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Gopjright, 1922
BY
ALBERT A. POMBROY
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aiO. A. DRAKB • CO.
Dsrnorr
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MAY 1 1 itae
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"The Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family is a
voloxne of 962 dosely 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, b 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^ Vol XI, No. 2.
vn
Briiiratiistt
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 Associ ation, and a generous contributor to the
work and expense; and a prolific writer.
vin
<Sf&tttB 0f tt;^ Pmtt^rcg JTatttilg Afiflorfation
President — Hon. George Eltweed Pomeroy, Toledo, Ohio.
First Vice-President — S. Harris Pomeroy, New York City, and New
Rochelle, New York.
Second Vice-President — Robert Watson Pomeroy, Esq., Buffalo, N. Y.,
and Camden, S. C.
Secretary and Historian — Lieut. Col. Albert A. Pomeroy, State
Soldiers Home, Erie County, Ohio, and Sandusky, Ohio.
K
(Smttntts of Part ISlpctt
I|i0torg attii (Kntralnj^ cf tife 9im»riig JTamtig
Frontispiece ii
POMEROY CoAT-OF-ArMS Ul
Title Page ▼
Copyright vi
The Number op Your Book vi
Gratifying Quotations vii
Dedication viii
Ofhcers of the Pomeroy Family Association ix
Contents x
List of Illustrations zii
Quotation from Journal of American History xiii
Part Three — ^History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family 14
Preface 15
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 Wiluam the Conqueror on Tablet 27
The Domesday Book 28
Eltweed Pomeroy's Enterprise in Beaminstbr 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
Ancibiit Pombroy Seals and Charters 155
Dbbd or Gift from Reginald, Earl or Cornwall, to his Sister Rorbsia de
La Pombraib 156
Feet or Fines 159
A Mail-Clad Norman Knight and his Castle 160
T^B Building or the Castle 161
An Old Engush Church Crisis 162
Berry Pombroy and the Towns or the Dart 165
Honours or Harberton and Totten 168
Musters Taken in County Dorset 170
John Pomeroy, Gent 170
INQ.UISITIONS Post Mortem 176
Early Chancery Proceedings 182
Chapter or Devon, Dorset and Cornwall Wills 197
Lay Subsidy Rolls 201
Study or Vivian and Bond Unpubushed MSS 205
Eltwttt Pombroy's Birth the First Record in Bbaminster Register 210
TkB Great Release and Transfer or Pombroy Manors 222
Chancery Decree Rolls 225
The Force or Actual Record Authority 232
Heraldic Analysis or Harleian MSS. 1091 233
Some GRATirviNG Engush Records 234
About the Pombroy Pamphlet Number One 256
Criticism or a Stupid Attack on the Pombroy Genealogy 259
Controversy Determined by SciENTinc Analysis 260
"A GENEALOGICAL CAUSE CfeL^BRfe" 261
DimcuLTiBs or British Pedigree Building 267
Unassailable Strength or the Heraldic Rights or the Pombroy Race 271
A New "Deteckativb School or Genealogical Detbckating" 291
Collapse or the New England Register's Last Bridge 299
Hist of JUnatratUitta
F^ci Pagi
pRONTispifiCE, View of the Ruins of Berry-Pomeroy Castle from the Limekiln . . II •
The Pomeroy Coat-of-Arms In Colors Ill •
Engraved Title Page In Colors 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 Boor, First Census of England. . . 28 '
Letter of Coiamendation 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 Pomerib .... 1S5" \ : 7
Ancient Seal and Charter of Henry de La Pomeroy 157 • f ^ .*
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 •
XII
Part Three of the History and Genealogy of the
Pomeroy Family is essentially a book of the Pomeroy
Race. It is a book of sources; of reference, and for the
present the conclusion of the research for the early
records of those who bear this distinctive name. In
this volume may be found about all the records of
Pomeroy men and women preserved in the parish
registers of Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset
Counties, England. 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 it 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 with. Col. Pomeroy has taken advantage
of the opportunity by following the history of the race
on both 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 Register 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-Chirf
of the Journal of American 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.
xni
fart ^Ifnt
nv
Ifirttnn to fart ^^rtt
While it is not necessary to recite in this additional Part Three to the
Hbtory aiid Genealogy of the Pomeroy 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 data 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 Transcript^
the Hartford TimeSj 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 Allaben, editor-in-chief of The Journal of American
History^ and President of the National Historical Society, for his unbiased
XV
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
England 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 110 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
17 l^rtfatt
vital man in the connection. Well, Eltweed Pomeroy gave his children
Bible names, and bestowed the name "John" on his second son, but Eldad
and Medad were names of the prophets who phophesied in the camp. This
change we will gracefully admit, as it is sustained by parish records published
in this volume. After 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 indiflFerence 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 maliciou^y 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 AUaben, editor-in-chief of The Journal of American
History y 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. AUaben's consent; as well as the
historical material to which said articles refer. As Mr. AUaben writes in his
first Pomeroy article in The Journal of American History y it appears that he
had been chosen by both parties to the controversy to examine, analyze and
make public his conviction as to the merits of each side of the cause under
consideration. Any one who reads Mr. AUaben'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 JFiTBt Progpttitor of ti^t l^amtto^ Viatt
UUft J^ttBt Tfirti^nttnr of Oft l^oitmrog ViVLCt
Roger (no surname) who lived about 1000 A. D., was the first progenitor
of the Pomeroy race. Chronology prompts that in continuing the history of
the Pomeroy race this Part Tlu-ee of the History and Genealogy 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 which
gave to the family the name of Pommeraie, and of the old Castle, now a sad
ruin, as illustrated on another 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 V Angleterre^ er mlxvi.
Part ^iftn - Poitttnig Btatorg attd drnratiiQtf ^
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 & Donnet'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 modtrn 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 cliflFs of a reddish stone,
several hundred feet high, and resembling in shape the famous cliiFs 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 frorti Normandy. A mile or two from
21 ila ypmittMragg in yprtmrnlig
Clccy> on the opposite side of the river there are forests upon the hills; and
from the high ground the traveller has already reached, on the way to La
Pommeraye, the views are magnificent (as also are those from Blagdon Hill
at Berry castle in Devon, of which I am so fond).
"La Pommeraye village consists of only seven or eight scattered cottages
in the neighborhood of a very small, simple and ancient church, built of stone,
on the left side 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 briefly in the His-^
toire Ecclesiastique du Diocese de Coutances (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 afiixing 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 Geographique et Administratif 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 diflFerent
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
Part Wifnt - Pomgrng BtBtorg mtb (Kntf alogg 22
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 Bttle 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.
fiuitiB of ti|0 (Eaatl^ of Ca Pottmirr^^ tit Nonttmt5s
"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 somewher^e near twenty feet high. That the ruins are
very old is apparent in every way; and were a casual visitor to b(e told that
they are believed in Normandy to be as ancient a.s 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.
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nealogy of the Pomeroy Family,' five distinguished English and French his-
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meraycin 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, and here no doubt was the ori^nal Pomeraie,
or orchard, which gave name to the stronghold of the family.' It is this
fragment that I have attempted briefly to describe.
UUft crista of Hft Kamr Pommrr^r
"As it must be 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 there 58 manors or lordships, solely by virtue of the gift
(for fealty only) of King William I of England, (whose chief-of-stafF Ralph dc
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 Wiltshire
and Winkfield. The earliest, the latest, and the only references to it that I
have found occurs only in two private deeds, covenants, or assignments, dated
1S8S-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 Fontenay-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 of 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 Uifttt - l^omnag IStBtorg and (Smraiogti 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 Angliaey (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 Bourgy 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 ReginaUus de Bosco habet XV 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
Gaufridus de Sato (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, 1180. I find by these same rolls of the Exchequer
of Normandy iVol. IL 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 Uil^t (^tiglta of ttfr Namr l^ammBmxit
through his marriage to Rohesia ''Bardolf." 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 "Bardulf" held of Richard de la
Haiet> constable of Normandy and senechal of Henry II. King of England,
the manor of Blanchelande. The said Richard had founded the Premonstra^
tension Abbey, in the diocese of Coutances, called the church of the Blessed
Nicholas of Blanchelande; and I 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
•H6rou, 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 generarion 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
*'4ame de Varanpubec*^ 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.
)H6rouville, a commune adjoining Esooville (from which the surname of Scoville derives),
both near and north-east of Caen.
Part ^lirtt - ^omrrog BiBtorg mid dntralosti 2fi
Antiquaires de Normandicy 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-SauDeur-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 Meurdrac; but we have not this resource to indicate the
jirst 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 1S77.]
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 {pi 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 1154
to 1189, the probability increases that the Pomeroy interest in the castle
expired by or before the year 1180, as I have previously suggested.
thf; ancient church at dives, normandy
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(HampnnianB of MilUam Xbt (£mti|:Tfrnr
ISUliam thr (Cntuiumir
'1 liO illustrations on the up|:x)site pa^e iU'e T^j.^roduv-i^ci hen: the '"f li-x{(»;'v'
S<-r.caI(>ev of the Ponienr* Family/* as it is anticipated rh:i*: n^rnv w,ho
l*'ncure Part Three do not possess one of the hiii faniily S.h I;s. Ora- of
!' istrations shows the ancient church at reives, ar whl h pr-'t., (noA suMy
-' ■ !cd) the adventurcAis host of VViiliain the CoiK]ue?er ?r^i > ^Mt\l. The
'rf, 'A'hich is of more importance in ihis cc)nrifcr:'»!i, a'i.1 ^*^U'- \^ v<-'i:.-.s a
't M-s statement that the eleventh century hojacr \.f tin* O'-./hard v i.iJi
.^ ■ u: name to the family, and the ancient La l'(»'nn« r.-} i; k .] "o, n. sv a
-"u i'^sstrated in this vokjrr.e, was a 'iirc and tendrit-ui-' i.l. ' in N.^T-r.-'dyj
i i o.-rnpanion of William, Duke cf the N..jnr.r«ns. 1 "t- "."!• .tf:!;} :•: .t
' '^'.-aph of the tablet over the entrMncr to ^••jc cliTch. ;j] I ]\\r.> the li.m.ts
• • »-?Jt»aMions of the Contjueror. T!ii'> u.>: of r.ariM.s w 'I '••'''; •'•.: «:»t u.ir.'-i sr^
- to the Pomcroy rate, but to many other tattjilHs in this co^i^-rj'
' i ..rcestors engaged in the cn'^quest of I'j ^lar.d ar the batrle of li.ii>tir;;>
{"'■■ • , r.nd whose names can rendi-y be t-istinpiishcd in the engraving.
• i. iiZh are arranged alphahcricaiJy^ not by *hr. smname, as «:»bt;ons in
• ^ :^ dav, but bv the christian n.imt. Ra-r-n is enb,ravcd as Raoul
' . thus:
: ^ -.J cr> ♦•he 17rh day of August, i:^62, that this ;.d let V'-is er-cted in
' .-I at Dives. .It was inaui.'urared by tfie S-j. '.•": : . .;-"»m . .i''\,xhco-
Nurncrous uLJc^-atcs of itarf^ed s^-'irtit- -. ih-- >"i'p- ii}..l .. v -is iA
' *y, and of otiier proving es, ',N!i:-..r! i\.- ■:. -^■;/ :;.. ■'. -^ .. ... r
• V ;. attended the cc'cnit^jiics.
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. • 'tJ in 1>j61 h) M. de Caui:i'..nt i- U— " ' t ' ■•- »
.....lil m»s:ui . nt is:
f •- nfjde-t cnjumn which is p!:^c.vl ui/v . l. l i k . .' .v. r.x-i- .. .-• . •>
.-at d ro ^ramen, that at xix i< ^r ../, !•.,. *,; . ^ n r - .- :.\ > ■' *^ ;.-^ :hc!
, J » '. r W:;!!:"!! a"'fembied ciic fleet '^hich ti-a:isj < -red •'•»« pc-\Hfrrui army
• .■ ^iia.-.t of 1 :iL'!-ind, after h.'v-.jm tntritd s^^nic tiir-e at Saint \ cljcrie.
■ ' tccalt in ii.i:' t rhat th:s army encamped aurinq: a mnuih uyim th^s :diOre
•*■ its emb;i:'-..i.ijii/*
i '■» --<i, was. :n t'\e clever-! h Cviirwry, one of t}ie fdiifl [nirts uf rfie Du».hy.
- I'lc naturi'd j. ;rt of -his va-.r jjlain, v hi«.h ^vpaiates u.>> from TaLuic. the
.: the Co:iw;}fTr.r. It was r'.e p<»rt ol i'l licmois, f>f Sec?, and ot the
i \'"\\ion. Vr'iiii *A:c pla":is<jf baiaisc and t'nivmi.Js, the Did^c n ay
\' 'vn his captair.s thi ^r-iinence •!;-on uhnj) tins nu:nume:U s^\>ul>, for
■■•' .V f'H fifle'-ri !c.»-.-.u'^ \n t-vo-y dTect:i( n. He mav have >iMjl to tj'-rn:
-vx i-.->,; on trir. n.a, at 'he tcj ;* ct v.'!...." w.»u niii liiui :riv t1"'»-.>
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The illustrations on the opposite page are reproduced from the "History
and Genealogy of the Pomeroy 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:
"Samlf ht Sa llmnofnrtt.**
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 conmiemorate 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 THiemois, of Seez, and of the
Comte of Alencon. From the plains of Falaise and THiemois, 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:
" *Jf wm sdennf rendewous sur ceUe coUine au pird de laqiuUe vous trouverez majlotu** (I
will meet you on this hill, at the foot of which you will find my fleet.)
Part ^iifnt - ^mnnrog BiiOtarg mid dmraUigti 2B
In the "Battle Abbey 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.
QUf^ fi0ttirj0hag Vook
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.
Hfft^tLiil^.WgUM^ lom«rt»il»t^&.t.;; Aeb^Mfv
THE nitST OF SEVEN PAGES OF THE DOMESDAY BOOK, REPRODUCED
FROM THE "HISTORY AND GENEAUJGY OF THE POMEROY FAMILY."
NAMING THE FIFTY-TWO MANORS BESTOWED UPON SIR RALPH DE
POMEROY BY THE CONQUEROR.
While Eltwecd Pomeroy was chosen First Selectman in the Dorchester
Colony, in Massachusetts Bay, 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.
l^wtt ILlim - Potttrrog Hiistorg and dtmvioQ^ 30
&tter of CHommrtibatton ^ignrd bg lEltnt^rii Pomrrog
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, with a line
drawn under it, which is significant of his standing in the community. I can
now prove that he was in Beaminster in January, 1631, (old style) or in new
style 1633, and I am firmly 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 beeh 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 Srttrr of (Somtnralttitiiin
The names of the inhabitants of Beaminster which do not appear in
the list of signatures in the etchings, but who signed the address follow:
Wm. Jessop RicfMKD GovER Bbkhakd Pavntek Richard Clarke
Hehry Newman Robt. HoRsroRti Richard Crabb Wm. Ireland, Jun.
WiLUAM Saroent Wm. Irelahd, Sen. Iohh Even John Jesoppb
Tho*. SiNEOCKB, Sr. WiLUAU Newman Huob Hallett William Pauonj, Jun.
WiLLM Tdckbr Willm Seabourhb Hooh Crabbe John Crabbe
John Hodder Jambs Daniell Wiluam Tahner Jdheas Svmues
RoDOBR OvALl Richard Mihtbrn Frahqi Burqes Thoma* Siheockb Jun.
Abraham Fbrsoh Hekby Gudob
part ^iftte - ftotnrri^ Ifiiitortf mdi (ftraralog^ 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 vour
viewe of his aforesaid licenses and this our testimony of his worth & ^ood deservings you 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:
HuoH Strode (Lord of Manor)
Wm. Seaburne Steward (of the Manor)
Eltwide Pomery
(and 65 others all named).
9^)to0ition of lEitmtth Pmttrri^ Written bg Xtotarif
Our Commissioner writes that he has "recently discovered in another
highly valuable document, that on April Sth 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 £lfiOO 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 hy 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^
complt, as also on the pte and behalfe of Peter Hoskins Esqr. and John Hoskins, gent, Defts, in
the manner and forme following, vizt:"
33 fi^poHttion of l^ltmssh jpomnrog
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 Beaminster, clothier, aged three score years> who gave affirmative
answers to all the questions under the two items following:
"14. Item, hath there not beene by many years past in Beaminster divers Clothiers, whoe
doe keepe many poore people on worke whch sells their doaths to Merchants that doe trade them
beyounde the seas whereby the king hath for custome out of their cloaths ffower or ff ivepownds
weekly, one week with the other, throughout the whole year by reasons of the same trading?
And if the tennants customes be overthrowne, many of these poore people will lacke work and the
king will loose his weekly customes? Delivr soe much as you knowe or have credibly heard
touching this Interrogatory?
"15. Itim; Doe you not take it that the townsmen, customary tenants of Beamister, are
much weakened and ympoverished in their estates by reason of the defendant Hoskins' long,
tedious and chargeable suits, attempted and psecuted against them? Are they not much the
less able to pay subsedyes. duties and Aydes to the kinge and payments to the 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 April! 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: . . .
"Eltwitt Pomery of Beamister in the county of Dorset, feltmaker. Aged fourty fower years
or thereabouts, educed to the first, tenth sixteenth and seventeenth, and three and twentieth
Inter (rogatories) only and thereuppon sworne and examined, (viz.) :
"1. To the first Inter, this Dept. saith that he knowe th the Defts. and the fearme and lands
called Langdon in the Inter, menconed and hath known them and the fearme by the space of
thirtv 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
lUng sometyme in Evill 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 uppon 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 ne also bought of the said William King and his said partner,
another baigaine 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 ssud partner beere and allowed
them and two others lodsing during the tyme of their abode at his house at their pleasure for the
space of allmost one whole yeare for this Dept. said seconde bargaine of wood and chippes, whidi
heer 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 for same,
and farther this Dept. saith that about one year sithence this Dept. bought uppon Langdon afore-
said a baraain of wood of one Hill, a cooper, dwelling in Newisn 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 offered twenty-eight powndes
Part W:ftn - Pmttrrog IflBtonf and demuUiQXi 34
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 coopCer)*, bought two or
three batgaines of ashes of the Deft. John Hoskins, 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 Cert^yn 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 rememberth to whom, 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 Eltweed 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 Ql^ribal Antefltrg of tift Am^ riratt Potttrroga
fathers in putting their affairs in the hands only of men of parts> is shown to
have been correct. We also know that the first-comers in these new towns
had the first claim to lands and honors; and since we now learn that Eltweed
did not reach Dorchester until some time between S April, 1631, and 4 March,
1632-3, when he took the freeman's oath, the place at once given him at
Dorchester is the more significant. Either 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.
Q(rtfml Attrratrg iif t^f Amrrirmt PntttmigB
Believing that an outline reproduction of the tribal relations of the
American Ponieroys, as published in Part One of the History 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:
yart (glpree - Potttf mg Bttrtorg mib (grttgalagg 3fi
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^ FrancCy p. 536,
/ 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, (JoscelinuSy 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.
4fh 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 y JoscelinuSy 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 11. The same year gave land to the Priory of Saint
Nicholas of Exeter by the name of Henry, son of Henry de La
37 girtbal Atif gglrg of tift !^mtt\tm Pmngmgii
Pomerai, Rohesia his mother, and 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. D. 1193.
Married (1) Matilda, daughter of Andre de Vitrie and Agnes de
G>rnwall; m. (2) Rohesia, dau. of Thomas and sister of Doun
Bardolph; she survived her husband, and with her second husband,
John Russell, had a suit with her step-son, Henry de La Pomerai,
respecting her dower. (Cor. Reg. Mich,)
5th gen. Child:
Henry de La Pomerai, son and heir. +
5 HENRY DE LA POMERAI, {Henryy Henry, Joscelinus, RaduK
phus)y son and heir; owed 700 marks for livery of his lands and the
King's benevolence, 6 Richard I. 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. +
Geoffrey de La Pomeroy. +
6 HENRY DE POMEROY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), soA 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.
y art (glprgg - Pomrrog Bintorg and (S^nraUigti 3B
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.
8th gen. Child:
Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
8 HENRY DE LA POMERAY, {Jtienry, 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
Grifllith, 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, IS 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 Cornwall, 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. IS 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
GeoflFrey 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, {Henry, 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 (gribal Anr Mtrg of ti^t Amrrifatt l^omttaxiB
and Margery de Vernon in the manor of Tale. Had license to entale
the manors Stokeley, Byrye, Harberton, etc., on himself and Johanna
his wife for life, with remainder to his sons Henry, William, Nicholas,
John and Thomas, successively in tale male 1 May 2 Edward II, and
entaled them by fine 3 Edward III, 1328. Presented to the church
of Whitson, Devon in right of Elizabeth, his wife, 16 April, 1359.
Died 22 Oct., 1367; inq. p. m. 41 Edward I. (No. S.)
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.
Ihh gen. Children:
Sir Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
Capt. William de la Pomeray, second son; ped. fin. 3 Edward III;
he was Captain of Castle Cornet at St. Peter Port, Isle of 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.)
ChilJ by 2d wife:
Elizabeth de la Pomeray; m. Oliver Carminow; vide Carminow;
ped. Vivian's Visitation of Cornwall.
// THOMAS DE LA POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), youngest son.
Ped. fin. 3 Edward III; acquired lands in Sandridge, etc. Ped.
fin. 45 Edward III.
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 o\
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 Pomeray, 1426,
12 SIR EDWARD DE LA POMERAY, {Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, 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
Part ^Ifm - Pmnrrog BiiBtorg and (SvitraUt^g 40
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 S 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:
Henry 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 Champernowne, widow of
Sir James Chudleigh), heir to his uncle Sir William Courtenay and
his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Walter, Lord Hungerford, K. G.; she was
widow of Thomas Rogers; after the death of Sir Seint Clere Pomeroy
she m. (3) Sir William 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, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus),
fourth son; held lands in Chen ton, Fitzpaine, etc., which were
41 (grthal Atttrgtrg of tJut Attttriran PomgrogH
settled upon him and Agnes, his wife, by her father, 20 Sept. 1478;
d. 29 Dec. 1493. Inquest p. m. 9 Henry VII. No. 61.
Married Agnes, dau. of William Kelloway and wife Joan Barrett.
15th gen. Children:
AoNES PoMEROY, b.; m. (1) Thomas Tresoyle; m. (2) Thomas
Vowell.
Anna Pomeroy, b.; m. Tristram of Hengscott of Exeter.
Margaret Pomeroy, b.; m. Thomasine Pomeroy, b.
Elizabeth Pomeroy, b.
Henry Pomeroy (not Thomas), son and heir; aged 12 years at
death of his father.
Richard Pomeroy, of Rousdon, G}unty 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 gen. Children:
Henry Pomeroy, son and heir; living 1531.
John Pomeroy, 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 connection; 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:
1 7th gen. Children:
Martyn Pomeroy, of Netherbury, and Askewell, Dorset, of record
in 1528, 1549, 1561, and died before 1589; solicitor and scrivener.
Robert Pomeroy, of record in 1532-1600 at Netherbury and
Simondsbury, Dorset.
Mary Pomeroy, of record in 1536-1540.
Part §iprp? - Ifiomtros Htstorg and dtmnka^xi 42
William Pomeroy, of record at Simondsbury, Dorset; m. Mary — ;
lived at Crewkerne, Somerset; d. there July 3, 1S9S.
Richard Pomeroy, b. about 1540; of record at Netherbury 1560,
and at Beaminster 1585 and 1590.
17 RICHARD POMEROY, (John, Richard, Thomas, Henry, Edward,
Thomas, 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; she d. 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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iliis hti.'plerp.entary vohinie for ri.c :•:..: ^ .-i.r}-., r. ■.!. •- ..ti•:
v that Sir Koul lor Ralph) de La Poe-.t/ . ,v :r . :.• ' : i\-r':z
•••»• .--^ in the armies oi \\ {lliam the C*-' ; ,.-..:. ...n.
. , and to entitle him to large porrL:-. - . t' : «.*
. ;i. the division.
I Lld-vd Pomf.rov, (son of FJtv.jod F*..: - '.•.'.• !..,:..*;
b, Feb., 16U), Dorset, Fn^land {w-t H. t . ;> 4t» .nt
f\»rchestcr, Massuchu-^v.tts Vjd\y \t\^''. -j-.' t : — ..i- i. .K.t^..^^ i.t
t-iat colony give it); grantcti by coa.ms'N' ^ = •■ ■( ; :, i i i>'ir»,
rtMOii', 16()U, iir!;"c.n acr^s of nivar.ow Iwru! a-..'. . ;; • ;• ■ . u; ^ii^^."■.a:l,
•r- the west si te of the- Connecticut River, uhp i he so! \ .o j -'i.-iiJian
Ijiilci; he was bethrothed to Su.sannu, only child of llrnf-y CiinliiT,
ard ioft hor part of his property by will; d. May 22, \(/>2, Nor*^h-
ainpton, Mass.; unm.
•! HANNAH POMLROY, (Calei EltvsceJ)^ b. Julv 4, ]6>:2; m. J.ry
7, 1702, Joseph Baker, of Windsor, Conn., b, 13 April, l67S, son of
Joseph (JefFry); removed to TolLind in 1724 and served en a tract
of land of several hundred acres south of Shenipsec Pond; she d. July
7» 17G5; he m. (2) Mrs. Abigail (Stilc'O B-v-t-li, viau. of '1 hofn.ts
b riles; he d. Jan. 29, 1754, at Tolland, Conn.
N 1912, when the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family
was published, there were many families in America who neglected
to provide the data necessary for publication in our Family Book.
These deficiencies, have, in a large measure, been accounted
for in the chapter presented here of new developments and
extensions.
It is held that 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 G)m-
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.
The photographed page of the Domesday Book, facing page 28, is repro-
duced in this supplementary voliune 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, (Calet 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.
Part ^litn - ^nmrrog Ifintorg anil dtntnlag^xi 44
^M. ^^». 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 Barer, b. June 28, 1705.
5/A 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 2S,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. S, 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 J):
211.9 Mary Baker, b. at Tolland, Conn., Nov. IS, 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. +
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 JVilliam A. Mitchell^ (211.17):
211.18 Nena Mitchell, b. June 5, 1862; m. Dec. 22, 1909, Herbert M.
Milam. Residence, Atlanta, Ga.
45 Pmtvrog l^ttaiopmttxtB Ut Amrrira
154 Mary Benton, dau. of Mary Pomeroy and Samuel Benton of
Hartford, bp. May 29, 1715; m. Elijah Clap.
182 Eltsha Searle, {Abigail Pomeroy^ Calebs Eltweed)^ b. 1695; son of
John and Ruth (Janes) Searle; captured by Indians May 13, 1704,
at Pascomuck, near Mt. Tom, at the time of the terrible massacre;
he was taken to Canada and brought up 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 {Josephy Medad, Eltweed), 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.
5th gen. Children:
432 Benjamin Pomeroy, 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 Q^lprrr - Ij^amtra^ IHiotorg mtd dtmnlasQ 4fi
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 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 28, 1748^9; 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 commemorated 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 Pomrrog HtwiaprntntB in Atnrrira
&c. how does our son Gillet & dau. and son Ralph will they not write to me?
I wd mention, wod time permit me to describe it The affecting scene of last
Friday morning. A poor wretched Criminal Thos Bailey was executed. Mr.
Brainard & myself chiefly discoursed with him but almost all his care was to
have his life prolonged, pleaded with us to intercede with ye General for him
but there was no prospect of succeeding, his crime was stealing, or Robbing,
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
suddenly 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 sinfiil pleasure would be 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, 1759. 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 wrote you before had
I opportunity. I am with increasing love and affection My Dr.
Your most affectionate loving husband
Benj. Pomeroy.
The next letter of interest is to the Reverend Eleazer Wheelock,his wife's
brother: «
Crown 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
Part ^Ifnt - Pnittrnig IHtBforg attd (&tntnlo9s 4B
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 Pome ROY.
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.
49 Pmnrrotr IBtvtlapmttttB in Attwrira
West Point, Headquarters, 8th day of March, 1778.
Personally appeared Ralph Pomeroy, Paymaster to Col. Wyllys's Regt.
and took the oath, of allegiance as Paymaster, by him subscribed, before me.
(Signed) Samuel H. Parsons, B. G."
The last of Doctor Pomeroy's letters here quoted announced to his wife
the departure of the Provincial troops from Fort Edward.
Montreal, Sept, 11, 1760.
My dear:
I borrow a friends hand just to inform you that I received Mr. Whalock's
letter of August 3d 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 returning by the same tedious route by which
they came, I e3q)ect 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
AfiFectionate husband Banja 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 ofiiciated 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,
Conn^ecdcut, 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 tof 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 SufBeld. His capacious mind early discover-
part ^fftn - fimurog Bisfoi^ mtii d^ntpaUtgu iSO
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 acquirements, 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 oflices 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 Potn^rog firttrlotmtrtttB in Amrrim
80 NOAH POMEROY, {Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1700, Suf-
field. Conn.; m. Aug. 26, 1732, Abigail Remington, perhaps dau. of
John Remington, {John, ThomaSy John), b. at SufEeld, d. Sept. 26,
1813; He was appointed sealer for SufEeld of leather; he d
5th gen. Children:
451 Noah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 23, 1733. +
452 Abigail Pomeroy, b. April 3, 1734; d. May 29, 1734.
453 EuAKiM Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1735. +
454 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Oct. 14, 1736. +
455 Simeon Pomeroy, b. July 20, 1738; d. Jan. 30, 1761.
456 Dan Pomeroy, b. March 26, 1740. +
457 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 2, 1741.
458 Jonathan Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1743. +
459 Elijah Pomeroy, b. April 15, 1745.
460 Epaphras Pomeroy, b. July 12, 1749; d. Aug. 20, 1751.
461 Ruth Pomeroy, b. Feb. 8, 1751. +
462 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 24, 1752.
463 Epaphras Pomeroy, 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 Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, and
531 Princess Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, children of Joshua Pomeroy
and wife Lois Phelps, {Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), (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 Pomeroy, {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 Darung, 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 cemetery 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.
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349 LIEUT. JOSIAH POMEROY, (Josiahy 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-parent|
on my mother's side were bom there. I soon found that Temple and Sheldon, in their History of
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 AUis. There were two Pomeroy men
of nearly the same age named Josian, 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, EltweedJ, 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
osiah married, second, Ann Allis, the following 5th of Juljr. The Warwick town records show
that Lieutenant Josiah and Joanna Pomeroy had the following children after Mr. Dexter records
the death of Joanna:
Arcal, born July 31, 1776; Nancy, bom Feb. 24 1780; Henry, bom 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
{osiah Pomeroy's tombstone. It is proven by the Warwick town records and the tombstone that
oanna 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 dear 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 pmnrrog BfttrUi^nttrtttfl in Atturim
The following letter is a copy of an official report of the children of Josiah and Lydia Ashley
Pomcroy:
Frank P. Wheeler:
Dear Sir— ;I have found in the records of this office the following births in the family of
Josiah and Lydia Ashley Pomeroy, but have not been able to find anything further in regard to the
parents:
345 Adino, born Sept. 22, 1732.
346 Eleazer, born Oct. 17, 1734.
347 Shamah, born Oct. 21, 1736.
348 Lucy, born Feb. 15, 1738-9.
349 TosiAH (Lieut.), Born July 21, 1741.
350 Eunice, bom Sept. 8, 1743.
351 Dorothy, bom Feb. 2, 1745.
352 Benjamin, bom March 16, 1748.
353 Jonathan, born Feb. 23, 1749.
Yours truly,
Egbert L Clapp, City 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 the births in the family of Lieutenant Josiah Pomeroy and wife, Joanna
Wright:
899 OuYE, born Aug. 16, 1763.
900 Phineas Ashley, bom Dec. 10, 1764.
901 Josiah, bora Sept. 1, 1767.
902 Euphas, born April 3, 1770.
903 Aaron, bom May 27, 1772.
904 Joanna, bom March 6, 1774.
905 Arael, bom July 31, 1776.
906 Nancy, bom Feb. 24, 1780.
907 Henry, born Aug. 31, 1782.
A true copy of the records,
Samuel Hastings,
(Town Seal) 7*01911 CUrk
Joanna Wright was the daughter of Phineas Wright and Joanna Field.
He was born July 20, 1710, and died Aug. 25, 179S. 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, 17/6, as G>IoneT of the Sixth Hampshire Co. Regiment. G>mmis8ioned Feb. 8, 1776. (Vol.
42 and Vol. 28, p. 147.)
Appears among names of field 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 comi>anies of Sixth
Hampshire Co. Regiment, dated Northfield, April 23, 1776. Returned by said Wright and other
field officers of said raiment. 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:
part ^iftn - Pontrrog Btatorg wtii (Smrdost; 54
Josiah Pomeroy appears among list of officers of Massachusetts militia chosen by Company
and m Council May 7, 1776^ as Second Lieutenant in the Sixth Warwick G)., Captain Reuben
Pettee, of Sixth Hampshire Co. Regiment. (Vol. 43, p. 313.)
Colonel Phineas Wrieht, 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
train until they were forty-five years old, and 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 oflices 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.
Emily R. Tyler, known as Mrs. Danford Tyler 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 Ashley and I 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 Suflfield, Conn., as reproduced in the "History and Gene-
alogy of the Pomeroy Family":
Joseph Pomeroy, son of Capt. Joseph (Medad, Eltweed), born July IS,
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
Allis of Hartford; 9, Isaac, born Aug. 6, 1745.
424 Sarah Pomeroy, {Josephy Joseph^ Medady 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, Vt.; m. Rebecca, dau. of Asahel Spear; he d. 1864,
at Rupert, Vt.
I^art JLlpcn - pmtinrot; History anil (intraiogg 5fi
430 DR. JOSIAH POMEROY, (Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
June 7, 1743; Yale 1762, M.D.; m. July 3, 1774, Ann Mis 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 ofllice 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 registers 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. 43$, New Hanipshire otate 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,
▼iz: ' Whereupon your Humble Petitioner Petitioned this Honble G>rte 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 ^aciously 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 difiFerent New England towns have been duigently seaitrhed, 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, EUweed), b. March 26,
1740, Suffield, 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.
6th 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
5Z yptttfrog flnglopmrntg to Aitttrtai
Hamilton now is, and was shot by an outlaw while in the discharge
of his duty.
1640.3 Dan Pomeroy, b. Camden East; m. and had two daughters; one
daughter m. the Rev. John Ferguson; she had sons Wilber, John
and Frank Ferguson, and three daughters; John Ferguson became
a missionary to China, and was a great educationalist.
495 CALEB POMEROY. (Calei, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 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. Farmer.
Southampton, Mass.
6th gen. Children
1784 Chloe Pomeroy, bp. 1772; m. Oct. 14, 1792, Willard Slack of North-
ampton, Mass., who d. Jan. 16, 1854, West Farms, Mass.; she d.
there April 6, 18S7.
1785 Anna Pomeroy, bp. 1774. +
1786 Caleb Pomeroy, b. 1776. +
1787 Gershom Pomeroy, b. 1779; d. 1806.
1788 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1782, +
1831 Emily Hub BARD, dau. ofChauncey Pomeroy Hubbard and wifeMary
Wells, (1820), b. June 3, 1832, WoodhuU, 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, 184S, 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 S, 1906. +
9th gen. Children of Theodore S. and Carrie W. Hubbard^ (1835.1):
1838.1 Florence Mildred Hubbard, b. Jan. 5, 1875; m. Sept. S, 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 POMEROY, (Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, EUvoeei), 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, EJtweed), 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 A. 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
5B Prnttrmg firarlotntttntB in Attvrira
supporter of every effort to advance the industrial and commercial
importance of Ogdenburg. In politics he was a Republican; in
religion a regular attendant and supporter of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Adeline Priest Newell is a classical graduate of the Potsdam
Normal School, class of 1876, and a member of the Baptist Church;
charter member of the First University Extension Club of Ogdens-
burg; also, of the United Helpers' Home for the Orphaned and
Aged; and by appointment of the city a trustee of the public library,
9/A gen. Children:
2169.4 Albert Priest Newell, 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. IS, 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 Enos Arnold, 3d child of Ammittai Pomeroy, (Johny Noah, Joseph,
Eltweed)^ 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 of Enos Arnold and Mary Endicotty {2217):
2223.1 John Arnold.
2223.2 Mary Jane Arnold, m. Miron Hills of East Longmeadow, Conn.
2224 Juliet Arnold; 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.+
2227 EuzABETH Arnold. 2227.1 Willis Arnold
2228 Augustus Arnold, b. May 30, 1848; m. Alma Hyde of Delaware. +
Children of Ansel and Maria P. Arnold y {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
Part ^liftn - potnrrog Mistar^ attii (Sntfalodt; 60
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.
<?/A gen. Child of WiUiam A. and Kate W. Arnold, (2229):
2230.1 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. +
9/A 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)
2423.3 John Melville Stanley, b. May 3, 1874; unm.
804 HANNAH POMEROY, (Eienezer, 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. Stericikg, Jhio.
2466.6 Hannah Colton, b. 1803; m. C. Carpenter.
fil Pomrmg l^tmiapttantB \n Amrrira
2578 Ruth Bert, m. Dec. 8, 1842, David Rockwood, grandson of Olive
Pomeroy (899) and Nathan Knowlton; 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 Elvira Sanborn, wife of Augustus Maynard Fay, d. Feb., 1913.
2605 Cynthia Relief Waters, b. Nov. 11, 1837; m. April 4, 1865,
WUlard 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 Bancroit 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,
(^uarfuSy Sethy Eienezer, Medady EUweed)y 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, {^artusy
Sethy Eienezer, Medady 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 of 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 Lc Due 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, {Lemuely Sethy Ebe^
nezevy Medady Eltu>eed)y 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 M. Webster, and great
Part (StprrF - Ifiomttag IfiBtorg anil (imealog^ 62
grand-dau. of Jerusha Pomeroy (13SS) and Thomas Spring, d. April
16, 1916, at Hartford, Conn.
1484 Clarissa Alsop, wife of Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, {EleazeVy Ben-
jamiriy Joseph^ Medady Eltweed)y 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, {Datty Noahy Josephy Medady Eltweed)y 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 twice 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., l9ll, Highgate, Ont.; he d. 1903,
Highgate.+
3668.10 Patience 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 Calvin 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, {Caleby Caleby SamuelyCalebyEltweed)yh. 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. EUsrworth, dau. of Ezekiel and Abigail (Taylor)
Ellsworth, of the Windsor, Conn., family; he d. Feb. 14, 1892.
1888 Phebe Pomeroy, {Gideony Joshuay Samuely Caleby Eltweed), b.
June 14, 1797; m. John Hull, son of John {not son of Tristram).
1926 WELLS POMEROY, (Joely Noahy Samuely Caleby Eltweed), b.
Sept. 6, 1800; m. (1) Betsey Bailey, b. April 23, 1793; d. Nov. 17,
1852; m. (2) Nov. IS, 1854, Diantha Brooks; he d. June 8, 1874.
7th gen. Children by first wife:
3964.1 Philetus Pomeroy+
63 ymtiMTog flgttglgpmMtta to Amgrif a
3964.2 Theodore Osman Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1822, Southampton,
Mass. +
3964.3 Pamelia Pomeroy, b. May 16, 1826. +
3964.4 David Pomeroy. + 3964.5 Lydia Pomeroy. +
3964.6 Francis J. Pomeroy. + 3964.7 Sarah Pomeroy. +
3964.8 Harmon Pomeroy. +
Children by second wife:
3964.9 William Pomeroy. 3964.10 Charles Pomeroy.
3964.11 Emma Pomeroy 3964.12 Myrtle Pomeroy
1927 JOEL POMEROY, {Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 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, {Eleazer, 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.
Pin tier, at Winona, Minn.; military service in the Federal Army
Part Elfm - Ifimxatag XiBtorg attli (i^nralngti 64
1861^; 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^ Jacobs Elisha^ Eldad^
Caleb, Eltweei), b. July 12, 1812; m. Nov. 13, 1839, Juliette
Warner of Northampton, Mass., he d. in Belchertown, Mass.
8th gen, Childreny (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, EUweed), 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.
ffi Pamgrog ietglotntignta in AntMita
3144 DANIEL STERLING POMEROY, {Eleazer, Noah, Joseph,
Ebweed), b. Feb. 18, 1781, Coventry, Conn.; m. Lucy Dimmock of
South Coventry, Conn.; he d. Feb. 26, 1845.
7th gen. Children:
4444 Mary Pomeroy, b.; m. Mr. Wicher; resided at Lockport, N. Y.
4445 Truman Pomeroy, b. about 1803. +
4446 Daniel Dimock Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1805. +
4446.1 F. W. Pomeroy, b. about 1808; d. March 22, 1881, Sandusky, O.
4446.2 Martha Pomeroy, b. about 1812. +
4446.3 Matilda Pomeroy, b. 1815; d. Aug. 22, 1896, Milan, O.; bu. at
Sandusky.
4596 Chandler MiRON Pomeroy, (Judeyjohn, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed),
b. Nov. 17, 1838; military service in the Civil War; m. Juliet Arnold,
dau. of Enos Arnold and wife Mary Endicott.
4638.1 Warren Pomeroy, {Warren, 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, Eienezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Elt^
weed), b. Dec. 3, 1793, Buckland, Mass.; m. June 17, 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 Slpre> - yomgnig jHtetorg aitft (j^ttralogg fifi
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 Par^s 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 of Ira and Judith Lakey, (4S10):
4815.1 William Gregg Lakey, b.; living in Buffalo, N. Y.
4815.2 RowENA Lakey, b.; m. Amos Sanford of Palmyra, N. Y.+
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 Ij^amjerag BrtirliitnttnttB in Atttrrim
4817 Marianna Lillie, b. 1848; now living in New Orleans.
Children of Eunice and Chauncey Giles ^ {4S14):
4817.1 Chauncey Giles, b.
4827.2 Warren Giles, b.
4817.3 Lucy Giles, b.; m. Dr. Wm. H. Guernsey of New York.
4817.4 Carrie Giles, b.; m. Richard Carter. Res. West Newton, Mass.
4817.5 Charles Giles, b.
4817.6 William Giles, b.
Children of Caroline and Allen T. Goldsmith, {4S15):
4817.7 Frederick Thomas Goldsmith, b. Feb. 3, 1856; m. Caroline Roose-
velt Lathrop. 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 EuzABETH 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 Q[tf»r - Pomrrog i|iiifor|| attli (irttrabiSQ SB
William Taylor, son of Elijah Pomeroy Taylor (1763) and Jenisha
Delling, 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, 186S; 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; unm. 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,
Eltweed), 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, 18S3.
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 Weaveridlle,
Cal.; in 1861 he went to the newly discovered gold mines at Nez
M Pommig BgwUipmrtttii in Amrrtra
Perce, and the next year to Placerville, Idaho Territory. In 1863
he was a leading speaker in the campaign against Mr. Wallace, and
the following year was elected delegate to Q)ngress, and re-elected
in 1866 by an increased majority. 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. Holbrook 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 gen. Children of Emily P. and Thomas S. Johnson. (4904):
4907 Stella Medora Johnson, b. June 17, 18S4; m. June 20, 1877,
James John Goodwillie, of Chicago, 111.; 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,
Medady 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.
8th gen. Children:
4909 Eunice Wheeler, 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, 184S; m. Oct. 28, 1869,
James Dalton, b. Jan. 10, 1828, son of James Dalton and wife
Elizabeth Tilden of Boston, Mass. +
Part QUprn - Pomnrotf BiHtorg m tft (Atmniogs 70
4912 Ashley Pomeroy Wheeler, b. July IS, 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.
9lh 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,
Josiahj Eienezer, Medady 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, ^uartuSy Seth, Etenezer, Medady Eltweed),
(2800) and wife Helen Elizabeth Robinson, d. Dec. 14, 1917, at
St. Paul, Minn. A sister of George Elltwood Pomeroy of Toledo,
Ohio.
