter of Phineas
Wright and Joanna Field.
From the town records of Warwick, Franklin County, Mass:
The following are tlie births in the family of Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy and wife, Joanna
Wright:
899 Olive, born Aug. 16, 1763.
900 Phineas Ashley, born Dec. 10, 1764.
901 Josiah, born Sept. 1, 1767.
902 Eliphas, born April 3, 1770.
903 Aaron, born May 27, 1772.
904 Joanna, born March 6, 1774.
905 Arael, born July 31, 1776.
906 Nancy, born Feb. 24, 1780.
907 Henry, born Aug. 31, 1782.
A true copy of the records,
Samuel Hastings,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk
Joanna Wright was the daughter of Phineas Wright and Joanna Field.
He was born July 20, 1710, and died Aug. 25, 1795. She was born 1717 and
died April 4, 1798. Joanna Wright's father, Phineas Wright, was Colonel,
School-master in 1772, Representative 1774, Delegate to the Provincial Con-
gress same year. From the official papers of the State of Mass.
Revolutionary War Service of Phineas Wright:
Appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts Militia chosen by the Legislature Jan.
31, 1776, as Colonel of the Sixth Hampshire Co. Regiment. Commissioned Feb. 8, 1776. (Vol.
42 and Vol. 28, p. 147.)
Appears among names of tieKl officers of the Sixth Hampshire Co. Regiment, signed to a
recommendation for appointment of Daniel Shaw as .Adjutant of said regiment, dated Northfield,
March 15, 1776. (Vol. 43, p. 312.)
Appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts Militia chosen by companies of Sixth
Hampshire Co. Regiment, datetl Northfield, .April 23, 1776. Returned by said Wright and other
field officers of said regiment. Ordered in Council May 7, 1776, the commission be issued said
officers. (Vol. 43, p. 313.)
As regards Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy's Revolutionary War record we find: From the Secretary
of State of Massachusetts the following report, taken from the Massachusetts State records:
Josiah Pomeroy appears among list of officers of Massachusetts militia chosen by Company
and in Council May 7, 1776, as Second Lieutenant in the Sixth Warwick Co., Captain Reuben
Pettee, of Sixth Hampshire Co. Regiment. (Vol. 43, p. 313.)
Colonel Phineas Wright, April 23, 1776, makes return of same as above; appears with grade
of Second Lieutenant on the return of Sixth Co., Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Williams, Hampshire
Co.
Regiment on service Dec, 1778. Enlisted May 10, 1776. Residence Sunderland, dated
Warwick. (Vol. 49, p. 1.)
It may be noted that the regiment in which Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy
served his first term was commanded by his father-in-law, Colonel Phineas
Wright. It may also be noted that Phineas Ashley Pomeroy, the second
child of Josiah Pomeroy and Joanna Wright, his wife, took his name Phineas
from his mother's father and his name Ashley from his father's mother.
Temple and Sheldon, in their History of Northfield, mentions a Josiah Pome-
roy who had a store there in the early 1760s. It is possible, and quite proba-
ble, that he lived there a few years, as he found his wife Joanna there, as well
as his cousin and most intimate friend. Dr. Medad Pomeroy. They both
moved to Warwick in 1766, and it is known from that time until the day of
his death he was a citizen of Warwick.
Hon. Jonathan Blake, in his "History of Warwick," page 45, says:
"On Sept. 19, 1774, Captain Samuel Williams and Mr. Josiah Pomeroy were
chosen delegates to attend the Congress at Northampton on the 22d." The
continuous civil service Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy engaged in for the town
of Warwick, from this date until 1808, and later, is sufficient proof that he
was not a royalist and did not go to Montreal.
On March 6, 1775, Josiah Pomeroy was chosen one of five selectmen; at
the same meeting he was one of a committee of five of inspection. In March,
1776, Josiah Pomeroy was chosen first of seven on a committee on correspond-
ence, inspection and safety. On March 30, 1778, Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy
was chosen selectman and assessor. (At this time Dr. Josiah Pomeroy was
in Montreal and Brigadier General Reed occupied his property in Keene,
N. H.)
In August, 1779, Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy was chosen to attend the'
county convention at Northampton to state the price of necessaries of life.
On May 11, 1795, selectman were empowered to exchange land with Josiah
Pomeroy, Jur., to straighten the line between town and said Pomeroy. In
1802, Josiah was one of seven chosen to look into the state of the treasury.
In 1808 the town voted to concur with Boston in preferring a memorial to the
President of the United States for the repeal of the embargo. Josiah was one
of five to draw up and sign the petition, page 92. Aug 17, 1821, was the date
of Josiah Pomeroy 's death.
So that there may be no confusion between Josiah, junior, and Josiah,
senior, the latter was born Dec. 29, 1703, and was 73 years old at the be-
ginning of the Revolution. The law at that day compelled the militiamen to
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train until they were forty-five years old, aiu\ the alarm consisted of able-
bodied men between forty-five and sixty — "History of Warwick," page 46.
The senior Josiah was known as ensign, and the junior Josiah as lieuten-
ant, from the offices they held, according to the State and town records
mentioned above.
The following is an extract from a letter received Feb. 2, 1898, from Mrs.
I'.niiK R. Tyler, known as Mrs. Danford Tylc of Warwick, Mass. Mrs.
Tyler was seventy-seven years old at the time of writing, so was contempor-
aneous with my grandfather. She writes: "Your grandfather was always
known as Uncle Ashle)' and 1 never heard his first name spoken. His father
was Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy and was a near neighbor to my grandfather Reed.
Your grandfather and my father were playmates and schoolmates. Dr.
Medad Pomeroy lived opposite grandfather Reed. My grandfather and the
two Pomeroys, Josiah and Dr. Medad, were to each other as brothers. My
grandfather Reed's land bordered upon a large pond including mill privileges.
Grandfather allowed Josiah Pomeroy to erect a mill thereon, which was used
and kept in running order many years and called Pomeroy's mill, consequently
that lovely little lake is called Pomeroy's Pond to this day." The grand-
father Reed, mentioned above, was the Rev. Samuel Reed, the second minister
in Warwick. The mill was a grist and saw mill in all probability. This
substantiates Lieut. Josiah Pomeroy's position contemporaneously.
The true parentage of Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy, and his civil and
Revolutionary service are thus established by town and State records.
The parentage of Dr. Josiah Pomeroy may be found in the town and
church records of Suffield, Conn., as reproduced in the "History and Gene-
alogy of the Pomeroy Family":
Joseph Pomeroy, son of Capt. Joseph (Medad, Eltweed), born July 15,
1702, Suffield, Conn.; married July 10, 1727, Thankful Burbank, born Sept.
3, 1704, died 1796, daughter of Ebenezer Burbank; he died Sept. 25, 1787.
Resided in Suffield. Children: 1, Thankful, born July 23, 1728; 2, Sarah,
born Aug. 31, 1731; 3, Anna, born Sept. 25, 1733; 4, Joseph, born Oct. 12,
1735; 5, Eunice, born Nov. 19, 1737; 6, Mercy, baptised April 24, 1740; 7,
Ebenezer, born Jan. 29, 1742; 8, Dr. Josiah, born June 8, 1743, married Ann
AUis of Hartford; 9, Isaac, born Aug. 6, 1745.
424 Sarah Pomeroy, (Josep/i, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug. 31,
1731, (not 1831); m. May 18, 1751, Gershom Sheldon, son of
Jonathan Sheldon and wife Mary Southwell, who was dau. of
Thomas Southwell and wife Mary Stebbins; he was b. 1724; d.
Dec. 30, 1791.
1436 Isaac Sheldon, grandson of Sarah Pomeroy and Gershom Sheldon,
b. 1784, Rupert, \t.; m. Rebecca, dau. of Asahel Spear; he d. 1864,
at Rupert, Vt.
430 DR. JOSIAH POMEROY, (Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
June 7, 1743; Yale 1762, M.D.; m. July 3, 1774, Ann Allis of Hat-
field, by the Rev. Joseph Lyman. They then returned to Keene,
N. H., where he early enrolled with the Minute Men of that town,
but refused to take the Association test, and subsequently left
Keene. His estate, consisting of a house and five acres of land, was
conficsated by the state and an administrator appointed. He is
next heard of in Montreal, Canada, as a distinguished surgeon in the
British army. The following letter, dated Oct. 1, 1914, from the
Prothonotary's office in Montreal, identifies him:
Mr. Frank Pomeroy Wheeler:
"Your letter having been delivered at the city hall only reached me this
morning, hence the delay. We have not been able to find any record of the
burial of Dr. Josiah Pomeroy up to 1850 in the court re'gisters of this district.
We did find in the register of Christ Church for 1789 a statement —
That Sophia, daughter of Dr. Josiah and wife Mrs. Ann Pomeroy, was
born Jan. 5, and baptized July 2, 1789. From this fact I should judge that
he moved from Montreal shortly after the birth of this daughter, and died
and was buried elsewhere.
Yours truly,
"H. W. Machlan, Deputy Prothonotary, S. C."
Brigadier General James Reed was a resident of Keen, N. H., for a few years. He occupied
the confiscated estate of Dr. Josiah Pomeroy, which was leased to him by the state. (See New
Hampshire State Papers, vol. 11, pp. 672-675.) In connection with the same confiscated estate,
p. 435, New Hampshire State Papers, contain a petition from General Reed, dated Dec. 18, 1780,
reciting many grievances, among them one that clearly identifies Dr. Josiah Pomeroy as a royalist,
viz: "Whereupon your Humble Petitioner Petitioned this Honble Corte for some relief by way
of the evacuated farms for which he has hazarded his life and for the convenens of exercise and
some other reasons mentioned to this Honble Corte, Dr. Josiah Pomeroyes of Keene as he was an
absentee the Honble Corte was graciously pleased to make him a grante of a part of sd Farme in
Nov., 1779, under sartin limetations but as your Petitioner could not enter by virtue of sd grante
he was obliged to pay £350 for the use of sd Farme until the first day of May, 1781," etc.
James Reed, B. G.
While many records in different New England towns have been diligently searched, no
evidence has been discovered that Dr. Josiah Pomeroy or any of his children ever returned to
the United States.
456 ' DAN POMEROY, {Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 26,
' 1740, Sufiield, Conn.; m. Patience Perry; removed to Canaan,
Columbiana county, N. Y.; the census of 1790 credits Dan with a
family of two males over sixteen, one male under sixteen, and two
females. Occupation, farmer and teacher; removed to Camden,
East, Ontario; d. about 1805.
6lh gen. Children:
1640.1 John Pomeroy, b. in Camden East, Canada; m. about 1819,
Rachel Lewis; d. 1868, Camden East, Ontario. +
1640.2 Timothy Pomeroy, b.; m. and had one son, Votaire, who d. without
issue. Timothy Pomeroy was deputy sheriff" of the district in which
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Hamilton now is, and was shot by an outlaw while in the discharge
of his duty.
1640.3 Dan Pomerov, h. Camden East; m. and had two daughters; one
daughter m. the Kev. Jolin I'Y-rguson; she had sons VVilher, John
J and Frank Ferguson, and three daughters; John I'^erguson became
I a missionary to China, and was a great educationalist.
495 CALiai POMFROY. {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Rltvi:eec{), 1.. July 10,
1740, Southampton, Mass.; m. Sept. 20, 1770, Chloe Strong, b.
June 22, 1744, dau. of Aaron and Rachel Strong; he d. Dec. 19,
1810; military service in the Revolution from Hampshire Co.;
joined Capt. Simeon Clap's company, May 10, 1777. harmer.
Southampton, Mass.
6th gen. Children
1784 Chloe Pomeroy, bp. 1772; m. Oct. 14, 1792, Willard Slack ofNorth-
ampton, Mass., who d. Jan. 16, 1854, \Vest Farms, Mass.; she d.
there April 6, 1857.
1785 Anna Pomeroy, bp. 1774. +
1786 Caleb Pomeroy, b. 1776. +
1787 Gershom Pomeroy, b. 1779; d. 1806.
1788 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1782. +
1831 Emily HuBBARD,dau.ofChauncey Pomeroy Hubbard and wifeMary
Wells, (1820), b. June 3, 1832, Woodhull, N. Y., m. Nov. 22, 1881,
Daniel Stearns Hubbard (his 2d wife) of Syracuse, N. Y., where he
d. Oct. 6, 1899; she d. June 21, 1912, in Buffalo, N. Y.
1835.1 Theodore S. Hubbard, (son of Chauncey Pomeroy Hubbard and
wife Mary Wells (1820), b. July 6, 1843, in Cameron, N. Y.; m. July
29, 1873, Carrie Mills Gilbert, b. March 17, 1845, in Fredonia, N. Y.
dau. of Dr. John and Susan Mills Gilbert, of Fredonia. Mr.
Hubbard was an extensive propagator of grape roots in Fredonia,
the largest in the United States at one time. He has served as
President of the American National Horticultural Society. In
1899 he disposed of his grape interests and moved to Geneva, N. Y.,
where he d. July 5, 1906. +
9th gen . Children of Theodore S. and Can-ie W. Hubbard, {1835.1) :
1838.1 Florence Mildred Hubbard, b. Jan. 5, 1875; m. Sept. 5, 1906,
John Percival Parrott, b. May 24, 1874, son of Joseph and Emily
Belgrave Parrott of England.
1838.2 Theodore Gilbert Hubbard, b. March 25, 1876.
1838.3 Pomeroy Benton Hubbard, b. Sept. 1877; m. June 28, 1904,
Georgia Fritz Hale, dau. of James Ellery and Georgia Fritz Tuttle
Hale.
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633 ABIGAIL POPvlEROY, {Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1742,
in Southampton, Mass.; m. Aug. 13, 1775, Lieut. Abner Smith of
Murraysfield, Mass., who d. May 13, 1811; she d. July 2, 1816.
6th gen. Children {adopted):
2082.1 Nice Smith, b. April 25; 1780, dau. of Sergt. Daniel Smith and
Keziah Pomeroy.
2082.2 Abner Smith, b. Aug. 29, 1791, son of Enos and Lucy Smith.
638 KEZIAH POMEROY, {Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1758,
Southampton, Mass.; m. (int.) Jan. 4, 1780, Sergeant Daniel Smith
of Murraysfield, Mass.; he d. Jan. 17, 1802; she d. Feb. 25, 1820.
6th gen. Children:
2094.2 Anna Smith, b. Sept. 3, 1780.
2094.3 Phineas Smith, b. Feb. 12, 1782; bp. Aug. 21, 1785.
2094.4 Warham Smith, b. May 10, 1784; bp. Aug. 21, 1785; d. March 27,
1809.
2094.5 Esther Smith, b. July 11, 1789.
2094.6 Theodosia Smith, b. Nov. 23, 1791; bp. Sept. 4, 1802.
2094.7 Child, b. Oct. 18, 1793; d. Oct. 18, 1793.
2094.8 Polly Smith, b. Aug. 19, 1795; bp. Sept. 25, 1802.
2094.9 Keziah Smith, b. 1799; d. June 17, 1840.
2094.0 Morai Smith, bp. Feb. 25, 1802.
639 NICE POMEROY, {Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. at South-
ampton, Mass.; m. Nov. 25, 1784, Ebenezer Smith; she d. June 2,
1785, ae. 21.
6th gen. Child:
2101.1 Bernice Smith, b. May 23, 1785; d. June 9, 1785.
2169.1 ADELINE BARBARA PRIEST, gr. gr. dau. of Elizabeth Polen
Pomeroy, {Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), and Timothy Rose (700),
b. Dec. 27, 1874, Potdsam; m. Nov. 19, 1879, Edgar Allen Newall,
b. May 14, 1853, Ogdensburg, N. Y., son of William A. Newell and
wife Sarah k. Miller. Hon. Edgar Allen Newell, d. Aug. 20, 1920.
He was president of the Edgar A. Newell Co. (incorporated); also
president of the Newell Manufacturing Co., which operates two
factories, one in Ogdensburg, the other in Prescott, Canada. He
founded the Ogdensburg Loan and Savings Association, and was
president of that institution; and was for years president of the
Chamber of Commerce; director in the National Bank of Ogdens-
burg; director in the Loan and Improvement Association of Buffalo,
N. Y.; and was four terms Mayor of Ogdensburg. In 1909 Gov.
Charles E. Hughes appointed him a member of the New York State
Commission of Prisons for two terms. In 1911 he was president of
the Northern New York Development League, and a leader and
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siippoifcr of every ettorr ro advance the imlustrial and commercial
importance of Ogtlciihurg. In politics he was a Republican; in
religion a regvdar artentlant and supporter (jf the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Adeline Priest Newell is a classical graduate of the Potsdam
Normal School, class of 1H76, and a member of the Baptist Church;
charter member of the I'irst I'niversity I'-xtension Club of (Jgdens-
burg; also, of the Ignited Helpers' Home for the Orphaned and
Aged; and by appointment of the city a trustee of the public library.
9th gen. Children:
2169.4 Albert Priest Newei.i,, b. Jan. 3, 1882, Potsdam, N. Y.; gr.
Williams College, 1905; entered Columbia Law School; admitted to
the bar in New York and Missouri; m. Nov. 15, 1915, Ella Benedict
Waterman, dau. of Harry and Ella (Slaight) Waterman. Their
children are: Edgar Allen Newell, 2d, b. April 8, 1917. Margaret
Newell, b. Oct. 8, 1920. Lawyer at Kansas City, Mo.
2169.5 William Allen Newell, b. April 22, 1883, Ogdensburg, N. Y ;
gr. Williams College, 1905, A. B.; active in athletics, holding both
college and national records for running. Treasurer and general
manager of the Newell Manufacturing Co.; m. Oct. 10, 1917, Edith
de Lano Judson, b. March 7, 1893, dau. of George Davis Judson
(who is a son of George Judson 861, page 201, of the History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family and Harriet de Lano, m. Jan. 21,
1885). Their children are: Barbara Claire Newell, b. Oct. 20,
1918. George Judson Newell, b. March 6, 1920.
2217 Ends Arnold, 3d child of Ammittai Pomeroy, {John, Noah, Joseph,
Ehweed), and Samuel Arnold, (714) b. March 16, 1812; m. (1) Mary
Endicott of Wilbraham, Conn.; m. (2) Mary Thompson; m (3)
Cynthia Russell.
7th gen. Children oj Enos Arnold and Mary Endicott, {2217):
2223.1 John Arnold.
2223.2 Mary Jane Arnold, m. Miron Hills of East Longmeadow, Conn.
2224 Juliet x'\rnold; m. Chandler Miron Pomeroy (4596), he b. Nov.
17, 1838; soldier of the Civil War; had issue.
2225 Ellen Arnold, m. Sumner Smith of Hampden, Conn.
2225.1 Adelaide Arnold; d. ae. 14.
2226 Albert Arnold; m. Ida Stimpson of Hampden, Conn.-j-
2227 Elizabeth Arnold. 2227.1 Willis Arnold
2228 Augustus Arnold, b. May 30, 1848; m. Alma Hyde of Delaware. +
Children of Ansel and Maria P. Arnold, {2219):
2229 Judge William A.. Arnold, b. May 5, 1874, Willamantic, Conn.;
m. May 22, 1901, Kate Warner Hutchinson, dau. of John Ira
Hutchinson and wife Cynthia Starkey. Judge Arnold graduated
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from Yale University 1896, with the degree of B. A., and from the
Yale Law School, 1899; admitted to the bar in 1898; admitted, also,
to practice in United States Courts; Judge in the city courts of
Willamantic since 1901; member of the law firm of Clark and
Arnold, Hartford, Conn.
8th gen. Child of rVilliafn A. and Kate W. Arnold, {2229):
ITh^A Ansel Arnold, b. March 27, 1912.
2416 RoxY PoMEROY Francis, dau. of Roxy and Selah Francis (2414)
and grand-dau. of Rachel Pomeroy and Major Edward Bulkley,
b. 1794; m. May 4, 1815, Judge Jesse Booth, b. Aug. 29, 1790, son
of Lieut. Joseph Booth; Quartermaster in the war of 1812; served
several terms in the State Legislature, and was Common Pleas Judge
over thirty consecutive years. +
2416.1 Mary Lyman Francis, dau. of Roxy and Selah Francis (2414),
b. Aug. 17, 1813; m. May 28, 1843, John Stanley of New Britain,
Conn.; she d. Oct. 11, 1871. +
9th gen. Children of Roxy P. and Jesse Booth, {2416):
2417 Pembroke Booth. 2420 Angeline Booth
2418 Mary Booth 2421 Flora Booth
2419 George Booth 2422 Roxy Booth; all dead.
2423 Ellen Bulkley Booth, b.; m. B, C. Dick.
Children of Mary L. and John Stanley, (2416.1):
2423.1 Mary Lyman Stanley, b. July 23, 1845; unm.
2423.2 John Pembroke Stanley, b. Oct. 11,1849; m. Sarah Louise Tyrrel.+
Child of John P. and Sarah L. Stanley, {2423.2)
I^IZ.Z John Melville Stanley, b. May 3, 1874; unm.
804 HANNAH POMEROY, {Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), b. _ _ . . Hadley, Mass.; m. 1786, John Colton, b. Jan.
9, 1755, d. April 21, 1833, son of John Colton and Penelope Wolcott,
of West Fairies, Vt.; soldier in the Revolutionary War. Res., West
Fairies, Vt.
7th gen. Children, b. in West Fairies, Vt.:
2466.1 Abigail Colton, b. 1788; m. Phineas Kimball; d. April, 1858,
West Fairies, Vt.
2466.2 Flavilla Colton, b. 1791 ; m. Seba Phillips; d. May 30, 1869, West
Fairies, Vt.
2466.3 Ethan Colton, b. 1794; d. March, 1815.
2466.4 John Colton, b. Aug. 23, 1797; m. Phebe Morey, dau. of Solomon,
b. March 2, 1818, d. Nov. 7, 1873, in Irasburg, Vt.
2466.5 Ebenezer Pomeroy Colton, b. Aug. 7, 1800; m. Mehitabel Rowell,
Dec. 30, 1828; lived in Illinois; d. July 30, 1883, Mt. Sterlir-K, Jhio.
2466.6 Hannah Colton, b. 1803; m. C. Carpenter.
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2578 Ruth Bkrt, ni. Dec. 8, 1842, David Rockwoocl, grandson of Olive
Pomeroy (899) ami Nathan Knowlron; she d. Feb. 6, 1913.
2589 Julia Mixer, m. July 4, 1849, Chandler Swan Fay, grandson of
Olive Pomeroy (899) and Nathan Knowlton; she d. July, 1915.
2590 Ki.viRA Saxhorn, wife of Augustus Maynard I'"ay, d. Feb., 1913.
2605 Cynthia Rf.lif.f Waters, b. Nov. li, 1S37; m. April 4, 1865,
Willard de Wolf; she d. Feb. 24, 1904; he d. Sept. 11, 1906.
2606 Clarissa Calista Waters, wife of Albert A. Alexander, d. May 7,
1907.
2611 Nathaniel Henry Clark, died Nov. 16, 1912.
2614 Elizabeth Bancroft Clark, wife of Samuel Smith Clark, d. Sept.
5, 1912.
2616 Frederick Maynard Clark, d. July 25, 1914.
2621 Harriet E. Bailey, wife of Nathan Maynard Knowlton, d. Nov.
16, 1915.
2622 Maria Augusta Knowlton, wife of Albert L. Smith, d. Aug. 31,
1915.
2637 William Bancroft Carpenter, b. Feb. 10, 1869, Lookout Moun-
tain, Tenn.;gr. Harvard, 1890; A. M., 1891; teacher of mathematics;
head of department of mathematics, Mechanic Arts High School,
Boston, where he has taught since 1897; he m. Dec. 21, 1893,
Katharine Mary Hoyt; he d. March 21, 1916.
2827 Maria McGregor Campbell, grand-daughter of Rachel Pomeroy,
{^nar/us, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Elt'weed)^ b. March 3, 1838, m.
Aug. 21, 1856, Charles Henry Smith, M. D., Surgeon in the United
States Army, b. Aug. 20, 1819, son of Charles Henry and Evelina
(Stone) Smith; she d. at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. William
Festus Morgan in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1913.
2876 Mary Pomeroy Le Due, grand-dau. of Julia Pomeroy, {^nartus,
Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 30, 1860, m. June 25, 1879,
Alfred Bissell Chapin, D. D. S.; she d. Feb. 26, 1916, at Ontario,
Calif. For many years she taught a large Sunday school ot young
men in Hastings, Minn., where she was born, and in 1909 she began
to teach music in the Ontario high school and the graded schools.
She had one son, Gilbert Le Duc^Chapin, b. Aug. 27, 1905, (2880)
who died in young manhood.
3072 Judith Pomeroy Atwater, daughter of Charles and Alice Maud
Atwater, and grand-dau. of Harriet Pomeroy, {Lernuel, Seth, Ebe-
nezer^ Medad, Eltweed), and Dr. William Atwater, b. 1896, m.
March 4, 1919, Allen Ray Memhard, in the Chantry of the St.
Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City.
3264 Mira Isabelle Brockett, wife of Louis iSL Webster, and great
grand-dau. of Jerusha Pomeroy (1355) and Thomas Spring, d. April
16, 1916, at Hartford, Conn.
1484 Clarissa Alsop, wife of Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, {Eleazer, Ben-
jamifi, Joseph, Medad, E/iweed), b. June 3, 1770, d. Jan. 20, 1852,
at Pomeroy, Ohio. She was dau. of Richard Alsop and Mary
Wright of Middletown, Conn. The Alsop heirs will share in 372,000
recently recovered from the Chilean government.
1640.1, JOHN POMEROY, (Dan, Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. in
Camden East, Ontario, 1796; m. 1819, Rachel Lewis; Camden, Ont.;
farmer and lumberman; d. 1868.
7th gen. Children:
3668.8 William Pomeroy, b. 1821, Camden, Ont.; was tv/ice married and
had a large family of children, names and dates unknown,
3668.9 Rev. Daniel Pomeroy, b. 1823, Camden, Ont.; m. 1846, Jane
Ann Ayelsworth, who d. Oct., 1911, Highgate, Ont.; he d. 1903,
Highgate.+
3668.10 Patienxe Pomeroy, b.; m. Samuel Clark.
3668.11 Timothy Pomeroy, b.; m. and had one son. Dr. L. E. M. Pomeroy of
Buffalo, N. Y. • •
3668.12 Samuel Pomeroy.
3668.13 Peter Berry Pomeroy, b.; m. and had one son, a professor of
music in New York.
3668.14 Rev. John Calvix Pomeroy, b.; m. and had two sons, one a
professor in natural science.
3668.15 Luther Pomeroy, b.; d.
3668.16 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b.
1786 CALEB POMEROY, {Caleb, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), h. 1776,
Southampton, Mass.; m. 1796, Mary Stratton, of Vermont.
7th gen. Child:
3794 Caleb Stratton Pomeroy, b. July 7, 1797, probably at Vershire,
Vt.; m. Dec. 21, 1820, Sarah Walker. +
3857 Charles Smith Pomeroy, (adopted) by Joshua Pomeroy and wife
Rachel Strong, b. Aug. 21, 1815, in Northampton, Mass.; m. May
12, 1836, Calista F. Ells^vorth, dau. of Ezekiel and Abigail (Taylor)
Ellsworth, of the Windsor, Conn., family; he d. Feb. 14, 1892.
1888 Phebe Pomeroy, {Gideon, Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
June 14, 1797; m. John Hull, son of John {not son of Tristram).
1926 WELLS POMEROY, {Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 6, 1800; m. (1) Betsey Bailey, b. April 23, 1793; d. Nov. 17,
1852; m. (2) Nov. 15, 1854, Diantha Brooks; he d. June 8, 1874.
7th gen. Children by first wife:
3964.1 Philetus Pomeroy4-
B3 ilimirrnii Dntrlivyinruli^ in Amrrira
3964.2 Theodore Osman Fomerov, h. Jan. 29, 1822, Southampton,
Mass.+
3964.3 Pamelia Pomeroy, b. May 16, 1826.+
3964.4 David Pomerov.4- 3964. S Lydia Pomeroy. -|-
3964.6 Francis J. Pomeroy. + 3964.7 Sarah Pomeroy. -|-
3964.8 Harmon Pomeroy. -f
Chilciroi by second wife:
3964.9 William Pomeroy. 3964.10 Chari.e.s Pomeroy.
3964.11 I^MMA Pomeroy 3964.12 Myrtle Pomeroy
1927 JOEL POMI^.ROY, {Joel, Noah, Smniiel, Caleb, Eltweecf), h. 1802,
Southampton; m. Oct. 28, 1828, Dorothy Miller, b. 1800, dau. of
Abigail Pomeroy (1729) and John Miller; she d. Jan. 26, 1857,
Southampton, Mass.; he d. June 10, 1855, Southampton, Mass.
7th gen. Children:
3965 Charles H. Pomeroy, b. Dec. 29, 1831, Southampton, Mass.+
3965.1 Mary E. Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1834; d. Feb. 28, 1858.
3965.2 Abigail A. Pomeroy, b. Nov. 18, 1836, Rochester, N. Y.+
1933 RACHEL POMEROY, {Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Southampton, Mass.; m. De Graff, a railroad constructor;
lived in Dayton, O., where he d. March 19, 1879.
7th gen. Children:
3980.1 Minnie De Graff 3980.2 Frank De Graff
3980.3 Charles De Graff
3988 Otis Pomeroy, {FJeazer, Daniel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. Aug. 3, 1831; m. Alvina Pomeroy (3990.6), dau. of Leonard
Pomeroy and wife Pamelia Rice. Res., St. Paul, Minn.
1936 LEONARD POMEROY, {Daniel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed).
b. Oct. 16, 1795; m. Oct. 20, 1820, at Hamden, Geauga County>
Ohio, Pamelia Rice, (Chester, Abishai, Abishai, Gersom, Thomas,
Edmund); she d. 1843, Geauga Co., Ohio; he m. (2) Eliza
he d. Nov. 25, 1874, Conneautville, Crawford Co., Ohio.
7th gen. Children by first wife:
3990.1 Albert Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1822; m. Laura Warren.
3990.2 Alvin Pomeroy, b. May 26, 1826. +
3990.3 Almira Pamelia Pomeroy, b. Oct. 1, 1832. +
3990.4 Alnora Pomeroy, b; d. young.
3990.5 Altha Pomeroy, b; m. Russell Wilson.
3990.6 Alvina Pomeroy, b. July 7, 1835; m. Otis Pomeroy (3988), son
Eleazer Pomeroy and wife Irene Bates.
3990.7 Phoebe Pomeroy, b. Dec. 14, 1837; m. Oct., 1854, 1st Lieut. A. T.
Pintler, at Winona, Minn.; military service in the Federal Army
Part ®l|rrf - poutFrng Btstorg nnh (^mtnioQ^ fi4
1861-4; wounded at Vicksburg, where his wife found and nursed
him; he resigned in Jan., 1864; 10 children, data not provided);
she d. Aug. 27, 1891, Dayton, Wash.
3990.8 Alnora Pomeroy, b.; m. Hiram Coleman.
3990.9 Almeda Pomeroy, b.; m. (1) Henry Hopson; m. (2) Abraham
Shirtz.
Children by second wife:
3990.10 Marcus Pomeroy. 3990.11 George Pomeroy.
3990.12 Leonard Pomeroy.
4164 Bela Pomeroy Searl. {Thankful Pomeroy^ Jacob, Elisha, Eldad,
Caleb, Ehweed), b. July 12, 1812; m. Nov. 13, 1839, Juliette
Warner of Northampton, Mass., he d. in Belchertown, Mass.
8th gen. Children, (additional data):
4173.1 Harriet Gaylor Searl, b. March 10, 1841, Northampton; d.
March 19, 1841.
4173.2 Edwin Warner Searl, b. Oct. 12, 1842; d. Sept. 23, 1865.
4173.3 Marie Isabella Searl, b. Feb. 1, 1845; d. March 8, 1894.
4174 Mary Pomeroy Searl, b. April 4, 1847; m. Oct. 4, 1870, John B.
Searl (4179). Res., West Brighton, Staten Island.
4175 Charles Bela Searl, b. 1850; m. 1881, Genevieve Wolcott.
4176 Lorenzo Whitney Searl, b. 1852; gr. of Amherst College, 1873;
teacher at St. Johns School, Sing-Sing, N. Y., many years.
4177 Susan Thankful Searl, b. 1856; m. 1875, John F. Merrill of Athol,
Mass. Res., Athol, Mass.
4177.1 Adana Juliette Searl, b. March 2, 1858, Holyoke, Mass.; d.
March 28, 1907.
2095 ROXY POMEROY, {Amasa, Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
June 11, 1780; m. March 8, 1804, Phineas Smith (2094.3), b. Feb.
12, 1782; she d. May 19, 1847.
7th gen. Children:
4289.1 Daniel Smith, b. Jan. 14, 1805.
4289.2 Daughter, b. 1807; d. May 30, 1807.
4289.3 Amasa Smith, b.; d. May 29, 1808.
4289.4 Elvira Smith, b. April 10, 1811; bp. Sept., 1820.
4289.5 Alonzo Smith, b. Nov. 22, 1812; d. Nov. 30, 1845.
4289.6 Mary Smith, b. Dec. 16, 1814; bp. Sept. 1820.
4289.7 Edmond Stebbins Smith, b. Dec. 9, 1816; bp. Sept., 1820.
4289.8 RoxY Ann Smith, b. Sept., 1820; d. Feb. 5, 1849.
4373 Laura Coleman, b. Oct. 19, 1860, (great grand-daughter of Eunice
Grant Pomeroy, 2138), m. (2) April 27, 1897, at St. Louis, Mo., Hon.
John Freemont Hill, b. Oct. 29, 1855, at Elliot, Me.; he d. March
16, 1912, at Boston, Mass.
65 JJumrrng DrurlnpmrutH in Amrrira
2144 DANIFL STFRUXG POMRROY, (Eleazer, Noah, Joseph,
Eltwecd), b. Feb. 18, 1781, Coventry, Conn.; ni. Lucy Dimmock of
South Coventry, Conn.; he d. Fcl). 26, 1845.
7th ^cn. Children:
4444 Marv Pomkrov, b.; ni. Mr. Wichcr; resided at Fockport, N. Y.
4445 Truman PoMr:Rov, b. about 1803. +
4446 Daniei, Dimock. Pomf.rov, b. Oct. 9, 1805. +
4446.1 F. W. Pomeroy, b. about 1808; d. March 22, 1881, Sandusky, O.
4446.2 Martha Pomf.rov, b. about 1812. +
4446.3 Matilda Pomerov, b. 1815; d. Aug. 22, 1896, Milan, O.; bu. at
Sandusky.
4596 Chandler MiRON Pomeroy, {Jude,John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed),
b. Nov. 17, 1838; military service in the Civil War; m. Juliet Arnold,
dau. of F,nos Arnold and wife Mary Fndicott.
4638.1 Warren Pomeroy, {JVarren, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed),
b.; m. Fannie Reynolds, dau. of Sheffield C. Reynolds and Fannie
Chadsey.
4675.1 George William Gay, son of Calvin Gay and wife Annie Farwell,
and grandson of Mary Pomeroy (2211) and Calvin Gay, b. Sept.
11, 1876; d. Sept. 11, 1876.
2490 LUCY POMEROY, {Enos, Stephen, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Elt-
weed), b. Dec. 3, 1793, Buckland, Mass.; m. June \7, 1812, at Buck-
land, Abner Forbes Lakey of Palmyra, N. Y., b. March 19, 1787, d.
Sept. 16, 1836, son of James Lakey and wife Charlotte Forbes, of
Upton, Mass.; they migrated from Upton to Palmyra, Wayne Co.,
N. Y., where they made their home; Lucy Pomeroy d. there Sept.
21, 1829.
8th gen. Children:
4810 Ira Lakey, b. April 17, 1813; m. Judith Eldred of Cape Cod. He
began his business career as a silversmith and jeweler as an appren-
tice in New Bedford, Mass., but the lure of the sea soon claimed him,
and he joined a whaling ship as sailor, and followed the sea for 16
years. His third voyage was made as Captain of the ship Harvest;
his fourth and last as master of the Syren Queen, both being pros-
perous. He was the means of the establishment of the first Chris-
tian mission to the Caroline Islands. Res., Palmyra, N. Y., where
he d. in the '80s.
4811 Franklin Lakey, b. Jan. 4, 1815; m. Louise Chase. He was a
large operator in grain and other produce in Wayne Co., N. Y., and
with his energy and genius for affairs, he was a recognized factor in
the business world of Western New York. He d. 1877, s. p., leaving
a widow.
Part Q^^irt^ - Pntn^roij Utatorg unh (^tntnio^^ BB
4812 Elizabeth Edwards Lakey, b. Nov. 18, 1817; m. Dec, 1844,
Daniel T. Lillie; manufacturer of nautical instruments; d. of yellow
fever. Res., New Orleans, La., where she d. June, 1913. +
4813 RowENA Lakey, b. March 7, 1819; m. Oct. 25, 1850, Dr. Isaac
Knapp of Fort Wayne, Ind., a prosperous dentist; he d. Feb. 25,
1899. After his death she made her home with her family at Hill-
court, Palmyra; s. p.
4814 Eunice Lakey, b. May, 18 1822; m. Dr. Chauncey Giles, who was
principal of the Palmyra school. They moved to Lebanon and
Pomeroy, Ohio, where he was at the head of the respective acad-
emies. Later he became a follower of Emanuel Swedenborg, and a
minister of that faith. He had a fine church in New York, and later
one in Philadelphia, (the New Church.) He was sent to Paris and
to London to establish churches. Mrs. Giles was at all times a most
devoted and diplomatic helpmeet. +
4815 Caroline Lakey, b. April 27, 1824; m. Oct. 17, 1854, Allen Thomas
Goldsmith, b. Sept. 26, 1827, d. Nov. 11, 1894; she d. Feb. 21, 1901.
In her early young womanhood she taught school both in the Lyons
school and later in the Lebanon academy, under Mr. Giles, her
brother-in-law. Here she formed the friendship of one of the daugh-
ters of Hon. Thomas Corwin of Ohio and was invited to spend two
winters with them in Washington, when Mr. Corwin was Secretary
of the Treasury. Here she had a rich and varied experience. She
was a woman of artistic and literary attainments, and devoted to
her family and friends.
9th gen. Children oj Ira and Judith Lakey ^ {4810):
4815.1 William Gregg Lakey, b.; living in Buffalo, N. Y.
4815.2 RowENA Lakey, b.; m. Amos Sanford of Palmyra, N. Y. -f-
Children of Elizabeth and Daniel T. Lillie^ {4812):
4816 John Lillie, b. 1846; m. Amy Reynolds.
Until the middle of this war period he lived at Troy Hall, Rich-
mond, Surrey, England; his is quite a remarkable hereditary strain.
His grandfather, Capt. John Lillie was aid to Gen. Knox in the war
of the Revolution; he was first Commandant of West Point when it
was in embryo state; his wife and children joined him there and six
weeks later he died of fever and was buried at West Point in what
was Gen. Knox's garden, but is now covered by an immense govern-
ment building. Later, his daughter erected a monument to his
memory in the West Point cemetery. John Lillie graduated from
Yale, and followed the calling of letters. He wrote for the Galaxy
and Scribner's magazines and later was sent to London as English
editor of Harper's. +
fir i^iuurrug Drurlii|jmrutri in Anirrtra
4817 Marianna Ljli.if., 1). 1848; now living in New Orleans.
Children of Eimice and C/tauncey Giles, {4814):
4817.1 Chauncev Giles, b.
4827.2 Warren Giles, b.
4817.3 Lucy Giles, h.\ in. Dr. Wm. H. Guernsey of New York.
4817.4 Carrie Giles, h.; m. Richard Carter. Res. West Newton, Mass.
4817.5 Charles Giles, b.
4817.6 William Giles, b.
Children of Caroline and Allen T. Goldsmith, {4815):
4817.7 Frederick Thomas Goldsmith, b, Feb. 3, 1856; m. Caroline Roose-
velt I.athrop. He was a member of the produce and stock exchange
of New York, and president of the Harlem Transfer Co. He was a
man of splendid attainments, and a devoted son and brother. He d.
in New York City April 18, 1905, s. p.
4817.8 Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith, b. April 13, 1860; unm.; Res.
New York City. Two of her publications are "Sacred Symbols in
Art," and "Toby", published by MacMillan & Co. The former is
a standard work of art; she has traveled and lived abroad extensively.
She is a member of the Barnard and the Pen and Ink club.
4817.9 Anna Rowena Goldsmith, b. July 1, 1863; m. Oct. 16, 1913,
William Taylor of Lyons, N. Y,, his 2nd wife son of Elijah Pomeroy
Taylor (1763); he d. June 27, 1918; manufacturer of government
mail bags. Mrs. Taylor was graduated from Wells College, Aurora,
N. Y., in 1884; taught English and history at All Saints school,
Sioux Falls, S. D., under Bishop William Hobart Hare from 1890-96;
traveled abroad in 1897. In 1898, the second year after its estab-
lishment under Miss Sarah Ludlow Yeager, Mrs. Taylor became
identified with the Wells Preparatory School in Aurora, her old
college town, first as teacher, and after Miss Yeager's death in the
spring of 1901, she was encouraged to assume the conduct of the
school. In 1906 she completed purchase of the school property.
After the erection in 1910 of Wallcourt Hall, a substantial brick and
stone building for dormitory and school purposes, the name of the
school was changed to Wallcourt — Miss Goldsmith's School. The
school has an enviable reputation for its excellent standing in
scholarship and fine personnel. Mrs. Taylor is a member of the
executive committee of St. Paul's Church at Aurora; of the Country
Club of Rochester; of the National Association of College Women;
Women's University Club of New York; the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia; and the American
Daughters of the Revolution.
Part iHl^m - ^nmrrng Hftalorg anb (i^tt^alogg BB
William Taylor, son of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor (1763) and Jerusha
Belling, and great-grandson of Eleanor Pomeroy (494) (Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed) and James Hulbert, Jr., m. (1) Mary
Underbill and had two sons by her, (1) Williard Underbill Taylor,
b. July 19, 1865; gr. Cornell University, 1886; admiralty lawyer with
the firm of MacFarlane, Taylor & Costello; president of the Bruns-
wick Marine Construction Co.; legal advisor of Sir Thomas Lipton
in this country; ex-commodore of the Atlantic Yacht Club; builder
and owner of schooners William Taylor and Sir Thomas Lipton;
member of the Bar Association; New York Athletic club. Yacht
club, etc. (2) Myron Charles Taylor, married Annabel Mack of
Cleveland; gr. of Cornell University; studied corporation law under
Charles Evans Hughes; manufacturer and financier; at one time
President of the New York Cotton Exchange; President of the
cotton mills in New Bedford, and of the Utility in Dayton, Ohio,
that makes all the stamped envelopes in the United States. Res.,
16 East 70th street. New York City. Summer home, Underbill,
Farm, Locust Valley, Long Island.
4817.10 Katharine L. Goldsmith, b. Oct. 28, 1865; unni. She lives on at
Hillcourt, Palmyra, N. Y., in the old family place, the land of which
was bought from the original Phelps and Gorham tract in 1798, and
has never been owned out of the family; she is a practical and de-
voted land-owner, besides being social in her tastes.
2642 JERUSHA POMEROY, {Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad,
EUweed), b. Dec. 2. 1808. Newfane, Vt., m. Oct. 5, 1829, Dexter
Holbrook, b. Aug. 2, 1801, Townsend, Vt.; d. July 2, 1881; she d.
July 24, 1881, at Elyria, Ohio. She was dau. of Ashley Phineas
Pomeroy and wife Elizabeth Moore. She was educated at the
old Academy of Newfane and was a singer of note, known as the
"black-eyed singer of Vermont." Dexter Holbrook attended the
academy in Brattleboro, Vt.; taught successfully, and occupied
positions of trust in his native county. They removed to Ohio
in 1835, settling at Elyria, Ohio, and engaged in farming and fruit
culture. Res., Elyria, Ohio.
8th gen. Children^ b. in Elyria, Ohio:
4903 Theodore Holbrook, b. Nov., 1831; d. unm. in 1872, Boise City,
Idaho.
4904 Emily Pomeroy Holbrook, b. Feb. 20, 1834; m. Sept. 13, 1853.
Thomas Stanley Johnson, of Wooster, Ohio. +
4905 Hon. Edwin Dexter Holbrook, b. 1838; educated at Oberlin
College; admitted to the bar and first practiced law at Weaverville,
Cal.; in 1861 he went to the newly discovered gold mines at Nez
H9 pnmrmii Drurlupntrutii in Auirrira
Perce, and the next year to Placerville, Itlaho Territory. In 1863
he was a leading speaker in the campaign against Mr. Wallace, and
the following year was elected delegate to Congress, and re-elected
in 1866 by an increased majfjrity. On June 18, 1870, while sitting
in front of Dr. Belknap's office in Idaho City, he was fatally shot in
the abdomen by Charles Douglas, who retreated around the corner
of the drug store. Hoi brook staggered to his feet and followed;
both men emptied their revolvers. Mr. Holbrook lingered until
Sunday morning. He was buried from Masonic Hall, a large pro-
cession following the remains to the grave.
4906 Eliza Clarissa Holbrook, b. 1842, Elyria, Ohio; m. 1869 Dr.
Edwin Charles Perry, Elyria, Ohio.
9th ge)i. Children of Emily P. and Thomas S. Johnson. (4904):
4907 Stella Medora Johnson, b. June 17, 1854; m. June 20, 1877,
James John Goodwillie, of Chicago, III.; she d. in March, 1897; two
children, Arthur Lawson Goodwillie and Clarence James
Goodwillie.
4907.1 Edwin Theodore Johnson, b. Aug. 9, 1858; m. Jan. 1883. Eliza-
beth Eastman, dau. of George Eastman and Nancy Kidder, she d.
in March, 1899; five years later he m. (2) Minna Ferrell of Colum-
bus, Ohio. Children of Edwin T. and Elizabeth Eastman Johnson.
{10th gen.) 1. David Eastman Johnson; 2. Thomas Stanley
Johnson; 3. James Crabtree Johnson (twins); 4. Edwin Theo-
dore Johnson; 5, George Eastman Johnson; 6. Elizabeth
Care Johnson.
4907.2 Ida Elizabeth Johnson, b. Nov. 19, 1863, Wooster, Ohio; m. Sept.
13, 1882, Edwin Latshaw of Kansas City, Mo., son of Samuel
Riddle Latshaw and wife Cynthia Maria Nelles.
10th gen. Child of Ida Elizabeth and Edwin Latshaw. (4907.2):
4907.3 Stanley Riddle Latshaw, b. Sept. 29, 1884; director of Butterick
Publishing Co., New York City.
2644 ELIZABETH POMEROY, (Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer,
Medad, Eltweed), b. Oct. 7, 1815, Newfane, Vt.; m. May 3, 1836,
at Brattleboro, Vt., Franklin Hoar Wheeler, b. April 3, 1807,
Lincoln, Mass., son of Leonard Hoar Wheeler and wife Mira Ann
Wellington; Elizabeth Pomeroy Wheeler d. July 31, 1881.
Sth gen. Children:
4909 Eunice W^heeler, b. April 7, 1837; d. March 11, 1838.
- 4910 Ashley Pomeroy Wheeler, b. Dec. 20, 1841; d. Dec. 3, 1849.
4911 Mary Elizabeth Wheeler, b. Jan. 4, 1845; m. Oct. 28, 1869,
James Dalton, b. Jan. 10, 1828, son of James Dalton and wife
Elizabeth Tilden of Boston, Mass. +
4912 Ashley Pomeroy Wheeler, b. July 15, 1850; d. March 8, 1855.
4913 Frank Pomeroy Wheeler, b. March 7, 1853, Brattleboro, Vt.;
gr. Cornell University, 1874; m. April 12,1888, Elizabeth Trimming-
ham Keese of Chicago, 111., b. in Baltimore, Md., dau. of Ralph
Francis Trimmingham of Bermuda, and Ann Brine.
9th gen. Child of Mary E. and James Dalton. {4911):
4914 Stella Pomeroy Dalton, b. Brattleboro, Vt., July 30, 1870;
m. Aug. 19, 1896, Richard Elwood Dodge, b. March 30, 1868,
Wenham, Mass.; gr. Harvard, 1890. +
10th gen. Children of Stella and Richard E. Dodge , (4914):
4915 Stanley Dalton Dodge, b. Oct. 23, 1897.
4916 Margaret Pomeroy Dodge, b. Sept. 8, 1898.
4979 Amanda Pomeroy, b., dau. of Edward Pomeroy (Henry, Josiah,
Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and Amanda Daggett; educated
at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; m. Hon. Albert W. Wells,
of Quincy, 111.
5093 Horace C. Harmon, b. April 27, 1869, son of Julia E. and Enos
Harmon, and grandson of Nancy Parsons Pomeroy (2685), m.
March 10, 1897, Mary Emma Church, b. Nov. 27, 1870, at Ashfield,
Mass., dau. of Henry Sumner Church and wife Eliza Emma Barber
of Ashfield. Have dau. Margaret Harmon, b. June 21, 1898.
5094 Nellie Pomeroy Harmon, b. May 2, 1873, dau. of Julia E. and
Enos Harmon, and grand-daughter of Nancy Parsons Pomeroy
(2685), m. Oct. 15, 1901, Herman Liners Andersen, b. May 11, 1869,
Quennestad, Sweden, son of August Andersen and Anna Christine
Johnson. Have two children: 5108.2 Hazel Beatrice Andersen,
b. July 22, 1903. 5108.3 Carroll Elizabeth Andersen, b. Jan. 8,
1908.
5179 Marie Louise Pomeroy, b. Oct. 16, 1843, Albany; dau. of George
Eltweed Pomeroy (Seth, ^uartus, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
(2800) and wife Helen Elizabeth Robinson, d. Dec. 14, 1917, at
St. Paul, Minn. A sister of George Eltwood Pomeroy of Toledo,
Ohio.
2700 CATHERINE ELIZA POMEROY, (Thaddeus, ^iiartus, Seth, Eb-
enezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 14, 1809, Stockbridge, Mass.; m.
April 20, 1836, Rev. Samuel P. Parker, D. D., b. Sept. 10, 1805, d.
Nov. 16, 1880, Stockbridge, Mass., son of John Rowe Parker and
wife Mary Hamilton, of Boston, Mass.; graduated from Harvard
College 1824. The new developments in this family are in the
10th generation. The numbers are continuous of the new grand-
children to those given in the first edition of the Pomeroy Family
book, and may be found on pp. 451-452.
n |Inmrnii| Drurlupmrnlfl in Amprira
Children of Grace J. and Wilitam Hall, {5138): {additionai):
5152 Bernard Richard Ham., d. June 21, 1919.
5154.1 CiiLiA Hail, 1>. July 2^, 1907.
5154.2 Cmari.f.s I Iam., b. June 10, 1909.
5154.3 KvA Hall, b. May 29, 1911.
5154.4 CiLF.NN Hall, b. Jan. 15, 1916.
5154.5 Makjorie Hall, b. June 14, 1921.
Child of Elizabeth K. and Alexander M. Jeffrey, {514U):
5154.6 E^LEAN'OR Virginia Jeffrev, b. Sept. 17, 1916.
Child of Erdmati a)id Ada L. Parker, {5142):
5154.7 Sedgwick Pomerov Parker, b. Jan. 5, 1913.
Erdman Sedgwick Parker d. May 18, 1916.
Children of Mary L. and Ernest //. ^uesner, {5146):
5154.8 Raymond Quesner, b. 1908; d. 1913.
5154.9 Dorothy Quesner, b. Jan., 1916.
Children of Pearl W. and Alfred J. Thomson, {5148):
5162 Florence Thomson, b. Jan., 1903.
5162.1 Newell Thomson, b. 1905.
5162.2 Violette Thomson, b. 1911.
5162.3 Dorothy Thomson, b. Jan., 1916.
5181 Mary Robinson Pomeroy, {George Eltweed, Seth, ^uartus, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltvoeed), b. Nov. 6, 1850, Clinton, Mich.; m. May
12, 1896, the Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, Bishop of Oregon (Pro-
testant Episcopal), b. Nov. 21, 1861, Toronto, Canada; graduate
of Trinity University, D. D.; son of Henry Simcoe Scadding and
wife Elizabeth Winder Wedd; he died May 27, 1914; s. p.; at Port-
land, Oregon. She was sister of George Eltweed Pomeroy of
Toledo, Ohio.
3024 PARTHENIA LITTLE POMEROY, {Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Nov. 3, 1806, Pittsfield, Mass.; m.
Sept. 25, 1828, Henry Ayrault Brewster, b. Dec. 30, 1802, d. Dec. 8,
1873, Washington, D. C, son of Henry Brewster and wife Rebecca
Lester; she d. May 19, 1876, Norfolk, Va. (Note — In the corre-
sponding paragraph, in Part Two of the History and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family, as Henry Ayrault Brewster did not serve in the
Civil War, his son Robert Edward Brewster should be credited with
that military service. In justice, it is, therefore, deemed advisable
to republish the same in Part Three as corrected.)
Sth gen. Children:
5385 Henry Pomeroy Brewster, b. March 7, 1831; m. Oct. 14, 1856,
Mary E. Pond, b. Jan. 6, 1836, d. Jan. 20, 1898, Rochester, N. Y.,
dau. of Elias Pond and wife Clarissa Hickok. +
Part (2;I|r^f - Pomfrng Htfitnrg nnh dfu^alngij T^
5386 Emma Hart Brewster, b. Dec. 11, 1836; m. May 21, 1858, at
Rochester, N. Y., the Rev. Otto Sievers Barton, D. D., b. Jan. 18,
1831, Hamburg, Germany, d. June 26, 1897, Norfolk, Va.; she d.
Oct. 22, 1897.
5387 Robert Edward Brewster, b. Aug. 14, 1829; m. (1) Oct. 7, 1869,
Helen Susquehanna Waller, who d. March 17, 1873, at Pleasanton,
Kansas; m. (2) Feb. 28, 1880, Clara Latelle Linton, at Richland
Farm, Kas., dau. of Hon. David Linton and wife Ann
Thomas, b. July 24, 1850, at Wilmington, Ohio. Capt.
Robert Edward Brewster was educated at Rochester, N. Y.,
and joined the Union Army on Oct. 21, 1861; he received
a commission as 2d Lieut, in the 74th regiment of N. Y.