2700 CATHERINE ELIZA POMEROY, {Thaddeus, ^uartus, Seth, Eb^
enezery Medady Eltweed)y 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 Pamr rog intrlnymgntg to Antfrita
ChiUren of Grace J. and JViUiam Hall, {5138): (additionai):
5152 Bernard Richard Hall, d. June 21, 1919.
5154.1 Celia Hall, b. July 23, 1907.
5154.2 Charles Hall, b. June 10, 1909.
5154.3 Eva Hall, b. May 29, 1911.
5154.4 Glenn Hall, b. Jan. 15, 1916.
5154.5 Marjorie Hall, b. June 14, 1921.
ChiU of Elizabeth K. and Akxander M. Jeffrey, (5140):
5154.6 Eleanor Virginia Jeffrey, b. Sept. 17, 1916.
Child of Erdman and Ada L, Parker, (5142):
5154.7 Sedgwick Pomeroy Parker, b. Jan. 5, 1913.
Erdman Sedgwick Parker d. May 18, 1916.
Children of Mary L. and Ernest H. ^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, partus, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), 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.)
8th 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 ^Ijnt - l^tmrttts HJiBtars anb (Srw alogg 72
5386 Emma Hart Brewster, b. Dec. 11, 1836; m. May 21, 18S8, 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. +
9th gen. Children of Henry P. and Mary E. Brewster {5385):
5388 Caroline Brewster, b. Aug. 3, 1857; m. June 1, 1892, Henry Le
Briton Wills.
5389 Harold Pond 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 Dunham of Detroit.
Children of Robert E. and Helen S. Brewster y {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 Barten Brewster, b. April 2, 1881, Pleasanton, Kansas;
University of Kansas A. B., 1900, A. M. 1901, Ph. D. in mathematics
73 fpomnrog B^ttrlotnttrnf a in AttirrUa
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. Terrill 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. +
10th gen. Children of Augusta W. and John C. W. Brooks, {5391):
5392.1 Frances Broors, b. March 31, 1892.
5392.2 Amelia May Broors, b. July 9, 1897.
Children 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 Dodqe, b. 1885, Evanston, 111., son of Lemuel P.
and Mary Post Dodge, (5410), and grandson of Emily Pomeroy,
{Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth, Eienezer, Medad, Eltweed), m. June 14, 1914,
Louise Woolsey, dau. of Frank Woolsey of Santa Rosa, Calif.
5441 Harriet Swift Kingsley, wife of George Pomeroy Kingsley,
{Betsey Coit Pomeroy, Gamaliel, Lemuel, Seth, Eienezer, 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).
30M PLINY POMEROY, {Pliny, Pliny, Daniel, Eienezer, 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. +
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, (J^mes, fFilliam, 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 Jambs Smith Pomeroy, b. Aug. 16, 1852; d. unm.
Part Wfttt " pptttfrog Biatiirg attft (Sntyalogg 74
5658 William Henry Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1854, d. Feb. IS, 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, (Eien-
ezeTy PhinehaSy Medady Josephy Medady EUweed)y 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, {Samuely Ekazery Rev. Benjamitiy Josephy
Medady Ehweed)y b. 1804, Boston, Mass.f 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, {IsaaCy Benjamiriy ElihUy BenjamWy
Josephy Medady Eltweed)y b. May 29, 1857, Newark, N. J.; d. Feb.
28, 1913. Miss Pomeroy was an active and influential oflicer 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., (Stepheriy ElihUy Benjamiriy
Josephy Medady Eliweed)y 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, {AlexandeVy AmoSy Nathaniely Nathaniel^
Josephy Medady EUweed)y 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,
rs Pottwrnt; Intrlotnttrttta in Amrrira
1900, Cecil H. Fuller; she d. Nov. 28, 1916, Suffield, Conn.
3668.9 REV. DANIEL POMEROY, {John, Dan, Noah, Joseph, Medad,
EUweed), b. 1823, Camden, Ont.; m. 1846, Jane Ann Aylesworth,
who d. Oct., 1911, Highgate, Ont.; he d. 1903, Highgate, Ont.
Minister.
8th gen. children
6490.1 Rev. William McKenzie Pomeroy, b. 1849. +
6490.2 Annie Alida Pomeroy, b. 1851; m. 1870, George A. Rogers.
6490.3 Dr. John Reynolds Pomeroy, b. 1853, Newburgh, Ont.; m. 1888,
Gertie Burdette; had issue, two sons and one daughter; he d. 1904
St. Louis.
6490.4 Dr. Robert Lattimer 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, Stephen, 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 CivU 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, Eltweed), 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, Samuel, 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 office at Janesville, Iowa, with a branch office
Part Wlfttt - Pmnrrog Xiaf org anil dtwuloss 7B
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 Loduskv 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. Maynardy (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, dau. 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, {Enochs Elijah^
Caleby Samuely Calebs 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., Franldin, 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
May Rogers, b. West Chazy, N. Y. Salesman. Res., Fresno, Calif.
6620 Frank Pomeroy Truax, b. Nov. 2, 1883; m. Sept. 2, 1907, Reva
D. Goodhue, b. April 26, 1887, Berkshire, Vt., dau. of Levi Goodhue
and wife Julia Blair. He was accidentally killed while employed on
railroad at Webster Junction, Mass., Aug. 31, 1909.
6621 Elburn Briggs Truax, b. May 31, 1885.
3794 CALEB STRATTON POMEROY, (Caleiy Caleb, CaUb, Samuel,
Eltweed), b. July 7, 1797; presumably in Vershire, Vt.; m. Dec. 21,
1820, Sarah Walker, b. Dec. 16, 1802, 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.
8th gen. Children:
6660.1 Mary S. Pomeroy, 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 Almina 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, {fFarham, Enos, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 20, 1829, Easthampton, Mass.; WiUiston
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 years; 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,
Samuel, Samuel, John, Dennis), of Mendon, Mass., b. Dec. 31, 1842,
d. Dec. 10, 1901, son of Horace Bates Darling and wife Mehitable
Lord; she d. April 5, 1916, Southampton, Mass.; burial at Boston,
Mass.
8th gen. Child:
6784 Harriet Lyman Darling, b. July 31, 1880. Boston; m. Oct. 12,
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1904, Dr. Joseph Storcr 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 FRANKLIN POMEROY, {Daniel, 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. IS, 1849. +
6809 Henry Alphonso Pomeroy, b. Sept. 10, 1850, Dodge Co., Wis., m.
March 24, 1874, Mary L. Hoel, b. Jan. 23, 18SS, 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.
7B Pmttmig flgttrtopmmtfl te Antgrtoi
Stk gen. Children:
6814 Mary C. King, b. Dec. 5, 1844; m. April 18, 1867, William C. Ham-
mond, Chilton, Wis.; she d. July 6, 1876. +
6815 Oliver Harrison King, 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, b. 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.
6817 George King, b. July 26 ,1856, at Chilton, Wis.; m. Jan. 24, 1882,
at New Hampton, Iowa, Clara Wood. Res., Wyenmere, N. D. +
6818 IdaRosetta King, b.June25,1858,atChilton,Wis.;m. Dec. 31, 1902,
at Waucoma, Iowa, Nash Tuttle; s. p. Res., Central Point, Oregon.
9th gen. Children of Mary C. and fVilliam 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 Camilla 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,NeUie M. MUler
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. Nimm^y {6818.1):
6818.9 Arthur W. Nimmo, b. Sept. 21, 1891.
6818.10 Herbert Holland 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 Orren and Nellie M. King, {6818.6)
6818.15 Dorothy King, b. July 31, 1908; d. ae. 2 years.
6818.16 Evelyn Kino, b. Dec. 10, 1910.
6818.17 Harry King ,b. March 27, 1917, Waucoma, Iowa.
Children of Irene and Orlando Pierce j {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, {Daniely Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Calei,
Ebweed), b. Nov. 30, 1830, Geiiuga 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, £//-
weed), 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, William C.
Kading; she d. Jan. 29, 1917. Res. Reesville, Wis. +
6834.1 Laura Keeper, 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. N{arch 16, 1905.
Children of Marcia and William C. Kading, (6834):
6834.3 Harold Kading, b. Nov. 12, 1903.
6834.4 Mildred Kading, b. Aug. 16, 1905.
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6834.5 Myrtle Kading, b. June 17, 1908.
6834.6 Arnold Kading, b. Sept. 23, 1912. All b. at Lowell, Wis.
Children of Laura and J. F. Clem, (6834.1):
6834.7 Dora Clem, b. Aug. 31, 1909.
6834.8 Marcella Clem, b. Aug. 29, 1911.
3929 LUCY POMEROY, (Daniely Ichabody Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Elt^
weed), b. May. 4, 1836, Geauga County, Ohio; m Jan. 17, 1855,
Benjamin J. Yule, b. Dec. 7, 1832, Oneida 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, Wis. +
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 JVilliam H. and Nellie Yule, {6837) :
6840.1 Ralph B. Yule.
Children of Nellie May and JVillis Brewer, (6839):
6840.2 LiLLiE May Brewer; m. Harmon Brossard. Res., Fall River, Wis.
6840.3 Lucy Marie Brewer; m. Henry Watcrworth. Res., Fall River,
Wis.
6840.4 Earl Brossard Brewer; m. Laura Deming, Nov. 6, 1918. Res.,
Waukesha, Wis.
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. +
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P/A gen. Children of Ross and Beatrice fVildery (6843):
6843.1 Fayette Wilder, b. Nov. 17, 1915.
6843.2 Howard Ross Wilder, b. March 19, 1917.
6843.3 Donald Pomeroy Wilder, b. Nov. 11, 1918.
3931 ALBANUS KIMBLE MOULTON POMEROY, (Daniely Ichabod,
Noahy Samuel^ Calebs Ehweed)^ 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, {JVells, 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.
63 potttrrag IntrlotmtrntB in Asnnira
8fh gen. Child:
6873.17 Pearl Pomeroy.
3%4.7 SARAH POMEROY, {JVells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweei),
b.; m. Mr. Newman.
8th gen. Children:
6873.18 Elva Newman 6873.19 Marlin Newman
3964.8 HARMON POMEROY, {JVells, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Ebtveed),
b.; m. Mary .
8th gen. Children:
6873.20 Alice Pomeroy 6873.21 Cora Pomeroy
3%5.2 ABIGAIL A. POMEROY, (Joel, Joel, Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Elt^
weed), b. Nov. 18, 1836, Rochester, N. Y.; m. Oct. 2, 1856, PhUip
Riley.
8th 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 William S. and Henrietta Riley, {1st wife):
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 fFilliam S. and 2d wife, Carrie W. Riley,
{6874):
6874.8 Dorothy Olive Leggett Riley, b. Jan. 24, 1906, Rochester, N. Y.
10th gen. Children of Abbie May and miliam H. S. Cass, {6874. f) :
6874.9 Lewis Stephen Cass, b. Aug. 2, 1907, Rochester, N. Y.
6874.10 WiLUAM Pomeroy Cass, b. Oct. 2, 1912, Rochester.
6874.11 Henrietta May Cass, b. Jan. 25, 1914, Rochester.
6874.12 William 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 JVilliam 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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ChiUren of miHam P. and Stella Riley y {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, Samuel, 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.
Sth 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, Eliweed), 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),
Sth gen. Children by 1st marriage:
6885.9 Charles Hekry 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. Mungbr, 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, Epkraim, George,
Jr., George, emigrant), Emelie Melissa was b. Conneat tp., Craw-
ford Co., Pa., and m. at Eyota, Minn. +
6885.15 Altha Jane Munger, b.; m. (1) William Fooshe; m. (2) Martin
Swanson.
6885.16 Eben Miio Munger, b.; d. young.
6885.17 Horace Dudley Munger, b. Dec. 25, 1873; m. Rebecca (May)
Monte.
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9th gen. Children of Emelie M. and Cyrus Shaw Richer y (6885.14):
6885.18 Claude Merlin Ricker, b. May 28, 1884; d. July IS, 1887.
6885.19 Clyde Spencer Ricker, b. Feb. 7, 1889; unm. Ceramic artist
and metaphysical student. Res., Minneapolis, Minn.
4011 RICHARD WELLS POMEROY, (Samuel, Simeon, Simeon,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 3, 1825, Bristol, N. Y.; m. April
10, 1853, Annie 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, Rufus, Isaac,
Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), 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.
4134 HON. THEODORE MEDAD POMEROY, (Medad, Timothy,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. 31, 1824, at Cayuga, N. Y.,
second son of Medad Pomeroy and wife Lilly Maxwell, who had
come to New York state from Massachusetts in the early part ot
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:
7249 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., Buffalo, 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.,
Part SHirrr - Pomrrotf Xintorg atiii (intraliisg fifi
and wife Mary Cramer. Merchant. Business and residence,
Buffalo, N. Y.
9th gen. 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 entet'ed 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 Clerkv and two years later the first Clerk of the city of
Auburn. He held the latter office for two years when in 1851 he was elected
District Attorney of Cayuga county. Although only twenty-seven years old
his successful prosecution df 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 office. After executing the many bills awaiting his signature, on
March 4th, the day after his election he pronounced Congress adjourned
B7 Pomrrog BtmlapmnAB to Amrrim
sine die. The portrait 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 Express Company, later merged into the
American Express Company. To this company he gave much of his time
until his death. In 1869 he became a partner in the banking 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. He died as he had
lived: his interests active, his brain and energy undiminished to the last.
(From ths NtUUnal RtpuhUeun.)
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, of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. Pomeroy was nominated to succeed him. His election was
unanimous, the members of both parties voting solidly for him.
Mr. Pomeroy was immediately escorted to the chair by his friend Dawes
of Massachusetts, and George Washington Woodward 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 life. Returning to his
home at Auburn, N. Y., he served two terms as mayor, and one term as 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, {Angolus^
Isaac^ Elisha^ Eldady Calebs Ehweed)^ 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,
{EJeazer, 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 GrifEn 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.
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8th gen. Child:
7544.4 Daniel E. Pomeroy, b. ; New York City financier.
7681 HENRY POMEROY DAVISON, {Henrietta Bliss Pomeroy, Isaac,
- Eleazer, Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 13, 1867, Troy,
Pa., son of Henrietta Bliss Pomeroy and George Bennet Davison;
m. April 13, 1893, Kate Trubee, b. Feb. 2, 1872 at Bridgeport, Conn.,
dau. of Frederick Trubee and wife Mary Waterman Baldwin.
9th gen. Children:
7684 Frederick Trubee Davison, b. Feb. 7, 1896.
7685 Henry Pomeroy Davison, Jr., b. Sept. 3, 1898.
7686 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 conunendation 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. Osbom, 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 reconstrucdon." Henry Pomeroy Davison 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,
Noah,Joseph, Eltweed), 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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^/A j'^w. Children b. Troyy Penn.
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, {Daniel, John, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. Nov. 28, 1830, at Lockport, N. Y.; m. Aug. 22,
18SS, 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 S, 1921.
8th gen. Her 9th child:
77S9 Lewis Cass Leet, b. Jan. 29, 187S, Oakland, Calif.; m, June 1,
1910, Elizabeth Margaret Protzman. +
9th gen. Children:
7762.1 Charlotte Elizabeth Leet, b. Oct. 17, 1911.
7762.2 Lewis Kneale Leet, b. Dec. 29, 1912.
7762.3 Betfy 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. +
4SS1 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, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), and Remos
Wells, b. Aug. 6, 1825, son of Isaac Wells and Maria Whitney.
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She m. Dec. 27, 1888, William J. Linnell of Brownsville, N. Y, She
d. Dec. 30, 1912, Watertown, N. Y. She was a descendant of
John Whitney, first of the family in Massachusetts, 163S; and of
Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
4617 DE LA COEUR POMEROY, {Hiram, Hiram, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eliweed), h, Aug, 13, 1836, Point Salubrius,N. Y.; m. May 26,
1859, Francis Elizabeth Empire, b. Feb. S, 1841, Three Mile Bay,
N. Y., dau. of Charles Empire and wife Abigail La Salle; he d. Jan.
17, 1917, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; bu. at Cedar Grove Cemetery,
Chaumont, N. Y.
7895 Oren Pomeroy, {Oren, Oren, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed),
b. May 19, 1882; m. Laura Gerlach; he d. Nov. 8, 1914, College
Point, N. Y. She d. Jan. 26, 1922, at Whitestone, L. L
4627 CYRUS NEWTON POMEROY, {Oren, Hiram, John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), 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 ofiices
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, EUweed), 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
d^ree 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 Woodruff Stone and wife Sarah Clorina (Blake) Stone.
Dr. Pomeroy d. April 20, 1917, Auburndale, Mass.
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4632 GEORGE WARREN POMEROY, (fTarren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, Ebweed), b. 1830, at Somers, G)nn.; 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, {fVarren, 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 An tietam, 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 OU VE POMEROY, {John, Phineas, Josiah, Josiah, Eben^
ezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 7, 1827, Newfane, Vt. ; m. Aug. 27, 1 850,
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, who m. 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 Kcnley. +
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llth gen. Child of Elsie H. and Herman Kenley
8211.1 Jack H. Kenley, b. Jan. 29, 1917.
8207 E. Russell Campbell, son of Meta G. and Grant J. Campbell,
(8197), b. Oct. S, 1899; d. Feb. 9, 1912.
4888 Elvira A. Bellamy, b. July 28, 1837, Townsend, Vt., who m.
Henry Pomeroy Oct. 29, 1862, {John^ PhineaSy Josiahy Josiahy
EbenezeTy Medady EUweed)y dau. of Charles D. 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, {Johny PhineaSy Josiahy Josiahy EbenezeVy Medady
Ehweed)y son of Peter B. McRoberts and wife Eliza Waite, d. Dec.
12, 1916.
8827 Ruth W. McRoberts, b. Feb. 25, 1894, Pittsfield, Ohio, dau. of
Walter V. and Elizabeth K. McRoberts, and grand-daughter of
Celia Pomeroy (4890), m. Roy Wally Baker. +
llth gen. Child of Ruth W. 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 Reynoldsy (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 Lena 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 (Johny PhineaSy Josiahy Josiahy Ebenezery Medady
Eltweed)y 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. Buss, b. Sept. 8, 1859, dau. of Ellen Pomeroy, (5016),
(Hazen, Selahy Benjamin, Josiahy Ebenezer, Medady Eltweed)y and
Quartus Bliss of Compton, Ont., m. W. K. Henderson.
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5169 Mary Furness, b. Oct. 19, 1833, widow of Seth Pomeroy, (^uariusy
Sethy partus y Sethy Ebenezery Medady Eltweed)y 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, ( GeorgCy Sethy partus y Sethy Ebenezery
Medady Eltweed)y 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'y Sethy ^artusy Sethy Ebenezery Medady
Eltweed)y m. Muriel Stewart Falk, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
b. May 17, 1896.
llth gen. Child:
8361.1 Pomeroy Falk Thurber, b. July 12, 1916, San Antonia, Texas.
5180 HON. GEORGE ELTWEED POMEROY, {Georgey Sethy ^uartusy
Sethy Ebenezery Medady Eltweed)y 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 G^lonel 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 the Sons of the Revolution in New
York, assisted by contributions from members of the Pomeroy race, the
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subscriptions by the latter being collected by Mr. Harris Pomeroy of New
York City, and New Rochelle, 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 of that enterprising city, and of
Ohio. His office as President of the State Board of Commerce of Ohio assures
to him the confidence of his business associates and wide 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-third 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 First 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 of 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 of
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 £. Pomeroy married August 23, 1883, Miss H. Matilda
Worthington, born 1850 in Fayette County, Pa., daughter of John Thomas
Worthington, of Baltimore, Md., and wife Emily Parshall. Mrs. Pomeroy,
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who is 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,
Eienezer, Meded, Eliweed), b. Sept. 6, 1882, Fitchburg, Mass.; m.
Dec. 23, 1914, Francis Augustus Rugg of Boston.
8378 William Hollister Pomeroy, {fFilliatny 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, Eienezer,
ST PntMgrog MtmlapmstAB \n Aittfrtni
Medad^ Eltweed)^ b. May 17, 18SS, Pittsfield, Mass.; m. Jan. 10,
1879, William L. Brown, son of Levi Lafayette Brown and wife
Helen Rowland of Adams, Mass. Res., New Rochelle, N. Y.
9th gen. Children^ i. at North Adams^ Mass:
8387 Helen Brown, b. Nov. 1, 1879.
8388 Marion Brown, b. Dec. 20, 1880; m. March 25, 1911, George
Billings 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 wife Addie 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.
10th gen. Children of Marion and George B, Gibbons {838S):
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 tVilliam L. and Anna Brown {8391):
8393.4 WiLLLAM Harris Brown, b. July 10, 1914.
5424 SILAS HARRIS POMEROY {Theodore, Lemuel, Lemuel, Seth,
Ebenezer, Medady 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 period 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."
tpart ^Iftn - Iff ttourtts BtBtorg atiii (Sntralogn 9B
Mr. Pomeroy, however, succeeded in working out a system of
self-education which has provided for him a broader knowledge of
business methods, and far more practical, than that of most collie
graduates.
^' About this time I entertained an ambition to organize a brass
band in Pittsfield, and with my young associates succeeded in
capturing two 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 aflForded 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
successfiil manufacturers of the Bradford district, who said: ^Stay
with your father if he will allow you to scrap the old machinery and
substitute the best the market aflFords. 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
90 PomnroQ BtvtlapmttitB in Atnrrira
and himself, on 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 Pittsfield 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 $300,000, and was very
profitably operated by his father, as president, William B. 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 ^uthern 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. TurnbuU 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 of
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
Part ^Ifm - Ponvrog Xiatorg and (&tmu\a^^ 100
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 West 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
101 ppttttrog fowUnnttftttg in Amgrim
and congenial in New Rochelle 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 like 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. Harris Pomeroy of New Rochelle, d. in the New London Naval
Station base hospital in 1918, ae. 27 years. Starr Beatty was in the
employ of his step-father, S. H. 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 of 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 j Lemuely Lemuel^ Sethy Ebenezery Medady Ebweed)^ 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.
10th gen. Child of Theodore and Nellie G. fFashiume (8398):
8399.2 Margaret Pomeroy Washburne b. April 22, 1916, at Augusta,
Ga.
5429 Louise Crane Richards, wife of Theodore Laurence Pomeroy,
{Theodore^ Lemuely Lemuely Sethy EbenezeTy Medady Eltweed)y b. Dec.
31, 1866, Dalton, Mass., dau. of Ashley Hiram Richards and wife
Kate Frances Crane; m. June 27, 1889; died Dec. 26, 1913, Green-
wich, Conn. He m. (2) April 24, 1920, Mrs. Geo. Washington Boyd,
at Philadelphia, Pa.
8406 Eleanor Pomeroy, {Theodore Laurencey Theodorey Lemuely Lemuely
Sethy Ebenezery Medady Eltweed)y 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, {Roterty Lemuely Lemuely Sethy
Ebenezery Medady Eltweed)y b. Sept. 3, 1857; Pittsfield, Mass.; m.
Sept. 13, 1882, A. Maxwell Tod, b. April, 1856, England; d. 1914,
England.
9th gen. Childreny 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 ^Iftn - Pomrrog Ifiatortf attlk (SrttPaUiQQ 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.
JOih 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 y Lemuely Gen. Sethy Ebenezer^ Medady EUweei)y 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, lOSth Engi-
neers, stationed at Camp Servier, S. C, for military service in the
war with Germany.
5507.1 ASHBEL STRONG POMEROY, (P//»y, Plinyy Plinyy Daniely
Ebenezery Medad, Ebweed), 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, {Plinyy Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Ebenezer, Medad, EUweed)y b. Jan. 8, 1815; m
9th gen. Child:
8479 James P. Pomeroy, b.; resided in Boston.
5508.3 GEORGE POMEROY, {Plinyy Plinyy Pliny, Daniely Eienezer,
Medady Eltweei)y 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, HI. Res.,
Colona, 111.
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9th gen. Children^ b. Elizabethiown^ Ont.
8479.1 Lavina Alwilda Pomeroy, b. April 26, 1843. +
8479.2 James Abijah Pomeroy, b. Feb. 29, 1846; d. Aug. 11, 1847.
8479.3 Amasa Mann Pomeroy, b. April 21, 1848.+
8479.4 Emery Anson Pomeroy, b. Feb. 5, 1850. Left home when a young
man; went west and whereabout unknown.
8479.5 Mary Maria Pomeroy, b. April IS, 1852; d. 1873, Colona, 111.
8479.6 Caroline A. Pomeroy, b. Aug. 27, 1855; d. March 7, 1862, Orion,
111.
8479J Almira Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Jan. 12, 1859, Orion, 111. +
8479.8 Nelly Martena Pomeroy, b. Dec. 25, 1861; d. in infancy.
8479.9 Charles Addison Pomeroy, b. Dec. 12, 1863. +
8479.10 Colonel Edward Pomeroy, b. Jan. 4, 1871. +
5508.5 CHARLES ADDISON POMEROY, {JPliny, Pliny, Pliny, Daniel,
Eienezer, Medad, Ehweed), b. near Utica, N. Y.; m. Jan. 21, 1855,
at South Butler, N. Y., Sylvia West.
9th gen. Children:
8479.11 Ralph Pomeroy, b. Feb. 14, 1856. +
8479.12 Mary Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1858, Orion, 111.; m.
8479.13 Essie Lavina Pomeroy, b. May 4, 1860. +
8479.14 Thomas Pliny Pomeroy, b. Nov. 3, 1863. +
8479.15 Samuel Pomeroy, b. June 20, 1867; m. and had two daughters.
Res., Grand Rapids, Mich.
5659 LE DRU ROLLIN POMEROY, {Charles, James, miliam, 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 Pomeroy, b. 1885, Syracuse, N. Y.; d. in infancy.
8527.1 Erma Ruth Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1889, Syracuse, N. Y.; unm.
8527.2 Charles Ross Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1894, Cleveland, O. +
5662 DR. WILLIAM HENRY POMEROY, {Thomas, Thomas,
William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), 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. of
the Rev. Charles B. Harding and wife Nancy Barrows. Res.,
Stamford, Conn.
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9/A 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 in art and literature.
8543 Irving Pomeroy Carr, son of Orianna Eliza Pomeroy {Thomas^
Thomas Williamy Daniel^ Eienezer, 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 VOMEROY, {Thomas, Thomas, fFilliam, Dan-
iel, EbenezeVy 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 LoRiNDA 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,
EJtweed),
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, Akron, Ohio. Her father,
George W. Pomeroy, was First-Lieut, of McLaughlin's Squadron
Ohio Vet. Vok Cavalry in Civil War. Heber Foltz d. Oct. 1, 1921,
Akron, Ohio.
105 If^amtrag BritrUttittinttii in Attttrint
8713 Guy Earlscourt Foltz, b. Dec. 27, 1874, Akron, Ohio, son of
Harriet Janette Pomeroy, {George^ Ebenezer^ PhinehaSy Medady
Josephy Medady Eltweed)y and Heber M. Foltz; m. March 4, 1894,
Ima Weckley, dau. of J. S. and Catherine Weckley; he d. Nov. 24,
1917, Akron, Ohio.
6047 ALBERT A. POMEROY, {Georgey EbenezeVy PhinehaSy Medady
Josephy Medady Ebweed)y b. March 3, 1845; m. Dec. 26, 1870, at
Cleveland, Ohio, Mary Ellen Perry, dau. of Thomas Perry and wife
Mary Chubb. Military service during the Civil War four years;
Quartermaster in McLaughlin's Squadron Ohio Vet. Vol. 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 History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family; also, supplementary Part Three of the History and Gen-
ealogy of the Pomeroy Family; in February, 1913, appointed
Treasurer of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, staff of Gen. W.
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, {Byrony Ralphy Josiahy BenjamWy Josephy
Medady Eltweed)y b. May 14, 1860, Galena, 111.; m. Charles £. 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 {8691 .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, (Benjaminy Benjaminy Elihu,
Benjamin y Josephy Medady 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
Part JBlfttt " Pomnriig Biatorg attlk (Sntralogif lOfi
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. 2S, 1885, St. Louis, Mo., dau. of Julia
Pomeroy, {Byron^ Ralphs Josiahy Benjamin^ Joseph^ Medady Elt-
weed)y and William Howard Gates, m. Dec. 1915, Le Roy French
Johnston, at 1619 Lathrop St., Omaha, Neb.
6247 ELTWEED POMEROY, {IsaaCy Benjamiriy ElihUy Benjaminy
Josephy Medady Ehweed)y 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 Jake Elizabeth Bradford, b. Oct. 20, 1914, St. Paul, Minn.,
dau. of Jane Evelyn Pomeroy, {ElihUy Samuely Elihu, Benjaminy
Josephy Medady Ekweed)y and John McCartney Bradford.
8918 Hon. Leavitt Pomeroy Bissell, b. April 18, 1865, son of Maria
Elizabeth Pomeroy, {Chaunceyy Asay AsayNathaniely Josephy Medady
Eltweed)y and Charles Samuel Bissell; m. June 18, 1888, Minnie
Gilbert. Represented his district in the Connecticut Legislature.
Manufacturer. He d. in Sept., 1913, Buffalo, N. Y.
8919 Charles Chauncey Bissell, b. Aug. 18, 1867, son of Maria
Elizabeth Pomeroy, {Chaunceyy Asay Asay Nathaniely Josephy
Medady EUweei)y and Charles Samuel Bissell; m. 1889 Clara Spen-
cer; educated at the Connecticut Literary Institute; president of
the SufBeld, Conn., Savings Bank; candidate for Congress in 1912;
member of the Baptist church and Masonic orders; his dau. Helen'
d. some years ago; his son attended the Sheffield Scientific Schoo
at Yale; Mr. Bissell d. Feb. 5, 1914, Suffield, Conn.
63I9S CHAUNCEY SMITH POMEROY, {Chauncey, Asa, Asa, Nathan^
iely Joseph, Medad, Ehweed), b. Feb. 17, 1837; m. April IS, 1873,
Augusta Birge, of New Britain, Conn., dau. of Chester G. Birge;
he d. Jan., 1884.
9th gen. Children:
8922 Chauncey Birge Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1875; d. Jan. 4, 1902; unm.
8922.1 Gertrude Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. June 1, 1878, Hartford, Conn.+
6466 ROBERT POMEROY, {Roderick, Eliakim-EIiakim, 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, EUweei), 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
United 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 Alexander A. Pomeroy, b. June 11, 1843.
9037 Gertrude Chloe Pomeroy, 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 stud:^ of medicine in 1840, at the
Qeveland 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 m
another place.
One must look back a long wav to realize the effort and hardships this pioneer of medicine
had to endure to obtain his m«lical education. Remember this was before there were any rail-
roads running into Cleveland, by about eighteen years; and as he lived 35 miles from that city,
he was obliged to cover that distance everv two weeks on foot, carrying his necessary baggage tied
in a bundle and hung from a stick over nis 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 countir, and many times he had to blaze the trees in order to follow the
trail back agam. He still has tne 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
part ^iftn - pmttemg Hlatmrg anb CIntgahigg IfllB
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 tne period of anesthetics, antiseptics, or antitonnes, and before
modern sur^ry had made advances. Yet, while he began to study medicine early he has not
remained blmd 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
onl^ 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.
M74 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 3200,000 were expended on improve-
ments during the year 1916.
M90.1 REV. WILLIAM McKENZIE POMEROY, {Daniel, John, Dan,
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, III.; m.
loa Pmnrritg J^twlapmttxtB in Atttrrira
Feb. 9, 1868, at Red Oak Grove, 111., Harriet E. Maxwell, dau. of
Thomas Maxwell and wife Rhoda Hodges. Res., Hugo, Q>lo. +
lOfh gen. Children:
9129.2 Orselia Louella Reed ,b. Feb. 9, 1869, Red Oak Grove, 111.; m.
Nov. 10, 1891, at Hubbard, Iowa, Thomas Norton, son of Levi
Norton and wife Katharine Gillmore; she d. July 18, 1914, Valley
City, N. D.
9129.3 William Allen Reed, b. May 1, 1870, Red Oak Grove, 111.; m. (1)
Jan. 5, 1891, Mary Jane Harbison, b. Geneseo, 111., dau. of George
Harbison and wife Jane Edwards; she d. April 9, 1899; m. (2) May-
belle R. Wilson, b. Belvidcre, 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. 2S, 1904;
piano tuner and broom maker. Res., Denver, Colo.
9129.4 Miriam Casandra 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, (Elijahy Enochs 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 ^nd wife Christina Acre; she d.
Feb. 3, 1901; farmer. Res., Columbus, Neb. +
9th gen. Children by first marriage:
9129.10 Harry Alden Hickoic, 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 ®lp:« - pmnrrog HiBtorg attb (grttrahiflg XIO
Children 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 RoUen 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. +
10th gen. Children of Emma A, and Marion A, Sewally (9129.11)^
t. Independencey Kansas:
9129.17 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.
lOfh 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.
lOfh gen. Children of Samuel 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. L
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.
1 U pmnrrog IhntloparndB in AttuHm
lOth gen. Children of Plessie and Henry Yonkie^ (9129.16):
9129.36 Marvin Percy Yonkie, b. July 13, 1905.
9129.37 George Mylo Yonkie, b. Feb. 7, 1908.
6589 CANDACE PEARSE POMEROY, {Enoch, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. IS, 1837, Franklin, Vt.; m. Sept. 23,
187S, Chauncey Temple, b. Oct. 8, 1834, Franklin, Vt., son of
Nahum Temple and wife Dolly 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 Rev. Guy Pomeroy Burlesok, son of Abigail Pomeroy, (6594)
(Jesse, Enoch, Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), 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.)
10th 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. University 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 gen. 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 WiNNiFRED Madge Pomeroy, b. Feb. 22, 1884.
9158.5 Martha Pauline Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1885. +
Part glprrg - Pomgrng HiHtorg atib O^ntraUigg U2
6611 ROSAMOND HARRIS CUTLER POMEROY, {Lorenzo^
Enochy Elijah^ Calebs Samuely Calebs Ebweed)y b. Sept. 2S, 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 of their four 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 Rosamond 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 of Edgar J. and Florence L. PowerSy {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 of Rosamond M. and Cyril DonoghuCy {916S):
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, {Cakby Caleby Caleb, Caleb,
U3 Potttf rog ir itrtopitintta iti Asturint
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 22, 1831; m. March 11, 1860,
Charlotia Jane Foote; b. March 31, 1839, d. Jan. 21, 1919; he d.
Oct. 20, 1904; both bu. in Mendon, Mich., cemetery.
9th gen. Children:
9209.1 Gilbert Stratton Pomeroy, b. July 1, 1861. +
9209.2 Dora Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1863. +
9209.3 Cora Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1863, twin with Dora. +
M60.7 LYMAN WALKER POMEROY, {Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 22, 1833; m. (1) July 22, 18S7,
Sarah Ann Beeler; m. (2) Aug. 6, 1860, Almina Beeler; he d. Oct. 23,
1914.
9th gen. Child by 1st wife:
9209.4 Orange Strattok Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1858; no data known.
Children by 2nd wife:
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 Germany.
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, b. 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 ^i^rtt - pmnrrog Biatorg attli (6ttitulass 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.
lOfh 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 y Frederick^ Julius y Justus ^
Joshuay Samuely Caleby Eltweed)y 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, {Fredericky Julius, Justus, Joshuay Samuely
Caleby Eltweed)y d. Feb. 20, 1917.
6805 IDA ROSETTA POMEROY, {Parkhursty Daniely Ichabody Noahy
Samuely Caleby Eltweei)y b. June 7, 1857; m. Sept. 26, 1878, Isaac
C. Holmes. Res., New Castle, Pa.
9th gen. Children:
911S 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 y {9225):
9226.1 Dorothy Ruth Holmes, b. Dec. 5, 1914.
6807 MARTHA JANE POMEROY, {Parkhursty Daniely Ichabody Noahy
Samuely Caleby Eltweed)y 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, {Frankliny Daniely Ichabody
Noahy Samuely Caleby Eltweed)y 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:
9228.2 Henry Adelbert Howard, b. May 4, 1869, Butler Co., Iowa; m.
1X5 Pomgf 08 flrttpJgpmgtilH fa Amrrtfa
March, 1890, DoUie Thompson, b. , dau. of Jonathan Thompson
and wife Sarah Jane Fields. +
9228.3 Franklin Noble Howard, b. Sept. 16, 1872, Blackhawk, G).,
Iowa; unm.
9228.4 Ralph John Wesley Howard, b. April 5, 1875, Floyd Co., Iowa;
m. Jan. 14, 1901, Ruvilla Sabina Lewis, b. July 7, 1877, Shelby Co.,
Ohio, dau. 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. D.; m. Jan.
15, 1905, William Ward Campbell, b. Feb. 28, 1879, Pueblo, Colo.,
son of William Cunningham Campbell and wife Mary Ward.+
10th gen. Child of Henry and Dolly Howard, (9228.2) :
9228.7 Clifford Franklin Howard, b. Jan. 3, 1891; military service, Co.
D, 89th div. Am. Ex. F., war with Germany, 1918; unm.
Children of Ralph and Ruvilla Howard, {9228.4):
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 AucE 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 Maxwell Hjort Howard, b. April 6, 1909.
9228.18 Rexford Pomeroy Howard, b. April 6, 1909, all b. Riley Co., Kas.
Children of Ruby andfVilliam 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
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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.
P/A generation. Children:
9228.21 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,
Samuely Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug. 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
9228.24 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. Aug. 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, Eltweed), 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 generation. Children:
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 Fern Nellie Pomeroy, 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).
9228.40 BoNNA Bell Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1911.
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6824 EMMA AMELIA POMEROY, {Eli, Daniel, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 27, 1859; m. Dec. 13, 1877, LaFayette
Franklin; d. Feb. 5, 1896.
9th gen. Children:
9228.41 Flora Luella Franklin, b. Feb. 27, 1879; m. Feb. 27, 1900, E. B.
Grassmeyer. +
9228.42 Myrtle Effie Frankun, 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 EnglHid. +
10th 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): q
9228.56 Elizabeth Ann Franklin, b. June, 1916. ^iaIUUcuis^ f irc^kl<M A^^Jt ^
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 J7):
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.
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6827 NEWTON BOND POMEROY, {Eli, Ichabod, Noah, Samuel, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. May 9, 1867; m. Nov. 26, 1896, Clara Thcde.
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.
Raisier. 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 (19024)3) 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 Amherst, 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:
9228.67 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.
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9th gen. Children:
9238.1 Eva Minetta Pomeroy, b. Nov. 8, 1861, Anderson, Ind. +
9238.2 Ernest Chester Pomeroy; unm.
9238.3 Elizabeth Pomeroy.
6873-6 OLIVE ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Theodore, Wells, fVells, Joel,
Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.; m. (1) Seymour Henderson; m. (2)
Benjamin M. Eisner; no children by 2d marriage.
9th gen. Children by 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. AUendorf,
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, Eltweed), 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
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appear upon the screen magnified 40,000 times the size of the vibra-
tions upon the diaphragm. Res., Cleveland, Ohio.
7103 ELIZA. (Elsie) POMEROY, (CaluWy Eientzer, Ebenezety Ebenezer,
Eldady Caleby Eltweed)y 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, {Timothyy Timothy^ Timothy^ Ebenezer^ Eldady Caleb,
Eltweed)y 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, {Flavins, 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. +
9SS2 Frank Pomeroy, {Fred, Edwin, Calvin, Joseph, Joseph, Eldad,
Caleb, Eltweed), b. June IS, 1892; m. Oct. IS, 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
Thomas Shaw, b. July 30, 1854, Plymouth, Mich., d. Nov. 14, 1911,
son of John Shaw and wife Mary Ann Maiden; Mrs. Adelle Pomeroy
Shaw is dau. of Charles Burton Pomeroy and wife Sophia Webber,
9th gen. Children:
9644 Horace Pomeroy Shaw, b. June 3, 1898, Detroit, Mich.
9645 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. July 19, 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,
Daniely Noahy 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, J921, Mr. Horace B. Pomeroy withdrew from Harris
Forbes & Co., as Western New York manager, in charge of their
Buffalo office, to become amember of the firm of Schoellkopf,Hutton
& Pomeroy, Inc., 706 Marine Trust building, Buffalo. Schoellkopf^
Hutton & Pomeroy, Inc., have a capital of 92,000,000, 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
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, {Daniely Norman^ Daniely Johriy Johriy
Noahyjoseph^ Eltweed)y 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, {AndreWy Daniely Johtiy Johriy
Noahy Josephy Eltweed)y b. Oct. 16, 1971, Chicago, III; m. Jan. 21,
1892, John Spencer, son of Thomas Spencer and wife Anne Arm-
strong.
9th 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, {Andrewy Daniely Johny
Johny Noahy Josephy Eltweed)y 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, {AndreWy Daniely Johny Johny Noahy
Josephy Eltweed)y 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, {Nortony JabeZy Johny Johny Noahy
Josephy Eltweed)y 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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9/A gen. Child:
9663 Percy Wardell Pomeroy, b. April 19, 1886. +
7819 ELIJAH POMEROY, {Francis, MarHn, Judcy John, Noah,
Joseph, Eltweed), b. June 26, 18S0, Salt Lake City, Utah; m. (2)
Sept. 27, 1884, at St. George, Utah, Sarah Lucretia Phelps, b. July
23, 1867, Montpelier, Idaho.
9th gen. Children, b. Mesa, Arizona:
9701.1 Hyrum Phelps Pomeroy, b. Oct. 3, 1892.
9701.2 Francis Marion Pomeroy, b. Feb. 16, 1894.
9701.3 LoREN Guy Pomeroy, b. Oct. 10, 1896.
9701.4 MoNiTA Pomeroy, b. May 8, 1899.
9701.5 Reuel Nephi Pomeroy, b. April 20, 1901.
9729 Clarence Melnotte Pomeroy, b. Dec. 19, 1890, son of Talma
Emerson Pomeroy, {Francis, Martin, Jude, 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, Jude,
John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Sept. IS, 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 Pomeroy, b. Aug. 21, 1916.
7829 SARAH ROSINA POMEROY, {Francis, Martin, Jude, John,
Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. March 21, 1873, Paris, Idaho; m. April
21, 1903, Adam Rufos 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 Lysle Brewer, b. Sept. 30, 1913.
7830 EDWARD LESLIE POMEROY, {Francis, Martin, Jude, 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 HArtLOw 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 S, 1913.
9748.3 Claude Pomeroy, b. Oct. 8, 1914.
9748.4 Paul Pomeroy, b. Oct. 8, 1914; twin with CUude.
9748.5 Emil Pomeroy, b. July 25, 1916.
7836 HEBER CHASE KIMBALL POMEROY, {Francis, Martin,
Jude, John, Noah, Joseph, EUweed), 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;
Qihgen. Children:
9762.1 Jas^amine Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. June 25, 1912; d. Feb. 7, 1916.
9762.2 Ralph Johnson Pomeroy, b. April IS, 1915.
7905 CHESTER WOOD POMEROY, {Cyrus, Oren, Hiram, John,
Noah, Joseph, EUweed), 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, EUweed), b. Aug. 21, 1862, Somers, Conn.; m.
125 Pmttmig BtmiopmmtB in Attmrita
Dec. 17, 1884, George Pimie, b. Jan. 12, 1856, Chester, N. Y., son of
Peter Martin Pirnie and wife Mary Prout. Res., Springfield, Mass.