V. Infantry; on Sept. 18, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of
1st Lieut, of same regiment, serving until March 24, 1865, when
he was commissioned Captain of Co. E, 8th New York Cavalry.
He participated in the battles of Fair Oaks, Seven Days in Front
of Richmond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilder-
ness, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg. He received one of the five
gold medals presented by Gen. Daniel E. Sickles for unusual bravery
on the battlefield at Williamsburg. He was wounded at Williams-
burg on May 5, 1862, twice at Raccoon Ford, Va., at Malvern Hill,
and last at Appomattox Court House. Honorable resignation
June 27, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. After the close of the war he
acted as Mr. Hayden's private secretary in his geological survey of
Nebraska, and later engaged in milling at Pleasanton, Kansas, where
he died July 28, 1892, from the effects of the wound received at
Appomatox. +
9tk gen. Children of Henry P. and Mary E. Brewster {5385):
5388 Carolin-e Brewster, b. Aug. 3, 1857; m. June 1, 1892, Henry Le
Briton Wills.
5389 Harold Poxd Brewster, b. March 27, 1859; m. May 15, 1888,
Mary Elizabeth Harris, dau. of Edward Harris and wife Emma
Hall.
5390 Mary Belle Brewster, b. June 19, 1867; m. Oct. 14, 1891, Nathan
Gallup Williams, b. Dec. 9, 1861, son of Nathan Gallup Williams
and wife Helen Dunhajn of Detroit.
Children of Robert E. and Helen S. Brewster^ (5387):
5391 Augusta Waller Brewster, b. July 18, 1870, Maplewood, Del.;
m. June 17, 1891, West Point, N. Y., Major John C. W. Brooks,
U. S. A., son of Gen. Brooks, U. S. A. +
5392 Helen- Bartex Brewster, b. April 2, 1881, Pleasanton, Kansas;
University of Kansas A. B., 1900, A. M. 1901, Ph. D. in mathematics
73 {Iinurnig Dfurlapinrnta in Amrrira
and physics, Cornell University, 1910; m. June 22, 1904, at Pleasan-
ton, Kansas, Frederick William Owens, b. Nov. 18, 1880, at Rock-
well City, Iowa, son of James Owens and wife Nancy M. Tcrrill of
Lawrence, Kansas; B. S., M. S., 1902, University of Kansas, Ph. D.,
1907, University of Chicago; professor of mathematics at Cornell
University, 1916. Res., Ithaca, N. Y. +
lOl/i gen. Children of Augusta IV. and John C. IV. Brooks, {5391):
5392.1 Frances Brooks, b. March 31, 1892.
5392.2 Amelia May Brooks, b. July 9, 1897.
CJiildren of Helen B. and Frederick W. Owens, {5392):
5392.3 Helen Brewster Owens, b. May 5, 1905, Chicago, 111.
5392.4 Clara Brewster Owens, b. Feb. 17, 1908.
5421 Harold Carew Dodge, b. 1885, Evanston, 111., son of Lemuel P.
and Mary Post Dodge, (5410), and grandson of Emily Pomeroy,
{Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), m. June 14, 1914,
Louise Woolsey, dau. of Frank \^ oolsey of Santa Rosa, Calif.
5441 Harriet Swift Kingsley, wife of George Pomeroy Kingsley,
{Betsey Coit Pomeroy, Gamaliel, Lemuel, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), and dau. of Ralph Swift and wife Charlotte Waterman,
d. March 31, 1912.
5448 Frederick Ralph Kingsley, Jr., b. Aug. 16, 1886, son of Frederick
R. and Anna M. Kingsley, (5444), m. June 8, 1912, Mrs. Clara
Armstrong (Forman).
3080 PLINY POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), b. Dec. 22, 1786; m. Lavina Mann, b. Sept. 27, 1787; d.
Jan. 27, 1882, Geneseo, 111.; he d. Aug. 21, 1857.
8th gen. Children:
5507.1 Ashbel Strong Pomeroy, b. Aug. 27, 1810. -f
5507.2 Laura Pomeroy.
5508 Ralph Miller Pomeroy, b. June 18, 1815. +
5508.1 Mary Pomeroy.
5508.2 Sarah Pomeroy.
5508.3 George Pomeroy, b. Feb. 21, 1821, Fairfield, N. Y. +
5508.4 Almira Pomeroy.
5508.5 Charles Addison Pomeroy. +
5508.6 Abigail Pomeroy.
3185 CHARLES POMEROY, {James, William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), b. Jan. 9, 1823, Cuyler, N. Y.; m. Sept. 5, 1851, Ruth
Smith of Covert, N. Y., b. 1823; d. 1881; he d. Oct. 19, 1900, at
North Hector, N. Y., his place of residence.
8th gen. Children:
5657 James Smith Pomeroy, b. Aug. 16, 1852; d. unm.
Part ©IjrFF - ^om^rog Utaturn unh (^mming^ f 4
5658 William Henry Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1854, d. Feb. 15, 1877.
5659 LeDru Rollin Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1857. +
5660 Victor Hugo Pomeroy, b. and d. 1864.
6020 Ruth Church, b. Dec. 3, 1894, dau. of John H. C. and Mary A.
Church, (6014) and great-grand daughter of Sally Pomeroy, {Eben-
ezei\ Phinehas, Medad, Joseph^ Medad, Eltweed)^ and Leman Church
of Great Harrington, m, June 17, 1917, Delano de Windt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Heyliger de Windt, of Minnetka, 111. Res., New-
Bedford, Mass.
3440 Clara Alsop Pomeroy, {Samuel, Eleazer, Rev. Benjamin, Joseph,
Medad, Eltweed), b. 1804, Boston, Mass.; m. Hon. Valentine Baxter
Horton, member of Congress from Pomeroy, Ohio. Her daughter,
Clara Pomeroy Horton, m. Sept. 15, 1859, Major-General John
Pope, U. S. A.; her second daughter, Frances Dabney Horton, m.
May 13, 1874, Major-General Manning Ferguson Force; he d. May
8, 1899. Clara Alsop Pomeroy Horton died at the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors Home while Gen. Force was Commandant of that
institution. Both Gen. Pope and Gen. Force died at that institu-
tion also, while Major General Force was the Commandant.
6246 Cornelia Roff Pomeroy, {Isaac, Benjamin, Elihu, Benjamin,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. May 29, 1857, Newark, N. J.; d. Feb.
28, 1913. Miss Pomeroy was an active and influential officer and
member of patriotic societies many years, and very efficient as a
member of the Executive Committee of the Pomeroy Family Asso-
ciation. She was a gentlewoman of fine intellect, and aside from
other literary effort, took great delight in exploring for light in
genealogical problems.
6268 William Henry Pomeroy, M. D., {Stephen, Elihu, Benjamin,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug. 19, 1857, Staffordville, Conn.;
m. Dec. 5, 1900, at Springfield, Mass., Adelaide Phelps Smith, b.
Jan. 17, 1873, Springfield, dau. of John McKenzie Smith and wife
Adelaide Gabrielle Phelps; s. p. After his graduation from Brown
University, Providence, R. I., he entered Harvard Medical School,
graduating with the class of 1886. He completed his study
of medicine abroad, passing one year at the University of Vienna.
For three years, 1889-1892, he was the contracting surgeon of the
United States army; and in 1903 chief medical examiner for the New
York Life Insurance Co. in Hampden Co.; practicing physician
for 25 years in Springfield, Mass.; d. June 10, 1914.
6341 Helen Maria Pomeroy, {Alexander, Amos, Nathaniel, Nathaniel^
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. April 30, 1838; m. (1) Dec. 20, 1858,
Hesden J. King, b. July 9, 1832, d. Dec. 4, 1886; she m. (2) May 2,
Z5 Jlmnrrnu Drurlnpmrnta in Amrrira
1900, Cecil H. Fuller; she d. Nov. 28, 1916, Suffield, Conn.
3668.9 RKV. DANIl.L I'OMl'.KOY, (Jo/w, Dan, Noah, Joseph, Medad,
Eltwccd), b. 1S23, Canulcn, Ont.; m. 1S46, Jane Ann Aylesworth,
who d. Oct., I'Ml, llighgatc, Ont.; he d. 1903, Ilighgate, Ont.
Minister.
Sthgen. chi/drefi
6490.1 Rev. William McKenzie Pomerov, h. 1849. +
6490.2 Annie Alida Pomeroy, b. 1851; in. 1870, George .\. Rogers.
6490.3 Dr. John Reynolds Pomeroy, b. 1853, Newburgh, Ont.; m. 1.S88,
Gertie Burdette; had issue, two sons and one daughter; he d. 1904
St. Louis.
6490.4 Dr. Robert Latiimer Pomeroy, b. 1859, Kingston; unm.
6490.5 Dan Webster Pomeroy, b. 1861, Brighton; d. 1881, in Manitoba.
6490.6 Mary Maud Pomeroy, b. 1869, Kingston, Ont.; m. 1891, George Lee.
6536 Orange Pomeroy, M. D., (Horace, Stephoi, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. 7, 1835; graduate from Cincinnati Medical
College, 1860; and Bellevue Hospital, N. Y.; Assistant-surgeon of
the 16th Ohio Vol. Inf., (Col. de Courcey) during the Civil War;
postmaster at Chardon, Ohio, many years; practiced medicine at
Fowlers Mills and Chardon; m. (1) Jan. 8, 1862, Mary E. Smith,
b. March 29, 1841, dau. of George Smith and wife Catherine Craw-
ford of Munson, Ohio; m. (2) April 20, 1896, Lovedy S. Blakeslee,
dau. of Milo Blakeslee and wife Judith Woodward; s. p. Res.,
Chardon, Ohio and St. Petersburg, Fla. He was a Shriner and
32nd degree Mason; president of the Chardon Telephone Co. He
died at his winter home, St. Petersburg, Fla., May 17, 1915.
3761 Betsey Towle Colcord, b. July 5, 1812, dau. of Tristram C.
Colcord and wife Ann Robia Towle, and wife of Enoch Pomeroy,
[Enoch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), d. Feb. 13, 1903.
6601 Mary Kimpton, dau. of Mary Pomeroy, {Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltvceed'), and Rev. Orville Kimpton, b. March 22,
1831; m. Sept. 15, 1855, at Franklin, Vt., Harlow Miles Cheney,
b. Jan. 5, 1831, at St. Armand, Quebec, son of John Holbrook
Cheney and wife Fanny Elfreda Miller, d. July 4, 1970, Westfield,
Vt.; she d. April 7, 1867, St. Albans, Vt. +
6603 Maria Jane Kimpton, dau. of Mary Pomeroy, {Enoch, Elijah,
Caleb, Satnuel, Caleb, Eltweed), and Rev. Orville Kimpton, b. June
11, 1836, Franklin, Vt.; educated at Bakersfield academy and taught
school several years; m. Jan. 4, 1860, at Franklin, Vt., John Knowles
Langdon Maynard, b. July 26, 1829, Bakersfield, Vt., son of Jesse
Knowles Maynard and wife Lucy Taylor; he studied law and in
1856 opened a law ofRce at Janesville, Iowa, with a branch office
Part SltrF? - PomFriig Btfitnrjj nnh O^^tt^abgg 76
in Magnolia; his voice failed and in 1860 he went into the newspaper
business at Waverly, Iowa, at the same time serving as postmaster
ten years; he also served one term in the State Legislature. He
retired to his farm near Janesville, where he d. April 9, 1903; she
d. March 30, 1910. +
9th gen. Children of Mary and Harlow M. Cheney, {6601):
6607.1 Edson Orville Cheney, b. Nov. 2, 1858, Franklin, Vt.; d. Aug. 7,
1894, Cadys Falls, Vt.
6607.2 Flora Lodusky Cheney, b. March 27, 1862, St. Albans, Vt.; d.
Jan. 14, 1904, Hyde Park, Vt.
6607.3 Emma Maria Cheney, b. Oct. 19, 1863, St. Albans, Vt.; m. July 3,
1890, at Montecito City, Calif., Frank Truman Packard, b. Dec. 2,
1861, Cambridge, Wis., son of Gilbert Clark Packard and wife
Nancy Maria Van Brocklin; four children. Fruit growers. Res.,
Watsonville, Calif.
Children of Maria J. and John K. L. Maynard, (6603) :
6610.1 Orville Knowles Maynard, b. March 23, 1861, Waverly, Iowa;
m. June 4, 1884, at Janesville, Iowa, Metta Elizabeth Moore, dau.
of Thomas Moore and wife Flora Wakefield; gr. Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, June 14, 1890, M. A. June, 1904; D. D. Univer-
sity of Denver, Col., June, 1912. Pastor of St. Paul Methodist
Episcopal Church. Res., Pueblo, Colo.
6610.2 Jesse Dana Maynard, b. Aug. 7, 1862, Waverly, Iowa; m. Sept.
9, 1886, at Janesville, Iowa, Anna L. Green, ddu. of Harry H. Green
and wife Mary Bennett. Res., Janesville, Iowa.
6610.3 Loretta Maria Maynard, b. Aug. 19, 1873, Janesville, la.; m.
Nov. 30, 1899, at Janesville, Charles H. Burman, son of C. E.
Burman and wife Rosetta Moore. Res., Waverly, la.
6610.4 Albert Howard Maynard, b. Dec. 19, 1875, at Janesville, la.;
m. Dec. 7, 1904, at Sioux City, la., Mabel A. Killam, dau. of C. D.
Killam and wife Mary H. Hamler. He gr. from Morningside
College 1904. Res., Sioux City, la.
6617 Stephen Pomeroy Truax, son of Melissa Pomeroy, (Enoch, Elijah,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), and Elias Truax, b. Oct. 12, 1848,
Franklin, Vt.; m. Oct. 26, 1875, Anna Maria Shepard, b. Jan. 14,
1855, Brome, Quebec, dau. of Benjamin Shepard and wife Celia
O'Malley. Farmer. Res., Franklin, Vt.
9th gen. Children, b. at Franklin, Vt.
6618 Herbert Stephen Truax, b. Jan. 8, 1878; m. June 26, 1901,
Thenah Reynolds, b. Oct. 15, 1879, Franklin, Vt., dau. of George
W. Reynolds and wife Alvira Bullis. Res., Franklin, Vt.
6619 Charles Hibbard Truax, b. Aug. 2, 1879; m. April 17, 1909, Essa
XX pnmrrnii DrurUipmrutH in Amrrira
May Rogers, b. West Chazy,N. Y. Salesman. Res., Fresno, Calif.
6620 Frank Pomeroy Truax, I). Nov. 2, I8S3; m. Sept. 2, 1907, Rcva
D. Goodhue, 1). April 26, 1887, Berkshire, Vt., clan, of l.cvi C;oocihue
and wife Julia Blair. 1 le was accidentally killed while employed on
railroad at Webster Junction, Mass., Aug. 31, 1909.
6621 F.LRURN Hriggs Truax, b. Mav 31, 1885.
3794 CALEB STRATTON POM I-, ROY, (.Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Eltweed), b. July 7, 1797; presumably in Vershire, Vt.; m. Dec. 21,
1820, Sarah'Walker, b. Dec. 16, 1S02, d. Aug. 13, 1884, dau. of
Elijah Walker of Vershire, Vt.; a Revolutionary soldier; Caleb d.
March 11, 1848, at Bristol, Ind., where he and his wife are buried,
with their son Orange.
Sih gen. Children:
6660.1 Mary S. Pomf.roy, b. Aug. 16, 1821; m. Jan. 28, 1841, Leander
Foster; she d. June 3, 1893. Five children.
6660.2 Mariah Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1823; d. May 13, 1823.
6660.3 Elmina P. Pomeroy, b. Aug. 22, 1824; d. May 3, 1833.
6660.4 Orange W. Pomeroy, b. March 30, 1826, d. April 10, 1848.
6660.5 Lyman James Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1828; d. Sept. 9, 1833.
6660.6 Asaph Stratton Pomeroy, b. Nov. 22, 1831. +
6660.7 Lyman Walker Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1833. +
6660.8 Ai.mina Lucina Pomeroy, b. March 9, 1835; m. March 14, 1853,
Euphreonon Wheeler; d. Sept. 23, 1863. Two children.
6660.9 Aroline Augusta Pomeroy, b. June 22, 1837; m. Oct. 1, 1868,
. . . Fuller.
6660.10 Franklin Almeran Pomeroy, b. Dec. 25, 1839; m. Sarah Emily
Goss; d. Nov. 24, 1891; s. p.
3812 CANDACE LIVIA POMEROY, {JVarham, Enos, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 20, 1829, Easthampton, Mass.; Williston
Seminary, 1858; m. April 23, 1857, at Princess .Anne, Md., Joseph
Sudler (or Sulzer), who d. Sept. 26, 1872, Waterloo, N. Y. She was
lady principal of the academy at Waterloo several vears; she d.
Oct. 19, 1914.
3895 DEBORAH JANE SPAULDING POMEROY, {David, Gideon,
Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 3, 1845, Southampton,
Mass.; m. June 4, 1872, Horace Edward Darling, {Horace, Benjamin,
Sayyiuel, Samuel, John, Dennis), of Mendon, Mass., b. Dec. 31, 1842,
d. Dec. 10, 1901, son of Horace Bates Darling and wife Mehitable
Lord; shed. April 5, 1916, Southampton, Mass.; burial at Boston,
Mass.
8th gen. Child:
6784 Harriet Lyman Darling, b. July -31, 1880. Boston; m. Oct. 12,
Part ®{|rf^ - ^ontfrnij lUtatory nnh ^mmlo^^ 7B
1904, Dr. Joseph Storer Hart, b. March 16, 1873, Charlestown,
Mass., son of Joseph Storer Hart and wife Mary Jane Murray; gr.
from Harvard Medical School; Major-Surgeon of the 6th Mass.
Inft. in the war with Germany.
9th. gen. Children:
6785 Helen Hart, b. Dec. 7, 1905, Lincoln, Mass.
6786 Joseph Storer Hart, b. June 22, 1910, Lincoln, Mass.
6787 Harriet Pomeroy Hart, b. Dec. 10, 1911.
6788 Elizabeth Murray Hart, b. Dec. 10, 1911, (twin with Harriet).
6788.1 Horace Hart, b.
3924 FR^^NKLIN POMEROY, (Danie/, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb.
Eltweed), b. Sept. 16; 1824, Geauga County, Ohio; m. Aug. 18, 1844,
Abigail Commins, b. March 2, 1827, Geauga County, Ohio, dau. of
Henry Commins and wife. He was a veteran of the Mexican war,
serving in Co. E, 4th Illinois Volunteers, Gen. Taylor's command.
At his discharge he was given a land warrant which he located in
Dodge County, Wisconsin, and on which his family lived over fifty
years and where his wife died June 26, 1900. He then sold his old
homestead and went to Rudd, Iowa, to live with his daughter,
Clara Sanders, and where he died Sept. 6, 1902; buried in Wisconsin.
He and family were life-long Methodists, and of grateful remem-
brance.
8th gen. Children:
6808 Alice Catherine Pomeroy, b. Jan. 15, 1849. +
6809 Henry Alphonso Pomeroy, b. Sept. 10, 1850, Dodge Co., Wis., m.
March 24, 1874, Mary L. Hoel, b. Jan. 23, 1855, Iroquois Co., 111.
dau. of James Hoel and wife Alice Fleming. In 1873 he settled on
a farm near Rudd, Iowa, and in 1899 moved into the town of Rudd.
For the past 17 years he has been a member of the Town Council.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy are members of the Methodist church,
and Mrs. Pomeroy has been president of the Ladies Aid for past
25 years; s. p.
6810 Royal Newton Pomeroy, b. Aug. 1, 1853. +
6811 Clara Amanda Pomeroy, b. Aug. 2, 1854. +
6812 Frank Success Pomeroy, b. June 1, 1860, Dodge Co., Wis.; d.
Jan. 17, 1914, Beaver Co., Oklahoma, unm.; bu. in Wisconsin.
6813 Fernando Howard Pomeroy, b. May 13,- 1866. +
3925 TIRZAH POMEROY, {Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. April 17, 1826, Geauga County, Ohio; m. Oct. 6, 1843,
James King, who d. Sept. 28, 1880, suddenly, while at work; she d.
March 18, 1906. Res., Lawler, Kansas.
ZB {Inmrriui DrurlupmrutH in Amrrira
8//i};en. C/iildroi:
6814 Mary C. King, h. Dec. 5, 1S44; m. April 18, 1867, William C. Ham-
monil, Chilton, Wis.; slic il. July 6, 1K76. +
6815 Oi.ivi-R IIakriso.v Kinc;, b. Oct. 10. 1848; m. Oct. 18, 1875, Elk
Point, S. D., Jennie Caine; she d. Jan. 24, 1872, at Parker, S. D. -{-
6816 Sarah Jane King, 1>. Jan. 22, 1851; m. Sept. 20, 1878, William C.
Hammond, he having previously married her sister Mary C. King;
he d. March 24, 1903, at Durand, Wis. No issue.
6S17 George King, b. July 26 ,1856, at Chilton, Wis.; m. Jan. 24, 1882,
at New Hampton, Iowa, Clara Wood. Res., Wyenmere, N. D. +
6818 Ida RosE'PTA King, b.June25,1858,atChilton,Wis.;m. Dec. 31, 1902,
at Waucoma, Iowa, Nash Tuttle; s. p. Res., Central Point, Oregon.
9th ^cn. Children of Mary C. and IVilliam C. Hammond, (6814):
6818.1 Emma Bell Hammond, b. Dec. 18, 1867; m. April 2, 1889, Alex-
ander D. Nimmo. +
6818.2 Dr. H. B. Hammond, b. Oct. 25, 1868; m. Clara Thield. Three
children.
6818.3 Ca^milla Hammond, b. April 16, 1871, Chilton, Wis.; m. June 20,
1892. L. A. Marvin. Three children.
Children of Oliver and Jennie King, {6815):
6818.4 William Harris King, b. April 3, 1877, Yankton, S. D.; m. Leila
Pier, at Parker, S. D.
6818.5 Leo King, b. Sept. 14, 1878, Elk Point, S. D.
Children of George and Clara King, (6817):
6818.6 Orren King, b. April 3, 1884; m. Aug. 19, 1907, Nellie M. Miller
at Waucoma, Iowa.
6818.7 Mildred King, b. April 22, 1889; d. ae. 1 year.
6818.8 Irene Welcome King, b. Jan. 14, 1887; m. Dec. 2, 1915, Orlando
H. Pierce.
10th gen. Children of Emma and Alex. Nimmo, (6818.1):
6818.9 Arthur W. Nimmo, b. Sept. 21, 1891.
6818.10 Herbert Rolland Nimmo, b. Aug. 9, 1893.
6818.11 Marion Nimmo, b. Sept. 7, 1895.
6818.12 Sarah Nimmo, b. Jan. 14, 1901.
6818.13 Hammond Nimmo, b. Nov. 10, 1907.
6818.14 Margaret Nimmo, b. July 17, 1909.
Children of Otren and Nellie M. King, (6818.6)
6818.15 Dorothy King, b. July 31, 1908; d. ae. 2 years.
6818.16 Evelyn King, b. Dec. 10, 1910.
6818.17 Harry King ,b. March 27, 1917, Waucoma, Iowa.
Children of Irene and Orlando Pierce, (6818.8):
6818.18 George Albert Pierce, b. Oct. 31, 1916.
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6818.19 Ruby Irma Pierce, b. Jan. 9, 1918.
3927 ELI BOND POMEROY, {Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. Nov. 30, 1830, Geauga County, Ohio; m. Elvira Chap-
man. Res., Columbus, Wis.
8th. gen. Children.
6824 Emma Amelia Pomeroy, b. Oct. 27, 1859. +
6825 Electa Hannah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1861. She has been blind
since six years of age; graduated from the school for the blind at
Janesville, Wis. She is an expert lace-maker, having made and sold
hundreds of yards; also, many articles in bead work, cane-seating
chairs, etc.; she has purchased for herself a typewriter and watch
for the blind.
6826 Ada Alice Pomeroy, b. July 16, 1864. +
6827 Newton Bond Pomeroy, b. May 9, 1867. +
3928 LYDIA POMEROY, {Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Elt-
iveed), b. Feb. 22, 1833, Geauga County, Ohio; m. in 1852, Alex-
ander Roberts; he d. March 9, 1914, She d. Pomona, Calif., April
22, 1919, bu. at Columbus, Wis., by the side of her husband.
8th gen. Children:
6828 Edgar Roberts, b.; m. Olive . +
6829 James Roberts, b.; m. Josephine Starr. Res., Pomona, Cal.
6830 Josephine Roberts, b.; unm. Res., Pomona Cal.
6831 Charles Roberts, b. Res., Superior, Wis.
6832 Eva Roberts, b. Feb. 28, 1872; m. Charles Keefer; she d. in 1894
or 1895. +
9th gen. Child of Edgar and Olive Roberts, {6828):
6832.1 Elsie Roberts, b.
Children of James and Josephine Roberts, {6829):
6832.2 Clarence Roberts. 6832.3 Harold Roberts.
Children of Eva and Charles Keefer, {6832):
6833 Elmer C. Keeper, b. Sept. 2, 1880; m. Jan. 29, 1902, Jennie
Colton. Res., Dodge Center, Minn. +
6834 Marcia Keefer, b. April 11, 1884; m. April 16, 1902, W^illiam C.
Kading; she d. Jan. 29, 1917. Res. Reesville, Wis. +
6834.1 Laura Keefer, b. Nov. 20, 1888; m. June 5, 1907, J. F. Clem.
Res., Danville, 111. +
10th gen. Children of Elmer and Jennie Keefer, {6833):
6834.2 Evelyn Colton Keeper, b. March 16, 1905.
Childreyt of Marcia and William C. Kading, {6834):
6834.3 Harold Kading, b. Nov. 12, 1903.
6834.4 Mildred Kading, b. Aug. 16, 1905.
B\ Jli^mrruy DrurUijjmrntH in Amrrira
6834.5 Myrtle Kadinc, h. June 17, 190H.
6834.6 Arnold Kading, b. Sept. 23, 1912. All !.. ar I.owcll, Wis.
Children of Laura and J. F. Clem, {6S34.1):
6834.7 Dora Clkm, h. Aug. 31, 1900.
6834.8 Marck LLA Clkm, h. AuL,^ 29, 191 1.
3929 LUCY POMb.KCJY, {Daniel, Ichahod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Kit-
weed), h. May. 4, 1836, Geauga County, Ohio; m Jan. 17, 1855,
Heiijamin ]. Yule, h. Dec. 7, 1832, Onciila County, N. Y.; d. July
6, 1917; she d. Jan. 31, 1912. Res., Columbus, Wis.
8th gen. Children:
6835 Hannah Ella Yule, b. Aug. 26, 1856; m. Feb. 26, 1913, Robert
Nesbit Keyes, b. Dec. 19, 1867; no issue. Res., Columbus, Wis,
6836 Ida R. Yule, b. June 30, 1858; d. May 18, 1860.
6837 William H. Yule, b. Sept, 25, 1861; m. Nellie Swanson of Chicago.
Res., Worthington, Ind. +
6838 Harvey E. Yule, b. Jan. 30, 1863; m. Jan. 17, 1905, Ellen Engelka;
s. p. Res., Columbus, Wis.
6839 Nellie May Yule, b. Aug. 26, 1866; m. Sept. 15, 1891, Willis
Brewer, b. July 16, 1869. Res., Columbus, W'is. +
6840 Herbert J. Yule, b. March 3, 1870; m. Sept. 27, 1899, Minnie
Miller, b. Aug. 26, 1881. Res., Columbus, Wis. +
9th gen. Child of William H. and Nellie Yule, (6S37) :
6840.1 Ralph B. Yule,
Children of Nellie May and Willis Brewer, (6839):
6840.2 Lillie May Brewer; m. Harmon Brossard. Res., Fall River, Wis.
6840.3 Lucy Marie Brewer; m. Henry Waterworth. Res., Fall River,
W^is.
6840.4 Earl Brossard Brewer; m. Laura Deming, Nov. 6, 1918, Res.,
W'aukesha, W'is.
6840.5 Harold, Robert and Hazel Brewer at home. Columbus, Wis,
Children of Herbert J. and Minnie Yule, {6840):
6840.6 Glen H. Yule. 6840.7 Floyd J. Yule, 6840.8 Doris Yule
3930 ROSETTA POMEROY, {Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. Dec. 20, 1838, Geauga Co., Ohio; m, Fayette Wilder;
he d, April, 1916; she d. Dec. 3, 1914. Res., Mankato, Minn,
8th gen. Children:
6841 Frances Wilder, b.; m. Robert Swartout. Res., Mankato, Minn.
6842 Harris Wilder, b. Nov. 15, 1896; m. Dec. 11, 1918, Hannah Marie
Hanson. Res., Mankato, Minn.
6843 Ross Wilder, b.; m. Feb. 9, 1915, Beatrice Howard, Mankato,
Minn, +
9th gen. Children of Ross and Beatrice Wilder^ {6843):
6843.1 Fayette Wilder, b. Nov. 17, 1915.
6843.2 Howard Ross Wilder, b. March 19, 1917.
6543.3 Donald Pomeroy Wilder, b. Nov. 11, 1918.
3931 ALBANUS KIMBLE MOULTON POMEROY, {Daniel, Ichabod,
Noah, Sa?nuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 2, 1841, Geauga Co., Ohio;
m. Sept. 26, 1870, Lorinda Keefer. Res., Beaver Dam, Wis.
8th gen. Children:
6844 William E. Pomeroy, b. Oct. 1, 1872. +
6845 Nellie May Pomeroy, b. Nov. 17, 1878. +
3964.1 PHILETUS POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Elt-
weed), b.; m. Mary Clark.
8th gen. Children:
6873.1 Edward Pomeroy.
6873.2 Emily Pomeroy; d. in infancy.
6873.3 Hiram Pomeroy, b.; d. in infancy.
6873.4 Myrtle Pomeroy.
3964.2 THEODORE OSMAN POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Jan. 29, 1822, Southampton, Mass.; m. Nov. 24,
1861, Sarah Jane Gifford; he d. at Santa Rosa, Calif., Aug. 10, 1889.
8th gen. Children:
6873.5 Cornelia Adelaide Pomeroy, b.
6873.6 Olive Abigail Pomeroy, b.; m. +
3964.3 PAMELIA POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. May 19, 1826; m. Seth P. Pease; she d. Oct. 14, 1852.
8th gen. Children:
6873.7 MiRON Pease, b.; also son and daughter; names unknown.
3964.4 DAVID POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. ; m. (1) name unknown; m. (2) Mary ; he was drowned
in shipwreck Dec, 1879.
6873.8 Ella Pomeroy, b.; m. James Carroll (or Corrick).
6873.9 Arthur Pomeroy, b.
6873.10 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b.; m. Charles Stella.
6873.11 Lou Pomeroy, b.; m. Mr. Cording.
3964.5 LYDIA POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b.; m. William Hunt; d. June 19, 1891, Essex, 111.
8th gen. Children:
6873.12 Addie Hunt, b.; m. a Mr. Hoag.
6873.13 Mamie Hunt 6873.14 Ella Hunt
6873.15 Belle Hunt 6873.16 Samuel Hunt
3964.6 FRANCIS J. POMEROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b.; m. Janet Freeman.
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8th gen. Child:
6873.17 Pkari. Fomeroy.
3964.7 SAKAII POMia<OY, {U'clls, Joel, Noah, Satnuel, Caleb, Eltweecf),
b.; m. Mr. Newman.
8th got. Childroi:
6873.18 Ki.vA Nkwmam 6873.19 Marmn Newmas
3964.8 I lARMOX POMliROY, {Wells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b.; m. Mary
8th gen. Children:
6873.20 Alice Pomeroy 6873.21 Cora Pomeroy
3965.2 ABIGAIL A. POMEROY, {Joel, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, FJt-
weed), b. Nov. 18, 1836, Rochester, N. Y.; m. Oct. 2, 1856, Philip
Riley.
Sth gen. Children, b. Rochester, N. Y.:
6874 William Spencer Riley, b. Oct. 2, 1858; m. (1) May 6, 1880,
Henrietta Gay, of Irondequoit, N. Y.; m (2) Aug. 1, 1900, Carrie
W. Leggett of Rochester, N. Y.; wholesale grocery merchant; park
commissioner of Rochester. +
6874.1 Charles Henry Riley, b. 1861; d. in infancy.
6874.2 Phoebe Elizabeth Riley, b. 1863; d. in infancy.
6874.3 Charles Pomeroy Riley, b, 1865; d. in infancy.
9th gen. Children of IVilliam S. and Henrietta Riley, {1st v:ife):
6874.4 Abby May Riley, b. Oct. 6, 1883, Rochester, N. Y.; m. June 12,
1906, Rochester, N. Y., William H. S. Cass. +
6874.5 Edna H. Riley, b. Nov. 5, 1883, Ironduquoit.
6874.6 Marjorie Sarah Riley, b. May 10, 1888;. m. April 27, 1910,
William Bell Boothby; merchant. +
6874.7 William Pomeroy Riley, b. Oct. 18, 1890, Rochester, N. Y.; m.
Oct. 18, 1913, Stella Davis. +
9th gen. Child of William S. and 2d ivife, Carrie W. Riley,
{68 74):
6874.8 Dorothy Olive Leggett Riley, b. Jan. 24, 1906, Rochester, N. Y.
10th gen. Children of Abbie May and JFilliam H. S. Cass, {6874.4) :
6874.9 Lewis Stephen Cass, b. Aug. 2, 1907, Rochester, N. Y.
6874.10 William Pomeroy Cass, b. Oct. 2, 1912, Rochester.
6874.11 Henrietta May Cass, b. Jan. 25, 1914, Rochester.
6874.12 W^iLLiAM H. S. Cass, b. Feb. 12, 1915, Rochester.
6874.13 Helen Cass, b. Aug. 17, 1917, Rochester.
6874.14 Albert Cass, b. Feb. 12, 1918, Rochester.
Children of Marjorie S. and William Bell Boothby, {6874.6):
6874.15 John David Boothby, b. July 11, 1915, Rochester, N. Y.
6874.16 Gloria Spencer Boothby, b. Feb. 2, 1914, Rochester, N. Y.
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Children of William P. and Stella Riley, {6874.7):
6874.17 Virginia Riley, b. Sept. 24, 1914, Rochester, N. Y.
6874.18 Marie W. Riley, b. June 30, 1918, Rochester N. Y.
6874.19 William Pomeroy Riley, Jr., b. Nov. 20, 1920, Rochester, N. Y.
3990.2 ALVIN POMEROY, [Leonard, Daniel, Noah, Sajnuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. May 26, 1826, Geauge Co., Ohio; m. in Ohio, Betsey
Fox, b. Feb. 16, 1827, in New York; she d. March 25, 1905, at
Minneska, Minn.; he d. at Minneska, Minn., also. Military service
with 1st Minn. Battery of Light Artillery during the rebellion.
8th gen. Children:
6885.1 William Pomeroy, of Minneska, Minn.
6885.2 Harry Pomeroy, of St. Paul, Minn.
6885.3 Frank Pomeroy, of Winona, Minn.
6885.4 Alvin Pomeroy, place of residence unknown.
6885.5 Rosetta Pomeroy, b.; m. Mr. May of Winona, Minn.
6885.6 RosELLA Pomeroy, b.; m. (1) Mr. Lovell; m. (2) Charles Henry
Wilson, (6885.9), his 2d wife; he d. Aug. 23, 1913, at Hayward, Wis.
6885.7 Emma Pomeroy, b.; m. Mr. Parshall of Jordon, Wyo.
6885.8 Sarah Pomeroy, b.; m. Mr. Kelly of Hayward, Wis.
3990.3 ALMINA PARMELIA POMEROY, {Leonard, Daniel, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 1, 1832; m. (1) in Trumbull tp.,
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, on July 15, 1847, Charles Henry Wilson; m.
(2) John T. Munger of Conneautville, Crawford Co., Pa., {Eben-
ezer, John, Jonathan, John, Nicholas Munger {emigrant) .
8th gen. Children by 1st marriage:
6885.9 Charles Henry Wilson, b. Oct. 12, 1847; m. (1) Maria (Cross)
Preston; m. (2) Rosella (Pomeroy) Lovell; he d. Aug. 23, 1913, at
Hayward, Wis.
6885.10 Delos Wilson, b. Nov. 6, 1848; m. Ollie Ann Knapp.
Children by second marriage:
6885.11 Joseph F. Munger, b. Nov. 2, 1855; m. Isabella Marshall.
6885.12 John T. Munger, b. May — , 1857; m. Reina Shops.
6885.13 William B. Munger, b.; m. Louisa Lund.
6885.14 Emelie Melissa Munger, b. Aug. 2, 1861; m. Feb. 23, 1878, (his
2d wife) Cyrus Shaw Ricker, {Tobias, Jr., Tobias, Ephraim, George,
Jr., George, emigrant). Emelie Melissa was b. Conneat tp., Craw-
ford Co., Pa., and m. at Eyota, Minn. +
6885.15 Altma Jane Munger, b.; m. (1) William Fooshe; m. (2) Martin
Swanson.
6885.16 Eben Milo Munger, b.; d. young.
6885.17 Horace Dudley Munger, b. Dec. 25, 1873; m. Rebecca (May)
Monte.
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9th gen. Chihireti of Emclie M. and Cyrus Shaw Ricker, {6885.14):
6885.18 Claude Merlin Ricker, b. May 28, 1884; d. July 15, 1887.
6885.10 Clyde Spencer Ricker, h. Feh. 7, 1889; unm. Ceramic artist
and mctaiih\sical student. Res., Minneapolis, Minn.
4011 RICH.ARl) \VKl,LS R0M1-:R0Y, {Samuel, Simeon, Simeon,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltvoeed), b. June 3, 1825, Bristol, N. Y.; m. April
10, 1853, .^nnie Lodema Sisson, b. Dec. 29, 1827, d. July 20, 1906,
dau. of Gen, Horatio Sisson and wife Clotilda Tyler. Richard
Wells Pomeroy was educated at Canandagua Academy; teacher,
farmer, real estate and insurance; he d. Dec. 23, 1913, at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Harlan Pomeroy (6910), Cleveland, Ohio.
7404 Egbert L. Pomeroy, son of Luther Pomeroy {Luther, Rujus, Isaac,
FJisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltiveed), and Julia Maria Strong, d. .Aug. 20,
1919. He was b. Dec. 18, 1847, Easthampton, Mass.; m. Oct. 8,
1869, Lydia Albina Alderman, b. March 28, 1846, Granby, Conn.,
d. Dec. 29, 1909, dau. of Charles Alderman and wife .Almira Rigley.
4124 HON. THEODORE MEDAD POMEROY, {Medad, Timothy,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltiveed), b. Dec. 31, 1824, at Cayuga, X. Y.,
second son of Medad Pomeroy and wife Lilly Maxwell, who had
come to New York state from Massachusetts in the early part oi
the 19th century. He m. in 1855, Elizabeth Leitch Watson, b.
Sept. 4, 1835, d. Feb. 25, 1892, dau. of Robert Watson, of Auburn,
N. Y.; he d. March 25, 1905. Res., Auburn, N. Y.
8th gen. Children, b. at Auburn:
11A9 Janet Watson Pomeroy, b. 1858; d. 1882.
7250 LiLLiAS Pomeroy, b. Oct. 7, 1860; m. Charles Irving Avery.
7251 Josephine Pomeroy, b. July 19, 1864; m. Frank Rufus Herrick.
7252 Robert Watson Pomeroy, b. Feb. 24, 1868; Yale, 1891; Harvard
Law School; m. June 24, 1895, Lucy Bemis, dau. of Jonathan W.
Bemis and wife Lucy Wyeth. Counselor-at-law. He soon became
active in business law and business enterprises, serving as a director
in the Niagara Falls Power Company, Buffalo General Electric
Company, Buffalo Abstract and Title Company, People's Bank of
Buffalo, International Railway Company, Shredded Wheat Com-
pany, Casualty Company of America, Western New York Water
Company, Eastern Oil Company; also. Trustee of Fidelity Trust
Company of Buffalo, Trustee of the Buffalo General Hospital,
Charity Organization Society of Buffalo, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy,
Mount Herman Boys' School and First Presbyterian Church of
Buffalo. Res., Buff'alo, N. Y., and Camden, S. C.
7253 Theodore Medad Pomeroy, Jr., b. Jan. 14, 1874; m. Jan. 17, 1900,
Mabel Wadsworth, b. Feb. 1, 1878, dau. of David Wadsworth, Jr.,
and wife Mary Cramer. Merchant. Business and residence,
Buffalo, N. Y.
9lh geri. Children of Robert W. and Lucy Pomeroy:
9425 Lucy Pomeroy, b. July 1, 1900, Buffalo, N. Y.
9426 Robert Watson Pomeroy, Jr., b. July 1, 1902.
At the age of nine Theodore Medad Pomeroy, Sr., with his father's family,
moved to Elbridge, N. Y., where the best years of his boyhood were spent and
where he was prepared to enter Hamilton College at the remarkably early
age of thirteen. As students under the age of fifteen were not received, he
was obliged to wait for two years during which time he continued his studies
under a tutor and entered college as a Junior in the class of 1842, graduating
as an honor man at the age of seventeen. The winter after graduation he
taught District school and in May, 1843, at the age of eighteen left the parental
roof, going to Auburn, N. Y., to begin the study of law. After three years he
was admitted to the bar and began practice.
Always active in politics, being one of the public speakers in the Clay-
Freilinghuysen campaign before his majority, he was at the age of twenty-
three elected Village Clerk, and two years later the first Clerk of the city of
Auburn. He held the latter ofiice for two years when in 1851 he was elected
District Attorney of Cayuga county. Although only twenty-seven years old
his successful prosecution of a murderer, defended by the three leaders of the
bar, brought him more than local fame as a lawyer and orator. In 1857 he
was sent to the State legislature.
His eloquence and ability as an extemporaneous speaker were unusual.
A striking example of his forcefulness was evidenced on the occasion of the
Republican State Convention in 1858 where by a brilliant speech he induced
the convention to reject the carefully perfected plan of the leaders of forming
a fusion with the "Know-Nothings," as the American party was called, thus
saving the youthful Republican party from taking a fatal step at that critical
period of its infancy. Andrew D. White has said of it that it was the only
speech he ever heard that had the power to absolutely convert a deliberative
body from a preconceived purpose.
Mr. Pomeroy was a delegate and the Secretary of the Republican National
Convention which in 1860 nominated Mr. Lincoln, and in the same year was
elected to Congress where for eight years he served throughout the trying
times of the Civil War, and the unsettled conditions at its close.
The last term of the Fortieth Congress expired at noon March 4th, 1869.
Schuyler Colfax, the Speaker of the House, had been elected Vice-President
with President Grant. On the morning of March 3rd, he resigned and there-
upon Mr. Pomeroy was unanimously elected Speaker in his place and took
the oath of oflice. After executing the many bills awaiting his signature, on
March 4th, the day after his election he pronounced Congress adjourned
flr Jliimrrnij Drurlupmnitri in Amrrira
sine die. The porrralt in the Capitol of "The Speaker for One Day" is of
interest to visitors.
Retiring from Congress to return to professional life, he associated him-
self with the Merchants Union I'.xpress Company, later merged into the
American I'.xpress Comiiany. To this company he gave much of his time
until his death. In 1869 he became a partner in the hanking house of William
H. Seward & Company. He did not however lose interest in his political
party, serving it thereafter both as Mayor of Auburn and as State Senator.
Activities in both public and private enterprises occupied him to the time
of his death, which came suddenly in his eighty-first year. \ le died as he had
lived: his interests active, his brain and energy undiminished to the last.
(I'rom t/ie National Republican.)
A new painting has just been hung in the Capitol at Washington. It is
a portrait of the only man in the nation's history who was duly elected and
served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for a single day.
The man who experienced this unique political record was Theodore
Medad Pomeroy, of Auburn, N. Y.
This unusual political situation was occasioned through the sudden resig-
nation of the speakership by Schuyler Colfax. While serving as Speaker of
the House Colfax was elected Vice-president of the United States on the ticket
with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. The fortieth Congress, presided over by Speaker
Colfax, expired at noon on March 4, 1869. Instead, however, of serving as
Speaker until that hour and then immediately being sworn in as the Vice-
president, Colfax tendered his resignation upon the convening of the House
at eleven o'clock on the morning of the third of March. His resignation was
accepted, and upon motion of Congressman Henry Laurens Dawes, ot Massa-
chusetts, Mr. Pomeroy was nominated to succeed him. His election was
unanimous, the members of both parties voting solidly for him.
Mr. Pomeroy v/as immediately escorted to the chair by his friend Dawes
of Massachusetts, and George W^ashington W'oodward of Pennsylvania. The
President of the United States and the Senate were apprised through com-
mittees of the change of Speakers, whereupon, the ship of state serenely con-
tinued on her course. The next day at twelve o'clock Mr. Pomeroy ceased
to be Speaker. Just before bringing down his gavel for the last time, he said:
"Our personal relations, our sympathies, our kindnesses, and all the ties
that bind us to each other will forever live as a part of ourselves."
It was the general belief that Mr. Pomeroy could easily have been re-
elected Speaker for a full term if he had run for re-election. He had served
four terms, however, and had his fill of congressional lite. Returning to his
home at Auburn, N. Y., he served two terms as mayor, and one term an state
senator.
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It has always been the custom for Congress to make an appropriation for
the painting of a portrait of each speaker at the end of their services. These
pictures are hung in the House end of the Capitol. For some unknown
reason Mr. Pomeroy was overlooked in this regard, and, as the years rolled
by, the fact that he had been Speaker for a day was even forgotten by most
people.
Shortly before his death, Speaker Champ Clark delved into the histories
of former Speakers, and to his amazement discovered the Pomeroy case.
Speaker Clark made considerable todo about it, declaring that Mr. Pomeroy 's
portrait was just as much entitled to a place in the Capitol as that of any of
the men who had held the exalted place during the existence of the govern-
ment. He made an effort to locate some of Mr. Pomeroy's relatives, and
recently Mr. Robert Watson Pomeroy, Attorney-at-Law, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
learned of the portrait custom, and generously presented a painting of his
father to Congress, and it is this picture which has just been given an honored
place in the Capitol.
4198 Mary Jane Avery, wife of Jerome Judson Pomeroy, {AngoluSy
Isaac, Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Feb. 23, 1827, Southampton,
Mass., dau. of Richard Avery and wife Mercy Hutchinson, d. May
6, 1915.
4319 ARIANNA POMEROY, {Alexander, Richard, Joseph, Joseph,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. ; m. Charles Jenkins Merrill, son of Major
Frederick Merrill (state militia) and wife Mary Merrill; she d.
1879.
8th gen. Children:
7544.1 Inez Gertrude Merrill, b.; unm.
7544.2 Frederick Pomeroy Merrill, b. Aug. 1859; m. Elizabeth King,
dau. of Capt. James Alexander King and wife Emily Stevens of
Portland, Me. Business, Merrill Silk Co., Hornell, N. Y.
9th gen. Child of Frederick P. and Elizabeth Merrill, {7544.2):
7544.3 Arianna Pomeroy Merrill, b. May, 1898.
4427 Aline Chester White, grand-daughter of Wealthy Pomeroy,
{Eleazer, Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), and Dr. Samuel White of
Andover, Conn., and dau. of Benjamin O. White and Susan Hub-
bard Meyers, m. Dec. 29, 1870, William Griffin Irvine, at Spartans-
burg, S. C, son of Alexander Irvine and wife Margaret Lahey.
He was in the 104th machine gun battalion, 27th division, and was
over-seas from April, 1918, until March, 1919; wounded.
4512 NEWTON MERRICK POMEROY, {Isaac, Eleazer, Daniel,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Jan. 19, 1833, son of Col. Isaac Newton
Pomeroy and his 2d wife, Maria Ann Merrick, dau. of Quartus
Merrick; m.; d. Feb. 17, 1914, Troy, Penn.
BiJ Jlnmrnui Drurlnpmrutii in Amrrira
8th ^eu. Child:
7544.4 Daniel E. Pomerov, h. ; New York City financier.
7681 ITF.NRY POM I ".ROY D./^VI.SON, {Hetirietta liliss Pomeroy, Isaac,
lilcazer, Daiiii-/, A'oah, Joseph, Eltweed), h. June 13, 1867, Troy,
Pa., son of Henrietta Bliss Pomeroy ami George Hennet Davison;
m. A]->ril 13, 1893, Kate rriil)ee, b. I'^eb. 2, 1872 at Bridgeport, Conn.,.
thiu. of Frcilerick Trubee and wife Mary Waterman Baldwin.
9lh gen. Children:
7684 I'REDERiCK. Trubke Davison, b. bub. 7, 1896.
7685 1 Iknry Pomeroy Davison, Jr., b. Sept. 3, 1898.
76S6 Alice Davison, b. Sept. 6, 1899.
7687 Frances Davison, b. Nov. 12, 1903.
On May 6, 1922, Henry Pomeroy Davison died on the operating table for
the removal of a brain tumor. His untimely death created columns of
editorial comment in the New York papers, and in the financial world gen-
erally, as he was said to be the "mainspring of the banking business of J. P.
Morgan & Co." He became a partner of the banking company of J. Pierre-
pont Morgan by special invitation of that veteran financier, and it was
quickly realized that Henry Pomeroy Davison was to become the right hand
man in the conduct of the business of that great banking institution. A rare
intuition, swift and unerring, seemed to guide him in his broad business
operations, and it has been said that he possessed the keenest intellect for
finance in the world of banks and bankers.
As a world war worker, at the head of the army of the Red Cross, Henry Pomeroy Davison has
received commendation from every authoritative source. The expressions of leading bankers,
which constitute his public opinion, deplore his death as vital. He died comparatively young but
"had reached the pinnacle of success; no one had done more for his country and his city than he did;
he was one of the constructive and public-spirited citizens who can ill be spared; he was the out-
standing financial figure of the decade, and its strongest financial leader." A telegram from
Henry F. Osborn, president of the American Museum, states that the life of such a patriot will
"give new courage and fortitude to those who are striving to maintain the high and unselfish stan-
dard of true Americanism. We have lost one of the best men of our times, just at the moment
when he was the most needed for the world's reconstruction." Henry Pomeroy DavMson was a
statesman of finance, and the manner in which he handled the gigantic task of Chairman of the
War Council of the American Red Cross won for him the esteem of all the world, except that of
Germany.
4526 CHARLES BURTON POMEROY, {Ebenezer, Eleazer, Daniel,
Noahjoseph, Eltvoeed), b. April 11, 1839, Troy, Pa.; m. Oct. 30, 1867,
Sopha Webber, b. Jan. 8, 1841, dau. of Lorenzo Webber and wife
Jane Welch; m. (2) Feb. 6, 1907, Jennie B. Kenyon, b. Aug. 16,
1865, Troy, Pa., dau. of Joab Kenyon and wife Margaret Carpenter.
Charles Burton Pomeroy d. Nov. 24, 1921.
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8ih gen. Children? b. Troy., Fenn.
7699 Edwin Soreno Pomeroy, b. April 6, 1870; unm.
7700 John Webber Pomeroy, b. Aug. 8, 1871. +
7701 Adelle Pomeroy, b. June 9, 1873. +
7702 Laura Brewster Pomeroy, b. Nov. 13, 1875; d. Sept. 7, 1876.
7703 Horace Burton Pomeroy, b. June 3, 1879. +
7704 Fayette Brewster Pomeroy, b. July 4, 1881; m. June 9, 1903,
Louise C. Compton, b. Nov. 7, 1880, dau. of Daniel Compton and
wife Mary Louise Ruggles.
4541 CYNTHIA ROANNA POMEROY, (D^;zz>/, John, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. Nov. 28, 1830, at Lockport, N. Y.; m, Aug. 22,
1855, Samuel Thompson Leet, b. Nov. 26 1828, at DeRuyter, N. Y.;
d. Dec. 20, 1890, son of Epaphras Nott Leet and wife Harriet
Wealthy Thompson; she d. April 6, 1917, Oakdale, Calif. Res.,
East Oakdale, Calif.
7754 Cynthia Pomeroy Leet, d. April 5, 1921.
8th gen. Her 9th child: ^
7759 Lewis Cass Leet, b. Jan. 29, 1875, Oakland, Calif.; m. June 1,
1910, Elizabeth Margaret Protzman. +
9th gen. Children:
7761.\ Charlotte Elizabeth Leet, b. Oct. 17, 1911.
7762.2 Lewis Kneale Leet, b. Dec. 29, 1912.
7762.3 Betty Virginia Scott, b. Sept. 20, 1908, dau. of Mary V. and
C. F. Scott, (7757).
4544 ANDREW JACKSON POMEROY, {Daniel, John, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. May 8, 1841, Lockport, N. Y.; m. Aug. 10, 1870,
Elizabeth Ward Stephens, dau. of Thomas C. Stephens and wife
Sarah Helen Ward; he d. Sept. 27, 1906.
8th gen. Children, b. at Freeport, III.:
7764 Marcia Cynthia Pomeroy, b. Oct. 16, 1871. +
7765 Madeleine Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. April 6, 1874.+
7766 Ward Andrew Pomeroy, b. Jan. 12, 1882.
7767 Helen Marie Pomeroy, b. March 7, 1888. +
4551 Capt. Wardell Guthrie, b. April 29, 1831, Sacketts Harbor; m.
Dec. 11, 1855, Caroline Pomeroy, {Jabez, John, John, Noah, Joseph,
Eltweed), d. Nov. 3, 1912, at Chicago, 111. He was son of Alfred
Guthrie and wife Nancy Piper. He served during the Civil War in
the quarter-master's department; member of the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Grand Army of the Republic.
7866 Harriet Marie Wells, b. Sept. 22, 1863, dau. of Mary Ann Pome-
roy, (Hiram, Hirafn, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), and Remos
Wells, b. Aug. 6, 1825, son of Isaac Wells and Maria Whitney.