P/A gen. Children:
9771 George Donald Pirnie, b. Oct. 7, 1887, Nyack, N. Y.; m. March
28, 1914, Jean Challis MacDuffie, Springfield, Mass.+
9772 Herbert MALCOUf Pirnie, b. Feb. 6, 1889, New York City; m.
March, 25, 1916, at Watertown, N. Y., Gertrude Knowlton. +
9773 Warren Bruce 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.
lOfh gen. Children of George D. and Jean C. Pimie (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 Pimie {9772):
9774.3 Malcolm Pirnie, b. at Mount Vernon, N. Y.
8105.7 Gertrude Ray Zimmerman, gr. dau. of Achsah Pomeroy, {Stephen^
EnoSy Stephen^ Ebenezery Eienezer, Medady 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, {EnoSy Stepheny EnoSy Stepheny
Eienezery Ebenezery Medady Eltweei)y d. March 6, 1922, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
8157 EUGENE COWLES POMEROY, {Georgey George, Hemany Hemany
Ebenezery Eienezery Medady Eltweed)y 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 Pomeroy, 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 yJohfiyPhineaSy
Josiahy Josiahy Eienezer, Medady Eltweed) and wife Elizabeth
Hanmer of La Grange, Ohio, b. March 9, 1890, Pittsfield, Ohio;
m. March 5, 1913, Hazel Grist.
9864 Mary Spauldino Mitchell, dau. of Mary Elizabeth Pomeroy,
{Sethy ^uartuSy Sethy partus, Sethy Eienezery Medady Eltweed)y
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/orJ, fFilliamy Lemuel^ Lemuel^ Lemuel^
Sefhy Ebenezevy Medady Eltu>eed)y 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, (JVilliamy
Lemuely Lemuely Sethy Ebeneztty Medady Eltxveed)y 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, {HarriSy Theodorcy Lemuely Lemuely
Sethy EienezeTy Medady Eltweed^y 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 G)., 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, {Georgey Plinyy Plinyy Plinyy
Daniely Ebenezety Medady EItvoeed)y b. April 26, 1843, Elizabethtown,
Ontario; m. April 26, 18S9, at Kitly, Ont., Thomas William Reese,
b. July 19, 1833, CoUinsville, 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 Gecr, 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.
IZ7 Ij^smttttts l^tvtlapmttxtB in Atnrrira
Ihh gen. Children of George B. and Rudie Reese (9882,1):
9882.6 George Gaylord Reese, b. Oct. 19, 1890, Colona, 111.; d. Oct. 20,
1890.
9882.7 Ralph Raymond Reese, b. Oct. 21, 1891.
9882.8 Avis Caroline Reese, b. Oct. 28, 1896. Ralph and Avis reside
in Prophetstown, 111.
Children of Thomas JF. and Katie W. Reese (9882.2):
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 La VINA Kathryn Reese, b. July 27, 1902. All reside in Geneseo,
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
Q>lona, 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, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 12, 1859, Orion, Henry
Co., 111.; m. Feb. 20, 1879, G>lona, 111., John Perry Hanna, b. Dec.
3, 1857, Colona, 111. Res., Geneseo, Henry Co., 111.
lOth gen. Children:
9882.23 Harry Hunter Hanna, b. June 12, 1880, Geneseo, 111.; d. Jan.
17, 1886, Geneseo, 111.
9882.24 John Perry Hanna, b. Sept. 27, 1887, Geneseo, 111. Res., Geneseo,
lU.
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, Ebweed), b. Dec. 12, 1863, Orion, Henry
Co., III.; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1889, Grand Forks, N. Dak., Margaret
Elizabeth Milne; m. (2) Beatrice Becket, b. in Iowa. Res., Pomona,
Calif.
10th gen. Children, 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,
Daniel, 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 IS, 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 Essie Augusta Anderson, b. Aug. 7, 1902.
8479.14 THOMAS PLINY POMEROY, (Charles, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Eienezer, Medad, Ehweed), b. 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 Fomeroy, b. May 27, 1887. +
9882.40 Charles Forest Fomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1889, Allegan Co., Mich.
9882.41 Essie Levina Fomeroy, b. Aug. 29, 1892, Grand Rapids, Mich.
8527.2 CHARLES ROSS FOMEROY, (Z> Dru, Charles, James, miliam,
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 Fomeroy, b. Dec. 3, 1919, East Milton, Mass.
8527.4 ELSA B. FOMEROY, {fFilliam, 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 Gregory, b. July 30, 1910, Stonington, Conn.
9892.3 George Horton Gregory, Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1912, Stamford, Conn.
9892.4 Katherine Fomeroy Gregory, b. Aug. 8, 1916, Groton, Conn.
8527.5 ELTWOOD WILLIAM FOMEROY, {JVilliam, Thomas, Thomas,
IFilliam, Daniel, Eienezer, 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 Fomeroy, b. July 27, 1914.
9892.6 WiLUAM Henry Fomeroy, 2d, b. Nov. 7, 1915.
9895.1 Lewis Willard Fomeroy, son of Frederick Lewis Fomeroy,
(Scrgt. Co. D, 18th Mass. Inf. State Guard, 1918), (Frederick,
Thomas, William, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. April
3, 1915, Montague, Mass.
8725 Lee Russell Fomeroy, (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, (Jliert, George, Ebenezer, Phine^
haSf 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, "Oi>en, 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.
IL
But what is this? Alone a^ain? 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: Retuml 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 swunp it wide:
And such a tide of love, and joy, and oliss. 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.
131 PmnrrDg BtmlopmttAB in Atttrrim
8729 John Walter Pomeroy, {Ensigfty George^ Ebenezery Phinehas^
Medady Josephy Medady Eltweed)y b. April 22, 1886, Akron, Ohio;
Sept. m. 25, 1909, Catherine Rose McClain, b. Oct. 31, 1890,
Pittsburg, Pa., dau. of John McClain and wife Catherine Sullivan.
With Colonial Theatre, Akron, Ohio.
Military service in the United States Navy. Enlisted July 25, 1905,
at Akron, Ohio; went to training school at Newport, R. I., as apprentice sea-
man and coal passer; was then assigned to the battle-ship Alabama, flag ship
of Rear-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 oflF as first-
class fireman on July 24, 1909, at Brooklyn navy yard.
8730 GEORGE LOUIS POMEROY, (Ensipiy George Ebcnezer PhinehaSy
Medady Josephy Medady Eltweedy 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 Pomeroy, b. Feb. 24, 1920, Akron, Ohio.
8731 Eva Jeanette Pomeroy, (Ensigny Georgey Ebenezery Phinehas,
Medady Joseph, Medady Eltweed)y 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, {Ensigny George Ebenezery PhinehaSy
Medady Jospehy Medady Ebweed)y 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
Pcnnoyer, b. Oct. 2, 1887, Akron, Ohio.
10th gen. Child, by 1st marriage:
9968.2 Henry Carpek, b. Aug. 8, 1910.
8733 Agnes Irene Pomeroy, (Ensigny Georgey Ebenezery PhinehaSy
Medady Josephy Medady Eltweed)y b. Jan. 24, 1894, Akron, Ohio;
m. Feb. IS, 1919, Ray Joseph Moulin, b. Aug. 20, 189S, 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^ Ebenezery PhinehaSy Medady Josephy Medady
Eltweed)y 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 IS, 1886, dau. of Frances Eva Pomeroy,
{GeorgCy Ebenezery PhinehaSy Medady Josephy Medady 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 NORA JANETTE WELCH, b. March 3, 1889, dau. of Frances Eva
Pomeroy, {Georgey Ebenezery PhinehaSy Medady Josephy Medady
Eltweed)y 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, (Charlesy Georgey Ebenezery PhinehaSy
Medady Josephy Medady Eltweed)y 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. Childreny b. Detroit:
9969 Orie Bromley Pomerov, 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 MARY ADELAIDE POMEROY, (Charlesy Georgey Ebenezery
PhinehaSy Medady Josephy Medady EItweed)y 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, {Chaunceyy Chaunceyy
Asay Asay Nathaniely Josephy Medady Eltweed)y b. June 1, 1878,
Hartford, Conn.; m. Oct. 1911, at Los Angeles, Calif., Hugo Robert
Krohn. Res., Los Angeles, Calif.
10th gen. Childreny b. at Los Angeles y Cal.:
10001.1 Maroaretha Augusta Krohn, b. May 6, 1913.
10002.2 Elizabeth Pomeroy Krohn, b. Feb. 26, 1917.
133 PomrrDg BtwlapuaniB in Amnrtra
9067.2 GEORGE LEWIS POMEROY, {miliam, Daniel, John, Dan,
Noah, Joseph, Medad, EUweed), b. Aug. 14, 1877, Listowel, Ont.; m.
(1) Nov. 14, 1900, Grace Elizabeth Doyle, b. Jan. 28, 1879, Leadville,
Pa., d. March 10, 1909, dau. of Thomas J. Doyle and wife Julia A.
Houston; m. (2) Katherine E. Doyle, (sister of his 1st wife) Aug. 27,
1913, dau. of Thomas J. Doyle and wife Julia A. Houston. Lawyer.
He left home in Ontario when 14; entered the United States July
1, 1892; admitted to New York State bar Oct., 1898. He was
director in the Bank of Hamburgh, N. Y.; Hamburgh Canning
Co.; Hamburgh Mortgage and Securities Corporation; Frontier
Abstract Co., of BujRFalo; 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 FreeLibrary;
member of Hamburgh Business Men's Club. Res., 36 Linwood
Ave., Hamburg, Eric Co., N. Y.
10th gen. Children, by 1st wife:
10052.1 Richard Doyle Pomeroy, b. Sept. 16, 190S, Hamburg, N. Y.
10052.2 Katherine Louise Pomeroy, b. Jan. 16, 1907, Hamburg, N. Y.
9158.1 WILLIAM JESSE POMEROY, {^Ahin, 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:
10078.1 Bertha Agnes Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1885. +
10078.2 Bessie Sophronia Pomeroy, b. July 13, 1886. +
10078.3 Harlow Cleveland Pomeroy, b. March 18, 1888, Franklin, Vt.;
accidentally shot by a school-mate Nov. 26, 1906, while a student at
Brigham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt.
10078.4 Hazel Alain Pomeroy, b. April 27, 1890. +
10078.5 Chauncey Hurlburt Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1894, St. Albans, Vt.;
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.
10th gen. Childen:
10078.6 Amos Bowman, b. July 7, 1894.
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10078.7 Miriam Bowman, b. Oct. 29, 1896.
9158.3 EMMA CLARA POMEROY, {A/vin, 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, (7oA«, 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. IS, 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 POMEROY, (Jsaph, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel^
Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1863; m. Dec. 7, 1887, Ira Jerome
Stephens, son of Jerome and Margaret M. Stephens, of Mendon,
Mich. Res., Mendon, Mich.
lOth gen. Children:
10085.2 Mildred Irene Stephens, b. Oct. 15, 1888; m. July 3, 1911, Noycs
Truman Percy. Res., Kalamazoo, Mich. +
10085.3 Dorothy Stephens, b. May 8, 1900.
llth gen. Children 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.
10085.6 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, 1921,
Ethelwyn Morgan. Res., Mishawaka, Ind.
llth gen. Children of Grace A. and Robert Zimmerman, {10085.7):
10085.12 Robert Edward Zimmerman, b. July 13, 1914.
10085.13 Donald Zimmerman, b. Nov. 25, 1918.
Children of May Belle and fVilliam A. Grove, {10085.8):
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. and 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, {Lyman, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Eltweed), 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, {Lymatiy Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, Samuel,
Caleb, Ehweed), b. April 3, 1872; m. Dec. 13, 1891, Thomas Smail.
10th gen. Children:
10085.21 Lyman James Smail, b. Jan. 2, 1893.
10085.22 Dorothy Smail, b. Aug. 11, 1895.
10085.23 Nina 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, {Lyman, 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, Ehweed), 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, Ehweed), 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.
12T l^mtn^ l^tmlapaatAB to Atw rim
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
Eari Weible. Res., Nowata, Okla. +
10085.38 Guy Irvin Watt, b. Feb. 20, 1889; m. Dec. 25, 1907, at Kansas City,
Mo., Emma Lesear; s. p. Res., Alamagorda, N. M.
10085.39 ERNESTCHESTERWATr,b.April5,1891;d.Feb.,1895,Buriington,Kas.
10085.40 David Alexander Watt, b. Sept. 5, 1893; d..Feb., 1895.
10085.41 Everett Pomeroy Watt, b. Aug. 13, 1895.
10085.42 Harold Clyde Watt, b. July 4, 1900.
lUh gen. Children of Edna F. and fViUiam Af . Weible (10085 S):
10085.43 Doris Louise Weible, b. Aug. 11, 1906, Nowata, Okla.
10085.44 William Earl Weible, Jr., b. May 1, 1908.
9326 FRED TILLINGHAST POMEROY, {Alson, Alanson, Ebenezer,
EbenezeTy Ebenezefy Eldady Calebs Eltweed)^ b. Sept. 8, 1861, Strongs-
ville, Ohio, son of Alson H. Pomeroy and wife Ellen Tillinghast; m.
Dec. 31, 1884, Mary A. Whitbeck. Res., Bcrea, Ohio.
10th gen. Child:
10092.1 Howard Pomeroy, b.; military service in war with Germany.
9373 Mary Rebecca Pomeroy, {Marcus^ Hunt^ Hosea^ EbenezeTy Eben-
ezevy Eldady Calebs 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, {MarcuSy Hunty Hoseay EbenezeTy
EbenezeTy Eldady Caleby Eltweed)y b. May 10, 1887, New York
City; m. April IS, 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. ChildTeny b. at Emporiuniy Pa.:
10098.1 Marrella 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, (EmeTsony Timothyy Tim^
othyy Timothyy EbenezeTy Eldady Caleby Eltweed)y 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., Bartlesinlle.
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10117
10117.1
10117.2
10117.3
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10117.4
10117.S
9401
10117.6
10117.7
9403
10120.1
10120.2
10120.3
10120.4
10120.S
10120.6
10120.7
9404
10120.8
10120.9
10120.10
10120.11
lOlh gen. Children:
Ella Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1906.
Lena Pomeroy, b. Sept. 6, 1908.
LoREN Emerson Pomeroy, b. Dec. 25, 1911, Bardesville, Okla.
Joseph Fletcher Pomeroy, b.; d. April 19, 1918, Bardesville.
Floyd Ephraim Pomeroy, b. June 6, 1919, Bardesville.
WILBUR ST. JOHN POMEROY, {Emerson, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 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:
Wilbur Pomeroy, b. Nov. 15, 1915, Allen, Kas.
Nellie Madeline Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1920, Bartlesville, Okla.
CHARLES FRANKLIN POMEROY, {Emerson, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April, 1890, Colony,
Kas.; m. September, 1916, Ada Owen dau of Mr. Owen. Bank
clerk. Res. Topeka, Kansas.
10th gen. Children:
Emerson Pomeroy, b. June 28, 1917.
Frances Pomeroy, b. May, 1919.
CHARLES HOUSTED POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug. 27, 1868; m.
Sept. 1, 1887, Margaret Miller.
10th gen. Children:
Beulah Mary Pomeroy, b. Sept. 11, 1888. +
Ruth Helen Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1890. +
Sarah Naomi Pomeroy, b. July 25, 1891.
Margaret Esther Pomeroy, b. Sept. 26, 1893; m. Nov. 4, 1914,
Dee Harris Flanders.
Charles Housted Pomeroy, Jr., b. April 29, 1896.
Hope Pomeroy, Ij. Sept. 25, 1900.
Faith Pomeroy, b. July 16, 1908.
EDWARD FLETCHER POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. June 29, 1871; m. May
8, 1895, Adele Reynolds Hubbard.
10th gen. Children:
Hugh Reynolds Pomeroy, b. May 29, 1899.
Harold Edward Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1902.
Richard Durant Pomeroy, b. Dec. 22, 1904,
Doris Adele Pomeroy, b. Sept. 11, 1909.
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9405 CLARK EMERSON POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy^ Timothy,
Timothy y Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 25, 1875; m.
May 29, 1901, Estelle L. Marvin. (See History and Genealogy of
the Pomeroy Family (No. 9405.)
10th gen. Children:
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 POMEROY, {Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Sept. 26, 1886; m.
Nov 24, 1908, Cora L. Meyers.
10th gen. Children:
10122.3 Mary 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, Eltweed), b. Oct. 9, 1886; m. June
28, 1913, Myrtle Paasch of Ludington, Mich.
10th gen. Child:
10122.8 Robert Paasch Pomeroy, b. July IS, 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, ^nartns, Titns,
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.
/<?/A ^^w. Children:
10176.1 John Lloyd Koch, b. March IS, 1904.
10176.2 Amelia Lillian Koch, b. Nov. 28, 1905.
%53 RACHEL LORRAINE POMEROY, (Daniel, Norman, Daniel,
John, John, Noah, Joseph, Ehweed), 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, (JFardell, 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. IS, 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, Ebweed), 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. Juine 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, {Amasa, George, Pliny, Pliny,
Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan. 24, 1877; m.
Nov. 29, 1911, Myra Eleanor Warren, b. Oct. 8, 1878. Res.,
Abingdon, 111.
11th 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.
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10190.8 Arthur Field Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1910, Forest River, N. D.
9882.22 ROSE ALICE POMEROY, {Emery, George, Pliny, Pliny, Pliny,
Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. March 4, 1893, Greensprings,
Nev.; m. Mr. Burke.
11th gen. Child:
10190.9 William Emery Burke, b. Jan. 9, 1914, Manhattan, Nev.
9882.26 NELLIE BELLE POMEROY, {Charles, George, Pliny, Pliny,
Pliny, Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. at Gilby, N. D.; m.
March 7, 1909, at Oakland, Cal., James Gordon Nusbaum. Res.,
Perris, Cal.
Ihh 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 BuflFalo, N. Y., Dr. Arthur Orlando
Miller, b. 1873, Edinboro, Pa., son of Alphonzo Miller and wife
Mary Lay. Res., Freeport, Mich.
11 th 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.
11th 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.
10©78.1 BERTHA AGNES POMEROY, {William, Ahin, Jesse, Enoch,
Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, 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.
11th 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, {William, Ahin, Jesse, Enoch,
Elijah, Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 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, G>nn., Charles Palmer b. April 15,
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10233.6
10233.7
10078.4
10233.8
10233.9
10120.1
10233.10
10233.11
10233.12
10120.2
10233.13
10233.14
10137
10240.1
1884, St. Albans, Vt., son of Hamilton John Palmer and wife Helen
Davis. Res.> Detroit, Mich.
Ihh gen. Child by Isf marriage.
Eleanor Eunice Morey, b. Nov. 5, 1905.
Children by 2d, marriage,
Charles Hamilton Palmer, b. Jan. 5, 1911.
John Harlow Palmer, b. July 30, 1913.
HAZEL ALAINE POMEROY, {fVilliam, Ahin, Jesse, Enoch,
Eljahy Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 27, 1890; adopted
by a family named TuUer 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 Bascomb.
1 1th gen. Children:
Sidney Tuller Shultus, b. July 29, 1911.
Dorothy Bertine Shultus, b. March 18, 1913.
BEULA MARY POMEROY, {Charles, Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Sept. 11, 1888; m.
Sept. 11, 1906, Orville Ray Boyd.
11th gen. Children:
Helen Hale Boyd, b. May 2, 1907.
Chauncy Ray Boyd, b. June 25, 1908.
Charles Russell Boyd, b. June 30, 1910.
RUTH HELEN POMEROY, (Charles, Fletcher, Timothy, Timothy,
Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), h, March 11, 1890; m.
Oct. 21, 1909, Samuel Frederic Due.
11th gen. Children:
Frederick Wesley Due, b. Aug. 23, 1910.
Charles Wayne Due, b. July 18, 1912; d. 1916.
CLAYRE POMEROY, (Elmer, Amos, Alomo, ^uartus, Titus,
Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March 11, 1894, Prairie Rond,
Mich.; m Miss Vandixhorn.
Uthgen. Child:
Virginia Pearl Pomeroy, b. March 15, 1917.
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Errata tot Parte (§m atib Wmn
Corrections for page 117: Line 7 should read: 'These records are
all contained in the transcripts of the Beaminster Parish Register, sent
annually to the Dean of Sarum."
Page 117, line 15 should read: "Broadwindsor is a parish and the
village is three miles from the town of Beaminster. It forms no part of
the hamlet.'*
Page 117, line 19 should read: "This transcript at Beaminster had
been bound (not printed), and was well preserved. '
Page 117, line 21, should read: "The Otter river and the town of ^
Honiton are both about 22 miles from Beamister."
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 England, built before the Roman period, though it was doubt-
less develojped before 450 and 1066.
No. 77; Thankful Burbank, wife of Joseph Pomeroy, ijoseph^ Medad. Eltweed)^
and dau. of Ebenezer Burbank, b. Sept. 3, 1/04; m. July 10, 17z7; d. 1796;
Joseph Pomeroy d. Sept. 25, 1787.
No. 177: Lois Phelps, wife of Joshua Pomeroy, {Samuel^ Caleh^ Eltweed)^ dau. of
WiUiam Phelps and wife Thankful Edwards; b. 1725; d. March 14, 1795,
(not Apri. 21, 1779); Joshua Pomeroy d. April 21, 1779.
No. 530: Justus Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767, and
No. 531: Princess Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22^ 1767, children of Joshua Pomeroy,
{Samuel^ Caleb^ Eftweed)^ and wife Lois Phelps, were not twins, although
the record of their baptism is of the same date; Justus was bom some
months before he was oaptised.
No. 847: William Pomeroy, {Shammahyjosiah^ Ehenazer Medad^ EUweed)^ b.
June 6, 1776, (not d. June 6. 1/76).
Page 146, No. 58: Read, Rebecca, dau. of Natnaniel and Rebecca Strong, b. Dec. 7, 1711,
(not Dec. 7, 1731).
Page 173, No. 72: Read, Thankful Pomeroy, dau. of Major Ebenezer Pomeroy and Saralt^^^i
King, m. Gad Lyman, b. Feb. 13. 1713, (not 1813).
Page 182, No. 513: Mercy Searle, m. Ichabod Howe m 1780, (not 1800).
Page 182, No. 177: Lois Phelps, wife of Joshua Pomeroy, d. March 14, 1795, (not April 21,
1779).
Page 207, No. 354: Sarai Law, wife of Rev. Seth Pomeroy, {Seih^ Ebenezery Medad. Eli-
weed)y was dau. of Gov. Jonathan Law of Connecticut, (not of Massa-
chusetts.
Page 223, No. 1234: Clarissa Lyman, dau. of Lucretia Kingsley and Levi Lyman, b. June
10^ 1794; m. Oct. 30, 1821, William Richards.
Page 223, No. 1236: Elizabeth Lyman, b. Aug. 9, 1799, dau. of Lucretia Kingsley and Levi
Lyman; m. George A. Clark of Northampton.
Page 307, No. 955: Mary Pomeroy, dau. of Benjamin and Esther Clark Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4,
1787, (not 1887).
Page 317, No. 2851: Anna Marshall Dickenson, b. 1854, dau. of George P. and Mary Dicken-
son; m. Franklin Edwards in 1880, (not 1830).
Page 324, No. 2965: Alfred Pvnchon Lyman, b. March 31, 1841, son of Roland and wife Mary
Howland; m. May 4, 1867, Ida M. Nicholas; d. in 1875, (not 1865).
Page 343, No. 3304: Elijah Pomeroy, son of Simeon and Theda Minor Pomeroy, b. June 11,
1786, (not 1886).
Page 358, No. 1591: 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).
Page 362, No. 3621: Anna Pomeroy, b. July 18, 1794, dau. of Capt. Epaphras and Mercy
Allen Pomeroy. m. Daniel iCing in May, 1818, (not 1718).
Page 386, No. 3969: Elizabeth WelcL b.; dau. of Manr Pomeroy and Charles Winthrop Weld,
m. Charles H. romeroy, son of Joel Pomeroy and DoUy Miller, {not son
of Marv Hale).
Page 407, No. 4357: James Warriner Porter, b. Aug. 24, 1796, son of Eunice Grant Pomeroy
and Dr. Ezekiel Porter; m. (1) Marv Miller, April 22, 1831, (not 1851).
Page 418, No. 4557: Sarah Jane Taylor, who m. Daniel Cfrocker Pomeroy Nov., 1862, d. Aug
26, 1885, (not 1895).
Page 427. No. 2350: Mary Pomeroy, b. Aug. 25, 1813; m. Jonas A. Bartlett; she d. 1845, (not
183S).
Page 443, No. 2648: WiUiam Henry Pomeroy, b. 1803; m. 1828, Sybilla Luckis of Boston; he
d. 1856, (not 1836).
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
Shelbum Falls, Mass., (not Mich.)
Page 302, No. 2600: Olive Almira Watera 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 Henry Smith, Surgeon United States Army), b. Aug. 9, 1862; m.
Feb. 3, 1887, Stella Hagan; m. (2) June 1, 1901, Mrs. Sue Drayton
Skipwith (not Shipwith), dau. of John H. Brawley (not Bromley) and
wife Emma Drayton Baker, b. 18^7. Commercial broker. Res., Rich-
mondf Va.
Page 534, No. 6410: Francis Horatio Nelson (not Sheldon), b. June 9, 1863, son of Cornelia E.
Pomeroy, (^ia, Asa^ Nathaniely Joseph^ Medad^ EUweed)^ d. March 25,
1866, Sumeld, Conn.
Page 544, No. 3762: Jesse Pomeroy, {Enochy Elijah^ Calebs Samuel, Caleb, Eitweed), b. July 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. 4074r Hunt Pomeroy, {Hosea, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. 1802, Onondaga, N. "i .; m. (3) Widow Tupper (not Tappan).
Page 648, No. 8136: Charles Pomeroy Pitts, son of Emily Brooks Pomeroy, (Calvin, Enos,
Stephens, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltvteed), 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, Eliweed), 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, George, Ebenezer, Phinehas, Medad,
Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Dec. 26, 1874, Cleveland, Ohio; d. July 24,
187Sj (not July 24, 1874), Cleveland, Ohio.
No. 7219: Jennie M. romeroy, {Flavins, Richard, Timothy, Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb,
Eltweed), b. Mav 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. Julv 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, Port Two.)
Earls J^mxn^ Villa at (Eourt Ifmtw — Hortl^attqitint
anil Vnutic* IHaffa*
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
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Pmttmig BrvrUi)imrttt0 itt Ammra
1766 WiUiun
1794 Esther
1754 Ebenezer
1790 Eldad
1768 Electa
1768 Elisha
1780 Gideon, gdn.
1782 Heman
1783 Caleb
1845 Joel
1802 Richard
1815 Mary Anne
1830 Solomon
1831 Titus
1806 William, gdn.
1889 Elizabeth
1844 Enoch
1808 Daniel
1840 Ebenezer
1826 Eliha
1828 Gaius
1851 Gideon
1842 Jacob
1834 Benjamin
1799 William
1737 Eunice
1774 Ebenezer
1760 Eldad
1794 Elijah
1732 Elisha, gdn.
1780 Grace
1770 Abigail
1755 Daniel
1845 Joshua
1820 Lemuel
1801 Medad
1808 Thomas, gdn.
1859 Warham
1800 Elisha
1831 Elizabeth, gdn.
1812 Enos
1821 David
1837 Eleazer
1834 Gad
1889 Gaius
1837 Isaac
1833 Alvan
1833 CyrenaL.
1768 Enos, gdn.
1767 Dorcas
1766 Ebenezer
1768 Eleanor
1793 Elijah
1762 Elisha
1793 Hannah
1770 Amasa
1838 James
1803 Quartus
1846 Luther
1803 Simeon
1880 Thomas
1807 William
1803 Elisha
1833 Elmina
1825 Enos
1801 Ebenezer
1831 Elihu
1824 Gaius
1856 Gamaliel
1815 Isaac, Jr.
1833 Asahel
1808 Daniel
mm iif Csrtol (Sriatttnlii
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 3200 in equal shares, said real estate to be selected
and set oflF 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 ?10.
Item: I give to Ezekiel, the eldest son of my son Solomon Griswold, the
stun of 320.
Item: I give to my grand-son, Marshall Munson, the sum of 320.
Item: To my son Ezekiel Griswold, and to my four daughters, Anna
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 SSO, be paid to them by my four daughters,
equally. (Signed) Ezekiel Griswold.
June 1,1825. Died 1829.
Probate, Lenox, July 7, 1829 Recorded, book 31, page 314.
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 W. 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 New 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 Pomeroy, 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 El tweed 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 William 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
147 A 0tid>g Ut 3Ki?rgi>ttff
minds, determined to preserve their civil and religious freedom." Even
among their Puritan associates they were especially stable, earnest and
upright men. The resulting individuality was unusual and 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.
Enquiring as to these forces, we offer some suggestions, as topics worthy 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 drawn 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 effective 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 eflFort 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 oflices 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 diflicult 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
Part Sllfrrr - Pmtinnig Btatorg mtik (Sntralogg 14B
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. Ix>ng
before the United 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 sls farce
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 Bta^\i in ^trt^(ts
manufacturer of Pittsfield said of him: "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: "He will spend five dollars to circumvent a
man who would 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 different source.
This strong will power is very inspiring and sustaining under difficulties.
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 cases.
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 mgenious and skillful mechanic and followed the trade of gunsmith. Early
in life he entered the military service of the Colony and in 1744 he held the rank of Captain. At
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 of Ephraim
*It is hoped that the study of the family history in progress will include a lai^ amount of
such material with corresponding genealogical detail.
^art tSi^m - potttrrog fftBtoru and (SmrakiQtf 150
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
borrowed 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 expx)se 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 he took a station at the rail fence in the hottest of the battle. He was soon
rec(^nized 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 when 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." — AppUiori'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 individual 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 pne of God's fruits — the fruit of
the garden — one form of which holds the first place in the world's history.
151 A »ttdig to ^tnimu
When considering the planting of the Pomeroy stock in New England, I
spoke of the resulting individuality as unusual. Surely the harmonious
blending, the intense masculine traits with the most comprehensive feminine,
warrants the statement. How it originated is one of the profound, all-com-
prehensive questions, of which we can obtain only glimpses. A few sug-
gestions of topics for study are all that can be oflFered.
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 afllinity 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 modified 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
yart (gtyr» > yattigrog Blgtorg md> (Kenraiogg 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 ail 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 brethem 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 re^forced in the oflfspring. Some are at once absorbed and assimilated,
with little perceptible eflFect. Not so of others. About the year 17SS,
Stephen Pomeroy of the fifth generation married Eleanor Lyman. The
Lymans were a family of great natural ability, displayed in demonstrative
153 A »ttt&tr fa Bmirttg
ways. Stephen Pomcroy 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 Enos 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 subsequentiy as an officer in the Union
army. A third son was killed in batde. 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. Doubtiess 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: Mehi table Pomeroy, a
grand-daughter of Eltweed married John King, son of the settier 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, espedally
in the families of the Lymans and the Dwights. See the History of the Descendants of John
Dwight of Dedham, Mass., by Benjamin W. Dwight.
Patt Uiifnt - Pmnrnig Hiatitrg and (^nvalogt; 154
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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 photograph of the red seal and charter in the
British Museum of a Pomeroy. It is No. 12777 and attached to ad-
ditional charter 27593 — the seal of Henry de la Poumerai, son of Amicia de
la Pomeray. (See No. 020, page 51, "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family.") The seal and charter is of the year 1351, red in color, and bears
a shield 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 sigillum (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 Charter No. 27593, faring 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 servmg God there, all
that my tenement, which 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
for my soul and the soul of my wife Joan and the souls of my ancestors. And after our death
and the death of both of us, domg 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
serviccB shall be partly or wholly in arrear on the day aforesaid, then it shall be lawful for me and
my heirs aforesaid 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
indentare. 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 m the [concealed under the flap of deed] . . .th year of the
reign of King Edward the Third after the Conquest."
[The dates is: twenty-fifth year, i. r., 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 ^iim - Pmnrrotf XiHforg mdi (Smtalosg 15fi
splendid seal there still remain, unbroken, of the original words, the letters
^^Sigi*' (Henric)" / de la Pomereia'' 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-of-arms applies^ in
full accordance with the strictest interpretation of English heraldic laWy to every
known Pomeroy who has livedyfrom that day in the twelfth century to the present
dayy 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 of 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 J93.
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 Anrimt pommig 0rdfl atib (SJ^wctttB
Bnli of (St£t from Brgtnalii. £arl of (Honuoall. ta Ifia l^tater
Itolrraia Br Ea ipo»wi^
The original of the following deed, and from which the photograph
reproduced here was made, b still in existence, and the seal of which wc 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:
"Rc^nald, Earl of Cornwall, son of King Henry I: To his faithful men, French and English,
Mndi greeting: Know ye that I have given and granted to Rohesia de Pomerey, my sister, mj
manor of Ridwci in Cornwall, in free marriRgc, with all its appurtenances and liberties in wood, in
feedings, in waters, in mills, to hold to her and her heirs by 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 b«ing my
witnesses: B., Bishop of Exeter. Roger Bishop of Worcester, Herbert son of Herbert, William
my brother, William dc Botcrell, the elder, Richard dc Rudt. Hugh de Dunster, ^\illi■m de
St Claire, William de Poitou, Hugh de Valletort, Henry Mafo my nephew, Robert de Comt
Baldwin, and Richard my nephews, William de Boteretl, 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.)
Part ^Iftn - yprnmig BtBtorg atth (tntgalogg 15H
]0orttrie0 of Sttslmtd itt (Elptrrli attb i^tate
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).
Pomereye, Henry de la, Chiv., (C. 51); 48 Edward III, (1375).
Pomerey (or Pomeroy), James, (E. File 153, 3); 4-5 Henry VIII, (1513-
(1514).
Pomeroy, Joan, wife 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).
Pomeraye, 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 Ifnt of ytefg
Pomeroy, Jane, relic of Henry Pomeroy, Abingdon Str., Westminster; 30
AprU, 1789.
Pomeroy, John, G)Ionel 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 G).;
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.
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 (J^ 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 Pancrasweek) 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
14 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 }4 knight's fee in Hermanesworthi with the appurtenances; and the service
of J^ 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 gityrgg - Ifiamtrtts BiBtorg mtb (grttraUtgg IBfl
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 iiatt-(Slaii N^nttan ICniglft attii i^ CHaatb
By Eden Phillpots. (Author of Th« Mother) in the London If ornin^ Poat.
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 l>ati-<Elai> Norman ICntglyt attl> lytg (gagf U
What glimmering train followed him, who shall say? But 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 Radulphus de la Pomerio, lord of the Nor-
man "Castle of the Orchard," accrued eight and fifty lordships, and Beri,
"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.
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 littJe 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 SheriflF of Devon; and the Pomeroys for five succeeding
generations enjoyed like high oflice, 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."
Part gttpyg " Prnttrn^ 3HiBtorg atti> (trnralogg IK
Ati (Slit Etssliair dUpsrrlf CIriatH
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.
(Dtp CitrtttQ attil % foaik
Ivy crowns every turret and shattered wall, twines countless fingers into
the rotting mortar, winds in huge, hydra-like convolutions through the empty
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
1B3 A MvAl-dHah Nonnatt Kttiglyt atiH lyia OUaBtlg
treasures of the Mother of Flowers alone endure from generation to gener-
ation, and are immortal. To them the life of Berry Pomeroy Castle, although
perhaps the most enduring of the Norman strongholds in England, is the
life of 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 upright. Before this grey castle sprang into being at the will of a
soldier beneath the trowels of a conquered race, they twinkled and trembled
and shook the warm rain out of their little eyes; and when Berry Pomeroy has
vanished and the jackdaws 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.
Q^tre Strntal Q^ifbtsH of tine (Sr^nt Wmb
The 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, iclustered 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.
Sfmrttiatt SUt^h iir (Stifttwbat
The Boston Transcript says: Double baiTelled 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 sufifix 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 ggrrg-Pim»rog attii Hit Somtig at Hft Bart
l^trvQ-lS^matrtiti mtii tl|^ JBmxmB vf tift Bart
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 who care for historical knowledge, and are not seldom
the proofs of the vicissitudes 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 t 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
*0De moiety was given by Henzy VIII to Lady Jane, wife of Sir Thomas Pomeroy.
fWben the Protector, Edward Duke of Somerset, acquired the lordship and castles of Berry Pomeroy, the Pomeroy
aoiety of the barony of Totnes was passed to the Duke of Scmierset.
part l^i^rn - pmnrroQ Xiatorg attb (Snttalogg 166
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 names 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 men'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
IBT g»rrtt-Pmtimig attli tift gottma of flyg Bart
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
"Kingsvear was a market town,
W^hen Dartmouth was ajtaay 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
diflicult 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
Part flttprrr - Pamrrog HiBtorg attii (trw ahigg IfiH
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 walls 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.
Wc^t i|Qttimr0 of ^w[htxtm^ atti^ d^nttott
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 Harberton, besides C^een 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,
IBS 8gfrg-Pim tfrog will tift (KotmtB of tift fiart
Henry and Roger ii, in succession ... A claim was then put forward to the
tenement by William de Braose, a descendant of Juhel's daughter, resulting
in a partition, effected in 1206. One moiety called specifically the honor of
Totten was awarded to William de Braose, together with 28 fees, whilst
Henry de Nonant retained the other moiety, including Harberton, also with
28 fees. On the death of Henry de Nonant the honor of Harberton was
acquired by Roger de Valletort, probably by purchase, and continued with
the Valletorts until 1275. In 1301 it was claimed by Henry de Pomeroy
and Peter Corbet as next heirs; but 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.
Part IS^vn - pomrrog XiBtorg atiii drarahidtf im
I.I
In 1210 Oliver dc 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
Cam vile 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 jto the
acquiring of the manor by Sir Edw. Seymour, whose son denies the plaintiff's
title as given by Sir Thomas Pomeroy.
UtttatorB QIaknt in Sri2lttiirt( iti tl^e (Snttti^ of lorB(rt)
(Record of Men able to bear arms and possessing arms or armor, or able
to provide the same; — men of military experience or capacity — ^laborors and
general employes in minor trades not 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:)
"prhat I might fally weigh the significance of John 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 whose name heads
the list was either the resident lord of the manor, or« if there was no resident lord, the leading
?[entleman or citizen of each such tithing or parish. This fact is in accord with the custom usually
oUowed when official records of persons in any given place were made. The order of precedence
was strictly maintained with reference to the nrst name, or names, in all of the records of national
taxation, of which this muster-roll was one. As to Bowood, John Pomefx>y was the only man
resident there in 1539 oflicially recognized, in these records, as a gentleman; also, he was the
only man assessed as possessing taxable property of a value high enough as to warrant the Crown
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 was alone
provided by John Pomeroy, Gent. The position of this gentleman as the leading man of Bowood
18 soundly established by this national record of 1539.
171 Stt^liBl; PariBtf VjttttthB
(The other Bowood men of arms were;)
Walter Hole, able Bylma(n)y a Bow, 1 ShefF arr(owes).
John Crabbe, a salett (helmet), a payre of splents, a Bowe, I ShefF arrowes.
Thoma' Bysshoppe, a Bowe, 1 ShefF arr.
Henry Clare, able Bylma", a Bylle,
John Colfax, able archer, a Bowe, 1 ShefF arrowes.
Ric Orcherd, able Bylm(an), a Bylle.
Nic Crabbe, a Bowe, 1 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 Pomeroy, Gent., was a metal armor for 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 the 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, in Ms 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 affluence. 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 S(tprrr - Potnero^ Htator^ attii (tntralogtr 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/(9r 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
Nether bury (1 J^ 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.
ir3 tttflltely Pariaff fimiriiH
Dorset Musters. 30 Henry 8. Tything of Bemyster.
(Eighty-one names; no Pomeroy, Keech, Rockett, Wade, Wrixon 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 Pomeroy lived
there), those who were landholders and merchants. The names of agri-
cultural laborers, and 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 certayn hund^'s Boroughs and manor'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 harnys (armor) and a
byll.
The tithing of Lother: John Kyche— ^a bow, vi arrowws; Wyll*m
Kyche — a bow vi arr(ows); Wyll*m Kyche — a bow, vi arr; John Kyche a
byll.
The tything of Ashe: Andro Wad a harnes, a bow, a sheiFof arr.
The tethyng of Bowoode: John Wrycson — a byll (a tithing in the
parish of Netherbury).
The tethyng of Netherbury: (56 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 flFylle (Filley) (Decanet — tithing.)
Willm^ Rockett a harnys, a bowe, a sheff of arrowes.
John" Rockett a bowe a shefiF 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^
Part glprrr - Ifiamtros Hiatiira mtft Oftttaliigg 174
yerc of the raignc 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 Gabrydl: 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 sheflF 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
tempall' men is landes wtin the said pysche accordyng to the kyngs com-
mission*". (Yearly income value of lands.)
Johes Calwaye — xl*.
Rodu*s Harry — vl' 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 — ^xl*, a bowe, xii arrowes.
Ar. (archer) Robtus Kelyowe — ^x'*, a bowe, vi arrowes, a cote, sallet.
Robtus Kellyowe — iii^", fully harnysed (fiiU 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.)
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 (^eenes Ma^'^ commission, 12 March in the xi^'^
yere of her most gracious raigne (1569). (This record includes the names of
175 Ctt^lialf Pariali lUroriiji
all ''ablemen)." (See hs. for horsemen; h. and p. for ablemen having pikes,
launces, or being harquebuzers; a. for archers; b. for billmen.)
The Hundred of Bemyster and Redbone. The tything of BrappoU
(1st name) b. Richard Wrixsom, billman. The Hundred of Buckland: The
tything of KroU, b. Robte Wrixson, billman. Borough of Birteport, 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 Gotherhome; Bonehinton and Lodres Tythinge: John
Kyche, Jun., harq. Waldyche Tythinge: Rich Wryxon, billman.
Hundred of Egardon: M ylton & 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 G)lugge. Totneys: John Blackaller (for arms). Sherforde
Parrishe, Walter Hoppyn, billman. Comworthie, (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 Tdgnbridge. Tealmton parrishe: John Pom*ey, billman.
City of Exeter: William Pomery ak. Sampson, Herquebusyer.
part (gtprr? - ffomrriig Hiatnra mtft (ggwalagg ITfi
Jnquifiitiima Poat liortem
Edward Harrys, armiger, manor of Cornworthie. Priory, Devon. Died
8 April 34 Elizabeth. Thos Harrys, armiger, Sergt-at-Law, son and heir;
aged 4S. (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 VHI, m. 8. Devon. Richard Pomeroy & Lawrrence
Bradmore to Geo. RoUe, 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 Esqn
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
chan trees 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. VL, 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 die estate in Stoke Abbot and Netherbury.)
177 ^n^llBii Pariaff ViftothB
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 Edward VI, the said Giles Keylwey
of Strowde Dorset, Esq.," with Wm, Leonard a merchant of Taunton, Somer-
set, applied 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 Ilminster, 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:
**Dofn Mane Contie de Beamyster (Dom Mane cu Gardins & Potnario
Hem reddend wide pannu) in libo socage^ iii* iiii^, at Xyeres xxxiii^ iiii^. Ex*
p. Johem Hannantj Depnt; Robti Metcalfe serpvis iim."
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' iiid. 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
Part 2(tprr» - potturoQ Hiiitorg mtb (Smrabt^g IfB
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. Augmentation Office. Particulars for leases; temp.
Elizabeth and James y 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 Dingswell Roll
2; folio Sl».
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^ renty etc.y of dissolved Monas-
teriesy ChantrieSy etc.:
Pomeroy, Sir Thomas and Hugh. No. 1888. (None in Dorset.)
Prideaux, Nicholas and Roger, gent. 12 April 3 Edw. VI. 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. BookSy 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 VIII) 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 James First. Searched for all names of interest.
Symondsbury was owned by the Abbey of Cerne before the Reformation.
Ministers' Accounts (36-37 Henry VIII of the Dissolved Monasteries)
Cerne Abbey, etc., Dorset. Roll 664.
^ Details as to tenants not given in this roll:
17B gngliaty Parigly VittathB
Roll 663. 35-36 Henry VIII. Cerne Abbey, John Coker bailiff of the
manor of Symondsbury. Tenants not named in this roll.
Roll 662. 31-32 Henry VIII. Cerne Abbey, etc . John Coker bailiff of
Symondsbury. Tenant not named in this roll.