91 JJiunrnui Drurlopmrnts in Amrrira
She m. Dec. 27, 1888, William J. I-innell of Brownsville, N. Y. She
d. Dec. 30, 1912, Watcrtown, N. Y. She was a descendant of
John Whitney, first of the family in Massachusetts, 1635; and of
Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
4617 1)E LA COKUR POMI-.KCJY, {Hiram, //hum, Jo/in, Noafi,
Josepli, E/twee^), h. Aug. 13, 1836, Point Salul)rius,N. Y.; m. May 26,
1859, Francis Elizabeth Empire, h. Feb. 5, JX-H, Three Mile Bay,
N. Y., liau. of Charles Empire and wife Abigail I. a Salle; he d. Jan.
17, 1917, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; bii. at Cedar Grove Cemetery,
Chaumont, N. Y.
7895 Orkn Pomkrov, {Oren, Oreu, //iram, Jo/iti, Noah, Josep/i, E/tweed),
b. May 19,^1882; m. Laura Gerlach; he d. Nov. 8, 1914, College
Point, N. Y. S}>«-d. Ian. 26, 1922, M Whitestone, E. I.
4627 CYRUS NEWTON POMEROY, {Oreu, f/iram, Jo/m, Noah,
Joseph, Eliiveccf), b. June 14, 1840, Somers, Conn.; m. Nov. 15,
1866, Frances Louise Croxon, b, Jan. 16, 1844, dau. of Jacob B.
Croxon, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; firm of Pomeroy, Fitch & Co., wholesale
produce merchants of New York City; he held various town offices
and was deputy sheriff of Tolland County; died March 21, 1916.
Res., Somers, Conn.
4629 HIRAM STERLING POMEROY, M. D., {Oren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, E/tweed), b. Jan. 22, 1848, Somers, Conn.; studied
medicine at Yale College, ill-health preventing the completion of the
course; afterward studied in Germany and Austria, receiving the
degree of M. D. at Leipsic; while studying in Europe he was con-
nected with the missionary work of the American Board. He has
been a prolific writer, and is the author of books bearing on the
Malthusian controversy; "Ethics of Marriage," etc. He was a
Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society; member of the .Amer.
Academy Pol. and Social Science, etc.; president of the Pomeroy
Family Association, and a generous contributor to the expense for
the investigation in England and Normandy. For his medical and
surgical work, and for scientific writing he received the degree of
M. A. from Yale in 1891.
Dr. Hiram Sterling Pomeroy m. (1) Oct. 2, 1872, Elizabeth Fay
Blake, dau. of John A. Blake of New Haven, Conn.; she d. Dec. 23,
1875; he m. (2) Oct. 28, 1882, Mary Eleanor Shepardson, dau. of
the Rev. Daniel Shepardson, D. D., LL. D., of Granville, Ohio,
founder of Shepardson College in that city; she d. March 10, 1911,
at Boston, Mass.; he m. (3) Nov. 27, 1912, Sara Blake Stone, dau.
of William WoodruflF Stone and wife Sarah Clorina (Blake) Stone.
Dr. Pomeroy d. April 20, 1917, Auburndale, Mass.
4632 GEORGE WARREN POMEROY, {Warren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltiveed), b. 1830, at Somers, Conn.; m. Sept. 24,
1874, at Salinas, Calif., Mrs. Anna Crandal Palmer, b. Sept. 24,
1843, in Van Buren Co., Iowa, dau. of John Wood Crandal and
wife Nancy Chatfield; he d. 1897, at San Jose, Calif.
8th gen. Children:
7916.1 George Everett Pomeroy, b. June 4, 1876. +
7916.2 Mabel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 25, 1882. +
4635 CAPT. JULIAN POMEROY, {Warren, Hiram, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. Nov. 14, 1833, Somers, Conn.; m. Oct. 23, 1860,
Charlotte Morgan, b. Nov. 1835, Somers, Conn., d. 1891, dau. ot
Charles Morgan and wife Sophia Wood; military service in Civil
War as Captain of Co. I, 16th Conn. Vol. Inft. Participated with
his company in the engagements at Antietam, siege of Suffolk, etc.;
died Aug. 14, 1915, at Springfield, Mass.
4637 EVERETT POMEROY, {Warren, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph,
Eltweed), b. Dec. 17, 1839, Somers, Conn.; m. Sept. 1875, Larona C.
Reynolds, b. June 11, 1838, Monson, Mass., dau. of Schofield Rey-
nolds and wife Frances Chadsey. He died June 12, 1918, following
an operation. Res., San Francisco, Calif.
8120 Carter Pitkin Pomeroy, son of John Norton Pomeroy, LL. D.,
{Enos, Enos, Stephen, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and
wife Anne Rebecca Carter, b, Sept. 4, 1858, d. Feb. 2, 1918, San
Francisco, Calif.
4883 FANNY OLIVE POMEROY, {John, Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Eben-
ezer, Medad, Eltweed), h.St^t. 7, 1827, Newfane, Vt.; m. Aug.27, 1850,
John Foster Lewis, b. Jan. 10, 1821, Wilna, N. Y., d. April 19, 1883,
son of Henry Lewis and wife Philinda Hastings; she d. Nov. 25,
1916. Resided at Pittsfield, and Oberlin, Ohio.
8175 Henry Foster Lewis, sonof Fanny Olive Pomeroy, {John, Phineas,
Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and John Foster Lewis, b.
Aug. 12, 1853; m. Jan. 10, 1883, Amanda Rogers; d. July 28, 1914.
8183 Bertha Elizabeth Lewis, b. Dec. 15, 1888, dau. of Henry F. and
Amanda Lewis (8175) d. Nov. 25, 1916.
8196 William Sherman McRoberts, b. Feb. 26, 1865; m. March 20,
1894, Edith Hart; d. Dec. 3, 1916; he was son of Harriet Pomeroy,
{John, Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed).
8197 Grant J. Campbell, whom. Dec. 14, 1898, Meta Grace McRoberts,
dau. of Harriet Pomeroy (4887), d. Sept. 4, 1914.
8203 Elsie Harriet McRoberts, b. Aug. 31, 1895, Pittsfield, Ohio,
grand-dau. of Harriet Pomeroy (4887), and dau. of William S. and
Edith McRoberts, (8196), m. Dec. 24, 1915, Herman Kenley. +
93 JJnmrnui Drurlnpmrutc in Anirrira
////; ^en. Child of Elsie II. and Herman Kenley
8211.1 Jack H. Kenley, b. Jan. 29, 1917.
8207 K. Russell Campijell, son of Meta Ci. and Cirant J. Camphcll,
(8197), b. Oct. 5, 1899; d. Feb. 9, 1912.
4888 Elvira A. Bellamy, b. July 28, 1837, Townsend, \'t., who m.
Henry Pomeroy Oct. 29, 1862, {John, Phineas^ Josiahy Josiah,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), ilau. of Charles I). Bellamy and wife
Betty M. Gray, d. Dec. 20, 1915, Pittsfield, Ohio.
4890 Volney McRoberts, b. May 11, 1841, Wellington, Ohio, who m.
Celia Pomeroy, iJoJw, Phineas^ Josiah, Josiah, Ebeuezer, Medad,
Eltwecd), son of Peter B. McRoberts and wife I'.iiza Waitc, d. Dec.
12, 1916.
8827 Ruth W. McRoberts, b. Feb. 25, 1894, Pittsfield, Ohio, dau. of
Walter V. and Klizabeth K, McRoberts, and grand-daughter of
Celia Pomeroy (4890), m. Roy Wally Baker. +
;///; gen. Child of Ruth IV. and Roy W. Baker {8227):
8827.1 Dorothy May Baker, b. May 9, 1916.
8234 Shirley Garfield Reynolds, b. March 27, 1890, son of Charles
C. and Cora E. Reynolds, and grand-son of Celia Pomeroy, (4890),
m. Sept. 9, 1913, Helen Bockins. +
Children of Shirley G. and Helen Reynolds , {8234):
8243.2 Mary Olla Reynolds, b. June 10, 1914.
8243.3 Robert Garfield Reynolds, b. Feb. 11, 1915.
8238 Lena May Carter, b. Aug. 20, 1890, dau. of Lena May and Clifton
C. Carter, and grand-dau. of Celia Pomeroy, (4890), m. April 30,
1914, Don Birge.
Child of Leym M. and Don Birge, {8238):
8243.4 Naomi A. Birge, b. Sept. 7, 1915.
4892 Henry H. Barnard, b. Aug. 10, 1840; m. March 30, 1872, Clarissa
Gale Pomeroy {John, Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), d. Feb. 12, 1912. He was a veteran of the Civil War,
serving with Battery E, Ohio Light Artillery; among his numerous
engagements may be mentioned those of Stone River, Murfreesboro
and Chattanooga; he was confined in Libby prison for several
months. After his discharge he entered business life at Oberlin and
other places; filled many offices of public trust, and possessed the
confidence of all who knew him; at the time of his death he was
Secretary of the Lorain County Soldiers' Relief Commission.
Survived by widow, children and grand children.
8308 Olive L. Bliss, b. Sept. 8, 1859, dau. of Ellen Pomeroy, (5016),
{Hazen, Selah, Benjamin, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltvceed), and
Quartus Bliss of Compton, Ont., m. W. K. Henderson.
Part ®I|rrr - ^nm^rny Btstorg unit (^mmia^yi 34
5169 Mary Furness, b. Oct. 19, 1833, widow of Seth Pomeroy, (^uarius,
Seth, ^uartus, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and dau. of Anthony
Furness and wife Margaret Gilmour, d. Nov. 24, 1913, at Ogdens-
burg, N. Y., at the home of her dau. Mary Pomeroy Mitchell, at the
age of 80 years.
8358 George Spencer Thurber, b. May 4, 1862, Jackson, Mich., son
of Helen Augusta Pomeroy, ( George, Seth, ^iiartus, Seth, Ebenezer,
Medad, Eltweed), and George Spencer Thurber; m. Sept. 16, 1886,
Minnie Loomis, d. April 8, 1901.
8361 Philip Spencer Loomis Thurber, Capt. U. S. A., b. Oct. 12, 1890,
Chicago, 111., son of George Spencer Thurber and wife Helen
Augusta Pomeroy, {George, Seth, ^uartus, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad,
Eltweed), m. iNIuriel Stewart Falk, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
b. May 17, 1896.
11th gen. Child:
8361.1 Pomeroy Falk Thurber, b. July 12, 1916, San Antonia, Texas.
5180 HON. GEORGE ELTWEED POMEROY, {George, Seth, ^uartus,
Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), was born Nov. 28, 1848, at Clinton,
Mich., and as may be seen received the name of his father, and for
his middle name that of his first American progenitor, Eltweed
Pomeroy, Puritan emigrant from England in 1631-32, and from
whose loins more than 15,000 descendants have received the vitality
of life. George Eltweed Pomeroy was the inheritor, not only of his
father's name, which had been brought into national prominence
by his father's activity in the founding of the great express system
of the United States, but of the unusual brilliant and forceful
intellect, which was the chief factor governing his father's success
in life.
Among the immediate ancestors of George E. Pomeroy may be mentioned
General Seth Pomeroy, who held a commission of Colonel in the Colonial
army before the Revolution, under the hand and seal of His Majesty, King
George II, appointed after he had won the battle of Lake George, vice Col.
Ephraim Williams, who was killed at the opening of this battle. Col. Seth
Pomeroy merited the honors he received from his countrymen as the first
Major-General of the Revolution, and the first Brigadier-General chosen by
the Continental Congress. To both of these military honors the name of
Gen. Seth Pomeroy has been perpetuated, that of his rank as Brigadier-
General being engraved on a marble tablet in the chapel at West Point, the
military school of the Nation; and that of Major-General by the erection of
a stately monument at Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, where he met his death in
1777, the latter under the auspices of tlie Sons of the Revolution in New
York, assisted by contributions from members of the Pomeroy race, the
95 JFmnrnnj Uriirlnpmrntn in Amrrira
subscriptions by the latter being collected by Mr. Harris Pomcroy of New
York City, and New Rochclle, N. Y.
George E. Pomeroy is one of the most enterprising of the business men
of Toledo, Ohio, and is actively and financially interested in a number of the
wealthy and important business corporations (jf that enterprising city, and of
Ohio. His office as President of the State Board of Commerce of Ohio assures
to hiin the confidence ot his business associates antl witle prestige in the state
and nation. His public spirit is made manifest by his expressed theory that
every man who has reached the age of 55 years, and who has his own business
affairs in good order, should devote, say, not less than one-thinl of his time to
public matters for the good of the state. He is consistent in that belief and
loyal to the convictions he has announced. His business activities have
been manifold, including the presidency of the Board of the Sinking Fund
Trustees, of Toledo, Ohio, president of the Urst National Bank of Bellevue,
Ohio, and of the State Board of Commerce. Mr. Pomeroy has just been
elected President of the State Board of Commerce for the fourteenth consecu-
tive year. He is also a counsellor of the United States Chamber ot Commerce,
and one of the leading promoters of the National Tax Association. In fact,
he has been for a number of years a close student of the subject of taxation,
and the most satisfactory method of solving the problems which surround the
burdens now being borne by the people of the State and Nation. The Ohio
State Board of Commerce to which Mr. Pomeroy devotes much of his time,
bears the same relation to the State of Ohio as does the United States Chamber
of Commerce to the entire country, as it is a league of all the local chambers
of commerce and civic bodies throughout the state.
George E. Pomeroy 's mercantile education was quite thorough, and close
application to his duties in his father's office attracted the friendship and
confidence of many of the prominent business men of the country. Many of
the friendships formed in his youth still endure. He is a gentleman ot
genial temperament, a considerate companion, and believes in enjoying every
influence that helps to brighten existence. Many illustrations might be pre-
sented of Mr. Pomeroy 's active and disinterested generosity in relief work
during the years of the aggressive Hunnish war, and he has acquitted himself
with honorable distinction by putting into practice, not only the sympathy,
but practical generosity so necessary to the relief of the burden of the un-
fortunates against whom the persecutions of the Hun were directed. Both,
Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy have the faculty of seeing things definitely — in the
concrete — the giving of the mind to the reality of things, which prompts
both immediate and useful sympathy.
Hon. George E. Pomeroy married August 23, 1883, Miss H. Matilda
VVorthington, born 1850 in Fayette County, Pa., daughter of John Thomas
Worthington, of Baltimore, Md., and wife Emily Parshall. Mrs. Pomeroy,
Part (i^ltrpp - JJnmrrog BtHtorg attb ^Pttpalog^ BB
who rs also noted for her interest and activity in public affairs which appeal
to the American gentlewoman, is an admirable companion to her husband,
and with her intuitive penetration and valued counsel, assists him in many
of the problems of public life. She was educated at St. Mary's Hall, Bur-
lington, N. J., a school under the direction of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. She is a member of several patriotic societies, including the Toledo
Chapter of Colonial Dames.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy has a peculiar and enduring charm,
where one is surrounded by first copies and other rare books, and paintings
of such historic value and beauty that they at once attract the attention and
interest of any one who appreciates the academic value of such desirable
works, some of which have been inherited from early generations of the
Pomeroy and Worthington families. Mr. John T. Worthington, father of
Mrs. Pomeroy, went to Toledo in 1875. He was for many years prominently
identified with business interests in Bullevue, Ohio. He organized the First
National Bank of Bellevue. At his death Mr. George E. Pomeroy became
his successor, and continued as its president for twenty-five years. Mr.
and Mrs. Pomeroy travel abroad extensively, but usually spend the severe
months of the winters at Pasadena, Calif.
The Toledo Blade designates George E. Pomeroy as "Dean of the Realty
Men" in Toledo. The George E. Pomeroy Company is the oldest real estate
firm in Ohio, having been founded in 1863 by George E. Pomeroy, father of
the present president of the company.
Mr. Pomeroy is a member of the Toledo Club, the Castalia Trout Club
of Castalia, Ohio; the Middle Bass Club, and the Toledo Chamber of Com-
merce. He is also a member of the Sons of the Revolution of the City of
New York; of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of Ohio; of the Sons of
the Revolution of the State of California. Also, a member of the American
Revolution of the States of Ohio and Massachusetts. He is a member of the
Society of Colonial Wars of the City of New York; of the State of Ohio; of
the State of California. He has held the offices of President and Governor,
respectively, in these societies in Ohio, and is a general officer in the National
Society Sons of the Revolution. As President of the Pomeroy Family
Association of the United States he is generous and persistent.
8369 Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy, (Frank, Theodore, Seth, Medad, Seth^
Ebenezer, Meded, Eltweed), b. Sept. 6, 1882, Fitchburg, Mass.; m.
Dec. 23, 1914, Francis Augustus Rugg of Boston.
8378 William Hollister Pomeroy, {William, Lemuel, Lemuel, Lemuel,
Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 23, 1863; m. (2) Oct. 10,
1917, Rachel Sylvester May, New York City, dau. of Mr. and Mrs.
Lyman Albert May.
5423 FANNY POMEROY, {Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth, Ebenezer y
9r Jlmiirnni Dritrlnpmrnta in Amrrira
Medad, FJlwecif), b. May 17, 1855, Pittsficltl, Mass.; m. Jan. 10,
1879, William L. Hrown, son of Levi Lafayette Hrown and wife
Helen I lowland of Adams, Mass. Fies., New Rochelle, X. Y.
9th ^cn. Children, h. at North Adams, Mass:
8387 Mki.en Hrown, h. Nov. 1, 1879.
8388 Marion Hrown, h. Dec. 20, 1880; m. March 25, 1911, George
Hillings Gibbons. +
8389 Margaret Brown, b. Aug. 2, 1883.
8390 Pauline Brown, b. Aug. 10, 1885.
8391 Capt. William Lemuel Brown, b. June 26, 1887; m. April 6, 1913,
at New Rochelle, N Y., Anna Jett, b. Sept. 15, 1882, dau. of John
Davenport Jett and w ifc .'\ddie Smith (widow of Mr. Cowles). +
8392 Katherine" Brown, b. July 23, 1888; m. June 9, 1917, at New
Rochelle, N. Y., Lester Holt Spalding, son of Joseph Wilcox Spald-
ing and wife Florence Marie Holt.
8393 Fanny Pomeroy Brown, b. Nov. 3, 1890.
1 0th gen. Children of Marion and George B. Gibbons {83S8):
8393.1 Marion Gibbons, b. Sept. 13, 1912.
8393.2 George Billings Gibbons, b. April 5, 1914.
8393.3 Margaret Gibbons, b. Feb. 4, 1916.
Child of Willi a^n L. and Anna Brown {8391):
8393.4 William Harris Brown, b. July 10, 1914.
5424 SILAS HARRIS POMEROY {Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Oct. 11, 1856, at Pittsfield, Mass.;
he was the second child of Theodore Pomeroy and wife Mary
Elizabeth Harris, dau. of Silas Harris and Maria Pugsley, of Pine
Plains, Duchess County, N. Y. •
Mr. S. Harris Pomeroy writes: "Up to the time of my going to
work in my father's woolen factories, I was at boarding school but
one short term of nine months, thus giving me a much longer period
at home with my father than most boys had, as, except for this
period, I was constantly at home up to the time of my father's
death, which took place September 26, 1881. Most of my schooling
was obtained at the public schools up to the year I entered the
Greylock Institute at South Williamstown, Mass., which was then
under the direction of the well-known educator, Mr. Benjamin F.
Mills and his four sons, George F., Charles, Silas and Carlton.
This one school year I look back upon as a ^■>eriod when considerable
progress took place, not only because of the Mills family, but
through contact with the different phases of boarding school life,
and association with the students making up the attendance of this
Greylock institute of about one hundred youths."
Mr. Pomeroy, however, succeeded in working out a system of
self-education which has provided for him a broader knov/ledge of
business methods, and far more practical, than that of most college
graduates.
"About this time I entertained an ambition to organize a brass
band in Pittsfield, and with my young associates succeeded in
capturing tv/o or three good musicians, and in securing the interest
of many of the townspeople. We realized a good working fund by
popular subscription, sufficient to purchase a set of high-class
instruments, and after months of patient practice, we gave band
concerts in the public parks to well-pleased audiences. In addition
to the sparkling instruments, the boys were uniformed in bright
colors, and certainly enjoyed the success of their venture.
"My father was a good companion, and from our Sunday after-
noon discussions I learned many broad business views from which
I have profited in later years. When father announced that he was
leaving the manufacturing property to me and my half-brother,
with all its responsibilities, we were not to consider it altogether as
a gift, but that the management of the property and business must
always be considered as our life work, and was to be held intact,
as it had come down to him and his two brothers from their father,
Lemuel Pomeroy. On one occasion my father questioned me about
various matters concerning the working of the mills, my answers
to which were referred to certain bosses for verification, and when
I took exception to his lack of confidence in me, he very firmly
and insistently maintained his right to check up as a prerogative
of his ownership.
"My first day's work in father's factory sorting wool was not only
a great day, but afl^orded me more satisfaction than study would.
From this start in the wool house I kept on through the different
departments until the third year of my apprenticeship, when I
realized that I knew something of the business.
Then came the opportunity to go abroad and study the processes
of foreign manufacturers. This trip was undertaken in November,
1878, and covered a period of about four months. "Among all my
experience that which impressed me more than anything else was
the advice given me by Mr. Mason, one of the largest and most
successful manufacturers of the Bradford district, who said: 'Stay
with your fatlier if he will allow you to scrap the old machinery and
substitute the best the market afibrds. If not, choose some other
line of work.' " During his absence abroad the old firm, comprising
his father and uncle, was dissolved, and was succeeded by his father
UiJ Jlnmrrmj Drurlnpinrnti^ in Amrrira
and himself, dii the basis of a three to one division of the profits.
Thus, at the age of 22 or 23 years he entered the oldest woolen
manufacturing concern in the country, started in 1813 on a charter
granted in 1809 to "The PittsfieKl Woolen and Cotton Factory,"
in which Lemuel Pomeoy, his grand-father was the largest stock-
holder. The following three years were somewhat diversified,
correspondence with various commission houses and other activities,
occupying his time.
During this period he completed very successfully the incorpora-
tion of The Greylock Gingham Mills at North Adams, with the
assistance of William B. Plunkett and his father, the Hon. Wm. C.
Plunkett. The business was capitalized for 3300,000, and was very
profitably operated by his father, as president, William H. Plunkett
as manager; S. H. Pomeroy holding the office of treasurer; and one
of the most noteworthy features of the organization of L. Pomeroy
& Sons was the thoroughness which was insisted upon by L. Pomeroy
the father, who persisted in conducting the business along his own
lines, although he readily placed responsibilities upon his juniors
and encouraged their development. Referring to the great cotton
strikes in the southern and eastern part of the state, he said to me:
"The employes made a better showing than the employer, and
hereafter he would operate his mills when he could do so profitably,
and not otherwise." This item is mentioned as historical.
On September 26, 1881, his father died, and the manufacturing
property then passed into the hands of trustees for a term of seven
years, in order to allow his half-brother to come to his majority.
In this trusteeship Mr. Turnbull and Charles Atwater were asso-
ciated with him. Differences and friction entered into and endan-
gered the operation of the trust. He, being an important endorser
of the firm's obligations, asked for relief and the substitution oi
someone in his place. This request was not granted and caused
the friction to be largely increased, so that in May 1885, the matter
was referred to the Supreme Court of the state, which, by decree,
gave over to him the greater part of the property and the manage-
ment thereof. In the following two years, in spite of the loss result-
ing from a fire, the manufacturing was continued successfully, at
which time his half-brother became of age, but elected not to join
the partnership. The trust property, by decree of the court was
assigned to a Mr. Brayton, who in his turn, delegated the receiver-
ship to Mr. Gilbert West. Mr. West, after selling off a few small
parcels of real estate, sold the bulk of the estate, Including factories
and machinery, to the mother of his half-brother, to be operated
by her son, Theodore. This statement covers for the purpose of
this sketch, the property of L. Pomeroy's Sons, the oldest woolen
manufacturing concern in the country, whose business was largely
the manufacture of army cloths. Among the contracts was one for
Cadet cloth for \Yest Point, first entered into in 1822 and continued
without interruption until 1888, a period of 66 years.
After two years Mr. Pomeroy identified himself with a brokerage
and commission business in Chicago with his friends, Jenkins, Kreer
& Co., and later commenced the manufacture of clay roofing tile
with the Ludowicis of Germany, under their patents, at Chicago
Heights, with considerable success, considering the general business
depression of the period.
About this time he undertook the canvassing and collection of
money necessary for the erection of a monument to a Revolutionary
ancestor, Major-General Seth Pomeroy, born 1701 at Northampton,
Mass., died Feb. 19, 1777, at Peekskill, N. Y., while on the way to
join General George Washington in New Jersey. The erection of
this monument was participated in by the kinsmen of the General
and by the New York Society Sons of the Revolution, and was made
a red-letter day by the citizens of Peekskill-on-the-Hudson. The
monument is a shaft twenty feet high and is surmounted by a
polished sphere, designed by the sculptor Beatty.
Early in 1897 he engaged in business with Mr. Frank Voightmann
of Chicago, 111., in the manufacture and sale of a fire window, made
of galvanized iron with wired glass, the latter material having been
put upon the market as a new article of commerce by the Mississippi
Glass Company, of St. Louis, Mo.
On May 31, 1883, he was married to Miss Christina King of
Chicago, daughter of Henry W. King and Roxanna Case King.
The children are:
8394 Henry King Pomeroy, b. March 2, 1884.
8395 Theodore Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1887.
8396 RoxANNA Pomeroy, b. Nov. 21, 1892.
"Soon after the birth of Roxanna, the dear old homestead at
Beach Grove, Pittsfield, Mass., was broken up. My family moved
to Chicago in 1892, which was apparently fatal to the home spirit."
Mr. S. Harris Pomeroy and Georgia Starr Beatty were married
on March 6, 1905. He built a handsome and distinctive residence
at New Rochelle, New York, and they moved into it the following
September, 1906. He declares that he has found living so delightful
Ifll JJnmrrng Drurln|imrutfl in Ainrrira
and congenial in New Rochclle that he has never attempted other
investments than the one of manufacturing fire-windows in New
York City. He has been a good husband and neighbor and does
to others as he would bke to be done by; but in retrospect he is
reminded of the truism that "The mill will never grind with the
water that is past."
8396.1 Starr Beatty, son of the late James Beatty and wife, now Mrs.
S. Marris Pomeroy of New Rochelle, d. in the New London Naval
Station base hospital in TMS, ae. 27 years. Starr Beatty was in the
employ of his step-father, S. 11. Pomeroy Company, New York
City, until April, 1917, when he enlisted in the navy at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard and was soon assigned to the berth of coxswain on the
submarine chaser No. 17, patrolling the Atlantic coast at the time
the Hun submarines were active in those waters. He leaves a
widow, Hester, dau. of Clinton Smith ot Elizabeth N. J., and a
daughter, Gerard Beatty. The funeral was held at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. S H. Pomeroy, New Rochelle, N. Y.
8398 Theodore Washburne, son of Margaret Luqueer Pomeroy {Theo-
dore, Leyniiel, Lemuel, Scth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltvoeed), and Marshall
P. Washburne, b. June 13, 1882; m. April 14, 1914, Nellie Goodrich
Crane, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Hamner Crane, at St. Paul's Church,
Augusta, Georgia.
10 th gen. Child of Theodore and Nellie G. IVashburtie {8398):
8399.2 Margaret Pomeroy Washburne b. April 22, 1916, at Augusta,
Ga.
5429 Louise Crane Richards, wife of Theodore Laurence Pomeroy,
{Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Dec.
31, 1866, Dalton, Mass., dau. of Ashley Hiram Richards and wife
Kate Frances Crane; m. June 27, 1889; died Dec. 16, 1913, Green-
wich, Conn. He m. (2) April 24, 1920, Mrs. Geo. Washington Boyd,
at Philadelphia, Pa.
8406 Eleanor Pomeroy, {Theodore Laurence, Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel,
Seth, Ebctiezer, Medad, Eltweed), dau. of Theodore Laurence Pom-
eroy and wife Louise Crane Richards, b. June 23, 1892; m. April
30, 1918, Clarke Washburne, at Hotel Saint Regis, New York City.
5437 BELLE PERKINS POMEROY, {Robert, Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 3, 1857; Pittsfield, Mass.; m.
Sept. 13, 1882, A. Maxwell Tod, b. April, 1856, England; d. 1914,
England.
9th gen. Children, b. in England:
8427 Muriel Tod, b. Aug. 11, 1883; m. June 27, 1902, Trent, England,
Capt. Frederick J. Saunders, b. in England; service in the English
Part SII|rp? - Pom^rog ^tBtor^ nnh (Bmmio^^ 102
army in the great war with Germany; promoted to rank of Colonel;
killed in battle.
8428 QuENTiN ToD, b. Dec. 27, 1884.
8429 PoMEROY ToD, b. March 27, 1887; d. April, 1887, in England.
8430 Gordon Tod, b. Sept. 12, 1889; business in South Africa.
8431 Kenneth Tod, b. 1894; military service in the English army, ma-
chine gun corps, in war with Germany; with the expedition to
Salonaki; developed malaria and apendicitis; surgical operation;
returned to London Hospital.
8432 Malcolm Tod, b. March, 1897; military service in the English army
in war with Germany; officer in the "Black Watch," a crack Scotch
regiment.
lOfh gen. Child of Muriel and Frederick J. Saunders {8427):
8433 Maxwell Pomeroy Saunders, b. 1903, in England.
8467 Josephine Pomeroy Zinkeisen, dau. of Caroline Pomeroy, {James,
Theodore, Lemuel, Gen. Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and Max
Zinkeisen, of New York City, b. Feb. 16, 1897, at Bonn, Germany;
m. March 12, 1918, William Bradford, 6th in line of descent from
William Bradford, printer and founder of "The New York Gazette"
in 1725, the first newspaper published in New York. At the time of
the marriage William Bradford was Sergeant of Co. A, 105th Engi-
neers, stationed at Camp Servier, S. C, for military service in the
war with Germany.
5507.1 ASHBEL STRONG POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug. 27, 1810; m. March 19, 1837,
Mary A. Featherly. Res., Sodus, N Y.
9th gen Children
8478.1 St. Clair Pomeroy, b. Aug. 14, 1840.
8478.2 Sarah B. Pomeroy, b. Aug. 13, 1842.
8478.3 Mary S. Pomeroy, b. Dec. 12, 1844.
8478.4 Ellen L. Pomeroy, b. July 18, 1847.
8478.5 Edward F. Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1850.
8478.6 Emma Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1855; d. 1873.
5508 RALPH MILLER POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 8, 1815; m.
9th gen. Child:
8479 James P. Pomeroy, b.; resided in Boston.
5508.3 GEORGE POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer,
Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb. 21, 1821 Fairfield N. Y.; m. Nov. 11,
1841, Nellie Sherman, b. Nov. 9 1824, Elizabethtown Canada; d.
Sept. 19, 1901, Colona, 111.; he d. May 26, 1893, Colona, 111. Res.,
Colona, 111.
103 Jlnmrnni Dntrlnpmrntii in Amrrira
9th gen. Children^ h. Elizabethtowti^ Orit.
8479.1 I.AviNA Alwilda Pomerov, h. April 26, 1843. +
8479.2 James Aiujah Pomerov, 1). Feb. 29, 1846; d. Aug. 11, 1847.
8479.3 Amasa Mann Pomerov, b. April 21, 1848. +
8479.4 Emerv Anson Pomerov, b. Feb. 5, 1850. Left home when a young
man; went west ;iiul whereabout unknown.
8479.5 Marv Maria Pomerov, b. April 15, 1852; d. 1873, Colona, 111.
8479.6 Caroline A. Pomerov, b. Aug. 27, 1855; d. March 7, 1862, Orion,
111.
8479.7 Almira Elizabeth Pomerov, b. Jan. 12, 1859, Orion, 111. +
8479.8 Nellv Martena Pomerov, b. Dec. 25, 1861; d. in infancy.
8479.9 Charles Addison Pomerov, b. Dec. 12, 1863. +
8479.10 Colonel Edward Pomerov, b. Jan. 4, 1871. +
5508.5 CHARLES ADDISON POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. near Utica, N. Y.; m. Jan. 21, 1855,
at South Butler, N. Y., Sylvia West.
9th gen. Children:
8479.11 Ralph Pomerov, b. Feb. 14, 1856. +
8479.12 Marv Pomerov, b. March 11, 1858, Orion, 111.; m.
8479.13 Essie Lavina Pomerov, b. May 4, 1860. +
8479.14 Thomas Pliny Pomerov, b. Nov. 3, 1863. +
8479.15 Samuel Pomerov, b. June 20, 1867; m. and had two daughters.
Res., Grand Rapids, Mich.
5659 LE DRU ROLLIN POMEROY, {Charles, James, William, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug. 7, 1857, North Hector, N. Y.; m.
Feb. 22, 1882, Marion Josephine Ross, Syracuse, N. Y., b. Oct. 16,
1859, Oswego, N. Y., dau. of George Ross (emigrant from Glasgow,
Scotland) and wife Margaret Schuyler, Little Falls, N. Y.
9th gen. Children:
8526 Bertha May Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1883, Syracuse, N. Y., m.
Jan. 31, 1920, at Toledo, Ohio, Louis Sonneland of Ranier, Oregon.
8527 Charles Pomerov, b. 1885, Syracuse, N. Y.; d. in infancy.
8527.1 Erma Ruth Pomerov, b. May 3, 1889, Syracuse, N. Y.; unm.
8527.2 Charles Ross Pomerov, b. May 3, 1894, Cleveland, O. +
5662 DR. WILLIAM HENRY POMEROY, {Thomas, Thomas,
William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, EltweecJ), b. July 19, 1856,
Williamsburg, Mass.; m. Nov. 8, 1883, at Waltham, Mass., Kath-
arine B. Eaton, dau. of the Rev. George F. Eaton (then stationed in
that town) and wife Anabella Minerva Harding, who was dau. ot
the Rev. Charles B. Harding and wife Nancy Barrows. Res.,
Stamford, Conn.
Part Sl?rgF - j^omgrog iJtatarg anb Cjrngalogg 1114
9th gen. Children:
8527.3 Ethel M. Pomeroy, b. Oct. 6, 1884, Gloucester, Mass.; grad.
Wellesley, class of 1906; writer of prose and verse; connected with
the editorial department of Young's Magazine^ New York City.
8527.4 Elsa B. Pomeroy, b. Sept. 29, 1888, Gloucester, Mass. +
8527.5 Eltwood William Pomeroy, b Aug. 5, 1890, Gloucester, Mass. +
8527.6 Miriam Katharine Pomeroy, b. Sept. 8, 1897, Hartford, Conn.;
grad. Connecticut College for Women, class of 1919; associate
editor of College News specializing :n art and literature.
8543 Irving Pomeroy Carr, son of Orianna Eliza Pomeroy {Thofnas^
Thomas William^ 'Daniel^ Ebenezer, Medad Eltweed) and Dr. Richard
Bunce Carr, b. Oct. 30, 1892, Gloucester, Mass., and his brother —
8545 James Hamilton Carr, had military service in the war with
Germany. The former in the 324th regiment, and the latter in Co.
F, 102d United States Engineers.
5669 LEWIS MILLER "PO^AEROY, {Thomas, ThojnasJFiUiam, Dan-
iel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. April 20, 1877, Westfield, Mass.;
m. March 2, 1901, Alma M. Higgins, dau. of Norman H. Higgins
and wife Sarah Bodwitha. Res., Westfield, Mass. .
9th gen. Children, b. Westfield, Mass.:
8546 Russell Burge Pomeroy, b. April 19, 1902.
8547 Leon Ralph Pomeroy, b. Feb. 2, 1903,
8548 Norman Lewis Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1905.
8549 Marian Alma Pomeroy, b. Jan. 7, 1910.
8550 Irene Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1916.
5813 Corinda Eltzroth (Kemp) Brady, b. April 29, 1822; d. June 3,
1914, ae. 92. She was mother of Carthon J. Brady, who m. Jose-
phine Pomeroy, {Phinehas, Pelatiah, Medad, Joseph, Medad,
Eltweed) .
5816 Mary Pomeroy, {Phinehas, Pelatiah, Phinehas, Medad, Joseph,
Medad, Eltweed), b. May 23, 1858; m. Dec. 6, 1888, at Winchester,
Ind., Charles C. Yunker, b. Dec. 9, 1858, at Winchester, Ind., son
of Solomon Yunker and wife Henrietta Batchfield; she d. Oct, 23,
1912, at Indianapolis, Ind.
6046 Harriet Janette Pomeroy, {George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 13, 1843, at New Lisbon, Ohio; m.
March 16, 1868, at Akron, Ohio, Heber M. Foltz, b. April 10, 1842,
Wayne tp., Wayne County, Ohio, son of Moses Foltz and wife
Sarah McKean; she d. Aug. 9, 1915, x^kron, Ohio. Her father,
George W. Pomeroy, was First-Lieut, of McLaughlin's Squadron
Ohio Vet. Vol. Cavalry in Civil War. Heber Foltz d. Oct. 1, 1921,
Akron, Ohio.
105 Jlumrniij Drurlnpmruta in Anirrira
8713 Guy Eari.scourt Foltz, h. Dec. 27, 1S74, Akron, Ohio, son of
Harriet Janette Pomeroy, (Ceor^e, Ki/o/ezi-r, J^/iiue/uts, Mcdad,
Joseph, Medad, Eltwecd), and Hehcr M. Foltz; m. March 4, 1S94,
Inia Wecklcy, davi. of j. S. and Catherine Wccklcy; he d. Nov. 24,
1917, Akron, Ohio.
6047 ALHh.R'l' A. FOMFROY, {George, Ebemzer, Phinehas, Medad,
Joseph, Mednd, Eltwecd), b. March 3, 1845; m. Dec. 26, 1870, at
Cleveland, Ohio, Mary Fllcn Ferry, dau. of Thomas Perry and wife
Mary Cluihl). Military service during the Civil War four years;
Quartermaster in McLaughlin's Squadron Ohio Vet. \'ol. Cav.;
published the Marine Record in Cleveland, Ohio; the "Handbook
of Maritime Law;" writer of the History of the Great Lakes;
managing editor of the Daily Financial News, Cleveland, Ohio,
compiler and publisher of the Flistory and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family; also, supplementary Part Three ol the History and Gen-
ealogy of the Pomeroy Family; in February, 1913, appointed
Treasurer of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, staff of Gen. \V.
R. Burnett, Commandant, rank of Captain; also, Aide-de-Camp on
the staff of Gen. Geo. A. Harmon, Dept. of Ohio, G. A. R., rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel.
6215 HELEN POMEROY, {Byron, Ralph, Josiah, Benjamin, Joseph,
Medad, Eltweed), b. May 14, 1860, Galena, 111.; m. Charles E. Par-
sons; she d. Dec. 28, 1921. Res., Canton, Bradford Co., Pa.
9th gen. Child: of Helen and Charles E. Parsons {6215):
8791.1 Eleanor Katherine Parsons, b. Dec. 7, 1896; m. July 7, 1916,
Leon John Keagle. +
10th gen. Child of Eleanor and Leon J. Keagle {S691.1):
8791.2 Phyllis Pomeroy Keagle, b. July 17, 1916.
6232 Dr. Brooks Hughes Wells, b. July 28, 1859, New Haven Co.,
Conn.; son of Rev. Edward Livingston Wells, D. D.; m. Oct. 14,
1885, Mary Frances Pomeroy, {Benjamin, Benjamin, Elihu,
Benjamin, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed). Dr. Wells was considered one
of the most competent and successful physicians and surgeons in
the state of New York; he was Professor of Gynecology at the
Polyclinic, Gynecological Surgeon to the New York Polyclinic
Hospital, consulting gynecologist to the Beth Israel Hospital, New
York; consulting abdominal surgeon to the Brattleboro Memorial
Hospital, Brattleboro, Vt.; associate surgeon to the Women's
Hospital of the State of New York; Fellow of the American Gyne-
cological Society; the New York Academy of Medicine; the New
York Obstetrical Society; member of the American Medical Associa-
tion and editor of the "American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases
of Women and Children." He died at his summer home, South-
port, Conn., 1916; she d. Feb. 9, 1922.
8792 Alice Maud Gates, b. Sept. 25, 1885, St. Louis, Mo., dau. of Julia
Pomeroy, (Byron, Ralph, Josiah, Benjamin, Joseph, Medad, Elt-
weed), and William Howard Gates, m. Dec. 1915, Le Roy French
Johnston, at 1619 Lathrop St., Omaha, Neb.
6247 ELTWEED POMEROY, {Isaac, Benjamin, Elihu, Benjamin,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 7, 1860, Newark, N. J.; m. Dec.
10, 1898, Ellen Levin, b. June 2, 1868, St. Louis, Mo., dau. of Wil-
liam Levin and wife Sarah Jane Tong. In 1909 Mr. Pomeroy
moved his family to Donna, Texas, for the benefit of his health,
purchased a ranch and is now farming. He immediately took an
active interest in developing the "Magic Delta;" organized and
became first president of the Rio Grande Horticultural Society,
president of the local Farmers' Association, vice-president of the
Rio Grande Truck Growers' Association, vice-president of the
Texas State Horticultural Society, American Pomological Society,
etc. He has recently published a book on "Orcharding in the Rio
Grande Delta," and if we may judge by the chapter headings the
book explains many of the details of that fascinating occupation.
9th gen. Children:
8805 Eltweed Pomeroy, Jr., b. Jan 2, 1900, Newark, N. J.; entered
the Students' Training Corps for the war with Germany early in
the summer of 1918.
8806 Levin Pomeroy, b. Aug. 9, 1901, Newark; d. Aug. 28, 1908, East
Stroudsberg, Pa.
8807 Ellice Pomeroy, b. Aug. 3, 1902; d. May, 1903.
8808 Ralph Pomeroy, b. July 30, 1909, Brownsville, Texas; drowned
July 21, 1918, while bathing at Sharyland, near Donna, Texas.
8841.1 Jane Elizabeth Bradford, b. Oct. 20, 1914, St. Paul, Minn.,
dau. of Jane Evelyn Pomeroy, {Elihu, Samuel, Elihu, Benjamin^
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), and John McCartney Bradford.
8918 Hon. Leavitt Pomeroy Bissell, b. April 18, 1865, son of Maria
Elizabeth Pomeroy, {Chauncey, Asa, Asa,Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad,
Eltzveed), and Charles Samuel Bissell; m. June 18, 1888, Minnie
Gilbert. Represented his district in the Connecticut Legislature.
Manufacturer. He d. in Sept., 1913, Bufi^alo, N. Y.
8919 Charles Chauncey Bissell, b. Aug. 18, 1867, son of Maria
Elizabeth Pomeroy, {Chauncey, Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Joseph,
Medad, Eltweed), and Charles Samuel Bissell; m. 1889 Clara Spen-
cer; educated at the Connecticut Literary Institute; president of
the Suffield, Conn., Savings Bank; candidate for Congress in 1912;
lOf Pmurrnij Drurliipmrutii in Amrrira
member of the Baptist church and Masonic orders; his dau. Helen j
d. some years ago; his son attemleil the Sheffield Scientific Schoo
at Yale; Mr. Bissell d. Feb. 5, 1914, Suff^eld, Conn.
6.^98 CI lAUNCKY SMITH POM F.ROY, {Cluuouey, Asa, Asa, Nathan-
iel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), h. I-ch. 17, 1837; m. April 15, 1873,
Augusta Birge, of New Britain, Conn., dau. of Chester G. Birge;
he d. Jan., 1884.
9lh gen. ChUdre)i:
8922 Chauncev Birge Pomerov, b. Sept. 4, 1875; d. Jan. 4, 1902; unm.
8922.1 Gertrude Eliz.abeth Pomerov, b. June 1, 1878, Hartford, Conn.+
6466 R()H1:R'1" POMl'.ROY, {Roderick, Eliakim-Eliakim, Noah, Joseph,
Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 16, 1824, Granville, Mass.; m. April 25,
1847, Lydia Lewis; d. Oct. 18, 1911, at his home on the Pohassic
Road, near Wyben, Mass.; lived at Westfield; burial at Middle
Farms.
6470 DR. ALEXANDER LUTHER POMEROY, {Alexander, Epaphras,
Eliakim, Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Nov, 25, 1822, South-
wick, Mass.; m. in 1842, Huldah Cook, b. Jan. 26, 1826; d. Dec. 13,
1896, dau. of Jesse Cook and wife Chloe Phelps; he d. Feb. 10, 1919,
at his home in Windsor township, near Ashtabula, Ohio. Dr.
Pomeroy is said to have been the oldest practicing physician in the
LInited States, his active practice covering a period of 78 years.
He maintained a large rural practice and during the recent influenza
epidemic (1917-1918) kept up an abnormal schedule, being on the
road almost night and day for many weeks.
9th gen. Children:
9036 Alex.amder A. Pomeroy, b. June 11, 1843.
9037 Gertrude Chloe Pomerov, b. April 17, 1849. +
Dr. -Alexander Luther Pomeroy, who died Feb. 10, 1919, at Windsor, Ohio, ae. 96, was born
at Southwick, Mass., on the 25th of Nov. 1822. He began the study of medicine in 1S40, at the
Clevchind Medical College, and graduated in 1845. Nearly all his life he has lived in Windsor,
and last year he rounded out the 73d year he has been in continual practice in that locality,
having had his office for 66 years in the same building. He began practice one year before this in
another place.
One must look back a long way to realize the eflfort and hardships this pioneer of medicine
had to endure to obtain his medical education. Remember this was before there were any rail-
roads running into Cleveland, by about eighteen years; and as he lived iS miles from that city,
he was obliged to cover that distance every two weeks on foot, carrying his necessary baggage tied
in a bundle and hung from a stick over his shoulder. Usually he would leave Cleveland about
noon, returning the following Monday in time to attend the lectures in the afternoon.
There were other troubles. At that time the students were obliged to obtain the subjects
they were to dissect, and this was no easy task. The Doctor has told me that on many nights he
has been out with a shovel, and generally got what he went after.
When he first began to practice he had to ride horseback through the woods. There were no
roads in that part of the country, and many times he had to blaze the trees in order to follow the
trail back again. He still has the same saddle-bags that he used in that early day, and is keeping
them as souvenirs. Every hour of the night, as well as every hour of the day, the Doctor has
ridden far and near over the country that surrounds the little town of Windsor. Fifty and sixty
miles in the twenty-four hours of the day often have been made by him. If one could figure the
number of miles traveled in the 73 years, the total would be astonishing.
His early practice was before the period of anesthetics, antiseptics, or antitoxines, and before
modern surgery had made advances. Yet, while he began to study medicine early he has not
remained blind to the advancements but rather has been alert and up-to-date.
A physician who has reached this great age, and who is still in practice, should be made an
honorary Fellow of the greatest medical society in the United States, the A. M. A. I do not refer
only to this Grand Old Man of Ashtabula county, but to any other who has had so many years of
active practice, and who is still in the harness. — F. M. Snyder, M. D., in The Ohio State Medical
Journal, January, 1919.
6474 JOSEPH MORTON POMEROY, {Alexander, Epaphras, Eliakim,
Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 20, 1830, at Ashtabula,
Ohio; m. Oct., 1857, Martha Trimble; he d. July 28, 1889; she m.
(2) Harry St. John. Joseph Pomeroy founded the city of Pomeroy,
Garfield County, Washington, in 1877. Pomeroy is now a pros-
perous and growing city, and ^5200,000 were expended on improve-
ments during the year 1916.
6490.1 REV. WILLIAM McKENZIE POMEROY, {Daniel, John, Ban,
Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. 1849, Newburgh, Ont.; m. 1871,
Sarah Alice Bird, b. 1854, Belleville, Ont., dau. of David Perry Bird,
and wife Elizabeth Smith. Minister. Res., Maidstone, Ont.
9th gen. Children, b. in Ontario, Canada:
9067.1 Perry E. Pomeroy, b. 1873; m. (1) Elizabeth Chapman; m. (2)
Mary Bunn; d. 1910. Res., Maidstone, Ont.
9067.2 George Lewis Pomeroy, b. Aug. 14, 1877, Listowell, Ont.+
9067.3 Irwin Smith Pomeroy, b. 1878; m. Minnie Cranston; eight children.
Res., Alberta, Ont.
9067.4 Helen Myrtle Pomeroy, b. 1880; m. W. H. McCallum; two
daughters. Res., Forest, Ont.
9067.5 Cecil Aylesworth Pomeroy, b. 1883; m. and has one son. Res.,
Ritchie, Sask, Ont.
9067.6 Rev. Dan Webster Pomeroy, b. 1885; m. 1905, Lulu French; two
daughters. Res., Merna, Alberta.
9067.7 Florence Bird Pomeroy, b. 1888; m. W. R. Johnston; one daugh-
ter. Res., Bradley, S. D.
9067.8 Ethel Grace Pomeroy, b. 1893; m. 1914, Fred Little; one son and
one daughter. Res., Ford, Ont.
6583 ORSELIA E. POMEROY, {Elijah, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. July, 1826, Franklin, Vt.; m. April 5, 1845, Avery
Allen Reed, at Lafayette, 111., b. July 21, 1826, Litchfield Co., Conn.,
son of William Reed and wife. Amy Crandall; d. Nov. 22, 1909; she
d. Nov. 4, 1849, Lafayette, 111. +'
9th gen. Child:
9129.1 George Frederick Reed, b. Feb. 23, 1847, Lafayette, 111.; m.
ma Jliimrniij DrurUi^imnita in Amrrtra
I'd). 9, 1868, at Red Oak Grove, 111., Harriet E. Maxwell, dau. of
Thomas Maxwell aiul wife Khoda I lodges. Res., Hugo, Colo. 4"
10th gen. Children:
9129.2 Orselia Louella Rekd ,h. Feb. 9, 1869, Red Oak Grove, III.; m.
Nov. 10, 1891, at Hui)hard, Iowa, Thomas Norton, son of Levi
Norton and wife Katharine CJillmore; she d. July 18, 1914, Valley
City, N. 1).
9129.3 William Allen Reed, b. May 1, 1870, Red Oak Grove, III.; m. (1)
Jan. 5, 1891, Mary Jane Harbison, In Geneseo, III., dau. of George
Harbison and wife Jane Edwards; she d. April 9, 1899; m. (2) May-
belle K. Wilson, b. Belvidere, Neb., dau. of Authur W. Wilson and
wife Hannah M. Scott; he lost his eyesight in 1902 from flying steel;
grad. State Institute for the blind, Vinton, Iowa, Nov. 25, 1904;
piano tuner and broom maker. Res., Denver, Colo,
9129.4 Miriam Casa.vdra Reed, b. Feb. 16, 1872, Red Oak Grove, 111.; d.
1891, Marshalltown, Iowa.
9129.5 Fred G. Reed, b. Dec. 13, 1878, Red Oak Grove, 111.; m. Dec. 28,
1901, Eldeva Iowa Clemmie Underwood. Res., Plankinton, S. D.
9129.6 Ernest Joseph Reed, b. Oct. 13, 1882, New Providence, Iowa; m.
1903 at Bingham Lake, Minn., Antoinette Brubasher; contractor
and builder. Res., Hugo, Colo.
9129.7 Amanda Reed, b. March 28, 1884, Hubbard, Iowa; m, Enos Stanley,
son of Enos S. Stanley and wife Harriet. Res., Des Moines, Iowa.
9129.8 James E. Reed, b. June 24, 1894; m. Jan. 1, 1912, Anna Dittman,
Res,, Mitchell, S, D.
9129.9 Forest T. W. Reed, b. 1889, Watertown, S. D.
6588 HARRIET LOUISE POMEROY, {Elijah, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 18, 1841, Franklin, Vt.; m. (1)
June 10, 1858, at Toulon, 111., James Henry Hickok; he d. in the
service of the Union army and was buried at Benton Barricks, Mo.;
she m. (2) Sept. 2, 1868, Joseph Henry Drinnen, b. Aug. 5, 1844,
Toulon, 111., son of John Drinnen and wife Christina Acre; she d,
Feb, 3, 1901; farmer. Res., Columbus, Neb. +
9th gen. Children by first marriage:
9129.10 Harry Alden Hickok, b. March 26, 1859, Lafayette, 111.; d, April
21, 1910,
9129.11 Emma Alice Hickok, b. May 12, 1863; m. (1) June 22, 1884, at
Cherry Vale, Kansas, Marion A. Sewall, b. Sept. 18, 1859, in
Tennessee, son of Albert Wayne Sewall and wife Tabitha Maynard;
m. (2) March 10, 1900, at Sedan, Kansas, John Thomas Perry, b.
May 13, 1847, Illinois, son of John Perry; he d. Jan, 24, 1907, Tyro,
Kansas, Res., Long Beach, Calif. +
Part (TIirF? - PnmFrog litstorg VLnh (BmmitiQ^ 110
Chiid7-e?i by second marriage:
9129.12 Samuel Pomeroy Drinnen, b. Aug. 23, 1869; m. Dec. 24, 1895,
Katharine E. Browner. Res., Columbus, Neb. +
9129.13 Eliza J. Drinnen, b. Dec. 2, 1870; m. Aug. 3, 1893, at Columbus,
Neb., Burton Varden Stevenson, b. July 16, 1870, at Bellvern, O.,
son of Josiah Varden Stevenson and wife Martha Charlotte Hal-
stead. Farmer. Res., Richland, Neb. +
9129.14 George Washington Drinnen, b. Sept. 22, 1872; m. Feb. 29,
1896, Mrs. Nellie Rollen Fouts. Farmer. Res., Columbus, Neb.
9129.15 Evelyn Drinnen, b. Sept. 21, 1876. Res., Norfolk, Neb.
9129.16 Plessie Drinnen, b. June 13, 1881; m. March 1, 1904, at Colum-
bus, Neb., Henry Yonkie, b. June 2, 1871, Richland, Neb., son of
William Yonkie and wife Wilimena Kluck. Farmer. Res., Rich-
land, Neb. -h
10th gen. Children of Emma A. and Marion A. Sewally (9129.11),
b. Independence, Kansas:
9X1'^. \1 Winifred Alma Sewall, b. March 15, 1886; gr. Normal school,
Los Angeles, Calif.