Roll 661. 37-38 Henry VIII. Lands and possessions of the monastery
of Cerne. "Symysborough Man""." **John Coker bailiff."
"John Keche vi* viii^ at court." (No other tenants named in this roll
for Symondsbury.
Roll 660. 36-37 Henry VIII. 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 VIII. 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 VIII. Possessions of the dissolved Abbey of
Cerne, Dorset, "Symysborough with Rectory." John Coker, bailiff. Names
of tenants not in this roll.
RoUs 657-655. 3 1-34 Henry VIII, as before.
(The above John Coker resided at or near Symondsbury at the time he
was bailiff of that manor.)
Protestation Rolls, Devotiy 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 III 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 may be useful for those who have not
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had much experience in early genealogical history to state briefly what inqui-
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 situated, but fail to give any
further information. As a partial remedy for other omissions there appeared
in 1865 two volumes, entitled, Calendarium Genealogicum, by Mr. Charles
Roberts, which for the reigns of Henry III and Edward I, give short abstracts
of the inquisitions, stating the heir and his age at the taking of the inquisitions
and many other particulars omitted in the Calendars published by the com-
missioners.
It was a great pity the Calendarium Genealogicum 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 m(\\x\s\t\oris ad quod donnumy 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 Office 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 Calendarium Genealogicum mentioned
above:
For County Cornwall:
Pomeray, Edward, (C. 37): 24 Henry VI.
Pomerey, (or Pomeroy) Edward, Knt. (E. vol. 82-103: E. File 180-17):
30 Henry VIII.
Pomerey, Henry, fil. Henry de (C. 72): IS Edward I.
Pomerey, Henry de la (C. 51): 33 Edward I.
Pomerey, Henry de la (C. 52): 34 Edward I.
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Pomcrey, Henry, s. of Amicia, pro Nicholas de Wodcrgravc and John
Gaumbon, (C. 118): 2 Edward III.
Pomerey, Henry" de la Chiv. (C. 51): 48 Edward III.
Pomerey, Hugh (C. vol. 144-173): 8 Elizabeth.
Pomerey, (or Pomeroy) James ( E. File 1S3-): 4-S 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 VIL
Pomerey, Elizabeth, widow, (C. Vol. 18^5): 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 of 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 Rerfent /father in God Thomas ^ lorde Cardynall Archbishop <^
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
Ifi3 ^t^liiilf Parislif VittmhB
of Saynt Mychell tharchangell the xviiith (1527) yer of the Reigne of oure
sou^eigne lorde that nowe is King Henry the viii'** sett lessed & dymysed to
fferme toyo^ said orato^ the said psonage & Rectory of the same for a tme
of thre yers then next folowyng fully to be 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 Thomas Chylde (sum not
stated) li of good and lawfull money of England the whyche seid S** Thomas
Chylde then feythfuUy 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 $holde have the hole tythe corn of the seid
pysche that sholde fortune ther to be growne that last yer & att the tyme of
his Deptyng 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
Thom*s 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 Thom*s
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.y
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 Lawrence 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. 162L Helary term. Vol. 3, No. 71:
Thos Pomery of Tynardreth (?), aged 36 years, on 25 Jan. 1621 served
Elizabeth Pomeroy, W™. CuUombe & 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 II. Mary Wrixon widow vs. Richard
Wrixon. She was widow of Xpofer Wrixon. Sale by latter of tenement
in Yetminster to Giles Synune 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.
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Henry VIII. Same court: 21-154. John Olyver vs. Sir Edw.
Pomeroy, etc. Messuage "Kyrgyston," Devon.
Hen. VIII. Same court: 24-277. Sir Edw. 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 ffather in God Thomas, Cardinall Archbishop of
York and Chaunceler 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 IL Elizabeth. 191-84. So the rigght honor-
able S^ Nycholas Bacon. 2 Nov. 4 Eliz. 1562. John Warreyne of
LoderSy Dorset^ tailor^ and Alyce his wyfe^ dawghter unto one Thomas
Syle late of Yendon in parry she of Loders vs. Nycholas fVryxon 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.
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Chancery Deposition. W. 64^, 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 Herne 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 165S. 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 y Henry VIII ^
Edward VI ^ Philip and Mary and from 1656 to 1569y inclusive, discloses the
following documents in Latin:
IB7 &t9l!0tf pariBlf firrodtB
30. Henry 8, 1* 4 part. Indenture between Thomas Pomerey, armiger,
and Thomas Ry tren, knight.
35. Henry 8. 1* part. Indenture between Richard Pomeroy & John
Gyles.
37. Henry 8. 3^ part. Indenture between Lawrence Bradmer & Richard
Pomeroy.
IS Henry 7 part. Pomeroye, Elizabeth Pomeroy, widow, et al.
and George Fortesque,armiger: 15 Dec. Property in Devon. Gloucestershire
and Wiltshire.
6 Edward 6. 2* part. Indenture between Hugh Pomeroye and Thomas
Pomeroy, Kt.
7 Edward 6. Indenture between Thomas Pomerye Knight and Richard
BuUene.
1 Edward 6. Part 5. No. 45. Grants conveyance dated 12 Nov. 1
Edward 6 by Wymund Carew, knight to Edward Duke of Somerset & his
heirs for £9000, of the ( ) and parke of Eery Pomeroy, with appurten-
ances and all lands, etc., and also the manors of Eery Pomerey, Erixham,
Harberton, Sandridge, etc., with appurtenances, etc., sometimes being parcel
of the lands, etc., of Sir Thomas Pomerey, Knight.
Elagden (sometimes written Elagdon and anciently written "'Elandon" as
in an inquisition post mortem on a Pomeroy) is a hamlet in the parish of
Paighton, Devon, lying toward Totnes.
"Eowden" in Totnes, Devon, is an estate lying about a mile and ^ 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.) Eowden was early the home
of John de Eowden. Some of 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 Eowden.
Honiton, Devon. The records of this borough, between 1500 and 1625,
can not be found. It is presumed that they were burned in the great fire at
Honiton.
C>urt 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 Eroadhembury, Devon, searched from 1538 to
1638: "1577 John Pomerie, the sonne of Thomas Pomerie of Honyton, was
buried the 5th dale of fFebruarie." "1637, Mary the daughter of Thomas
Pomeroy, Esq., was baptised the 12th day of July.''
(M^) 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
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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 AprU, 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. fVeshninster; 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.
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Charters and Rolls in the British Museum have been searched for refer-
ences to Beer Hackett, Eastbury (in Sherburne) and Rhyme, Dorset, without
result at any period.
Harleian MS 50 G 42, relating to Sherburne, Dorset, has been examined.
An extract from the rental of the manor of Sherborne 1581. (Campbell
XIII-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. 31178 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 Feb. 1560. (Her will proved 1575).
Netherbury, Dorset, parish registers seen from 1592.
Marriage records at Symondsbury, Dorset, seen from 1558.
Wm. Wrickson alias Pumerie and Elizabeth Wade mar. 1 Feb. l€O0,
AUington, 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.
(ElfBfitn of BoTHrt Bramt and (EnnttimU Villa
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 W^fttt ' pptttf rog Btetorg atift <8M»aUigg 190
quarterly payment within 15 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 &t9liiilf Parialf VitttttbB
deseased late of Beamyster, Dorset, who died intestate, leaving William
Clare, Christopher Clare alias Myller of Beaminster, shoemaker, and Johanne
Forde, als. Clare wife of Rich. Forde, 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 Netherbury, Dorset, to his
relic Johanne. Inventory £35 6 4. Bond by Johan 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 Elizb. 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 Strowde in the parish
of Netherburye^ Dorset j widow.
Buried in same place as Mr. Poxwell my first husband at Netherburie.
To Netherburie church 20s.
To everie of George Lane^s children at Eerie Pomerie being alive, my
godchildren, 6s 8d.
To poore of Berie Pomerie 20s.
To the Mawdelen howse of Allington 38 4d.
To the almse House of Birporte 38 4 d.
Part glprre - ymngrng gtgtorg anft {gmrakigg W2
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, Henric
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 Kaylwayc.
Hugh Kellewayc 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 xxli 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.
fFade Jessopp P. C. C. 9 Barrington. 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.
103 gttgltgly Pariflly JUrorhg
p. C. C. 88. Windebanch. 1618.
26 Feb. 1607. John Wade of Moorebath in psh. of Simonsborough,
Dorset. To church of Simondsborough, Dorset. To be buried in said church-
yard. To poor aknes folke of Magdalen of AUington 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. Edith
Willoughbe 6 years term in house she now dwelleth in and £10. To her
children £S devided. To my daus. Elinor 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 Sarum, Vol. 12 y part 2, fo. 14.
John Wade of Nethcrburie. Buried in churchyard of Netherburic.
My chat tell 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 Eltwced).— C. A. H.]
Pember Court of the Dean of Sarum. {Keech Will.)
In the name of God amen; the xxth day of June, 1567, 1 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: iFyrst 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 lawfiiU goods:
fHrst 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
Part (glyrgr - Pomrrog Biatorg mth (Sntfalogg 194
cheste in the hall. Item, I give to Robert my sonne the best brazen crocke.
The rest of my goods, movable and unmovable, and un bequeathed 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^; ako,
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 AUington
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^.
.086 — Will of Hugh Pomeroy of St. Minver, Cornwall. (Bodmin) Dated
15 Feb. 9 James I., (1612). To my dau, Constance NichoUs .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 (MarnhuU) 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 CngliBl? Parjgly Jbrnrhg
John Dainton, pson, John Lambert, Samll Pomerye. Inv. £12 10s.
Dean of Sarum. Reg. 9, fo. 40; 4 Sep. 1610. Alice Pomeroy of Knighton
in psh. of Beer Hackett, Dorset, widow. By word of mouth (noncupative) to
Margaret Lambert & Dorothie Masters, and to dau. Margaret Pomeroy.
Inv., 46s 6 d.
Prov. 12 Sep. 1610. Adm. to said daughter.
Principal Register, 1595. 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
Nfathew 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. 1S9S.
Inventory in detail by Pascome Bennett, William Pommere & John
Taprell, 7 May 1S9S. Total xliiili iiii* viii^. Aside from horse and live stock
he had "furnyture in tookynge shoope iiili", furnyture in wevynge shooppe iiil*
vi* viii^; payre of Iron wheles with there fiimyture 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, G^rnwall, 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 Vivian, 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 ^ipttt " PowurB^ Btiitarg atift (gntraUigg 19fi
Proved 12 March, 1619-20.
Archd. Exon, 1S83-M 63 John Pomerie of Sydmowth, Devon. 1583, 8 July.
To be buried in the cemeterie aforesaide. To Thomas Pomerie my sonne a
doke, my best coate, a bushel of barlie, a bushel! of make. 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^*. 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 Pomeryy 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^.
p. C. C. 10 Aug. 1S69.
Will of Simon Kayleway of CoUopton, Devon, merchant. 22 Sheffield :
He gives to his sister Rimharwd of Winkelegh, £3. To his
son Wm. 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.
(SitttHtatorg (Smtrt of Vialpi]t of &ertrr
Devon; and over 32 Parishes in Cornwall^ 1532-1700.
1606 Thos. Pomeroye, of Penryn, 232, Will.
1617 Philupp Pomeroy, alias Rowe, Breocke, 394, W.
1617 Arthur Pomeroy of Saltash, 445.
1622 Thos. Pomeroy of Trethenick, 250, Will.
1622 Wm. Pomeroy of St. Ervan, 323, W.
1639 Mary Pomeroy of Lanrack, Adm.
1645 Valentine Pomeroy of Stoke Gabriel, Will.
1646 Henry Pomeroy of Lanrack, W.
1674 Hugh Pomeroy of St. Tue, W.
1674 Margaret Pomeroy of Sandridge, W.
1676 Geo. Pomeroy of Gerrans, W.
1677 Jane Pomeroy of St. Erney, W.
1684 Alice Pomeroy of Gerrans, Testament.
1685 W. Pomeroy of Gerrans, Testament.
1692 Charles Pomeroy of Egloshaile, Testament.
1695 George Pomeroy of Gerrans, Testament.
Principal Registry of Bishop of Exeter from 1559
1580 Wm. Pomeroye, Plimouth, W. 248; also 246, Will.
1595 John Pomeroy, St. Nyot, Will.
1627 Peter Pomeroy, Pillaton, W.
1630 Elizabeth Pomeroy, gen. Westogwell, W.
1633 Thos. Pomeroy, Brixham, Adm.
1634 Mich. Pomeroy, St. Veep, W.
1644 Walter Pomeroy, Werrington.
1647 John Pomeroy, Hole, Adm.
1648 John Pomeroy, Hole, copy of Testament.
1674 Hugh Pomeroy, Gent., St. Tue, W.
1686 Mary Pomeroy, Abbotisham, W.
1689 Geo. Pomeroy, Mannaccan, Adm. & Will.
1689 John Pomeroy, Mannaccan, A.
1699 Joan Pomeroy, Plymouth, W.
part gjprgf - Poiwrog Ijigtorg anft (tntealogg 190
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 Tho^. 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 TotneSy 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.
190 lEtt^liBli parUdf lUmrilfl
1547 Roger Pomery, Meavy, missing W.
1548 Roger Pomery, Meavy, missing W.
Archdeaconry of TotneSy Totnes Deanery ^ 1551-1647
1579 Thos. Kellawaie, Habcrton, missing W.
1558 Thos. Lyne, Gittesham, m. t.
1559 Thos. Lane, Hallwill, m. t.
1615 Wm. Lane, Blackawton, Will.
1645 John Lane, Dartmouth, Adm.
1615 Thos. Pomery, Harberton, Will.
1621 Rich. Pomery, Cornworthic, Will.
1622 John Pomery, Hole, Will.
1623 Alice Pomery, Cornworthy, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes^ WoodUigh Deanery ^ 1553 J64T
1632 Geo. Lane, South Milton, Will.
Archdeaconry of Totnes ^ Moreton Gf Ipplepen Deanery
1553 to 1579, no Kelloway or Pomeroy.
Archdeaconry of Totnes y Moreton Deanery y 1580-1647
1610 Thos. Pomerey, Usington, Will.
1632 Ambrose Pomery, North Bovie, Will.
Archdeaconry of TotneSy Ipplepen Deanery y 1580 J647
1646 Geo. Kellawe, Eery Pomerie, Will.
1693 John Lane, Eery Pomerie, Will.
1598 Geo. Lane, Eery Pomerie, Adm.
1599 Geo. Lane, Eery Pomerie, Adm.
1601 Joane Lane, Eery Pomerie, Will.
1607 0th Es Lane, Ipplepen, Adm.
1615 Wm. Lane, Kingswear, Adm.
1625 Wm. Lane, Ipplepen, Adm.
1641 Giles Lane, Eery Pomery, Will.
1644 Walter Lane, Eery Pomery, Adm.
1588 Henrie Pomery, Painton, missing Will.
1607 Wm. Pomery, Tormohan, Adm.
1616 Henrie Pomery, Woolborowe, Adm.
1623 Thos. Pomery, Tormohan, Will.
1633 Thos. Pomery, Erixham, Adm.
1637 Cecilia Pomery, Tormohan, Will.
Part ^iftn - PmttrroQ Xiiitiirg anil (Krtttalitsg 200
Archdeaconry of Totnes^ Plympton 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 ferns, 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 TotneSy Tamerton Deaneryy 1580J647
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 TotneSy Holsworthy Deaneryy 1581 to 1647
1611 JoANE Pomery, Blackawton, W.
Archdeaconry of TotneSy Okehampton Deaneryy 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, HoUacombe, missing.
1566 David Pomery, Northlewe, missing.
1569 John Pomery, Ashwater, missing.
1577 Edmund Pomery, Blacktorryton, missing.
Archdeaconry of Barnstaple y Devon y from 15 63 J 630
1568 Page 446, Pomrie—
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.]
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.
Hag l^tthtfihg Bnlia
Lay Subsidy y Dorset y 103 y on the holders of land of the annual value of £20.
M.3^. 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
Whitefield, 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
lOli granted to John Pervaunt, 4l» granted to John Godde issuing from the
manor of Ramspam and beyond 10^^ granted to Morgan Gough issuing from
the manor of Wroxale and beyond 4li 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 103422 16 Henry FIJI. 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, wheat and other products, and also
merchandise — in fact everything (but tools or real estate) from which he derived an income.)
Part ^jfttt - yptttfrog BiBtiirg atd> (intralogg 202
(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 — 1S2S. 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 coUectr . . . (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**,-xs viiid.
Roll 105-266. 39 Elizabeth. Bridport Division, including Beaminster
hundred: Whitechurch, Osmond Rockett in gs. iiii^', xs viiid.
Lay Subsidy y Dorsety for Beer Hacketty 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 EttgUfilr Pariiitf firrarika
Thomas Pomerey in bonus, (amount taxable) Ix*; (amount of tax) xviii<^.
Roll 103-120. 16 Henry 8. Divers Hundreds of Brownshill, Sherbom,
Yetminster, and Redlane: Hundred of Sherborn, Decenna da Estbury,
Thomas Pomery 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, Brownhill, Newton Buckland, Wanston: Rich. Seymer in goods
viil' . . . ii* iiii^. Decenna de Ryme, Robt. Pom'ey in goods Ix® vi^. (1544).
Roll 104-158. 2? 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. Bridport 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), 3^. (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. Thetithinge
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.
RoU 103-122. 16 Henry VIII. Symondsburg: William Keche in
wags, xxs; subs, iiiid. John Wade in good xxx^i; 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^i; subs. vs. Thomas Symes in goods
xii^i; subs. vis. Wm. Hony borne in wags, xxs; subs, iiiid. Richard Gy lie in
goods xxs; subs.; iiiid. Loders: ffrancke Keche in goods xx^; subs.. xxs.
Part W:irn - Pomrrog XiBtorg anil (^ntraloQt! 2n4
Robert Keche in goods c"; — subs, iis vid. Willm Kech in goods x**; — 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 Roberte
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 p)erfect 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 l^i. Villa de Tottenes, Johanna Hokemore in bonis
xl'i Villa de Tottenes, Willms Hokemore in bonis xll*.
Roll 97-193 14 and 15 Henry VIII, 11 ms. Assessment (of anticipation)
of subsidy granted 14-15 Henry VIII. East Budley Hundred: The Paryshe
of Sydmouth: Johnes Pom'ye in bonis xii'' — ^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^.
96-15 1 Assessment of 2d payment of subsidy granted 14-15 Henry VIII.
East Budleigh Hundred. Parish de Sydbury: Johnes Pom'y p. vad. xx* —
iiii^. Parish de Sydmouth Johnes Pom'y p. bon xii^^ — vi*. Parish de
Sydmouth Johes Pom'y jun. nup. P. vad. xx*. recessu apd. Sydby item on
^Qohn Pomery junr. late for wages xx*, withdrew to Sydbury and is charged
there). Colyton Hundred, parish de ferway: Johes Pom'ey p. vad. xx* —
••■■J
Roll 99-279 36 Henry VIII. 5 big ms. (rotted out) Pom'ey in goods
xxii" — xnu^ vui^.
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 ^.
205 ^t^Uatf ParUitf lUnniijB
Wills Pomcry ii^. John Pom'ey ii^.
Roll 98-270 37 Henry VIII, 8 ms. Paryshe of ffarwaye, John Pomeryc
Roll 99-297 38 Henry VIII. Hundred of Tavystoke. Mevye, John
Pom'ye xvi' viii^.
i^tttiig of % Utoiatt attik itntiik Vupifalifilfeik lExwjiUif VittntbB
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 appearing 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 of 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. / Jo
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
Ilart O^lprrr - Pomrrog Biatorg atib dtmuUig,^ 200
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 the 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 160S (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 Ilsingtotiy 1687.
207 &t0lislf Partaif lUmrliB
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^The lordship of the manor of Colquitte, to which Tredethy belonged, the
place belonging to Thomas Pomeroy (0160) at St. Mabyn, Cornwall, was
granted to him by Edward Harris;" (this supports your claim of Cornwall
instead of Cornworthy for the Harris pedigree); also, that "Henry the son of
Richard Pomeroy married fhe widow of Edward Harris.'' — Thomas Bond.
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 first husband^
Edward Harris (068) — which Agnes 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 Valentine (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."
part UUjrtt " yotttfrag gtgtorg attb (8«tgalogg 2M
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 Pomereiay 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**.
Close, 38 Henry VIII (1547) 11 prs. 8 m. License to Thomas Pomeroy,
Esq., to alienate Bridgetowne Pomeroy with messuage, S 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 Halidon, 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. EUinor 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.
1626, 12 Nov. Jane, dau. of Richard Pumeroy, bp.
209 gttgliiily Partnly ggmrftii
1634, 18 Nov. William, sonne of Richard Pumerie, bp.
1640-1, Dec. 7 Agnis, dau. of Richard Pumeroy, bp.
Edward Pomeroy and Tomazin Pynn mar. IS May 1641, (another note
calls him Richard).
Richard Pomeroy and Elizabeth Peryam, widow, mar. 29 Sept. 1756.
William Pummery and Sarah Lane mar. 6 May 1644.
Thomas Pumeroy and Maria James of East Budleigh mar. 11 Apr. 1695.
In the Close rolls for Edward IV, Richard II, Henry VIII, Edward VI,
Philip and Mary, and 1656 to 1659, are records of the following agreements
as to the transfers of property: 7 Edward VI, indenture between Thomas
Pomeroy, Knt., and Richard BuUene; first part of roll; 6 Edward VI, second
part, indenture, Hugh Pomeroy and Thomas Pomeroy, Knt. 15 Henry VII,
unica pars, Elizabeth Pomeroy, widow, et al. and George Fortesque, armiger,
indenture dated 15 Dec. on properties in Devon, Gloucester and Wiltshire;
37 Henry VIII, third part, indenture between Lawrence Bradmer and Richard
Pomeroy; 35 Henry VIII, first part, indenture between Richard Pomeroy and
John Guyles; 30 Henry VIII, indenture between Thomas Pomeroy, armiger,
and Thomas Rytren, Knt.
"Richard (0141). son of Thomas Pomeroy (0115) and Elizabeth Heng-
scott, married Ann, daughter of Henry Copplestone of Bowden. Richard
Pomeroy (0161) of Bowden married Eleanor, daughter of John Coker of Ma-
powder, Dorset, and had^two sons, Henry (077) and John (078); the former
son was married and had a family, (according to Harleian MSS.) and might in
point of time have been the father or grandfather of Thomas Pomeroy of St.
Ernay (part of the parish of Landrake, but formerly separate, and still has a
separate church), in Cornwall, but I have not been able to trace anything
more about him, nor has Mr. CoUen of the Heralds' College who has been
engaged in the search for years." — fVilliam Smiles^ 1865.
12 Jan. 1916: — ^The late Col. J. L. Vivian left over forty volumes of
MSS. relating to the families of Devon and Cornwall. Much of this mater-
ial does not appear in his printed ''Visitations."
Nowhere in this mass of material which I have examined in full, (in
addition to the Bond MSS.) do I find any data bearing upon the Pomeroys of
Beaminster, or anything to explain why Vivian made the erroneous Pomeroy
note in his "Addenda," which has, doubtless, misled many people.
After my investigations of the private papers of both of these antiquaries,
I was impressed with the fact that there are several branches of the descend-
ants in Devon and Dorset, of Ralph de Pomeroy of 1066, which both men
almost entirely neglected; and probably so, because Bond was twenty years in
perfecting what he did cause to be published, and Vivian could not well have
published much more upon the Pomeroys than he did, even if he had been
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provided with the completed pedigrees. I am continuing the inquiry in
Dorset upon the Wrixons, Wades, Jessops, Keeches and Rocketts, so far as
they may bear upon the Pomeroys, for such a period of time as is to be con-
sidered. But I am certain that to trace out clearly those remaining unde-
fined Pomeroy branches would not need twenty years of time but surely more
than you or I will likely ever be enabled to devote to them ....
G)l. John Russell Cox, of Lansdown, Bath, Somersetshire, is lord of the
manors of Beaminster Prime, Beaminster Secundo; also, of the manor of
Netherbury in Terra, otherwise called Yondell; and of the manor of Nether-
berry in Ecclesia, otherwise called "Beaminster Parsonatus." The court rolls
of these manors are owned by Col. Cox from 1616. These rolls contain
records similar to the town records of America, and relate to all records of
tenements, lands, etc., and who were the tenants of the manors, what they
paid in rents, etc., and relate to all minor matters of highways, juries, and
general affairs of the manors, and trial fines and petty causes. Yet strange
it does seem, that, after most careful search through all these manorial court
records, which contain the names and affairs of scores of tenants, etc., for 24
consecutive years, from 1616, there was no entry concerning any Pomeroy.
Sltnrttt IfiomttasfB Virtl; MinA Vittmh in Sr atttbtatrr Segfntrr
Plate facing page 124 in Part Two is a photograph facsimile of the trans-
script of the Beamister Parish Register, and may be found in the Dean of
Salisbury's muniment room, Salisbury Cathedral. As the writing in the plate
is not readily decipherable, it is deemed advisable to reproduce an au-
thentic copy of the plate in type:
BEAMISTER
A copie of the Register booke of Christenings Weddings and buryalls of
the pishe of Beamister from the iiiith of Julie A® 1585° unto the xxix'** of
October A« 1588° .
Christnings in Julie 1585° .
Julie: Eltwitt the sonne of Richarde Pomerye was christened thefowerth
of Julie.
Margerie, the Dawghter of Willm' fforde the xi of Julie.
Thomas, sonne of Thomas Colborne xxi^^ of Julie.
Wm. sonne of Walter Caddy xxiii*** of Julie.
Wm. Sonne of Wm. Matha xxviii^** of Julie.
August: Jane, Dawghter of John Griffyn xxii*^ of August.
Alice, Dawghter of John Hull xxv^** of August.
Humfry, sonne of Andrew Lane, xxvi''* of August.
Thomas, sonne of John Sprake, xxxi^'^ of August.
September: Thomas, sonne of Edwarde Dynte, ii of Septeii\ber.
Jone, Dawghter of Richarde Stone, xii of September.
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Elizabeth) Dawghter of John Jesopp, xv^^ of September.
Harry, sonne of Harry Gudge, xxv"* of September.
October: Morla, sonne of Robert Hoskyns, first of October.
Elizabeth, Dawghter of Richarde Yllerye, iii of October.
Mary, Dawghter of Harry Horsforde, xviii^** of October.
Katherine, Dawghter of Mr. Robt. Strowde, esquier, xxvi of October
Eme, Dawghter of Richarde Beale, xxvii*^ of October.
Andrewe, sonne of Walter Wilkyns, xxx^ of October.
Deceber: Harry, sonne of Wm. Champe, xvii*^ of December.
Nicholas, sonne of Richarde Erlande, xvii^** of December.
Marie, Dawghter of Wm. Butt, xix*^ of December.
John, sonne of Harry Colemore, xxvi*^ of December.
Alice, Dawghter of Robert Stronge, xxvii*** of Deceber.
Marie, Dawghter of Thomas Tether, xxx*** of Deceber.
January: Robt., sonne of Robt. Cox, vi**^ of Januarie.
John, sonne of John Browne, xxiii*** of Januarie.
Robt., sonne of Thomas Hoskyns, xxvii*** of Januarie.
ffebuarie: John, sonne of Huge ( } bruarie
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register of Beminster, 24 July 1913, and guaranteed correct by C. A. Hoppin.
fiariBlf fogiBlrrB of ^gmmtiiuBbitrg, Bmrfirt
Symondsbury bounded on the north by Marshwood and Netherbury;
south by the sea, east by Loders, Allington, Bridport, Rothenhampton,
Burton, Broadstock; west by Chideock and Whitechurch Canonicorum;
extends inland five miles.
The Abbot of Ceme held as lord of Symondsbury until the dissolution;
1 Edward VI the manor was granted to Edward, Duke of Somerset, to be held
in chief by knight's service. On his attainder it came to the Crown, which
held until 24 Eliz.; then the manor was granted to Edward, Earl of Hertford.
An Earl of Alcester acquired it in 1660. The present Earl has made a search
of his archives at my request, and reports that he has not inherited the court
rolls, of Symondsbury before 1660. Their existence is unknown in all the
government depositories. — C. A. H.
Baptisms, 1560, Sept. 21st: Andrew Ketche, son of John Ketche.
Baptisms, 1578, March 24th: Elizabeth Wade, dau. of Rych'd. Wade.
Baptisms, 1624, Aug. 8th: George Wrixon, son of Henry Wrixon.
Part Wifm - Ifimatrag Higtorg anil OntraUigg 212
Baptisms, 1594, Oct. 4 Robt. Pomcryc, son of John Pomerye.
Baptism, 1596, Apl. 8: John Oven ton, son of George Oven ton.
Baptism, 1596, July 24: Henry Pomery, son of Jo. Pomerye.
Baptism, 1597, Mar. 9: An Oven ton, dau. of George Oventon.
Baptism, 1599, Apl. 10: Elinor Wrickson als. Pomerye, dau. of John
Pomerye als. Wrickson.
Baptism, 1600, June 25 : Walter Wrickson, son of John Wrickson.
Baptism, 1601, Aug. 3 : Marye Oventon, dau. of George Oventon and An
his wife.
Baptism, 1604, Dec. 6: Elizabeth Wade, dau. of Thomas Wade and
Joane his wife.
Baptism, 1614, Feby. 21: John Wrickson, son of Stephen Wrickson.
Baptism, 1617, Nov. 19: Robert Wrickson, son of Stephen Wrickson.
Baptism, 1621, May 20: Elizabeth Pomery, dau. of Walter Pomery.
Baptism, 1623, Aug. 9: Steven Keetch, son of Steven Keetch.
Baptism, 1623, Mar. 14: William Pomery, son of Walter Pomery and
Agnes.
Baptism, 1626, June 4: Walter, son of Walter Pomery and Agnes.
Baptism, 1629, Aug. 8: Mary, dau. of William Pomery.
Baptism, 1631, July 3: John Pumery, son of Walter Pumry.
Burials, 1594, Nov. 24th: Robt. Pomerye.
Burials, 1601, Dec. 5th: Marye Oventon, dau. of George Oventon.
Burials, 1603, Oct. 23d: John Oventon, s. of George Oventon.
Burials, 1603, Oct. 24th: Avis Oventon, d. of George Oventon.
Burials, 1608, Dec. 14th: John Ketch. (This surname was also written
Keech.— C. A. H.)
SnrialB. 1613, A)tl« 12ti|: tiltmt 9on»rB^ mifir of Ss^lfarll Iffmanst;
(tttfiti|fr of titmni flomrrg. — C. A. H.)
SmrfaU 1B12« 3Friig. Bib lltrl|«ril Ij^nmns^Afitf fatlf^ ^ titmtA
9ottirrog.— C. A. H.)
This death in 1612 explains the absence, which I have heretofore remarked
upon as being singular, of any record of this man, or of his wife, at Beaminster
after 1612. I am certain that Richard was not born at Beaminster, but at
Symondsbury, Netherbury or (possibly) AUington, now a part of Brideport.
I am now unwilling to doubt that John Pomeroy, Gent., came to Dorset from
Devon as the first Pomeroy of this branch of the family to settle in Western
Dorset. I have proven by records that this John Pomeroy, Gent., could
not have been either one of the only two John Pomeroys living at the time,
near the Dorset-Devon border, at Sidmouth and Sidbury in Devon. That is
my judgment after the most exhaustive search and effort that has been
possible for me to make during the past two years. There is circumstantial
213 ^tt^iififr PariBl) firrariifl
evidence sufficiently strong and significant to have led me to the probability
that he came from the immediate vicinity of Berry-Pomeroy in Devon, where
we find one such John Pomeroy, born circa 1510, (brother of Henry) and son of
Richard and Eleanor (Coker) Pomeroy, at one time of Bowden in Totnes,
adjoining Berry Pomeroy, the market places of both being about one mile
apart. I find no certain record that this John Pomeroy continued to reside in
Devonshire, at any time between 1523 and 1580. Various other evidences of
a partly circumstantial character (elsewhere and heretofore specified by me)
also suggest that he, and probably his father and mother, removed into
Dorset, locating not far from the home of his mother Eleanor Coker, daughter
of John Coker of Mapowder, Dorset, and where he would have been within
easy contact with his immediate relatives on his mother's side, one of whom
may have been the John Coker, bailiff of Symondsbury, circa 1543-1547, where
Eltweed Pomeroy's parents had their last home, and adjoining Netherbury
where the said John Pomeroy, Gent., resided. Sir Edward Seymour, who took
Berry Pomeroy from the Pomeroys, held Simondsbury also until he was
attainted of treason. John Pomeroy 's father and mother are missing in Devon
for the latter part of that time.
I do find evidence proving that the brother Henry did remain at Totnes,
married, had issue, and died thereabouts, as did his issue; and I find that the
leasehold estate of Bowden, in Totnes, held by the grandfather of these
brothers, John and Henry, was not perpetuated in their hands, but become
expired, diverted or sold through their uncle Henry, to another family ere
long after their father's interest therein ceased.
Burials, 1623, Aug. 14. Stephen Keetch, son of Stephen Keetch. (This
son was bapt. Aug. 9, 1623. — C. A. H.)
Burials, 1626, Sept. 4: Margaret Pomery, (probably wife of Henry
Pomery, married as Marget Oventon, 1621. — C. A. H.)
Burials, 1626, Sept. 18: George Pomery. (Baptismal record calls him
Wrikson, and son of Henry. — C. A. H.)
Burials, Jan. 11, 1627: Elizabeth Pomeroy. (Bapt. 1621, dau. of
Walter and Agnes Pomery. — C. A. H.)
Burials, 1631, June 17: Joane Pumrey.
do 1631, June 30: Waltr. Pumrey. (Husband of Agnes. — C.A.H.)
do 1637, Feb. 27: William Pomery, son of Agnes Pomery, widow,
do 1657, Nov. 14: Alee Keech of Bauton.
Marriages:
1559, 8 April: Thomas Ketche and Margerye Morriche.
1569, 25 Nov: John Wade and Joane Hallet.
1569, 4 Aug.: John Ketch and Elinor Williams.
1589, 2 Mar.: George Oventon and An Wade.
1599, 13 Jan.: Thomas Wade and Joane Lane.
I6OO9 1 Feb. : Wylliam Wricksone alias Pumrie and Elizabeth Wade.
1601, 26 Sept.: Arthur Clavell and Jamsson Ketch.
1615, 13 Feb.: Steven Ketch & Sara Akerman.
1626, 1 July: Richard Medeway & Elizabeth Seriant.
1621, IS Oct.: Henry Pomery & Marget Oven ton.
1628, 18 Oct.: Walter Crab & Joane Pomery.
1635, 1 Oct.: John Keech & Alice Stephens.
Marriage at AUington, Dorset, adjoining Simondsbury, 25 Sept.:
Robert Darby and Joane Pummery als. Wrixen.
Ijfurixif IbQifitrr of f^tokf Atifant lorart
(Commencing in 1559; two miles from Beaminster)
Baptisms, 1582, Dec. second daie, Agnes Wrixon, dau. of Henry Wrixon.
do 1584, xiii daie of Auguste, Henry Wrixon, son of Henry
Wrixon.
do 1587, Dec. the xx daie, Johan Wrixon, dau. of Henry Wrixon.
do 1589, Oct. xxviii daie, Johan Wrixon, dau. of Henry Wrixon.
do 1592, Nov. xix daie, Angell Wrixon, dau. of Henry,
do 1594, Nov. X daie, Julion Wrixon, dau. of Henry,
do 1612, March 7th, Rogers, filis Henrici Wrixon.
do 1614, Nov. 30th, Guilielms filis Henrici Wrixon.
do 1616, Aug. 3d, Anna, filia Joannis Wrixon.
do 1641, Aug. 22d, Lidia, filia Edward Rocket et Phillipi, uxoris.
do 1643, Feb. 25th, Anna, filia Roberti Wrixon et Elinore, uxoris.
do 1643, March 25th, Edwarus filus Edwardi Rocket et Phylippi
uxoris.
do 1644, June 28th, Grace, dau. of Thomas Wrixon and Anne
his wife,
do 1647, April 18th, Anna Rocket, dau. of Edward Rocket,
do 1649, March 7th, John, son of John Wrixon and Anna his wife,
do 1650, Oct. 21st, Anne, child of Thomas Wrixon and Anne his
wife.
Burials, 1610, Nov. 11th, Agnisia, uxor Henrici Wrixons.
do 1644, Jan. 28th, Phylippa Wrixon.
do 1650, March 23d, Elinora Wrixon, the wife of Robert Wrixon.
Search for all surnames connected with Pomeroy from 1592 in parish
ilsgister of Netherbury, adjoining Beaminster, Dorset. Many entries in
these books are very faint; a few have faded away:
Burial, 1622, Feb. 22: Stephanus, filius Stephani Wrixon.
do 1639, Dec. 9: Maria, uxor Stephani Wrixon.
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Baptisms, 1622, Jan. 2: Stephen, son of Stephen Wrixon.
do 1636, Aug. 8, Elizabeth, dau. of William Rocket,
do 1637, Oct. 18: Susanna, dau. of William Rocket,
do 1639, March 31: Maria, dau. of John Wrixon.
do 1641, Feb. 13: Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen Wrixon.
do 1643, Oct. 15: Maria, dau. of Stephen Wrixon.
do 1643, March 5: Maria, dau. of Henry Rocket,
do 1645, Feb. 6: Stephen, son of Stephen Wrixon.
do 1645, Feb. 12: Susanna, dau. of Robert Wrixon.
do 1648, Jan. 22: Joana, dau. of Stephen Wrixon.
do 1650, May 20: Arthur, son of Robert Wrixon.
9ari«i| SrgiBUr of Snrstork* iotnt
(Marriages from 1563)
Married, 1571, 29 April: Matthewe Rocket and Spes Bagwell,
do 1631, 5 March: Edward Richmond als. Mason and Elizabeth
Wade, quondom, of Netherbury.
Parlair Xf gistrr of VruhftAt, Boroet
(Adjoining Simondsbury, from 1695)
Marriage, 1703, 7 Feb.: Wm. Pomroy of AUington and Mary Barnes
of Netherbury.
yartal; Xrgiatrr of l|olg HtMtg, Borriirotrr* Bor»t
Marriage, 1642, 7 June: Ralph Pomery and Mary Banger.
Partdf Srgifltrr of WiftMtwnii <IUutottirormit
Marriages,1654, 24 May: Robert Pummery and Thomasin Grippes,
do 1692, 10 Dec. John Pummery and Grace Swayne.
do 1722, 27 Mar.: John Pummery and Martha Spiller.
flarteif lUrorila of Srtr Ifarkftt BorjB«t
Pomeroy in Beer Hacket Regs., Dorset, from 1549. (15 miles north-
east of Beaminster.)
1559 Katherin the daughter of Robte Pomerye wa3 bap. 4 Sept.
1564 Samuell Pomeroy, the sonne of Robert Pomeroy, was bp. 5 June.
1565 John Pomeroy, the sonne of Robert Pomeroy, was bp. 23 Fcb-
ruarie.
1574 Dorethey Pomeroy, daughter of Robert Pomeroy, was bp. 19 Nov.
1580 Robert Pomeroy, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, was bp. 8 June.
1589 Robert Pomeroy, was bp. 14 Sept.
1589 Margaret Pomeroy, was bap. 11 January.
1592 Thomas Pomeroy was bp. 23 Aprill.
Part (glyr» - Jj^amttm^ Bigtorg ati& Otew alngg 2ifi
1599 Joane Pomeroy, daughter of Samuel Pomeroy, was bp. (day and
mth. gone).
1602 Joane Pomeroy buried 12 Aprill.
1602 Elinor Pomeroy, dau. of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 29 Sept.
1604 Joane Pomeroy, dau. of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 16 Sept.
1606 John Pomeroy, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 18 March.
1607 Robert Pomeroy bur. Dec. 28.
1608 George Pomeroy, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 22 Jan.
1610 Alice Pomeroy bur. 8 Sept.
1610 NichoU Dewey and Margaret Pomeroy mar. 22 Oct.
1611 Robert, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 20 Feb.
1613 Samuel, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 9 Jan.
1616 Thomas, sonne of Robert Pomeroy, bp. 31 March.
1618 Samuel Pomeroy and Joane Sumer mar. 27 Jan.
1624 Elizabeth Pommery, dau, of Samuel Pomeroy bp. 6 Oct.
1625 Edward Lambert and Elmer Pommeroy mar. 23 May.
1627 Anne Pomeroy, dau. of Samuel Pomeroy, bp. 8 Sept.
1640 Joseph, sonne of Samuel Pomeroy, bp. 13 Sept.
1646 William Pomeroy, sonne of Samuell Pomeroy, bp. 14 June.
1666 Thomas Pomeroy and Susan Harris mar. 27 Dec.
1697 Saml. Pomeroy of Knighton buried 21 March.
^artalf fogifitrr of (EnttntQ CHonntmU
(From 1558 to 1668)
Register of St. Minver: Robert NichoUs, gent., and Constance Pomery,
mar. 13 Nov. 1604. Thomas Pomery and Joane Kent mar. 13 Oct. 1619.
Register of Linkinhorn, from 1576: Edward Pomerye and Elizabeth
his wife, 30 May, 1580; George Pomerye (Pomeroy) and his wife, 1 May,
1616; John Pomerye & Johan his wife, 13 (date between 1579 and
1583); Thomas Pomerye and Elizabeth his wife, 21 June, 1602; William
Pomeroy and Mary Lucas, 23 Sept. 1641.
Register of St. Melton, from 1558: marriages: Johanus Pomery &
Johana Cottell, July, 1570; (entered also in Pillaton Register as 31 July.
Register of Pillaton, from 1557: Peter Pomerye mar. Lowdaye Dawes
3 June, 1599.
Register of St. Brock, from 1561 : Thomas Pomrye & Margaret Minned,
mar. 28 April, 1581.
Register of Kirkhampton, from 1539: Henry Pomerye & Johana
Prideaux, mar. 22 Dec. 1635.
Register of Landrake, from 1583: Thomas Pomery & Alice Samble,
mar 1609, son of Thomas and Mary Jeffrie Pomeroy of Trethenick, in
St. Erney, Cornwall.
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Register of St. Erney, from ISSS: Thomas Pomery (0142) & Mary
GifFrie> 1 May, 1598; also, in Landrake Register as Jeffrie; Thomas Pomerey
& Alice Samble, mar. 17 July, 1609.
Register of St. Stephens by Launceston, from 1566: Richard ffowler
and Elizabeth Pomery, mar. 21 Feb. 1625.
St. Neots, Cornwall: Lestow was formerly the seat of the family of
Pomeroy. (Historical Survey of the County Cornwall, by Polwhele;
vol. m, p. 946; published in 1820, at which date Pomeroys were still residing
at St. Neots.)
Paridf Xegtsters vt (Emttttt; Brooti
(From 1559 to 1620)
Register of Gittesham, East Devon (near Honiton): Christenings:
1585, Jone Pomerye, the xix February; 1591, Richard Pomery, the xith
Sept.; 1598, Thomas Pomerye, the vith of June. Buryalls: 1600, Jone
Pomery, the xxvith day of July. Maryges: 1601, William Pomerye of
Farwaye and Alse Blampyn were mar. the xvth day of June.
Church Wardens' accounts: William Pomeroy, church warden in 1706.
John Pomeroy, church warden in 1735 and 1740.
Manuscripts owned by the borough of Totnes, dating from 1150; (hun-
dreds of documents of great age.) Many entries of Pomeroys before 1500,
all of which can be supplied if desired. The records of the borough after
1500 are so voluminous as to have been beyond my means of encompassing
them; a great many deeds here. The parish records have been seen.
Parish records of Broadhembury, Devon, searched from 1538 to 1568:
1577, John Pomerie the sonne of Thomas Pomerie of Honyton was buried the
5th daie of ffebruarie; 1637, Mary the daughter of Thomas Pomeroy, Esq.,
was baptized the 12th daie of July.
Alfred James Monday at Taunton, Somerset, solicitor, informs me that
he is descended from Lady Catherine Moore, who died at CoUompton, Devon,
about the year 1607. Her will is at Exeter. She was daughter of Sir Thomas
Pomeroy, the last of the family who lived at the Berry-Pomeroy Castle.
In Staplegrove, the next parish to Taunton, is Pomeroy farm. There
were Pomeroys living there more than 200 years ago.
Parish Register of Brixham from 1556:
1589, 19 Dec, John, son of Thomas Pomeroy, bapt.
1592, 9 Oct., Jane, dau. of Thomas Pomerye, bapt.
1595, 2 Sept., bapt. Margett, dau. of Thomas Pomerye.
1597, 24 April, bapt. William, son of William Pomeroy, son of Thomas.
1601, 20 Sept., bapt. John, s. of William Pomeroye.
1604, 7 Nov., bapt. Agnes, dau. of William Pomeroye.
1605, 9 Oct., bapt. Thomas, son of Edwarde Pomeroye.
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1606, 25 Sept., bp. William, son of Edwardc Pomeroye.
1607, 14 Aug., bp. Elizb., dau. of William Pomeroye.
1608, 8 Feb., Arter (Arthur), s. of Edwarde Pomeroy.
1610, 22 Julye, bp. Honor, dau. of Will & Elizabeth Pomeroye.
1611, 18 April, bp. Honor, dau. of Edw. & Wilmot Pomeroye his wife.
1614, 11 May, bp. Arter, s. of Edw. Pomeroye & Wilmot.
1614, 23 July, bp. Henrye, son of Will & Elizb. Pomeroy.
1S87, 19 Oct., buried, Henrye Pom'ry. (Undoubtedly father of some
of the first Pomeroys of Brixham — ^Thomas and William for instance.)
1597, 26 Dec, buried, Wilim Pom'ry.
Among the records of the borough of Totnes, Devon, is a deed (No.
xxxv) of Dionesia, widow of William Pomeroy of Kingsmere, to Ricardus
Tossyng, undated, but made between 1280 and 1290, and bearing a seal,
round, of black wax, with a central device of a feathered cross, with the letters
'"Dionesie Pom'ay." (She being a woman and a widow, she used her own seal
as apart from the seal of her husband and the arms of the Pomeroys.)
The manor of Buckfastleigh, Devon: Surveys, vol. 191: Parcel of the
possessions of the monastery of , temp. Elizabeth : Customary tenants,
James Pomeroy, son of Aline Pomeroy and Oricia, tenant by copy: One
tenement, one garden, and part of one acre of land, formerly of John Pomeroy,
at yearly rental of iiiis 6d, and for xxd.
Bishop of Exeter's Transcript:
William Cavell, 2d sonne, married Jane, dau. of William Pomeroy, Esq.,
of Trehaverock; living 1620. Buried at St. Kew 26 June 1652. William
Cavell and Jane his wife, with their two daughters and co-heiresses Joane
and Mary, w. of John Vivian, are named in the will of John Pomeroy of
St. Cleere, gent. Probated London, 12 March 1619.
Sir Oliver Carminow married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Pomeroy;
m. 2d Isould da. of Reynold Ferrers. Johanna Petit was issue byFerrers
and the other children were by Pomeroy. Sir Oliver Carminow left three
daughters. The inquest states that Joanna Carminow held of Sir Thomas
de la Pomeroy as of his manor of Tregony.*
*Ia the 40th year of King Henry III the Pomeroy family was returned among the firtt-dau land holders of Cora-
wall. They continued to potteta contiderable landed property in Comirall for teveral generations, their chief teat
being at Tragoney, and held thirty libratet of land. The manor of Tragoney was at a very early period in the ancient
ftmily of the Pomeroys, who are supposed to have acquired it by the marriage of Henry, grandson of Sir Radulphus
de La Pomeroy, with Rohesia, a daughter of King Henry I, the first sister of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall. At that time
the Pomeroys were also lords of Tremerton and Mount St. Michael Castle in Cornwall.*' — Sir Jams /. Uchnm^s
CastUs ti BngUni,
219 gttgltgly pariBlr JUrarliB
IfiuxUAi Srgtotrr tt Bt* fMm»UB^ Cjcrtrr* BntotL
1671 Sept. 16, Richard, son of Bandon Pomeroy.
1675 June 4, Susana, dau. of Brandon Pomeroy.
1676 Dec. 1, Bandon, son of Bandon Pomeroy.
1679 March 15, Susana, dau. of Bandon Pomeroy.
1682 Nov. 5, Bandon, son of Bandon Pomeroy.
1684 Jan. 6, Jane, dau. of Bandon Pomeroy.
1687 June 1, Joseph, son of Band win Pomeroy.
1687 June 10, Edmond, son of Edmond Pomeroy.
1719 March 19, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Pomeroy.
1721 March 20, Mary, dau. of Thomas Pomeroy.
1722 Feb. 7, John, son of Thomas Pomeroy.
1749 June 25, Mary, dau. of John Pomeroy.
1751 Oct. 6, John, son of John Pomeroy.
1753 June 29, Charles, son of John Pomeroy.
1755 Aug. 24, Charles, son of John Pomeroy.
1758 April 9, Ann, dau. of John Pomeroy.
1759 April 15, James, son of John Pomeroy.
1764 Feb. 6, George, son of John Pomeroy.
1774 Nov. 27, Agnes, dau. of John Pomeroy.
1776 May 25, John, son of John and Grace Pomeroy.
1777 Feb. 2, Patience, dau. of Charles and Patience Pomeroy.
1778 April 26, Charles, son of John and Grace Pomeroy.
1779 Feb. 3, Elizabeth, dau. of Charles and Patience Pomeroy.
1780 June 7, Ann, dau. of John and Grace Pomeroy.
1781 July 18, Charles, son of Charles and Patience Pomeroy.
1784 Sept. 27, Thomas, son of John and Grace Pomeroy.
Marriages
1678 March 16, Henry Pomeroy and Ann Southard.
1689 May 18, Richard Allen and Grace Pomeroy.
1696 Feb. 2, Thomas Bennett and Susan Pomeroy.
1738 Nov. 3, James Tanner and Elizabeth Pomeroy.
1742 John Darby and Alice Blake
1748 Aug. 25, John Pomeroy and Mary Southard.
1769 July 13, Silas Derby and Mary Pomeroy.
1774 July 30, John Pomeroy and Grace Gardiner.
1776 Jan. 6, Charles Pomeroy and Patience Gardiner.
1792 May 4, George Pomeroy and Jane Davy.
THOMAS POMEROY, b.
Children:
Elizabeth Pomeroy, bp. March 19, 1719; m. Nov. 3, 1738, James
Tannar.
John Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 7, 1722; m. Aug. 25, 1748, Mary Southard.
Mary Pomeroy, bp. March 20, 1721; d. March 20, 1721.
John Pomeroy, (Thomas), bp. Feb. 7, 1722; m. Aug. 25, 1748,
Mary Southard, b. Nov. 26, 1724, dau. of Edward Southard. +
Children:
Mary Pomeroy, bp. June 25, 1749; m. July 13, 1769, Silas Darby. +
John Pomeroy, bp .Oct. 6, 1751; m. July 30, 1774, Grace Gardiner. +
Charles Pomeroy, bp. June 29, 1753; d. July 2, 1755.
Charles Pomeroy, bp. Aug. 24, 1755; m. Jan. 6, 1776, Patience
Gardiner.
Ann Pomeroy, bp. April 9, 1758.
James Pomeroy, bp. April 16, 1759.
George Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 6, 1764; m. May 4, 1792, Jane Davy.
Agnes Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 27, 1774.
Mary Pomeroy, (John, Thomas), bp. June 25, 1749; m. July 13,
1769, Silas Darby. +
Children:
John Darby, bp. Jan. 16, 1770; m. 1835, Eliza Rebecca Hart,
Chelsea.
Mary Darby, bp. Nov. 27, 1774.
Agnes Darby, bp. Feb. 2, 1777.
James Darby, bp. Dec. 20, 1778; of Royal Navy, d. June 29, 1821,
St. Helena.
Charles Darby, bp. Jan. 25, 1789; m. 1810, Susanna Turner,
Fulham.
Joseph Darby, bp. Feb. 21, 1782; Royal Navy; entered 1802.
John Pomeroy, (John, Thomas), bp. Oct. 6, 1751; m. July 30, 1774,
Grace Gardiner, Exeter, Devon. +
Children:
John Pomeroy, bp. May 25, 1776.
Charles Pomeroy, bp. April 26, 1778 -
Ann Pomeroy, bp. June 7, 1780.
James Pomeroy, bp. April 19, 1782.
Thomas Pomeroy, bp. Sept. 27, 1784.
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George Pomeroy, bp. April 10, 1787; d. July 28, 1787.
George Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 24, 1789; d. Dec. 2, 1792.
Grace Pomeroy, bp. Aug. S, 1791, St. Sidwell, Exeter, Devon.
Elias Pomeroy, bp. April 23, 1794; d. Sept. 3, 1895.
Charles Pomeroy, (John Thomas), bp. Aug. 24, 17SS; m. Jan. 6,
1776, Patience Gardiner. +
Children:
Patience Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 8, 1777.
Elizabeth Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 3, 1779,
Charles Pomeroy, bp. July 18, 1781; d. July 31, 1798.
George Pomeroy, bp. Dec. 12, 1787.
John Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 6, 1791.
Harriet Catharine Pomeroy, bp. May 9, 1793.
Sarah Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 30, 1794.
Louisa Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 30, 1794.
George Pomeroy, (John Thomas), bp. Feb. 6, 1764; m. May 4j
1792, Jane Davy; +
Children:
George Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 10, 1792; d. April 8, 1795.
George Pomeroy, bp. May 1, 1797, Exeter, Devon.
Parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton: John Gibbs and Elizabeth
Pomerie, mar. 4 Sept. 1609.
Thomas Pomerie and Elizabeth Linburie, mar. 2 Aug., 1590.
Thomas Pomery and Joan Aberye, mar. 4 Sept., 1609.
John Davie and Elinor Pomery, mar. 22 Nov., 1613.
Andrew Barrel! and Margaret Pomery, mar. 3 Sept., 1516.
John PouUon and Elinor Pomery, mar. 8 April, 1516.
Daniel Pomery and Wilmot Purgess, mar. 7 Oct., 1619.
John Pomery and Dorothy Wells, mar. 13 Jan., 1632.
Parish of Crewkerne: July, 1595, William Pomeroy was buried the 3d
daye.
May, 1598, bap. John, the sonne of Walter Harris, was bapt. the xxist
day.
Eltweed Pomery and Margery Rockett, mar. 9 May, 1629.
Parish of West Coker (northeast of Crewkerne) begin registers 1697,
but in a bishop's transcript of a part of them occurs: 1608, Oct. 15, baptized
Thomas, son of William Pomery.
In a bishop's transcript of a part of the parish register of Durston,
Somerset, occurs: 1615, July 24, married John Chead and Joan Davey;
9srt Wbttf " ypiHffpM jftrtfif y situ CpfttMuo^u ^^f^
1615, Aug. 2y buried, John Chead. (The parish renter of Durston begins
m 1712.)
The parish register of Maperton begins in 1559. I have not seen it but
have seen some transcripts at Wells of some portion of it; in these transcripts
occur: 1621, Jan. 10, Samuel, son of Samuel Pomery, bp.; 1679, Nov. 18,
Samuel Pomery buried. (Maperton, as above, must not be confused with
M apperton, in Dorset.)
Collecrion of MSS. owned by the Earl of Dartmouth seen for Pomeroys.
Wit <Krrat folnoie anft ^nsuin of Pnmrnq MsaaarB ta fht/mm
To those who are bred on family feuds and traditions, generations of
time mean nothing. Now, after some centuries, with the data which we
have been able to collect, since the death of Sir Thomas de Pomeroy and the
execution of Sir Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, and Lord Protector of
England, it is my happy fortune to lay before the Pomeroy race in American
some records from England which convince us that the two knights whom we
thought were bitter enemies had been life-long friends:
A bill of complaint of Valentyne Pomeroy of Sandridge, Stoke Gabriel,
Esq., against George Rowe, recites grant by Edward, Duke of Somerset, to
Sir Thomas Pomeroy and Lady Jane his wife, grandmother and grandfather of
Valentyne Pomeroy, of a tenement called Will in Stoke Gabriel, to hold for
the term of their lives; remainder to their son Thomas Pomeroy, remainder
to Arthur Pomeroy, the second son, with other remainders. Thomas Pomeroy
was father of Valentyne. Nov., 1640: P. 36.6
The "Great Release," a curious document still at Maiden Bradley,
certainly proves that Sir Thomas Pomeroy was at one time in the Protector's
power. It bears date July 7th, 1548, (?) and while its lack of punctuation
allows a latitude of construction essentially legal, it is not more overweighted
with unnecessary clauses than if it bore date three hundred years later:
"Be it known unto all men by these presents that I Thomas Pomeroy
knight have remysed released and quyte claymed and by these presents do
remit release and quit claim unto the high and mighty Prince Edward Duke of
Somerset and his heirs executors and administrators as well as every recog-
nizance wherein the said Duke stood bounden to me the said Sir Thomas of
and for the performance of certain articles covenants and agreements on the
part of the said Duke to be performed and kept is contained in a pair of in-
dentures made between the said Duke on the one part and me the said Thomas
on the other part bearing date 1st day of December in the first year of the
reign of our sovereign Lord King Edward 6th as also all other Bonds Recog-
nisances and writings obligatory whatsoever they be wherein the said Duke
standeth and is bounden to me the said Sir Thomas made at any time before
the date of these presents And also all actions suits and executions which I
223 ^Ijt Or?at KrUagg
the said Sir Thomas have or may have against the said Duke his heirs executors
or administrators by reason or means ofmy surety covenant recognisance or
writing obligatory In witness thereof I have subscribed this present release
with my hand and set to my seal the 7th day of July in the second year of the
reign of our sovereign Lord Edward 6th by the Grace of God King of England
France and Ireland defender of the faith and in earth of the Church of
England and also of Ireland supreme head 7th July 1548/'
The Elms, Letchworth,
Herts, England, 3 Sept., 1917.
Dear Colonel Pomeroy: —
Maiden Bradley is not in my County Herts, but near Bath in Somerset.
However, I sent your letter on to the Duke of Somerset, who replied that he
regretted "he knew of no such picture,'' to which I thanked him for returning
the papers and ventured to remind him of the article by the Duchess of Somer-
set (which I sent to you on a previous occasion,) which mentioned the great
release. He then promised to look into it and after two more polite reminders
from me he sent me a very civil note, dated at Maiden Bradley, Bath, 9/1 1/16:
"Dear Sir: — In reply to yours of Nov. 26, 1 enclose a statement sent
me by our schoolmaster, who is arranging my deeds and papers. He
has a great knowledge of these subjects and as you will see has not
nearly finished arranging and classifying all the very interesting
documents.
Faithfully yours,
"Somerset."
"Mr. J. R. Pomeroy".
I waited to hear from you again, as the war risks made any correspondence
uncertain, but as two letters from the Society as well as the magazine have
reached me safely, I hasten to give you the information you seek on the point
of title — without prejudice, as the lawyers say.
School House, Maiden Bradley, Bath, 6 Nov. 1916.
To His Grace, The Duke of Somerset:
My Lord Duke:
Among the documents which I have so far calendered, there is a deed of
sale which possibly might be the Surrender you are asking about. (It is not a
letter patent.)
It is dated 1 Dec. 1, Edward 6, and recites an earlier deed, dated 6 Nov. 1,
Edward 6, whereby Sir Thomas Pomeroy and Sir Wymond Carewe sold to the
Lord Protector, the Castle and Park of Bery Pomeroy, and also the manors of
Bridgetown, Berry Pomeroy, etc.
As far as I can say at present, it wotdd appear that Sir Thomas Pomeroy
borrowed money from Sir Wymond Carewe knight, and made over his estate
part ^^rtt - potttfrot; Xiatoni and (Knualogg 224
as securityi for a certain number of years. In 1547, the mortgage amounted
to 2300 pounds sterling, and the time limit was nearly expired. Sir Thomas
could not possibly pay and was likely to lose his property had not his friend,
the Protector, come to his assistance and paid out Sir Wymond, and by the
additional siun of 1200 pounds sterling paid to Sir Thomas purchased the
whole estate, whereby the Bery Pomeroy property passed to the family of the
Duke of Somerset. I have not yet seen any Surrender to the King by Sir
Thomas Pomeroy, whereby it might be claimed that the Protector secured the
property, by gift from King Edward through Surrender. What is more, I do
not think one can exist. I have not had time yet to examine the Patent Rolls
in London for any enrolment.
In the little book on Berry Pomeroy Castle on p. 8, 1 see it is said that
"the haughty Lord Protector received the property through the treason and
forfeiture by Sir Thomas Pomeroy, but in my present knowledge, I do not
believe the statement. The documents which I have so far done bear out the
statement made by the 12th Duke, and recorded by the author of the Hand-
Book on p. 16.
This large skin which I use as the basis in working up all the manuscripts
that I come across, has been inroUed I believe and therefore can be taken
as authentic.
The correlation of many of the manuscripts I find extremely difficult on
account of the absence of dates. I have placed many in what I believe to be
their proper sequence, and have so far the Elizabethan, Civil War and Seques-
tration bundled in their first classification. In addition to these I have found
some twenty or more manuscripts relating to Maiden Bradley.
Hoping that the foregoing synopsis on the Berry Pomeroy question will
supply the information required, I remain.
Your Grace's Obedient Servant,
(Signed) John Scanes.
Deposition at Exeter, 25 April 8 Elizabeth, among others of Thomas
Pomeroye, Knight, of the age of Ixvi yeares: Says manors of Parkhame&
Lancrosse were his own lands and had them of the Dyfte Edwarde duke of
Somers, Sen. Says he never made any estate of land in the said manors unto
S*". Richard Edgecombe knight and others. (Thomas Pomeroy esqr. vs
George Bassett.)
Harrye (Henry) Pomeroye of berry Pomeroie of the age of 42 deposed
that he knoweth the complainaint Thomas Pomeroy, the deft George Bassett,
and Sir Thomas Pomeraie knighte; knoweth the manors of Lancras sins lamas
(midsummer) day laste & the manor of Parkham sins mydlent last paste, etc.,
etc. Refers to a conversation had on Wednesday night after Easter 1565 with
225 (Elyanrurg l^tttn VinllB
Thos Pomeroy, complainant & others about the said land & as to how Sir Thos
Pomeroy Knt. could not convey them because he had already conveyed them
to his Sonne Thomas; that John Marshall who received the said manors from
Sir Thomas Pomeroy, knt. and released them back to him again.
The compl Thos is son of Sir Thos. knt. and Lady Jane Pomeroy, aged
58.
Said Sir Thos. said to have made feoffment of said manors 4 Edw. VI. to
Sir Rich Edgecombe kt., Sr. Arthur Champyron kt., Peter Courtney kt.,
John More kt., John Pollard kt., John Chichester Esq., Xpofer Copleston,
esqr., Walter Rowley, esq., and Richard Bennet yeom. — to the use of said
Sir Thomas and Johane his wife for their lives, and after that to the use of
Thomas their son and heir, the compt, and in default of issue to the second son
Arthur Pomeroy.
Closed Rolls for the reign of Edward VI disclose the following document
in Latin:
No. 1, Edward VI, part 5, No. 45. Grants conveyance dated 12 Nov. 1
Edward VI, by Wymund Carew knight to Edward Duke of Somerset and his
heirs for £9000 of the (....) and parke of Bery Pomeroy, with appurte-
nances, and all lands, etc.; and also the manors of Bery Pomeroy, Brixham,
Herberton, Sandridge, etc., sometimes being parcel of the lands, etc., of Sir
Thomas Pomeroy, knight.
Chancery Decree Rolls, No. 432: (Dame Margaret Strode, widow, and
others, against Hoskins, armiger, and others. 20.)
Whcreheretofore, that is to say, in Easter Terme in Anno Dni 1626 Dame
Margaret Strode, widdow, late wife of Sir Robert Strode, knight, deceased,
Hugh Crabbe, Henry Halorie and William Fowler, fower of the customary
tenants of the Mannor of Prebend called Beamister second in the County of
Dorset as well on the behalfe of themselves as of the Customary Tenants of
the said mannor or prebend complaynants, exhibited their bill of reviewe in
this court against Richard Corbet, Clark, Doctor in Divinity and prebendary
of the said mannor and Peter Hoskins, esquire, defendants, declaiming: That
whereas in the terme of Michael the Archangell in the 19th yeere of the raigne
of James I, the now defend'ts being then plaintiffs exhibited their bill of com-
plaint against the now complainants setting forth that upon all surrenders
and nominations the Customary Tenants (being tenants for life) the lord of
the mannor for the tyme being ought to have reasonable fine according to the
value of all tenements granted or sold, the fines being uncertain and arbitrable;
that the tenants for a long time having combined together and denying to
pay such fines, and devised a custom of nomination by anie sole tenant, and
that if the lord and the tenant could not agree on the fine^ (a sum of money
jpart glyr»> - jtomnmg Btotoni anil Omrahigg 22fi
to be paid to the lord by a tenant upon his entry into a tenement as a fee for
the right to enter, and in addition to the rent) that the homage of the mannor
should assess a reasonable fine soe as it were not less than the ancient fine,
and that upon the offer of such fine the tenant ought to be admitted, that
the said custom depending long in variance and the tenants having gotten a
verdict at lawe endeavored to have the said custom confirmed by decree in
this court, which the late lord chancellor EUesmere refused to do, as by an
order made therein 21 Nov., 6 James I appeareth, and that afterwards the
late lord chancellor, the lord Vernlam, notwithstanding decreed the same,
and afterwards ordered that the said customary tenants should be admitted,
although they claymed from tenants not admitted paying their fines, herriots
and other dutyes, and that two courts should be kept yearly to that purpose.
That the said Hoskins in obedience thereto kept courts and admitted as many
tenants as could be despatched. That the now plaintiffs in their bill of
review, being tenants there and other tenants {>erformed not the decree first
by denying to pay the arrearages of fines, rents and herriotts due from those
under whom they claymed. Secondly, by not assessing reasonable fines, for
that it cannot be conceaved that the fynes paid three score or four score years
past can nowe be a reasonable fyne the times being so much altered, and they
gave instance upon the fyne assessed upon the defendant, the ladie Strode,
being three shillings four pence; whereas the tenement she holdeth being a
mill is worth 308 per ann, and the fyne of the Deft. Fowler, Tenement assessed
at 20^ p. ann., and so of diverse others. That the pi tflF Hoskins regard thereof
and in performance of the decree, although he hath admitted the tenants, yet
hath he respited their fynes desiring that the said decree might be explained
by the court what should be a reasonable fyne; and showed that the tenants
of the mannor made secret nominations by word and not presenting the same
at the next court, nor until the death of the tenants, whereby the lord and his
lessee, having no notice who was his tenant in any troubles if anie troubles
and controversies did arise, and therefore prayed by their bill that a reasonable
fine might be ordered by the court, which bill the defendants Hugh Crabb,
Henry Hillary and William Fowler answered saying that their custom is that
every sole tenant customary for life had used to assigne his lands customary
either by nomination or surrender into the hands of the lord or of two cus-
tomary tenants, to the use of one or two other persons for the term of their
lives, or to nominate one other person to be the lords next tenant after his
death, and that such nomination or surrender hath used to be presented at
the next court, after the death or surrender of the nominator, and that the
partie to whom such nomination or surrender is made hath used to come to
the lord to be admitted as tenant, paying a reasonable fyne. And that if
the lord and tennant cannot agree of the fyne that then the homage have used
to assess the ffyne upon their oaths so as they did not assess it under the
SZ7 (Elfanrrrs if ar»» SoUb
ancient fyne, and that such assessment had used to bind both lord and tenant,
and farther said that the pltf Hoskins and his grandfather in the time of King
Henry VIII, by writing under his hand did acknowledge the custom to be
such and that he brought an action of debt for a fyne so assessed; That the
plaintiff Peter Hoskins hath admitted one of his sons according to the said
custom. The deft, denied that the sayd ffynes ought to be according to the
value of the lands, saying that they might rise or fall, and sayd that the com-
plte had lost manie ffynes by not keeping court; That the Tryalls formerly
had were by order of the Court of Kings Bench who approved the said custume
upon solemn argument; That the late Lord Chancellor EUesmere, before
whom the said custom came to be heard, would not decree the same for that
the prebendarie was not made a partie. And that upon the Tenants pre-
ferring a new bill in this court wherein they made the then prebendarie a
partie and the cause came to hearing; the late lord chancellor Velurain decreed
the customs for the Tenants, and ordered that the said Pr. Hoskins should
keep courts. That notwithstanding the said decrees the pet. Hoskins pre-
ferred a new bill wherein he surmised the fines to be arbitrable, and that the
homage ought not to be judges in their own case. And lastly the said Defts
said that in assessing of the said ffines the homage had consideration of build-
ing and Improvements. And the ladie Margarett Strode, one other of the
Defts, by her answer sayed that she believed the custom of the said mannor
to be as formerly, by the other the same is set forth; And that Sir Robert
Strode, knight, deceased, (her late husband) bestowed great charges in repair-
ing the mills, customary now in her occupation in which respect the fine
charge of was assessed at but 13s 4d which ffyne she was readdie; and all the
said Defts concluded their answers with a general travers, the which answers
the then Compts replied. Witnesses were examined and published. And in
Michas term 21 James, the cause was heard by the Rev. fFather in God, John,
lord Bishop of Lincoln, then lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, Sir
Justice Hatton then assisting him, to this purpose vigt: That the Tenants
should respectively pay to the lord for the time being half a yeers ymproved
value of everie the said customary Tenements or cottages as a fine, and as the
least fHne that should be assessed, and that if anie difference should arise as
to the value the Justices of Assize of Dorsett should moderate the fine, for the
revising of which decree the said bill of review by some of the customary
tenants was exhibited, showing that they were greatly dameged for that the
former judgments in confirmation of their custom were overthrowne soe that
the ancient homages had nothing to doe, and that if the value of the land
should fall then the homage could not assesse under the former fine and that
manie fines were allreadie higher than half a yeeres value, and that there are
five other mannors adjoining which claime the same custome; and that if the
answer of this mannor should be impugned the rest of the said mannors would
be in danger. And lastly, they sayed that there are within the said five
manners two thousand communicants; and amongst them many able men to
paie subsidies; and that out of the said five mannors five pounds a week is
paid to the King's majesty for customs of Clothes, which would be all over-
throwne if the said custom should be ympugned and the said customary lands
be appropriated unto the said Mr. Hoskins and his children. And therefore
the Complaints by the bill of review prayed that they might be freed from the
said decree, which bill of review Mr. Doctor Corbet and Peter Hoskins an-
swered. And first the Deft. Hoskins said and confessed that the said Mr.
Doctor Corbet as prebendarie and Peter Hoskins as farmer of the said manner
of Beamister Second did heretofore exhibit their bill of complaint to such
effect as formerly is set forth and the same cause came to be heard and de-
creed in the term of St. Michael the Archangel, 21 James, by the said Bishop
of Lincoln, and being long debated, it appeared unto his lordship that the
only question was touching the reasonableness of fines, and that by the
decree of the said Lord Verulam their customs were allowed unto them, and
that every fine ought to be reasonable and not under the ancient fine; that
the fines set down by the homages were not reasonable, and that the Bishop
of Lincoln for avoiding the unconscionableness of the said homages and all
further suits decreed that all and every customary tenant upon his admitt-
ance should from thenceforth pay half a years ymproved value at the least.
And that the homagers should not assess anie ffyne under that value. And
that if anie difference should arise upon the true ymprovement that the same
should be moderated by the justices of the assize for Dorsett or by the sevior
of them. And so likewise upon sudden ymprovements, and that he did not
conceive any former verdicts to be overthrowne, and decreed that half a yeers
value is a reasonable fyne, and that the other mannors mentioned of the same
holding to pay one years value at the least. And that the said bill of review
sets forth nothing to alter said decrees nor but what has bee alleged at the
former hearing. That the most of the said customary Tenants have been of
late parceled and dismembered by the Tenants themselves into so many
partes and small quillets as that there are few or none ancient fines; and that
by the said last decree the fine is reduced to a moderate proportion. And
denied that he sought anie of the customary lands to himself or to his children
but desired only a reasonable fine upon admittance. And lastly he said that
his rents, herriotts and duties were and are detained from him. And denied
that he ever dealt hardly or strictly with anie of the said tenants either before
or since the decree. And in conclusion prayed that the said decree of the Bp.
of Lincoln be not reversed but confirmed. And the Deft. Mr. Doctor Corbet
said he joined in the defense to the end that the church might not receave any
prejudice, consented to half a yeeres value for a fine as being reasonable.
And that whereas in the term of St. Michael Archangel 1625 Robert Pinckney,
229 (mytmrrrg ¥ttrn HallM
clerk, prebendarie of the mannor and prebend of Beamister prima and the
said Peter Hoskins, farmer, exhibited their bill of complaint in the court
against Henry Helary, William Seaborne and William Fowler, three of the
customary tenants of the mannor of Beamister prima setting forth that the
said mannor consists of divers customary lands devised by coppie of Court
Roll for one two or three lives, for such reasonable fines as the lord and tenant
could agree upon, the fines to be arbitrable. And that the tenants in time of
Henry VIII having gotten from the then lord a long lease of the said mannor
to their own use, continuing until about the end of the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth whereby both lord and tenant did invent unreasonable customs for their
own advantage and to the great prudice of the church of Sarum; And alleging
that every customary tenant solely seized for life and every widow having
but a widow's estate. Coverts, Infants, Idiots, Lunaticks, or any other p>ersons
disabled by the law might and may in their death beds or att any time in their
life by word out of Court and without the privaty of the lord of the said
mannor, in private nominate who shall be the lord's next tenants after his
death of their coppiehold tenements. And that such person so nominated
shall offer himselfe reddie to paie a reasonable fTine to the lord for his admitt-
ance, to be assessed by the homage, if the lord and tenant cannot agree upon
the amount, but not under the ancient fine. That upon pretence of this
custom the Tenants one for another doe assess verie small and unreasonable
fFines in case of themselves and to the great pjudice of the prebendarie and
his farmers. And further shewed that contrarie to the general custome of
all the coppieholders there the defts, ptend that they may at their own will
exchange, devide and parallel the houses of their Tenements and cottages
and the lands belonging unto as manie partes and parcells as they list, and
alien commons incident, inclose the wastes apportion the rents and devide
the herriott or lay it upon what part they please, and do convert the dwelling
houses into barnes, stables and stalls by means whereof the lord is like to be
defeated of his rents and herriotts and the mannor be brought to confusion.
And by confederacy among themselves did and doe putt in practice their newe
devised and unreasonable customs, laying their purses together, putting the
complt. Hoskins to ppetuall, suit and trouble, keeping and detaining the
former ancient court rolls which make manifest their said wrong courses.
And refuse to pay their fFynes, rents and herriotts long since due for releefe
in the premises. And to the end that the said custom's may be reduced into
some order, for avoiding multiplicity of suites, and assessing a reasonable fine
is the effect of the pltfF's bill. Suppoena was directed to the Defts. to appear
and answer, who appeared and answered. That the mannors of Beamister
Prima and Beamister Secundo have had one and the same custom, and hope
that upon their bill of review hereinbefore mentioned there will be an end,
also of this suit touching the custome of Beaminster Prima. Averring that
Part gtlprrr - Pomgrog BiBlnrg ml> (grttralogg 230
customs of both the said mannors are alike. And therefore demanded judg-
ment whether they should make anie answere until the question of the custome
of Beamister second were determined upon the said bill of review. They also
sayed that they maintained their custome for ffeine, coverts. Infants, Idiotts
and lunaticks to nominate, and that this hath been heretofore objected against
them and yet there custome allowed toe be good. And claimed right to
parcell and apportion their Tenements and the rents and herriotts thereof
by their custome. And had anciently used itt as Tenants in fFeee use to doe.
And denied that they had anie Court Rolls, Court books, books of survity
(survey) or evidences wch concerned the said mannors and lands, or that they
denied to pay their rents, arrearages of rents, ffines or herriotts, and soe ended
with the general Travers as by the said Bill, the answere remaining of record
in this honorable Court; more att large appeareth. To wch answere of the
Defts, the plaintiffs replyed, and ther upon yssue being joined in both said
suits several commissions were by this court awarded, witnesses examined,
their depositions returned and published; then a day was appointed for hear- ^
ing the cause of the said bill of review, which day being the 30th June last the ^
both parties had reference to reasonable fynes to be assessed by the tenants
homagers wch are uncertain, thir court therefore moved and soe ordered that
Mr. Sergeant Crew, and Mr. Sergeant Ashley, of counsel on both sides
should treat with said parties and pswade in a reasonable way touching the
said fynes in both the said causes of the two mannors respectively, and make
certificate thereof to this Courte. And ther upon the court would strike such
a strocke therein as should be fitt. That according to said order, as also of
another order of 16 Oct. last pursuing the former, the said Pr. Sergt. Crewe
and Mr. Sergt. Ashley, in the presence of William Sealome, John Hillary and
John Crabb on behalf of the Tennts, and of John Hoskins on the behalfe of
the said Prebendaries and Peter Hoskins his fFather treated between them to
the differences, the point resting upon the reasonableness of the fyne decreed
to half a yeeres value, wch the plaintiffs by their bill of Review sought to re-
verse. And on the Tennants behalfe it was insisted that cause concerned
multitudes, and that by their custome the homage were to assess the reason-
ableness of the ffyne, so that it were not under the old ffine, ffor wch the
Tenants with the favor of this courte desired that they might not receade,
yett such as were lowe themselves would sett higher, but not to reduce to
anie certaintie to p'indice their custome. And the other side in regard to
said offer contained noe certainty and still leave itt in the pleasure of the
Tenants what is a reasonable ffine, wch Pr. Hoskins conceiving that it would
still breede suits and trouble until all might be made certaine, humbly desired
the benefit of the decree that had settled itt at half a yeeres value, submitting
himself wholly to the courte. Whereuppon the said Serjeants returned the
231 (Stftttrrrg 9»9rrr lUiUfl
same to the determination of this court. That ther uppon the Court ap-
pointed this 10 Nov. for the hearing the court being assisted by Pr. Baron
Denham and Mr. Justice Whitlock. It appeared that by a special verdict an
ancient psentment of the Tenants by the Pits, owne bill and by their answer
to the Defts crosse bill, by depositions of witnesses taken in Queen Mary's
tyme and likewyse by the decrees formerly made by the late lord keepers, the
Bishopp did direct because the said Judges had no power to minister an oath
whereby they might understand the true value of the said landes. But his
Lordshipp with advise of the said Judges Assistants declared that the said fine
ought to be reasonable and indifferent and to be guided and sett according to
the value of the said land the circumstances considered and that the lord or
his steward in other cases ought not to sett a fine too high for the lords benefitt
soe in this case the homage ought not in favour of the Tenants to assess the
fine too low. For that it is equally against reason and indifference to sett a fine
too lowe as to sett it too high; and that by the opinion of his Lordship and
his said assistants halfe a yeeres ymproved value in general cases was a
reasonable and indifferent Fine to be assessed within this manor. And yett
uppon spiall Circumstances itt might be reasonable to assess it either higher
or lower as the spiall case shall require uppon all wch reasons his lordship doth
now declare by the advice of the said Judges Assistants. And itt is this psent
Terme of St. Michael the Arkangel that is to saie on Munday the tenth day of
November in the fourth yeare of the raigne lord Charles by the grace of God
of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the faith etc. By
the right honorable Thomas lord Coventry lord keeper of the creat seal of
England and the high court of chancery and the Authority of the same accord-
ingly ordered and decreed that the lord or lords of said manors Beamister
Prima and Beamister Secunda ought not to be bound by the old Fine But
that from henceforth a reasonable and indifferent Fyne shall be assessed and
that the same ought to be neere about the proporcon of half a yeeres value at
an improved value. And that to be assessed without fraude or Covyn
according to the Circumstances of the Case that the said Fyne may be some-
times more and sometimes lesse than the said halfe yeares value. Wherefore
if in Case the lord and Tenants cannot agree touching the Fyne wch shall be
sett by the homage then this Courte will from tyme to tyme upon mocon made
and without any new bill to bee in that behalfe exhibited either assess the said
Fyne or else grant a commission to examine uppon oath the true value of the
said landes and to assess the same. And the Tennants of the said mannors ot
Beaminster prima and Beminster secunda whoe stand unadmitted shall at the
next Courte to be holden by the lord or lords of the said manors come in and
be admitted Tenants unto their severall Coppiholds and soe alwaies after at
the next courte uppon surrender and death.
Part (Plfrrr - lfamt>n^ Xiatorg sttii (Settralii^ti 232
Q^ife JT^rre of Artual S^rorb Antl^ort^
(Rnwodoccd from Pomaroy Pamplec N«nb«r Ob«)
N 1912 the Secretary of the Pomeroy Family Association, under-
standing that the New England Historic-Genealogical Society
was a philanthropic association, and knowing that it was com-
posed of fair-minded gentlemen and gentlewomen, presented to
that society a copy of the "History and Genealogy of the
Pomeroy Family," believing that it would receive fair treat-
ment at the hands of the society, if for no other or better reason than
that of ordinary courtesy. It appears now, however, that there was an under-
study of the editor of the New England RegisteVy a committeeman of some
reputation as a '^discoverer," who had the ambition, with both hands and eyes
up, to receive a fat commission to trace the English ancestry of Eltweed Pome-
roy, prompted, perhaps, after said society had published a leaflet, prepared
by a former secretary of the Pomeroy Family Association, and which was paid
for at the usual price. The leaflet was entitled, **Eltweed Pomeroy of Dor-
chester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., and Four Generations of his Descend-
ants." There is always a motive. Disappointment and chagrin, perhaps,
accounts for the severe and caustic remarks, and the unprofessional attitude
with which this gift book was received by the would-be-editor referred to
above, and the ulterior motive which prompted him at once set about to
discredit said book, without a line of proof, and totally ignoring the hbtoric
fact that Eltweed Pomeroy, the head of the family in America, was chosen
First Selectman of Dorchester, one of the first and most progressive and
enterprising colonies in New England. Eltweed Pomeroy occupied much the
same relative position in the colony of Dorchester, in Massachusetts, in
America, in 1632, that Sir Ralph de Pomeroy did in County Devon, England,
in 1066. For 600 years there seemed to have been no degeneracy in this
representative of the name and family.
All of the aspersions of the New England Register^ therefore, were in
vile contrast to the customary courtesy one might expect from a dignified
society, which claimed to publish a genealogical magazine under philanthropic
obligations. In order that the tone of this statement may be better under-
stood by the Pomeroy race it is necessary, perhaps, to say that certain em-
ployes of said genealogical quarterly have made persistent and malicious
efforts to discredit the History and Genealogy^of the Pomeroy Family, and
our immigrant ancestor, Eltweed Pomeroy.
I'lrt ^\r-* - ^iimraig Utatnrg anh (&tmuia^i$ 232
She Jitrre i^f Artital Hrrorb Autl|flriti|
Ci»-- •}-!:€ a rrom: Pomerov Pamp'et N«iniber Oott)
i I
V. ., a . :i''i:f.r5':: n^hr«:i itM»n, and kru.win^ that it was»on-..
"'i \'f |H^'-* t ' 'i:\ '-'S'A.u: ■fit'Dtlcinr-n and ii- ntiCN«.(.nsen, prcsentc-i ^u
r rl M ',• .-TV a o.m it rne ' Hi^rurv and (ientalocv or* the
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h.'.Ln,,. . { P--^i\-- . ?.r"»v,'* Ih levins that it wcuIJ n-reive fair treat- i
!' «- M .it *.i:; i..t.:i > ::'" r*: -jir-rry, if rnr no other or herter reas'^n than |
♦■1 i\ -' ;' .M,.t' » -^(''.i '• ^.;' f^ .r,»-'j.i'*s nn\A- J;.. ucvc**, that there ^^ as an unJer- j
'i :l'- c i •• '. ^•*. liv Vi xv 1- 1 jlaid A\i':'':rr^ a u>ir.ii;ittccman of some !
•'. ». 4 " ii' '^.> 4 • . .w . • ,'* ',1 !.{! haJ tiicf itn L'tion, wltli hotfj h:in<;s itiU eyes I
.i;", »j :i:.i :i.- • ^- <.^ »t; t:atc tlu.* i-^ini'ibh rincc'stry of FUwecd Pome-
:■•••', ^ ■•! 't i'- ., :; ".] ^.^".i s.>('..,-y |-.<ui pti^'ivhcd a leii^rt, prepared
Ly L •*» •.. ! V iV.u..-: )) Far^ii!^ Assciciation, and which was paid
/../«»■'!.• i . ' ' \- ' *'cr \\as tru'fl' J, **r.lt\^c-.ed Forneror of Dor- '
chr.,!v:. '' ; " J .. L*'../jn., and Fo..r (icncrai ions of his Descend- <
an-s." '', : •■ •" a rw.vvc-. I i'i.a;'-/i.-n- :nent and chagrin, perhaps,
accow i» ; : . :-.L .t: .». -.1 t ,i i^ik rt-'na:*-.s, j;iid tlie unprofessional attitude I
with vv=-:.'i ' i.- I '; ;...- \s - *-^ ft^.-ntrd hy flie v«>n'd-be-editor referred to
abov'^, and liiw w!.'_--:oi r>-0"ve vt nnh |Tun.^tevi him at once set about to
discrc :'r =\r..i ^. .'ik, uitiiout a lino t«f pror.f, ani! t-^ally iLnoring the historic i
iii t- *; :: \ I'.vfju Ponx: »v. tl <f nt-a-l of r'lt! tanuU* in Aineri.a, ^^as chosen
i.:j-.r *- •; ^rr'Hn of j ' .: !«"*i'r, rnc nr the ^T-^t and rn-.\s*- prr.prcssivc and
jr •.. '• / I- li-M-r^ ,r N:.iV i na and. i-."i-\^etj..l l^>rll(."^^.^ occvij^-icd much the .
'., '■]] f\u^ o«l.r-v of Drr, i.r-v.te'-, in Ma=;s,U'l'rj5,t»tts, in
• '■•• Ra'}M tK- Pinion.. y d'll hi Cuunt) I):n'{;n, F.n-jland, i
• : . -: M:{"-c* siv'nu\l to ha\c hvcn no dcf.reneracv in this i
• ' • iH'^d i.in:ily.
• ■: ' :.f \]tc. \i:A Fng^and /\r;'/.wV»-, therefore, were in
>•'>). .tiV ^^(^urre^y one miid'.t expect from a dignified
• ' • .i'tish a ti-n;"a! ^j.ical nuiL":aiiiie under phlhinthropic
li-ar me r();;e of thi.s statement n-av be better under-
^! • . • , . .>v rai e it is n.^ce^siry, pe'-ha^^s, to sav that certain cm-
y . • • .- • •" ..!«>.i,iv.ii .]uar^cr]y have mavle persistent and malicious
tr- •• • ^ ro .. ,^_.*.. J'" :h^' M-N'orv a!Hi Genealogy, of tb.e Ponieroy haniily, and
o ir iTiKiUranr .ii;. ■^^':•r, hitwccd Poincroy.
anti Muytrg Kmkrtt mm oHurrirlL
233 gl?> 3ara of Attnal Viftarh Atttlynrttg
The Pomcroy Pamphlet, Number One, referred to in the above caption,
was prepared principally by C. A. Hoppin, genealogist, from actual records
in England, in reply to an attack by a tyro in genealogy covering eleven pages
of the New England Register on the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family; also, to extract the venom from a letter surreptitiously circulated by
the tyro referred to, at the time employed on the said quarterly. In order to
secure an audience he prostituted to his personal use the name and respecta-
bility of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society and its ^^official
organ."