9129.18 James Wayne Sewall, b. March 30, 1887; d". Nov. 29, 1894.
9129.19 Laura May Sewall, b. Oct. 10, 1888; d. Nov. 30, 1894.
9129.20 Burnam Franklin Sewall, b. Jan. 24, 1892; d. July 12, 1899.
9129.21 Leo Sewall, b. Dec. 27, 1893; d. Nov. 30, 1894.
10th gen. Children of Emma A. and John T. Perry: (9129.11):
9129.22 Sadie Celeste Perry, b. March 11, 1901.
9129.23 Cleopatra Adell Perry, b. July 23, 1903.
9129.24 Mildred Perry, b. May 18, 1907; d. May 18, 1907.
10th gen. Children of Sa7nuel P. and Katharine E. Drinnin,
(9129.12):
9129.25 Grace May Drinnin, b. Nov. 11, 1896.
9129.26 Samuel Philip Drinnin, b. Aug. 11, 1899.
9129.27 Joseph Harold Drinnin, b. Dec. 1, 1901.
9129.28 Margaret Madge Drinnin, b. Aug. 8, 1904.
10th gen. Children of Eliza J. and Burton V . Stevenson, (9129.13):
9129.29 Cecil Lovrain Stevenson, b. June 1, 1894; d. June 19, 1896.
9129.30 Adele Prudence Stevenson, b. Oct. 2, 1895.
9129.31 Glendive DeWitt Stevenson, b. Nov. 10, 1897. Private Co. D,
23d U. S. I.
9129.32 Eliza Aldula Stevenson, b. April 21, 1900.
9129.33 Bertie Dwight Stephenson, b. March 12, 1903.
9129.34 Forest Vern Stevenson, b. Aug. 18, 1905.
9129.35 Melvin Robert Stevenson, b. June 27, 1909.
Ill Jliimrruij Drurlu^imruta in Auirrira
lOt/i gen. Children oj Plessie and Henry Yonkie, {9129.16):
9129.36 Marvin Percy Yonkie, h. July 13, 1905.
9129.37 George Mvi.o Yonkie, h. Fcl). 7, 1908.
6589 CANDACK PFARSK VnWV.KOY , (Enoch, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltwccd), h. Dec. 15, 1837, I'Vanklin, \'t.; m. Sept. 23,
1S75, Chauncey Temple, b. Oct. 8, 1834, I'Vanklin, \'t., son of
Nahuni Temple and wife l)(jlly Saunders; d. June 11, 1912; she d.
Sept. 3, 1915. Res., St. Albans, Vt. (See page 720, History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family.)
9143 Rkv. Guv Pomerov Burleson, son of Abigail Pomeroy, (6594)
{Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, EJtweed'), and Rev.
Solomon Stevens Burleson, b. Aug. 2, 1878, Lancaster, Wis.; m
Sept. 28, 1907, Pauline Rouse Palmer, b. June 5, 1881, Detroit
Mich., dau. of Edward Herendeen Palmer and wife Louise Rouse of
Geneva, N. Y. He was rector at Lakota, N. D., 1907-11; Auburn,
N. Y., 1911-16. He was accidentally drowned in Lake Owasco,
N. Y., May 30, 1916; body never recovered. Widow lives in
Rochester, N. Y. (See pages 720-722 History and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family.)
1 0th gen. Children:
9150 Henry Stevens Burleson, b. Nov. 6, 1908, Grand Forks, N. D.
9150.1 David Pomeroy Burleson, b. Nov. 28, 1913, Auburn, N. Y.
6597 ALVIN TENNY POMEROY, {Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Feb. 6, 1841, Franklin, Vt.; m. (1) Aug.
28, 1864, Emma Victoria Child, b. at Marietta, Pa., Aug. 28, 1842,
dau. of William Child and wife Susana Kepler; she d. Feb., 1870;
m. (2) Aug. 26, 1880, Anna M. Hyde, b. May 25, 1853, Mazeppa,
Minn., dau. of John E. Hyde and wife Sarah Stowell. He d. March
18, 1898, Chicago, 111. He was in freshman year, L'niversity of
Vermont, at the outbreak of the Civil War; enlisted March 1, 1862,
in Co. F, 7th Vt. Vol. Inf.; served in Louisiana under Gen. Butler;
participated in the battle of Baton Rouge; contracted rheumatism
while digging the Vicksburg canal; discharged for disability Feb. 25,
1863. In postal service as clerk at Waverly, Iowa, 1864-69, and
nineteen years as railway clerk, to time of death.
9th ge-fi. Children by 1st wife:
9158.1 William Jesse Pomeroy, b. June 19, 1865. +
9158.2 Anna May Pomeroy, b. May 1, 1867. +
9158.3 Emma Clara Pomeroy, b. Nov. 30, 1869. +
Children of 2d wife, b. Dubuque, Iowa:
9158.4 Wixmfred Madge Pomeroy, b. Feb. 22, 1884.
9158.5 Martha Pauline Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1885. -f
Part Q^lim - Pom^rcij Mtatorg anJn (i^^UFalo^g 112
6611 ROSAMOND HARRIS CUTLER POMEROY, {Lorenzo,
Efioch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Sept. 25, 1834; m.
Oct. 9, 1851, Dr. Edgar J. Powers; he d. June 25, 1913; she d. July
24, 1915. (See page 723, History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family.)
9th gen. Continuation oj their Jour youngest children:
9166 Martha Pomeroy Powers, b. Jan. 9, 1866; Franklin, Vt.; m.
May 27, 1891, James A. Hanna, son of James Hanna and wife
Margaret McMahon. Res., East Highgate, Vt. +
9167 Edgar J. Powers, b. July 28, 1869, Franklin, Vt.; m. Dec. 16, 1891,
Florence L. Galar, dau. of John Galar and wife Charlotte Bickford.+
9168 RosAMOXD M. Powers, b. April 23, 1871, Franklin, Vt.; m. Oct. 20,
1897, Cyril Donoghue, son of John Donoghue and wife Mary Ann
Bartle. +
9169 Smiley S. Powers, b. Feb. 4, 1874, Franklin, Vt.; m. Aug. 6, 1910,
Etta H. (Cook) Brennan, dau. of Chester Cook and wife Sarah Hunt,
(widow of James Brennan).
10th gen. Children of Martha P. and James A. Hanna, {9166):
9169.1 Donald Powers Hanna, b. March 4, 1892; gr. Franklin high
school, June, 1908.
9169.2 James Howard Hanna, b. Jan. 4, 1895; gr. Franklin high school,
June, 1911.
9169.3 Allan Pomeroy Hanna, b. Aug. 10, 1897.
9169.4 Harold Wendall Hanna, b. Jan. 21, 1900.
9169.5 Martha Margaret Hanna, b. Feb. 3, 1906.
Children oJ Edgar J. and Florence L. Powers, {9167):
9169.6 Clarence Warren Powers, b. July 21, 1892; d. Aug. 21, 1892.
9169.7 Myron Elgin Powers, b. June 15, 1894; gr. Franklin high school,
June, 1914.
9169.8 Elenor Florence Powers, b. June 18, 1896; gr. Franklin high
school, June, 1914.
9169.9 Helen Marion Powers, b. Feb. 5, 1898; gr. Franklin high school,
June, 1915.
9169.10 Ethel Luella Powers, b. Jan. 30, 1902.
9169.11 Esther Naomi Powers, b. June 4, 1909.
9169.12 Wilma Ruth Powers, b. Feb. 3, 1916.
Children oJ Rosamond M. and Cyril Donoghue, {9168):
9169.13 Merritt Donoghue, b. Aug. 25, 1898.
9169.14 Mary Donoghue, b. March 5, 1904.
9169.15 Merrill Donoghue, b. Feb. 20, 1912.
6660.6 ASAPH STRATTON POMEROY, {Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
113 yumrruxi DrurluiimrjUB in Auirrira
Sawnc/, Caleb, Eltwced), h. Nov. 22, 1831; m. March 11, 1860,
Charlotia Jane Foote; h. March 31, 1X39, d. Jan. 21, 1919; he d.
Oct. 20, 1904; l)oth Ini. in Mention, Mich., cemetery.
9 til ^en. Children:
9209.1 Gilbert Strattom Pomf.rov, h. July 1, 1861. +
9209.2 Dora Pomkrov, b. Oct. 20, 1863. +
9209.3 Cora Pomf.rov, b. Oct. 20, 1863, twin with Dora. +
6660.7 LYMAN WALKER POMKROY, {Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. April 22, 1833; m. (1) July 22, 1857,
Sarah Ann Beeler; m. (2) Aug. 6, 1860, Almina Beeler; he d. Oct. 23,
1914.
9lh gen. Child by 1st wife:
9209.4 Orange Stratton Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1858; no data known.
Children by 2nd ivife:
9209.5 Sarah Jane Pomeroy, b. Jan. 7, 1862; d. in infancy.
9209.6 Oscar E. Pomeroy, b. Jan. 7, 1863.
9209.7 Mary Veldora Pomeroy, b. March 16, 1865.
9209.8 Elva Caroline Pomeroy, b. March 1, 1867.
9209.9 Amanda Pomeroy, b. Jan. 3, 1869.
9209.10 Clara Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1870. +
9209.11 Emma Pomeroy, b. April 3, 1872. +
9209.12 Effie Pomeroy, b. Feb. 5, 1874; m. Dec. 6, 1902, Richard Anderson;
d. June 29, 1903.
9209.13 Minnie Pomeroy, b. Feb. 6, 1876.
9209.14 Roberta Florence Pomeroy, b. Aug. 19, 1878. +
9209.15 Eugene Hill Pomeroy, b. Aug. 22, 1880.
9209.16 Myrtle Lorain Pomeroy, b. April 9, 1884. +
9209.17 Lulu May Pomeroy, b. June 30, 1886. +
9209.18 Grover Cleveland Pomeroy, b. May 13, 1887.
9212 Harold Luther Pomeroy, {Alfred, Francis, Julius, Justus,
Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed) , b. June 22, 1904, Chicopee, Mass.;
military service in war with Germanv.
6795 MARY ELLA POMEROY, {Frederick, Julius, Justus, Joshua,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 20, 1863, Columbus, Ga.; m. March
25, 1885, George Robert Golden, b. Nov. 27, 1863, Girard, Ala.,
son of George Jasper Golden and wife Sarah Caroline Poitevent.
Res., Columbus, Ga.
9th gen. Children, h. at Columbus, Ga.:
9213 George Pomeroy Golden, b. July 30, 1886; engaged in the shoe
business with his uncle, Edwin F. Pomeroy, under firm name of
Golden & Pomeroy; m. April 23, 1911, Grace Agnes Paxton, dau.
of Horatio B. Paxton of Jacksonville, Fla. +
Part ^\]rtt - ^nm^rcij litatnrg ZLtxh (^mtnia^^ 114
9214 Robert Francis Golden, b. July 13, 1888; gr. from high school,
Columbus, Ga.; Georgia School of Technology, at Atlanta, Ga.;
m. Jan. 10, 1917, Mrs. Mary (Major) Ayres, dau. of William Major.
9215 Margaret Carolyn Golden, b. July 19, 1893; gr. "Lorena Hall"
School, Columbus, Ga., 1912.
10th gen. Children of George P. and Grace A. Golden, {9213):
9215.1 George Robert Golden, b. Jan. 6. 1913, Jacksonville, Fla.
9215.2 Jack Paxton Golden, b. May 30, 1916.
9221 Edwin Francis Pomeroy, {Edwin, Frederick, Julius, Justus,
Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1900, Columbus, Ga.;
military service in the war with Germany. Res., Jacksonville, Fla.
9220.1 Sarah Pomeroy, b. May 24, 1912, Eufaula, Ala., dau. of Julius
Frederick Pomeroy, {Frederick, Julius, Justus, Joshua, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), d. Feb. 20, 1917.
6805 IDA ROSETTA POMEROY, {Parkhurst, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 7, 1857; m. Sept. 26, 1878, Isaac
C. Holmes. Res., New Castle, Pa.
9th gen. Children:
^ll"^ George Pomeroy Holmes, b. May 1, 1880; m. March 26, 1902,
Anna Mae Wood. Res., New Castle, Pa. +
9226 Oliver Wendell Holmes, b.; d. in infancy.
10th gen. Child of George P. and Anna Holmes, {9225):
9226.1 Dorothy Ruth Holmes, b. Dec. 5, 1914.
6807 MARTHA JANE POMEROY, {Parkhurst, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 21, 1864; m. Dec. 31, 1886,
William M. Davis; engineer and electrician of some note. Res.,
Houston, Texas.
9th gen. Children:
9227 Alice Martha Davis, b. July 30, 1888, Racine, Wis.; m. July 3,
1917, Henry Dimmock Wares.
9228 Marion Ida Davis, b. July 11, 1890; m. Sept. 9, 1918, Albert
Barnhart Collins. Military service in the U. S. Army.
9228.1 Harry Pomeroy Davis, b. Sept. 11, 1895. Military service in
U. S. Army.
6808 ALICE CATHERINE POMEROY, {Franklin, Daniel, Ichabod,
Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Jan. 15, 1849, Geauga Co., Ohio;
m. Jan. 15, 1866, Fernando James Howard, b. March 17, 1845,
Broome Co.,N.Y., son of John Howard and wife Mary Ann Ayres.
Military service in Civil War with 13th Wis. Vol. Inf. Res., near
Floydminster, Canada, 650 miles northwest of Winnipeg.
9th gen. Children:
^11^.1 Henry Adelbert Howard, b. May 4, 1869, Butler Co., Iowa; m.
115 Jliimrnig DruFlii^mrntjS in Amrrira
March, 1S9(), Dollic 'I'hompson, 1). ,dau. of Jonathan Thompson
;irKl wife Sarah Jane Fields. +
9228.3 Franklin Norle Howard, h. Sept. 16, 1872, Rhickhawk, Co.,
Iowa; unni.
9228.4 Ralph John Wesley Howard, b. April 5, 1875, Floyd Co., Iowa;
m. Jan. 14, 1901, Ruvilla Sahina Lewis, 1). July 7, 1877, Shelby Co.,
Ohio, liau. of Jonathan Lewis and wife Margaret Nickles. +
9228.5 Floyd James Howard, b. June 9, 1878, Floyd Co., Iowa; m. Marie
M. Hjort. +
9228.6 Ruby Abigail Howard, b. Nov. 12, 1885, Turner Co., S. I).; m. Jan.
15, 1905, William Ward Campbell, b. Feb. 28, 1879, Pueblo, Colo.,
son of William Cunningham Campbell and wife Mary Ward.+
lOt/i gen. Child of Henry and Dolly Howard, {92282) :
9228.7 Clifford Franklin Howard, b. Jan. 3, 1891; military service, Co.
1), 89th div. Am. Ex. F., war with Germany, 1918; unm.
Children of Ralph and Ruvilla Hoivnrd, (922S.4):
9228.8 Capitola Fern Howard, b. Oct. 10, 1903, Seward Co., Kas.
9228.9 Ralph Fernando Howard, b. Oct. 24, 1905, Riley Co., Kas.
9228.10 Alberta Violet Howard, b. June 13, 1910, Lashburn, Sask.,
Canada; d. Oct., 1910.
9228.11 Alice Marie Howard, b. April 18, 1912, Floydminster, Sask.,
Canada.
9228.12 Ezra Lewis Howard, b. Oct. 20, 1913.
9228.13 James Franklin Howard, b. Nov. 27, 1914.
9228.14 Elsie Irene Howard, b. March 9, 1915.
9228.15 Grace Gertrude Howard, b. March 18, 1916.
Children of Floyd and Marie Howard, {9228.5) :
9228.16 Donald Howard, b.
9228.17 MAxwELLHjoRTHowARD,b. April 6, 1909.
9228.18 Rexford Pomeroy Howard, b. April 6, 1909, all b. Riley Co., Kas.
Children of Ruby and J Villi am Campbell, {9228.6):
9228.19 Fernando Franklin Campbell, b. March 6, 1906, Riley Co., Kas.
9228.20 Joy Campbell, b. Feb. 9, 1913, Floydminster, Sask., Canada.
6810 ROYAL NEWTON POMEROY, {Franklin, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug. 2, 1853; Dodge Co., Wis.; m. Feb.
22, 1876, Sophia M. Fick, b. Sept. 30, 1852, dau. of Gotleib Fick.
He was a typical pioneer and the second settler in Buffalo township,
Winnebago Co., Iowa, where he acquired a good farm and home,
but love of adventure caused him, in 1901, to rent this farm and
with his wife he moved to the wilds of Northern Wisconsin, near
Minoug, where he took a homestead. The lakes were well
stocked with fish and the woods well sprinkled with deer. He
Part Ebm - Pomprog Htatnrg mix C^^upalng^ Ufi
was a large man and an extra good shot and his table was well
supplied with fish and game. He lost his life on June 27, 1913, by
the collapse of a cement cellar; bu. at Buffalo Center, Iowa.
9th generation. Children:
91T^.l\ George Erwin Pomeroy, b. April 8, 1877; d. Sept. 20, 1897.
9228.22 Reuben Newton Pomeroy, b. Nov. 16, 1878. +
9228.23 Abigail Augusta Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1880.
6811 CLARA AMANDA POMEROY, {Franklin, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltvoeed), b. x'\ug. 2, 1854, Dodge County Wis.; m.
March 1, 1877, Herbert Sanders, b. Feb. 18, 1849, son of John
Sanders and wife Julia Howe; he d. May 19, 1907.
9th gen. Children
911^.1^: John Franklin Sanders, b. Jan. 22, 1879, Floyd Co., la.; m. Jan.
22, 1901, Elsie Krause, b. Jan. 22, 1881, dau. of Robert Krause.
9228.25 Henry Herbert Sanders, b. Feb. 15, 1883, Floyd Co., la.; m.
Feb. 25, 1903, Myra Allen, b. Oct. 16, 1883, dau. of Emery Allen ;s. p.
9228.26 Leo Earl Sanders, b. Jan. 1, 1885, Floyd Co., Iowa; m. Dec. 12,
1911, Lillian Sutherland; s. p_
9228.27 Julia May Sanders, b. x'\ug. 21, 1886, Floyd Co., Iowa; m. Oct.
15, 1907, Harland James Schlick, b. March 21, 1886, son of William
R. Schlick and wife Jennie Roberts.
10th gen. Children of John F. and Elsie Sanders:
9228.28 Alton Sanders, b. Aug. 27, 1905.
9228.29 Gertrude Evanell Sanders, b. April 28, 1908.
Children of Julia and Harland Schlick:
9228.30 Alvin Dale Schlick, b. Feb. 18, 1912.
9228.31 Donald Alvin Schlick, b. July 23, 1917.
6813 FERNANDO HOWARD POMEROY, {Franklin, Daniel, Ichabod,
Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltvoeed), b. May 13, 1866, Dodge Co., Wis.; m.
Nov. 20, 1894, Anna Tegland, b. June 6, 1875, dau. of Nels Tegland
and wife Julia Updahl.
9th gen eratio n . Ch ildren :
9228.32 Benjamin Franklin Pomeroy, b. Nov. 4, 1896. Co. 57-163 D. B.
Camp Dodge, Iowa.
9228.33 Cora Alona Pomeroy, b. June 12, 1899.
9228.34 FERNNELLiEPoMEROY,b. Feb.25, 1901.
9228.35 William Henry Pomeroy, b. Aug. 22, 1902.
9228.36 Harold Howard Pomeroy, b. Aug. 15, 1904.
9228.37 Anna May Pomeroy, b. Nov. 22, 1906.
9228.38 Ray Joseph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1908.
9228.29 Roy Leo Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1908, (twin with Ray).
9223.40 Bonna Bell Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1911.
HZ JInmrmii Drurlo^jmrnlH in Amrrira
6824 EMMA AMELIA POMF.ROY, (F./i, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), 1). Oct. 27, 1K59; m. Dec. 13, 1877, LaFayette
Franklin; d. Feb. 5, 1896.
9th gen. Children:
9228.41 Flora Luella Frankmm, b. Feb. 27, 1879; m. Feb. 27, 1900, E. B.
Grassmeyer. +
9228.42 MvRTLF. Effie Franklin, b. Sept. 27, 1881; m. Feb. 20, 1908,
Herman Kenyon. +
9228.43 Lucy Elvira Franklin, b. Oct. 9, 1885; m. Oct. 27, 1902, Ralph
Hibbs;d. May 13, 1913. +
9228.44 Newton Lucius Franklin, b. Dec. 5. 1889; m. June 13, 1915,
Bertha England. +
JOth gen. Children of Flora L. and E. B. Grassmeyer, (9228.41):
9228.45 Emma Grassmeyer, b. April 4, 1901.
9228.46 Daniel Grassmeyer, b. Feb. 6, 1903.
9228.47 Carrie Grassmeyer, b. March 6, 1905.
9228.48 LovELL Grassmeyer, b. March 10, 1908.
9228.49 Ray Grassmeyer, b. April 13, 1913.
9228.50 Fay Grassmeyer, b. April 13, 1913, twin with Ray.
Child of Myrtle E. and Herman Kenyon, (9228.42):
9228.51 Keith Cyrus Kenyon, b. July 9, 1910.
Children of Lucy E. and Ralph Hibbs, (9228.43):
9228.52 Kenneth Hibbs 9228.53 Hazel Hibbs
9228.54 Thelma Hibbs 9228.55 Floyd Hibbs
Children of Newton L. and Bertha Franklin, (9228.44):
9228.56 Elizabeth Ann Franklin, b. June, 1916.
6826 ADA ALICE POMEROY, (Eli, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. July 16, 1864; m. Dec. 13, 1883; Thomas E. Har-
grove; he d. Jan. 15, 1896. +
9th gen. Children:
9228.57 Altha Lucinda Hargrove, b. Aug. 1, 1884; m. Jan. 21, 1908,
Nicholas David Cook. +
9228.58 Wilbur Eli Hargrove, b. June 5, 1886; d. June 1, 1905.
9228.59 Maud Edith Hargrove, b. Feb. 23, 1888; m. June 6, 1906, Dr. H.
M. Collins; he d. Aug. 9, 1909. +
10th gen. Children of Altha L. and Nicholas D. Cook, (9228.57):
9228.60 Oliver Leroy Cook, b. Jan. 1, 1909.
9228.61 Winifred Ebehart Cook, b. July 15, 1914.
9228.62 Marjorie Elvira Cook, b. Sept. 28, 1917.
Children of Maud E. amd Dr. H. M. Collins, (9228.59):
9228.63 Nona Lucille Collins, b. Aug. 31, 1909.
Part ®t|rrF - famFrng 3Ht0torg unh (^Bmnla^^ I IB
6827 NEWTON BOND POMEROY, {Eli, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Ehweed), b. May 9, 1867; m. Nov. 26, 1896, Clara Thede.
9th gen. Child:
9228.64 Irma Marie Pomeroy, b. Nov. 11, 1898.
6844 WILLIAM E. POMEROY, {Albanus, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 1, 1872; m. Dec. 27, 1900; Winifred
Ellen Owen; she d. Aug. 29, 1901; he m. (2) Sept. 7, 1904, Delia E.
Raisler. He was educated at Beaver Dam College, Beaver Dam,
Wis. He was in the employ of the Milwaukee Harvester Co. as
traveling salesman and expert demonstrator, and machinist on
harvester machines. For two consecutive seasons (1902-03) he
visited all the large cities of the British Isles, and was at the corona-
tion of King Edward. He crossed the Irish sea 28 times. Res.,
Beaver Dam, Wis.
9th gen. Children by 2nd wife:
9228.65 Helen Mary Pomeroy, b. May 1, 1911.
9228.66 Elizabeth Jane Pomeroy, b. Oct. 2, 1917.
6845 NELLIE MAY POMEROY, {Albanus, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 17, 1878; m. Aug. 29, 1900. Prof.
David Newberry, b. Jan. 19, 1875; he is a graduate of Beaver Dam
high school, and of Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis.; also, a student
at Columbia University, New York City; principal of the high
school at x'\mherst. Wis., three years and twelve years at Appleton,
Wis., and now principal at Stevens Point, Wis. Mrs. Newberry is
a graduate of Beaver Dam high school; she was a student at Law-
rence College, Appleton, Wis., and received her musical education
at Wayland Conservatory of Music, Beaver Dam, Wis.
9th gen. Children:
^IT^.dl Winifred Pomeroy Newberry, b. Feb. 24, 1906.
9228.68 Lloyd David Newberry, b. March 24, 1912.
9229 Cleve Hale Pomeroy, {George, Noah, Noah, Ichabod, Noah Samuel^
Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 1, 1890, Cleveland, Ohio, son of George
Hoyt Pomeroy and wife, Clarissa Elizabeth Lockwood, m. Mary
Day Ely of Cleveland, Ohio. He represents Hayden, Miller & Co.,
(investment bonds) in Western Ohio.
6867 EVERETT TITUS POMEROY, {Otis, Titus, Gad, Noah, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug. 10, 1835, Brecksville, Ohio; m. Oct. 25,
1859, Louisa Ella Van Winkle, dau. of David Van Winkle and wife
Christina Banta, of the Fresian family of Banta, descendant of
Epke Jacobse, who came to New Amsterdam Feb., 1659. He had a
college education; was teacher and professor. Resided at Sterling,
Kas.;d. May 9, 1879.
no Jfnmrrng Drnrlnpinrntti in Anirrira
9th ^en. Children:
9238.1 Eva Minetta Pomeroy, b. Nov. 8, 1861, Anderson, Ind. +
92.18. 2 Krne.st Chester Pomerov; unm.
9238.3 Elizabeth Pomerov.
6873.6 OLIVE AHIGAIE POMEROY, {Theodore, IVells, Wells, Joel,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), h.; m. (1) Seymour Henderson; ni. (2)
Benjamin M. Eisner; no children by 2d marriage.
9th gen. Children Oy first marriage:
9243.1 Genevieve Adelaide Henderson, b. Sept. 17, 1887.
9243.2 Clarence Earl Henderson, b. May 20, 1892; d. Dec. 7, 1902.
6920 CHARLES WELLS POMEROY, {Richard, Samuel, Simeon,
Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Jan. 24, 1864, Elyria, Ohio;
m. June 13, 1888, May Elizabeth Tyler, b. Oct. 21, 1868, Put-in-
Bay, Ohio, dau. of William Henry Tyler and wife Phebe Ann Dodge.
Flour business. Res., Lorain, Ohio.
9th gen. Children: b. Elyria, Ohio:
9284 Ruth Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. May 11, 1889; finished education at
Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio, 1911; m. Oct. 28, 1915, August
Wilhelm Allendorf, Sandusky, Ohio, son of William L. Allendorf,
President of Commercial Banking and Trust Co., and wife
Mary Kunzman. Insurance business. Res., Sandusky, Ohio,
9285 Richard Tyler Pomeroy, b. July 13, 1891; Business College,
Sandusky, Ohio, 1912; d. April 8, 1914, Youngstown, Ohio; burial
at Elyria, Ohio. He was a good son and delightful companion, and
made many strong friends by his unvarying courtesy and kindness
to all.
7089 Orlando Delson Pomeroy, {Alanson, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebe-
nezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltivccd), b. Jan. 7, 1839, Strongsville, Ohio;
m. Dec. 4, 1864, Zelia Gardner, b. June 8, 1843, Coberg, Canada,
dau. of John Gardner and wife Jane Stone; he d. March 4, 1916;
Berea, O.; bu. at Strongsville. Banker.
9330 James Carl Pomeroy, b. Feb. 26, 1869, son of Orlando Delson
Pomeroy, {Alanson, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb,
Eltweed), and wife Zelia Gardner, d. March 24, 1916, Berea, Ohio.
9335 Dayton Clarence Miller, b. March 13, 1866, son of Vienna
Pomeroy, {Alanson, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb,
Eltweed), and Charles W. D. Miller; m. June 28, 1893, Edith Caro-
line Easton. He is professor at Case School of Applied Science,
Cleveland, Ohio; has invented an instrument called "phonodeik"
which makes sound visible in a darkened room, through a series of
sound waves, which cause vibration. The sound wave reflections
appear upon the screen magnified 40,000 times the size of the vibra-
tions upon the diaphragm. Res., Cleveland, Ohio.
7103 ELIZA. (Elsie) POMEROY, {Calvin, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer^
Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Ottawa, Putnam Co., Ohio; m. John H.
McElroy, editor and publisher of the National Tribune, Washington,
D. C. Mrs. McElroy died at her summer home, Bally-McElroy,
Colchester, Va., Oct. 18, 1917; burial at Arlington, Va. She was
an accomplished musician, with a sweet voice of wide range.
9th gen. Children:
9358.1 Son McElroy, b.; drowned on Lake Huron with his grandfather,
Dr. Calvin Thayer Pomeroy, in Sept., 1880, when the steamer
Marine City burned to the water edge.
9358.2 K. P. McElroy, b.; chemist, Washington, D. C.
9358.3 Elsie McElroy, b.; m. Hughes D. Slater, editor of the El Paso
Herald.
9411 Dr. Levi Shoemaker, who m. Irma Maud Howe, dau. of Amelia
Pomeroy, {Timothy, Timothy, Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb,
Eltweed), and Charles Augustine Howe, d. Dec. 18, 1913.
9414 Howe Lyman Shoemaker, b. Oct. 27, 1892, son of Dr. Levi Shoe-
maker and Irma Maud Howe, m. Sept. 20, 1916, Winifred Rhue,
Greeley, Colo.
7218 SYLVESTER CLARK POMEROY, {Flavius, Richard, Timothy,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. July 19, 1846; m. Nov. 30, 1875,
Mary E. Hibbard of South Butler, N. Y.
9th gen. Children:
9418.2 Clarence Hibbard Pomeroy, b. Aug. 8, 1880. +
9418.3 Walter Clark Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1886. +
9552 Frank Pomeroy, {Fred, Edwin, Calvin, Joseph, Joseph, Eldad,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 15, 1892; m. Oct. 15, 1913, Ruth C. Tyler,
dau. of Henry Tyler of Easthampton, Mass. The Puritan ancestry
of the young couple is very clearly defined.
7700 JOHN WEBBER POMEROY, {Charles, Ebenezer, Eleazer, Daniel,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Aug. 8, 1871, Troy, Penn.; m. Oct. 10,
1906, Jessie Elizabeth Robbins, b. Feb. 19, 1879, Mainesburg, Penn.'
dau. of Otis Fiesca Robbins and wife Addie Ruggles; she gradu-
ated 1902, special course in music, University of Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia, Penn. Farmer. Res., Troy, Penn.
9th gen. Children, b. Troy, Penn.:
9643.1 Sophia Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Feb. 24, 1908.
9643.2 Addie Adelle Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1912.
7701 ADELLE POMEROY, {Charles, Ebenezer, Eleazer, Daniel, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 3, 1873, Troy, Pa.; m. Oct. 4, 1894, John
121 Jlnmrmu Drurlnpmrtitii in Amrrira
Thomas Shaw, h. July 30, 1854, Plymouth, Mich.,d. Nov. 14, 1911,
son of John Shaw and wife Mary Ann Maiden; Mrs. AdcIIc Pomcroy
Shaw is chiu. of Charles Burton l*omeroy anil wife Sophia Webber.
9//i i^f?j. C/ii/ihrn:
9644 Horace Pomkroy Shaw, b. June 3, 1S9.S, Detroit, Mich.
9045 John Thomas Shaw, b. Sept. 16, 1900, "Whysall," Birmingham,
Mich.
9646 Sybil Shaw, b. May 9, 1902; d. May 20, 1904, Detroit, Mich.
9646.1 Frances Shaw, b. J.ilv V), 1903, "Whysall," Birmingham, Mich.
9646.2 Brewster Hopkinson Shaw, b. Nov. 8, 1904, "Whysall," Birming-
ham, Mich.
9646.3 Elizabeth Shaw, b. May 16, 1906, "Whysall," Birmingham, Mich.
9646.4 Mary Adelle Shaw, b. April 19, 1908, "Whysall," Birmingham,
Mich.
7703 HORACE BURTON POMEROY, [Charles, Ebenezer, Eleazer,
Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 3, 1879, Troy, Penn.; m.
Nov. 17, 1909, Ethel Josephine Braman, b. June 17, 1882, New York
City, dau. of Chester Alwyn Braman and wife Josephine Adele Clark.
Yale graduate, class of 1903, with degree of B. A.; he received M. A.
degree in 1906. He is a member of the Buffalo Club, Ellicott Club,
Yale Club, New York City; and an elder of the North Presbyterian
Church, of Buffalo.
On Jan. 1, 1921, Mr. Horace B. Pomeroy withdrew from Harris
Forbes & Co., as W^estern New York manager, in charge of their
Buffalo office, to become a member of the firm of Schoellkopf,Hutton
& Pomeroy, Inc., 706 Marine Trust building, Buffalo. Schoellkopf,
Button & Pomeroy, Inc., have a capital of 32,000,000, and although
only two years old is already known as one of the strongest invest-
ment banking houses between New York and Chicago. The active
members of the firm consists of J. F. Schoellkopf, Jr., Russell J. H.
Hutton, and Horace B. Pomeroy. Mr. Pomeroy resides at 550
Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
9th. gen. Children:
9646.5 Horace Burton Pomeroy, Jr., b. Sept. 10, 1910, New York City.
9646.6 Lawrence Pomeroy, b. Jan. 21, 1913, Rochester, N. Y.
9646.7 Josephine Adele Pomeroy, b. July 2, 1919, Buffalo, N. Y.
9646.8 Braman Pomeroy, b. Feb. 23, 1920, Buffalo, N. Y.
7727 EMMET HALL POMEROY, M. D., {Niles, Daniel, John, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 19, 1850, Lockport, N. Y.; gr.
University of Michigan 1870; m. June 30, 1870, Margaret Sarah
McMahon, who d. at Calumet, Feb. 14, 1888; m. (2) June 24, 1896,
Martha Caverno Cook; he d. Jan. 22, 1913, New York City under
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surgical operation. Dr. Pomeroy was chief-of-stafF, medical and
surgical service, Black Mountain Colliers Co., Dominion Coal and
Coke Co., Black Mountain Mining Co., Virginia-Lee Co., Bondurant
Coal and Coke Co.; physician and surgeon at Calumet, Mich.
9651 Howard Daniel Pomeroy, {Daniel, Norrnan, Daniel, John, John,
Noah,Joseph, Eltweed), b. Nov. 26, 1882,Lockport,N.Y.;m. March
17, 1917, Sarah Eva Watrous, Middlefield, Conn., b. Sept. 19, 1883,
Meriden, Conn., dau. of John L. Watrous and wife Rosella Bader,
of Middlefield, Conn. Res., Lockport, N. Y.
7764 MARCIA CYNTHIA POMEROY, {Andrew, Daniel, John, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Oct. 16, 1971, Chicago, 111; m. Jan. 21,
1892, John Spencer, son of Thomas Spencer and wife Anne Arm-
strong.
9 til gen . Children .
9659.1 Sidney Pomeroy Spencer, b. June 26, 1893; d. March 13, 1894.
9659.2 John Armstrong Spencer, b. April 2, 1896.
9659.3 Marcia Catherine Spencer, b. July 8, 1898.
9659.4 Elizabeth Ward Spencer, b, June 7, 1901.
9659.5 Helen Spencer, b. March 8, 1903; d. Dec. 12, 1903.
9659.6 Robert Andrew Spencer, b. Aug. 2, 1913.
7765 MADELEINE ELIZABETH POMEROY, {Andrew, Daniel, John,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. April 6, 1874, Chicago, 111.; m.
April 1, 1896, Neal Karl Eikoos, son of Karl K. Eikoos and wife
Bertha Jenson.
9th gen. Children:
9659.7 Leonora Teresa Eikoos, b. Sept. 15, 1897; m. Sept. 6, 1916,
Theodore Chilton Van Etten, son of Frank H. Van Etten and Ada
Zella Chilton.
9659.8 Kenneth Pomeroy Eikoos, b. March 21, 1899.
9659.9 Camilla Genevieve Eikoos, b. Jan. 26, 1906.
9659.10 Ross Pomeroy Eikoos, b. March 20, 1907; d. Aug. 29, 1908.
9659.11 Stanley Pomeroy Eikoos, b. Aug. 8, 1910.
7767 HELEN MARIE POMEROY, {Andrew, Daniel, John, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. March 7, 1888, Chicago, 111.; m. July 19, 1905,
Earle E. Misener, son of Edgar E. Misener and wife Ella Graves.
9th gen. Child:
9659.12 Douglas Misener, b. June 14, 1906.
7770 WARDELL J. POMEROY, {Norton, Jabez, John, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 27, 1857; m. Nov. 28, 1883, Eudora Sipley,
dau. of Henry Hampton Sipley (b. July 14, 1829, d. April 30, 1907)
and wife Lydia Jane Staynes (b. Feb. 24, 1839, d. Sept. 30, 1916).
Res., Kalamazoo, Mich.
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9th ^en. Child:
9663 Pfrcv Wardki.i, Pomf.roy, b. April 19, 1886. +
7819 KLIJAII POMKROY, {Francis, Martin, Jiule, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltivec(f), I). June 26, 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah; m. (2)
Sept. 27, 1884, at St. (Jeorge, Utah, Sarah Lucretia Phelps, b. July
23, 1867, Montpelier, Idaho.
9th gen. Children, b. Mesa, Arizona:
9701.1 Hyrum Phelps Pomerov, b. Oct. 3, 1892.
9701.2 Francis Marion Pomerov, b. Feb. 16, 1894.
9701.3 Loren Guy Pomerov, b. Oct. 10, 1896.
9701.4 MoNiTA Pomerov, b. May 8, 1899.
9701.5 Reuel Nephi Pomerov, b. April 20, 1901.
9729 Clarence Melnotte Pomerov, b. Dec. 19, 1890, son of Talma
Emerson Pomeroy, {Francis, Martin, Jnde, John, Noah, Joseph,
Eltweed) and wife Sarah Melissa Johnson, married Doris Robinson,
His sister, (9733) Edith Ursula Pomeroy, b. Jan. 4, 1902, d. Feb..
1914.
7828 FRANKLIN THOMAS POMEROY, {Francis, Martin, Jnde,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltiveed), b. Sept. 15, 1870, Paris, Idaho; m.
March 28, 1893, Sophia Isadore Morris, b. April 20, 1873, Rockville,
Utah. They have two children in addition to seven named in the
History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, viz:
9th gen. Children:
9740.1 Margeria Rohesia Pomeroy, b. Jan. 4, 1914.
9740.2 Dorothy Nastila Pomerov, b. Aug. 21, 1916.
7829 SARAH ROSINA POMEROY, {Francis, Martin, Jnde, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. March 21, 1873, Paris, Idaho; m. April
21, 1903, Adam Rufus Brewer, b. Feb. 21, 1864, Virgin, Utah, son
of Jacob Brewer and wife Sabra Ann Follett. Res. Mesa, Ariz.
9th gen. Children:
9741 Ina Adela Brewer, b. Feb. 6, 1904, Stafford, Ariz.; d. April 21,
1904, Stafford, Ariz.
9742 Leslie Odel Brewer, b. Jan. 18, 1907, Stafford, Ariz.
9743 Sabra Lucile Brewer, b. April 9, 1911; Mesa, Ariz.; d. May 4,
1913.
9743.1 LvsLE Brewer, b. Sept. 30, 1913.
7830 EDWARD LESLIE POMEROY, {Francis, Martin, Jnde, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. March 19, 1876, Paris, Idaho; m. July 4,
1902, Serena McGuire. Farmer and lawyer; gr. in law from the
Law School at Valparaiso, Ind. Res., Mesa, Ariz.
9th gen. Children:
9744 Theone Leslie Pomeroy, b. Jan. 14, 1905, Mesa, Ariz.
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9745 Edward Earl Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1906, Mesa, Ariz.
9746 Harlow Kent Pomeroy, b. July 27, 1907, Valparaiso, Ind.
9747 De Motte Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1908, Chicago, 111.
9748 Naomi Pomeroy, b. April 27, 1910, Mesa, Ariz.
9748.1 Nelda Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1912.
9748.2 Nadine Pomeroy, b. June 5, 1913.
9748.3 Claude Pomeroy, b. Oct. 8, 1914.
9748.4 Paul Pomeroy, b. Oct. 8, 1914; twin with Claude.
9748.5 Emil Pomeroy, b. July 25, 1916.
7836 HEBER chase KIMBALL POMEROY, {Francis^ Martin,
Jude, John^ Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), June 6, 1869, Paris, Idaho; m.
July 10, 1893, Cassandra Johnson, b. March 7, 1868, Springlake,
Utah, dau. of Benjamin Franklin Johnson and wife Sarah Melissa
Holman. Mine promoter. Res., Mesa, Ariz. They have two
children in addition to seven named in the History and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family, viz;
9th gen. Children:
9762.1 Jassamine Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. June 25, 1912; d. Feb. 7, 1916.
9762.2 Ralph Johnson Pomeroy, b. April 15, 1915.
7905 CHESTER WOOD POMEROY, {Cyrus, Oren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 30, 1882; m. April 3, 1912, Somers,
Conn., Isabel Lucy Smith, dau. of A. Vail Smith of the Maples.
Res., Somers, Conn.
9th gen. Child:
9768.1 Roderick Chester Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1914.
7916.1 GEORGE EVERETT POMEROY, {George, Warren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 4, 1876, at Salines, Cal.; m. Aug. 2,
1905, at Sacramento, Cal., Mary Sibyl Vierra, b. June 11, 1884,
Los Angeles, Cal., dau. of Anthony Vierra and wife Anna Miller.
Dentist. Res., San Francisco, Cal.
9th gen. Children:
9770.1 Anna Phyllida Pomeroy, b. Dec. 20, 1910, San Francisco, Cal.
9770.2 Ruth Sibyl Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1917, San Francisco, Cal.
7916.2 MABEL POMEROY, {George, Warren, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph,
Eltweed), b. Feb. 25. 1882, at Salines, Cal.; m. Feb. 20, 1908, at
San Francisco, Cal., Edward Thomas Planer, b. Oct. 16, 1878, at
San Leandro, Cal., son of John Planer and wife Wanda Wemmer.
Res., Oakland, Cal.
9th gen. Child:
9770.3 Edward Thomas Planer, Jr., b. Aug. 15, 1911, Oakland, Cal.
7917 FLORENCE AUGUSTA POMEROY, {Julian, Warren, Hiram,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Aug. 21, 1862, Somers, Conn.; m.
125 JInmprni} DrupIo^mrnti5 in Amrrira
Dec. 17, 1884, George Pirnle, h. Jan. 12, 1856, Chester, N. Y., son of
Peter Martin Pirnie and wife Mary Prout. Res., Springfield, Mass.
9th ^en. Children:
9n\ George Donald Pirnie, h. (Xt. 7, 1887, Xyack, N. Y.; m. March
28, 1914, Jean Challis MacDuffie, Springfield, Mass.-f
9772 Herbert Malcolm Pirnie, b. P'eb. 6, 1889, New York City; m.
March, 25, 1916, at VVatertown, N. Y., Gertrude Kncmiton. +
9773 Warren Rruce Pirnie, b. May 22, 1891, Springfield, Mass.; m.
June 21, 1917, at Bronxville, N. Y., Dorothy Duryea.
9774 Lieu Roderick Pirnie, b. Feb. 12, 1894, Springfield, Mass.; m.
June 23, 1917, Mary Margaret Gregor, Watertown, N. Y.
10th gen. Children of George D. and Jean C. Pirnie {9771):
9774.1 Donald Pirnie, b. July 30, 1915, Springfield, Mass.
9774.2 Morgan Pirnie, b. April 27, 1917, Providence, R. I.
Child of Herbert M. and Gertrude Pirnie {9772):
9774.3 Malcolm Pirnie, b. at Mount Vernon, N. Y.
8105.7 Gertrude Rav Zimmerman, gr. dau. of Achsah Pomeroy, {Stephen,
Enos, Stephen, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed) and William
Dalzell, b. Aug. 10, 1889, Davenport, Iowa; m. July 31, 1914,
Walter Zimmerman, son of Joseph Zimmerman and wife Mary
Elizabeth Ruegg, b. April 7, 1887, Rock Island 111.; s. p. Res.,
Davenport, Iowa.
8059 CHARLES ENOS POMEROY, {Enos, Stephen, Enos, Stephen,
Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), d. March 6, 1922, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
8157 EUGENE COWLES POMEROY, {George, George, Heman, Heman,
Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. May 27, 1881; m. May 2,
1903, at St. Elmo, Va., Elizabeth Livingstone Eagan, dau. of
Dennis Eagan and wife Katharine Livingston, of Jacksonville, Fla.
9th gen. Children:
9838 Josephine Cowles Pomerov, b. July 27, 1904, Madison, N. J.
9838.1 Eugene Cowles Pomeroy, Jr., b. March 10, 1912, Washington.
9838.2 Catherine Livingston Pomeroy, b. Aug. 18, 1913, Paris, France.
9838.3 Robert Livingston Pomeroy, b. Sept. 26, 1915, Conocut, N. J.
9841 Charles Pomeroy, son of Albert H. Pomeroy {Henry, John, Phineas,
Josiah, Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed) and wife Elizabeth
Hanmer of La Grange, Ohio, b. March 9, 1890, Pittsfield, Ohio;
m. March 5, 1913, Hazel Grist.
9864 Mary Spaulding Mitchell, dau. of Mary Elizabeth Pomeroy,
{Seth, ^nartiis, Seth, ^uartus, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
and Thomas Mitchell, b. Nov. 10, 1888, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; m.
May 25, 1916, Allen James Acker, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
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9871 Frances Pomeroy, {San/or^, William, Lemuel, Lemuel, Lemuel,
Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Nov. 22, 1893, dau. of Sanford
B. Pomeroy and wife Mary C. Lottimer; m. June 26, 1920, in the
chantry of St. Thomas Church, New York City, Charles W. Lippitt
of Providence, R. I., Miss Pomeroy and her parents and grand-
parents have lived in Paris many years. For nearly four years
during the war she was at the hospital in Neuilly, serving with Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt and Mrs. George P. Munroe, and she has
received from the French Government the Medaille d'Honneur.
It was while doing canteen duty in France that she became acquaint-
ed with Mr. Lippitt, who was attached to the 103d Field Artillery.
9872 William Pomeroy Sayer, son of Mary Alice Pomeroy, {JVilliam,
Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and Lewis Hall
Sayer, M. D., b. Oct. 10, 1881; m. Sept. 18, 1913, at Lingfield,
Surrey, England, Frances Greenlund Miner, dau. of William Henry
Miner.
8394 HENRY KING POMEROY, {Harris, Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel,
Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed^, b. March 2, 1884; m. Aug. 22,
1912, at Tacoma, Wash., Hazel Wood Hedrick, dau. of C. W.
Hedrick and wife Sarah Nevins, of Chicago Junction, Ohio. Res.,
Glencove, Pierce Co., Wash.
10th generation:
9875.1 Shirley Hart Pomeroy, b. July 19, 1913, Glencove, Wash.
9875.2 Ruth Roxana Pomeroy, b. March 10, 1916, Glencove, Wash.
8479.1 LAVINA ALWILDA POMEROY, {George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. April 26, 1843, Elizabethtown,
Ontario; m. April 26, 1859, at Kitlv, Ont., Thomas William Reese,
b. July 19, 1833, Collinsville, N. Y.; d. Nov. 24, 1907, Colona, 111.;
she d. Aug. 11, 1910, Colona, 111.
10th gen. Children:
9882.1 George Brooks Reese, b. March 26, 1860; m. Dec. 21, 1887,
Osco, 111., Rudie Grace Geer, b. 1864, Henry Co., 111. Res., Prophets-
town, 111. +
9882.2 Thomas William Reese, b. Sept. 22, 1864, Colona, 111.; m. Dec. 28,
1892, Katie Weaver Griffith, b. Jan. 30, 1874. Res., Geneseo, 111. +
9882.3 Lavina Alwilda Reese, b. Dec. 15, 1868, Colona, 111.; d. Jan. 26,
1869.
9882.4 Nellie Rachel Reese, b. Aug. 24, 1870, Colona, 111.; m. Nov.
24, 1892, Frank Swan Fenno, b. Dec. 30, 1869; she d. July 1, 1900.
Res., Colona, 111. +
9882.5 John Berty Reese, b. March 5, 1883, Colona, 111.; d. March 29,
1883.
127 Pnmrriiij DrurlnpinrnlH in Amrrira
////; .(:<•«. ChiUreu of Georf^e B. and Riidie Reese (9882.1):
9882.6 Gkorce Gavlord Reese, b. (Jet. 19, 1890, Colona, III.; d. Oct. 20,
1890.
9882.7 Rai.i'h Raymond Reese, b. Oct. 21, 1891.
9882.8 Avis Caroline Reese, b. Oct. 28, 1896. Ralph and .Avis reside
in Prophetstown, 111.
Children oj Thomas W. and Katie IV. Reese {98S2.2):
9882.9 Thomas William Reese, b. June 17, 1894.
9882.10 June Helen Reese, b. June 1, 1896.
9882.11 Norman Paul Reese, b. Nov. 9, 1898.
9882.12 Lavina Kathryn Reese, b. July 27, 1902. All reside in Genesee,
111.
Children of Nellie R. and Frank Fenno (9882.4):
9882.13 George Stokes Fenno, b. Sept. 27, 1893; m. Nov. 5, 1913,
Margaret Schriber, b. Oct. 2, 1894.
9882.14 Raymond Reese Fenno, b. July 3, 1897.
9882.15 Lovis Stokes Fenno, b. May 3, 1899. Fenno chldren reside in
Colona, 111.
8479.3 AMASA MANN POMEROY, (George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. April 21, 1848, Elizabethtown, Ont.;
m. May 2, 1872, Martha June Moderwell, b. March 6, 1851. Res.,
Abingdon, 111.
10th gen. Children:
9882.16 Grace Lavina Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1873. +
9882.17 Minnie Maria Pomeroy, b. June 10, 1875; d. Sept. 8, 1876.
9882.18 George Albert Pomeroy, b. Jan. 24, 1877. +
9882.19 Earl Ralph Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1878. +
9882.20 Mildred Almina Pomeroy, b. April 24, 1888; unm. Res., Cuba,
111.
8479.4 EMERY ANSON POMEROY, (George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb. 5, 1850, Elizabethtown,
Ont.; m, Sarah Alice , b. Feb. 4, 1857, Independence,
Iowa. Res., Tonopah, Nev.
10th gen. Children:
9882.21 Nellie Melvina Pomeroy, b. Sept. 24, 1891, Greensprings, Nev.;
m. Mr. Hill.
9882.22 Rose Alice Pomeroy, b. March 4, 1893, Greensprings, Nev. +
8479.7 ALMINA ELIZABETH POMEROY, (George, Plin/, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 12, 1859, Orion, Henry
Co., 111.; m. Feb. 20, 1879, Colona, 111., John Perry Hanna, b. Dec.
3, 1857, Colona, 111. Res., Geneseo, Henry Co., III.
lOth gen. Children:
9882.23 Harry Hunter Havna, b. June 12, 1880, Geneseo, III.; d. Jan.
17, 1886, Geneseo, 111.
9882.24 JoHx Perry Hanna, b. Sept. 27, 1887, Geneseo, 111. Res., Geneseo,
111.
9882.25 Nellie Julia Hanna, b. Feb. 15, 1890, Geneseo, 111. Res., Ann
Arbor, Mich.
8479.9 CHARLES ADDISON POMEROY, {George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Dec. 12, 1863, Orion, Henry
Co., 111.; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1889, Grand Forks, N. Dak., Margaret
Elizabeth Milne; m. (2) Beatrice Becket, b. in Iowa. Res., Pomona,
Calif.
10th gen. Childreyi, by 1st wife:
9882.26 Nellie Belle Pomeroy, b. at Gilby, N. Dak. +
9882.27 Infant Unnamed, b. at Grand Forks, N. Dak.; died.
Children by 2d wife:
9882.28 Harold Becket Pomeroy, b. at Pomona, Cal.
9882.29 Agnes Christina Pomeroy, b. at Pomona, Cal.
8479.10 COLONEL EDWARD POMEROY, {George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
T)aniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 4, 1871, Colona, Henry
Co., 111.; m. Nov. 5, 1896, at Prophetstown, 111., Florence Lerene
Dail, b. Feb. 12, 1874, Portland, Whiteside Co., 111. Res., Rock
Island, 111. He died
10th gen. Children:
9882.30 Lillian Dail Pomeroy, b. Aug. 20, 1897, Colona, 111. Res., Rock
Island, 111.
9882.31 Ella Lavina Pomeroy, b. Oct. 5, 1899, Colona, 111. Res., Rock
Island, 111.
8479.11 RALPH POMEROY, {Charles, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb. 14, 1856, Lyden, Lewis Co.,
N. Y.;m
10th gen. Child:
9882.32 Charles Addison Pomeroy, b.; m.; d. s. p.
8479.13 ESSIE LAVINA POMEROY, {Charles, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. May 4, 1860, Orion, Henry
Co., 111.; m. August Anderson.
10th gen. Children:
9882.33 Sylvia Theresa Anderson, b. Feb. 22, 1882.
9882.34 Bertha May Anderson, b. May 15, 1884.
9882.35 Emma Alma Anderson, b. May 7, 1886.
9882.36 Winnie Vin Essie Anderson, b. May 4, 1891.
9882.37 Charles Pomeroy Anderson, b. Feb. 20, 1893.
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9882.38 EssiF. Augusta Anderson, h. Aug. 7, 1902.
8479.14 IHOMAS PLINY POMRKOY, {Charles, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, FJtweed), h. Nov. 3, 1863, Rock Island,
111.; m. Nov. 3, 1885, at Leighton, Allegan Co., Mich., Stella May
Cross.
10th gen. Children:
9882.39 Mabel Marion Pomerov, b. May 27, 1887. +
9882.40 Charles Forest Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1889, Allegan Co., Mich.
9882.41 Essie Levina Pomerov, b. Aug. 29, 1892, Grand Rapids, Mich.
8527.2 CHARLES ROSS POMEROY, {Le Dm, Charles, James, IV illiam,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. May 3, 1894, Cleveland,
O.; m. Dec. 25, 1917, Toledo, Ohio, Viola May Allen, b. Oct. 23,
1894, Toledo, Ohio, dau. of Dr. Donald Arthur Allen and wife
Elnora Melvina Downer of Toledo.