Doubtless some of this extraneous material has attracted the attention
of Pomeroy men and women, and of others in collateral lines. It is, therefore,
deemed just and expedient that the more pertinent portions of the two
Pomeroy brochures be reproduced in this volume. In his complaint the tyro
concentrated his attack upon the charge that your historian had changed the
alleged Harleian MS. 1091, which is referred to in the pages which follow.
The value of this folio 109** is almost entirely confined to the heraldic
portrayal. That portrayal is exactly what the folio was made for in the
note book of a man who made some sort of unofficial business of painting
coats-of-arms upon application. He was no authority whatever upon
pedigrees. The pedigrees on the same folio are merely incidental as well as
erroneous. The crest of the CoUiton Pomeroys thereon is merely an heraldic
note of something claimed to have been used by another branch of the
Pomeroys not embraced in the pedigree on the same folio.
If^ralikir Atmlgsia of ^BxUm M^.
Harleian MS. 1163, as mentioned in your letter of Sept. 12, contains no
reference to Thomas Pomeroy, who married Mary Drew. The folio you give
(59) is the pedigree of Valenrine Pomeroy of Sandridge, 1620, who married
Jane Reynell, and it gives a description of the Pomeroy arms and ancient
seal of John de La Pomeroy as given in my long letter, in the heraldic part,
which letter referred to the seal particularly. The same MS., 1163, was
published by the Harleian Society, with the seal of John de La Pomeroy
described. — Heraldic Dissection by C A, Hoppin of the Arms on Folio 109^
Harleian MS. 1091; Four different Coats-of-Arms are tricked in the Various
Illustrations,
1. Pomeroy, with the five quarterings of the Ingsden branch, viz: two
for Beaumont, three for Carew, four argent, an eagle displaying azure, armed,
gules, five for Southcote, six for Hengscott.
2. Pomeroy impaling Drew for Thomas Pomeroy, the head of the same
branch, and Mary Drew his wife.
3. Pomeroy impaling Seccomb for John Pomeroy and Mary Seccomb.
4. Seccomb impaling Bligh, which latter coat was intended to show that
part ILifrtt - iloiivniif 9iatorg atdk (inirala^ 234
Mary, wife of John Pomeroy, was the dau^ter of Arthur Seccomb by his first
wife, Grace Bligh; the same is proved by the will of lunothy Seccomb, 1644,
filed at Bodmin, Cornwall. (See page 70, History and Genealogy of the
Pomeroy Family.)
Both the impaled coats of Pomeroy have a crescent "for diflPerence," and
so have the arms of the same John Pomeroy on the monument to his infant
daughter in the church of St. Stevens at Launceston, Cornwall. His son, the
Dean of Cork in Ireland, who is not known to have had an elder brother, bore
the same mark of cadency. The crescent is the mark of a second son, or
branch of a second son. As Thomas Pomeroy was the oldest son, he must be
presumed to have adopted a crescent as a distinction of a younger branch,
not of a second son. If so, it looks as if John and his son adopted it on
the same grounds, otherwise they must have assumed it as the distinction ot
second sons.
It has been asserted by some of the paid or unpaid officers of the New
England Historic-Genealogical Society that you have thrust upon me the
responsibility of changing the alleged Harleian MS. 1091, which appears in
the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1914,
facing page 47. Now, my thus newly-designated "partner in crime," I was
not aware (nor can I believe) that you had favored me with that thrust-
ing.* Surely you could not have lacked the courage to inform me of such
alleged thrusting if the truth had permitted you to do so.
Since I have found some original official records bearing upon the said
portion of the Pomeroy-Hengscott pedigree, published in the said New
England Register for January, 1914, facing page 47, the indignation and
resentment which those charges aroused in me have changed, in this Pomeroy
connection, to the "smile that will not come off."
The illustration facing the said page 47 of seven alleged generations
of a Pomeroy-Hengscott pedigree is described on page 47 of the New Eng-
land Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1914, as being a
facsimile of "folio 109^ of Harleian MS. 1091 .... this MS. containing
*Mr. Hoppin certainly had no hand in ataembling and etublithing the pedigree referred to. In fact, I had never
met him until after I had found and photographed the tolio containing the alleged Harleian MS. 1091, and had made the
necessary corrections to make it conform to records shown in Col. Vivian's Visitations of the peraona named in folio 109d.
Mr. Hoppin, after studying the photograph I had secured, and the Vivian records I submitted to [^im, merely^ made an
enlaraea sketch of the small drawing and somewhat obscure notes upon the photograph and then wrote and signed the
certibcate, which appears in the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, at my request. The corrected pedigree
of the generations mvolved may be found back of page 109, in the Pomeroy Family book, also in this leaflet under the
caption "The Corrected and Extended Pedigree," and conforms in everv essential to the new evidence produced by Mr.
Hoppin in this interesting letter. In quoting in the Register the certification attached to said pedigree the chief com-
mitteeman of the foreign research committee of the New England Historic-Genealojpcal Society on page 55, Tanuary,
1914, number, purposely omitted the words which made the certificate necessary, viz.: "And that the heraldic inter-
pretation is correct 'after the representations in the said photograph supplied to me bv Col. A. A. Pomeroy.'" leaving the
impression in the minds of the readers that Mr. Hoppin had perpetrated or uttered a false certificate to mislead; and that
the pedigree in the photograph of said folio 109d as it appeared in the New England Re^ster was correct. Taken in
its integrity, Mr. Hoppin's certificate places the responsibility of correcting and extending said pedigree upon me.-*
A. A. P.
Z35 ^Ift ¥attf of Artntti ibrnrii Attttforttg
the Visitation of Devon in 1564 by William Harvey, Clarenceux King-of-
Arms."
I saw, last week, for the first time in my life, folio 109^ of Harleian
MS. 1091, and found that the above description of it is misleading, not being
sufficiently accurate. Properly stated, the Visitation of Devonshire in 1564
by William Harvey, King-of-Arms, is not an Harleian MS., and not in the
British Museum. It is an original manuscript, extant only in the College-
of-Arms. Moreover, in this latter one and only authoritative and actual
record of the actual Visitation of Devonshire in 1564 there is no Pomeroy
pedigree in connection with the Hengscott pedigree, as represented on folio
109 ^ of the alleged Visitation of MS. 1091 shown facing page 47 in the January,
1914, number of the New England Register. Nor do the Pomeroys named on
folio 109^ aforesaid appear separate from the Hengscotts, or in any connection
whatever, in the said one and only genuine Visitation of Devonshire of
1564. At various times since that year, various persons for various purposes,
have made various alleged "copies" of the said genuine original manuscript
in the CoUege-of-Arms; and these persons have added to their alleged "copies"
various notes of pedigrees, etc., to suit their own private purposes or
pleasures. Several of these "copies," after various vicissitudes, have been
cared for at the British Museum. In every one of them occurs the same
pedigree of Hengscott as in the original Visitation MS. of 1564 and as in the
said folio 109^ of Harleian MS. 1091; but in no one of them is there any
Pomeroy pedigree in connection with the Hengscott pedigree. Neither do
the Pomeroys named on folio 109^ reproduced as aforesaid, in the New
England Register ^ appear separate from the Hengscotts, nor in any connection
whatever in any one of these "copies" of the 1564 Visitation of Devonshire
of William Harvey. literally, therefore, the statement on page 47 of the
New England Register that the said folio 109^ was (or is) from the Visitation
of Devonshire in 1564 by William Harvey is indisputably untrue — or, in the
language of courtesy, an unconscious aberration.
Wherefrom, therefore, came this Pomeroy pedigree facing page 47 in
the New England Register? A part of it was taken and put together from
two separate parts of Benolte's Visitation of Devon of 1531. The remaining
part of it was imagined by whoever made MS. 1091, or folio 109*^ therein.
And no Pomeroy or Hengscott furnished the invented part to the author
of MS. 1091, for every man named on folio 109*^ is proven to have died
long before MS. 1091 was written.
What, therefore, is Harleian MS. 1091? And who and what was the
person or persons who made it? This manuscript is officially described by
the British Museum in its printed Catalogus Librorum MSS. Bibliotheca
Harleianae as "1091; an Heraldic Book in Folio wherein are contained MSS.
relating to" (as specified) "eight separate subjects." The first and third
Part gttprr» - Pomfrag ygforg aitii ijfttfalogg 23B
of these subjects, being (more or less accurately translated) transcripts
of patents granted in 1617 and 1623, respectively, they explicitly suggest
that this MS. 1091 was not made until at least fifty-six years after the 1564
Visitation of Devon by William Harvey. Section two deals with the very
lengthy *'Epitaph sett upon the tomb of Thomas Ridgway, Esq." As
this gentleman was alive twenty-nine years after 1564, and as this inscription
ends with a note, in the same handwriting, of the burial of Leicester Ridgway
in 1627, and the burial in 1636 of a son-in-law of the said Thomas Ridgway,
MS. 1091 may be placed two generations — seventy-two years (time enough
for three generations) — after the date (1564) claimed for it in the Register.
Section four of MS. 1091 is entitled, **Arms of the Devonshire Gentry reduced
to an Alphabet, by Jacob Chaloner;" but the names of the families to whom
the greater part of them belong are wanting. The practically valueless
character of this section of MS. 1091 is obvious. Section five is entitled
in said official catalog, '*Arms and Pedigrees copied from the Book of the
Visitation of Devonshire taken by William Harvey, Esq., alias Clarencieux
King-of-Armes; begoone at Exeter the 21st of July, 1564; done by Jacob
Chaloner, aforesaid; with additions by Mr. John Saunders and others."
(The date of this title refers to the beginning by Harvey, not to the date of
the making of MS. 1091.) Folio 109^ of this section is shown facing the
said page 47 of the New England Register; but the Register s reproduction
neither shows the different inks of the original nor clearly demonstrates
the different handwritings on this original folio; nor shows that the drawings
of arms of the families of Drew, Bligh, etc., have no direct bearing upon
the Pomeroys represented in the pedigree; nor that folio 109^ bears more than
twice as many drawings as any other pedigree folio in the entire book, many
having none, one sketch being the rule, if any. The first three parts, sections,
or chapters of Harleian MS. 1091, are known to be in the handwriting of
**Mr. John Saunders." Part five is said to be in the handwriting of Jacob
Chaloner, with the exception of various notes and drawings by the said
"And Others." The skeleton pedigree on folio 109** is in the hand of Chaloner,
though the Hengscott portion of it appears, from the ink, and from its being
crowded into a narrow side of the page, as not having been written, possibly,
at the same time as the Pomeroy peidgree thereon; while the notes thereon
appear to be in a style somewhat different from both Chaloner and Saunders.
'And Others" is thus the seemingly tangible author of them.
Harleian MS. 1091 was a private note-book, all written on the same
kind of paper, begun many years after 1564, by John Saunders (or Chaloner),
extended by Jacob Chaloner and completed by '*And Others" — ^all persons
of what authority? Chaloner is named but three times in the many published
Visitations of the many counties of England. He is best described in his own
words in Harleian MS. 1241, entitled, (another) ^^Heraldic Book," containing
23r gtyy 9ottt of Kami Viftarh Antlpirttti
**A Copie" of the Visitations of Shropshire by Richard Lee, Marshall to
Robert Coke, Clarcncieux King-of-Arms, 1564, and "Augmented by many
notes and Gatherings of Lewis Dunne and others; by me Jacob Chaloner
until the year 1620;" and "copied by me Thomas Hanford, 1661."
Saunders is described in the British Museum's official catalog of the
Harleian MSS. (referring to Harleian MS. 1045, "An Heraldical Book,"
written by Saunders, part 5, entitled, "Entrances of Arms of Nobility and
Gentry and Reputed Gentry, furnished by Mr. John Saunders, the Painter-
Stainer, at their Respective Funerals, from November, 1652 to January,
1675-6"). Thus, Mr. Saunders was actively at work one hundred and
twelve years after the Visitation of 1564. I have a recent certificate from a
high official of the CoUege-of-Arms which affirms that the notebooks, etc.,
kept by the old painter-stainers like Saunders, who painted coats-of-arms
for pay upon application, "are of no authority." . . . Chaloner and Saunders
are not named in the list of the officers of the CoUege-of-Arms from 1483
to 1804. Nothing that they wrote was officially recognized by the heraldic
authorities of England. Neither man is mentioned in Noble's History of the
College-of-Arms.
The British Museum official catalogue of the Harleian MSS. (vol. 2,
page 48) refers to "painter-stainers" entitling their books as "The Visitation
of the County of Berkshire," etc., in these words: 'This Title b a Painter's
Title; for Painters, when they see a Book of Pedigree relating to one County
alone, usually call them Visitations, without further examination."
Many of these old heraldic "copies," "notes," and "augmentations" are
veritable quagmires. Genealogists know, or should know, that before being
accepted the evidence these manuscripts contain must be tested by a com-
parison with official parish, probate, diocesan and crown records. Heraldic
evidences of pedigree were even under suspicion in Harvey and Chaloner's
times. It is at least amusing to note that Queen Elizabeth is quoted as
having said, when referring to a newly-appointed herald, "If he is no better
than his predecessor he ought to be hanged." Dethick, king-of-arms in
Chaloner's time, had a stormy period when the Earl of Essex referred to him
as "no herald, only that branded fellow," to which was replied in defense,
an herald, though a wicked man, is nevertheless an herald." But the
unkindest cut of all" is given modernly, in Studies in Peerage and Family
History y (J. H. Round, 1901); see also Same Feudal Coats^f-ArmSy (Joseph
Foster, 1902) for references to "the malpractices displayed by the officious
Elizabethan Heralds."
Harleian MS. 1538 names the same Pomeroys of MS. 1091, but in an
arrangement entirely different, yet equally erroneous. Tuckett's Devon-
shire Pedigrees also place the same Pomeroys in still another "crazy quilt."
None of them are wholly true. The pedigree on folio 109^ of Harleian
Part (glyrrr - PotMMmg H tirtorg mxh (tntratogg 23H
MS. 1091, as in the New England Register, is unlrue, as will be proven pres-
ently. This manuscript was picked up in some old book-and-manuscript
market by Edward Harley, a rich man who had a hobby for such things.
When he died in 1741 his widow "cleared the woodshed" of thousands of old
papers and parchments, some invaluable, others valueless, and sent them to
help the then recently founded British Museum. After Harley, the collection
is now named; likewise, the Harleian Society, founded in 1869. Your thanks,
Col. Pomeroy, are due to Mrs. Harley for saving that folio 109^ from the
furnace and dustman, so that you could correct its errors, extend it if you
pleased, and put it into the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family;
and, also, so that the gudgeon-like torsk of Beacon Hill could swallow the old
original bait, erratic hook and all, and present it facing page 47, as aforesaid,
for the purpose of showing that you had changed it. And, as well, so that some
of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society's officers or servants
might have the pleasure of hurling at your devoted head certain vicious
epithets.
Of course, you corrected that folio 109** ancestry of Henry Pomeroy,
named at the foot of it:
". . And must the man who seeks
To bring it rescue from its kindred freaks,
Also helmet his head 'gainst magazines
Intent to smash him into smithereens?
And must he find himself, ere he can think.
Described in words unfit for noble ink?
May he not even seek to sift the wheat
From out of the chaff of Ashburton street?
And aim to change to better knowledge
Folios alleged from Heralds' G)llege,
Or dare to doubt the dictum of a sage (?)
Posed as Authority on New England's page,
Without the feeling that behind his bade
There circulates a sinister attack
By those who seem to further private aims
By Rtgister-ing in print their famous (?) names?
If so, *My Word!' he soon may newly see
Undreamt pleasures in quest of pedigree.
Through camping upon others' trails for pay.
And Ancient House-breaking be not hb lay!'
Of course, you corrected the errors in that folio — 109^ pedigree of the
said Henry Pomeroy. And I well remember receiving from you, some time
afterwards evidently, the favor of your request that I describe the significances
of the various drawings, and also to decipher the obscure words in a photo-
graph submitted to me for that purpose, accompanied by a note bearing the
words "Harleian MS." and the numbers "1091" and "21893." That reading
I thus supplied of the photograph submitted is correct, as I then certified,
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though I did not know then that the latter number was the photographer's
number of the photograph.* The drawings later ordered by you of me of
the arms of various allied families, whose names you presented, are also correct,
in accordance therewith.
Well, now, here's for the supreme test of the pedigree represented facing
page 47 of the January, 1914, New England Register — the test by which all
heraldic visitations, both "original" and "copies," "augmented" or "unaug-
men ted," stand or fall. fFas Ms folio 109 pedigree of the said Henry Pomeroy
in the New England Register correct^ or is your published ancestry of this man the
true one?
The said original folio is entitled "Pomery of Bery in Devenshere."
Out of the twenty-six of the twenty-eight persons named on this original folio
109^ only one, the first named, was of Berry, as a person of legal age. Robert
Camell, Henry Pomeroy's father-in-law, is named in the second generation of
the pedigree facing page 47 of the New England Register^ as of "Vitilford in
Northamptonsh." There was neither then, nor since then, such a place in
that shire. Neither was there such a place in England; nor was Robert
Camell of any other place in Northamptonshire. — {Index VillariSy WhellaWs
Gazeteery Baker's History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton.)
Henry Pomeroy, second generation, is given on the said page of the New Eng-
land Register as having issue by "Amy" Camell. She had no child by him.
The name of the mother of his children is omitted on this folio 109^ and on the
New England Register's reproduction thereof. The said Henry Pomeroy is
given a son Henry as the third generation. This generation on folio 109^ is
fictitious. For proof thereof the following document will be sufficient unto all
men versed in ancient records, it being the official report of a Commission
appointed by the Crown to determine the lordship of a manor; and being in
itself remarkable for affording proof of seven consecutive generations of
Pomeroys, it is hereinbelow translated from the Latin original substantially in
full, and thus now presented for the first time:
(Public Record Office, London.)
Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem. Series II, Vol. 30, M. 14. Devon.
Writ dated at Westminster 25th January 6 Henry VIII [1514-15].
Inquisition taken at Totton mapta in Devon 6th October 7 Henry VIII after the death
of Katherine Huddesfeld, widow, by the oath of Benedict Sloote, John Hal8,Simon Horsewill,
William Odv, William Voyse. John Luacombe of Luscombe, William Allerton. John Huxham,
John Moreshedde, Nicholas Payne, David Stone, Thomas Cuttewill, John Heloroke and Penro
Come [?].
*lt is amntiiig to remember that the "great discoverer/' the "gndgeoo-like tortk,** of the New Enriand Register,
emplojred his time aod the **hard-scrabbled" dollars, contributed by members of the New Ensland Histonc-Genealogical
Society, for legitimate purposes, in searching for that photographer's number, 21893, to gratinr a personal q>ite, and was
erentually sUrtled to find that it was merely the number of a tract defiyeied by the Rev. Hugh Jones of Virginia.—
A. A. P.
Note— The words in iQuare brackets have been supplied from the copy of the above inquisition in Exchequer In-
quisitions, Series II, File 155, No. 8. The Chancery Inquisition from which the above abstract is made ia ilkgibk in Mck
paita.— C. A. H.
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The jurors say that Nicholas de Wod[eg]raye and John Gambon were seized in their demeasne
as of fee of and in the manor of Stokkelegh-Pomerey with its appurts, and so seized a long while
before the death of Katherine by license of the King, Edward III [gave] the said manor with the
appurts among other things to Henry Pomerey son of Henry Pomerey and the heirs male of
his body lawfully begotten by virtue of which the said Henry the son was seized of the said
manor in his demeasne as of fee tail, and died. Which manor after the death of the said Henry
the son ,[and of Thomas] son and heir of the aforesaid Henry the son, and of Edward son of the
aforesaid Thomas, descended to a certain Henry Pomerey as son and heir of the aforesaid
Edward and kinsman and heir male of the body of the said Henry the son of Henry. By virtue
of which the said Henry son of Edward, by pretext of a certain livery thereof, [had] out of the
King's hands, entered into the said manor and was thereof seized in his demeasne as of fee tail.
And so seized he had issue of his body lawfully begotten Seincler Pomerey, Richard Pomerey and
Thomas Pomerey. And afterwards the said Henry, having obtained royal license, gave and
granted by his charter indented dated 27 September 2 Edward IV [1462-63] to the said Seincler
and the said Katherine then wife of the said Seincler the said [manor] with the appurts, to have
to them and the heirs and assigns of Seincler forever. By virtue, whereof the said Seincler
and Katherine were seized of the said manor. Seinder in his demeasne as of fee and Katherine
in her demeasne as of free tenement. And so seized the said Seincler died without heir of his
body lawfully begotten, after whose death the reversion of the said manor descended to Richard
Pomerey as his brother and heir. The said Katherine survived him and held herself in the same
manor by right of accretion — per jus accrescendi — and thereof was solely seized in her demeasne
as of free tenement. And the said Katherine being so seized the said Henry the father of Seincler
died. And the said Richard Pomerey had issue Edward Pomerey, knight, now living, and died,
the said Katherine then still living and solely seized of the said manor; and afterward on 12th
January last past the said Katherine died seized of such estate; after whose death the said
Edward Pomerey, son of Richard, as son and heir of the body of the aforesaid Richard Pomerey,
and cousin and neir male of the body of the said Henry son of Henry, to-wit: son of Richard,
son of Henry, son of Edward, son of Thomas, son of the said Henr^r son of Henry, entered into
the said manor and was thereof seized in his demeasne as of fee tail by reason of the said gift
in tail.
The jurors say the said Henry Pomeroy, son of Edward, some while before the taking of the
said inquisition was seized in his demeasne as of fee of 1 messuage 226 acres of land, etc., and 15s
rent in Cheriton Fitzpayne, and so seized by his charter indented gave and granted the same to
Seincler and Katherine and the heirs of Seincler forever, by virtue of which they were thereof
seized, the said Seincler in his demeasne as of fee and Katherine in her demeasne as of free
tenement. And afterwards the said Henry son of Edward entered upon possession of the said
Seinder and Katherine, as well in the said messuage and 80 acres of land, etc., pared of the said
premises in Cheriton Fitzpayne, as in a messuage and 160 acres of land called Wallen then pared
of the manor of Stokdegh Pomerey and thereof disseized them, by pretext of which disseison
the said Henry was thereof seized in his demeasne as of fee, and so seized thereof among other
premises enfeoffed Oto [Gilbert esquire, Thomas] Bowryng and John Snape to have to them and
their heirs forever, by pretext of which they were thereof seized in their demeasne as of fee. And
so seized, by their charter indented and dated 20th September 18 Edward IV [1478] they demised,
etc., to the said Henry Pomerey, esquire, and Anne his wife the said messuage and oO acres of
land and pasture in Cheriton Fitzpayn and the said messuage and 160 acres called Wallen to have
etc. to the said Henry and Anne and their heirs, with remainder to Thomas Pomerey, sone of [the
said Henry L and Agnes Kayllewey daughter of Johanne daughter of the said Anne and the heirs of
the body of the said Thomas lawfully begotten. By virtue of which the same Henry and Anne
were thereof seized in their demeasne as of fee tail and so seized the said Anne died without heir
of the body [of] Henry lawfully begotten, and the said Henry survived and was seized thereof in
his demeasne as of fee tail by right of accretion, and died seized of such estate, after whose death
the said Thomas and Agnes entered into the premises and were thereof seized, the said Thomas in
his demeasne as of fee tail, and the said Agnes in her demeasne as of free tenement. And so seized
the said Thomas died and the said Agnes outlived him, and is still living, and holds the said
premises by right of accretion, and was seized thereof in her demeasne as of free tenement by the
disseison aforesaid. The said Seincler has died without heir as is aforesaid and the said Katherine
survives him. The reversion of the said premises in Cheriton Fitzpayne and Wallen, after the
death of Seincler descended to Richard Pomerey as his brother and heir, and after the death of
Richard to the said Edward as his [Richard's] son and heir. And afterwards Katherine died;
after whose death the said Edward as cousin and heir of Seincler, viz: son of Richard brother
of Seincler, entered into the said messuages etc., as in his reversion, and he is still seized of
the said premises in Cheriton Fitzpayn in his demeasne as of fee, and of those in Wallen as
pared of his said manor of Stokdegh Pomerey in his demeasne as of fee tail. The said manor
241 glyg Ifarn of Arttial JUmrb Antlyiirttti
is held of the King in chief by knight's service and is worth yearly 10 marks: the premises in
Cheriton Fitzpayn are held of Humphrey Calwodelegh, esq. as of his manor of Cheriton Fitzpayne
in free socage and are worth yearly 20s.
The said Katherine died 12th January last past. George Rogers is her son and next heir,
aged 30 years.
This document thus reveals the true pedigree, (see page 6), against the
untrue pedigree facing page 47 of the New England Register of January, 1914.
The only further comment on the latter, essential at this moment, is that the
latter pedigree was published by the New England Register, not only under
the assumption that it is to be found in Harvey's Visitation of Devonshire of
1564 (which does not contain it), but was left in the New England Register facing
page 47 then and ever since then, to be looked upon as true by readers, without a
word of caution or qualification being added as to the practical worthlessness of
that pedigree, and so left dependent and trading upon the prestige and reputation
{gained years ago) of the said magazine to be of sufficient force and influence to
cover its use in that connection without its inaccuracy being challenged or sus-
pected by the readers.
In a pedigree of the Pomeroys on page 53 of the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register for January, 1914, occurs the following definite
statement of pedigree, together with the specific record-authority for the
statement:
1. Thomas Pomeroy (Third son of Henry) Children:
ii. Thomas, b. abt. 1481; named as son and heir of his father and as aged twelve years
at the death of the latter, 29 December, 1493. — Inquisition Post Mortem^ Chancery Series 2^
Vol. 9. No. 61. 9 Henry VIIL"
The said Thomas Pomeroy, the father, did not have as *'son and heir,"
the Thomas thus given in the New England Register; and the identical
authority quoted by the Register to support its statement that he did have
such a **8on and heir," proves on the contrary that he did not. That there
may be no further possibility of a doubt arising upon that point, and also
because the document reveals other valuable evidence, a translation, substan-
tially in full, and for the first time, of the original document itself is here
appended; the evidence of this Crown document can not be questioned for it
is final; from its verdict there can be no appeal:
(Public Record Office, London.)
Chancery Inquisitions Post Mortem. Series II. Vol. 9. No. 61. (Translation.)
Henry by the grace of God King of England and France and Lord of Ireland to his escheator
in the county of Devon greeting: Whereas Thomas Pomerey who held of us in chief has. . .
. died as we have heard, we command you to take into our hands without delay all lands and
tenements of which the same Thomas was seised in his demeasne as of fee in your bailiwick on
the day he died, and keep them in safe custody until we command you otherwise thereupon. And
by the oath of good and lawful men of the same your bailiwick, by whom the truth of the matter
ma^ better be known, inquire diligently how much land and tenements the same Thomas held of
us \n chief as well in demeasne as in service in the same your bailiwick on the said day on which
he died, and how much of others and by what service, and how much those lands and tenements
are worth yearly in all issues, and on what day the same Thomas died and who is his next heir and
of what age. And the inquisition thereupon distinctly and openly made send without delay to
us in our chancery under your seal and the seals of those by whom it was made and this writ.
Witness myself at Westminster 20th January in the 9th year of our reign.
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It was delivered to the Court 16th April, 9 Henry VII, by the hand$ of
Lewes Powell and John Forster.
Inquisition taken at Exeter in the County of Devon 10th April in the 9th year of the reign
of King Henry VII. Before John Takell, escheator of the lord King in the county aforesaid, by
virtue of a certain writ of the said lord King oi diem clausit extremum, after the death of Thomas
Pomerey directed to the same escheator and attached to this inquisition by the oath of Robert
Pomerey, esq., Sinclenis Pomerey, Thomas Werthe, esq., William Floycr. esq., John Butayde,
Henry Drake, George Faryngdon, Vincent Ma^rnerd, John Werthe, Kicnard Sachefyld, John
Trewman and John Bagtorr. Who say upon their oath that the aforesaid Thomas, named in the
said writ on the day he died was seised of 1 messuage 300 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow with the
appurtenances in Boudon, Blaudon, Ivecomb. and Langedon in the county aforesaid in his de-
measne as of fee; and that they are worth yearly in all issues beyond reprisals 10 li., and that they
are held of Peter Edgecomb as of castle Totton in free socage: and they say further that the said
Thomas on the da^ he died was seised of 20 acres of land and 5 acres of meadow in Ivecomb in the
county aforesaid m his demeasne as of fee and that they are worth yearly in all issues beyond
reprisals 16s, and that they are held of Nicholas Holeway and Humphrey Walrond in free socage;
and they say further that the said Thomas named in the said writ on the day he died held no land
or tenements of the said lord King in chief in demeasne or in service, nor^ held any more lands
or tenements of any other in demeasne or in service in the county aforesaid; And that the same
Thomas died on Saturday next after the feast bf the Nativity of the Lord (29 December, 1493),
in the above written year of the reign of the King aforesaid, and that Henry Pomerey is his son
and next heir, and is of the age of 12 years and more.
In witness thereof to this inquisition as well the aforesaid escheator as the said jurors have
affixed seals. Dated the day place and year abovesaid.
On page 53 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for
January, 1914, it is stated that the Thomas Pomeroy named in the above
inquisition as havijng died on 29 December, 1493, "married Agnes Calwaye, or
Kelloway, daughter of Thomas of Sherborne, co. Dorset — probably about 20
September, 1478, when land was conveyed by deed to Thomas Pomeroy and
hb wife from the latter's father."
I find upon examining into this claim of the parentage of Agnes made by
the New England Regis fery that it is also false, to-wit:
(1) The said Agnes was not the daughter of the said Thomas Calwaye or
Kelloway.
(2) The said Thomas Calway or Kelloway or any other man named
Kelloway neither conveyed to Thomas and Agnes Pomeroy by any deed of
said date any right in any property in any place whatsoever; nor did the said
Thomas (or John) Kelloway ever possess any right in any property at Cheriton
Fitzpaine, Devon, which he could convey as alleged in the authority quoted
by the New England Register in support of its statement.
(3) No such deed was ever made or recorded.
(4) The authority quoted by the New England Register in support of
its assertion, i. e.y "Chancery Inquisition Post Mortem (Series II, Vol. 30, M. 14,
as given in Vivian's Visitation of the County of Devon, p. 607,)** disproves the
very claim that the New England Register makes.
The father of Agnes is named on page 607 of Vivian's Visitation of Devon
as John Kelloway; thus the New England Register, in giving his Christian
name as **Thomas," does not even quote its own authority correctly. Stranger
still, not only was Agnes not the daughter of Thomas Kelloway, but she was
243 Wkt Mom of Attnal Vijttaxh Antlyiirttg
not even the daughter of John; thus, neither the New England Register nor
the authority it quotes are correct. If the Register had properly examined
the page (607) it quotes it would have been seen that there was something
wrong in the said Agnes being put down as marrying her great-grandmother's
step-son, Thomas Pomeroy.
The error of Vivian's in naming John as the father of Agnes Kelloway
perhaps rose from a misreading of the feminine name of "7^^^^^^** Qoan)
in the original Latin inquisition (vol. 30, m. 14) for 'Johannes" the Latin for
John; or the error may have arisen from the fact that a John Kayleway died
at Collumpton, Devon, (ten miles from Cheriton Fitzpaine) in 1531, leaving
a will naming a daughter Agnes, but she was a spinster at that date. The
New England Register may, as well, have been caught in another 'Visitation
quagmire," i. ^., the Visitation of Dorset, 1565, published in the Genealogist
(N. S. ii, 219). This copy of this visitation names no contemporary John
Kelloway, but does give a solitary Thomas Keilwey of Sherbom, Dorset, who
by wife (....) Lewston had a daughter Agnes, but without any mdica^
tion as to their ages. As this Thomas Keilway was only two years of age in
1478 the date of his alleged deed, (Hutchin's History of Dorset, v. 4, p.
19f)y and only in his seventeenth year in 1493 when the said Agnes Pomeroy
was left a widow, with seven children, by her husband, Thomas Pomeroy, will
the New England Register please explain in what trench of the genealogical
battlefield it picked up its then unexploded evidence that Agnes, daughter of
a Thomas Keilway, Cailway, or Kelloway, married Thomas Pomeroy who
died before she was bom?
The said deed alleged to have been made 20 September, 1478, was not
executed between any Thomas or John Kelloway and any Thomas Pomeroy
and wife Agnes. The truth concerning it is made clear in an official inquisi-
tion by the King's escheator for Devonshire, from which the following brief,
translated abstract will suffice:
(Public Record Office, London.)
Exchequer Inquisitions, Series II. File 155. No. 8:
Writ dated at Westminster 25 January 6 Henry VIII (1514.15.)
The jurors say the said Henry Pomerey^ son of Edward, was seised in his demeasne as of fee
of 1 messuage, 226 acres of land, etc^ and 15s rent in Cheryton Fitzpayne and so
seised thereof ..... enfeoffed Oto Gilbert, esquire, Thomas Bowryns and John Snape,
to have to them and their heirs forever, by pretext of which they were thereof seised in their de>
measne as of fee. And so seised by their charter indented dated 20th September 18 Edward IV
(1478) they demised, etc., to the said Henry Pomerey, esquire, and Anne his wife the said messuage
and 80 acres of land and pasture in Cheriton Fitzpayne and . . . 160 acres called Wallen
. . . . to the said Henry and Anne and their heirs, with remainder to Thomas Pomerey, son
of said Henry Pomerey, and Agnes Kayllewey, daughter of Johanne, daughter of the said Anne.
Who then was the father of Agnes the wife of the Thomas Pomeroy
who died 29 December, 1493 ? She is not named in either the Visitation of
Dorset, 1565, or the Visitation of Wiltshire, 1565, both of which manuscripts
deal with the same Kelloway family and include the name of the man who was
her father; but they do not name him in such a way as to even suggest that
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he had a daughter Agnes. Reference, therefore, is first had to Benolte's
original Visitation of Devonshire, 1531. Herein Agnes Kayllewey is named
not only as the wife of the said Thomas Pomeroy, but as daughter of William
Cayleway of Sherborn, Dorset. She is also so placed in Hutchin's History of
Dorset (v. 4, p. 194). Let us not accept, however, the evidence of such an
Agnes in Benolte's Visitation, until it be supported by something more
substantial in the way of a record. Fortunately the will of her grandfather,
William Kayleway, senior, suffices:
(Principal Probate Registry, London.)
Abstract translated from the Latin will registered on folio 27, Godyn.
(Dated) May 21, 1469.
I, William Kayleway, senior, son of John Kayleway. of Sherborne, co. Dorset, bequeath to
Salisbury Cathedral 12d, and to Sherborne parish church my new missal, and to the Abbot of
Sherborne 66 8d, and to his monastery 13s 4d, and to the Vicar of Sherborne 6s 8d. To the House
of Alms of Sherborne 13s 4d, and to the priory of Hen ton 13s 4d, and to the Abbot and brothers of
Bristol 13s 4d. To the Rector of the Grene, Sherborne, 3s 4d. To my son William my two best
horses with their harness. To my servant William Glover, 40s and a horse. To my servant
William Daniell, 10s. To John Preston to pray for my soul, 10s. To my son William my goods
at my house at Sherborne. To John, son of my son William, all my lands and tenements in co.
Bristol, and in Yeovil, co. Somerset^ to him in tail male, and in default of such issue to my son
William in tail male, with reminder in default of such issue to my right heirs.
To my said son William a silver cup, a silver bottle, and a silver vessell given me by^ Joan
mother of Joan my late wife, and another silver vessel to him and his issues. All my jewels
to John, son of said William, in tail male, with remainder as above.
To Agnes, daughter of my son William, £40 and to Alice, another daughter, £40. Residuarv
legatees and executors: my son William and Thomas Cosyn, my clerk. Signed and sealed with
the seal of the Abbey of the Virgin of Tarent.
Proved: 1 July, 1469, by the executors.
On page 56 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
for January, 1914, in an attempt to indicate that El tweed Pomeroy, of
Beaminster, Dorsetshire, the founder of the Pomeroy family in America,
and other Pomeroys of Dorset, were not descendants of Ralph Pomeroy the
founder, about 1066, of the Pomeroy family in England, it is stated, i. e.:
"In America a general misconception exists that all persons bearing the
the same place>surname, such as Pomeroy, Skipwith, Berkeley, and the like,
are descendants of the Norman lords of that place in England. In reality,
however, throughout England, at the time (about 1300) when the common
people began to assume hereditary surnames, many peasants of Anglo-Saxon
or British origin and without surname, whose ancestors were serfs of these
Norman landlords, on removal from their native places took the names of
these places as family names, and became progenitors of yeoman families
which bore surnames derived from place names but were not descended from
the Norman lords of those places. Eltweed Pomeroy may have been
descended in some junior line from the Norman armorial family of Pomeroy
of Berry-Pomeroy, but on the other hand he may not have been of their blood
at all."
Generally speaking, the foregoing quotation circumscribes a theory. It
may convince such dwellers in Abstractville as the editor of the New England
245 Wift Ifntn of Aitttal U»torh Autlpiri^
Register. It may be true concerning the Skipwiths, but what has that to do
with the Pomeroys of England and America? The vital point is — ^What arc
the facts of history in this case as appertaining to the Pomeroys? They are
these:
(1) There has never been in England a town, village, parish, or hamlet
called Pomeroy. Until the New England Register can produce proof of one,
and prior to 1327 as well, it must relieve the Pomeroys from recognizing the
probability of any such etymological, philological, topographical, or theoretical
suggestions and conditions.
(2) The "common people" (to quot the aristocratic Register's phrase)
did not begin "to assume hereditary surnames about 1300." Both in
thousands of existing records at the Public Record Office, London, and the
universally recognized authorities upon British family names, Verstegan,
Camden, Lower, and Bardsley, give evidence that the said people of England
not only "began to assume hereditary surnames" two hundred years before
1300, the date the New England Register begins their surnames at, but had
assumed practically in full in the south of England, such surnames by and
before that date. Testa de Nevilly an original Crown record of 1272 names all
of the one hundred and twenty-one tenants (large and small) of the Pomeroy
lord of the manor of Berry, one hundred and eight of whom it records as
bearing heredi table surnames in 1272; and of the remaining thirteen persons,
seven are referred to collectively, simply as seven tenants residing outside of
Berry, their names being omitted from the record; while the other six are
collectively summed up in one line as '*sex boies de Bery'^ — six men of Bery —
each of whom doubtless had a name and possibly a surname, which the
government's inquisitor did not take the trouble to learn, seeing that their
tenures were very small.
(3) The places more modernly called Berry Pomeroy, Stockleigh
Pomeroy and Brigtown Pomeroy in Devonshire had not become so called, as a
fixed custom of the people, during the said period when surnames were being
assumed in that county. This fact, alone, also banishes the New England
Register's theory to the remotest corner of Never-Never Land.
(4) The said places were known for centuries before 1300 as Berry
(Bery, Beri, Byri), Stockleigh (Stokkelegh, Stokeleigh, etc.), and Brigtown
(Bridgetown).
(5) The custom of so calling them has not yet abated, as will be found
by any visitor willing to spend as much time exploring the lanes and villages
of Devonshire as I have; and who will find upon the official signposts of
Berry the name "Berry," giving directions to both the village and the castle,
two miles therefrom. If the lordship of the manor and castle of Berry had
not been held for so short a time, comparatively, by the Seymours, after they
took it from the Pomeroys, it is not unlikely that the Seymours would have
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called the place Berry-Seymour, and some others likewise. But for the fact
of the predominating presence of the castle of the Pomeroys at Berry, and their
long tenure thereof this town, like the great majority of other towns, might
have continued always under its original, chief, and only topographical name,
that is, Berry (however spelt).
(6) The early Pomeroys who owned the manor and castle of Berry
referred to the place in their legal documents, as Berry. Record examples of
this being as common as bullets on the battle-fields, a few quotations will
suffice, particularly one of a date so very late as to be extremely significant,
/. e.: The owner of the lordship, manor and castle of Berry describes himself
and his place of residence in his formal deed of 1369 as "Henry de la Pomeray
of Birye." Domesday Book knows only "Beri." Testa de Nevill has only
"Berry." The Hundred Roll of 1272 likewise refers to the place only as
"Bery," and held by "Henr. de la Pom'aye" as a direct tenant of King
Edward I. Sir William Pole's Description of the County of Devon, 163S,
(the most reliable work of its time) refers to it solely as "Biry." In 1485 the
lord of the said manor and castle describes himself in legal documents as "Sir
Thomas Pomeray Kt. of Byry-Pomeray." In the next century his example
may be said to have become more general. It is the general belief that the
addition of the family name to the place-name was, at first, a personal matter,
pleasing to the pride and fancy of the Pomeroys, who, however, in so doing
only emulated certain other lords of great note; yet, but comparatively few
of whom succeeded for long in plastering their patronymics upon the topo-
graphy of their habitats. One reason for the eventual success that the
Pomeroys had in making their name stick was the fact that it seemed in a way
the better to distinguish, as culture and population increased, the place of
Berry near Totnes from the other place in Devonshire of Berry in Erber; and
likewise, the manor of Stokeleigh, held by the Pomeroys, from the manor of
Stokeleigh, held by the Englishes (anciently written Engleis). Stokeleigh-
Pomeroy and Stokeleigh-English were not so called, as a custom of the people,
until quite a space of time had elapsed after the respective families had be-
come invested with the lordships of the principal manors therein. The first
reference to the surname of Pomeroy in connection with the place-name of
Stockleigh occurs in Testa de Nevill, which names all of the fifty tenants of
the manor of Stockleigh in 1272, forty-nine of whom then had inheritable
surnames. It was not until 1327 that the following transaction occurred
at Stockleigh:
"Nicholas de Wodegrave and John Gambon by license of
the King, Edward III, gave the said manor (Stokkelegh) to Henry Pomeroy
son of Henry Pomeroy," etc. — {Chancery Inquisition Post Mortemy series ii^ v.
30, m. 14; dated 1514.)
The date of this entry upon the manor was 1367, far too late for it to have
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been likely for any Devonian to have first assumed his hereditary surname
from Stockleigh Pomeroy — Stockleigh or Pomeroy. The family that did
derive its surname from this place was the family of Stockley (Stukley» etc.)>
which did so long before 1327. — (Lower's Patronymica Britannica^ p. 331.)
Testa de Neville on page 191, names **}o\ies de Stockelegh" as holding
"Stockelegh in socag" in 1272.
As to Brigtown Pomeroy, I have neither been able to find any record
reference to it before 1300 other than as Bridgetown (variously spelled) nor
since 1660, as Brigtown Pomeroy. The first reference to it in that double
form is in a grant soon after 1300 of John le Crocker to Roger de Heymston of
a messuage therein. But in other deeds, etc., of the same time, and later on for
many years, the references are chiefly to Brigg and Brigton (variously spelled).
In a formal charter dated 1268, by "Henry de la Pomeray, son of Henry de la
Pomeray and Margery de Vernun,*' the first Henry says: "I have given and
granted to my burgesses of Brigg" (Bridgetown); and he also specifies in the
same document, "my court of Brigg,*' "the borough of Brigg;" and also in the
same document he refers to Berry solely as "the manor of Bery," "my land of
Berry," "the Bailiff of Bery," and "the Vicar of Bery." Out of many deeds,
etc., of the early fourteenth century relating to Bery and the Pomeroys and
others, all of which I have taken pains to find and examine, in only one do I
find Berry Pomeroy referred to other than as "Bery."
The only family that could have derived its surname from the place
called Berry Pomeroy — was the family of Berry (Bery, Bury), — {Lower's
Paironymica Brilannica, p. 26) y — the same as in the case of Bery in Erber
(now called Berrynarber). Ralph de Bery resided at Bery in Erber in 1216,
and has had many descendants in Devonia, one of whom was "Nicholas de
Berrynarber." — {Inq. p. iw., (5-7 J^tT^^ No. 5.)
Pole, in 1635, states on page 18 that "the honor of Byry consisted of 60
and 1-2 knights' fees of land temp. Henry II (1154) of which Henry de la
Pomeray is charged with 32 fees;" and Pole names sixteen other
occupiers of land in Berry who also then held of the King in capite the remain-
ing 27 and 1-2 knight's fees of land, each man of whom then (1154) had a
surname. A knight's fee was then a number of acres sufficient to produce an
annual income of ^20.
Facing page 47 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
for January, 1914, is z facsimile of a manuscript, written at least two hundred
and fifty years ago, and bearing across the top the title: "Pomery of Bery in
Devenshere." This title alone should have been sufficient hint to the Register
of the utter nonsense and worthlessness of its opinion that one of the "common
people" or "serfs" did, would or could take for his own the ennobled surname
of Pomeroy from that place of Berry after 1300, or at any time.
The family name of Pomeroy, when used with the place-name of Berry,
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13 80 used no more as a proper noun than as an adjective. It has never meant
or been intended to mean anything more than is meant by the possessive
terms, the Pomeroys' Berry, the Pomeroys' Stockleigh, or the Pomeroys'
Brigtown.
There is another and almost equally prohibitive reason forbidding the
New England Register's assumption that its alleged obscure man bom or
residing at the place called (some time after 1327) Berry-Pomeroy, removed
therefrom, being known only by a christian name, and then assumed the sur-
name of Pomeroy because he had gone from Berry or Berry-Pomeroy, i. e.,
the feudal caste system of England, whereby such a man had almost no such
rights and practically no political existence. The records and authorities for
this reason are too lengthy for present specification. It is true that some
landless, surnameless men did, in a comparatively few instances, become
surnamed in a new place, after some other place from which they had removed,
but that refers solely to an English place-name, pure and simple, and not to a
lordly family name like Pomeroy, attached years afterwards to such a place-
name.
That other notion, advanced elsewhere, by some person, that some early
serf or villein of a Pomeroy lord took the surname of his master, as did colored
men in the United States before and after the Civil War, is too amusing for
consideration, for in early feudal England surnames were practically an index
of social position.
To conclude, all authorities worth quoting, and the only obtainable
evidence upon the one and only origin of the only known family of the name
of Pomeroy, have long since established the fact that this surname originated
in the parish of St. Sauveur, Normandy, wherein ''once upon a time," existed
an apple orchard, with which a certain man was so identified (probably as its
owner), at the right particular time, that he became surnamed de la Pomme-
raye, meaning at or of the apple orchard. Not very long afterwards Ralph de
la Pommeraye left St. Sauveur to become a powerful baron in England, and
so became the only known original progenitor in England of the great family
of the Pomeroys. The name St. Sauveur de la Pommeraye, still remains, but
the orchard and the Pomeroys both disappeared therefrom centuries ago.
The name Pomeroy has been perpetuated in France from some of the early
Pomeroys of Devonshire who removed into France.
''There is scarcely a baronial family in England whose early pedigree has
been so clearly and satisfactorily worked out step by step as that of the
Pomeroys in Devonshire." — {The Genealogist of London; n. s, v. 7, p. 167.)
On page SS 6i the January, 1914, number of the New England Historical
and Genealogical Register it is stated:
"The descent of Eltweed Pomeroy from the armorial family of Pomeroy
of Berry Pomeroy is ... . entirely conjectural, and according to heraldic
249 ^ift 3otn of Attoal Vitttsrh K^atfts
usage the descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy have no right to bear the Pomeroy
arms until the descent from the armorial faifiily has been established."
It is evident from this statement that the New England Register does not
happen to know that Eltweed Pomeroy was a descendant of the said family
that became established at Berry in Devonshire about the year 1066; and
also, that its presumption is that no one else knows it. While I am not
personally at liberty to disclose, without your permission, for the information
of the Register any actual record evidence I may have that Eltweed Pomeroy
was a descendant of that family, the New England Register's assertion as to
the Pomeroy heraldry can be disposed of by other means, which an efficient
genealogist could scarcely fail to be aware of before pronouncing such a
''snap judgment" as is that of the Register on this heraldic matter. Although
"'heraldic usage" is modernly a very indefinite term, and although the Regis^
ter*s assertion as to coats-of-arms is strictly true regarding the majority of
families (it not being recognized as an authority on the subject, however), there
are notable exceptions. The Pomeroy family is one of the exceptions.
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 ye auntient X'at of
Pomeray with helm and crest & 2 supports being 2 shovelers".
There is in the possession of the Bampfield family of Devonshire an
original grant, dated 1367, bearing the name and seal of arms (a lion rampant)
of Henry de la Pomeray?
In the Ashmolean and Surrey Heraldic Rolls of circa 1327 is the record of
the coat-of-arms, "or, a lion rampant gules, bordure engrailed sable," having
been then borne by both 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, son of
Henry de la Pomereye and Isabella de Bathonia, to Richard Gale, of land
between the way from Briggeton of Peynton, on the south, and on the way
from Westeton to Bery on the north," and bearing the seal of the Pomeroy
coat-of-arms.
An original grant by Jordan de la Pomeraye, a son of John de la Pomeraye,
with their family seal attached, and dated between the 1st and 9th year of
Edward I (12724280) is still extant in England.
An original bond by Henry de la Pomerye, dated 17 June 42 Henry III
(1258), with his seal attached thereto is also still extant in England.
And last but not least, the original lease by "Henry de Pomeray" (brother
of Geoffrey) " son of Henry de Pomeray and Alice de Ver,." to R. Beaupeil,
etc., bearing the Pomeroy seal, and dated 1214, is also still to be seen in
England.
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In the presence of such facts as these the New England Register*! notion
about the Pomeroy coat-of-arms is as another Zeppelin lost in the deep sea.
This latter date, 1214, is almost a century after heraldic devices became
adopted by some of the leading families in England. — (Geoffrey Mandeville.
By J. H. Round; app A. pp. 388-396.)
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.)
The Pomeroy heraldry is almost as old in England as the Pomeroy sur-
name. Both are well nigh inseparable. The heraldry seem to apply very
broadly to the various branches of the Pomeroys of the west of England.
Granting, if for nothing more than the mere purpose of argument, that there
may be some link in the long chain of your Pomeroy ancestry open to question,
even so, I do not see. Colonel Pomeroy, how the Pomeroy family in America
could very well divest itself of the Pomeroy coat-of-arms much easier than it
could of the surname of Pomeroy, regardless of to what extent the various
branches of the English Pomeroys utilized their right to arms. The un-
assailable strength of the heraldic position of the Pomeroys in England in
accordance with the foregoing heraldic evidences, was clearly stated, over my
signature under date of August 25, 1911, on page 108 of the History and
Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, and of the statements of fact thereon
made, any one of the following three should have been a sufficient caution for
a hasty critic: (1) No question can arise as to the Pomeroys having had
their well-known coat-of-arms long before the Sir Edward Pomeroy of 1432.
(2) The arms go back so far as to get behind practically all of the several
known branches of the family. (3) I doubt that any family in England bore
arms before the Pomeroys did.
On page 262 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
of July, 1913, it is stated:
"It has been claimed by descendants that he (Eltweed Pomeroy) was
closely related to a famous armorial family of the name in Devon, but the
fact that his mother (for there was but one family of the name in Beaminster)
and his brother Henry were both parish charges, and that the latter was
buried at the expense of the church, seems to make this claim baseless."
This false statement refers to Beaminster parish records of 1635. Elt-
tweed Pomeroy's mother died April 12, 1612 at Simondsbury, Dorset, twenty-
three years previous to the church record and her name was Elinor not Mary.
With all due respect for the original author of that statement, and her
faithfulness and energy in behalf of her employers should not be questioned,
I must observe that while a fact of ephemeral penury may seem to render
baseless a claim of descent, in reality it does not. The "Henry" and the woman
mentioned in the above quotation and other Pomeroys at Beaminster in the
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sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, were doubtless related to Eltweed
Pomeroy> but the degree of that relationship awaits determination by record
proof, until when the exact relationship is more or less subject to the personal
preferences of a modern individual.
Without indulging in romancing as to the dreams that Eltweed Pomeroy
certainly had of restoring in New England the fortunes of his immediate
family, or as to what sacrifice his people bore when he left Beaminster, or as
to his expectations of having them follow him thither across the sea, when
leaving Old England because of the unhappy spiritual and material conditions
there that had become intolerable also to so many thousand of other men of
spirit, like himself, — and without resting an argument upon the truism that
"It is an ancient received saying. There is noe povertie but is descended of
nobilitie, nor noe nobilitie but is descended of beggarie,"* one may quite perti-
nently require the critic of other people's affairs to be less hasty in ignoring
some facts that very greatly qualify the said assertion on page 262 of the
Regisln- of July, 1913.
Thomas Pomeroy, (son of Sir Henry Pomeroy, Knight, Lord of the
Manor and Castle of Berry Pomeroy, and from which family Eltweed Pome-
roy is believed to have descended), died in 1493 as a farmer, possessed of not
an acre of land of his own, (as hereinbefore proven). He was a "gentleman"
(in the English sense of the word), but he resided upon an ordinary farm which
he had leased. His son Richard inherited but little save a good name, and
depended upon making a "good marriage." Richard's son and heir, Henry
Pomeroy, (as will be proven presently) inherited little beyond the possible
right to a renewal of a lease. Evidence is wanting that he ever availed himself
of that ordinary patrimony. The financial condition of both himself, father
and grandfather was not much better, if any, than that of Eltweed Pomeroy,
born a few years after the death of said Henry. The latter succeeded in
mending his wordly fortune, and in surpassing that of his father and grand-
father, by marrying the only remaining daughter and chief heir of a wealthy
tradesman. Eltweed Pomeroy depended upon his own direct efforts, and,
after emigrating, succeeded.
On page 55 of the New England Register for January, 1914, it is stated
that "the region around Beaminster teems with yeoman families named
Pomeroy."
Thb statement must refer to a region outside of the county of Dorset, in
which Beaminster is located, for within a circumference of sixty miles, with
Beaminster as its center, the surname of Pomeroy is very scarce in the records.
Therefore, the "region" meant by the New England Register must include
that around Honiton in the adjoining county of Devonshire. The Pomeroys
of Dorsetshire having been very much reduced in circumstances, circa 1630, so
the Register avers, and consequently not descended from affluent or armorial
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Pomeroys, what can one think of such a suggestion that Richard Pomeroy of
Beaminster "may possibly have been identical with" one of the said yeoman
Pomeroys, when one is confronted with the equally forbidding fact that one
of these very Pomeroys around Honiton of the said region at the time men-
tioned figures in the Court of Chancery, London, as a tanner, son of a tanner^
and became of record therein as being "a very rich man/' and that his father
had died, aged eighty, leaving an inheritable estate larger than had been left
by Thomas, the son of Sir Edward Pomeroy, Knight, lord of the manor and
castle of Berry Pomeroy?
I have dealt with the New England Register's notion of financial in-
compatibility being a bar to a certain descent without at this moment specify-
ing the actual line of descent of Eltweed Pomeroy, further evidence where-
upon will in time more fully appear. Thus, the unsoundness of the Register's
assertion that the "chill penury" that "repressed their noble rage" was a bar
to the said Pomeroys of Beaminster having descended from more fortunate
Pomeroys of a more fortunate time is demonstrated without even the necessity
of a recourse to the primary evidence of the actual pedigree itself. Aside
from that, is not such an unnecessary aspersion and claim most unfortunate
in the pages of an American magazine, published, ostensibility for the purpose
of honoring and perpetuating the memory of the Pilgrim and Puritan Fathers
of New England? I can not refrain from recalling at this moment. Col.
Pomeroy, the remark made to me by the Vicar of Beaminster, when I saw
him. He told me of the generous sum of money which you had given to him
for his church, in behalf of the Pomeroys of America, and in recognition of the
ancient fact that the church of Beaminster had materially ministered to
(apparently) two widows Pomeroy, and to the only adult male Pomeroy
remaining thereat in his time of sickness and death.
In view of the various and specific proofs, hereinbefore set forth, of the
unreliability of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register^ (the
sole responsibility for which rests squarely upon the publishers) one cannot
escape realizing the necessity for receiving, with very great caution, the
pronouncements made upon the "History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy
Family" by the said magazine, its publishers and proprietors. For myself,
I accept nothing published thereon, prior to making my own personal ex-
amination of the records of Devon and Dorset, which, in their entirety, have
not yet been thoroughly, perhaps, examined for Pomeroy evidence.
I have found two documents that answer, in a measure your questions
as to the birth date of Agnes Huckmore and, perhaps, whom and when she
first married. Neither of these documents having been brought to bear
upon this matter, heretofore, one of the two may be now presented translated,
substantially in full, from the Latin original:
253 gUyg yprtr of Arttcd JUf orb Antlyiirttg
(Public Record Office, London.)
Escheator's Inquisition Post Mortem. Series 2, File 183, No. 3.
County of Devon. (1543).
Inauisition indentate taken at Totton (Totnes) in the county-aforesaid on the 8th day of
Septemoer 34 Henry VIII, before John Pasmere, esquire, escheator of the lord the King in the
county aforesaid, by virtue of a writ of the same lord the King, "de diem clausit extremum" after
the death of William Hokemore of Great Totton, in the county aforesaid, gentlemen, to the same
escheator directed and attached to this inquisition by the oath,* etc.. Who say upon their oath
that the aforesaid William Hokemore in the said writ named was seized of one messuage^ 40 acres
of arable land, 2 acres of meadow and 10 acres of heath and furze with the appurtenances in Milton
Abbot, in the county aforesaid, and of 3 messuages and 10 acres of land with the appurtenances in
Tavystoke in said county, and of 3 acres of land with the appurtenances in Fenne, in the parish of
Tavystoke in the county aforesaid, and of 1 messuage, 20 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, 2 acres
of wood and 12 acres of heath and furze, with the appurtenances in Oliverlegh in Plimton St.
MtLry in the said county, upon which a certain tenement was formerly built, and of 12 acres of
and in Bernue in the Parish of St. Budock in the county aforesaid, and of the moiety of 1 mes-
suage, 6 acr^ of land and 2 acres of meadow with the appurtenances in Comewode in the same
county^ now in the tenure of Walter Beare^ as appears by an indenture shown among the evidences
to the jurors aforesaid on the taking of this inquisition, and of 9 messuages, 3 gardens and 4 acres
of land with the appurtenances in Great Totton, in the County aforesaid, in his demeasne as of fee.
And so being seized of all the aforesaid messuages, lands, tenements and other the premises with
their appurtenances in Tavystock, Milton Abbot, Plympton and Cornewode aforesaid, in con-
sideration of a marriage to be had, celebrated and solemnized between Henry Pomerey, son and
heir apparent of Richard Pomerey of Bowdon, esouire, and Agnes, daughter of the said William
Hokemore, he enfeoffed Gervase Boyse and John Fosse, to have to them, their heirs and assigns
forever, upon condition that the aforesaid Gervase and John should immediately re-grant all the
aforesaid premises with the appurtenances to the afore named William Hokemore for term of his
life, with remainder thereof after his decease to the aforementioned Henry Pomero^ and Agnes
and the heirs of their bodies lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue the remainder thereof
to the heirs of the bodv of the aforesaid Agnes lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue the
remainder thereof to the right heirs of the aforesaid Henry Pomeroy forever. By virtue whereof
the aforesaid Gervase and John Fosse were seized of all and singular the premises with the ap-
purtenance in Tavistock, Milton, Plympton and Comewode aforesaid, in their demeasne as of
fee, and being so seized, the same Gervase and John Fosse by their deed dated 4 June 32 Henry
VIII (shown among the evidences to the jurors aforesaid at the taking of this inquisition) demised
all the aforesaid premises with the appurtenances in Tavystock, Milton, Plympton and Come-
wode aforesaid to the aforesaid William Hokemore for term of his life, with remainder as above.
And the said William Hokemore afterwards died at St. Budokke aforesaid, and by his will devised
all the aforesaid messuages, land and tenements in Great Totton aforesaid (excepting one tene-
ment in which John Toker dwells) to the aforesaid Asnes and the heirs of her body lawfully be-
gotten, and for default of such issue to remain to Christopher Blackaller in tail male; and, in
default again, all the tenements which the said William Hokemore purchased from John Cosevn
of Teyngmouth should remain wholly to William Coseyn, son and heir of the aforesaid John
Coseyn, and the above excepted tenement to the aforementioned Christopher Blackaller and one
John Blackaller, for term of their lives, with reversion to the right heirs of William Hokemore.
The tenements in Fenne are held of Bartholomew Fortescu. esquire, as of his manor of
Lamerton, by what services the jurors do not know, and are worth 6s 8d a year clear; the premises
in Oliverlegh are held of William Strode, esquire, and Elizabeth his wife, in right of the said Eliza-
beth, as of their manor of Loughtorre, by fealty and suit of court, and rent of 10s yearly; they are
worth 13s 4d a year clear. The acre of land in Plympton St. Marv was formerly held of the Pryor
of Plympton and is now held of the King, by fealty and a rent of 2s, worth 6s. The land in Berye
is held of the heirs of John Tallond, as of their manor of Kynges Tafnerton by fealty and the rent
of Id, worth 20s. The tenements in Great Totton are held of Sir Richard Edgecombe, Kt., as of
his manor of Great Totten in free soccage, worth £10 a year; all the other premises are held of Sir
John Russell, (Lord Russell), but by what services they do not know; they are worth 100s a year.
The said William Hokemore died 16 Febmar^ (in 1542 old style) last past. His heirs are his
said daughter Agnes, aged 13 and more, and Chnstopher Blackallar, son and heir of Joan Black-
aller, deceased, late the other daughter and heir of the said William, aged 12 years and more.
*Note— Here in thb inquititioii. retttrecd into the Quneeiy court, would foDow the names of the jurora. They do
not appear in the copies such as thia, nude for the use of the exchequer. The jurors were: John Carswell, anntser:
William Scrode, armicer; John Henfsoott, armi^er; John Trjrshe, Walter Coibj, Huth FounUTue, John Loicomb of
Lnioomb.
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On page 53 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
for January, 1914, it is stated that "Henry Pomeroy was born about 1520,
as the eldest child, when his father Richard was aged about thirty-three; and
that the said Henry married when about thirty years of age, (1550) Agnes or
Anne Huckmore." All of these dates are considerably too late, for the
following reasons:
(1) The said Richard Pomeroy is numbered in the New England
Register as the fifth child of his parents, the seventh and youngest child being
named as Anna. The inquisition post mortem on the estate of his sister
Anna's husband, Tristram Hengscott {Ch, Inq. p, m., Ser. ii,, v. 60.y No. 68^
shows that one of Anna's children was born "six years and more" before the
Register's date of the birth of Henry, though she, (Anna) if the seventh child
as the Register places her, would have been at least four years younger than
her brother Richard.
(2) The inquisition upon the estate of William Hokemore, taken 8
September, 1543, states that Agnes Hokemore, was aged "13 and more" at
that time. This expression, "13 and more" was a term permissible and more
or less prevalent in inquisitions of this kind when applied to a woman, who
was in fact many years older than thirteen. This term was so used to indicate
that she was above a certain age (not adolescent); which description as to age
was deemed sufficient in the law for the purposes of the inquisition as applied
to a woman. The reason for dwelling upon these age-details will be made
apparent in my next letter.
(3) The same inquisition proves that before September 8, 1543, Henry
Pomeroy and Agnes Hokemore had become engaged to be married, and that
the marriage settlement upon them had then already been made by her father.
(4) Agnes had no brothers. Her only sister, Joan, had married John
Blackaller at least fourteen years before 1543. At this date Agnes had the
nephew, Christopher Blackaller, then aged "12 years and more." Joan died
before 1543, but if living then would have been aged thirty at the very least.
The inquisition leaves the impression that in 1543 Agnes Hockemore was
aged about twenty-five. But let us look further. Her father's will, written
on the day of his death, 16 February, 1542, named her as an executrix. The
note of the proving of the will forty-three days later 31 March, 1543, "by the
oath of Joan, relic and executrix in the person of John Corbyn, litterate, her
proctor, in this behalf," also describes a "power reserved for a like commission
to Agnes, the other executrix named in the said will, being still under age,
when she shall come, etc." — (P. C. C 18 Spert.) (These quotations are
translated from the Latin act of probate.)
Agnes Hokemore was just about twenty years of age on 31 March, 1543»
and unmarried, though contracted for in marriage.
255 Wi^ y orcmf Artmlibf orl> Antlyorttg
A brief abstract translated from the Latin registered will of William
"Hokmore."— (/"- C. C. 18 Spert.)
William Hokmore of Totneys^ dated 16 Febraary 33 Henry VIII:
I give my body to be buried by my grandfather's tomb, Robert Pyttes and Wilmote his wife;
and after my burial had and done, I will that there be a stone graven, with a picture of the cross in
the same, and laid upon me, in memory of who is buried there.
I bequeath to the Vicar of Totneys at my burial and month's mind 2s. To every priest of
the town being there 12d. to the clerk of the church 8d, and to every child there singing pricked
song 2d: to the bedeman for my burial and month's mind 4d, and to the store of Mary Magdalene
and to the poor people there 68 8d. I will that every poor body of the almshouse of Mary Magda-
lene of Totnes, praying for my soul at my burial, shall have Id. I give to the high store in the
church of Totneys, for maintenance of the bells and ropes 3s 4d. To the maintenance of the store
of Jesus in the same church 6s 8d. To my men bearing me to the church and to my burial 2d
apiece. To John Peny of Staverton my fox furred gown. To John Davy of Totneys cordyner
all my apparel which I use and wear Sundays, to pray for my soul.
I will that Agnes Hokmore, my daughter, shall have all my lands and tenements in the
borough of Totneys aforesaid, except one house wherein John Toker now dwelleth, to hold to her
and the heirs of her body. To remain in default to Christopher Blackball and the heirs male of his
body. Failing whom, all such tenements (parcel of the premises) as I purchased of John Cosyn
of Tengmouth shall remain to William Gwyn. son and heir of the said John Cosyn. I will that
John Blackall and the said Christopher Blakall shall have the house where John Toker now
dwelleth for their lives, with remainder to my right heirs in fee.
The two little houses in the churchyard shall be occupied and bestowed to such uses as they
have heretofore been used, for the weal of the souls of my ancestors and me, according to the will
and mind of my said ancestors; and after my decease 10 marks shall be received of tne issues of
my lands by the wardens of the church of Totnes, to be bestowed upon the building of a new
ambulatory in the said church, and in the maintenance of the same church.
I bequeath my debt that Edward Gylmyn doth owe me to be recovered and bestowed in the
use of the same church.
All the residue of my goods unbequeathed I give to Joane mv wife, and Agnes my daughter,
whom I ordain my executrices, the same to dispose for the weal of m^ soul; and I make John
Rowe^ serjeant-at-the-law, and Roger Bluett, esquire, supervisors of this my will.
Given at Totneys aforesaid. Witnesses: John Rowe, Christopher Canon, vicar; John
Irysshe, John Blackall, William Gelys, John Cutwyll. Proved 31 March, 1543.
I have now answered, perhaps, and to your satisfaction, I trust, your
letters of December 17, and 21, 1914, and January IS, 1915. It will require
further investigation to enable me to tell you why Col. Vivian, after having
stated, in his Visitation of Devonshire, that Henry Pomeroy married Agnes
Huckmore, denied the same in his "'Addenda." I confess to have written a
longer letter than I set out to write. Nevertheless, I hope to be enabled to
write to you another letter about the Pomeroy family in England. In doing
so I would assure you, "And Others," that I shall not forget the words of that
noble-spirited historian of beautiful Devonshire, (the home of your ancestors
and mine) Sir William Pole: —
*'I am so far of (f) from partiall dealing in these my studies that I will not derogate from
myne enemyes nor ade to any thinge yt I cannot authentically prove for my frinds."
Very respectfully yours,
{Signed) Charles Arthur Hoppin.
London, England, 25 March, 1915.
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JTair EHtimat^a of % i^etigtl; of tip ftrrrtit Potswrog Pamplrl
London. England, 20 Nov., 1915.
D^tfr Colonel Pomeroy:
I am in receipt of your letter of November 11, enclosing a letter dated
October IS, entitled, "Open letter to Col. A. A. Pomeroy," written by a
member of the staff of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
and privately sent by him through the mails to subscribers of your History
and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family y (but few of whom have ever heard of
him), in a futile attempt to defend the said Register from the charges of
inaccuracy and misrepresentation which have been successfully laid and
maintained against it — and also, it seems to me, in an attempt to undermine
the living Pomeroys' adherence to and respect for you who have voluntarily
labored for so many years in their behalf, and, perhaps, as though such an
attempt would tend to deter you, or anyone else, (in some way or other) from
making further corrections of the inaccuracy of the New England Register
and from other disclosures concerning certain persons.
In that "open letter" references are made to the Pomeroy pamphlet
recently published by you containing an account, written by me, in which I
cannot help but believe that I most conclusively proved, to the satisfaction
of any reasonable mind, and by unquestionable records beyond the possibility
of any successful contradiction, the unreliability and inaccuracy of certain
specific pronouncements upon the Pomeroy family made by the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register^ in each and every particular specifi-
cation laid down by me in your said pamphlet.
I venture to say that I remain of the belief that no one who studies that
pamphlet and compares its most categorical and incontrovertible proofs with
the said open letter of October IS, can scarcely fail to at once be struck
with the fact that in no single particular does the said open letter bring to
bear, or even quote directly against any record or piece of evidence in your
pamphlet, any other record or evidence whatever in the way of disproving,
or of questioning, or even challenging anything laid down in your said pam-
phlet published for the purpose of correcting the said inaccuracies and mis-
representations of the New England Register. — C. A. H.
The genealogical editor of the Hartford TimeSy after reviewing the copy
of pamphlet No. One, published a column notice, from which the following
has been extracted:
"We may not, in our brief space, give extended reference to the Pomeroy
Pamphlet, but at all events it is readable and refreshing, and sufficiently
antiquarian in interest to please the most fastidious searcher after inequalities
in ancient documents. The conclusion reached by the pamphleteer, is to say
the least, amusing, in its accusation of editors as being not always infallible. . •
Z57 1E«timat»0 of tfft ^tntvgOi df tl|» ^amnrnj ffamttifUfB
The pamphlet contains exact etchings of three pedigrees, the true, the false,
and the one corrected and extended by Colonel Pomeroy in advance of the
publication of his now famous book. The controversy arose over the publi-
cation in January, 1914, page 47 of the New England Register of a pedigree
which is now found to be 'totally incorrect and worthless for any purpose,'
and which was corrected by Colonel Pomeroy in a letter to the editor, but the
editor ignored it. The corrected pedigree of the generations involved may be
found back of page 109 in the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family,
and conforms to the new evidence produced by Mr. Charles A. Hoppin, after
careful and painstaking research." — Hartford Times.
My dear Colonel:
"I have just finished Hoppin's wonderful letter. It is more absorbing
than any novel. He has absolutely covered every point thus far, and has
done the most scientific and clean cut job of the kind I have ever heard of. . . .
He certainly makes the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
look like thirty cents in Confederate script.
"Boston, Mass. (Signed)
"H. S. Pomeroy, (M.D.)"
The extract presented below is from a letter written by Mr. S. H. Pomeroy
of New York City to Dr. H. S. Pomeroy of Boston, Mass:.
**Dear Doctor: — . . . .No one denies the moral benefit of a wholesome
pride and satisfaction in one's ancestors. This fact alone should prompt the
officers in control of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society to
encourage rather than discourage the study of genealogy as a whole, and that
society should not hesitate to brush out into the ash-heap any one of its
officers or members of so small a character and quarrelsome disposition as the
author of the recent "open letter" surreptitiously circulated among the family
of Pomeroy. . . . The New England Historic-Genealogical Society
should, if possible, make its ofiicial organ more exact and useful instead of
publishing false opinions and pedigrees and letting them stand without frank
explanation or correction. . . .
(Signed)
"S. H. Pomeroy."
An Sffrrthtf Anaaiier to a ^muxtt of IHtirli Jttqiitbntrf
**CoL A> A, Pomeroy y Sandusky y Ohio.
"Dear Friend: — I received your enclosure (copy of the last pamphlet)
last evening and read it with interest, satisfacrion and astonishment. This
morning I again read it more carefully than on last evening, with as much or
more interest. It is a 'screamer' — a 'squelcher' — a 'silencer'. I never saw
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80 much documentary evidence — ^all supporting what you are (and have been)
contending for vs, the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
You have that coterie of codfish balls defeated. . . . Facts will not down.
Theories and guesses must entrench before facts — but entrenchment in this
case will prove worse than open admission of mistaken arm-chair declarations
. . . . The more I read of Mr. Hoppin's researches, the more I am con-
vinced that he is one among a thousand whose genealogical work is worth while
— facts and facts only come from his pen. Would that the Beacon Hill Maga-
zine had this reputation! No dreams, no romancing, no arm-chair theories,
no 'ipse dixif' declarations — but only authenticated facts, backed up by other
court documents which harmonize with first documents, are of value in the
genealogical field — and Mr. Hoppin builds on that foundation . . . and
10,000 Registers will not avail now, for these facts now in your possession will
smite them (or it) *hip and thigh.'
"After what you and Mr. Hoppin have been charged with by that
'Eminently Respectable but not Distressingly Popular Old Gentleman from
Beacon HilF,' no wonder you both wear a 'smile that will not come off.' In
short, Mr. Hoppin's letter is the most complete, and the best fortified attack
upon a respectably published error, wilfully defended, that I ever saw. I
believe its equal has never appeared in genealogical print.
"You are to be congratulated by all genealogists, and especially by all
descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy, for persistently keeping at this, and for
procuring the services of so unbiased and trustworthy an investigator as
Mr. Hoppin in order to prove the rightness of your original contention. It
also proves the truthful and clear-headed judgment of yourself and your
English investigations. I personally congratulate you upon your correct
conclusions now indisputably established as to the English Pomeroy line
and its right to all the honors you claim for the same. All who know how
to reason genealogically will highly appreciate what you have done — recog-
nizing its far-reaching value in years to come.
"In conclusion, let me say I never read a statement that gave me the
supreme satisfaction that this Hoppin epistle does. It means so much in
so many ways. It is an answer to so many sources of impudence, from those
in self-asserted authority. It is, genealogically, a literary gem. I thank
you most heartily for letting me read it, and enjoy this satisfaction.
"With best wishes, I am,
"Very truly,
(Signed) "E. S. Loomis."
[E. S. Loomis, Ph. D., LL.B. B.S., A.M., is the author of the great
Loomis book, "The Loomis Family in America." He is also a descendant
of Eltweed Pomeroy through the marriage of Hannah Pomeroy and Amos
Loomisy — ^A. A. P.J
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In the preceding comprehensive statement from London^ Mr. Hoppin
has clearly and emphatically maintained, by authority of records, the charges
of inaccuracy and misrepresentation laid against a committeeman of the New
England Historic-Genealogical Society, who, in order to screen himself,
sought refuge under the respectability and past reputation of the society which
employs him. Mr. Hoppin is probably as familiar with all the sources of
English genealogy as any person living, and by well-sustained documentary
proof he has shown that the committeeman of the New England Register is
but a tyro. Said committeeman, in order to avoid the avalanche of incon-
trovertible records which have been showered upon him in Pomeroy Pamphlet
Number One, assumed an indifference to their force, and without showing an
honest endeavor to defend himself and the publication he represented, resorted
to an unprofessional method of circulating surreptitious letters by mail, securing
the addresses from a Pomeroy family book which was presented to the New
England Genealogical Society, which actually repudiates him, in the pages
of its official "organ," as an "agent for the society engaged in English Genea-
logical research." In his extremity said committeeman appealed to Mr.
Frank AUaben, editor-in-chief of the Journal of American History^ for a
decision in the matter.
Mr. AUaben has published his conclusions, after a thorough examination
of the schrapnell fired by the New England Register man at the Pomeroy
pedigree and the armorial bearings which go with it, in the Journal of Ameri-
can History, Vol. XI, Nos. 2 and 3, (June and September, 1917), respectively.
These well-considered articles are partially reproduced in this volume, and
are subject to your judgment. In these comprehensive articles Mr. AUaben
has demonstrated that he is one of the most capable, scientific and critical
genealogists in America. His extended analysis of the motives and results
of the New England Register's attack on the Pomeroy family and the family
book shows a very clear and keen comprehension of genealogical and armorial
problems and should be read and studied by every person bearing the dis-
tinctive name "Pomeroy" and the kinsmen of collateral lines; also, by all
members of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society who have for the
last three or four years been misrepresented by the profit-making wiles of
the chairman of its English research committee for personal gain.
The writer has been advised by members of the New England Genea-
logical Society that they decline to contribute further to the fund for English
research for the reason that, from an ethical standpoint, it is not good form
to maintain at the head of the research committee of the society, a professional
genealogist who is putting small sums of money in his pocket with one hand
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while on the other he is passing upon the merits and suggestions of contribu-
tors and members as to the lines of research for the magazine, paid for and
published by the society, thus offering himself opportunities to commercialize
and demoralize a gentleman's literary and historical society at the expense
of the subscribers, and the introduction of professional rivalries for the exploit-
ation and benefit of an internal business clique. It is deplorable that such
an enterprising individual should hold a place of importance on the ''most
ancient" genealogical quarterly, which has previously been represented by
honest and capable gentlemen. However, it is a matter of note that volun-
tary subscriptions have been greatly reduced, and the society now appro-
priates money from the treasury to make up the deficiency in the fund for
foreign research.
The scientific genealogical article reproduced in this volume from the
Journal of American History was written by Mr. Frank Allaben, editor-in-
chief of that handsome quarterly at the request of the head professional of
the New England Genealogical Society that he act as genealogical critic or
judge as to the merits of the controversy which has continued for four years
or more between the New England Register and the Secretary and Historian
of the Pomeroy Family Association, and which was tacitly agreed to by the
publisher of the History and Genealc^y of the Pomeroy Family. Therefore,
it is only fair that Mr. AUaben's decision in the matter is given broader pub-
licity in this volume. The Pomeroy Family Association is more or less
interested in Mr. AUaben's decision, and as the writer entertains the belief
that the New England Genealogical Society will not publish the findings of
the expert judge in its official organ, or make it public in any other way, it
is only proper, with Mr. AUaben's consent, that his decision should be repro-
duced in Part Three of the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family.
As this volume will not, probably, reach many of the members of the
New England Society, and not wishing to be considered unfair, or of adopting
surreptitious methods of making public the decision reached by Mr. Allaben,
the Secretary and Historian of the Pomeroy Family Association prompted
the publishers of the Journal of American History to mail to the officers and
prominent members of the New England Genealogical Society, and the several
public libraries, copies of the two editions of the Journal of American History
containing the two articles which so gracefully interpret the "Ancestral Genesis
of the American People" and the rule of thumb enforced by the New England
Genealogical Society by which the Register ^'controls the ancestral lines of
emigrants to America^' Mr. AUaben's analysis gives one the impression that
he has a clear vision and a long sharp pen:
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N 1912 Colonel Albert A. Pomeroy, of Sandusky ^Ohio, Secretary,
Historian, and Executive-Committeeman of the Pomeroy Family
Association, published a Pomeroy Genealogy. Some months
later, in the New England Register for July, 1913, an attack was
made upon the claim of descendants in this country that their
ancestor, Eltweed Pomeroy, of Dorchester, Mass., descended from
the old baronial family of Pomeroy of Devon, England. Sub-
sequently, in the Register for January, 1914, eleven pages were devoted to an
elaborate attack upon the Pomeroy Genealogy and its claim of descent. The
controversy thus begun has been carried into the genealogical columns of
many newspapers and has caused the appearance of a number of pamphlets
and one "open letter."
It is very seldom that the editors of the Journal of American History
have felt in duty bound publicly to investigate the merits of a controversy of
this character; but the nature and source of the present assault make it
necessary for some one of impartial judgment to attempt the defense of the
great body of amateur genealogists to whose labors of love we owe practically
all the work which has been done in genealogical science.
In spite of the din which the Pomeroy question has raised in genealogical
circles, through preoccupation with other matters I long remained innocent
of all precise knowledge of it, until invited to consider it by parties on both
sides of the argument. I was at first put in touch with what had appeared in
the Register; then with several pamphlets put forth on the other side; then
received Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett's "Open Letter," accompanied by a personal
letter of explanation.
The book selected by the New England Register for attack is a splendid
work of 1040 royal octavo pages, with about eighty interesting illustrations,
the whole well printed in excellent type on beautiful white paper and hand-
somely bound, while in subject-matter and contents it was, to an historian,
of all genealogies which I have ever examined the one most notable and
historically most valuable.
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In this book about 840 pages are devoted to some 10,242 American
descendants, the immense data being collated and presented in accordance
with our highest standards. This has been duplicated in other genealogies,
but the pecular value of the Pomeroy history lies in its large section devoted
to the antecedents of the same family for six hundred years in England and
Normandy prior to the three hundred years traced in America. Our abundant
genealogies give the historian a fair basis for studying the genealogical making
of America; but some of the most interesting genealogical problems connected
with Great Britain remain obscure to this day because British genealogists
almost universally have worked out mere pedigrees instead of tribal histories.
Now there are certain exceptional peculiarities connected with the Pome-
roy surname which assure us that in dealing with persons who bear it we in
all human probability deal with the members of a single tribe. This family's
pedigree is far more reliable than most; we are secure in following its life-
threads back; and we know that in tracing its vicissitudes we follow a real
clue in a typical case of baronial descents. Having a distinctive surname
confined to a single kinship to deal with, Colonel Pomeroy has taken advan-
tage of the opportunity by following the history on both sides of the water to a
degree which is almost or quite unprecedented, making his work, to an his-
torian or a sociologist, as I have said, the most valuable genealogy which has
ai^peared in print to date, so far as my knowledge goes. And this is the book
selected for attack by the Register. In examining the attack critically,
therefore, I do not feel that I am defending a book merely, but the entire
science of genealogy.
A %hxt 011 mi Aittieiirati JFatnilg
The New England Register for July, 1913, contained a few items from
transcripts of the parish roisters of Beaminster, Dorsetshire, and one from
the register of Crewkerne, Somersetshire. The reason for their appearance
was not obvious, as the Pomeroy Genealogy had already given the information,
accompanied by (omt facsimile reproductions from pages of the registers. We
must acquit the searcher in England of acting with a knowledge of the con-
tents of the Pomeroy Genealogy; but the chairman of the Committee on
English Research of the Society to whose organ he "communicated" this
matter, and Mr. Scott, editor of the Register^ both had the Pomeroy Geneal-
ogy within arm's reach in the Society's rooms in which they work. Upon
them rests the responsibility for the publication of the items referred to,
apparently as a pretext for the inclusion of the following gossipy matter:
from the overseer's book or "poor book" of Beaminster, County Dorset; for
1635:
1635
May, Given unto Mary Pomcry 4 d.
}une, Given unto Widowe Pomery 8 d.
uly, Heniy Pomery q^'teridge (quar-
tendge or quarterly allowance) 5 s.
August, Paid unto Henry Pomery 5 s.
August, Widow Pomery and Widow Derby 1 s.
August, Widow Pomery and ye carryer's
wife Is.
September, Paid Widow Pomery and Widow
derby 1 s.
October, Pajd^Widow Pomery 6 d.
November, Paid'Widow Pomery 6 d.
December, Paid John Hodder for
Henry Pomeryes shrowde 2 s. 11 d.
Are the words "or Poor Book" part of the title of the volume, or only a
gloss thrown in to emphasize the awful damnation supposed to reside in these
pitiful items? Such scrapings were the sole foundations advanced for the
following grotesque interpretation. — {Register y p. 262):
Eltweed Pomeroy appears at Dorchester, Mass., and was freeman 4 Mar. 1632-3. He was
afterwards of Windsor, Conn., and of Northampton, Mass. It has been claimed by descendants
that he was closely related to a famous armorial family of the name in Devon, but the fact that
his mother (for there was but one family of the name in Beaminster) and his brother Henrv were
both parish charges and that the latter was buried at the expense of the church seems to make this
claim baseless.
On such trivial evidence and its snobbish misinterpretation are 10,000
Americans to be bereaved of their British ancestors? Let us apply the test of a
little historical criticism.
1. Would it not at least be wise to be sure of one's premise before draw-
ing conclusions? What actual proof is there that "Widow Pomery" and
"Henry Pomery" were mother and brother of Eltweed? "The fact," we are
told, that "there was but one family of the name in Beaminster." But this
is slippery ground. Were no Pomeroys near Beaminster? The very maker
of the argument upsets it later, (The Regis$ery January, 1914, p. 55): **The
region around Beaminster teems with yeoman families named Pomeroy J* Thus
at the first touch from a little further research the whole premise and conclu-
sion of the original attack totally collapsed!
2. But tis a warning against the false conclusion, we already had positive
evidence concerning Eltweed Pomeroy's social standing on his arrival in
America. A founder and original proprietor of Dorchester, Mass., he appears
in the earliest Town Records, 8 October, 1633, as "Mr. Eltweed Pomeroy,"
one of seven who ordered the first town meeting and the choosing of Select-
men; was elected First Selectman; and by the General Court, 3 June, 1634,
was chosen Constable. What tyro knows not what these things mean? And
thus the tables turn; for if Eltweed's relatives received charity, this shows his
social position was unassailable even by extreme poverty.
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3. The testimony of our Dorchester records is even surpassed by the
following Beaminster document of about 1631 from the archives of the Dean
of Sarum, which I take from the Boston Transcript of 6 December, 1916,
(furnished that paper by the historian of the Pomeroy family) :
Right Worshipful & Reverend Sr: Our duties humbly remember and prosed: Whereas, the
bringer hereof, Mr. Antony Hartford, being a licensed Preacher, hath bin our Curate for almost
two years now last past; thereunto admitted and licensed bv your worthy predecessour, the now
Lord Bishop of Rochester, during all wh times hee hath oehaved & deineaned himselfe verie
oomformably peaceably & religiously in his whole carriage and conversation amongst us, after
the better manifestation of our respect to your jurisdiction and authoritie over us and tor 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
you will bee pleased to confirme 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:
E^^mu'^' ] Constable
Hugh Strode (Lord of Manor)
Wm. Seaburne, Steward (of the Manor)
Eltwide Pomery
(and 65 others all named).
Thus, in England, in the days of punctilious precedence, of seventy
"inhabitants of Beaminster" Eltweed Pomeroy signed first, immediately
following the constables and lord and steward of the manor. If documents
mean anything he held one of the best social positions in his parish, and our
sagacious Dorchester fathers merely accorded to him the recognition he had
enjoyed in England. Hence, if the "Poor Book" really refers to his family,
it gives the most remarkable evidence that Eltweed commanded a precedence
which even indigence could not set aside. Does the "Poor Book," then,
indicate worthless connections, or a place in a highly-honored family?
4. Lastly and fundamentally, the principle assumed in this attack on
the Pomeroys challenges one of the most elemental facts in human experience,
a thing witnessed to by all genealogical research, the universal phenomenon
of extreme vicissitudes in all family histories. Is the great discovery at last
made that poor people are never "closely related" to famous armorial families?
And were all the ages deluded in thinking the rich generally had poor relations?
All my genealogical studies run so completely counter to this strange
canon that I can not conceive of a large tribe of descendants whose different
members do not sound the entire gamut of social conditions. American gene-
alogies offer the best chance of a record of sustained equality of circumstances,
for they are tribal histories covering less than three hundred years wherein
our fathers abandoned the British injustice of leaving everything to the eldest
sons. Yet who can name a single American genealogy of any size where the
records of the descendants of a common ancestor do not exhibit ail degrees of
divergence between wealth and poverty?
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What then have been the vicissitudes among British families, whose
multiplying numbers among narrowing acres struggled for existence through
the six stern and murderous centuries before Eltweed Pomeroy came to
America? Where are the surnames that ruled England in Norman times?