10th gen. Child:
9892.1 Howard Allen Pomerov, b. Dec. 3, 1919, East Milton, Mass.
8527.4 ELSA B. POMEROY, {JViUiam, Thomas, Thomas, fVilliam,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 29, 1888, Gloucester,
Mass.; m. Feb. 28, 1909, George Horton Gregory, son of William
H. and Hannah Gregory of Groton, Conn.
10th gen. Children:
9892.2 Bradford Eaton Gregorv, b. July 30, 1910, Stonington, Conn,
9892.3 George Horton Gregorv, Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1912, Stamford, Conn.
9892.4 Katherine Pomerov Gregorv, b. Aug. 8, 1916, Groton, Conn.
8527.5 ELTWOOD WILLL^M POMEROY, {William, Thomas, Thomas,
William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug. 5, 1890,
Gloucester, Mass.; grad. Baltimore Medical College, dental dept.,
1913; practicing his profession in Stamford, Conn., with his father;
m. Oct. 15; 1911, Rachel Andrews, dau. of Frank R. and Sadie
Andrews. Res., Stamford, Conn.
10th gen. Children:
9892.5 Naomi Wright Pomerov, b. July 27, 1914.
9892.6 William Henrv Pomerov, 2d, b. Nov. 7, 1915.
9895.1 Lewis W^illard Pomerov, son of Frederick Lewis Pomeroy,
(Sergt. Co. D, 18th Mass. Inf. State Guard, 1918), {Frederick,
Thomas, William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. April
3, 1915, Montague, Mass.
8725 Lee Russell Pomerov, {Albert, George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 29, 1873, Cleveland, Ohio; m.
May 18, 1916, St. Louis, Mo., Lucille Bryant, b. June 19, 1892,
Petersburg, Ind., dau. of Joseph Ronald Bryant and wife Mignon
Morrison Hargrave; Mr. Bryant d. Feb. 22, 1917.
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8727 ELIZABETH ROSE POMEROY, (J/hrt, George, Ebenezer, Phine-
has, Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Nov. 23, 1878, Cleveland,
Ohio; m. Feb. 9, 1901, Louis Harrison; m. (2) Nov. 21, 1908, Charles
Byron Hall, b. Oct. 26, 1862, Aurora, 111., son of Joseph Byron Hall
and wife Kate Athalia Reed. Mr. Hall is secretary and assistant
to the President of the Tri-state Telegraph and Telephone Company,
St. Paul, Minn.
10th gen. Child:
9968 Faith Pomeroy Hall, b. Jan. 30, 1902, De Forest, Ohio. Gradu-
ate of St. Paul, Minn., high school; admitted to the University of
Minnesota, 1921.
The beautiful and earnest sentiment in the following verses by Elizabeth
Pomeroy Hall has prompted their introduction in this Pomeroy book of the
life lines:
THE HARMONY OF FAITH
I.
And looking, I beheld a great and shining Heart of Gold,
The rays of which were ever seeking to enter and warm
The dark and heavy heart of man;
And listening, I heard a beating on the closed door of
My cold and hungry heart, so loud, so clear, so near, until
With bated breath I called, "Who knocks?"
And a Voice of wondrous love and beauty said, "Open, my child.
For lo! the King of Glory would come in and sup with thee;
Set thou a table in thy heart."
Then, oh! with what wild joy I pulled upon that heavy door.
It moved a little space, — that brilliant flood of light rushed in!
My soul was filled with ecstacy.
And then I set a table in my heart for Thee and me.
We supped, and my cold and hungry heart was warmed and fed;
And I dwelt within that radiance.
II.
But what is this? Alone again? Oh, heart of mine, art cold?
Ah! woe is me! That Glorious Light is fled; Oh why? Oh why?
"Dear Heart of Gold, what have I done?
I call upon Thee now with all my strength: Return! Return!"
I strained upon that door. "What have I left undone, dear Heart?
Oh, tell me now wherein I erred?"
III.
And listening, I heard these words of peace: Dear child of mine.
Dost thou not know wherein thou then hast erred? Hast thou not learned
That hoarding is not gain to thee?
The Law of Love would not shut in thyself the Light of God;
For if thou wilt but search thy heart with care, another door
Thou'lt find, my child. It opens out."
"Ah, Father, dear, I thank Thee for those words;" and then with this
Royal Radiance lighting my heart, I found that other door,
(And God be blessed) I swung it wide;
And such a tide of love, and joy, and bliss, flowed to and thru
My heart to you, and you, and you, and then I understood
The wondrous, perfect Law of Love;
That hoarding is not gain, but giving makes a channel of
Thy heart. A never ending stream of love flows thru; thru you,
Blessing thee as it goes and radiates.
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8729 JoiiN WALTr:R Pomfroy, (Ensi^^Ji, George, Ehcnczer, Phifiehas,
Mcdad, Joseph, Medad, Eltivccd), h. April 22, 1886, Akron, Ohio;
Sept. m. 25, 1909, Catherine Rose McChiin, !>. Oct. 31, 1890,
Pittsburg, Pa., dan. of John McClain and wife Catherine Sullivan.
With Colonial Theatre, Akrcjn, O\\\o.
Military service in the United States Navy. Enlisted July 25, 1905,
at Akron, Ohio; went to training school at Newport, K. I., as apprentice sea-
man and coal passer; was tlien assigned to the battle-ship Alabama, flag ship
of Rcar-Admiral Charles Davis, at the Brooklyn navy yard; with 25 men from
the engineer's department of the Alabama and 25 from the Maine, went to
Norfolk, Va., to put the battle ship Virginia in commission; returned to the
Alabama, Capt. Ten-Eyck Veeder, and on Dec. 16, 1907, the great Atlantic
battle-ship fleet sailed for the Pacific Ocean, and around the world, covering
a distance of 35,000 miles in 308 days, from Hampton Roads to New York,
arriving there October, 1908. Served four years and was paid off as first-
class fireman on July 24, 1909, at Brooklyn navy yard.
8730 GEORGE LOUIS POMEROY, (Efisign, George Ebcnezer Phmehas,
Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed, b. Jan. 26, 1888, Akron, Ohio;
m. March 29, 1917, Clarabel Cramer, (her 2d marriage), dau. of
William Adams and wife Harriet Dissel. Clarabel Cramer was a
widow with one child, Wahnetia Hazel Cramer, who m. Jesse
Robert Hawkins, and had one son, b. Aug. 10, 1920. Res., Akron.
Ohio.
10th gen. Child:
9968.1 Harriet Coleen Pomerov, b. Feb. 24, 1920, Akron, Ohio.
8731 Eva Jeanette Pomerov, {Ensign, George, Ebenezcr, Phinehas,
Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 8, 1890, Akron, Ohio;
m. April 16, 1914, Harry Charles Wellman, b. March 30, 1889,
Cleveland, Ohio, son of Charles Wellman and wife Matilda Prange.
8732 ELSIE MAE POMEROY, {Ensign, George Ebenezer, Phinehas,
Medad, Jospeh, Medad, Ehweed), b. March 4, 1892, Akron, Ohio;
m. (1) Jan. 18, 1909, John Carpen, b. June 12, 1887, Canton, Ohio,
son of David Carpen and wife Eliza Berhm; m. (2) April 14, 1917,
William Franklin Hossler, son of John Hossler and wife Elizabeth
Pennoyer, b. Oct. 2, 1887, Akron, Ohio.
10th gen. Child y by 1st marriage:
9968.2 Henry Carpen, b. Aug. 8, 1910.
8733 Agnes Irene Pomeroy, {Ensign, George, Ebenezer, Phinehas,
Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 24, 1894, Akron, Ohio;
m. Feb. 15, 1919, Ray Joseph Moulin, b. Aug. 20, 1895, Alliance,
Ohio, son of Joseph Moulin and wife Anna Moulin, (a cousin).
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8734 Fred Pomeroy Welch, b. July 1, 1877, son of Frances Eva
Pomeroy, {George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad, Joseph, Medad,
Eltiveed), and John Welch, m. 1894, Viole Reifsnider, dau. of
Elias Reifsnider and wife Frances Swazy-Glass; he d. s. p. Oct. 3,
1916, Akron, Ohio.
8736 Berenice Welch, b. July 15, 1886, dau. of Frances Eva Pomeroy,
{George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed) and
John Welch; m. Sept. 26, 1910, at Akron Ohio, Joseph Rodway,
b. Oct. 27, 1884, Akron; son of John Rodway and wife Esther Harris
of Akron.
8737 NOR.^ JANETTE WELCH, b. March 3, 1889, dau. of Frances Eva
Pomeroy, {George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad, Joseph, Medad,
Eltweed), and John Welch; m. Nov. 29, 1911, John Harris. Res.,
Akron, Ohio.
10th gen. Child of Nora J. and John Harris {8737):
8738.1 Edwin Keith Harris, b. March 16, 1912, Akron, Ohio.
8739 ORRA LEE POMEROY, {Charles, George, Ebenezer, Phinehas,
Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb. 25, 1884, Akron, Ohio; m,
April 16, 1906, Jessie Bromley, dau. of Orin B. Bromley and wife
Emily Ernshaw, of Detroit, Mich. Milk business. Res., Detroit.
Mich.
10th gen. Children, h. Detroit:
9969 Orie Bromley Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1907.
9969.1 Richard Lee Pomeroy, b. Oct. 1, 1910.
9969.2 Charles St. Clair Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1912.
9969.3 Robert Albert Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1916.
8741 MkWl ADELAIDE POMEROY, {Charles, George, Ebenezer,
Phinehas, Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. July 12, 1891, Akron,
Ohio; m. Oct. 26, 1913, John Alexander Thorburn, b. Feb. 29,
1888, near Powhattan Point, Ohio, son of Abraham Hamilton
Thornburn and wife Lavina Myers.
10th gen. Child:
9969.4 Helen Gladys Thorburn, b. April 6, 1915, Akron, Ohio.
9969.5 Donald Pomeroy Thorburn, b. May 29, 1921.
8922.1 GERTRUDE ELIZABETH POMEROY, {Chauncey, Chauncey,
Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. June 1, 1878,
Hartford, Conn.; m. Oct. 1911, at Los Angeles, Calif., Hugo Robert
Krohn. Res., Los Angeles, Calif.
10th gen. Children, b. at Los Angeles, Cal.:
10001.1 Margaretha Augusta Krohn, b. May 6, 1913.
10002.2 Elizabeth Pomeroy Krohn, b. Feb. 26, 1917.
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9067.2 GF.ORGF, LEWIS P()Mi:iU)Y, UVillimu, Daniel, John, Dan,
Noah, Joseph, Medad, FMweed), 1). Aug. 14, 1877, Listowel, Ont.; m.
(1) Nov. 14, 1900, (Jracc Klizahcth Doyle, b. Jan. 28, 1879, Lcadville,
Pa., d. March 10, 1909, dau. ofThomas J. Doyle and wife Julia A.
Houston; m. (2) Kathcrine V.. Doyle, (sisterof his 1st wife) Aup. 27,
1913, dau. of Tlionias J. Doyle and wife Julia .\. Houston. Lawyer.
He left home in Ontario when 14; entered the I'nited States July
1, 1892; admitted to New York State bar Oct., 1898. He was
director in the Hank of Hamburgh, X. Y.; Hamburgh Canning
Co.; Hamburgh Mortgage and Securities Corporation; Frontier
Abstract Co., of Buffalo; Hyde Park Land Co.; Chairman of Ham-
burgh Red Cross the two war years, 1917-18; chairman of Legal
Advisory Committee for Draft Board; Secretary of Liberty Bonds
sales committee; has been president of the Hamburgh Free Library;
member of Hamburgh Business Men's Club. Res., 36 Linwood
Ave., Llamburg, Erie Co., N. Y.
10th gen. Children, by 1st ivife:
10052.1 Richard Dovle Pomeroy, b. Sept. 16, 1905, Hamburg, N. Y.
10052.2 Katherine Louise Pomerov, b. Jan. 16, 1907, Hamburg, N. Y.
9158.1 WILLL'\M JESSE POMEROY, {Alvin, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 19, 1865, Waverly, Iowa; m. Sept.
24, 1884, in Sheldon, Vt., Julia Elizabeth Hurlburt, b. Dec. 14, 1865,
dau. of Deacon Samuel Marsby Hurlburt, (Chauncey), and wife
Sophronia Almira Wright; d. April 30, 1897, St. Albans. He was
killed in a railroad accident in Winsted, Conn., Nov. 21, 1906.
10th gen. Children:
Bertha Agnes Pomerov, b. May 3, 1885. +
Bessie Sophronia Pomerov, b. July 13, 1886. +
Harlow Cleveland Pomerov, b. NLarch 18, 1888, Franklin, A't.;
accidentally shot by a school-mate Nov. 26, 1906, while a student at
Brigham x'\cademy, Bakersfield, Vt.
Hazel Alain Pomerov, b. April 27, 1890. +
Chauncev Hurlburt Pomerov, b. March 6, 1894, St. Albans, \'t.;
adopted by Rev. Wiley and wife Gertrude Hurlburt, and
name changed to Samuel Hurlburt Wiley. Res., Bowling Green,
Ohio.
9158.2 ANNA MAY POMEROY, {Alvin, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 1, 1867, Waverly, Iowa; m. Dec.
8, 1892, Joseph P. Bowman, b. Dec. 1869, at Marietta, Pa.; she d.
Sept. 16, 1916.
10 th gen. Child en:
10078.6 Amos Bowman, b. July 7, 1894.
10078.1
10078.2
10078.3
10078.4
10078.5
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10078.7 Miriam Bowman, b. Oct. 29, 1896.
9158.3 EMMA CLAIL^ POMEROY, {JIvin, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 30, 1869, Waverly, Iowa; m.
April 14, 1896, Henry Lincoln Musser, b. May 3, 1869, Marietta,
Pa.; seed merchant at Los Angeles, Calif.
10th gen. Child:
10078.8 Mary Musser, b. March 13, 1899, Los Angeles, Calif.
9158.5 MARTHA PAULINE POMEROY, {Alvin, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. July 11, 1885; m. Nov. 3, 1909,
in Empire, Canal Zone, Panama, Samuel Bardleson, son of Robert
and Margaret Bardleson.
10th gen. Children:
10078.9 Margaret Anne Bardleson, b. Aug. 26, 1910, Chicago, 111.
10078.10 Robert Pomeroy Bardleson, b. Feb. 28, 1912, Empire, Canal
Zone, Panama.
10078.11 Samuel Bardleson, Jr., b. Nov. 26, 1913, Ancon, Canal Zone,
Panama.
9159 CARL STONE POMEROY, {John, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 31, 1882, Franklin, Vt.; gr. Uni-
versity of Vermont, 1904, Ph. B.; granted degree of B. S. by the
University of Vermont, 1906; engaged in horticultural and pomo-
logical investigation in the bureau of plant industry. United States
Department of Agriculture, since 1906; located at Riverside, Calif.
Married Nov. 15, 1911, Elsie Elizabeth Lower, dau. of C. B. Lower
and wife Florence Hinton. Res., Riverside, Calif., 1917.
10th gen. Child:
10078.12 Florence Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. May 22, 1915, Riverside, Calif.
9160 JOHN CLARENCE POMEROY, {John, Jesse, Enoch, Elijah,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed^, b. June 14, 1885, Franklin, Vt.;
gr. University of Vermont, 1910; m. June 14, 1910, Roxy Delia
Dawney, b. Oct. 2, 1890, Montgomery, Vt., dau. of Frank Herbert
Dawney and wife Delia Bombard. Res., Enosburg Falls, Vt.
10th gen. Children:
10078.13 Mary Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1912, Franklin, Vt.
10078.14 Pauline Julia Pomeroy, b. June 30, 1915, Enosburg Falls, Vt.
9209.1 GILBERT STRATTON POMEROY, {Asaph, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. July 1, 1861; m. Dec. 26, 1883,
Bertha Clark, dau. of Albert and Rosamond Davis Clark of Leoni-
das, Mich. Res., Mishawaka, Ind.
10th gen. Child:
10085.1 Hazel May Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1887.
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9209.2 DORA rOMl'.ROY, (Jsap/i, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltioeecl), h. Oct. 20, 1863; ni. Dec. 7, 1887, Ira Jerome
Stephens, son of Jerome and Margaret M. Stephens, of Mendon,
Mich. Res., Mendon, Mich.
lU(h ;^eu. Children:
10085.2 Mildred Irene Stephens, b. Oct. 15, 1888; m. July 3, 191 1, Noyes
Trimian Percy. Res., Kahimazoo, Mich. +
10085.3 DoRoniv Stephens, b. May 8, 1900.
Uth gefi. Chihlreu of Mildred I. and Noyes T. Percy, {10085.2)
10085.4 Richard Noyes Percy, b. April 8, 1912.
10085.5 Rex Stephens Percy, b. Sept. 2, 1915.
10055.6 Janice Percy, b. June 17, 1921.
9209.3 CORA POMEROY, {Asaph, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1863; m. Dec. 7, 1887, Jerry Rensslaer
Woodward. Res., Mishawaka, Ind.
10085.7 Grace Aroline Woodward, b. April 2, 1889; m. June 12, 1912,
Robert Edward Zimmerman. Res., Hallwood Farm, Constantine,
Mich. +
10085.8 May Belle Woodward, b. Oct. 4, 1890; m. July 2, 1913, William
Arthur Grove. Res., Riverside, 111. +
10085.9 Madeline Maria Woodward, b. April 25, 1895; m. Aug. 2, 1913,
Harold Peck Gould. Res., Riverside, 111. +
10085.10 Logan Pomeroy Woodward, b. July 6, 1897; m. Oct. 17, 192 1,
Ethelwyn Morgan. Res., Mishawaka, Ind.
///// ge7i. Children of Grace A. and Robert Zimmerman, {10085.7):
10085.12 Robert Edward Zimmerman, b. July 13, 1914.
10085.13 Donald Zi.mmerman, b. Nov. 25, 1918.
Children of May Belle and William A. Grove, {100S5.S):
10085.14 Woodward" Arthur Grove, b. July 18, 1914.
10085.15 William Henry Grove, b. July 29, 1918.
10085.16 Cynthia Grove, b. June 6, 1920.
Children of Madeline M. ayid Harold P. Gould, {10085.9):
10085.17 Janet Gould, b. June 24, 1914.
10085.18 John Woodward Gould, b. Oct. 8, 1918.
10085.19 Charles Gould, b. Dec. 25, 1920.
9209.10 CLARA POMEROY, {Lyynan, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltwecd), b. Oct. 9, 1870; m. March 2, 1888, George Augustus
Griffin, at Albany, Oregon.
10th gen. Children:
10085.20 Vera Crystal Griffin, b. March 14, 1891; m. William F. Sturgis
of Sandix, Oregon.
10085.21 Ivan Earl Griffin, b. June 6, 1892.
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9209.11 EMMA POMEROY, (Lyman, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Elfu^eed), b. April 3, 1872; m. Dec. 13, 1891, Thomas Small.
10th gen. Children:
10085.21 Lyman James Smail, b. Jan. 2, 1893.
10085.22 Dorothy Smail, b. Aug. 11, 1895.
10085.23 NixA E. Smail, b. Aug. 20, 1898.
10085.24 Emma Anene Smail, b. July 24, 1901.
10085.25 Thomas Eugene Smail, b. Dec, 19, 1907.
9209.14 ROBERTA FLORENCE POMEROY, {Lyynan, Caleb, Caleb,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug. 19, 1878; m. Nov. 14, 1899,
John Marshall Miller.
10th gen. Children:
10085.26 Percy Miller, b. Sept. 11, 1907.
10085.27 Pearl Miller, b. Feb. 19, 1909.
10085.28 George Miller, b. May 6, 1912.
Two sons born, who died in infancy.
9209.16 MYRTLE LORAIN POMEROY, {Lyman, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 9, 1884; m. Aug. 26, 1903,
George Newton Crabtree.
10th gen. Children:
10085.29 Clarice Lorain Crabtree, b. July 6, 1906; d. Oct. 4, 1908.
10085.30 La Verne Ware Crabtree, b. Aug. 24, 1909.
10085.31 Vermita Crabtree, b. April 30, 1912; d. in infancy.
9209.17 LULU MAY POMEROY, {Lyman, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 30, 1886; m. (1) Nov. 10, 1903,
Harry C. Baird; m. (2) Terrill Franklin Pope.
10th gen. Child by 1st marriage:
10085.32 Lile Eugene Baird, b. Oct. 19, 1904.
9228.2 REUBEN NEWTON POMEROY, {Royal, Franklin, Daniel,
Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 18, 1878; m. Feb.
14, 1906, Florence M. Griggs, b. Jan. 7, 1879, dau. of E. A. Griggs
and wife Martha Hoel.
10th gen. Child:
10085.33 Ruth Cleone Pomeroy, b. Feb. 2, 1910.
9238.1 EVA MINETTA POMEROY, {Everett, Otis, Titus, Gad, Noah,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 8, 1861, Anderson, Ind.; m. Sept.
5, 1879, Guy Irvin Watt, b. Sept. 5, 1852, Three Rivers, Mich.; d.
March 17, 1905, son of David Alexander Watt and wife Alice
Matilda Wyncoop; she d. Oct. 9, 1909. Res., Independence, Kans.
10th gen. Children b. Burlington, Kas., except Harold:
10085.34 Alice Elois Watt, b. April 6, 1881; m. April 16, 1902, Dr. Chester
Wilmot DeMott; she d. July 2, 1902, Independence, Kas.
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10085.35 Arthur Eugene Watt, b. Feb. 13, 1883; d. April 19, 1901.
10085.36 Nellie Elizabeth Watt, b. Nov. 4, 1884; m. Oct. 5, 1909, Francis
Daniel Boviard of Independence, Kas.; s. p.
10085.37 Edna Florence Watt, b. Feb. 27, 1887; m. Oct. 11, 1905, William
Earl Weiblc. Res., Nowata, Okla. +
10085.38 Guy Irvin Watt, b. I-'eb. 20, 1889; m. Dec. 25, 1907, at Kansas City,
Mo., Emma Lesear; s. p. Res., Alamagorda, N. M.
10085.39 ERNESTCHESTERWArT,b.April5, 1891 ;d. Feb., 1895, Burlington, Kas.
10085.40 David Alexander Watt, b. Sept. 5, 1893; d. Feb., 1895.
10085.41 Everett Pomerov Watt, b. Aug. 13, 1895.
10085.42 Harold Clyde Watt, b. July 4, 1900.
///// gen. Chihhen of Edna F. and JVilliam M. Weible {10085.5):
10085.43 Doris Louise Weible, b. Aug. 11, 1906, Nowata, Okla.
10085.44 William Earl W'Eible, Jr., b. May 1, 1908.
9326 FRED TILLINGHAST POMEROY, {/llson, Alanson, Ebenezer,
Ebenezer, Ebenezer^ Eldad, Caleb, Eltiveed), b. Sept. 8, 1861, Strongs-
ville, Ohio, son of Alson H. Pomeroy and wife Ellen Tillinghast; m.
Dec. 31, 1884, Mary A. Whitbeck. Res., Berea, Ohio.
10th gen. Child:
10092.1 Howard Pomeroy, b.; military service in war with Germany.
9373 Mary Rebecca Pomeroy, {Marcus, Hunt, Hosea, Ebenezer, Eben-
ezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. 26, 1860; m. April 9, 1890,
Frederick Eugene Ware; s. p.; she d. April 24, 1920, in Chicago on
the way to California. She had been very active in D. A. R.
societies. Res., Clinton, Iowa.
9377 IDALIA DOUGLAS POMEROY, {Marcus, Hunt, Hosea, Ebenezer,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 10, 1887, New York
City; m. April 15, 1912, Ithaca, N. Y., by Rev. H. Horton, James
Hathaway Smith, b. April 18, 1887, at Port Allegheny, Pa., son
of George Edwin Smith and wife Cornelia Jane White, both b.
North Collins, Erie County, N. Y. Res., Emporium, Pa.
10th gen. Children, b. at Emporium, Pa.:
10098.1 Markella Jane Smith, b. July 25, 1914.
10098.2 James Mark Smith, b. Nov. 17, 1916.
10098.3 Edna Idalia Smith, b. Nov. 13, 1918.
9398 FLETCHER EPHRAIM POMEROY, {Emerson, Timothy, Tim-
othy, Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 9, 1880,
Colony, Kas.; converted in his 20th year, and united with the Free
Methodist Church at Emporium, Kas.; m. Oct. 20, 1905, Beula
Eakins, b. May 9, 1880; moved to Bartlesville, Okla., in the fall of
1905, where he established himself in blacksmithing and general
repair business. Res., Bartlesville.
Part iE\}tn - ^nm^rng litBtorg anb ^^Ufalngt!
13H
lOt/i gen. Children:
10116 Ella Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1906.
10117 Lena Pomeroy, b. Sept. 6, 1908.
10117.1 LoREN Emerson Pomeroy, b. Dec. 25, 1911, Bartlesville, Okla.
10117.2 Joseph Fletcher Pomeroy, b.; d. April 19, 1918, Bartlesville.
10117.3 Floyd Ephraim Pomeroy, b. June 6, 1919, Bartlesville.
9400 WILBUR ST. JOHN POMEROY, {Emerson, Timothy, Timothy,
Ti?nothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed),h. Oct. 31, 1884, Colony,
Kas.; grad. from the Kansas State Normal School, with degree of
A. B., in 1911; m. July 31, 1912, Nellie C. Robinson, dau.^of Mr.
Robinson and wife Eliza Hawkins. Mechanic. Res., Bartlesville,
Okla.
10th gen. Children:
10117.4 Wilbur Pomeroy, b. Nov. 15, 1915, Allen, Kas.
10117.5 Nellie Madeline Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1920, Bartlesville, Okla.
9401 CHARLES FRANKLIN POMEROY, {Emerson, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ehenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. x^pril, 1890, Colony,
Kas.; m. September, 1916, Ada Owen dau of Mr. Owen. Bank
clerk. Res. Topeka, Kansas.
10th gen. Children:
10117.6 Emerson Pomeroy, b. June 28, 1917.
10117.7 Frances Pomeroy, b. May, 1919.
9403 CHARLES HOUSTED POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed) ^ b. Aug. 27, 1868; m.
Sept. 1, 1887, Margaret Miller.
10th gen. Children:
10120.1 Beulah Mary Pomeroy, b. Sept. 11, 1888. +
10120.2 Ruth Helen Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1890. +
10120.3 Sarah Naomi Pomeroy, b. July 25, 1891.
10120.4 Margaret Esther Pomeroy, b. Sept. 26, 1893; m. Nov. 4, 1914,
Dee Harris Flanders.
10120.5 Charles Housted Pomeroy, Jr., b. April 29, 1896.
10120.6 Hope Pomeroy, b. Sept. 25, 1900.
10120.7 Faith Pomeroy, b. July 16, 1908.
9404 EDWARD FLETCHER POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Tiynothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 29, 1871; m. May
8, 1895, Adele Reynolds Hubbard.
10th gen. Children:
10120.8 Hugh Reynolds Pomeroy, b. May 29, 1899.
10120.9 Harold Edward Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1902.
10120.10 Richard Durant Pomeroy, b. Dec. 22, 1904.
10120.11 Doris Adele Pomeroy, b. Sept. 11, 1909.
130
Jlnmrnni Drurlnpinrutii in Amrrira
9405 CLARK EMERSON POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, F.benczer, FJdad, (lah-h, Flticce/f), b. April 25, 1875; m.
May 29, 1901, Estellc L. Marvin. (Sec History and (ienealogy of
the Pomcroy P'aiiiily (No. 9405.)
10th ^cn. Chililroi:
10121 Helen Marvin Pomeroy, b. March 14, 1902.
10122 Fletcher Marvin Pomeroy, b. July 18, 1905.
10122.1 Clarke Marvin Pomeroy, b. Sept. 16, 1909.
10122.2 Marvin Pomeroy, b. Nov. 10, 1914.
9407 FLETCHER WILSON POMi'.ROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Fbenezer, FJdad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Sept. 26, 1886; m.
Nov 24, 1908, Cora L. Meyers.
10th gen. Children:
10122.3 NLvRY Austeen Pomeroy, b. Aug. 19, 1909.
10122.4 Elizabeth Meyers Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1911.
10122.5 Margaret Jane Pomeroy, b. March 4, 1913.
10122.6 Anna Louise Pomeroy, b. March 4, 1913.
10122.7 Orvil Fletcher Pomeroy, b. Nov. 11, 1915.
9418.2 CLARENCE HIBBARD POMEROY, {Sylvester, Flavins, Richard,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Oct. 9, 1886; m. June
28, 1913, Myrtle Paasch of Ludington, Mich.
10th gen. Child:
10122.8 Robert Paasch Pomeroy, b. July 15, 1916.
9418.3 WALTER CLARK POMEROY, {Sylvester, Flavins, Richard,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 9, 1886; m. Aug.
4, 1913, Ruby Whaley of Ann Arbor, Mich.
10th gen. Child:
10122.9 Richard Whaley Pomeroy, b. June 25, 1914.
9450 ELZA ALONZO POMEROY, {Amos, Alonzo, ^uartus, Titus,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 5, 1871, PrarieRond, Mich.;
m. Nov. 23, 1898, Mary Jane Hutton, dau. of James Hutton.
Farmer. Res., Prarie Rond, Mich.
10th gen. Children:
10140 Rex Kenneth Pomeroy, b. Oct. 21, 1902.
10141 Noel Elwood Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1908.
10141.1 Norman Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1916.
9650 MABEL POMEROY, {Daniel, Norman, Daniel, John, John, Noah,
Joseph,Eltweed), b. Aug. 21 1880, Lockport, N. Y.; m. Jan. 4, 1903,
John R. Koch, b. June 23, 1868, son of Henry Koch, and wife Mary
Schmidt.
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lOth gen. Children:
10176.1 John Lloyd Koch, b. March IS, 1904.
10176.2 Amelia Lillian Koch, b. Nov. 28, 1905.
9653 RACHEL LORRAINE POMEROY, {Daniel, Norman, Daniel,
John, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 8, 1898, Lockport,
N. Y.; m. Sept. 3, 1917, James K. Rothwell, Jr., b. July 29, 1887,
son of James K. Rothwell and wife Ida Florence Welsh; military
service in war with Germany with aero squadron at San Antonio,
Texas.
9663 PERCY WARDELL POMEROY, {Wardell, Norton, Jabez, John,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. April 19, 1886, Pavilion, Mich.; m.
Oct. 24, 1906, Adelia Baxter.
10th gen. Children, b. Kalamazoo, Mich.:
10177 Vivian Eu Dora Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1909.
10177.1 Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, b. Dec. 6, 1914.
9728 MABEL ACOLIA POMEROY, {Talma, Francis, Martin, Jude,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Sept. 3, 1888; m. George Henry
Todt.
10th gen. Child:
10179.1 George Henry Todt.
9882.16 GRACE LAVINA POMEROY, {Amasa, George, Pliny, Pliny,
Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. July 3, 1873; m. Dec. 24,
1896, Ally Lee Humberstone, b. April 27, 1869. Res., Industry, 111.
11th gen. Children:
10190.1 Lee Judson Humberstone, b. July 25, 1898.
10190.2 Mildred Catherine Humberstone, b. June 7, 1900.
10190.3 Marcia Pearl Humberstone, b. Sept. 23, 1908.
10190.4 Nellie Grace Humberstone, b. Sept. 30, 1909.
9882.18 GEORGE ALBERT POMEROY, {A^riasa, George, Pliny, Pliny,
Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 24, 1877; m.
Nov. 29, 1911, Myra Eleanor W^arren, b. Oct. 8, 1878. Res.,
Abingdon, 111.
Uth gen. Child:
10190.5 Helen Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 13, 1912.
9882.19 EARL RALPH POMEROY, {Amasa, George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Nov. 19, 1878, Orion, Henry
Co, 111.; m. March 28, 1906, Lilly Anna Poole, b. May 31, 1883,
Forest River, N. Dak. Res., Grand Forks, N. Dak.
11th gen. Children:
10190.6 John Robert Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1907, Grand Forks, N. D.
10190.7 George Warren Pomeroy, b. Oct. 6, 1908, Forest River, N. D.;
d. Sept. 2, 1909.
141 Jfomrrnu Dmrlnpntrnts in Anirrira
10190.8 Arthur Fifi.d Pomf.rov, h. Aug. 7, 1910, Forest River, N. D.
9882.22 KOSI-: ALICE POMKROY, (Emery, Gcorire, Pliny, P/iny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ehenczer, Mcdad, Eltweetf), 1). March 4, 1893, (Jrecnsprings,
Nev.; m. Mr. Hurke.
///// gen. Child:
10190.9 Wii.i.iAM Emery Burke, b. Jan. 9, 1914, Manhattan, Nov.
9882.26 NELLIE BELLE POMEROY, {Charles, George, Pltny, Pliny,
Pliny, Da)iiel, Ebenezer, Medad, EJtwecd), h. ar (iilby, N. I).; m,
March 7, 1909, at Oakland, Cal., James Gordon Nusbaum. Res.,
Perris, Cal.
llth gen. Children:
10190.10 Charles Gordon Nusbaum, b. May 5, 1910; d. Oct. 8, 1910.
10190.11 Herbert Ralph Nusbaum, b. July 10, 1913, Perris, Cal.
9882.39 MABLE MARION POMEROY, {Thomas, Charles, Pliny, Pliny,
Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. May 27, 1887, Allegan
Co., Mich.; m. July 22, 1907, at Buffalo, N. Y., Dr. Arthur Orlando
Miller, b. 1873, Edinboro, Pa., son of Alphonzo Miller and wife
Mary Lay. Res., Freeport, Mich.
llth gen. Children:
10190.12 Gordon Pomeroy Miller, b. Dec 17, 1909, Freeport, Mich.
10190.13 Darwin Kingsley Miller, b. May 11, 1911, Freeport, Mich.
9978 HARRY RALPH POMEROY, {Orrin, Ralph, Thaddeus, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. July 12, 1883;
m. June 21, 1911, Addie Mitchell.
llth gen. Children:
10193.5 Marion Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Oct 3, 1912.
10193.6 Harold Russell Pomeroy, b. Dec. 1, 1914.
10193.7 Chester Mitchell Pomeroy, b. Aug. 26, 1916.
10078.1 BERTHA AGNES POMEROY, {IVilliam, Akin, Jesse, Enoch,
Elijah, Caleb, Satnuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May 3, 1885; m. March 7,
1906, Burlington, Vt., Albert F. Fairbanks, b. Aug. 1, 1885, Sheldon,
Vt., son of Albert Abel Fairbanks and wife Eizabeth Morey.
llth gen. Children:
10233.1 Hazel Elizabeth Fairbanks, b. Nov. 4, 1906.
10233.2 Donald Pomeroy Fairbanks, b. June 2, 1912.
10233.3 Alvin Frederick Fairbanks, b. Aug. 9 1914.
10233.4 Helen Kathleen Fairbanks, b. May 29, 1916.
10078.2 BESSIE SOPHRONIA POMEROY, [jVilliam, Alvin, Jesse, Enoch,
Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), h. July 13, 1886; m. (1) Dec.
24, 1903, at Fairfield, Vt., Henry Loren Morey, b. Jan. 21, 1884,
Fairfield, Vt., son of Samuel B. Morey and wife Eunice Perry; m.
(2) Jan. 1, 1910, at Hertford, Conn., Charles Palmer b. April 15,
Part SI^rFF - ^nmrrn^ Btstorij ^nh (Bmmlvgvi
HZ
1884, St. z^lbans, Vt., son of Hamilton John Palmer and wife Helen
Davis. Res., Detroit, Mich.
llih gef7. Child hy 1st marriage.
10233.5 Eleanor Eunice Morey, b. Nov. 5, 1905.
Children by 2d. marriage.
10233.6 Charles Hamilton Palmer, b. Jan. 5, 1911.
10233.7 John Harlow Palmer, b. July 30, 1913.
10078.4 HAZEL ALAINE POMEROY, {William, Akin, Jesse, Enoch,
Eljah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 27, 1890; adopted
by a family named Tuller and name changed; m. in St. Albans, Vt.,
Frank B. Shultus, b. July 11, 1889, St. Albans, son of Sidney Worth-
ington Shultus and wife Fannie Bascom.b.
1 1 th gen . Ch ildren :
10233.8 Sidney Tuller Shultus, b. July 29, 1911.
10233.9 Dorothy Bertine Shultus, b. March 18, 1913.
10120.1 BEULA MARY POMEROY, (Charles, Fletcher, Ti?nothy, Timothy,
Tif?iothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Sept. 11, 1888; m.
Sept. 11, 1906, Orville Ray Boyd.
11th gen. Children:
10233.10 Helen Hale Boyd, b. May 2, 1907.
10233.1 1 Chauncy Ray Boyd, b. June 25, 1908.
10233.12 Charles Russell Boyd, b. June 30, 1910.
10120.2 RUTH HELEN POMEROY, (Charles, Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 11, 1890; m.
Oct. 21, 1909, Samuel Frederic Due.
11th gen. Children:
10233.13 Frederick Wesley Due, b. Aug. 23, 1910.
10233.14 Charles Wayne Due, b. July 18, 1912; d. 1916.
10137 CLAYRE POMEROY, (Elmer, Amos, Alonzo, ^uarttis, Titus,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 11, 1894, Prairie Rond,
Mich.; m Miss Vandixhorn,
11th gen. Child:
10240.1 Virginia Pearl Pomeroy, b. March 15, 1917.
143 Pnmrrmf UrurlopmrutH in Amcrtra
^Errata in J!arl« (Our an^ (Inm
Corrections for jia^c 117: I.inc 7 slioukl rc.nl; " Ihcsc records are
all contained in ilic transcrijits of the licaminstcr Parish Kcgister, sent
annually to the Dean of Sariini."
Page 117, line 15 should read: "Uroadwindsor is a parish and the
village is three miles from the town of licaminster. It forms no part of
the hamlet."
Page 117, line 10 should read: "This transcript at Bcaminster had
been hound (not printed), and was well preserved."
Page 117, line 21, should read: "The Otter river and the town of
Iloniton are both about 21 mi'es from Rcamisfer."
Plate facing page 118: "Maiden Castle, Dorchester, is not a "ruin"
but one of the largest and probably the most perfect "British" earth-
works in I*".nglatu!, built before the Roman period, though it was doubt-
less developeil before 450 and 1066.
No. 77: Thankful Hurbank, wife of Joseph Pomerov, {Josephy Medady F'llliceed)^
and dau. of Kbene/er Burbank, b. Sept. 3, 1704; m. July 10, 1727; d. 1796;
Joseph Pomerov d. Sept. 25, 1787.
No. 177: Lois Phelps, wife of Joshua Pomerov, (Surnue/, Caleb, Eltweed), dau, of
William Phelps and wife Thankful Kdwards; b. 1725; d. March 14, 1795,
(not Apri. 21, 1779); Joshua Pomeroy d. April 21, 1779.
Justus Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, and
Princess Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, children of Joshua Pomeroy,
{Samufl, C.aUby F.llivefd), and wife I ois Phelps, were not twins, although
the record of their baptism is of the same date; Justus was born some
months before he was baptised.
William Pomeroy, {Shammah, Josiah, Ebenrzer Medad, El/weed), b.
June 6, 1776, (not d. June 6, 1776).
Read, Rebecca, dau. of Nathaniel and Rebecca Strong, b. Dec. 7, 1711,
(not Dec. 7, 1731).
Read, Thankful Pomeroy, dau. of Major Ebenezer Pomeroy and Sarah
King, m. Gad Lyman, b. Feb. 13, 1713, (not 1813).
Mercy Searle, m. Ichabod Howe in 1780, (not 1800).
Lois Phelps, wife of Joshua Pomerov, d. IVIarch 14, 1795, (not April 21,
1779).
Sarai Law, wife of Rev. Seth Pomeroy, (Se.'/i, Ehenezer, Medad, FJt-
weed), was dau. of Gov. Jonathan Law of Connecticut, (not of Nlassa-
chusetts.
Clarissa Lvman, dau. of Lucretia Kin':rslev and Levi Lvman, b. June
10, 1794; m. Oct. 30, 1821, William Richards.
Elizabeth Lyman, b. Aug. ^\ 179'^, dau. of Lucretia Kingsley and Levi
Lyman; m. George A. Clark of Northampton.
Mary Pomerov, dau. of Benjamin and Esther Clark Pomerov, b. Sept. 4,
1787, (not 1887).
Anna Marshall Dickenson, b. 1854, dau. of George P. and Mary Dicken-
son; m. Franklin F.dwards in 1880, (not 1830).
Alfred Pynchon Lvman, b. March 31, 1841, son of Roland and wife Mary
Howland; m. May 4, 1867, Ida M. Nicholas; d. in 1875, (not 1865).
Elijah Pomerov, son of Simeon and Theda Minor Pomerov, b. June 11,
1786, (not 1886).
Chloe Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1775, dau. of Capt. Nathaniel and .Abigail
King Pomeroy; m. Dec. 31, 1789, Thaddeus Spencer; (omit death date of
Thaddeus Spencer; he d. s. p. soon after marriage).
Anna Pomeroy, b. July 18, 1794, dau. of Capt. Epaphras and Mercy
Allen Pomeroy, m. Daniel King in May, 1818, (not 1718).
Elizabeth Weld, b.; dau. of Mary Pomeroy and Charles Winthrop Weld,
m. Charles H. Pomeroy, son of Joel Pomerov and Dollv Miller, (not son
of Mary Hale).
James Warriner Porter, b. Aug. 24, 1796, son of Eunice Grant Pomeroy
and Dr. Ezekiel Porter; m. (1) Mary Miller, April 22, 1831, (not 1851).
Sarah Jane Tavlor, who m. Daniel Crocker Pomeroy Nov., 1862, d. Aug
26, 1885, (not 1895). ^
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58:
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72:
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513:
177:
Page 207, No.
354:
Page 223, No.
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Page 223, No.
1236:
Page 307, No.
955:
Page 317, No.
2851:
Page 324, No.
2965:
Page 343, No.
3304:
Page 358, No.
1591:
Page 362, No.
3621:
Page 386, No.
3969:
Page 407, No.
4357:
Page 418, No.
4557:
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Page 427, No. 2350: Mary Pomeroy, b. Aug. 25, 1813; m. Jonas A. Bartlett; she d. 1845, (not
1835).
Page 443, No. 2648: William Henrv Pomeroy, b. 1803; m. 1828, Sybilla Luckis of Boston; he
d. 1856, (not i836)._
Page 462, No. 5324-5 :Abby Samantha Briggs and Anna Williams Briggs, (not Bbiggs).
Page 260, No. 530: Justus Pomeroy: 10th line: Silence Brown was descended from
Hannah Janes and Daniel Alexander, both of whose mothers (not both
of whom) suffered all but death in the Pascommuck massacre.
Page 302, No. 2603: Susan Louisa Waters, wife of Truman M. Watson, d. March 1, 1860, at
Shelburn Falls, Mass., (not Mich.)
Page 302, No. 2600: Olive Almira Waters m. (1) Levi C. Smith, Oct. 17, 1853, (not 1803).
Page 316, No. 2833: Charles Evelyn Smith, son of Maria McGregor Campbell (2827) and
Charles Henrv Smith, Surgeon United States Armv), b. Aug. 9, 1862; m.
Feb. 3, 1887,' Stella Hagin; m. (2) June 1, 1901, Mrs. Sue Drayton
Skipwith (not Ship with), dau. of John H._ Brawley (not Bromley) and
wife Emma Drayton Baker, b. 1857. Commercial broker. Res., Rich-
mond, Va.
Page 534, No. 6410: Francis Horatio Nelson (not Sheldon), b. June 9, 1863, son of Cornelia E.
Pomeroy, (Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), d. March 25,
1866, Suffield, Conn.
Page 544, No. 3762: Jesse Pomerov, {Enoch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Julv 2,
1804, at Franklin, Vt.; m. Feb. 18, 1829, at Sheldon, Vt., Martha Manley
(not Martha Hinsdale), dau. of Allen Manley and wife Abigail Hinsdale,
b. Dec. 25, d. Feb. 6, 1869; he d. Aug. 3, 1875, on the ancestral farm at
Franklin; death was caused by a broken neck in a fall from a hay wagon.
Page 583, No. 4074: Hunt Pomeroy, {Rosea, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. 1802, Onondaga, N. Y.; m. (3) Widow Tupper (not Tappan).
Page 648, No. 8136: Charles Pomeroy Pitts, son of Emily Brooks Pomeroy, (Calvin, Enos,
Stephens, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 7, 1862; m.
Dec. 15, 1892, Anna Foster Nevens, b. Toledo, Ohio. Emily Pomeroy
Pitts, his sister, says he m. Emma Peelman, b. Sept. 15, 1855, Vevay, Ind.
Page 673, No. 8482: Charles Pomeroy Sherman, son of Mary Pomeroy, {Daniel, Daniel,
Daniel, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), and Byron Sherman, b. Dec. 6,
1847, Brooklyn, N. Y.; m. April 9, 1891, Laura (not Lama) Middleton
Alexander.
No. 8726: Robert Everett Pomeroy, (Albert, Georze, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Dec. 26, 1874, Cleveland, Ohio; d. July 24,
1875, (not July 24, 1874), Cleveland, Ohio.
No. 7219: Jennie M. Pomeroy, (Flavins, Richard, Timothy, Ebenez-er, Eldad, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. May 19, 1853; m. Oct. 15, 1879, at South Butler, N. Y.,
Henry Kellogg (not "Henry Billings") as printed on page 586 of Part
Two, History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. Henry Kellogg
was b. July 20, 1847.
No. 8535: Helen Katharine Pomeroy, {Thomas, Thomas, William, Daniel, Ebenezer,
Medad, Eltweed), b. March 3, 1887, Westfield, Mass.; m. Sept. 1, 1908,
James Frederick Hawarth, not Howarth. Their son, (9896) Karl Fred-
erick Hawarth, not Howarth, was b. June 19, 1909. (See page 783
History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, Part Two.)
Sarig 5?omrroy MillH at (Enurt I^ouhp — NortI|amptn«
anh IGpttox, iMaaa.
1692 Caleb 1793 Joel, gdn 1736 John
1737 John, gdn. 1760 John, will 1770 Joseph
1713 Joseph 1780 Joshua 1792 Moses
1770 Niece 1737 Oliver 1779 Pliny
1794 Roswell 1789 Josiah 1771 Justus, gdn.
1780 Justus, gdn. 1770 Keziah, gdn. 1742 Manasseh
1716 Medad 1748 Samuel 1760 Samuel
1786 Samuel 1793 Samuel, gdn. 1777 Seth
1737 Simeon 1778 Simeon 1767 Timothy, gdn.
1792 Timothy 1737 Titus, gdn. 1767 Titus
145
Jlmnrnni Druplnpmrnts in Amrrtra
1766 William
1799 William
1768 Enos, gdn.
1794 F.sthcr
1737 Eunice
1767 Dorcas
1754 Kbcnezcr
1774 l.benczer
1766 I'^bcnczcr
1790 I'.ldad
17a) I'.ldad
1768 Eleanor
1768 Klccta
1794 I'.iijah
1793 Elijah
1768 Elisha
1732 Elisha, Rdn.
1762 Elisha
1780 Gideon, gdn.
1780 Grace
1793 Hannah
1782 Ilcman
1770 Abif^ail
1770 Amasa
1783 Caleb
1755 Daniel
1838 James
1845 Joel
1845 Joshua
1803 Quartus
1802 Richard
1S20 Lemuel
1846 Luther
1815 Mary Anne
1801 Medad
1803 Simeon
1830 Solomon
1S08 Thomas, gdn.
1880 Thomas
1831 Titus
1859 Warham
1807 William
1808 William, gdn.
1800 Elisha
1803 Elisha
1889 Eli/abcth
1831 Elizabeth, gdn.
1833 Elmina
1844 Enoch
1812 Enos
1825 Enos
1808 Daniel
1821 David
1801 Ebenezer
1840 Ebenezer
1837 Eleazer
1831 Elihu
1826 Elihu
1834 Gad
1824 Gaius
1828 Gaius
1889 Gaius
1856 Gamaliel
1851 Gideon
1837 Isaac
1815 Isaac, Jr.
1842 Jacob
1833 Alvan
1833 Asahel
1834 Benjamin
1833 Cyrena L.
1808 Daniel
Will nf lEsfkirl (griHiuolb
In the name of God. Amen. I, Ezekiel Griswold of Stockbridge, in the
County of Berkshire, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being now of
comfortable health and of sound and disposing mind, yet knowing the constant
exposure to death, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament:
Imprimis: I resign my soul to God who gave it, and my body to dust from
whence it was taken.
Item: To my son Philo Griswold I give and bequeath one-half of the
dwelling in which I live, and two acres of land on which said house stands
Also, to my son Philo, two-thirds of the barn, together
with the ground on which said barn stands, bounded, etc. Also, to my son
Philo five acres of land partly covered with woods, lying south of the ten acres
which he now owns, bounded, etc. Furthermore, I give to my son Philo a
piece of pasture land, lying east of the house, bounded, etc.
Item: To the four minor children of my son Timothy Griswold, de-
ceased, I give and bequeath from my real estate, not already bequeathed as
aforesaid, the amount of $200 in equal shares, said real estate to be selected
and set off by appraisal by my executor, hereinafter named, in such plan as
he shall judge best.
Item: I give to my son Solomon Griswold the sum of }510.
Item: I give to Ezekiel, the eldest son of my son Solomon Griswold, the
sum of 320.
Item: I give to my grand-son, Marshall Munson, the sum of $20.
Item: To my son Ezekiel Griswold, and to my four daughters, Anna
gcirt (il^m - Pnmrrog Btstnrg unh (^mminQ^ 140
Munson, Sarah Pomeroy, Charlotte Peet, and Asenath Robbins, I give and
bequeath in equal portions all the real estate belonging to me, which has not
been before named, given or bequeathed in this instrument; and it is my will
that the legacies before named to son Solomon and my grandsons Ezekiel and
Marshall, amounting in all to S50, be paid to them by my four daughters,
equally. (Signed) Ezekiel Griswold.
June 1, f825. Died 1829.
Probate, Lenox, July 7, 1829 Recorded, book 31, page 314.
A §>t\xh^ m liprfibttg — ^^om^rog QIf|arartmsttrs
It will perhaps be in better taste, better form and more acceptable as
evidence, to permit one who was not born with the distinctive name
"Pomeroy," to testify to some of the salient characteristics of those who bear
the name as a birthright, and others who have become kindred by marriage.
Dr. William \Y. Rodman, late of New Haven, Conn., has written to some
length on the subject, after an excellent opportunity for observation and
study, and published his conclusions in the A^ew Englander and Yale Review
for September, 1889. This article, in connection with the last chapters of
the Pomeroy History, will be read with deep interest at this time. He had
the good fortune to win for his wife Jerusha Pomeroy, who died in 1871.
Soon after her death he espoused her sister, Anna Grosvenor Pom.eroy, who
survived him. The two gentlewomen mentioned were daughters of Benjamin
Pomeroy, Esq., and his wife Jerusha Williams, and sisters of Rebecca Wheeler
Pomeroy, who married Henry Thorp Bulkley. Therefore, it is believed that
no writer could be better qualified to speak on the subject, especially as the
scope of his subject embraced the children born to both unions. Speaking
of Eltweed Pomeroy, the first of the race in America (1631) he writes:
We at once desire to know something of this Pomeroy progenitor ....
At an early period the family had been conspicuous in England. Ralph de
Pomeroy came into England from Normandy with W'illiam the Conqueror,
took an active part in the conquest, and was ennobled for his service. Some
of his descendants were for centuries among the titled nobility, and one such
branch still survives in Ireland. If any record has ever been compiled of the
other Pomeroy families in England, no knowledge of it has ever come to the
writer. What were the forces, the processes, the struggles, the discipline that
bridged the interval between the aristocratic British history and the hardy
Puritan emigrant — a leader on his landing at Dorchester, and transmitting
an unusual vital force for many generations — these matters are of trans-
cendent interest.
The Pomeroy character as brought to America was eminently that of the
English Puritans, with some noticeable peculiarities in degree and intensity.
It has been said of the family "they were men of liberal and independent
14r A ^tiihj in Hrrriiity
minds, dcferniinecl to preserve tlicir civil atid rcliiri(;us freedom." I-^'cn
among their Purir;in associates they were especially stable, earnest and
upright men. Ihc resulting imiividuality was unusual ami hence is the more
instructive in the study of Heredity. It must have depended on definite
moulding influences, carried on and transmitted through many generations.
F.ni]uiring as to these furces, we olTer some suggestions, as topics wrirthy of
extended research.
There are two Pomeroy peculiarities which have long been recognized.
Adding a third, the attempt will now be made to present a connected view of
them tiraw n from personal observation and the study of the family history.
The most obvious, or at least the most generally recognized Pomeroy
trait is executive ability — the power of doing things. This in the most definite
form would seem to be physical or mechanical ability. It may include the
performance of anything requiring strength, skill or dexterity. By further
extension the term becomes much more comprehensive and less definite.
Primarily it is not a logical quality. It may not include the faculty to reason
and explain the matter. It is not didactic. Neither is it imaginative. It
pertains to the concrete rather than the abstract. The typical Pomeroy does
not make a good teacher. An influence received from some other quarter,
as for instance, the blood of a Strong, a Sheldon, or a Dwight, has proved
itself, however, most efi^ective in that direction. One reason that they do not
make teachers is that they see through a process too quickly. They lose
sight of the intermediate steps, and can not explain them to another. Many
a Pomeroy woman finds it easier to do something in her kitchen than to
explain the process to her servant. She may show how a thing is done, but
she can not state the process in words.
The peculiar faculty of the Pomeroys is not the result of training and
hardly of perceptible voluntary efl^ort in the individual. Their powers are
due to an inherited capacity from ancestry more or less remote, developed
for generations under some unconscious cerebration. This is as inexplicable
as the mathematical or the memorizing powers which sometimes astonishes
the world, coming without study and exerted without apparent effort. Doubt-
less there is included a power of concentration which others can not realize.
Mr. Benjamin Pomeroy of the sixth generation was a lawyer of many years'
practice. He had the confidence of the community in his judgment, and held
important offices of trust and responsibility. But he was conscious of powers
for which his law practice gave him no scope. He had a taste for mechanical
execution, and as a pastime between his professional duties undertook the
construction of difficult public works — the more difficult the better he liked
them. The chief of the United States Topographical Engineers was a friend
of Mr. Pomeroy and repeatedly consulted him in emergencies wherein his
extraordinary capacity was made useful to the government. By him were
constructed on the Atlantic coast beacons and various structures, in circum-
stances that had baffled previous attempts.
The history of the Pomeroy family furnishes many examples of special
capacity beyond the ordinary results of education. How far back might be
found the origin of this inherited ability is beyond conjecture. Certain it is
that Eltweed Pomeroy and his immediate descendants had these charac-
teristics. They were nominally blacksmiths, but in an age before machinery
had taken the place of handicraft, this meant more than now. In the settle-
ment of new towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut the Pomeroys were
welcomed artisans. Large grants of land were awarded to them to induce
them to settle and carry on their business. They were the gunsmiths in their
several locations. In the French and Indian wars the Pomeroy guns were in
great demand. In that of the Revolution they were indispensable. Long
before the L-nited States had a national armory, the private armories of the
Pomeroys were famous. We are told that the anvil of Eltweed Pomeroy
was drawn on a hand-sled from Windsor to Northampton. That anvil is
still preserved as a treasured relic by some of his Pittsfield descendants in the
family of Lemuel Pomeroy.
It is noticeable that if the Pomeroys realized the importance of their
work they seemed to have lacked the power, or the time, to embody their
conceptions in words. Working as the first gunsmiths in the country at a
period when the wild beast and the savage made the gun a necessity, they left
no records of their thoughts and feelings. There was no historian among
them even by marriage until George Bancroft married Sarah Hopkins Dwight,
grand-daughter of Mary Pomeroy of the fifth generation. Under hard work
for successive generations there had been secured and transmitted a physical
basis — a capacity for execution. It was necessary to graft this with other
stock to obtain the variety of gifts needed in our day in the public service.
And thus in various channels the Pomeroy executive ability may furnish the
power that was originally developed in their workshops. The fact that the
descendants of Eltweed have so conspicuously maintained this power beyond
the average of their Puritan contemporaries can only be accounted for on the
the supposition that the ancestors of Eltweed for many generations had been
passing through some training whereby the power of action had been develop-
ing and the speculative powers had been comparatively dormant.
A second trait which characterizes the Pomeroys is designated its force
of character. In seeking to comprehend more definitely what this means as
applied to the family, we think it will be found to be a naturally strong will
power, and this in turn depending, presumably, on unusual firmness (or other
quality) of some part of the brain too recondite for our study. This special
force or trait of character includes unusual persistence, in whatever is to be
done. It may at times approach stubbornness. A friend of the pioneer
149 A 8>tuiig in i^rrriiUg
manufacturer of PittsficKl said of liiin: "There would at times be no living
with Mr. Lemuel Pomeroy if he were not always right." The Pomeroy may
spend years to gain a point in which principle is involved. One of them
speaking of his kinsman said: "lie will spend five dollars to circumvent a
man who wouKl cheat him out of five cents." The Pomeroy will have his
own way if possible. If he is flexible, it must be that he draws his blood
largely from a tliffcrcnt source.
This strong will power is very inspiring and sustaining under difliculties.
Of all men the Pomeroy has the courage of his convictions. For the most
part they have been leading men in the towns where they have resided, inde-
pendent in opinion, frequently on the side least popular in politics and in
other matters under discussion. They have not been dreamers, or poets, or
orators, or reporters, though under other names their blood may presumably
have given motive power in such case«.
The two traits of character thus considered may depend on a single cause
or principle — the seeing things definitely — in the concrete. They are notably
masculine traits, being more common and conspicuous in men though by no
means lacking in Pomeroy women. To what extent they are due to occupation
and how far the original selection of occupation followed an already natural
aptitude are matters quite beyond us.
In this kinship there have been many instances of men showing these
traits of character in whatever circumstances their lives were cast. Some of
them, poor boys, at an early age supporting themselves and entering upon
lines of work wherein they reached eminence and wealth, manifesting such
sterling qualities as to attain high positions of honor and trust. Examples
can be merely enumerated: Noah Pomeroy, of Meriden, Conn.; Elisha
Minor Pomeroy, of Wallingford; Charles S. Pomeroy, of Washington, D. C,
formerly member of Congress from Iowa; Samuel C. Pomeroy, formerly
United States Senator from Kansas; Theodore Medad Pomeroy, formerly
member of Congress from New York State; Major George Pomeroy, of Utica,
New York. This list might be indefinitely extended.* We quote at more
length a notice of Col. Seth Pomeroy, of Northampton, Mass. He illustrated
in an eminent degree the family traits. The circumstances of his life were
favorable for their display, and he had connections able to appreciate his
qualities and to place accounts of them on record.
"Seth Pomeroy, born in Northampton, Mass., 20 May, 1706, died in Peekskill, N. Y., Feb.,
1777, He was an ingenious and skillful mechanic and followed the trade of gunsmith. Early
in life he entereci the military service of the Colony and in 1744 he held the rank o\ Captain. \x.
the capture of Louisburg in 1745 he was a Major and had charge of more than twenty smiths who
were engaged in drilling captured cannon. In 1755 he was Lieutenant Colonel ot Ephraim
*It is hoped that the study of the family history in progress will include a large amount of
•uch material with corresponding genealogical detail.
William's regiment. On the latter's death he succeeded to the command of the force that de-
feated the French and Indians under Baron Dieskau, and his regiment was the one that suffered
most in gaining the victory of Lake George. Col. Pomeroy was an ardent patriot, and in 1774-5
served as delegate to the Provincial Congress by which he was elected a general officer in October,
1774, and Brigadier General in 1775. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he presented
himself as a volunteer in the camp of Gen. Artemas Ward, at Cambridge, Mass., from whom he
borro'.ved a horse on hearing the artillery at Bunker Hill, and taking a musket set off at full speed
for Charlestown. Reaching the Neck and finding it enfiladed by a heavy fire from the 'Glasgow'
ship of war, he began to get alarmed, not for his own safety, but for that of General Ward's horse.
Too honest to expose the borrowed steed to the 'pelting of the pitiless storm,' and too bold to
shrink, he delivered the horse to a sentry, shouldered his gun and marched on foot across the Neck,
On reaching the hill lie took a station at the rail fence in the hottest of the battle. Ke was soon
recognized by the men, and his name rang with shouts along the line. A few days later he
received the appointment of senior Brigadier General among the eight that were named by
Congress, but as this action caused some difficulty in the adjustment of rank, he declined it and
soon after retired to his farm. During 1776 wlien New Jersey was overrun by the British, he
headed a force of militia from his neighborhood and marched to the rescue of Washington. He
reached the Hudson river but never returned." — Appleton s Cyclopedia of American Biography.
The third characteristic Pomeroy trait is the capacity of sympathy. This
is not merely pity or commiseration at the distresses of others. It is not mere
kindness of heart, a sentimental or abstract emotion. It is not something
acquired by indiuidual religious experience, though it may be quickened and
directed thereby. It is a natural inheritance inwrought in the very being,
acquired by individual religious experience, though it may be quickened and
various in its manifestations and composite in its structure. It is part of the
habit of concrete thinking — the giving the mind to the reality of things. It
includes the feeling as others feel — an appreciation of the moods of others — an
intelligent apprehension of their thoughts. The apostle must have had such a
type to draw from when writing the repeated injunction, "be of the same
mind one with another."
This power of sympathy has many opposites according to circumstanes.
It is never selfish, nor suspicious, nor introspective, nor self-assertive — hardly
self-conscious. Without exaggeration and without gush it gives utterance to a
full heart in the simplicity of truth. To the recipient of its favors it is restful
beyond the power of expression. Other women may be or may not be more
beautiful or more accomplished or more brilliant, but if they lack this
native genius, this instinctive and intuitive capacity, they are not of
Pomeroy blood. When a Pomeroy woman dies there are always those to
feel they have lost their best friend.
This power of sympathy includes still more. It relates not merely to
humanity; it allies one to Nature, and what is that but God's manifestation of
his sympathy with the human heart? — universal nature, all that is lovable
and suggestive. The Pomeroy loves the dumb animal, and his love is recipro-
cated. Inanimate nature — the fields, the hills, the mountain brook, the sea —
the enumeration finds no limit. We must restrict it to grasp the idea — the
garden is an indispensable part of the home of the Pomeroy. Rightly is it that
his name — Pomme de Roi — is identified with one of God's fruits — the fruit of
the garden — one form of which holds the first place in the world's history.
151 A &tll^l^ ill lijrrriiitij
When considering the planting of the Pomeroy stock in New F.ngland, I
spoke of the resulting individuality as unusual. Surely the harmonious
blending, the intense masculine traits with the most comprehensive feminine,
warrants the statement. Mf)w it originated is one of the profound, all-com-
prchensive ciuestions, lA which we can obtain only glimpses. A few sug-
gestions of topics for study are all that can be offered.
The study of family traits is intimately connected with the hereditary
transmission of character and aptitudes, including the complicated problems
introduced by marriage. Much has been learned on the subject of Heredity.
The effect of occupations and other circumstances in moulding character is
beginning to be recognized. Operating causes must extend over several
generations in order to transmit a trait in a marked degree, and to all the
descendants.
The results of inheritance are due not to parents alone, but to remoter
ancestors, and indefinitely. If a trait, quality, or aptitude were transmitted
from a succession of ancestors, and not interfered with by the introduction of
conflicting elements it would be fixed in the race. Such, however, is seldom
the case, and the tendency is rather towards constant and endless variety. In
the elective affinity that determines the union of the sexes, the principle that
the unlike attracts, often dominates. An instance where a characteristic is
very manifest, persistent and widely diffused, is the more valuable for purposes
of study, as there can be no doubt that the causes or forces were long operative,
and that important changes were not introduced by marriage.
So far as appears, the Pomeroy characteristics and vital forces, in their
elementary forms, were fully developed when first we meet the family. The
sons of Eltweed possessed and transmitted the traits, and in 77iodified forms,
they can be traced in the lines of the daughters also. On the whole the
transmission has been remarkably complete and comprehensive, the excep-
tions being inconsiderable. An apparent exception occurred when by a
second marriage the blood of the Pomeroys was allied to that of the Strongs
Medad Pomeroy marrying a daughter of Elder John Strong. A son was born
and here a change appears. Samuel Pomeroy of the third generation differed
from his brothers and cousins. He was graduated in 1705 at Yale College,
and became a clergyman. In the ministry he was useful and honored.
Preaching, not working, was his province. While his brothers by a previous
marriage transmitted the family traits even now traceable in their descend-
ants, all that we know of Samuel is, that he was a systematic, learned, and
eminently pious man, changing his church relations from the Congregational
and becoming a Presbyterian, exerting a good influence over a prosperous
flock. Such was his sphere. But nature has her revenges. Instead of the
usual large family of sons, his children, leaving families, were daughters and
Part ®I|rpF - JPomfrng Btatnrg anb (^tntaiai^^ 152
with the disappearance of the name all perceptible trace of Pomeroy disap-
peared.
The Pomeroys have been a religious people — quiet followers of the
Apostle James. In all the branches of the family and in all the generations
many of them have been deacons, grave and exemplary men, capable and
kind hearted. The sensational and strongly demonstrative forms of religious
doctrine and experience have been less common than with some other Puritan
families. In the ministry, they have been zealous, good men, faithful and
earnest. In instances where Pomeroy blood in intermingled with that of
other families there are those who have become eminent, each side doubtless
imparting and receiving a share in the result.
Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy (4th generation) of Hebron, Conn., was a con-
spicuous example of the family characteristics. Zealous and scholarly he
was carrying on his ministerial work in a quiet manner when he came under
the influence of the Evangelist Whitfield. Dr. Pomeroy became much inter-
ested and adopted the new revival doctrines and methods with great earnest-
ness. His more conservative ministerial brethern did not keep pace with him
and the resulting antagonism gave scope to the courage and masterful will
power of the Pomeroy race. Though deposed from his pulpit for some years,
he continued to preach without salary wherever he found hearers. In the
French war he joined the army as chaplain and subsequently resumed his
ministerial work at Hebron, acceptably and usefully, again to take a chap-
laincy in the war of the Revolution.
The effect of intermarriage on the race characteristics is not always
obvious. Strongly marked traits are more likely to appear in the sons and
to be transmitted by them. A daughter may transmit her father's traits.
As a rule the stronger nature dominates in the offspring, though there will
be some intermingling and modification of the two. A weakening effect
becomes apparent where the diluting process is repeated and after a while the
Pomeroy type is plainly modified. Even in these circumstances it is curious
that at times the old force will assert itself even in late generations, and the
original type appear. An instance is now in mind where a boy six years old,
great-grandson of a Pomeroy, manifests the iron will and constructive activity
to the wonder and sometimes dismay of the other members of the family.
His mother, a modified type of the Pomeroy woman, such as we delight in,
sometimes looks aghast at the exibition of will and force in the boy before her.
In considering the modifying effects of intermarriage, much depends upon
what the new forces are. Traits that are shared by both parents are likely
to be recnforced in the offspring. Some are at once absorbed and assimilated,
with little perceptible effect. Not so of others. About the year 1755,
Stephen Pomeroy of the fifth generation married Eleanor Lyman. The
Lymans were a family of great natural ability, displayed in demonstrative
153 A ^tuh\i in l-irrrbitg
ways. Stephen Pomeroy died early leaving four little children, of only one
of whom have we any knowledge. Enos Pomeroy, this son, became an up-
right patriotic man, holding such offices as were in the gift of his town, Buck-
land, Mass., and for many successive years he was its representative in the
State Legislature. He had a large family of children, mostly daughters. One
son whose name also was I*^nos became a lawyer and lived in Rochester, New
York. He was a man of signal ability and strict integrity. He married Sarah
Strong Norton, who united in her veins the blood of the Nortons, the Strongs,
the Claps, and the Pitkins. It would be interesting to give in detail the
characteristics of their children. Among them was John Norton Pomeroy,
one of the most eminent lawyers and writers on law this country has produced.
Another son Henry Pomeroy, reached similar eminence as professor of math-
ematics and civil engineering and subsequently as an officer in the Union
army. A third son was killed in battle. Their only daughter became a
teacher. In this family the Pomeroy traits were strongly modified. The
executive ability and will-power of the race assumed new forms and became
important elements in character building.
How far the race characteristics may be traced through a series of female
lines is a difficult question. Doubtless under progressively changing forms
they will continue to exist longer than our ability to trace them. The strands
of the twisted cord are continually subdivided and incorporated with others.
A conspicuous instance of the modification which the Pomeroy traits undergo
in successive families is that of President Theodore Dwight Woolsey, who was
of Pomeroy extraction — his descent being as follows: Mehitable Pomeroy, a
grand-daughter of Eltweed married John King, son of the settler of the same
name. The Kings were by occupation, tanners, and this marriage appears to
have been a harmonious blending of congruous elements. Their daughter
Experience King married Colonel Timothy Dwight, a man "in high esteem
for his talents and worth," and with qualities very unlike the staid and quiet
Pomeroys. "There was fire in his very blood. He had a heart so full of flash
and flame in action that his manners were sometimes quite overborne by his
feelings." His son Major Timothy Dwight married Mary Edwards, daughter
of Rev. Jonathan Edwards the most eminent divine and metaphysician in
New England, thus bringing another new departure for Pomeroy blood.*
Their daughter Elizabeth married William W. Woolsey, Esq., "one of the
wisest, most upright, and most successful merchants of his day." One of
their sons. President Woolesy, was so extraordinary an instance of intellectual
development. In his case, the executive ability was conspicuous, as it was
in the old gunsmiths, but found its sphere in the abstruse problems of science,
*It would require a volume to depict the many and striking results of these unions, especially
in the families of the Lymans and the Dwights. See the History of the Descendants of John
Dwight of Dedham, Mass., by Benjamin \V. Dwight.
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the unfolding the hidden stores of classical learning, the profound questions of
metaphysics and those of international law. The mastering will was there
also, and in his eighty-eighth year as strong as ever. With these eminent
intellectual gifts, all acquainted with him will recognize his sympathetic
nature — generous, many-sided, and all-embracing.
As to the origin of race characteristics, much may be said according to
the point of view taken. They are the gift of God evolved in his providence.
They have dependence on anything that happens to the individual. An
impression made on the nervous system leaves its mark as surely as the photo-
graphic negative is impressed by light and shade, and as mysteriously as the
hypnotic force controls the will and bewilders the reason of its subject. In the
tablets of the brain (or whatever may answer as such) beyond the scrutiny of
the anatomist, the record is preserved ready to be reproduced when memory
shall be awakened with sufficient intensity. But the brain cell has relations
even more surprising. It is itself a part of the aggregate of parentage. The
inheritance of the child depends, in a measure, on the physique of the parent.
An impression, or an action, if repeated may become a habit. The habit if
continued and intensified may appear in the progeny. The process continuing
evolves a race characteristic. How much depends on the human will, and to
what extent choice and circumstances may complicate and modify the result,
are problems too obscure for us to enter upon.
A characteristic may be cherished, expanded, intensified, and handed on
to the next generation, or it may be wasted, the brain cell becoming atrophied
by neglect or abuse. Every human being has potentially such germinal
aptitudes. All will not be actively developed in one person. But a trait or
the physical basis of it may not appear in the individual, and yet be found in
the offspring. If the causes which favor it were repeated with constancy, we
may presume that its transmission would be as uniform and constant as the
operation of other natural laws.
In certain natural aptitudes the Pomeroys excell, and did so as far back as
we are able to study them. But none can be masters in all directions. Roughly
speaking, the sphere of the Pomeroy may be said to be things rather than
thoughts. The power of abstraction and the gifts thence depending are not
eminent in this family. Scientific acumen, lofty imagination, and philosoph-
ical speculation do not appear. When these gifts show themselves we may be
sure there have been turned into the vital stream some new elements.
The individuals of the Pomeroy family used in this paper to elucidate its
positions have been selected because known to the writer either in person or
by reputation. His lists contain many other names that it is believed would
equally illustrate the positions taken.
May not these historical studies be used, also, retrospectively? and some-
thing be learned concerning the family in times which to us are pre-historic?
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On the opposite page is a i>li()t()m:i]ih of the red seal and charter in the
British Museum of a Pomeroy. It is No. 12777 anti attached to ad-
ditional charter 27593— the seal of Henry de ha Poumerai, son of Amicia de
la Pomeray. (See No. 020, page 51, "I iistory and (Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family.") The seal and charter is of the >car 1351, red in color, and bears
a shicUl of arms (Pomeroy) in the center. The shield bears a lion rampant
within a bordure engrailed. Above the shield and at each side are three
very small leaves of holly or oak. These leaves are purely ornamental
and were engraved to fill in the background around the shield. Outside
is a gothic circle of eight points, ornamented along the inner edge with
small trefoils. Outside of this circle is a bend bearing the words: "S": Henrici
de: la; Poumerai." (S* is the abbreviation of sigi//um (seal); also, sometimes
engraved on seals as "Sigi.") On the outer edge of the seal is a beaded
edge like on a coin. The leaves, beaded edge and trefoils have nothing to do
with the shield, being purely ornamental and of no permanent or heraldic
character; they are peculiar to this particular seal. The seal is one inch in
diameter. This seal is in perfect order, finely engraved, and nicely stamped
in red wax. It is attached to a charter dated 1351, a deed of gift by Henry,
son of Amicia de la Pomeroy to the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, in Exeter,
Devon, of a tenement. The charter is written in Latin upon parchment,
slightly torn, 6x8 inches in size. The translation follows:
{Translation of Additional Charier No. 27593, bearing Seal No. 12777 . British Museum^
"Know all men present and to come that I, Henry, son of Amicia de la Pomeroy, lord of Byry,
have given and granted to God, the Blessed Mary, and the Hospital of St. John the Baptist,
within the east gate of the city of Exeter, and to the Master and Brethren serving God there, all
that my tenement, wiiich is next the said gate of the north side, extending, (that is to say) from
the royal prison to the gate aforesaid. To hold to the Master and Brethren and their successors
forever, and doing the services thereupon, (to-wit) durhig my life on the third day after the
Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, P (lacepo), Dirige and Mass, and giving to every
poor person in the infirmary of the said Hospital on the same (day) one penny every year forever,
for my soul and the soul of my wife Joan and the souls of my ancestors. And after our death
and tlie death of both of us, doing the same services on the same day every year for our souls and
the souls of our ancestors and successors. And if it happens (which God forbid) that the said
services shall be partly or wholly in arrear on the day aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for me ar.d
my heirs atorcsaid to enter into the said tenement or to take destraint at our will, and retain
the same until the said service shall be fully performed and done by the aforesaid Master and
Bretheren or their successors. In witness whereof we have in turn affixed our seals to this writing
indentate. These being witnesses: Robert Bridport, then Mayor of the city aforesaid, Robert
Broun, Thomas le Spycer, John le Spycer, John . . . st, Richard Olyver, and others. Given
at Exeter on the fourth day of June in the [concealed under the flap of deed] . . .th year of the
reign of King Edward the 'I'hird after the Conquest."
[The dates is: twenty-fifth year, /. <?., 1351.]
This statement is supported by very gratifying evidence. Attached to
the original deed, still extant, of Henry de la Pomerai (who was living circa
1150 as the son of Matilda de Vitrei) granting land to Adam Barun, is the said
Henry's green two-inch seal, (which he may have inherited) bearing, in clear
vision, the Pomeroy coat-of-arms of a lion rampant. Around the edge of this
Part iEiirtB - Pnmprn^ Btatory mtln (Srttpaldgg 15fi
splendid seal there still remain, unbroken, of the original words, the letters
"Sigf (Henric)" / de la Po77i€reia" This Henry de la Pomerai is the only-
man of his generation in the Pomeroy family known to have left male descend-
ants, (two sons, Henry and Geoffrey) and, as such, his coat-oj-arms applies^ in
full accordance with the strictest interpretation of English heraldic law, to every
known Pomeroy who has lived, from that day in the twelfth century to the present
day, in either Devon, Dorset or America. The lands owned by the said Henry's
stepmother. Rohesia de la Pomerae-Russell, in the Isle of Purbeck, county of
Dorset, are today still occupied by both her and his descendants (respectively),
who possess their unbroken record of such descents generation by generation.
Upon the original manuscript of the Visitation of Devonshire, in 1620, is
a sketch of the seal of John de La Pomerey, (used by him on 14 May 1377),
accompanied by a copy or abstract of the document to which the original seal
was attached, and also by these words: "Sealed with the antient X'at of
Pomeray with helm and crest and 2 supports being 2 shovelers."
There is in the possession of the Bampfyeld family of Devonshire an
original grant, dated 1637, bearing the name and seal of arms (a lion rampant)
of Henry de La Pomeray.
In the Ashmoleon and Surrey Heraldic Rolls o^ circa 1327 is a record of the
coat-of-arms, "or, a lion rampant gules bordure engrailed sable," having been
then borne by Sir Henry de La Pomeraye and John de La Pomeraye and the
Pomeraye family.
The original grant is still extant, dated circa 1272, of "Henry de La Pome-
raye and Isabella de Bathonia (Isabel of Bath) to Richard Gale of land
between the way from Briggton to Peynton on the south, and on the way from
Westeton to Berry on the north," and bearing the seal of the Pomeraye coat-
of-arms.
An original grant by Jordon de La Pomeraye, a son of John de La Pom-
eraye, with their family seal attached, and dated between the 1st and 9th year
of Edward I, (1272-1280) is still extant in England.
An original bond by Henry de La Pomeraye, dated 17 June 42 Henry III
(1258), with his seal attached thereto, is also still extant in England.
The original lease by "Henry de Pomeray" (brother of Goffrey) "son of
Henry de Pomeray and Alice de Ver" to R. Beaupiel, etc., bearing the Pome-
roy seal, and dated 1214, is also to be seen in England. "This latter date,
1214, is almost a century after heraldic device became adopted by some of the
leading families in England." — Geoffrey Mandeville. By J. H. Round; app.
U, pp. 388-393.
It is claimed that the lion in heraldry ante-dates the heraldic devices
brought into vogue by the Crusades, and that it was introduced into England
from Normandy. — Some Feudal Coats-of-Arms. J. Foster.
157
Aurtrnt JJnmrriiij Srala iinh (Hhartrrfi
Srpi at (Sift frnm il^ljlinal^. £arl nf (Enrnmull, tu hiu ^iatpr
iSal|PBia Dp Ita Jloniproy
The original of the following deed, and from which the photograph
reproduced here was made, is still in existence, and the seal of which we may be
able to reproduce in Part Three. The bottom of the deed looks as though a
seal may once have been attached. The date of this deed is between 1 164 and
1180:
Translation of Deed o/Gi/i oj Reginald, Ear! of Cornwall, to his Sister, Rohesia de Pomeroy, Daugh-
ter of King Henry I.)
"Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, son of King Henry I: To his faithful men, French and English,
sends greeting: Know ye tiiat I have gis'en and granted to Rohesia de Pomerey, my sister, my
manor of Ridwei in Cornwall, in free marriage, with all its appurtenances and liberties in wood, in
feedings, in waters, in mills, to hold to her and her heirs h)- right of inheritance from me and my
heirs, as freely and quietly and honorably as I haver ever best and most freely held it. And
that this may endure firm and unshaken, I confirm it to her by my deed. These being my
witnesses: R., Bishop of Exeter, Roger Hishop of Worcester, Herbert son of Herbert, William
my brother, William de Roterell, the elder, Richard de Rudt, Hugh de Dunster, William de
St Claire, William de Poitou, Hugh de Valletort, Henry Malo my nephew, Robert de Comt
Baldwin, and Richard my nephews, William de Boterell, Ralph de Ferrers, William de Widiell,
and many others."
(Further interesting details of this deed of gift may be found in the
"History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family," page 45.)
Orbituary — Prior to 1800 — as far as relates to England, Scotland and
Ireland. Compiled by Sir William Musgrave, 6th Bart, of Haytor Castle,
Co., Cumberland. Entitled by him: "A General Nomenclator and Obitu-
ary." Edited by Sir George J. Armytage, Bart. Harleian Society Publica-
tions:
Pomeray, Henry de la, (C. 9); 38 Henry III. (1254).
Pomereye, Henry de la; a schedule or Close Roll, 10 Edward I, (1282).
Memb. 6, has a writ and extent of the lands of Henry de la Pomeroy, and
assignm. of dower to Isol (da) his wife, (C. 82) 9 Edward I, (1281).
Pomereye, Henry de la, (C. 61); 33 Edward I, (1305).
Pomereye, Henry de la, (C. 52); 34 Edward I, (1306).
Pomereye, Henry son of Amicia, pro. Nich. de Wodergrave and John
Gaumbon, (C. 118; 2 Edward III, (1329).
Pomereye, Henry de, senior, Chiv., (C. 50); 41 Edward III, (1368).
Pom.ereye, Henry de la, Chiv., (C. 51); 48 Edward III, (1375).
Pomerey (or Pomerov), James, (E. File 153, 3); 4-5 Henry VIII, (1513-
(1514).
Pomeroy, Joan, v/ife of John de la, (C. 53); 8 Henry V, (1421).
Pomeroy, Joan, wife of Thomas, (C. 16); 2 Henry VI, (1424).
Pomeroy, Joan, wife of Thomas, (C. 51); 7 Henry VI, (1429).
Pomeraye, John, Chiv., (C. 44); (1417).
Pom.eraye, Margaret, wife of Edward, (C. 11); I Edward IV, (1461).
Pomerey (or Pomeroy), Nicholas, (C, vol. 28, 197); 5 Henry VIII,
(1514).
Pomeroy, Richard, decst., (C. 1); 17 Edward IV. (1478).
Pomeroy, Richard, Knt., (C, ser. ii, vol. 11-22); E, ser. ii. File 145-7;
12 Henry VII, (1497).
Pomerey (or Pomeroy), Robert, (E. File 158); 9-10 Henry VIII, (1518-
1519).
Pomeroy, Seintclere, Mil., (C. 3; 12 Edward IV, (1473).
Pomeroy, Thomas, (C. 77); 12 Richard II, (1389).
Pomerey, Thomas, (3. Ser. ii, vol. 9, 61; E. Ser. ii. File 144, 3); 9 Henry
VII, (1518).
Pomery, Thomas, Knt,. (C. vol. 147, 199; E. File 200, 3); 9 Eliz., (1567).
Pomerye, Thomas, (C. vol. 350, 20; W. & I. Bdle. 53, 124); 13 James I,
(1618).
Pomerye, Walter, felo et Richard de Donnethorne, (C. 66); 12 Edward I,
(1284).
Pomeroy, Ezekiel, of the dockyd at Portsmouth; 13 Aug., 1771.
Pomeroy, Henry, Abingdon Str.,; 26 June, 1783.
159 3Frrt of If'invB
Pomeroy, Jane, relic of Henry Pomeroy, Ahingdon Str., Westminster; 30
April, 1789.
Pomeroy, John, Colonel 64th foot 1766; Lieut-Gen., 1777, at Dublin, 10
June, 1790.
Pomeroy, Mary, Hackney; 2 Oct., 1789.
Pomeroy, Thomas, Lieut, in the army; 30 Oct., 1769.
Pomeroy, William, linen draper in Leadenhall Str.; Director of E. L Co.;
6 Oct., 1747.
Pomeroy, Mrs., wife of Ezekiel Pomeroy; 14 Aug., 1771.
Pomeroy, Mrs., wife of Barthw. Pomeroy, Lombard Str.; 10 Feb., 1789.
Pomeroy, Capt. in Navy; July, 1735.
Pomery, Edward, Sir, K.; 3 May, 1446.
Pomroy, Capt. in Navy; July, 1835.
ifrpt of If'xma
No. 27. At Westminster, on the day of St. Agnes, 10 Richard I, (21 Jan.,
1199) . . . and other barons and liegemen of our lord the King there present:
Between William Briewere, plaintiff, and Henry de La Pomerai, son of (Henry
de La Pomerai and) Matilda, (daughter of Andre de Vitrei and Agnes de
Cornwall) as to the whole . . . the whole manor of Bradworthy with all the
appurtenances to him and his heirs to hold of himself and his heirs ... in
feedings, in ways, in paths, and in all other things and customs to the said
manor belonging, and with services of knights . . . belonging, to-wit: . . .
(the services) of one knight's fee in Puteforth (Julian Puteford in West
Puteford) . . . the appurtenances; and the service of one knight's fee in
Aurescombe (Bucherel and Awlescombe) with the appurtenances; and the
service of one-half knight's fee in , . . which service the said William did before
to the said Henry as part of the service of 4 {}^ fees) . . . now Gerard de
Clist's 3, (of which Hennock was one) wherefrom now the said William does
not owe to him any service except 4 knights, also the service of }^ knight's
fee in Dunwinesdon (Dunsdon in Pancrasvveek) with the appurtenances; . . .
of 1 knight's fee in Harwode (Horwood) and Lefwinescote (Limescot in
Bradworthy) ... in Alardeswik with the appurtenances; and the service of
J/g knight's fee in the land which Robert Russel held of the said Henry (Worthy
in Bradworthy) with the appurtenances, and the service of . . .in Diakenes-
bere (Dexborough in Pancrasweek) with the appurtenances; and the service
of 3^ knight's fee in Hermanesworthi with the appurtenances; and the service
of ^ knight's fee in Eisse (Ash in Bradworthy) with the appurtenances; and
the service of 2 knights' fees in Poughill in Cornwall; all these aforesaid lands
and services the said Henry de La Pomerei gave and granted to the aforesaid
William Briewere and his heirs to hold of him and his heirs in fee and inheri-
tance, doing to him and his heirs for all the said lands and services . . .
part (Sl}rn - ^nm^nig Htstorij nnh (^tnmin^^ Ififl
Moreover he gave and granted to the said William and his heirs the whole
service of Robert, son of Nicholas de Hokesham, and his heirs, and the whole
service of Robert de Daneis and his heirs in homages and reliefs and in all
things ... of the said Henry and his ancestors, doing therefor to the afore-
said Henry and his heirs the service of 2 knights for all services and all things
to the said Henry or to his heirs belonging.
The said Henry gave also and granted to the said William and . . . de
Dankewell (Dunkswell) with Flistesham (feign Canon in Christon) and with
all other the appurtenances in homage and services and reliefs and in avow-
sons of churches and with all liberties and free customs to the said manor
belonging by the service of . . . for all services to the said Henry or to his
heirs belonging. The said Henry de La Pomerai granted also to the said
William and his heirs the whole service of Gerard, son of Elyas de Clist
(Gerard in Broadclist) and of Beatrice his wife and of their heirs with the
homages and reliefs and services and in all things to render for Henry and his
heirs and services of 4 knights for all services to him or to his heirs belonging.
And the whole service of Richard de Treminettes and of his heirs in homages
and reliefs and services and in all things to do to Henry and his heirs the
services of 1 knight for all services to him or to his heirs belonging, which
services the said William Briewer first had and held by the gift of Henry de
Pomerei, father of the said Henry. This gift and grant the said Henry made
to the said William Briewer for his homage and service and for 90 marks in
silver which the said William gave to him; and the said Henry and his heirs
ought to warrant to William and his heirs all the said land and services
against all men and all women, and that this gift may remain firm and valid
he made to him his charter strengthened by his seal concerning this aforesaid
agreement.
A iMall-OIlab -Norman ICntglft atth I)tH (Siu&tit
By Eden Phillpots, (Author of The Mother) in the London Morning Post.
The sky was so near that the high tops of the forest seemed to support it
on their million fingers, and so, pricking the black bosom of storm cloud above,
burst the great reservoir and scattered its fountains. I passed under ancient
timber of the sort that indicates by its relations, tree to tree and mass to mass,
Nature's own planting than that of man. Indeed, these spacious forests were
sown before the Conquest, for here one stands under the fruit of trees that
burgeoned a thousand years ago.
I see them — those mediaeval oaks — in my mind's eye, and they are
sheltering a mail-clad knight and his heavy steed from rainstorm or sunshine.
Ifil A fllail-(IIIa^ Nnrmau IKuiijbt aiu^i liia (laiUlf
What glimmering train followed him, who shall say? Rut hither he came,
this Norman, from the victorious advent of his master, the First William, who
knew how to reward his companions with good miles of red Devon, wrested
from the Saxon owners, that those who made him Conqueror at Hastings might
henceforth share his addition. To Rathilphus de la Pomerio, lord of the Nor-
man "Castle of the Orchard," accrued eight and fifty lordships, and Bcri,
"the walled town." he chose as the seat of his barony or honour, and sought
within the glens and forests of the wild region for a site whereon his castle
might rise. On such a day, with the April gold gleaming between the showers,
with the ripe catkins of hazels shedding their pollen on his horse's chanfrein,
with the new-born glory of the larches scenting the air, and the bud breaking
on oak and elm and beech, he may have moved stoutly forward while he
crushed the wood anemones and primroses under his horse's feet, and wetted
with sweet sap and the colorless blood of spring flowers those ironshod hoofs
at not long before were stamping life out of wounded men.
dlir lUttliitnii nf tl|r (Cautlp
The thrushes sang then as now, and the frightened blackbirds flew before
with an alarm-cry as shrill as the jolt and clink of chain on mail. Forward
passed Ralph and his cavalcade where the ivy hid red ridges of broken earth,
rotting wood, and dead fern, and then a little plateau opened in the forest —
a limestone crag jutted on the gentle hill, and the Norman Eagle saw that it
was good, cast his steel-bright eyes to right and left, above and below, esti-
mated the strength of the position with the quick judgment of the man of war,
and cried that he stood where his eyrie should presently be built. So the ban-
ner, with the Pomeroy lion on it, was planted here; the sleep of that primeval
vale vanished, and anon, wrought of limestone and granite from the adjacent
moors, arose a goodly pile, squat and stern, with a thousand little cruel eyes
from which were ever ready to dart the crossbows' bolts, with watchtowers and
great ramparts — a place built on a rock and doubtless in the owner's sight
destined to be not less eternal than the foundations of it.
The ruins of the Norman's work still stand and circle others of a date
later by five hundred years. For that period the descendants of the Con-
queror's friend enjoyed their possessions, exercised baronial rights, and re-
tained the favor of their Monarchs. In the Fourteenth Century Nicholas
Pomeroy was High Sherifi^ of Devon; and the Pomeroys for five succeeding
generations enjoyed like high office, and the family continued to be a power in
the land until 1549, when Devon opposed the "Act of Reforming the Church
Service" tooth and nail, and many of the leading nobles of the County were
enjoined to pacify the commonfolk "by gentle means if possible, but by other
means if necessary."
Jpart ®l|rr^ - Pom^rog Utatnrg nnh (i^npalngg IBS
Aw (§lb lEttgltBlj (Eljurrtf ©rifita
Among the malcontents was the reigning Lord of Pomeroy, a man of
military knowledge and prowess. He had followed the wars with distinction
in France during the reign of Henry VIII., and perchance, like many military
veterans of a later date, took strong grounds on all questions involving his
creed, and held tolerance no virtue. Him the discontented gentry elected
their leader, and after preliminary successes the Knight lost the day at Clist
Heath, nigh Exeter yet retained sufficient interest at court to escape with his
hot head on his shoulders. But the last of the Pomeroys who ever Lorded it
at Berry Pomeroy was he, and whether he compounded for his life by yielding
up lands and castles or whether the subsequent owners obtained Berry Pome-
roy by grant or purchase from the Crown after sequestration, matters not.
Certain only it is that to the House of Seymour the old fortalice now passed,
and the Elizabethan portion of the ruins was soon after erected within the
older building. It was Sir Edward — a descendant of the Protector — who, when
King William III. remarked to him: "I believe you are of the family of the
Duke of Somerset?" replied instantly: "Pardon, Sir; the Duke of Somerset
is of my family." This haughty gentlemen was the last of this race who dwelt
in Berry Pomeroy; but the Castle still belongs to his descendants, and Berry
Pomeroy has this unique boast, that since the Conquest it has changed hands
but once.
The fabric of Seymour's building was never completed, but enough of it
remains to offer an object of solemnity, a sermon in grey stones; while the
earlier fragments of the first fortress, including the south front, the main
entrance, the pillared chamber above it, and the north wing of the quadrangle
are also a spectacle sufficiently splendid, their withered age all turned to
harmony in the green robe of Time.
Ivy crowns every turret and shattered wall, twines countless fingers into
the rotting mortar, winds in huge, hydra-like convolutions through the em.pty
sockets of the windows. Giant limbs of it are slowly perishing everywhere,
and younger ones succeeding on them. Along the tattered battlements and
broken archways many grasses grow high and rank; wild geraniums and penny-
wort, ferns and tough-rooted shrubs also spring strongly, and Nature's sure
hand wears the adamant away with her saxifrages and tender, twining
invincible rootlets.
Berry Pomeroy Castle will presently vanish, but these eternal green
things die not. The granite, indeed, must go; the pearls of the wood sorrel,
nodding dewy on their stalks above the verdant beauty of the trefoil leaves
below — the tiny, tremulous, purple-veined chalices of this most fragile thing,
that Sir Radulphus trampled yesterday and I pluck today — these loved
Ifi3 A Hail-OIlaii Nnrman SvniijM aiiii Mii (Eaallr
treasures of the Mother of Fl(jwers alone etuiure from generation to gener-
ation, and arc immortal. To them the lifeof Herry Pomeroy Castle, although
perhaps the most enduring of the Norman strongholds in Kngland, is the
life ot a cloud palace in a Summer storm. They come and depart with
each silver April; and they did so ere man learnt to take his hands from earth
and stand uprigiit. Iktore this grey castle sprang into heing at the will of a
sokiier beneath the trowels of a conquered race, they twinkled and tremble(i
and shook the warm rain out ot their little eyes; and when Berry Pomeroy has
vanished and the jackilaws have sought another home, when the old plateau of
the wood has forgotten that prodigious load set on it by the Norman stranger,
and creeping ivy hides a mound of dust, then still the emerald trinities of
dainty foliage will spread and unbend like the leaves of a green fairy book, and
the blossoms will shine like snowflakes through the woods, and star each dingle
and mossy haunt of shy things.
She Htrntal cHlitnga nf tlir (6rfrn Wooh
'I'he granite passes and returns to its dust, even though unnumbered
ages shall be demanded for its destruction, but the wood-sorrel survives the
grey Centuries, and laughs at Time. The granite knows neither Spring nor
Summer; to his fretted face, where dwell the golden lichens and the ebony and
silver life that sucks a magic existence from stone, and spring rain means only
deathly certainty of dropping water; wild autumn winds that send the gold
of the the woods whirling round his grey skull, also indicate the end, and fore-
shadow the ultimate tempest that shall help to lay all low; while the steel
thrust of the frost, the soft folds of the green ivy, the sappy fingers of
soft-rotted, stone-breaking plants, alike by harsh means and gentle, combine
to encompass the inevitable end. The ruin is a dead skelton. His bones
were torn in ages past from the living rock, and they have served their ends;
and the green things have covered Nature's prime enemy and hidden him from
her anger. Man has wrought with these grey stones, and the forces of cloud,
and sun, and season are against the unhallowed granite wall and lancet
window, the crumbling keep and shaking tower. But unnumbered blossoms
hide the busy forces combining to destroy; pale uprising wild flowers nod in
the grass that was a courtyard; budding briars, 'clustered primroses, violets,
daisies, lesser celandines, and a thousand other buds and stars and chalices of
the unfolding year dapple the granite and twinkle from dizzy windows or
shattered towers. These rule the Spring rain and make the sun in heaven do
them service. For them is the dance of the seasons; they are the immortal
eternal things of the greenwood, and they will shine and laugh, as now, at the
returning cuckoo's music, and, as now, gladden the eyes of the little children
when these old stones of Berry Pomeroy Castle, and the hand that writes, and
the eye that reads, are alike long forgotten dust.
Part all|rr? - Pomrroy BtHtnrg nnh (^mmlo^^ 1B4
Nnrman Unnb or (^l^txmxBt
The Boston Transcript says: Double barrelled surnames are now as thick
as blackberries on every country hedge, but double-barrelled place-names
have hitherto succeeded in attracting a very small amount of public attention.
And yet, while the compounded and superimposed names of noble or wealthy
families are for the most part of quite recent and dubious origin, often embalm-
ing genealogical claims which the strict historian can only regard in the light
of pious frauds or equally pious aspirations, such compound place-names as
Newport Pagnell or Berry Pomeroy are cram-full of genuine historical im-
portance, and attest to our day the social and agrarian arrangements of
Norman England. They date back in point of fact, in many cases to that
William the Conquerer with whom so large a proportion of our modern cotton-
backed Norman families did not come over.
As a general principle, subject to such exceptions as may hereinafter be
pointed out, a double-barrelled place-name has for its first half the original
title of the town or village to which it is applied, and for the second half the
patronymic of the Norman or early English family who were lords of the
manor when it first acquired its existing appellation. Thus Tarring Neville,
in Sussex, was a manor of the great Norman house of Neville, who themselves
assumed their patronymic some generations earlier from a Norman village;
and it bore their name as a surname, so to speak, in order to distinguish it
from East Tarring Episcopi, another village of the same original name, which
had been presented by Athelstane to the Archbishops of Canterbury.
So, too, Berry Pomeroy, in Devon, preserves the memory of the Pomeroy
family, whose founder, Ralph de Pomeroy, was one of the Conquerer's right-
hand men; though the existing castle, standing in picturesque ivy-clad ruins,
was added to much later at a cost of £20,000 by their successors, the Seymours,
and is now the property of the younger branch of that house, the Duke of
Somerset. The original stronghold of the Norman, Sir Ralph de La Pomeroy,
encloses the Tudor structure, built 500 years later and never brought to com-
pletion, and but adds a modern feature to the ruins of the ancient structure,
which promise even now to outlast the Seymour venture.
Throughout England, indeed, unless evidence to the contrary appear,
you may take it for granted that wherever a town or village has a double name,
the first is so to speak its generic or primitive title, and the second is a nick-
name or distinction derived from the family which once held the manor.
Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire, owes its sufBx to a like origin. Here the
little river Lym gives its name to two villages, the smaller and older of which,
now known as Uplyme, occupies the higher part of the little valley and was
granted by Cynewulf, the King of the West Saxons, to the very ancient abbey
of St. Mary at Sherborne.
105 Hrrry-llumrriiii auii ll)r U/inuuii nf 1[]b Dart
Uprni-JInmrrmi au^ lljc dmmtfl uf tlu^ Dart
As time passes, and the predilection for everything that relates to anti-
quity increases, charters and ancient records are more and more valued; they
possess a charm for all u lio care tor historical knowledge, and are not seldom
the proofs of the vicissitutles of individual enterprise, as well as of the motives
that led to combined effort and to success. The muniment room, which was
wont to be the receptacle for dust and lumber, is now the resort of many more
than the antiquarian, and each tiny bit of old parchment which established
the rights and privileges of private persons or of municipalities, though now
obsolete and useless, is relegated either to a museum or other safe custody
elsewhere.
The earliest known charter of Totnes was granted by King John; several
more were subsequently given, which are now in possession of the corporation,
and are kept in the old Guildhall beside the prison. These buildings are
portions of the Priory of St. Mary, which was founded by Judhael de Totnais,
who also built the castle. He was one of William the Conquerer's favorite
followers who received substantial reward for their devotion, and to Judhael
107 manors were given.
The Barony of Totnes was possessed by the Valletorts* and then by the
Cantelupes. A Cantelupe heiress brought it to Lord Zouche; but a Zouche
sided with Richard III, in 1466, so Henry VII, gave it to Sir Richard (Piers)
Edgecumbe, and from his grandson! it became possessed by Sir Edward Sey-
mour of Berry Pomeroy, son of the Protector, and still belongs to the Dukedom
of Somerset.
Two of the original four town gateways are standing, and their old-world
appearance is quite in keeping with the quaintly arranged character of the
streets, the principal being nearly a mile long and a precipitous incline. It
was Henry III, who gave permission to the burgesses to enclose the place with
walls, and he also sanctioned the collection of a custom called murage toward
the cost; "but whether this meant only rebuilding portions of the mounds
and ramparts then in existence, antiquarians have not decided." The arms
of the town are a turreted castle with a key on each side, but no motto has been
in use for three or four centuries. In the ancient market-place are piazzas,
where the upper stories of the houses project over the lower and are supported
by pillars. It has always been an interesting place, the center of a beautiful
country; on all sides, both by land and water, there was everything in olden
♦One moiety was given by Henry \'1II to Lady Jane, wife of Sir Thomas Pomeroy.
tWhen the Protector, F.JwarJ Duke of Somerset, acquired the lordship and castles of Berry Pomeroy, the Pomeroy
moiety of the barony of Tomes was passed to the Duke of Somerset.
Part o^Iirrp - j^nm^roy HtBtcrg unh ^Fupalogij Ififi
times to make it a desirable property, the situation commanding and secure,
and the lands around rich in wood as well as pasture.
The present generation has seen a great change in the once proud position
of Totnes in the political world. Although the charter which gave liberty
to return two burgesses to parliament, is dated as early as 1259, in 1867 the
borough was disfranchised for bribery. The commission lasted a long time,
and, notwithstanding the great nam^es of Bowen, Coleridge and Montague
Williams, extreme difficulty was found in exacting evidence. The stout-
hearted burghers of Totnes under their mayors (of whom there is a complete
record from John Russell in 1377) have been fair-dealing, courageous, honor-
able men, who sacrificed their substance for the upholding of the crown, and,
when required, their lives for its defense; and some old records tell oF one
Edmund Lye of Totnes, who himself fitted out three vessels and gallantly
joined Howard and Drake, and thus aided in the destruction of the great
Spanish Armada.
Judhael of Totnes gave the parish church, whose tower is a hundred feet
high, as "ecclesiam Sancte Marie de Tottenes" to the great Benedictine Abbey
of SS. Sergius and Bacchus at Angers. It was rebuilt in the thirteenth century
and again in the fifteenth, when Bishop Lacy introduced a somewhat cunning
method of raising subscriptions by granting a forty days' indulgence to all
who contributed. Leland calls it a "greate steeple tower with the greatest
belles in al those quarters." Within a niche stands a freestone figure which
purports to be that of Bishop Lacy as it bears the inscription: "I made the
tour," and is a relic of the times when m.en's deeds, even those of right reverend
prelates, were not all of the kind to be made memorable in stone, though
rarely lacking in that sturdy, compelling quality which enforced obedience.
Of the many beautiful stone screens in the old churches of this part of
Devon, one of the finest is the exquisitively carved screen in this church; the
oak screen of St. Mary's, Berry Pomeroy, is a rival, however, in design and
workmanship; both are painted, but Cromwell's fanatical followers (?) left
their marks at Berry Pomeroy, having taken the trouble to sear with hot irons
the faces of the saints.
In the church at Totnes is still preserved a Bible and Prayer-book in
very good condition, which bears the inscription in free handwriting: "The
gift of the Honourable the Lady Ann Seymour Relic of Sir Edward Seymour
of Berry Castle in the County of Devon Baronett, whose pleasure it is that
this Bible shall always remain in the Parrish Church of Totnes to the use of
the Mayor of Totnes for the time being and his successors forever. Witness
her Ladyship's own hand this 12th day of April A. D. 1690. Anne Seymour."
Lady Anne's husband had adhered to Charles I, and it was said that in
consequence of his loyalty his castle at Berry Pomeroy was plundered and
burnt. Other records attribute the destruction to lightning; but whatever
Ifir Urrnj-Puntrmu a^^ thr aiunns nf tlir Dart
the cause of the misfortune, time and nature have unceasingly done their
utmost to cover and hide the marks of the terrible fire which so pittilessly
sacked the building.
Lyson says there was a deer park at Berry Pomeroy, and that the Lords of
the barony had the privilege of inflicting capital punishment.
As we float down the river Dart, Sharpham woods left far behind, we come
on one fair picture after another, cottages half hidden by orchards, white with
plum bloom; and when we reach Greenway, its name recalls one who "wore the
white flower of blameless life," for Sir Humphrey Pomeroy Gilbert was born
here and was among the very few of Elizabeth's heroes of whom no evil was
ever spoken.
Dartmouth, a town of many enterprises, saw its first great expedition
when the fleet destined for the Holy Land assembled, in 1190; nearly five
hundred years later another, with less pomp but with as stout courage, started,
for the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower and Speedwell then sailed from Dart-
mouth for the New World. The history of the seaport is checkered, for its
loyalty was often tested and sometimes sorely tried; although a law-abiding
people, in the punishment of their enemies they took the law into their own
hands, and as piracy was permitted in the reign of Edward IIL, they made
good use of it, and now and again all the year round plundered as occasion
served. This brave community had constantly to defend itself against
persistent foes, and not only itself, but the country behind, whose inhabitants,
few and scattered, were not slow to volunteer aid.
Dartmouth and Kingswear each has its castle and church, and it is said
that
"Kingswear teas a marke! .'own,
fVhen Dartmouth was a fuzzy down."
The castle of the latter place has always been of great importance in
defence, and behind is the solitary church of St. Petrox, with its little burying-
ground where all day long is heard the requiem in the beating on the shore of
the restless sea. Here the deep harbour, which has been of such potent value
to the nation, and frequently the rendezvous for vessels undertaking great
enterprises, looks like some beautiful hill-guarded inland lake; and it is not
difficult to imagine how Elizabeth's sturdy naval heroes, after sweeping the
seas of "Inquisition dogs," would snap their fingers as they steered through
the narrow, storm-beaten entrance, and what unspeakable joy it must have
been for them to recognize the green hills round the familiar port that gave
them so safe an anchorage from the marauders of Spain.
Dartmouth possesses nothing that bears such incontrovertible evidence
of having taken part in all her most significant history as St. Saviour's Church,
standing in the middle of the town, pinnacled and old, and somewhat dismal-
looking too, both inside and out. Its massive oak door, with the date 1604
upon it, shows the type of men who worked in the town and who worshipped
here. Within we find a fine rood loft and a beautifully decorated screen, with
the lion of the Pomeroys, the Mauche of the Mohuns, intermingled with
the memorials of the Carews and other Devonshire families; and a curious
stone pulpit too, also wondrously carved. In a most pathetic way the associ-
ations connected with this old edifice appeal to our minds, for it must have
been the scene of every phase of human emotion. Great leaders have worship-
ped within its v/alls on the eve of long voyages to unknown lands; and some
have perhaps knelt here whose sorry duty it was to follow what they knew to be
a forlorn hope. Ambition as well as despair, pitiful supplication and also
thankfulness, must all have sought relief in the peace of this sanctuary.
This letter is signed by Susan Somerset and Mary Kelley; in the Pall Mall
Magazine^ London.
OII|e l^onours of ^arfa^rtdtt cinii Slottnn
The Victoria History of the County Devon gives the fief of Juhel de
Totnes at the time of the Domesday Survey, (1087) as consisting of 103
manors, assessed at 70 hides, and comprised over 40,000 acres under cultiva-
tion. It was made up of the estates of 39 dispossed Saxon owners, Alwy's
13, Alvric's 12, and Alebric's 10, being the most numerous; but there were also
7 of Alger's, 6 of Hecche's, who has left his name in Hecche's Buckland, 4 each
of Bictric Cameron's and Tori's, 3 each of Usulf, Alvred, Ulf and Alward;
2 each of 9 others, and of 17 one each. All these estates, not excepting
Eggbuckland, Compton Giffard, and Hore, which were held by Stephen in
Domesday and afterward of the honor of Plimpton, are found forming part
of the tenement of Totnes, or of one of its constituent parts, the honours of
Harberton (from which Viscount Harberton, Ernest Arthur George Pomeroy,
takes his name), and Totton; but to these honours also belonged the crown
demesne-manors of Broadclyst and Plarberton, besides Queen Matilda's
Ashprington, Pomeroy's Washfield, and the Count of Mortain's Broad-
hampton.
Juhel, Johel, or Judhel, of Totnes, was himself the son of an Alfred, and
was succeeded by his son Alfred, who joined Baldwin de Redvers in his defense
of the castle of Exeter in 1136.
An early authority alleges that after the death of the Conqueror, William
Rufus expelled Juhel from Totnes and gave his inheritance to Roger deNonant;
but Juhel was certainly lord of both Barnstaple and Totnes in 1113, though
it is possible that Nonant may have been in possession of Totnes under him;
for in 1123, whilst Johel still held Barnstaple Guy de Nonant apparently held
Totnes. Henry I must therefore have given Totnes or approved its transfer
to Roger de Nonant some time before 1123; but not until he had previously
granted the castle, together with the manor of Cornworthy and Loddiswell,
to Reginald de Braosse. Roger de Nonant was succeeded by his sons Guy,
Ifi9 iBrrrg-JIumrmg an^ tlir (TinimH uf thr Dart
Henry ami Rotter ii, in succession ... A claim was then put forward to the
tenement hy William de Hraose, a descendant (jf Juhel's daughter, resulting
in a partition, effected in 1206. One moiety called specifically the honor of
Tottcn was awarded to William de Hraose, together with 28 fees, whilst
Henry ile Nonant retained the other moiety, including Harherton, also with
28 fees. On the death vt 1 Icnry de Nonant the honor of Ilarherton was
acquired hy Roger de Valletort, probably by purchase, and continued with
the Valletorts imtil 1275. In 1301 it was claimed i)y 1 lenry de Pomeroy
and Peter Corbet as next heirs; bur in 1315 judgment was given against them,
and the Harberton moiety was granted to the holder of the Totten moiety,
probably by purchase from the Crown.
The other moiety, constituting the barony of Totton, after being awarded
to William de Braose, first to his son Giles bishop of Hereford, and then to
his third son Reginald de Braose, husband of Graecia, daughter of William
Briwere. Reginald died in 1221 and was succeeded by his son William de
Braose, who married Eva, sister and co-heiress of Walter Marshall, Earl of
Pembroke, and died in 1229, when by the marriage of his daughter Eva, this
moiety passed to William de Canteloup. George having died without issue
on 1 March, 1273, it fell to the share of the younger of his two sisters, Millicent,
wife of Eudo or Ivo de la Zouche, who on Ivo's death remarried John of
Montault or Monhaut. The Zouches shortly after 1315 acquired the other
moiety or honour of Harberton and held the united honours until John, Lord
Zouche, sustained a forfeiture in 1485. The barony, then came to an end,
but most of the estates passed by grant of Henry VII to the family of Edge-
combe, and eventually to Sir Thomas de Pomeroy, who married Joan, daughter
of Sir Piers Edgecumbe.
By far the largest under tenant of Juhel was Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, but
nowhere did the Pomeroy family continue to be under tenants of Totnes.
In one group, consisting of 7 fees, Richard, son of Stephen, had taken their
place in 1286; and in another group of 7 fees Jacob or Avice de BoUey.
Inquest post mortem 15 Edward II, (1322) declares Henry de Pomeray
was son of Johanna, daughter of Hawise de Valletort, and that Peter Corbet
was husband of Johanna's sister Beatrice. They claimed as next of kindred
on the ground that Roger de Valletort, Johanna's brother, was insane at the
time he made the moiety over to the Earl of Cornwall and Alexander Okeston.
Round, in Feudal England, p. 486, draws attention to the fact that in
1091 Roger de Nonant attested the foundation charter of Old Sarum Cathe-
dral, and that the monks of Laon reported in 1113: "We came to the Castle
called Barnstaple, where dwelt a lord called 'Joel of Totneis' which they after-
wards visited."
Maud, daughter of Eva de Tracy and Guy de Bryone, was 3 1 years of
age in 1273 and had recently married Geoffrey de Camville.
In 1210 Oliver de Tracy was succeeded by his son Henry de Tracy, and
to Henry succeeded his son Henry, who married Maud, daughter of Reginald
de Braose and died in 1273, when his grand-daughter Maud, daughter of
Eva de Tracy, married Geoffrey de Camvile. In right of Maud Geoffrey de
Camvile held the honor of Barnstaple in 1285 by the courtesy of England.
It reverted to the Crown in 1392.
Chancery case, temp. Elizabeth: Thomas Goodridge vs. Edw. Sey-
mour, Esq., over lands in Berry Pomeroy; lands conveyed by copy hold
lease by Sir Thomas Pomeroy, late lord of the manor; case refers [to the
acquiring of the manor by Sir Edw. Seymour, whose son denies the plaintiff's
title as given by Sir Thomas Pomeroy.
Mnstns (Hskftt tti Irib^sort? tit tl|? Oliiuntg of ^avB{tt)
(Record of Men able to bear arms and possessing arms or armor, or able
to provide the same; — men of military experience or capacity — laborers and
general employes in minor trades nof included.) The men were called
"fencible men." The official "Guide to the Public Records" (Scargill-Bird)
specifies them as aged "between 16 and 60," "able bodied men," and as
"assessed to provide arms according to their substance or property," "the
amount in money or equipment they were expected to furnish."
"Musters taken in Brideporte in the county of Dors, the Xth Daye of
Aprell and at Bemyster in the said Countie in the Xlth Daye of Aprell the
XXXth yere (1539) of the reign of o^ souvaigne Lorde Kyng Henry the Vlllth
before Sr Gylys Strangways, Knight, Henry Strangways and Roger Stourton,
Esquyers, Comyssion''s amonges other in the said countie."
"The Tethyng of Bowode:
The Tethyng to bvyde hernys, w'^ a Bowe 1 Sheff arr. to the Kyng.
(First name) '^John Pom'ey, gent. — 1 harnys, wt. a Bowe, 1 Sheff arrowes and
a Bylle. ("Pom'ey" was a common abbreviation for Pomeroy:)
*That I might fully weigh the significance of Jolin Pomeroy, Gent., being the first man named
in this muster roll of Bowood, I have examined the list of names in the muster-rolls for every
tithing and parish in the county of Dorset. In every case I find that the man wliose name heads
the list was either the resident lord of the manor, or, if there was no resident lord, the leading
gentleman or citi/en of each such tithing or parish. This fact is in accord with the custom usually
followed when official records of persons in any given place were made. The order of precedence
was strictly maintained with reference to the first name, or names, in all of the records of national
taxation, of which this muster-roll was one. As to Bowood, John Pomeroy was the only man
resident there in 1539 officially recognized, in these records, as a gentleman; also, he was tliC
only man assessed as possessing taxable property of a value high enough as to warrant the Crov/n
in calling upon him to provide a "harnys" — armor for a warrior. All the representative men of
Bowood (the agricultural laborers and employes of tradesmen were not assessed or enlisted)
were only required, on behalf of the tithing, to provide one "harnys"; and that one v/as alone
provided by John Pomeroy, Gent. The position of this gentleman as the leading man of Bowood
is soundly established by this national record of 1539.
in Euglialj Jlariiih iSrrnriiB
(The other Bowood men of arms were:)
Walter Hole, able Bylma(n), a How, I ShcflP arr(owcs).
John Crahhc, a salett (helmet), a payre ofsplents, a Howe, I Sheff arrowes.
Thoma"^ Bysshoppe, a Bowe, 1 Sheff arr.
Henry Clare, able B>lina", a Bylle.
John Colfax, able archer, a Bowe, 1 Sheff arrowes.
Ric-Orcherd, able Bylm(an), a Bylle.
Nic Crabbe, a Bowe, I Sheff arr,
Robte Hallett, a Bowe, 1 Sheff arr.
Ric Mellyche, a Bowe, VI arrowes.
Robte Longe, able Bylma, a Bylle."
Bowood is a hamlet in Netherbury, adjoining Beaminster. The "hernys"
owned or to be provided by John Fomeroy, Gent., was a metal armor tor the
protection of his body. The "Bylle" was his pike or halbert. He was the
only man in Bowood who had or had to provide armor. In 1539 he was an
"ableman," able to fight, for these records also indicate the men who had
arms but were not "ablemen."
This John Pomeroy, Gent., is thus placed in tlie exact part of the parish
of Netherbury in which he resided as a gentleman. He was the same man as
the records already sent you, (or his son). I expect that he was the same man.
He could have been father of Richard, father of Eltweed, by a wife younger
than he was. He was born circa 1510.
Here we have a record of great importance. It brings us close to the
time of his birth, /;/ t/iis same neighborhood in Dorsetshire, of Richard the
father of Eltweed Pomeroy. This record, alone, throws out of court the claim
of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register that the Pomeroys
of Beaminster were such poor nobodies that they could not have descended
from genuine English gentlemen Pomeroys of more afHuence. Here we have
the officially-recorded gentleman Pomeroy, not scores of miles away in
another county, but as a frequenter of Beaminster market-place to which he
could daily walk from his residence in Netherbury, two miles away. And how
can we doubt that Richard and Eltweed Pomeroy, of the same market-place,
were his immediate descendants? I will add a word about the material
conditions two generations later:
There can be no question whatever, in the mind of any competent
professional observer, that the few Pomeroys of Beaminster and neighborhood,
in the years around 1600, were not in the enjoyment of the better social and
material conditions in which we find the Pomeroys before and considerably
after that period. Therefore, as it is incontestable that the fortunes of the
very few Pomeroys of Beaminster and vicinity were at a lower ebb, for about
two generations. The fact itself explains the paucity of records of these same
people during this period; they were not landholders or merchants and they
Part Slt^rrF - ^nm^rnij BtHtory anb ^^ttpabg^ 172
did not become sufficiently involved in the affairs of the time to have figured in
many of the primary records then made and which have now been searched.
Exactly why they appear to have been less fortunate or successful is a matter
requiring further search. The general history of that time, however, does not
show it to be a fortunate one in many parts of England.
Finally, I must admit that I have no doubt now whatever but that
Eltweed Pomeroy's direct ancestors resided at, or in the adjoining parish to,
Beaminster/or more than one hundred and ten years before he left for America,
and that he was a direct descendant of John Pomeroy, Gent., of record at
Netherbury {IY2 miles from Beaminster) in 1526, and of record at Stoke Abbot
(2 miles from Beaminster) in 1523, and of record at Netherbury again in
1539 as "John Pomeroy, Gent.;" and, furthermore, I have no doubt that the
said John Pomeroy, Gent., came to Dorset from Devonshire some time
between 1510 and 1523 — but exactly where from in Devonshire, I do not at
present undertake to say definitely. You know that I have suspected that he
may have been the own brother John of Henry of Totness, of record in 1531;
and the idea is one that now compels the most serious further consideration.
He is beyond all doubt the vital man in the case. I have so stated to you for
months past. He is the only contemporary Pomeroy in Dorset or in eastern
Devon recorded as a gentleman. (I particularly ask you to note that titles
like "Gentleman" did not grow on bushes in Dorset. That title came from
Devon.)
The said John Pomeroy, Gent., of the tithing of Bowood in the parish of
Netherbury in 1539, a man of arms and armor, must be our man. There was a
Wrixon living in the same tithing in 1543, and I have no doubt that the
Pomeroy- Wrixon connection was established therein, or near thereto, about
that time or very soon after; and, as I have said before, therein lies the key to
the descent of Eltweed Pomeroy from the said John Pomeroy, Gent. Richard
Pomeroy, father of Eltweed was (how can we doubt it?) son, or grandson, of
the said John; and I expect that the said John's widow, (or a widow of a son of
his) married Wrixon or that the said John, or a son of his), married first, a
Widow Wrixon who had children named Wrixon who became called "Wrixon
alias Pomeroy."
The widow Wrixon who seems to have married a Pomeroy, may have
inherited so much of the estate of John Pomeroy, Gent., and have bestowed it
upon her own children by her previous husband Wrixon, that but little may
have come to Richard and Eltweed Pomeroy
John Pomeroy, gentleman, of Netherbury, I expect, could have been the
younger brother of the said Henry of Totnes of 1531. I have tested all the
records presented by "the enemy," have given long days and weeks to the
study of them, and have arrived at final and unalterable conclusions, for my
own mind concerning them.
173 lEngliflh Pariiih iRfrnr^fl
Dorset Musters. 30 Henry 8. Ty thins:, of Bcmyster.
(Eighty-one names; no Pomcroy, Keech, Rockett, Wade, Wrlxon or other
name of interest.) This seems to be a roll giving the names of all the substan-
tial yeomen of the parish in 1539, (when I do not believe any Fomeroy lived
there), those who were landholders and merchants. The names of agri-
cultural laborers, antl employees in minor trade do not seem to be included.
I am of the firm belief that there were male adult Pomeroys living at this
time in one or more of these three parishes, but not in Beaminster.
"Musters taken of ccrtayn hund''s Boroughs and mano''s in the countie
of Dors the xxviii^ & xxix day of September in the xxxiiii^ yere 1543 of the
reigne of our souveygn lord King Henry the viii^*^ by John Poulet and John
Wadham esquers commysson'"s amongest other wythin the said countie
assygned for the same" (Including men able and unable to go to war, the
unable being listed as having arms.)
The tething of Athelington: Roger Kyche haithe a byll.
The tething of Nettlecombe: John Rocket is set to pvide a bill and a
sallet (helmet).
The tething of Nettlecombe: Richard Wricson haithe a bill.
The tythyng of Symonds Barow: Rye Wade, a harnvs (armor) and a
byll.
The tithing of Lother: John Kyche — a bow, vi arrowws; WylFm
Kyche — a bow vi arr(ows); Wyll^m Kyche — a bow, vi arr; John Kvche a
byll.
The ty thing of Ashe: Andro Wad a harnes, a bow, a sheff of arr.
The tethyng of Bowoode: John Wrycson — a byll (a tithing in the
parish of Netherbury).
The tethyng of Netherbury: {S6 names, no name of interest.)
The tethyng of Abbot Stoke: (45 names, no name of interest.)
The tythyng of Bemyster: (64 names, no name of interest.)
The Tething of Owerne Mynster: John Rockett and John Levett ar no
ablemen butt evy of them hath a bill.
(Laborers were not held to be fighting men.)
Dec. de fFylle (Filley) (Decanet — tithing.)
W' illm^ Rockett a harnys, a bowe, a sheff of arrowes.
John^ Rockett a bowe a sheff of arrowes.
Robt. Rockett a bowe vi arrowes.
Ric. Rockett a bowe vi arrowes.
Nichas Rockett a bowe vi arrowes.
(This finishes about the whole county.)
Musters taken at Brideporte in the countie of Dors the x'^ Daye of
Aprell and at Bemyster in the said countie the xi^*^ daye of Aprell the xxx^^
yere of the raigne of o"" souaigne Lorde Kyng Henry the viii'^'^ befor Sr Gylys
Strangways Knight Henry Strangways and Roger Stourton Esquyers comys-
sion''s amonges other in the said countie:
Tethyng of Stawton Gabryell: John Kyche — a harnys; Roger Kyche —
a byll a Bow; sheff arrowes.
Tethyng of Chydyoke: John Kyche — a bowe er sheff arrowes; Roger
Kyche — able Bylman — a bylle.
Tethyng of Symondsbury: Ric. Wade — a harnys, a Bowe sheff arrowes.
Tethyng of Brawmpton: Robte Kyche alias ffranke, a harnys a Bowe
& sheff arrowes; Willym^ Kyche, a Bowe & sheff arrowes.
Tethyng of Loder: John Kyche — a Byll.
Tethyng of Athelyngton: Roger Kyche — able Bylman
(A Muster of Military Men and the arms to be provided a pair for by
them.)
Miscellaneous Books. Vol. 77. Augmentation Office. Valor of Tem-
poralities.
Cornwall. A record of the great national loan raised 14 Henry viii (1523).
Hundred of West. The pysche of Seynt Nyot. The yerely valo^ of the
tempalP men is landes wtin the said pysche accordyng to the kyngs com-
mission''. (Yearly income value of lands.)
Johes Calwaye — xl^.
Rodu^s Harry — vP viii^. (Ralph Harris.)
Walt'us Harry — x^ (Walter Harris.)
The voylo^ of the tempalls men in goodes and harnys (armor) in hityng
(living) wtyn the said pysche by ther othis accordyng to the said comission"":
Johes Calwaye — xx^' Harnys for himself and three men.
Ar. (archer) Johes Pomery — iiii'', a cote (a coat of mail), a bowe, xii
arrowes.
Willms Pomery — xP, a bowe, xii arrowes.
Ar. (archer) Robtus Kelyowe — x^', a bowe, vi arrowes, a cote, sallet.
Robtus Kellyowe — iii'', fully harnysed (full armor).
(This surname "Kellyowe" is Kellow not Kelloway.)
Cornish Muster, 1523 : — Johns Pomeroy — xx^' fully harnyzed (full armor.)
(This completes the search of the Hundred of West in the county of
Cornwall.)
QomfHttr BtixU Papprs — iEltzabptI|
Certificate of the musters taken in said countie (Dorset)
of all such horses, armor, weapons and other furniture meete for the war s
taken according to the Queenes Ma^'^^ commission, 12 March in the xi^"
yere of her most gracious raigne (1569). (This record includes the names of
\T5 IzuyUiih IJarit'ih Slrnn^g
all "ablciiicn)." (See hs. for horsemen; h. and ]). for ablemcn having pikes,
launces, or being harquebuzers; a. for archers; b. for billmcn.)
The Hundred of Bemystcr and Redbone. The tything of Hrappoll
(1st name) b. Richard Wrixsoni, billman. The Hundretl of Ruckland: The
tything of Kroll, b. Robte VVrixson, billman. Borough of Hirtcport, b. George
Kyche, billman.
The Hundred of Bemyster: Bemyster tythinge (53 names; none of
value). Netherbury tythinge (36 names; none of value). Stook &: Bowoodde
(27 names; none of value).
Hundred of Gotherhorne; Bonehinton and Lodres Tythinge: John
Kyche, Jun., harq. Waldyche Tythinge: Rich Wryxon, billman.
Hundred of Egardon: Mylton & Nettlesome. Thos Wade, billman.
Vol. 179. Muster of 1624. Dorset: Only a few men mustered.
Domestic State Papers. Vol. 57. Muster of 1569; (a very full list).
Honey ton parrishe: Thom^ Pomery (among the 4) p''senters sworen
who do present as beffore sd (that the inhabitants chargeable by statute have
their ffurniture as folowithe:)
Thom^ Pom'ye, one alman Rivet, ii large bowes, two sheaf of arrowes,
two stele cappes, one blocke bille. The names of the habellmen within the
saide parrishe mustered as biffore ssaide: John Pome'ye, Xpofer Pomery,
archers.
Toppysham Parrysh: prsenter sworen: Robt Pomery, 8 gonnes; John
Pomery.
Hundred of Colugge. Totneys: John Blackaller (for arms). Sherforde
Parrishe, Walter Hoppyn, billman. Cornworthie, (no Pomeroy).
Hundred of Ermington. Holberton parrishe: Thoms. Pom'y, billman.
Newton Ferrers: Andrew Pomrey gent one corslet, one pike, one large bowe,
two murryons, one harquebus, one sheaf of arrowes, two stele cappes.
The Hundred of Haytor. The presenters of ivy pishe within the saide
Hundred of Haytor do psente that their is no horse geldinge or mare conveyed
or carried out of the saide hundred into anny pts beyond the sea. Neither
that their is anny pke or ground ffor the brede of horses Within the said
Hundred, and that th inhabitants chargeable by the Statute have their
ffurniture as ffolowithe:
Berey Pom'ey: Henry Pom'ey, one large bowe, one sheaf of arrowes,
one stele cappe, one blocke bille. Thoms Southcotte, ar. one caliver.
Henry Pom'y, ar. one caliver. Hercules Pom'y, archer.
Hundred of Teignbridge. Yealmton parrishe: John Pom'ey, billman.
City of Exeter: William Pomery als. Sampson, Herquebusyer.
Part ®Itrpp - Pom^rog Btfitnry attb (irtt?aIog^ ITB
3ttqutHtltotta Poat ISortfttt
Edward Harrys, armiger, manor of Cornworthie. Priory, Devon. Died
8 April 34 Elizabeth. Thos Harrys, armiger, Sergt-at-Law, son and heir;
aged 45. (Thus he, Edward Harrys, held nothing in Cornwall at his death.)
Calendar of "Deeds Enrolled.'" Common Pleas, 1539 to 1547. (This
calendar embraces all England and has had to be examined in full as it is not
arranged alphabetically by either counties or persons.)
Hilary, 37 Henry VIII, m. 8. Devon. Richard Pomeroy & Lawrrence
Bradmore to Geo. Rolle, John Drew of Ken and Edmund Sture. Sale of
manor of Woodlegh, Devon: 19 Feb 37 Henry VIII; and on the back of the
same membrane is the release of title in the same, 25 Feb. 37 Henry VIII.
Calendar of same from 1547 to 1555: Easter; 3 Edw. VI, m. 14. Giles
Keylway of Strowde, Dorset Esqr. & Wm. Lennard of Taunton, Som't, mer-
chant, to David Hensley, clerk: Grant of fee in a messuage tenement
& lands called Lamplands in parish of Kenn, Devon, heretofore given for the
maintainance of a lamp in the church of Kenn; 3 Apr. 3 Edw. VI. [This
Giles Keylway may have been the second husband of Joane (Pomeroy? 092)
Paxwell of Stroude, who mar. (3) John Chidley of the same place; hence Giles
would have been the father of Hugh Keyleway, named in the will of said
Joane Chidley as being her son.)
Easter: 4 Edw. VI, m. 6. Giles Kaylewayne of Stroude,* Dorset Esqr.
to Wm. Leonard of Taunton, Som't. Release in fee of all right, title & inter-
est in the recotories of Sheldon & Leynthill, Devon, late parcels of the dis-
solved monastery of Dunkeswell, Devon, in the late Hospital for Lepers of
St. Mary Magdalene in Athlyngton near Bridport, Dorset, and in the dis-
solved Free Chapel of St. Ellen of Childfrome in Dorset, in the house and
mansion of the rectory of Lantegles, Cornwall, lately belonging to the Dis-
solved Hospital of St. John, Welles, Somerset; messuages, burgesses and
house in Taunton, Som't. parcel of the late Chantry of the Holy Trinity in
that town; and in the houses & edifices in Taunton lately belonging to the
chantrees of the name of Jesus of St. Andrew and of St. Mary the Virgin;
and in other houses in Taunton lately belonging to the friaries of the Holy
Cross and of St. Supulcre in the same town. 1 May 4 Edw. VI., m. 7. The
same Giles and the same Leonnard to Leonard Yeo of Hatherby, Devon gent.
Sale in fee of messuages, lands and tenements called Middle Tysshelegh,
Holeparkes St. Mary, Meade, Bytcombe, Wyndegate & Reddown; lands in
Hatherleigh, Blake Toryton & Echickland Town lately belonging to the
Dissolved Friary of St. Mary in Hatherleigh. 4 April 3 Edw. VI.
•(Strowde in Dorset is the estate in Stoke Abbot and Netherbury.)
irr CuoltHb Jlariiih S^rnr^fl
Exchequer. Particulars for Grants. No. 1731. (After the dissolution
of monasteries about 1537 and the confiscation by the Crown of their lands,
etc., many of the lands were sold. Among the many applicants was Giles
Keylwey of Strowde in Netherbury, Dorset, (whose wife was probably Joane
(Pomeroy) Paxwell, widow of Paxwell of Strowde, who married (3d) John
Chidley of Strowde). On Dec. 8, 2d of P^dward \"1, the said Giles Keylwey
of Strowde Dorset, Esq.," with Wni. Leonard a merchant of Taunton, Somer-
set, ajiplied to the Exchequer for the purchase of the various properties and
rents formerely belonging to abbeys, monasteries and chantries. This
application was for six separate properties in Lodyswell, Colysford, Ottery
St Marie, Colympton, Kenford, Okehampton, Ken, Holcombe, Hemyock in
Devon and in several places in Somerset, that at Ihninster, Somerset, being
"rated for Henry Kellway." 4 July 2 Edw. 6. [The description of these acqui-
sitions cover seven sheepskins.] On 7 March 3d of Edward VI, the same
men requested to purchase various other rents, privileges and properties, 43 in
number, situated in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall and Essex. They
did not purchase the actual titles but only the "farm" or lease of them for
the purpose of selling again or of sub-letting the same at a profit. They
thus obtained the "farm" of the Mansion House, Garden & Orchard of the
chantries of Beaminster, Dorset.
The descriptions of these properties cover 35 membranes in section two.
The entry as to Beaminster is:
"Dom Mane Contie de Beamyster {Dom Mane cu Gardins & Pomario
ibem reddend wide pannu) in libo socage^ iii^ iiii'^, at Xyeres xxxiii^ iiii^. Ex^
p. Johem Uannam., Depnt; Robti Metcalfe serpvis ibm."
Free translation: ("The Chantry of God's house with gardens and
orchard to the same belonging at an annual rent in free soccage iiis iiiid, at
X yeres xxxiii^ iii'^. Examined by John Hannum, deputy, and Robert
Metcalf, supervison of the same.)
Thus the exact identity in Beaminster of the said gardens and orchard
owned by the chantry, confiscated by the Crown and purchased by Giles
Keylewey (doubtless father of Hugh Keylwey named in Joane Chidley's will)
is not further disclosed by this record, nor what Keylway did with the same,
nor to whom he rented the gardens and orchard. Although the Keylwey 's
were related to the Pomeroys I do not, as yet, feel certain enough to assume
that the Pomeroys came to Beaminster in any connection with these properties
of Giles Keylway, for he probably died before the advent of the Pomeroys
into that parish; but what his probable widow Joane ( ) (Paxwell)
Keylwey (mother of the said Hugh Keylwey, who married, 3dly, John Chidley
of Strowde in Netherbury, did with this property, if it came to her, I do not,
as yet, know. I surmise that she was born a Pomeroy, closely related to
John Pomeroy (78) of Netherbury 1525, but cannot, I fear, furnish proof of
it, though she certainly had an early connection with Berry Pomeroy in
Devon as her will proves, and the belief has steadily grown up in me for some
time that the said John Pomeroy, gent., was the son of Richard Pomeroy,
and his wife Eleanor Coker, of Bowden in Totnes, Devon.
Public Record Office. Aug7nentation Office. Particulars for leases; temp.
Elizabeth and James, Dorset.
Beaminster, Chantry lands leased to Thomas Hart and others. Roll 2;
folio 22; 28 Elizabeth. No. 194.
Chantry lands leased to Wm. Hall and others. Roll 2 folio 30, 33, 36
& 38 Elizabeth. Nos. 39 and 171.
Chantry lands founded by Wat. Grey, leased to Henry Dingswel) Roll
2; folio 51^.
Chantry lands leased to George Pawlett. Roll 2; 51-6.
Chantry lands leased to Edw. Michell. Roll 3; folio 33.
Chantry lands leased to Hugh Issac. Roll 3; folio 21; 7 Elizabeth. No.
182.
Lands in Beaminster leased by the Crown to Lancelot Seaborne and
others. Roll 2; folio 17; 8 and 25 Elizabeth. Nos. 308 and 248.
Exchequer. Particulars of Grants for lands, rent, etc., of dissolved Monas-
teries, Chantries, etc.:
Pomeroy, Sir Thomas and Hugh. No. 1888. (None in Dorset.)
Prideaux, Nicholas and Roger, gent. 12 April 3 Edv/. VL Farms in
Symondsbury and Bridport, Bradpole, etc., (among many others), late held
by the Hospital of St. John the Babtist in Bridport.
Lands of Queen Catherine in Dorset, in 21 parishes. No Pomeroy
parish included in this account of the said lands and their occupants and the
bailiffs thereof. — {Misc. Books, Augmentation office; Vol. 302.)
Exchequer Miscellaneous Books, Vols. 6, 66, 67, 68. Schedule of
particulars for the sale of lands, temp. Edw. VL (No references to Symonds-
bury or a Pomeroy.)
Exchequer. Augmentation office. Misc. Books. Vol. 204. Possessions
of Monasteries, temp. Henry VIIL (No reference to Symondsbury.) Vol.
397. Paper Surveys of Monasteries. Cerne, Dorset. Symondsbury not
included. Vol. 163. Enrollment of Indentures (21 to 25 Henry VHI) of
bargain and sale of lands by Sir Edw. Seymer Kt. to various perons. (No
Dorset land mentioned.)
Augmentation Office. Enrollments of Leases and Pensions from Henry VIII
to fames First. Searched for all names of interest.
Symondsbury was owned by the Abbey of Cerne before the Reformation.
Ministers' Accounts (36-37 Henry VHI of the Dissolved Monasteries)
Cerne Abbey, etc., Dorset. Roll 664.
Details as to tenants not given in this roll:
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Roll 663. 35-36 Henry VTTI. Cernc Abbey, John Coker bailiff of the
manor of Syniondsbury. Tenants not named in this roll.
Roll 662. 31-32 Henry VI H. Ccrne Abbey, etc Tchn Coker bailiff of
Symondsbury. Tenant not named in this roll.
Roll 661. 37-38 Henry V'llI, Lands and possessions of the monastery
of Cerne. "Symysborough Man^" "John Coker bailiff."
"John Keche vi' viii^ at court." (No other tenants named in th'- roll
for Symondsbury.
Roll 660. 36-37 Henry VHI. Cerne Abbey. Symysborough Man""
with Rectory. The account is submitted by John Coker, bailiff of the
manor. The farm (lease) of the manor and rectory is held by Thomas
Arundell, Knt. Names of tenants not in this roll.
Roll 659. 36 Henry VHI. Cerne Abbey. "Symysborough with
Rectory." John Coker bailiff. The manor and rectory were farmed to
Thomas Arundal, Knt. for £29 6s a year per indenture. No name of tenants
in this roll. The bailiff received £40 a year.
Roll 658. 35 Henry VHI. Possessions of the dissolved Abbey of
Cerne, Dorset, "Symysborough with Rectory." John Coker, bailiff. Names
of tenants not in this roll.
Rolls 657-655. 31-34 Henry VHI, as before.
(The above John Coker resided at or near Symondsbury at the time he
was bailiff of that manor.)
Protestation Rolls, Devon, 1642:
Staverton: Richard Pomeroy
St. Mary Church (parish) James Pomeroy
Brixham: Richard Pomeroy; John Pomeroy.
These men took the oath of allegiance to parliament in 1642, as being
Protestants and ready to support the acts of Parliament against all others
— against Charles I — if it should, as it did eventuate, that when they signed
they perhaps did not contemplate the king's downfall.
Protestation Rolls, Dorset, 1642:
Bradford: Joseph Rixon. Beminstr: Henry Keech, John Keech,
Richard Keech, William Keech, Clement Keech, Bradpole: Richard
Wrixham.
The Devon and Cornwall Record Society has compiled a Calendar of
Inquisitions Post Mortem, edited by Edward Alexander Fry, (1906,) for
Cornwall and Devon, from Henry HI to Charles I, 1216-1649, from which
the following items relative to the Pomeroy race have been derived:
It is recited in the Preface that it mav be useful for those who have not
Part ©litfp - Pomprcjj BtBtorji anJn (il?ttpalngg IBfl
had much experience in early genealogical history to state briefly what inq ui-
sitions post mortem were and wherein lies their usefulness to us in these latter
days.
Inquisitions post mortem were one of the most distinctive features of the
feudal system in England; they were introduced in the reign of Henry III,
about 1216, and continuing to be held throughout the course of some 430
years, were only formally abolished on the accession of Charles II to the
throne, though they had practically ceased to be taken after 1649.
When a person, male or female, died seized of lands in capite, that is
holding them from the Crown, a writ was issued to the escheator of the county
directing that an inquisition should be held in order to ascertain of what
lands he died seized, of whom and by what services the same were held, when
he died and who was his next heir.
If the heir happened to be a minor the lands descending to him were
held in ward by the Crown until he became of age. The wardship was
generally a very lucrative business because the rents and profits of the estate
went to the person having charge of the heir till his coming of age, so that
wardships were frequently bought from the Crown for large sums of money.
On the heir attaining his majority he had to sue out his "ousterlemain;"
In other words he had to obtain delivery from the Crown of the lands for
which he was in ward, after proving to the Court's satisfaction that he was
of age. As may be expected, payments of a very exacting nature were
extorted on all these occasions, of death, proof of age, and delivery of lands.
It will be seen, therefore, from the above brief outline that inquisitions post
mortem are very useful to genealogists of the present day, because in them are
recorded the most minute particulars of the deceased's landed property,
names of manors long since passed out of existence, field names, names of
tenants, etc., etc., are often given; likewise many interesting details as to the
services by which the property was held. The date of the deceased's death,
the heir's name, relationship, and age at the time of his predecessors' death
are all stated on the oath of twelve men appointed as a jury.
Proceeding now to a few particulars respecting the Calendar of Inquisi-
tion post mortem for Cornwall and Devon, it should be remarked that in
1806 it was ordered by Parliament that a Calendar be printed of the inqui-
sitions then kept in the Tower of London, but since that date deposited in
the Public Record Office. The outcome of this order was that between 1806
and 1828 four large folio volumes were issued under the direction of the Com-
missioners of Public Records, covering the period between the reigns of
Henry III and Richard III, which volume may be consulted in most of the
public libraies of the kingdom. These four volumes give the names of the
people on whose properties the inquisitions were held, and the names of the
manors, etc., and the counties in which they are sitiiatetl, hut fail to give any
further information. As a partial remedy for other omissions there appeared
in 1865 two volumes, entitled, Caleyidar'mm Geyiealogictim^ by Mr. Charles
Roberts, which for the reigns of Henry III and Kdward I, give short abstracts
of the in(|uisitions, stating the heir uiul his age at the taking of the inquisitions
aiiti many other particulars omitted in the Calendars published by the com-
missioners.
It was a great pity the Caky^darium Genealogtcum was not carried out for
the whole of the period covered by the official calendar, for by combining the
two one might have arrived at the pith of all the inquisitions down to Richard
III, whereas now recourse has to be made to the documents themselves for
any inquisition that occurs after Edward I. These documents for the period
Henry III to Richard III (1216-1485) are not confined to inquisitions post
mortem only; there are also inquisitions ad qitod do>jJiuyn, proofs of age, docu-
ments dealing with properties of lunatics and idiots, fugitives and felons,
inquisitions taken on special occasions, as, for instance, to ascertain bounda-
ries, rights to hold fairs, markets, fisheries and ferries, or to inquire into tithes,
common pasture and free warren. They are indicated in this calendar by
an asterisk and when applying for a document thus marked care should always
be taken to add the words "second numbers."
By the help of the calendar now printed, which covers a period of some
430 years, reference can be made in as many minutes as it formerly required
days to any inquisition of Cornwall and Devon land owners, and it will be,
it is hoped, a means of stimulating research in the records of the past history
and genealogy of these counties. To those interested in inquisitions it may
be useful to know that the Public Record Oflice authorities have recently
issued two volumes of abstracts of inquisitions Post Mortem for the whole
kingdom for the reigns of Henry III and of 1-10 Henry VII, respectively,
under a chronological arrangement. These no doubt will be succeeded by
subsequent volumes for later periods. The Pomeroy names, with the attached
information appear in the volumes of the Calendariuyn Geyiealogicum mentioned
above:
For County Coryiwall:
Pomeray, Edward, (C. Zl): 24 Henry VI.
Pomerey, (or Pomerov) Edward, Knt. (E. vol. 82-103: E. File 180-17):
30 Henry \TII.
Pomerey, Henry, fil. Henry de (C. 72): 15 Edward I.
Pomerey, Henry de la (C. 51): 33 Edward I.
Pomerey, Henry de la (C. 52): 34 Edward I.
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Pomerey, Henry, s. of Amicia, pro Nicholas de Wodergrave and John
Gaumbon, (C. 118): 2 Edward III.
Pomerey, Henry de la Chiv. (C. 51): 48 Edward HI.
Pomerey, Hugh (C. vol. 144-173): 8 Elizabeth.
Pomerey, (or Pomeroy) James ( E. File 153-): 4-5 Henry VIII.
Pomerey, Joan, wife of Thomas, (C. 51): 7 Henry VI.
Pomeraye, John Chiv. (C. 44): 4 Henry V.
Pomeroy, Margareta, wife of Edward, (C. 11): 1 Edward IV.
Pomerey, (or Pomeroy) Robert (E. File 158-11): 10 Henry VIII.
For County Devon:
Pomeroy, Anna (C. 112): 21 Richard II.
Pomeroy, Anna (C. 70): 21 Edward IV.
Pomeroy, Edward (C. 37): 24 Henry VI.
Pomerey, Elizabeth, wife of Richard, (C. Ser. ii, Vol. ii): 12 Henry VII.
Pomerey, Elizabeth, widow, (C. Vol. 18-45): 20 Henry VII.
Pomereye, Henrye de la (B. 2, p. 238: Inq. 416): Writ to Ralph de
Sandwyeo, the King's steward, 12 July, 9 Edward I. Extent, Wednesday
next . . .the exaltation of the Holy Cross, 9 Edward I. Berry Pomerey:
The manor (extent given) held of the King in chief by knight's service. Henry
de la Pomereye, aged 16 at Whitsunday last is his next heir and was married
before the death of his father.
Cheigney, William, son and heir of Nicholas de Cheigney (B. 7, p. 135,
Inq. 168): Sept. 8, 2 Edward III. Robert de Pomeray, aged 60 years, says
the like and recollects it because he at the time served the aforesaid vicar.
(This refers to another deposition: "Said William was born at Upotery and
baptized in the church there on the morrow by Robert, Vicar of the said
church." I Edwardll.
Cadurciis, Robert de (B. 5, p. 294; Inq. 527): 8, Edward II. Hanoc,
one knight's fee now held by John Trebenet, which the said heirs ought to
hold ot the heirs of Henry de la Pomeray, and they of Hugh de Courtenay
of the honor of Okhamptone.
Early Chancery Proceedings. 1513 — 1529. Henry viii. No. 553 — 20. To
the Right Rev^ eat /father in God Thom'^s, lorde Cardynall Archbishop of
Yorke prymatt & Chanceler of England:
Humblie compleynyng shewyth unto yo*" grace yo'' Dayly Orato''
John Pom'ey that Sir Thomas Chylde late pson of the pysche churche &
sponage of the pyche of Abbotts stoke in the Countie of Dors^ att the ffeast
1B3 lEitijliah JJariiil) IRr^lr^a
of Saynt Mychell tharchangell the xviiith (1527) yer of the Reigne of oure
sou^eigne lordc that nowe is King Henry the viii''' sett lessee! & dymysed to
fferme toyo'' said orato"" the said psonage ik Rectory of the same for a tme
of thre yers then next folowyng fully to he completed & ended, and aft""
that thre yers past & ended for other thre yers. And so from thre yers to
thre yers During the lyf of the sayd Syr Thoma^ Chylde, yeldyng & paying
yerly to (faded word) for the same to the seid Syr Thom'''s Chylde (sum not
stated) li of good and lawfull money of England the whyche seid S*" Thomas
Chylde then feythfully promysed unto yo"" seid Orator, not only that he
wolde contynue pson of the seid psonage & Rectory Duryng his lyf w^out
any Resignacon by hym thereof to be made, but also for as moche as the
seid psonage and benefyce was then in fferme for sten (certain) yers then nott
fully ended by Reason whereof the tythe corne & grayne for the fyrste yer of
the seid thre yers belonged unto the seid ffermor (farmer or lessee) thereof
that yo*" seid orator att the last yer of his seid thre yers or att such tyme
aft"" as he shoulde fortune to depte from the ferme of the said psonage &
benefyce that he & his Assignes sholde have the hole tythe corn of the seid
pysche that sholde fortune ther to be growne that last yer & att the tyme of
his Ueptyng from the seid fferme of the seid psonage & benefyce — and uppon
truste of suertie of the same yo"" said orato*" geve & delyv''ed to the seid Syr
Thomas Chylde a hors (?) prys iii^' for a fyne for the same. And so it is good
& gracious lorde that the seid Sir Thomas Chylde contr^rye to his seidpromyse
hath Resigned hes seid benefyce & would nott suffer yo'' Orator after the
Resyeracon to have the tythe corne of the seid psyche then their growyng,
but hath taken & sold hit to his owne prfett cont''y to all Right and good
conseyence And contr'^y also to his seid pmyse to the greatt hyndring losses
& damage of yo'" seid peure Orato'". Wtout yo"" graycious favor to hym he
charytably showed in that behalf for that yo'' seid orato'' hath not any Inden-
ture other wreytyng or spechaltie pvyng the seid leese &: demyse of the seid
ffarme and conteynyng the pmyses aforeseid betweene the seid Sir Thomas
Chylde and yo"" seid Orato*" soo that yo"" seid orato"" hath nott eny Remedye
for the same att the comen lawe agenst the seid S"" Thomas Chylde. In
tendre consyderacon whereof but may therefore please yo"" good &: g''cyous
lordshpp to grannt a wryt of subpena to be dyrected to the seid Sr Thomas
Chylde comanndyng hym by the same psonally to appere before yo"" grace
in the kyngs courte of chaunc'"e att a certayn daye &: under a certayn payne
by yo"" grace to be lymytted ther to stande to suche ordre &: dyrecon in the
prmisses as by yo"" gee shal be thought that may stande wt Right equytie
and good consyens. And yo"" seid Orato"" shall dayly praye unto God for the
p'"svocon of yr good grce long to endure.
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Proceedings in Chancery. Bills and Answers. Elizabeth SS. 10. 7 Feb.^
1589. Stoone vs. Meadoway.
"To the right Honorable S'" Xpofer Hatton, Knight of the noble order
of the garter and Lorde Chancellor of England."
Thomas Stoone and Elizabeth Wellman with Richard Meadeway and
Lawrence Hedgecocke were seized in common in their demesne of divers
messuages lands, and tenements in Eggardon in the parish of Askerwell,
Dorset. The deeds, evidences and writings whereof were about . . . years
now last past by the ancestor or ancestors of the plaintiffs and of the said
Meadeway and Hedgecocke, in a certain chest locked with several lockes
delivered unto the custody and keepinge of one Martyn Pomery, deceased,
upon special trust and confidence and to the use of all the tenants in common
who had interest in the said premises. The which Martyn Pomery at the
time of his death committed and delivered the said chest and evidences
locked unto one John Meadeway, deceased, upon like trust. The which
the said John Meadeway all his lifetime faithfully performed, and at his death
delivered the chest and contents to his son Thomas Meadeway, deceased.
But now of late since the latter's death, the chest being by some ungodly
person broken up, the deeds have come to the hands of Richard Meadeway,
son of the said Thomas Meadeway, and of one Anne Boowe, widow, mother
of the said Richard, and the said Lav/rence Hedgecocke, who claim the said
premises and refuse to the said plaintiffs access to the deeds, and refuse to
place them in impartial hands, etc., etc.
Chancery affidavit. 31 Jan. 1621. Helary term. Vol. 3, No. 71:
Thos Pomery of Tynardreth (?), aged 36 years, on 25 Jan. 1621 served
Elizabeth Pomeroy, W". Cullombe & Joane his wife with spina (supoena) out
of court of chancery to show cause why they should not performe an order
of decree made the last tearme in chancery.
Chancery Deposition; p. 694-5:
Hugh Pomeroy of Ilsington vs. William Molton. 14 Elizabeth.
P. 695-2. March 21 Eliz. Hugh Pinsent vs. Hugh Pomeroy, Esq.
W. 725-78. 25 June 20 Charles H. Mary Wrixon widow vs. Richard
VVrixon. She was widow of Xpofer Wrixon. Sale by latter of tenement
in Yetminster to Giles Symme etc.
Star Chamber Proceedings: 17-38 undated. (Henry VIII?) Richard
Pomery vs. Simon Hele, James Blackaller, et al. over a mansion house at
"Boughey" (Bovey.'')
Same court: 193-11. Sr Edw. Pomeroy vs 7 persons for tresspass in
deer park at Berry Pomeroy.
1B5 lEuriliiih JIarUih S^r^r^a
Henry VIII. Same court: 21-154. John Olyver vs. Sir Edw.
Pomeroy, etc. Messuage "Kyrgyston," Devon.
Hen. VIII. Same court: 24-277. Sir F.ilw. Pomeroy vs. Edmund
Worth. Over a riot.
Early Chancery Proceedings, 414-22. (The address makes this date a
little before 1518.)
To the most Rev'ent ffnther in Citxl Thomas, Cardinal! Archbishop of
York and Chauncelcr of England:
Your dayly orator and Bedmen Thomas Heth & Alyce hys wyfF executrix
of the last will (of John Newcombe) late deceasyd, Whereas said John Pom'ay
was indebted unto John Newcombe x li & the latter made your oratrix his
executrix & died, after hoose deth John Pom'ay made the said Johan his
wyfF his executrix, and the said Johan took to husband one Lewes Parkyn,
who has the goods and credits of late John Pom'aye, oratrix for settlement
of Newcomb's will has required of Lewes Parkyn & hys wyff the x li. which
they have refused to pay. Therefore, etc.
Pleg de pd Wills Kynden de Parish of St. Ann, Thomas Whitts T.
Bonesaunte, of same, London, Gents.
(The records of this case do not state where the parties resided, but no
doubt they were of Devon, the will of the said John Pomeray not being now-
extant.)
Chancery Proceedings. Series II. Elizabeth. 191-84. So the rigght honor-
able S^ Nycholas Bacon. 2 Nov. 4 Eliz. 1562. John Warreyne of
Loders^ Dorset, tailor, and Alyce his wyfe, dawghter unto one Thomas
Syle late of Yendon in parry she of Loders vs. Nycholas JFryxon of Nettle-
combe, Dorset:
Jasper Smythe deeded to Thomas Syle, deceased, sonne unto Wm.
Syle, and brother unto the sayd Thomas Syle father of said Alyce, a tenement
and land in hamlet of Uplade in Loders for life, at a certain yearly rent,
with remainder to Alice after the death of her father Thomas Syle for her life
at a like rent. Thomas entered in; Alice later married John Warryne.
The deed and other writings "casually comen to the handes of one
Nycholas Wrixon of Nettylcombe, husbandman, and to one John Wrixon
hys Sonne and Johane his wyfe, late wyfe unto the sayd Thomas Seale
Sonne of Wm. Syale; he has entered in.
Plaintiff's demand son Wrixon refused. Subpena to defts.
(Writ follows) Then the reply of Nycholas Wryxon John Wryxon &
Johane. The reply is partly torn off, 5-6th remaining. Admit possession
of deeds & enter general denial, claiming right of Johane for her life therein.
^art 2Il|rfF - Pnmrrog Htfitorg nnh (^mmio^^ IBS
Chancery Deposition. W. 64-2. 17 Feb. 8 James I. Joan Wrixen the
younger vs. Thomas Gudge, Henry Darby Gen. {steward of the manor)
Elizb Gudge. Interrogatories (long). Tenement on manor of Stoke
Abbot late in tenure of Joan Sheate widow deceased. Thomas Gudge
grandfather of T. G. defent. The manor court named Elizabeth Gudge as
next of right to said tenant. Joan Wrixen was grandchild of said Thomas
Gudge deceased, and daughter of Henry Wrixen and wife Agnes, dau of said
Thomas Gudge the elder,
"Johan Shute als Sheate." Pit. claims Gudge granted reversion to Joan
Wrixen after death of Johan Shute. Robert Shute son of Joan Shute. Joan
Wrixon entered into the tenement upon death of Joan Shute, but was disturbed
by the 3 defts who sued her.
Roger Gollop of North Bowood parish of Netherbury aged 46 (a witness).
Knows Henry Wrixen father of Joan (& other daus)
Joan Wrixen was bapt 18 Oct. 1589.
John Heme of Catlease in Coscombe aged 30, said T. Gudge did grant
by word of mouth the said tenement to Joan Wrixen.
Roger Clark of Abbott Stoke aged 20 husbandman.
George Pavye of Abbott Stoke husbandman aged 70 said manor court did
not declare the next tenant and left it to the Lord, but the Steward admitted
Eliz Gudge as tenant.
Robert Shute weaver, aged 44. Agnes sister of Eliz Gudge. The
tenement was called "Blackney Bargayne."
John Hearne aged 30 said he heard the grandfather (Thos Gudge the
elder) give the reversion to "great Joan" (Wrixen) sister of Eliz. Gudge a
week before she died, some 12 or 13 years past. Henry Wrixen the younger
brother of Joan the pltf.
{Chancery Depositions. W. 13-1. Commission dated 27 May 18 James I.)
John Wolcombe Gent vs. Leonard Pomerye. Parsonage of Meavil.
Devon. Interrogatories taken at Plymouth.
P. 143-27. 29 July 1655. Hugh Pomeroy and wife Frances vs. Charles
Vaghan esqr. Tenement called Loveland in Bickington, Devon.
P. 143-52. 19 Dec. 12 Chas. II. Roger Pomeroy esqr., son of Valentine
Pomeroy deceased vs. Edward Lyde gent. Tenement in Stoke Gabriel,
Devon.
Search of Close Rolls for reigns of Edward IV, Richard II, Henry VIII ^
Edward VI, Philip and Mary and from 1656 to 1569, inclusive, discloses the
following documents in Latin:
\BT Ciirilifll) IJariiih ISrrr^r^l!
30. Henry 8. 1^ 4 part. Indenture between Thomas Pomerey, armiger,
and Thomas Rytren, knight.
35. Henry 8. T' part. Indenture between Richartl Pomeroy &: John
Gyles.
37. Henry 8. 3'' part. Indenture between Lawrence Bradmer t^: Richard
Pomeroy.
15 Henry 7 part. Pomeroye, Elizabeth Pomeroy, widow, et al.
and George Fortesque, armiger: 15 Dec. Property in Devon. Gloucestershire
and Wiltshire.
6 Edward 6. Z*"* part. Indenture between Hugh Pomeroye and Thomas
Pomeroy, Kt.
7 Edward 6. Indenture between Thomas Pomerye Knight and Richard
Bullene.
1 Edward 6. Part 5. No. 45. Grants conveyance dated 12 Nov. 1
Edward 6 by VVymund Carew, knight to Edward Duke of Somerset & his
heirs for £9000, of the ( ) and parke of Bery Pomeroy, with appurten-
ances and all lands, etc., and also the manors of Bery Pomerey, Brixham,
Harberton, Sandridge, etc., with appurtenances, etc., sometimes being parcel
of the lands, etc., of Sir Thomas Pomerey, Knight.
Blagden (sometimes written Blagdon and anciently written "Blandon" as
in an inquisition post mortem on a Pomeroy) is a hamlet in the parish of
Paighton, Devon, lying toward Totnes.
"Bowden" in Totnes, Devon, is an estate lying about a mile and ^4 south
of Totnes village, formerly held by the Giles family. (There was a Gylle or
Gille who was mixed up with the Pomeroys and Courtneys in a suit of court of
common pleas, or elsewhere given in my data.) Bowden was early the home
of John de Bowden. Someof the parts of the residence on the estate date back
to Edward I, (who died 1327); the house was remodelled in the time of Queen
Anne (1702-1714). This place is still 1915 called Bowden.
Honiton, Devon. The records of this borough, between 15(X) and 1625,
can not be found. It is presumed that they were burned in the great fire at
Honiton.
Court of Augmentations: Enrollment of leases and pensions by the
Crown: Henry VIII to James I (all in Latin): Vol. 233, fo. 284: Mary
Pomeroy, 17 May 31, Henry VIII.
Parish Register of Broadhembury, Devon, searched from 1538 to
1638: "1577 John Pomerie, the sonne of Thomas Pomerie of Honyton, was
buried the 5th dale of tfebruarie." "1637, Mary the daughter of Thomas
Pomeroy, Esq., was baptised the 12th day of July."
(M-6) Court held on Tuesday, 8th August, 10 Henry VIII (1519). The
tithingman presents the several persons in the tithing are of the age of 12 or
more, and are not sworn of the assize of the lord the king; each is returned with
the person responsible for him. Among them is John Pomeray with John
Pomeray.
(M-lOd) At the court held on Tuesday, 24th April, 12 Henry VIII (1521),
John Pomeray is one of the seventeen jurors sworn for the king.
(M-13d) At the court held on Tuesday, 16th April, 12 Henry VIII
(1521), he appears in like manner.
(M-14d) At the court held on Thursday, 22d Sept., 16 Henry VIII
(1525). To this court came John Pomerey the elder and John Pomerey the
younger, sons of John Pomerey, and took from the lady of the manor, by
conveyance of her council the reversion of a tenement containing 4 farlings of
land, with the appurtenances, in Bulverton now in the tenure of John Pomerey
their father, after the death, retirement, surrender or forfeiture of their said
father, to hold to them for their lives, and the life of the longer liver of them
successively, according to the custom of the manor, by the rents and customs
thereupon due and accustomed. And they pay a fine of £13 6s 8d; whereof
they pay into the hands of the receiver 66s 8d. The residue to be paid at the
three audits next to come. Sureties, Richard Trelegh and John Martyn.
(John Pomeroy and his two sons, both named John.) Dated 1524, when
both sons acquired the life-lease of property in "Bulverton," which, in 1524,
was an estate located within the parish of Sidmouth, Devon. It is now a
hamlet and principal farm held by Robt. and Wm. Gregg (1915), hence these
two Johns remained in Sidmouth. — C. A. H.
Final Concord. Westtninster; pasch term: First petition^ dated 6 May
7 Ed. 6. Johana Tubbe vid. filiam Johns Calawaye gent, querant; Joan
Caylewaye deporciant; messuage, garden, fields, pasture, etc., in South
Kyldreneck, Polcap, Bromland, Leskerd, Haggerland, Gurmellocke, Seynt
Nyott, Churtowne, Cornwall; tenement called Gill Perkes in Tombehouse in
Seynt Nyott.
Miscellanea Genealogist et Heraldica, 2d series, ii p. 265 (1888) seen for
Chidley, Poxwell and Kayleway.
Rodigund, dau. of Thomas Poxwell of Strowde, in Netherbury, Dorset,
mar. John Lewston of Lewston, Dorset. — (Visitation of Dorset 1565.) (There
were Poxwells in Netherbury in 1400.)
Rodigund Poxwell, dau of John Poxwell, mar. Wm. Anketell of Shaftes-
bury, Dorset. — (Harvey's Visitation of Dorset.
Joane Chidley mar. (1) . . . Poxwell, (2) . . . Kayleway by whom she
had a son Hugh, named in her will, (3) . . . Chidley who died in or about 1571.
Complete search has been made of all probate records for the will or
estate of said Chidley, Kaleway and Poxwell.
IBB ?Engliab Purtah iSrmriifl
Charters and Rolls in the British Museum have been searched for refer-
ences to Hecr llackett, Eastbury (in Sherburne) and Rhyme, Dorset, without
result at any period.
f-farleian MS 50 G 42, relating to Sherburne, Dfjrset, has been examined.
An extract from the rental of the manor of Sherborne 1581. (Campbell
XIll-6) British Museum MSS., have been seen.
Beer Hackett, Dorset Church Notes 1873 in add. MSS. 37178 f. 142 seen.
Same for Rhyme, Dorset, seen in add. MSS. 31 178 f. 175.
Harleian MSS. 1427 and 1539, of Visitations of Dorset, seen.
Thorncombe, Devon, parish registers seen from 1551. John Chidley and
Johane Kelewail mar. 15 P>b. 1560. (Her will proved 1575).
Netherbury, Dorset, parish registers seen from 1592.
Marriage records at Symondsbury, Dorset, seen from 1558.
\Vm. Wrickson alias Pumerie and Elizabeth Wade mar. 1 Feb. 16(X).
Allington, Dorset, marriages seen from 1570.
Protestation Returns of all males aged 18 and Upwards, 1641-2: Dorset:
"Beerbackwood" in Sherborne Hundred: Thomas Pomery and Samuel
Pomery both took the oath of allegiance to church and crown. (Beerback-
wood is probably Beerhackett.) (Note "Rockett" and "Rockwood" as
forms of same surname in Dorset.
Liberty of Rime Intrinseca, Dorset, Leonard Pomeroy. (Perhaps same
man called elsewhere of "Lyme.")
Beaminster. No male Pomeroys there 1641-2, aged 18 or over.
(Eliaplpr of iorapl. Sfuon aiiiJ CCttntiuall IHiUa
P. C. C. Holney. 29. 1571.
John Chydlye of Strowde, Dorset, gentillman, 28 May, 14 Elizabeth
(1571). Buried where it happens me to departe; for my grave vi^ viii<^.
To poor at my funeral 40s in bread; one month later 20s more. To mother
church* 12d. To wardens of church of Thorncombe 2 kyen, for the poor
thereof. To poor of Thorncombe 4s yearly in bread. 3s 4d each to poor of
Thorncombe, Winshame, Chardstock, Hawkchurch, Axminster, Burstock,
Winsor, Bethscombe, Birdporte, Alenton, Bemistere, Stocke Abbott and
Netherburie.
To my godchildren 6d each. To Margaret Polglas sevt. 10s. To
Ebbett Inglord servt. £3 vis viiid. To John Sprage als. Turner 5s. To Rich.
Hoper servt. 20s. To Wm. Parker of Thornecombe 20s. To his wife do. do.
do. 10s. To Wm. Ode 5s. To John Edgare and Wm. Osborne my son in lawe
£100 to procure an annuitye of £6 13 4 to Hughe Kaylewaye my sonne in
lawe for life, to begin after death of me and of Jane my wief, in default of any
*Note — Salisbury Cathedral.
Part ^\^m - Pomprog lltatory nnh (Bmtnio!^^ 190
quarterly payment within IS days of due date, then the £100 to Hugh
Kaylwaye within 40 days. Joane my daughter wief of the said John Edgare
to have use of my Sylinges of my hall and parlor of my howse in Thornecombe
etc etc. after death to Wm. Edgare, then to Rich Edgare, bro of Wm. Edgare.
To Johan Edgare my daughter a goblet. To Alice Osborne my daughter a
silver bowl. To Agnes Hoper my daughter a gilt goblet. To my son in law
Wm. Pole of Shute (?) Esq. best goblet and gold ringe with the sapphire
stone in him and £10. To children of my said three daughters £6 13s 4d at
marriage. To the said Jane my wief cattle sheep etc etc household stuff etc
at Strowde in the keeping of my ffermors there, and all plate etc etc she had
of her own and £10, and all lands and tenements I have in Chydleye and in
Tyngmothe, Devon. Residue to John Edgare and Wm. Osborne exers.
Wm. Pole Esq. Henry Hoskins of Bemister and Thos. Golope gent XXs each
above their expenses.
Proved 14 June 1571.
"Strowde" is a small manor-farm in Netherbury, Dorset, worth, in 1774,
£100 per annum; with an ancient house; it is one mile northeast of South
Bowood. In the 8th year of Henry VI it was held by Robert Pokeswell who
then held in Netherbury, 5 messauges and 220 acres of land, of the Bishop of
Salisbury. Thomas Pokeswell, the last of this family at Strowde, had two
daughters; one married .... Moncke, the other .... Mawdley. The manor
of Strowde passed to Moncke and then to the Killigrews on 22 Elizabeth.
Dean of Sarum. Reg. 8., fo. 7.
4 Apr. 37 Elizabeth.
Joane Kelloway of fforston, Dorset, widow of Nicholas Kellowaye, dec.
Buried in churchyard of Charminster.
To my son John Kellowaye a bullock etc. in lew of a buUocke given him
of his father; and to each of his children a pottenger. To my fower god-
children, being my children's children, a ewe sheepe. To Thomas Kelloway
my Sonne Thomas Kelloway's sonne, a lambe. To god-daughter Joane a
heifer. To my sonne Henry K. a platte. To my two daughters and Agnes,
apparell, and to the said Elmer (sic) my ringe. To my sonne Thos., to my
Sonne Erasmus, to my sonne Ralph bills of credit. To Alice, dau. of Thos.
Clement, a lambe. To 4 children of said Ralph, to daus. Anne and Joane, a
candlestick, each and to Nicholas and Xpoper [Christopher] a salt seller each.
To my son Xpoper residue and execr.
John Hunte, Edmunde Newe, John Kellowaye. Inv. £19 16 8.
Prov. 1 May 1604.
Dean of Sarum. Reg. 6, 249.
Adm. Bond. 28 July 1600 on estate of Richarde Clare alias Myller
191 lEmjUi^h Jlartiih iK^nlr^ll
deseased late of Beamyster, Dorset, who died intestate, leaving William
Clare, Christopher Clare alias Myllcr of Hcaniinstcr, shoemaker, ami Johannc
Forde, als. Clare wife of Rich. Fordc, who gave the bond. Inventory value
£38 2 2.
Dean of Sarum. Reg. 4. P. 130.
7 June 1586. Adm. on John Clare deceased of Netherhury, Dorset, to his
relic Johanne. Inventory £35 6 4. Bond by J(jhan Clare als. Bogwell.
9 Oct. 1589.
Dean of Sarum. Reg. 9, fo. 95.
10 Oct. 1612. Andrew Lane "of the towne of Beamister in the psh. of
Netherbury," Dorset, husbandman. Son Wm., son John, son Robt. To
Agnes d. of Humphrey Lane, Dau. Bridgett. To my sonne Humphrey Lane
Is. To my childrens' children Is each. Residue to wife F.li/.b. execr. Wm.
Champe, Wm. Lane. Inv. £14 15s. Proved 2 Aug. 1613.
The Rockett family did not become connected with Pomeroy soon enough
to have any records that would bear upon anything back of Eltweed Pome-
roy. There are no Rockett wills at the Probate Court at Blandford, Dorset, of
value; none in the Royal Peculiar Court of Gillingham; none in the Prebendary
court of Lyme Regis and Halstock; none in the Dean and Chapter of Sarum;
none in any of the Sarum courts having jurisdiction over Dorset
I do not feel free to undertake search of all sorts of Rockett evidence, because
if I give anything to it I shall have to quit that which is far more important
than anything else, i. e., Wrixon, Wade, to say nothing of Keech and Oventon.
I do not remember that you found any Keech records in Beaminster vital
records other than of Eltweed Pomeroy 's wife. How the Wrixons became
connected with the Pomeroys is to me a highly important matter. I have
dwelt upon it for a long time. — C. A. H.
P. C. C. 2 Carew. 20 May 1575. Johan Chidleye of Strou'de in the parish
of Netherbury e, Dorset y widow.
Buried in same place as Mr. Poxwell my first husband at Netherburie.
To Netherburie church 20s.
To everie of George Larie' s children at Berie Pomerie being alive, my
godchildren, 6s 8d.
To poore of Berie Pomerie 20s.
To the Mawdelen howse of Allington 3s 4d.
To the almse House of Birporte 3s 4 d.
To poor of Abbott Stoke 6s 8d. To the poor of Netherburie 20s.
To my godchildren Is apiece, George Lane's children, Mary Courtis and
Johan Peache excepted. To those that ringe my knell 12d apiece.
I appoynte Thos Gage, John Mylles, Nicholas Crabbe, Ed Kinasland, and
John Clare to carry me to the church 12d apiece.
To Johan Clare my goddaughter 6s 8d in the hands of the exers of John
Bilke of Parrie, at marriage. To Marie Cowrtis 40s at marriage. To Thos
ffleete's children 4d each. To Thos Mawdleye brasse panne and chaffer.
To each of Elnor Romon's two daus £6:13 :4d at marriage. To their mother
pare of sheetes, towele and border clothe. To Wm Peache's daughter Johan
6s 4d.
Bedestede in Higher chamber at Strowde to remaine to next heires of
same Lande.
Residue to Hughe Keylwaye my sonne and executor.
Roger Gibbs and John Mylles (overseers) 6s 8d each.
Witnesses: Edward Lawrence, William Hooper, Anthonie Case, Henrie
Bishopp, Chrofer Hooper.
Debts owing to testatrix from Thos Mawdley, Thos Lodge, Stephen
Ridgeway, Stephen Hallett, John Talbott, John Richards the younger, John
Hody of Hill, Johan Crall Widdow. •
Proved 6 July 1576 by Hugh Kaylwaye.
Hugh Kellewaye witness to will of Nich Crabbe of Horsey, Southlande,
Netherbury da 29 Oct. 1571.
Johan Chidleye was witness of will of Nich Crabbe 1571; owed Nich
Crabbe £7:6:8d; she was made trustee for Grace Crabbe for xx^' with Wm.
Simms by testator Nich Crabbe.
Court of Dean of Sarum. Vol. 12. Folio 112.
Samuel Pomeroy of Beere Hagett. 19 July 1632. Commission on the
goods and credits of Samuel Pomeroy, late of Beere Hagett, Dorset, deceased,
to Samuel Pomrey his son, to administer.
JVade Jessopp P. C. C. 9 Barr'mgton. 1628.
To Joane Wade widow of Shatcombe in Netherbury, Dorset:
To sonnes Nicho and John xiid each. To sonne William when 21. To
son-in-lawe Andrew and Francis Wade xiid each. To dau-in-law Ann . . .
xiid. My 4 daus unmarried, Joane, Agnes, Elizabeth and Edith, personal
property.
I was executrix to will of my late husband John Wade, whose legacies are
yet unpaid. Proved 25 Feb. 1628.
193 iEmjUsI? JJariiih S^rnr^a
p. C. C. 88. Wiudcbamh. 1618.
26 Feb. 1607. John Wade of Moorcbath in psh, of Simonsborough,
Dorset. To church of Siniondsborough, Dorset. To be buried in said church-
yard. To poor ahiK'S folke of Magdalen of Allington 12d. To all god-
childred 4d apiece. To my son John Wade and every of his children 12d
apiece. To my dau. Agnes Symmes 12d and to all of her children 12d apiece,
except my god-daughter Joane Symmes 1 chilver hogge. To my dau. F.dith
Willoughbe 6 years term in house she now dwelleth in and CIO. To her
children £5 devided. To my daus. I'dinor and Alice Wade £30 each. To my
son Thomas Wade 6d. To my son Richard Wade £3. To my wife Xtian
bedsteed, furniture. Residue in dwelling house and bake house to my wife
and 3 daus. equally. To my son Thomas my lease in Blunteshay, he to
pay £5 to bro. Richard Yegely. Residue to my son Mathew Wade, execr.
Proved 25 Oct. 1618.
Court of the Dean of Samm. Vol. 12, part 2, fo. li.
John Wade of Netherburie. Buried in churchyard of Netherburie.
My chattel! lease at Westover for my life and my two sonnes lives, Wm.
Wade and John Wade, to my sonne John Wade, after decease of Joane Wade
my Sonne wife. To my 2 sonnes William and John Wade 1 shilling apiece and
to my dau. Joan Miller Is. Residue to Joane Wade my wife executrix.
20 May 1634 Jo: Wade
Robert Eggerton, Tho. Cox. Inventory 36'' 8d.
Proved 16 July 1634.
Peculiar Dean of Sarum
Robert Jessupp of Beaminster, linen weaver.
My brother John Jessopp what he owes me. To Mary his dau. 1 guinnea.
Residue to my wife Thomazin. 26 May 1707.
Proved 27 Aug. 1707.
[I do not find a will or admr. of Robert Jessop who mar. Agnes Pome-
ry at Stoke Abbott, Dorset, 25 April 1612. Agnes could have been sister
of Eltvveed).— C. A. H.]
Pember Court of the Dean of Sarum. {Keech IFill.)
In the name of God amen; the xxth day of June, 1567, I Clement Kyche
of the towne of Bemister, being whole and pfctt of mynde but wke of body
(prayse be unto Almightie God) do make and ordayne this my last will and
testament in manner and form following: fFyrst I bequeathe my soule unto
almightie god my maker, redeamer and saviour, and my body to be buried in
the church yard of Bemister aforesaide. And then of my lawfull goods:
ffirst I give to the church of Bemister iiii^. Item, I give to Henry my sonne
the cobarde standing in the hall. Item, I give to Clement my sonne the greate
cheste in the hall. Item, I give to Robert my sonne the best brazen crocke.
The rest of my goods, movable and unmovable, and unbequeathed I give and
bequeathe wholly to my wife Agnes, whom I make my whole executrix to
receive my detts and pay my detts, and to se me honestly buried. And I do
ordeyne and make John Stronge and bartelmewe Darby to be overseers of
this my last will and to se hitt performed. Thes beaing witness: William
Stone, Richard Densloo with others. I do protest and openly confesse before
witnes above named that Thomas Swete of Chetnole within the pishe of Yet-
minster do owe me iii^'. Also, John Gardener for ware lent xiii^ iiii"^; also,
John Wilmowth for a peyre of vases vii xi^; also, John Stile for ware ii^ iiii^;
also, Robert Darby pson of Kerswell for ware viii^; also, John Broke of Bowood
for ware ii^ viii'^. Also, I do confess that I do owe unto John Roper my
kinsman xxx^.
Proved 21 Sept. 1570, by executrix named.
We may note that a Robt. Darby mar. Joane Pommery at Allington
Dorset, 25 Sept 1654.
It is likely that Joanna Keech was the daughter of Clement, Robert or
Henry Keech, sons of said testator Clement Kyche (Keech) Lemon. The
above named Clement Kyche died in 1625. — C. A. H.
Peculiar Court of the Dean of Sarum:
28 day of July 1625, there was granted letters of administration on the
estate of Clement Keech, late of Beaminster, deceased, to Anna Keech his
widow and relic. Inventory xxxv^' iii^. iiii*^.
.036 — Will of Hugh Pomeroy of St. Minver, Cornwall. (Bodmin) Dated
15 Feb. 9 James I., (1612). To my dau, Constance Nicholls .099 £6
13s 4d. To Hugh Penkevell son of Richard Penkevell all my right in
Porthkillock in St. Minver, held by lease from Humphrey Hill, Esq. To each
of the other children of said Richard Penkevell £10. Residue to said Richard
Penkevell, exer. My brother-in-law Francis Penkevell and John Tanner,
Esqrs, overseers. Inventory, £129 18s. Proved 23 Feb., 1620. Pa. R.
from 1558.
Will of Thomas Poxwell of Marnell (Marnhull) Dorset, P. C.C, fo. 38
Bodfeld, dated 1525, 20 May. To son Thomas, the heir, to wife Cecily,
residue to dau. Rodigun. To son Cristofer. Witness, Nicholas Kaylway.
Dean of Sarum. 48-fo. 143. Dec. 24, 1607. Robert Pomeroy of
Knighton, within the prsh. of Beer Haggett, Dorset: To be buried in the
churchyard of Beere Haggett. To mother church of Sarum. To Sam'l
Pomrye, my eldest son. To my son Roger. To my son Robert. To my
dau. Margaret Pomery, To Eware Waters, my daughters son. To Margery
Marks, my daughter's dau. Residue to Alice my wife, executrix. Proved,
29 Mar. 1609.
195 lEuriliiih Jlariiih SlrrnriiH
John Dainton, pson, Jolin T.amhert, Sanill Pomerye. Inv. C12 10s.
Dean of Saruni. Reg. 9, fo. 40; 4 .Sep. 1610. Alice Pomeroy of Knighton
in psh. of Beer Hackett, Dorset, widow. Py word of mouth fnoncupative) to
Margaret Lambert <k Dorothie Masters, and to dau. Margaret Pomeroy.
Inv., 46s 6 d.
Prov. 12 Sep. 1610. Atlin. to said daughter.
Principal Register, J 595. Aprill 28, 1595:
John Pomerye of West Nogle in pshe of St. Nyot, Cornwall, fuller.
To poor man's box of St. Nyott xvi d.
To my Sonne George Pomerye one payre of weavinge strees with the one
half of the tookels that doth belong unto the weavinge shoope; also one cowe,
six sheepe, the bed whereupon I lie, etc., etc. To my sonne Richarde Pomerye
etc. I give to my Daughter Jone White, etc.; to my daughter Agnes Brushe
xs; to my daughter Tamson More xxs, to be allowed xls which her husbande
Mathew More oweth me; unto my daughter Julyan Marten xs; unto my
servants Stephen Pomerye and Pentecost Pomerye each a sheepe.
All the rest to my eldest sonne Richarde Pomerye and him I make my
executor and to se mye goods distrybuted accordinge to my bequeathe.
(mark) John Pomerye.
Sephen Sampen, William Mitchell, John Lampry.
Proven at Bodmyn 8 Sept. 1595.
Inventory in detail by Pascome Bennett, William Pommere 6v: John
Taprell, 7 May 1595. Total xliii'' iiii^ viii<^. Aside from horse and live stock
he had "furnyture in tookynge shoope iii''", furnyture in wevynge shooppe ;iil'
vi^ viii*^; payre of Iron wheles with there furnyture w^ all iron worke
& plowe stuff xxvi^ viii*^.
A Richard Pomeroy mar. Jone Sampen 24 Sept. 1576 at St. Neots.
Perhaps he was the son and executor named. Did he go to Beaminster?
This will does not show it. — C-A-H.
Will of John Pomeroy of St. Cleere, Cornwall, gent., June 16, 1618:
To William, son of my brother Andrew Pomeroy, Esqr., chattle lease
called Bellensan in Mawgan in Meneage which I had of Elizabeth Meggs,
widow, deceased.
To Jane Cavell, wife of William Cavell of St. Kewe, Esq., my sister, £40.
To Mary Vivian, wife of John \'ivian, of St. Colomb the Higher, Gent.,
£20.
To Joane Cavell, daughter of the said Wm. Cavelle, £20.
To Anne Pomeroy, daughter of Andrew Pomeroy, £20.
To Mathew Pomeroy, son of Ellis Pomeroy deceased, £10.
Residue to my brother, Andrew Pomeroy, executor.
Witnesses Pascowe Vivian, Pascoe Vivian, Junr., Richard Vivean.
Part (L\}m - P^mproij Utatnrg Vinh ^rttralngg ISfi
Proved 12 March, 1619-20.
Archd. Exon, 1583-M 63 John Pomerie of Sydmowth, Devon. 1583, 8 July.
To be buried in the cemeterie aforesaide. To Thomas Pomerie my sonne a
cloke, my best coate, a bushel of barlie, a bushell of malte. To Agnes Cowle a
bushell of barlie, a bushell of malte. To Jane Roger a bushell of wheate & a
bushell of barlie. To John Clemente the elder a coate, a peare of hose. To
everie godchilde iiii*^. To Margaret my daughter x^K To Elizabeth my
daughter x''. Residue to Edithe my weif, executrix. Wm. Pomerie & John
Stoker overseers. (Witnesses) William Pomerie, John Stoker, Geo. Wheaton.
Inventory exhibited 1 Aug. 1583, x^^ xvii^ viii^.
Archd. Totnes; Ipplepen Deanery; 1601. 25 Sept. 1597. Joan Lane of
Berry Pomery, widdowe:
Fforasmuch as my sonne William Lane hath taken paynes in husbanding
and manwringe my bargin [burgage: land or tenement in a town held on
special terms] and has been the greatest helpe and comforte, I have in this,
my old age more than the rest of my children have been, and yet is, as yet least
pvyded for this my will and meaninge is that the sayd William Lane shall have
all my sayde goodes whatsoever without exception or limitation: and thefor
do make him my executor.
Mark of Joan Lane.
Allan Lyde. John Clyffe.
Proved 7 Dec. 1601 at Ipplepen.
Inventory (brief detail) taken by Rogger Mathewe, John Bully, Gervis
Barton, Jeffery Steven, and others of the teanantes of the manner, 16 feabuary
1601, Total iiii li iis iid.
Archd. Exon.; 1620.
15 July 1620. William Pomeroye, the elder of Sydmouth, Devon:
To my wifFe Agnes, household goods, etc. To my daughter, Johane,
£27. To Elizabeth, my daughter, £25. To Susan, my daughter, £25. To
my sonne Robert, £23. To my sonne, Andrew, £10. To my daughter,
Amye, £13. To her daughter, Anne, 40s. Wm. Staveley had given him by
his grandmother xs; I doe now make that 20s. To my god-children 12d apiece.
To the poor of Sydmouth vis viiid. To my wifFe Agnes, for her life, all those
two closes called Morepke and Peekewill; also, Peekewill meade, which I hold
by lease of Henry Whitley, the younger, nowe deceased. I give the lease of
said grds. to my sonne Robert. Residue to my sonne William Pom'ie, execr.
John Conratt and Robt. Salter of Sydmouth, overseers, 5s each, John Conratt
to have the lease in keeping for my sonne Robert during his minority.
John Rodforde, John Conrat, Robt. x Salter.
Proved 6 Oct. 1620. Inventory, (long detail) ccxliiii xvi^ iiii*^.
19r Eugliflh iJuriiih Slrrnriij
P. C. C. 10 Aug. 1569.
Will of Simon Kayleway of Collopton, Devon, merchant. 22 .Shcfflcld:
He gives to his sister Rimharvvd of W'inkelegh, £3. To his
son VVm. Kellway and latter's wife Wilmot; to Johan my wife: to my son
Simon Kellway of the mansion house of Kingsmill, Devon, the moiety of the
rectory of Upton Weaver, als. Coccopton, and the advowson of the vicarage.
(EoitiitHtiirit Qlnurl iif ?BuU)np nf iHxctpr
Devofi; and over 32 Parishes in Cornwall, 1532-1700.
1606 Thos. Pomeroye, of Penryn, 232, Will.
1617 Phillipp Pomerov, alias Rowe, Breocke, 394, W.
1617 Arthur Pomerov of Saltash, 445.
1622 Thos. Pomerov of Trethenick, 250, Will.
1622 Wm, Pomerov of St. Ervan, 323, W.
1639 Marv Pomerov of Lanrack, Adm.
1645 Valentine Pomerov of Stoke Gabriel, Will.
1646 Henrv Pomerov of Lanrack, W.
1674 Hugh Pomerov of St. Tue, W.
1674 Margaret Pomerov of Sandridge, W.
1676 Geo. Pomerov of Gerrans, W.
1677 Jane Pomerov of St. Erney, W.
1684 Alice Pomerov of Gerrans, Testament,
1685 W. Pomerov of Gerrans, Testament.
1692 Charles Pomerov of Egloshaile, Testament.
1695 George Pomerov of Gerrans, Testament.
Principal Registry of Bishop of Exeter Jrom 1559
1580 Wm. Pomeroye, Plimouth,W. 248; also 246, Will.
1595 John Pomerov, St. Nyot, Will.
1627 Peter Pomerov, Pillaton, W.
1630 Elizabeth Pomerov, gen. Westogwell, W.
1633 Thos. Pomerov, Brixham, Adm.
1634 Mich. Pomerov, St. Veep, W.
1644 Walter Pomerov, Werrington.
1647 John Pomerov, Hole, Adm.
1648 John Pomerov, Hole, copy of Testament.
1674 Hugh Pomerov, Gent., St. Tue, W.
1686 Mary Pomerov, Abbotisham, W.
1689 Geo. Pomerov, Mannaccan, Adm. & Will.
1689 John Pomerov, Mannaccan, A.
1699 Joan Pomerov, Plymouth, W.
Part Q}l]m - ^am^rng l^tfitor^ wxh Ci»?«paIog^ 19H
Archdeaconry Court of Exeter from 1540
1583 John Pomeroy, Sidmouth, c. t. 63
1540 Thos. Pomerie, Honiton, W.
1591 Elizabeth Margaret P m. t.*
1593 John Pomerie m. t.
1594 Thos. Pomerie m. t.
1595 Wm. Pomrie, m. t.
1609 Christopher Pomrie, Honiton, m. t.
1611 Alice Pomeroy, Sidmouth, m, t.
1612 Robert Pomeroy, Upawtry, W.
1615 Christian Pomeroy, Sidmouth, m. t.
1619 Wm. Pomeroy, Honiton, W.
1620 Wm. Pomeroy, Sidmouth, W.
1624 Wm. Pomerye, Sidmouth, W.
1624 RoBT. Pomerye, sent., Honiton, W.
1624 Eliz. Pomery, Honiton, Adm.
1626 RoBT. Pomery, Honiton, Adm.
1628 John Pomery, Gittisham, W.
1633 JoANE Pomery, Honiton, W.
1633 Mary Pomery, Gittisham, W.
1643 Thos. Pomery, Sen., Honiton, W.
1647 Christophe Pomerye, Honiton, W.
1647 Wm. Pomerye, Farway, W.
1660 JoANE Pummery, Honiton, Adm.
1678 Mich. Pomroy Farway, W.
1682 Wm. Pomeroy, Exeter, Adm.
1686 John Pomeroy, Farway, Adm.
1687 Saml. Pomeroy, Honiton, W.
1693 John Pomeroy, Seaton, A. W.
1696 Mich. Farway, W.
1699 Agnes Farway, W.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, 1509 to 1548, {Various Deaneries)
1542 Robt. Lane, Bery Pomery, missing W.
1533 Rich. Pomery, Blackawton, missing W.
1534 Wm. Pomerye, Walkhampton, missing W.
1535 Wm. Pomery, Tamperton, missing W.
1535 Rich. Pomery, Blacktoryton, missing W.
1537 Wm. Pomery, Brent, missing W.
1545 Henry Pomery, Whitchurche, missing W.
*m. t. means missing testament.
199 lEnijlisb {Jarttih JIrmr^fl
1547 Roger Pomerv, Meavy, missing W.
1548 Roger Pomerv, Meavy, missing \V.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Totnes Deanery ^ 1551-1647
1579 Thos. Kellavvaie, Haberton, missing W.
1558 Thos, Lvne, (Jittcsham, m. t.
1559 Thos. Lane, Hallwill, m. t.
1615 Wm. Lane, Blackawton, Will.
1645 John Lane, Dartmouth, Adm.
1615 Thos. Pomerv, Harberton, Will.
1621 Rich. Pomerv, Cornworthie, Will.
1622 John Pomerv, Hole, Will.
1623 Alice Pomerv, Cornworthy, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Woodleigh Deanery, 1553-1647
1632 Geo. Lane, South Milton, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Moreton & Ipplepen Deanery
1553 to 1579, no Kelloway or Pomeroy.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Moreton Deanery, 1580-1647'
1610 Thos. Pomerev, Ilsington, Will.
1632 Ambrose Pomerv, North Bovie, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Ipplepen Deanery, 1580-1647
1646 Geo. Kellawe, Bery Pomerie, Will.
1693 John Lane, Bery Pomerie, Will.
1598 Geo. Lane, Bery Pomerie, Adm.
1599 Geo. Lane, Bery Pomerie, Adm.
1601 JoANE Lane, Bery Pomerie, Will.
1607 Othes Lane, Ipplepen, Adm.
1615 W^M. Lane, Kingswear, Adm.
1625 Wm. Lane, Ipplepen, Adm.
1641 Giles Lane, Bery Pomery, Will.
1644 Walter Lane, Bery Pomery, Adm.
1588 Henrie Pomerv, Painton, missing Will.
1607 Wm. Pomerv, Tormohan, Adm.
1616 Henrie Pomerv, Woolborowe, Adm.
1623 Thos. Pomerv, Tormohan, Will.
1633 Thos. Pomerv, Brixham, Adm.
1637 Cecilia Pomery, Tormohan, Will.
Part Q^l^ut - PomFrng Btatorij wxh <&mmioQ^ SUA
Archdeaconry of Totnes^ Flympton Deanery^ 1553-1647
1563 John Pomerie, Plymouth, missing.
1564 Thos. Pomerie, Plymouth, missing,
1574 Susan Pomerie, alias Mortymer, North Huish, missing.
1581 Andrew Pomerie, Newton ferris, Will.
1596 Nicholas Pomerie, Plymouth, Will.
1596 Thos. Pomerie, Plymouth, Will.
1596 Thos. Pomerie, Holbeton, Will.
1605 Wm. Pomerie, Plymouth, Will.
1611 Thos. Pomerie, Holbeton, Will.
1612 Wm. Pomerie, Plymouth, (1605 will) guardianship.
1623 Henry Pomerie, Plympton Morris, Adm.
1636 Agnes Pomeroy, alias Fortescue, Plymouth, Adm.
1636 Geo. Pomeroy, Stonehouse, Clerk, Adm.
1638 Andrew Pomeroy, Holbeton, Adm.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Tavistock Deanery y 1553-1647
1562 Thos. Pomery, Broadwoodwiger, missing W.
1580 Rich. Pomery, Whitchurche, missing W.
1620 Rich. Pomery, Brentor, Adm.
1640 Xpfer Pomery, Briddestowe, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Tamerton Deanery ^ 1580-1647
1592 Johan Pomery, Whitchurche, W.
1592 Radphus Pomery, Tamerton, Adm.
1619 Henry Pomery, Whitchurche, A.
1620 Wm. Pomery, Whitchurche, A.
1633 John Pomery, Whitchurche, A.
1633 Michael Pomery, Walkhampton, A.
1635 Julian Pomery, Walkhampton, A.
1636 Margaret Pomery, Walkhampton, W.
Archdeaconry of Totnes, Holsworthy Deanery ^ 1581 to 1647
1611 JoANE Pomery, Blackawton, W.
Archdeaconry of TotneSy Okehampton Deanery^ 1552-1647
1562 Margery Kellewaie, Inwardleigh, missing.
1599 Margery Kellewaie, Ingarlye, Adm.
1620 Reymond Kellewaie, Inwardley, W.
1557 Margaret Pomery, Blacktorryton, Missing.
1563 Thos. Pomery, Germansweek, missing.
1566 John Pomery, Hollacombe, missing.
201 iEmjIinh Jlariiih ]R^rnr^a
1566 David Pomerv, Northlewe, missing.
1569 John Pomf.rv, Ashwater, missing.
1577 Edmund Pomery, HIacktorryton, missing.
Archdeaconry of Harnstaplc^ Devon ^ from 1563-1630
1568 Page 446, Pom RiE—
1569 Page 446, Stephen Pomrie, of Shepewashe, will.
1609 Page 757, Thos. Pomery of Northam, 28 July.
1609 Page 758, Grace Pomery of Northam, 29 July.
[118 documents; separate estates, before 1700, all in Devon at Exeter,
not counting P. C. C. wills at London. 1
Have examined all of the documents in the foregoing list that, I judged,
had any bearing upon the particular matters you have entrusted me to inquire
upon. — C. A, H.
Lay Subsidy, Dorset, 103, on the holders of land oj the annual value of £20.
M.S"^. Examinations and Informations taken at Bridport in the said
county of Dorset before the aforesaid commissioners the day and year afore-
said (3 March, 13 Henry VI), by the oath of Caddon, John
VVhitefield, John Stevens, and others, jurors, who say on their oath that
Robert Lovell, Esq., has 43'' of lands and rents in Ramshamp, Wroxhale,
Pomkndle, Maperton, Childefrome, certain lands and rents in Koutecombe
and Tobre Porcorum in co. Dorset beyond charges and reprisals, and beyond
10'' granted to John Pervaunt, 4'' granted to John Godde issuing from the
manor of Ramspam and beyond lO'' granted to Morgan Gough issuing from
the manor of Wroxale and beyond 4'' which was assigned to Joan, wife of Sir
Thomas Pomeray, Knight, 1446-1454 in the name of her dower as of the
manor of Poncknoll and beyond 40^ granted to John Fontleroy of the issues
and rents in Tobre Porcorum and Knoutecombe, and beyond 40^ granted to
William Frye of the same lands, and (beyond 20* granted to John Chiverell,
of the issues of the aforesaid lands, and beyond 40^ granted to John Codde. of
the issues of the aforesaid lands and rents .... 43''.
Rolls 103-122 16 Henry VIII. 1525 Hundreds of Beaminster,
Forum and Redbone Liberty of Hallowstock, etc: Town of Beaminster;
64 persons taxed on lands or goods, or wages. This number is a very complete
list of adult males. No Pomeroy mentioned. Parish of Stoke Abbot. (The
first person named in these lists, at the head of each parish list of persons taxed,
is usually that of a leading tax-payer). The first name for this parish is. . .
"John Pomerey in goods, (annual income value) xx'', subsidy tax xx' ."
Note — The word "goods" meant cattle, sheep, horses, wlieat and other products, and also
merchandise — in fact everything (but tools or real estate) from which he derived an income.)
Part Shrp? - PntrtFrnu Biatnrg unh (Bmmio^^ ZB2
(Of the nineteen persons taxed in Stoke Abbot, all were taxed on goods
solely in this roll) and John Pomerey was the wealthiest man in the parish,
so far as this tax reveals, as the income value from his goods is given as being
£5 more per annum than any other parishioner taxed.) We must assume
that he resided in the parish and had been thoroughly established there for
some time prior to the date of this tax — 1525. Beaminster was the next
village, and also the nearest place for marketing — in fact Beaminster was the
shopping town for the village of Stokes Abbot. Two miles away, both
parishes ajoin on the west.) — C. A. H.
Rolls 103-125 14-15 Henry VIII. Beaminster Hundred not included in
in this roll; but no Pomeroys.
Roll 104-130. 27 Henry VIII (1537). This extracte indentie made the
second day of September the xxviith yere of the reygn of our Souvayne lord
the king Henry the eight by us Henry Dawbeny, Knight, lord Dawbeney, Sir
Thomas Arundell knight, and Sir Thomas Moore, knight, commyssyoners
. . . for the taxacyon of the byrate payment of the subsydeye grantyd
unto oure sayd Souvaygn lord .... by auctorytie of the plament
holden at Westmystr .... in the xxvith yere of the reygn of our sayd
Souvaygn lord ... we have made Henry Hoskyns of Bemyster yeman,
Petye collectr . . . (The amount of this subsidy is not stated, but from a
view of the roll it appears that only men of large property were taxed, and the
roll does not state whether the tax was levied upon land or goods. It was
probably levied upon landlords only, their tenants escaping. The first name
among six names:
Hundred de Bemyster: John Pom'y de Netherbury x^. (This name is
an abbreviation for Pomeroy.) Netherbury adjoins Beaminster. Its church
is about two miles south from Beaminster church. This John Pomeroy was
probably identical with John Pomeroy of the next village of Stoke Abbot,
taxed in 1525, thirteen years earlier, and who had leased the farming of the
vicarage of Stoke Abbot from Thomas Chylde.
Roll 105-253. 35 Elizabeth. Phillihome: Nichos Rockett on gs.
iii'' viii^. Robte Rockett on gs. iiii^', xs viiid. John Rockett on gs. iiii'', xs
viiid. Anthony Rockett on gs. iii", viiis. Tithing of Whitechurch, Osmond
Rockett on gs. £v, xiiis iiiid.
Roll 105-264. 39 Elizabeth. Hundred of Bemyster, etc.: White-
church, Osmond Rocket on gs. iiii^'j-xs viiid.
Roll 105-266. 39 Elizabeth. Bridport Division, including Beaminster
hundred: Whitechurch, Osmond Rockett in gs. iiii'', xs viiid.
Lay Subsidy, Dorset, for Beer Hackett, etc.
Roll 103-119. 15 Henry 8 (1524). Hundreds of Sherborne &Ystminster,
Brownhill, Neweton, Buckland, & Redlane: Hundred de Shirbon. Decenna
(Tithing) de Estbery. (Eastbury was the eastern parish of Sherborne.)
203 tuoltsh JJarifih iirrnr^B
Thomas Pomerey in bonus, (amount taxalile) Ix'; (amount of tax) xviii'^.
Roll 103-120. 16 Henry 8. Divers Huncircds of Hnnvnshill, Shcrhorn,
Yetminster, and Rcdlanc: Hundred of Sherlxjrn, Decenna da Kstbury,
Thomas Pomcry pro bonis (in goods) Ix^; . . . xviii'^ Editha Kayleway vid.
(widow) xl** xii*^*.
Roll 104-151. 7 Nov. 35 Henry 8. 1st payment, a fine roll: Sherborn,
Yetminster, Hrownhill, Newton Huckland, Wanston: Rich. Seymer in goods
vii'' . . . ii^ iiii*^. Uecenna de Ryme, Robt. Pom'ey in goods Ix^ vi'^, (1544).
Roll 104-158. 29 Oct. 37 Henry 8, Dorset, Hundred of Modbury,
Sydlyne, Ric. Pomrey in goods xl^ . . . ii'^. (1546).
Roll 105-271. 40 Elizabeth. Hundred of Redlane, Yetminster, The
tything of Ryme, Alyce Pomery, g^ iii'', . . . viii^. — (1598).
Roll 105-274. 41 Elizabeth. The libtie of Ryme, 13 names, some worn
off. Alyce Pomery in g^ (goods) iii'', . . . viii^. Tything of Eastbury 6
names. (1599.)
Lay Subsidy^ Dorset. Br id port Div.:
No. 104-130; dated 2 Sept. xxvii. Henry VIII. Assessment of 1st
payment of a subsidy granted 26 Henry VIII. Hundred de Bemyster: (1)
John Pom'y de Netherbury (first name), xf. (2) John Horsford eadem x^.
Richard Strowde de eadem xvi^ iiii<^. Wills Goodalle de eadem x^. Robt.
Ryve de Goscombe x^. Thomas Poxwell de Bowood, armig, x^. John
Crabbe de Bowdon, x^. John Wade, senior, de Symondsborough, x^. Hun-
dred de Whitchurch, Wills Wryxson de Netylcombe x^.
No other names in the same Hundred. Ten shillings is the highest tax
paid in this roll by any man in the Bridport (western division of the county)
save John Strowde, arm., and Henry Hoskyns of Bemyster, who were taxed
xx^ each, and John Wadham arm. of Catherston and Wm. Hody arm. of same
40^
Roll 104-216. Granted 10 Feb. 1 Eliz. Roll dated 2 Eliz. The tithinge
of Stooke Abot and Bowoode: Johane Keleway, widoe, in lands, viii'' . . .
x^ viii'^. She is the only one taxed on lands; the 13 others are taxed on goods.
She appears by this record to have been of this parish before she married her
third husband, John Chidley, at Thorncombe, and her first husband seems to
have also resided at Netherbury or Stoke Abbot, judging by a previous
subsidy.
Roll 103-122. 16 Henry VIII. Symondsburg: William Keche in
wags, xxs; subs, iiiid. John Wade in good xxx''; subs xxxs. Richard Keche in
goods xls; subs. xii. Askerwell: Richard Meydeway in goods xxs; subs,
iiiid. Thomas Meydeway in goods xls; subs. xiid. Wm. Waryng in goods
xxs; iiiid, Thomas Adams in goods x^'; subs. vs. Thomas Symes in goods
xii'i; subs. vis. Wm. Honyborne in wags, xxs; subs, iiiid. Richard Gylle in
goods xxs; subs.; iiiid. Loders: ffrancke Keche in goods xx''; subs.. xxs.
5Part Q^l^tBi^ - Pnm^rng Htfitory attb ^rn? alog^ 204
Robert Keche in goods c^; — subs, iis vid. Willm Kech in goods x^i; — v^.
Holders of land or goods to the yearly value of £40 or over: Hundred of
Cogdon, Wyllam Wrixson Is.
Roll 104-216. Second payment of subsidy granted 25 Jan. 1 Elizabeth,
Roll dated 10 Feb. 2 Eliz.: Askewell, (The parish in which were the lands the
deeds of which were held by Martyn Pomery, circa 1550-60. — C. A. H.)
Powerstoke: Nicholas Ide in goods c^; subs. v^. (Autograph of Roberta
Coker to this roll.
Roll 105-253. Dated 3 Oct. 36 Eliz.: Askewell: Xpofer Darby;
Alice Darby; (Martin Pomery not taxed in 1560-61.)
Search of Devon lay subsidies for Pomeroy, 1 Henry VI to end of Henry
VIII for hundreds of Axminster, Coly ton and Hemiock complete and Hundred
of East Budleigh save two or three rolls:
Roll 95-89 6 Henry VI. Inquisition as to knights' fees: Half of names
rotted off. Hemiock, Colyton, Budleigh, Axminster Hundred.
Roll 97-186 5-14 Henry (VIII in catalog) 16 membranes, special date of
14 Henry VIII on cover of original ms. (A perfect ms.) Assessment of a
subsidy payable by holders of £40 or more than £40 in land or goods. Devon
(whole county). Hundred de Sherwyll, John Chichester Villa de Tottenes,
Ricus Pom'ay in bonus 1^'. Villa de Tottenes, Johanna Hokemore in bonis
xl^i Villa de Tottenes, Willms Hokemore in bonis xl^i.
Roll 97-193 14 and 15 Henry VIII, 11 ms. Assessment (of anticipation)
of subsidy granted 14-15 Henry VIII. East Dudley Hundred: The Paryshe
of Sydmouth: Johnes Pom'ye in bonis xiil' — xxiiii^
Roll 96-183 15 Henry VIII, 47 ms. Otery St. Mary and Colyton Hun-
dreds: Assessment of first payment of a subsidy granted 14-15 Henry VIII.
Hundreds of East Budleigh. The paryssh of Sydmouth: John Pom'ay
cessed at subsidy for his goods at xiil' — tax vi^. John Pom'ay cessed at
subsidy for wages at xx^ — tax iiii'^. Colyton Hundred, parish of Farway:
Johnes Pom'ey cessed at the subsidy in goods and cattails at Ixvi^ — tax xx^.
96-151 Assessment of 2d payment of subsidy granted 14-15 Hem y VIII.
East Budleigh Hundred. Parish de Sydbury: Johnes Pom'y p. vad. xx^ —
iiii^. Parish de Sydmouth Johnes Pom'y p. bon xii'i — vi^. Parish de
Sydmouth Johes Pom'y jun. nup. P. vad. xx^. recessu apd. Sydby item on
^(John Pomery junr. late for wages xx^, withdrew to Sydbury and is charged
there). Colyton Hundred, parish de ferway: Johes Pom'ey p. vad. xx^ —
iiii^.
Roll 99-279 36 Henry VIII. 5 big ms. (rotted out) Pom'ey in goods
xxii'' — xiiii^ viii^.
Roll 98-263 37 Henry VIII, 4 ms. Hundred of Axminster:
Pochia de Honyton, Thoma Pom'ye xiiii^ — viii'^.
Roll 28-268 3 7 Henry VIII, 6 ms. Sidbury, Sidmouth, [Issaac] Pom'ye x"^.
205 EngltBl? partfiij Srairiifi
Wills Pomery ii^^ John Pom'ey ii^.
Roll 98-270 37 Henry VIII, 8 nis. Paryshe of ffarwaye, John Pomerye
Roll 99-297 38 Henry VIII. Hundred of Tavystoke. Mevye, John
Pom'ye xvi'' viii''.
S'lll^lt nf the Itiuian m\h H^imh llupubltnI^c^ tnylinb iSrruriia
After my study of the voluminous papers left by the late Thomas Bond,
Barrister, of the Middle Temple, London, a gentleman enjoying both the
time and the means for the pursuit of genealogy as a "hobby," I am convinced
that he compiled the Pomeroy pedigree appearing in Vivian's Visitations of
Devon, apart from the small portions that were taken from the original MSS.
of the official heraldic visitations, though of course he found much reliable
evidence in print. I find evidence in the Bond papers that he sent
the entire pedigree to Vivian, who printed the greater part of it. But I do
not think Mr. Bond was responsible for Vivl. 's "Addenda;" and he may not
be responsible for some of the other errors appearmg in Vivian's book. The
latter had the opportunity to edit and perhaps did edit some of the MSS. sent
to him. I am deeply impressed with the carefulness and the ability ot the
late Mr. Bond in his work upon the Pomeroy family, for it is clear from his
correspondence and papers that he made a special hobby of this Pomeroy
family, pursued it relentlessly, for over 20 years, and had access to the private
muniment rooms of the great lords and the lesser manorial ones. I have
endeavored to trace the William Smiles, Bond's correspondent, but he must
be dead ere now; and I received no replies from the persons of that name now
living whom I have addressed. I was particularly moved to investigate
Mr. Bond's private papers by your repeated suggestions that I should do so,
and by your expressions of belief that those MSS. might clear up several
important points. It seems singular, if true, that Mr. Bond should have
apparently provided the statement in Vivian's book as to Henry Pomeroy
marrying the relic of Edward Harris. I find nothing further in the Bond
MSS. relating to the said Henry Pomeroy and his brother John, and the issue
of either one, other than the letters from which I have made quotations
hereinbefore; and which letters clearly state that Henry Pomeroy did marry
the relic of Edward Harris, though they quote no record authority for it.
I am sorry that I am unable to learn how it happened that Vivian made the
"Addenda," or who was responsible for it. As I can not now get back of
Vivian upon that point. I must let the responsibility rest on him. / do
find proof in the Bond papers that the Pomeroy pedigree was all in type and that
a pamphlet had been printed of it by Vivian's printers, (and exactly as it
appeared in his book) three years before Vivian's book was published. This
has no significance because the book was a long time in the making, and not
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all printed in the same year, save the fact that during the interval there was
time for creating the addenda. Mr. Bond does not seem to have developed
at all the descendants of the said Henry or John. I have tried to obtain from
Vivian's printer and publisher, and from Vivian's sole daughter, the chart
or MSS. which Mr. Bond made for Vivian's use, and which went to Vivian's
printer, but no trace can be found of it. Hence we can not show what marks
Vivian may have made upon it in any editing of it.
The Bond unpublished manuscripts, which cover a period of thirty years,
furnish further testimony from English genealogists which supports the claim
made in the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family that Henry
Pomeroy married the widow of Edward Harris. Thomas Bond, Esq., was an
eminent antiquary in Dorsetshire, as to families and family antiquities, a
very scholarly gentleman, and an expert reader and translator of ancient
writings. He edited much of thfe last part of "Hutchin's History of Dorset."
He was the author of the "History of Corfe Castle," Dorset, and left genea-
logical work of some early families of Dorset and Devon that is of a very high
order. He was compiler of the Pomeroy pedigrees published in Vivian's
Visitations of Devonshire. He continued his investigations of the Pomeroys
for more than twenty years, but did not study the Pomeroys of Dorset nor
seek to connect them with their undeniable ancestors in Devon so far as the
Bond MSS. show. Mr. Bond was of the Inner Temple, London, and worked
together, somewhat with William Smiles (another English gentleman greatly
interested in the Pomeroys). Some quotations from letters of William Smiles
to Thomas Bond will be found in the paragraphs which follow, and which
have been gleaned from the unpublished manuscripts and letters of Thomas
Bond.
The numbers placed in conjunction with names in the following records
are used to identify each person referred to, as published in the "History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, viz.:
"Mary Drew (daughter of Sir Thomas Drew (0160) and Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Edward Moore of Odiham, Kt. baptized at Broadhembury
in 1605 (became) wife of . . . Pomeroy of Bury. From pedigree of Sir
Thomas Drew among collections of the late Sir Isaac Heard." — H. Pulman,
Clarencieux. Dated Heralds' College, March 11, 1851. This is an indication
that "Pomeroy of Bury" was also of Broadhembury; that his father of Broad-
hembury came from Bury, The Drews lived at the "Grange," Broadhem-
bury, and are still there.
This Pomeroy was Thomas (0160), who was buried 1662, and described
as "Captain" in the list of Donars to Reparation of Old St. Paul's. He had
a daughter Jane, (0207) born 1641, married 1668, Richard Woolcombe, clerk
— Vicar of Ilsiyigton, 1687.
2nr Izuiiliah JJariah iSra^r^a
"The lordship of the manor of Colquitte, to which Tredetliy belonged, the
place belonging to Thomas Pomeroy (0160) at St. Mabyn, Cornwall, was
granted to him by Kdward Harris;" (this supports your claim of Cornwall
instead of Cornworthy for the Harris jiedigree); also, that "Henry the son of
Richard Pomeroy married the iv'uiow of Echvarti Harris." — Thomas Hond.
R. H. Froude, in a letter dated at Darlington Parsonage, March 19, 1858,
to Thomas Bond, says: "Sir Thomas Pomeroy is said to have sold his prop-
erty in Berry Pomeroy to an ancestor of its present possessor under
circumstances of a peculiar character."
Yealmton, Devon: Baptism of three children of Andrew Pomeroy,
1605-06-08.
No. 7 Adam Street, Strand, London, Aug. 12, 1859. Letter to Thomas
Bond, by Rev. Dr. S. L. Pomeroy (Rev. Swan Lyman Pomeroy, perhaps)
(2647), of 33 Pemberton street, Boston, Mass., stating that he has a pedigree
from Ralph to Eltweed Pomeroy of Devonshire, and that Lord Haberton
also has a copy of it, but believes it may have been "carried over to Amer-
ica" by Eltweed in 1630, though possibly obtained from England at a later
date.
St. Martin's Lodge, near Guilford, (Surrey), April 6, 1887. William
Smiles to Thomas Bond: (Bond was the compiler of the Bond MSS. in the
British Museum): "Thomas Pomeroy admitted to the Middle Temple
1621." and "I am aware of the Fortesque connection through the marriage of
Sir Richard Pomeroy (042) — but there is a nearer relation to the Bowden (in
Totnes) Pomeroys in Henry Fortesque (071) of Cornworthie, who married
Susan Harris (071) daughter of Agnes Huckmore by her Jirst husband,
Edward Harris (068) — which x^gnes afterward married Henry Pomeroy
son and heir of Richard Pomeroy (061) of Bowdon." Also, 29 March 1887:
"My discovery that Arthur Fortesque was described as a kinsman of Thomas
Pomeroy, from whom my wife descends, has led no further."
Thomas Pomeroy (081) of Bingley, son of the last Thomas (064) of Berry
Pomeroy castle, died at Brixham 3 Aug. 1615, leaving sons \'alentine (095)
of Sandridge, Edward (096) (married 28 June 1602, Wilmot Periman at
Drewsteignton) and he was buried at Brixham 26 Jan. 1656-7, and a son John
(097) of Harberton. Thomas Pomeroy (081) held Brixham (more or less of
it) 1st and 7th Elizabeth, and his widow had same 10th Elizabeth. Subsidy
rolls show their descendant Edward (096) held later.
Bowden in Totnes went to the Coplestones.
St. Neots, Cornwall. Many Pomeroy entries late in the 16th century.
Woodbury, Devon, Richard Pumery and Thomazin Pynn married,
May, 1640. Their daughter Agnes bp. Dec. 6, 1640.
Whitestone, Devon. Reg. begins 1594. "1602, Phillip Chichester and
Barbara Pomeroy (0116) married the vii daye of Maye."
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The Lord Falmouth of 1862 had the early Pomeroy deeds, 3d and 4th
generations; one of Henry de la Pomerai (010), son of Matilda de Vitrei,
Henry, living 6 Ric. I, and 7 John. Suit with step-mother 2 John. Henry's
father fortified Mount St. Michael, Cornwall, in 1193 for King John and
certified his knight's fees 12 Henry II. His grandfather died 2 Henry II.
Henry of the seal owed 700 marks for livery of lands 6 Richard I. The seal
is of green wax, circular, about two inches in diameter. It bears a lion passant
facing the sinister side, but with both fore feet erect, so that it in some
sort resembles a lion rampant, and around the border thereof still remain, of
the original letters: ("Sigi) (Henric) i de La Pomereia." The seal is on a
grant to Adam Barum.
Lay Subsidy Roll; 13 Henry IV (1412). l-20th on land (Carlton Ride):
Thomas Pomeroy, chivalr, in com. Som't, land in Orton (Acton) Yatton,
Ichernyhe, Batheomester, etc., xx^i.
Close, 38 Henry VIII (1547) 11 prs. 8 m. License to Thomas Pomeroy,
Esq., to alienate Bridgetowne Pomeroy with messuage, 5 acres, etc., etc. A
close called "parke," tenant in capite, etc.
Rot. Claus. Do. 1. Edw. VI, part 5, No. 48. Grant dated 12 Edwd VI.
Wymund Carew, Knt. and Sir Edwd. Duke of Somerset, Protector, etc., and
his heirs in common of £9000 and parke of Berry Pomeroy, etc., and manors
of ( . . . ) Pomeroy, Brixham, Harberton, Sandridge, etc., sometime parcel
of Thomas Pomeroy, Knt.
"Apeze" Pleas Roll 2 Henry V (1415) m. 12, Dors. Cornwall. Suit about
Thomas Pomeroy of Flalidon, s. of Richard Pomeroy de Halidon.
Adm. 25 Feb. 1609, of goods of John Pomeroye of St. Thomas granted to
John Pomeroy of same, his son, husbandman. (Exon. or Bodmin.)
Harl. MS. ( . . . ) Devonshire Peds. by Cottgrave give Agnes Colway as
dau. of William of Sherborne, Dorset,
Chancery B. & A. Mitford W . . 139, Jan. Pomeroy vs. Chubb.
Ambrose P., eldest son of Thomas Pomeroy and Grace his wife, which Thomas
was eldest son of John Pomeroy late of Whitechurch, Devon, yeoman vs.
John Chubb. 8 Nov. 1684.
Admon. Henry Pomeroy of Whitechurch (in Totnes archd.) 1619.
Also, admon. of Thomas (or William) of Whitechurch 1629,
John Pomeroy of Whitechurch (near Tavistock) had Thomas Pomeroy
who mar. Grace and had Ambrose Pomeroy.
Woodbury (entire) for 1557 by George Oliver of Exeter:
1599, 17 Sept. Ellinor and Agnes, daughters of William Pomeroy, bp.
1602 Richard, sonne of ... , Pomeroy xviii April (father's
name missing).
1624 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Pumeroy bp. 13 Feb.
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