They fell in the clash of life centuries ago. The exceptions are so few that
they stand out in isolated distinction, arrayed in the decayed and stricken
remnants of a departed grandeur, like the castles and abbeys that lift up
desolate wrecks in the fields and towns of England.
But the Pomeroy Genealogy claims the special interest of the historian
precisely because it presents the continuous and authentic history of such a
family for nine hundred years; from the original glory of one of the Conquer-
or's enriched companions tracing decline, impoverishment, and increasing
obscurity until a scion touched soil in the new world, with sons, grandsons,
and great-grandsons performing the hard but regenerating tasks of yeomanry
in conquering a wilderness, and thus so completely renewed the youth of the
tribe that its record now traces no less than ten thousand Americans sprung
out of one Pomeroy's loins in less than three centuries.
As to the "Beaminster" "Poor Book,** the wonder is not that two Pome-
roy 's got into it, but that any kept out of it! I should like to have some one
teach me what remotest bearing any possible degree of poverty of Pomeroys in
Beaminster in 1635 has upon the evidence of their descent from armorial
ancestors who lived centuries before. And Christians assuredly will marvel
at the superstitious notion that no needy church member who received
Christian ministry can possibly have been bom a lady or a gentleman!
The preceding paragraph originally concluded this section of our analy-
sis. But as we go to press I learn that further researches in England by Mr.
C. A. Hoppin prove by Dorset parish records that Eltweed Pomeroy 's mother
was Eleanor, not "Mary;" that she died not at Beaminster, but at Simonds-
bury, Dorset, as did her husband, Richard, their burials occurring 12 April,
1612, and 3 February, 1612, respectively, twenty-three years before the 1635
items in the Beaminster "Poor Book.'* Thus there was another Pomeroy
family in Beaminster after all, while the whole reasoning and entire scheme of
identifications set up with such an air of authoritative finality for the Regis^
ter^s first assault are blotted out in eclipse of total oblivion. The new data
referred to may be found on page 171, 172, 212 and 213.
The Register's original attack upon the Pomeroy family was what my
preceding caption styles it, a "slur,'* petty, snobbish based upon an
utterly false principle of misinterpretation of a few insignificant items which,
if they refer to Eltweed Pomeroy's relatives, prove that his social standing
both in England and America could survive the severest tests. This first
attack "made Colonel Pomeroy very angry and scurrilous,'* Mr. J. Gardner
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Barlett writes me in a letter dated 16 March, 1916. That G>lonel Pomeroy
had cause for being "very angry" over the gratuitous insult to the Pomeroy
family "communicated" to the Register by Mr. Bartlett will be the verdict
of every unprejudiced mind.
Those responsible for the attack owed an apology, with whatever other
reparation lay in their power. Even if they had not properly weighed the
unseemly character of the first assault, we make no mistake in assuming that
any policy adopted after the receipt of Colonel Pomeroy's protest involved
the intelligent complicity of those responsible for conducting the Register.
I mean, particularly, Mr. Scott, the editor, and Mr. Bartlett, the chairman
of the New England Genealogical Society's Committee on English Research.
Three policies lay open to them: (1) to express regret; (2) to maintain
silence; (3) to pursue the attack, seeking some appearance of a sounder
criticism to cover the weakneefs and meanness of the first assault. The
first policy would have been honorable; the second, cowardly from a personal
standpoint, but discreet from the standpoint of the good name of the Register
and of the Society which owns it; the third, in every way dishonorable. The
third policy was adopted by men who had on a shelf of their Society a gift-
copy from Colonel Pomeroy of the magnificent genealogy, which I consider
the most valuable to an historian of any book of its class known to me which
has been issued in America.
I quote more at length Mr. Bartlett 's own words from his above-men-
tioned letter to me: "In the ^Register' of July, 1913, Miss French published
some records she found, showing that the mother and brother (an unproven
assertion) of Eltweed Pomeroy of Beaminster were buried there as paupers
(a false statement). This made Colonel Pomeroy very angry and scurrilous;
and at my request she investigated the weak point in his alleged pedigree."
Mr. Bartlett here describes his instruction very modestly, "at my re-
quest she investigated." But I had it from the one most competent to testify
that the order to "investigate" came from the chairman of the Research
Committee in clarion and stentorian words of command. "Smash the
Pomeroy pedigree!"
Thus Colonel Pomeroy's protest wrung no honorable amenity from Mr.
Bartlett, but sent him back to the firing line (or rather to the rear for better
ammunition) with colors flying, drums a-beat, and trumpets shrilling. Now
this may be war, but unfortunately it is not the historical method. "Smash
the Pomeroy pedigree" was an order to find evidence which could be inter-
preted to serve a certain end, an order to do alleged historical work under
the most positive and vicious "bias" and "tendency."
Incomparably more innocent are the bias and tendency under which
almost all the mistakes of amateur genealogists are made. A natural predi-
lection for easy and interesting results induces the acceptance of insufficient
and too often of palpably unsound evidence, unmindful of the inevitable
nemesis of the searcher who follows with wider inquiry and critical method,
dragging into light unsettling documents which should have been consulted
at the start.
Yet even slip-shod workers do constructive work, setting up positive
conclusions which invite criticism and induce further search. But what of
trained experts deliberately arming themselves with ''bias" to tear down,
injure, and destroy, instead of to construct? To place question-marks beside
historical work is child's play; we all are clever today, and any shallow clever-
ness can do this. I know of no cheaper way to acquire a worthless reputation.
Constructive historical work, a man's task, is alone worth while. What then
shall we say when the Research Committee of our greatest genealogical
society issues orders for "tendency" work of the worst kind? Or what shall
we say when the editors of our most venerable genealogical magazine make
it the vehicle of such work?
Yet even this one might pass over among sporadic errors in judgment
not likely often to occur. But is the very best work of the amateur genealogist
of America to be attacked in the Register? Are not all genealogical societies
the societies of amateurs? Are not practically all our genealogies and local
histories the works of amateurs? Have not amateurs contributed the over-
whelming bulk of the contents of the entire file of the New England Register
and of all other genealogical publications, British and American? Are the
pages of the Register^ then, open to gossipy gibes against American families,
and when such an unnecessary and hbtorically useless insult is vigorously
resented by the historian and natural defender of such a family, is he to be
punished by a secret order sent to England to dig up something to damage
his personal reputation and slander the genealogy he has published?
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We have heard the command to "smash the Pomeroy pedigree." While
waiting for the Register's generals to scare up new munitions and realign
upon the battle-field, let us examine the works they seek to destroy. We
shall look a little at the task of building a British pedigree. Colonel Pomeroy
constructed a striking one, nine hundred years long, beginning in Normandy
before the Conquest, stretching down through England for about six hundred
years, and thence into America through another three centuries. It embraces
a direct line of twenty-six generations, including Colonel Pomeroy, and of
twenty-eight, down to his granddaughter.
To establish through nearly a millennium a continuous pedigree of the
same surname upon a degree of probability so solid that searching criticism
can not anywhere shake it is a performance so supremely difficult that scarcely
anyone has ever accomplished it. To so nearly achieve this that even the
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Regisier^s biased critics point out only a single "weak point" is a great credit
to Colonel Pomeroy, for which I congratulate him; and if at the one "weak
point*' he built out of the materials then available a bridge of fair probability,
or unclouded possibility, he is not, in fair judgment justly subject to abuse
or censure by some afterling, building upon his work, who happens to discover
documents which he believes are unknown to the Colonel. Our best work
is subject to correction. Apart from divine inspiration, human effort can
not hope to build a pedigree beyond the possibility of emendation in the light
of new discoveries.
Infallible proof is no more attainable in genealogy than in other historical
work; no British or American pedigree can claim it; so that all differences
between sound and unsound pedigrees, apart from deliberate forgery, are
simply differences in the degree of probability or improbability. From this
there is no escape, and all pretense of it is begotten either of ignorance or
imposture.
All science is subject to these limitations; and history, the culmination
of all science, the roof and cornice of the entire temple, can least of all hope
to escape, resting as it does not merely upon conjecture in its own field of
final interpretation, but upon the painfully-rising and constantly-corrected
and renewed structures of hypotheses and probabilities in all the departments
of human knowledge underneath it.
In its own domain, of sifting human evidence, what difficulties history
encounters! All lawyers and jurists know that the best legal evidence affords
only presumptive proof, in spite of the law's elaborate machinery to cross-
examine the probabilities. Yet only for small parts of the way can the
genealogist hope to find legal evidence, which he must, of course, take subject
to all the fallibility, natural bias, dishonesty, and corruption of judges, juries,
lawyers, and witnesses, superadded to the numerous clerical errors of the
drawers and recorders of documents.
Ask textual critics concerning the multitudes of corruptions and mis-
readings in handing down a work like the New Testament through trained
copyists who considered it inspired and sought to avoid the change of a letter.
These errors criticism has slowly corrected through a painstaking labor of
generations in collating thousands of manuscripts and versions. But the
genealogist is fortunate to find even a single copy of any document, and must
assume its unimpeachability or give up his task. Lack of charity for one
another among workers in a field like this is one of the most grotesque things
under heaven. There never has been and never will be an uninspired genealogist
who does not do all his work in the most fragile of glass houses; and I have
never watched one who threw many stones who did not do vastly more damage
to his own house than to his neighbor's. The truth is that we cannot get these
stones out without breaking our own windows and letting in the accusing
voicey "Wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that
judgest doefh the same things J^ Let the reader watch our present inquiry
and see if these words are not literally fulfilled.
American sources for genealogy are in favored parts of the country so
abundant that we often can check the errors in wills, deeds, vital statistics,
town records, and court records, by mutual comparison; but in the England
that existed prior to America's colonization, the errors of an uncritical age are
secure through paucity of witnesses of any kind, and especially of second
witnesses to check the first. Biblical requirement, that in the mouth of two or
three witnesses every word shall be established, is beyond the wildest dream
of the genealogist, who is overjoyed to find even one solitary signpost here and
there by which to guess his way among blind cross-roads of mere conjecture.
We have heard of the fierce light which beats upon the throne. Yet in
trying to establish the genealogies even of England's Norman and Plantagenet
kings we are not yet beyond guess-work in assigning some of the kings' children
to the proper mothers. Search for the correct lists of bare names of reigning
monarchs in the dynasties prior to the Conquest soon leads into a morass
of questions, doubts, and conflicting authorities. Bright as was the publicity
in which they committed their crimes and succeeded one another, exact
genealogical tables of the great baronial families of Norman England are
exceedingly difficult to construct; but in this respect the Pomeroys, whom the
acumen of the Register singled out for attack, are exceptionally fortunate, in
the judgment of British experts, since "there is scarcely a baronial family in
England whose early pedigree has been so clearly and satisfactorily worked out
step by step as that of the Pomeroys in Devonshire." — {The Genealogist,
London, New Series, Vol. i, p. 167).
The tracer of British pedigrees finds the period of the Conquest more
fruitful the century following. A fair start is often obtained by critical
collation of the genealogical statements of the old chroniclers with eccle-
siastical charters and the Domesday Survey, the right use of which British
antiquarians are just beginning to understand; but when we leave the great
Domesday catalogue of property holders of the Confessor's and Conqueror's
days we plunge into an almost chartless sea, with little to steer by except ill-
informed chronicles, old charters (genuine and forged), land squabbles, and
such mere lists of names as of those who owed knight's service about 1166.
The extreme thinness of records gradually thickens as we come down, but
not in pace with the growing population. How may these few loaves and
fishes of genealogical information go around among all the families of England?
As for the villeins, from whom we all descend, but who left no broad land-trail
in the early days, not until the resurrection will they all be revealed in their
true places in our geneal(^cal charts. In guessing at our sprinkling of
baronial ancestors (for we all have them) we are chiefly indebted to the fact
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that they were such quarrelsome robbers and man-killers that down every
path of descent snatches of names and relationships hang like sheeps' wool to
the thorny legal annals of civil and criminal process; while we are under
tremendous obligation to kings' greed in subjecting feudal estates to royal
administration, at death and during minoritief^, to be restored to the rightful
heirs, if at all, only upon payment of fat fines.
We can not now regret systems of extortion that placed our ancestors and
their possessions upon record, though we may sympathize with the sense of
outrage of those like the violent Earl Warren, challenged concerning a land-
title by the king's inquisitors, who, drawing his too-ready sword with the word,
''By this my grandfather got his land and by this do I hold it!" met the rebuke
of the Lx>rd de la Zouch by a lunge through his lordship's body.
Though kings had their way, handing down to us priceless records of
post-mortems, the sources remain exceedingly scant, even after will-making
became common, until we reach the later period of heraldic visitations and
parish registers. Yet these new helps barely counter-balanced new difficulties,
through multiplying population without increased acreage, resulring in new
mixtures of the classes and increasing migrations; and if even the heralds, the
genealogists of their day, seldom set down correctly a pedigree of any length,
we need not marvel at our problems in attempting centuries later to begin
where they left oflF.
If a line clung to the land, we may establish historical continuity where
exact genealogy is lost — may trace inheritance from ancestors, though some
steps of the descent lie undisclosed. But where younger sons of noble blood
entered the condition later styled yeomanry, as constantly happened from the
conquest down and particularly prior to 1350, or conversely, where franklins
and yeomen emerged into trade, professional life, and manorial gentility, we
encounter great difficulties in going remotely back, as we do in tracing the
converging descents from Norman and Plantagenet kings and barons and
contemporary villeins to their points of conjunction in the fifteenth, sixteenth,
and seventeenth centuries.
Needless to say, the main difficulty here lies with the villeins, who have
generally shed the marks of their former estate before they begin to leave
traceable pedigrees. But where we can not trace, we logically know by math-
ematical calculation what has taken place. Yet we can not assume that any
emerging stock is wholly or in the line of its surname plebian (as we can not
assume that any royal or baronial stock is wholly noble), because the descent
of noble blood into farming was so extensive for centuries that probably few
if any stocks are free from noble blood at the point of their emergence into
traceable pedigrees.
When English colonization of America began, the economical pressure in
England from immensely multiplied population, with no more land than at
first> had resulted in a state of restless flux where class-mixture proceeded
rapidly in spite of heralds' snobbery in trying to stem it by establishing an
artificial line where none before had existed between a newly-defined "gentil-
ity" and a newly-defined "yeomanry." Estates, broken into constantly
smaller fragments, would not sufiice to go around among multiplying broods
of "gentlemen's sons" in ever-increasing competition with emerging multitudes
of descendants of yeomen, and of a villeinage which had broken the bonds of
land-vassalage in the fourteenth century, had gone into trades, commerce,
and professions in the towns, had prospered, and was constantly flowing back
with the gold that commanded the halls and manner of life of gentility easier
than could its broken-down scions, and could buy from the heralds for trifling
sums actual patents of armorial nobility.
America's early settlers, whether of well-known ancestry, of the new-
fangled herald-stamped "gentility," or of unregistered yeomenry (including
the best blood of England), were for the most part not those who had, but
those who sought, the broad acres that support a life of leisure. Hence, we must
grope for their ancestry, in most cases, far from the easy trails of manorial
descents. Few things are more diflicult than the picking up of these floating
pedigrees by wireless, while few things are cheaper than the pretense of supe-
rior wisdom in harsh criticism of one who makes the attempt.
With this brief summary we return to Colonel Pomeroy's work. He gives
us genuine history of a descent of baronial stock into yeomanry and indigence,
and the exhibit is too valuable for the historian to permit it to be obscured by
ridiculous aspersions growing out of the silly rivalries of professional gen-
ealogists. Even the Register*! critics attempt to pick flaws at only one
"weak point" of the Colonel's long history; and while mere pedigree-makers
may argue that no genealogical chain is stronger than its weakest link,
historians can refute this fallacy, and conclusively so in. a case like that of the
Pomeroys. Before looking at the "weak point," therefore, let us note the
unimpeachable strength of the Pomeroy history.
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The entire strategy of the Register's attack upon the Pomeroy ancestry
collapsed through a fatal misconception. The attacking experts assumed
that if they should make in Colonel Pomeroy 's pedigree one clear breach back
of Eltweed Pomeroy this would completely undermine the claim to baronial
ancestry. In many cases such a result would follow, but the critics very
strangely forgot that Pomeroy is notably exceptional.
They assert that their new evidence in the Register (January, 1914, pp.
47-56) made a breach in the pedigree. This assertion I shall examine crit-
ically in due course. But first let us inquire how much of the Pomeroy
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evidence remains unimpeached even if the alleged breach at the ' 'weak point"
is an actuality.
On the strength of the alleged breach the Register's experts have drawn
certain conclusions. I shall first quote these item by item, recording my
dissent, and shall then present the historical grounds for pronouncing these
conclusions false.
On page 55 of the Register above-mentioned we read that in view of an
alleged mistake in identifying Richard, Eltweed Pomeroy's father, ''the pedi-
gree given in the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family breaks
down." I reply that this result follows in a technical sense only; but even if
the facts are as alleged, the pedigree does not "break down" in the sense of
leaving us in any doubt of Eltweed's descent from the baronial Pomeroys.
We are not left in doubt concerning the/act of his descent, but only concerning
the particular line. Thus against the further conclusion, that "at present
nothing is known of the ancestry of Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster, the
father of Eltweed," I oppose the emphatic assertion that on grounds of human
probability as overwhelming as can be attained in genealogical science we
know that Eltweed and his father descended from the baronial Pomeroys of
Devonshire. Again, the statement that "the descent of Eltweed Pomeroy
from the armorial family of Pomeroy of Berry-Pomeroy is, therefore, entirely
conjectural," is true only of the particular line, not of the fact, of such descent;
since any questioning of the fact can rest only upon empty theoretical pos-
sibility, without a single element of probability. I challenge completely the
intention of the added remark, that "according to heraldic usage the descend-
ants of Eltweed Pomeroy have no right to bear the Pomeroy arms until the
descent from the armorial family has been established." The intention here
suggests that descent from the armorial family has not yet been established;
but my calm judgment is that if our present evidence in behalf of the American
Pomeroys can be seriously questioned, all possibility of ever proving an
historical title to arms for any American family is gone.
In a similar vein, on page 56 of the same issue of the Register Mr. Bart-
lett tells us that "the records" there given to discredit Colonel Pomeroy's
identification of Eltwecd's father "destroys the particular heraldic line ot
ancestry that has been claimed for Eltweed Pomeroy." Changing "heraldic"
to "armorial," Mr. Bartlett's conclusion remains true only if we retain the
words "particular" and "line." The claim to a "particular" "line" would be
destroyed by evidence having the force asserted by the Register, yet the
claim to armorial ancestry would still remain unimpeached. I challenge Mr.
Bartlett's next conclusion, that "whether or not he was in any other way a
descendant of the Norman armorial family of Pomeroy of Berry-Pomeroy can
with our present knowledge neither be affirmed nor denied." With our
present knowledge the fact of such descent can be "affirmed" on the highest
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degree of probability attainable in genealogical science, and can not be
"denied" with any degree of probability whatever. Again he says, "Eltweed
Pomeroy may have been descended in some junior line from the Norman
armorial family of Pomeroy of Berry-Pomeroy." To this exceedingly mild
statement I assent; yet when he adds, "but on the other hand he may not
have been of their blood at all," I must remark that Mr. Bartlett here builds
on bare theoretical possibility, without a single element of probability.
On the same page Mr. Bartlett says, "In America a general misconception
exists that all persons bearing the same place surname, such as Pomeroy,
Skipwith, Berkeley, and the like, are descendants of the Norman lords of that
place in England." Is this fact or delusion? As I have never happened to
talk with any one under this misconception, nor ever met it in print, I am
compelled to doubt its generality — outside of Boston, perhaps. My con-
ception is that, of the three names mentioned, Pomeroy stands in a class by
itself, and can not by an unbiased person who knows English place-surnames
be for a moment bracketed with "Shipwith, Berkeley and the like." But as
this touches the very thing which utterly destroys the Register's main con-
tention, we shall return to it in a moment.
Mr. Bartlett continues, "In reality, however, throughout England, at
the time (about 1300) when the common people began to assume hereditary
surnames, many peasants of Anglo^axon or British origin and without sur-
names, whose ancestors were serfs of these Norman landlords, on removing
from their native places took the names of those places as family names, and
became the progenitors of yeoman families which bore surnames derived from
place-names but were not descended from the Norman lords of those places."
Can any one cite me a theory more purely imaginary then this, more
completely unsupported by a single known historical instance? Does the
committeeman not know that if he has really captured a single "serf per-
forming the part here assigned to great bodies of them he can make every
British antiquary his grateful debtor by publishing the instance? My studies
happen to have moved in this direction and I can assure him of the crown
awaiting such a "discover."
When Mr. Bartlett speaks of serfs he probably means villeins, who con-
stituted over 40 per cent of the families of England at the time of the Domes-
day Survey, whereas the servi, even then only about 10 per cent., soon emerged
into villeinage.
We can prove by mathematical calculation that villeins must have risen
into craftmanship, "yeomanry," and "gentility," because the only alterna-
tive is the absurd assumption that otherwise these millions must have suffered
extinction; but Mr. Bartlett's wild theory, that the nobles' assumption of
surnames from their esMes was practiced by villeins without an acre^ seems
to carry its own refutation in the confused contradiction involved in the very
terms of the theory.
The issue raised is a fundamental and very interesting one, involving the
entire character of the genealogical mixture which has made the Anglo-Saxon
people what they are. A question of such consequence must not be twisted
like a nose of wax to serve the temporary purpose of a pedigree-smasher;
and in a future issue of The Journal I hope to deal with it on a broad basis,
substituting historical examples for mere theory. Here I must confine myself
to the briefest epitome of principles.
If the feudal lords of England watched anything with jealous eyes it was
land-titles and chances of inheritance. That they would permit villeins to
assume surnames under which the latter 's descendants might set up false
claims to manorial inheritances is one of the least probable things conceivable.
Nobles protected their surnames, and their arms too, precisely to exclude
false cousinships that might cover false assumption of property rights. If
noble fought noble on this ground, where would the villeins stand?
The only place-surnames we can conceive of villeins appropriating would
be towns and cities, not used by the nobles, whose surnames came from estates,
their manors and "honours." Titles, not surnames, they took from counties
and cities; hence a surname like Lincoln, for example, would not concern the
Earls of Lincoln, whose surnames were not Lincoln.
Again, Mr. Bartlett should know that it was not "about 1300," but about
1350, after the great plague, that English villeins began to rebel against
land-vassilage, while the resulting riots began about 1380. But at that time
in England hereditary surnames had long been in universal vogue, shutting us
up to the conclusion that villeins acquired surnames on the manors, each under
his own lord's eye.
A glance at manorial villeinage shows the reason for this. Villeins had
property rights under villein tenure or tenure by custom, and a villein's
son was as anxious to have his father's privileges as was his lord's heir to
inherit the manor, and thus had the same need of an hereditary name for
identification. His father's rights were recorded in the court roll; his own
admittance was decided by the manor court; and genealogy was as essential
in settling his status as in proving a noble's right to inherit at an inquisition
post mortem. Thus the villeins were little behind the nobles in taking
hereditary surnames, so that in the Hundred Rolls and various Surveys of
the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries, a period including two hundred years prior
to 1300, we find villeins habitually enrolled with surnames at least as fixed
as those of their lords — whose surnames often changed with their estates.
We can not alter history to "smash" the Pomeroy pedigree, and Mr.
Bartlett 's theory we must quietly drop overboard.
Let us now bring up the positive side, the evidence that every Pomeroy
descends from the baronial Pomeroys. We do not have to weigh the possi-
bility that some other family, villein or noble, may have appropriated the
same place-surname, because there never has been a place in England from
which they could have taken it. As Mr. C. A. Hoppin correctly states,
"There has never been in England a town, village, parish, or hamlet called
Pomeroy."
The first baron, Sir Radulphus de la Pommeraie, brought his surname
with him out of Normandy, and it did not get entangled with English geog-
raphy until the period of appropriation of surnames had spent itself. This is
as certain as any fact in English history, and by this token whoever is born a
Pomeroy knows his origin, blood and armorial bearings, however ignorant he
may be of his exact line. However cunningly the Register's experts assault
this impregnable rock, the only thing that will yield to their blows will be
their own reputation.
The Pomeroy barons of Devon were dominant lords at Berry, Stockleigh,
and Brigtown, and at length their name was popularly appended to these
ancient place-names, giving Berry-Pomeroy, Stockleigh-Pomeroy, and
Brigtown-Pomeroy. This custom was adopted too late for appropriation
in surnames. Were it otherwise, what should we find? Not Pomeroy,
certainly; not even Berry, Stockleigh, and Brigtown, except as derived in
an earlier period before the compounds were formed; but Mr. Berry-Pomeroy,
Mr. Stockleigh-Pomeroy, Mr. Brigtown-Pomeroy. Has anyone met any
of these gentlemen ? Yet Mr. Bartlett is looking for some one gullible enough
to think it possible that an enterprising villein lived in one of these places as
late as the 14th or 15th century, sawed the head off of the compound place-
name, took the tail for his own name, and went down to Beaminster to beget
Richard, father of Eltweed. And we must assume that he performed this
exploit unchallenged, and without leaving so much as a "scent" in the histori-
cal trail of this second and different Pomeroy family, in a little comer of
baron-worshiping England where every Englishman knew all about the
genuine Pomeroys, and in communities where every one's status and ante-
cedents were known to all his neighbors, and where the name-pretensions of a
false Pomeroy would be instantly detected and persecuted. When we go to
fairy-tales for history we may entertain the notion. Not in Devon or Dorset
could any one live who had tried to steal the great name of Pomeroy. What
have the Register's experts been doing in England that they do not know
facts as patent as the Devonshire hills?
An interesting commentary on the situation appears on page 77 of the
Pomeroy Genealogy in a letter of Captain L. R..L. Pomeroy of the Dragoon
Guards, written from Ladysmith, Africa, in 1900 to a Pomeroy in America.
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We all know how reluctant the English gentleman is to hand over a branch of
his family tree to American pretension coming with no better credentials
than a common surname. But Pomeroy is different; this name carries its own
credentials; and Captain Pomeroy writes without hesitation:
There is only one family of Pomeroy in England to my knowledge. This is a Pomeroy family
that came over with William the Conqueror and was granted large estates in Devonshire . . .
The Family continued to be of great importance in Devonshire until 1549, when Sir Thomas
Pomeroy, the then head of the family, was the leader of the unsuccessful Western Insurrection of
the Roman Catholics of Devon and Somerset against the ultra^Protestant policy of Edward VI.
. . . The bulk of his estates were forfeited to the Duke of Somerset . . . The family
much shorn of its ancient glory, still continued to reside in Devon at Engsdon, a manor which had
been left to them, and the ancestor of my family branch went to Ireland as Chaplain to the Earl of
Essex, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the reign of Charles II. His great-grandson was
created Viscount Harberton in 1783 . . . You give no dates so I do not know where your
ancestor would come in. No doubt several of them did seek their fortunes in America in the
middle of the 17th century, as the family was greatly impoverished at that time, and I understand
Pomeroy is not an uncommon name in the United States.
Can even the terrors of the Beaminster "Poor Book" "destroy" or
"smash" for Captain Pomeroy the origin of members of the family "greatly
impoverished at that time?" Nor can it for any serious historical student.
Hence my complete dissent from the incompetent conclusions reached in the
Register. Had I been one of the strategists, I should not have selected the
most impregnable family in Anglo-Saxia as the object of assault.
The Pomeroy arms go with the blood and surname, upon precisely the
same evidence. With the blind thoughtlessness of the technical searcher
eyes glued to the accustomed trial, it is positively asserted that "according
to heraldic usage the descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy have no right to bear
the Pomeroy Arms until the descent from the armorial family has been
established." The incompetence here is inability to perceive that descent
has been established, to the extent of covering completely the right to the
arms, which flows down from the beginnings of the family; while the inability
to perceive this comes from such exclusive occupation with the method of
documentary evidence that the very possibility of another and even stronger
kind of historical evidence is wholly lost to view. These very good searchers
simply need to lift up their eyes from the strain of the microscope and reacquire
a focus for long distance and a wider horizon of historical fact.
I am sure that from me, a lifelong stickler for the most exhaustive
pursuit after documentary evidence in genealogical work, the assertion of
the existence of historical evidence superior to legal documents will come
as a great shock. But just to turn the mind in the right direction, let me
take from physical science an analogy not so far-fetched as it may seem. I
might collect the aflidavits of millions of witnesses that the sun shines.
Would this be so strong as to prompt me to go out and try to look into the
sun's face with my own eyes?
I insist on documents because they are generally the best evidence avail-
able. Their weakness lies, (1) in the proneness to error of the makers and
recorders of documents; (2) in the fact that the possible errors cannot be
detected and rectified by cross-examination (law courts invariably reject
documents when they can get living witnesses); and, (3) and most serious of
all, in the fact that all documentary evidence has to be interpreted and put
together in the light only of such probabilities as we know and in the darkness
of our total unacquaintance with all other probabilities. Hence all the links
in a genealogical chain may be buttressed with an uninterrupted succession of
apparently incontrovertible documents, such as the trained genealogist joy-
fiiUy accepts, and must accept, as the Uhima Thule of research, and yet the
line of ancestry seemingly established may be false through the undetectable
error in one name in a will, for example, or the omission of a name, or some
fatal misinterpretation which the mind most logical is sure to fall into in
the absence of any warning signal.
But the notorious fact concerning the exceptional exclusiveness of the
Pomeroy name relieves those born with it from that complete subjection to
fallible documents which are the total support of most of our pedigrees. For
example, because Captain Pomeroy knew the exceptional fact that the
Pomeroy name is in all human probability exactly coextensive with the "one
family of Pomeroy,'* he did not have to wait for a pedigree, or for the Pomeroy
Genealogy, before acknowledging his American cousins. He did not know
how they were cousins; he could not doubt that they were. Now the Pomeroy
Genealogy may give the "how," or the New England Register may take away
the "how," but the one can not greatly increase, nor the other greatly dimin-
ish, the existing evidence of the fact of the relationship and common descent
of all bom of that name.
Thanks to the industry of the Register's "pedigree-smashers" we are not
left to mere theorizing. The issue can be tested. They have made out a
great case of "documentary evidence" to throw doubt upon the tribal soli-
darity of all those born with the Pomeroy name. I have already applied my
present method of historical analysis to this whole case, and my manuscript
lies before me. Its publication must be left to another number of The Journal^
as already I have greatly exceeded the space allotted for the present install-
ment; and I can only promise that some of the limitations and inadequacies of
the documentary method, as practiced by skilled workers to a point where they
widely advertise an absolute and infallible conclusion, will be pointed out.
Anyone who wishes to learn, meanwhile, how strong their case is, may care-
fiilly examine the Register for January, 1914, pp. 47-SS.
On the question of arms I add here, in closing, that the arms-bearing
right of the Pomeroys does not in any sense arise out of or hinge upon "heraldic
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usage/' which is a late, limited and fantastic intrusion in the domain of arms.
The Pomeroys have their right by "armorial usage/' original, unheralded,
undefiled. The coat-armor rights of many of us are indeed "heraldic,"
creatures of the heralds attached to comparatively modern colleges; but the
right of the Pomeroys is creatorial, sprung out of the original birth and
primal ordering of the usage of arms when the civilized world first received
it. The G^llege of Arms in London, although it rendered genealogy a valua-
ble service in a critical time, is only a late and decadent by-product of the
armorial usage created by the Pomeroys and their contemporaries.
Like other great barons the Pomeroys created, took, and defended their
own coat-armor; i>erhaps, like many, granted arms to others; and probably
kept and directed their own heralds, thus planting the seed that conceived
the College of 1483. My studies of baronial families, which has taken in
many, convinces me that the Pomeroys were as well-behaved as any. Yet it
did not require a great irritation to draw their swords out of their scabbards;
and in the days when they took, bore, and began to hand down their arms,
I fancy that anything shaped like a modern herald, seeking to interfere,
would rapidly have become extinct.
Under the constitution of England immemorial custom becomes common
law. The rights and privileges of ancient "armorial usage" were the well-
defined and inviolable heritage of all scions of armorial families long before
Richard III created a College or Henry VIII authorized the first meddling
visitations; and only the weak and flabby accepted the dog-collar and heraldic
tax and license, the best authorities agreeing that heraldry passed into de-
cadence and demoralization precisely at that time.
"Heraldic usage" never ventured upon a trial of strength with the old
families, who scorned inquisition and regulation. Moreover, under its com-
promising expedient of "confirmation," the College has always conceded to
the user of arms the benefit of every doubt, and thus grotesquely has "con-
firmed" scores of ancient arms to persons without a shadow of historic title
except their use of another family's surname. What, then, is the value of
"heraldic usage" in the presence of historical evidence? If such evidence
leads tack of the College the official touch of "heraldic usage" will only soil
by leaving its mark of modernity. What can such a rubber-stamp add to a
Pomeroy?
Yet should a Pomeroy so far forget himself as to seek a grant of con-
firmation, what herald would dare to expose his institution by refusing it?
Thus, even according to "heraldic usage," could not the descendants of
Eltweed Pomeroy, if British subjects, get for the asking, and the indispensable
fee, every "right to bear the Pomeroy arms" which a grant of confirmation
by the College could confer? If we know this, why humbug about it? If we
do not, what do we know of "heraldic usage," "armorial usage," and the
history of arms in Great Britain?
The need of such a discussion is fearfully discouraging. Of all the wild
motions made by the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, the gira-
tions of its committee on heraldry have always been the most alarming.
Under its reign of terror, pretension to a coat-of-arms was a more heinous
offense than was acknowledgment of a grandfather in the French Revolution,
and faster than the guillotine worked, this committee cut off discussion, under
the seal of its fierce taboo reducing the whole realm of armorial history to a
state of solemn silence. .
I recall sending to the Register years ago an advertisement accompanied
by an heraldic trade-mark. Ominous silence ensued. I seemed to feel the
quakings in Somerset street, and, sure enough, an icy line came back declaring
it a transgression of the law of the M edes and Persians for an heraldic illus-
tration of any kind to api)ear in the Register, I am not certain that the
letter was signed by skull and crossbones, but I am sure that I felt like search-
ing my clothes for the deadly crest some surreptitious mortal might have
foisted on me during sleep.
Boston friends can thus imagine my shock in picking up a later Register
to find that the heraldic committee had turned a complete somersault,
reversed the world, and come out as our greatest lovers and fosterers of coat-
armor. What strange new generation is this that has so completely chased
the pre-historic off Beacon Hill? When I first read the general invitation to
send armorial trappings in for registry to the new hall of fame, I think I must
have fallen into heraldic coma, incoherently muttering. "Is this a coat-of-
arms that I see before me?"
But what staggers me, knowing that some of the Register's genealogical
experts deplore the heraldic committee's new coquetry and flirtation with
arms as not more seemly than its former repressing of all natural affection, is
that I should now see these deplorers of extremes themselves going off into the
worst heraldic rampage in the history of the New England Society. Has the
war in Europe gone to our heads? Or are the two committees of the society
after all working in conjunction, the sirens of the Heraldic Committee sweetly
luring the unwary on the rocks of confession of heraldic sins in order that the
Committee on English Research may "smash," "destroy," and devour them?
Even so, this initial temerity is too much for my nerves. With the most
destructive appetite in the world, I should expect to choke to death over the
mane of the Pomeroy lion. If the thought ever enters my head of challenging
a Pomeroy's right to coat-armor, I hope that I may succeed in locking myself
in until the mania passes. But apparently a Bostonian can launch a torpedo
that would sink the reputation of a mere New Yorker.
In the preceeding number of the Journal of American History we discussed
at some length the astonishing attack which the New England Register
launched first upon the Pomeroy family in America, and then upon the
Pomeroy Genealogy and its compiler, Colonel Pomeroy. We analyzed the
Register's solemn argument that Eltweed Pomeroy of America could not be
descended from armorial ancestors who had lived centuries before him be-
cause the names of two of his alleged relatives had appeared in an English
"Poor Book." We also examined the contention that the American Pomeroys
have no right to use the ancient coat-armor of their family without first
establishing by documents every step of their exact line, even in face of
conclusive evidence that all who bear the name spring from the baronial
Pomeroys because this particular surname has never been used by any other
tribe of descendants.
We found that when Colonel Pomeroy protested to the Register against
the "Poor Book" argument, the chairman of the English Research Committee
of the New England Genealogical Society, sent over an order to the searcher
in England to "smash the Pomeroy pedigree." We are now about to weigh
by critical analysis the animus and force of this "smashing" campaign, and
shall prepare ourselves to understand the issue by briefly looking again at
Colonel Pomeroy 's pedigree, and particularly at the alleged "weak point"
in his chain of evidence, since here the "smashers" claim to have made a com-
plete breach.
As we have seen. Colonel Pomeroy had a splendid foundation to build
upon in establishing the British pedigree of the Pomeroys, since in the judg-
ment of experts "there is scarcely a baronial family in England whose early
pedigree has been so clearly and satisfactorily worked out step by step as
that of the Pomeroys of Devonshire." These materials the Colonel used
skilfully in nearly one hundred and twenty-five pages of his book devoted to
the English ancestry, correcting and amplifying the accepted pedigree for the
earliest English period by means of critical researches published in the Vic-
toria History of the County of Devon. Coming down, the skeleton furnished
by the most reliable pedigree is everywhere filled out, confirmed and corrected
by a constant resort to independent documentary sources. Colonel Pomeroy's
researches having produced a valuable body of evidence which is given in full
and often in facsimile. The work is altogether admirable in the space given
to such documents and to excerpts from printed works, enabling the reader
to weigh the evidence for himself; and this method is continued down to the
"weak point," which is the parentage of Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster,
County Dorset, England, father, as the Beaminster church register shows,
of Eltweed, who came to America.
Of all above and below the "weak point" I need not speak further, since
it would ill become me to pick flaws where the searching flame of the Regis-
ter's hostile eye has gazed and seen none. There is no doubt that at the
''weak point" Colonel Pomeroy had to rest his case upon the elements of fair
probability, deduced from all that was known at the time he went to press;
yet, in the light of all that is known at the present moment, a fair argument
may still be made out for the Colonel's view.
The names of children are significant in a large percentage of cases, and
where no better clue ofiers skilful genealogists frame working hypotheses
out of the family names. I do not know how Colonel Pomeroy reached his
conclusion, but I recognize that my experience would have led me in a similar
direction.
But since the most striking feature of the case is the singular name
Eltweed, search high and low for its explanation. This name apparently
takes us clear back to Ethelweed or Ethelward de Pomerai, who, Dugdale
tells us, in Henry I's time became re-founder of Buckfast Abbey near Totnes
and Berry-Pomeroy, County Devon, the Pomeroy arms being reported by
Prince as in his day still visible in several places in the Abbey ruins.
Therefore, keep an eye on Totnes and vicinity, seventy miles from
Beaminster, since the name of his son, Eltweed, establishes a high degree of
probability that Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster knew himself to be linked
with the same old family as Ethelweed.
Finding no Eltweed with son Richard who might be grandfather of
Eltweed the emigrant, nor any available Edward with son Richard, but
finding a Henry of Totnes (near Buckfast Abbey) with a son Richard, appar-
ently not otherwise accounted for, all dates and known facts being consistent,
why should we not begin to hope that we have located our man, and so
subject the appearance of probability to every test within reach? The
further we could go without finding contradictory evidence, the greater would
seem the probability that Richard of Totnes was grandfather of Eltweed.
No sane scientist works without hypotheses. The ''weak point" in
Colonel Pomeroy's pedigree is this very Henry Pomeroy of Totnes, to whom
our name-hypothesis has led us. I also call attention to the notable point
that no evidence known to date shows the death or continued residence in
Totnes of a Richard Pomeroy who could have been the son of Henry of Totnes;
while the Register is witness, as we have seen, that "there was but one family
in Beaminster," that of Richard, father of Eltweed. Thus Colonel Pomeroy
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found the striking coincidence that Richard, son of Hemy of Totnes,
evidently left Totnes and settled elsewhere, while Beaminster's contemporary
Richard evidently came from elsewhere and settled at Beaminster.
In a case of this kind, however, the appearance of probability should be
tested by exhaustive research to secure the highest degree of probability by
a process of elimination of other possibilities, and if funds are not available
for such a search, any publication of the probability reached should define
its exact nature and indicate the work still undone.
If Colonel Pomeroy can be criticised for printing his conclusions before
exhausting the probabilities of research the Register s experts should not be
his critics, for in this respect and in this very connection they themselves have
erred far more grieviously. Moreover, their offense is greatly aggravated
by its occurrence upon another's work, where honor and prudence alike
demand the utmost care and caution. We have seen that their first assault,
on the wretched basis of the Beaminster "Poor Book," had to be covered by
a further search to "smash the Pomeroy pedigree;" and we shall presently
find that this "smashing" campaign led them into so many new errors that
in 1914 Mr. Bartlett prosecuted a third Pomeroy research in England, the
results of which he for some reason has not yet published to the world.
Finally, if Colonel Pomeroy can be criticised because he did not suffi-
ciently indicate the elements of circumstances and probability on which his
one "weak point" rested, what shall we say if we find his attackers openly
assert that in their work mere possibilities and probabilities constitute positive
proof?
Critics believe that the value of historical testimony almost disappears
where strong bias selects and manipulates the witnesses. More or less
unconsciously a biased mind first selects carefully what suits its purpose,
ignoring the corrective value of all that is of a different tenor. Then by
misinterpretation and exaggeration the selected materials are further twisted
until with necks stretched awry their distorted faces assume in the play of
false lights the desired complexion.
Human minds normally become so prepossessed that none, perhaps,
wholly escape bias. He who constantly guards himself may reduce prejudice
to a minimum; but can one who sets out under the guidance of bias hope to be
an impartial judge?
We are about to test these canons of criticism. We have watched the
Register's workers set out under the strongest bias to "smash the Pomeroy
pedigree." With the most honest intentions can they pursue historical tasks
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in such a spirit without paying toll to error and unfairness? I propose these
tests:
1. Will the prosecuting attorneys give us all the Pomeroy data they
collect, or ask the jury's verdict on a carefully selected portion only?
2. Will injudicial haste to reach a predestined conclusion disclose itself
in defective, unreliable, and erroneous testimony?
3. Will prejudice reveal itself in attempting to impeach the honesty and
good faith of those it attacks?
4. Will unmistakable bias finally appear in distorting the force and
exaggerating the weight even of the selected testimony we are permitted to
hear?
The result of the research to "smash the Pomeroy pedigree" occupies
pages 47-56 of the New England Register for January, 1914; and at once we see
that our first test question is answered in the affirmative. On page 55 we
read:
Eighty Pomeroy estates previous to 1650 are referred to in the calendars ofthe various probate
courts at Exeter, co. Devon, but the documents pertaining to thirty-four of these estates are
missing; abstracts have been made of the papers relating to the remaining forty-six estates. The
general probate records for co. Dorset, now preserved at Blandford, do not begin until about 1660.
Wills ofman^ testators, belonging to various families of Beaminster, Netherbury, Symondsbury,
and other neighboring parishes, in the Perogative Court of Canterbury and in tne Peculiar Court
of the Dean of Sarum, nave been read. Some work also has been done in searching the registers
of parishes around Beaminster. No definite results have been obtained; but the region around
Beaminster, teems with yeoman families named Pomeroy.
Thus suppression of evidence is practiced by those who are attacking
another for his use of evidence. Will it be said that the data withheld are
immaterial? Every experienced genealogist knows this is not possible in a
case of this kind. Desperate cases require a process of elimination by gather-
ing exhaustively all evidence on a surname, and not till this is done and the
evidence laid before us can we justly sift and weigh the possibilities and
probabilities. The prosecuting attorneys in this case give themselves the
advantage of private examination of much evidence which they keep from
the jury, from whom, nevertheless, they demand a verdict of "guilty" against
the defense.
The reader will recall the original argument: El tweed Pomeroy could
not belong to an armorial family because his alleged relatives were poor; and
that the poor Pomeroys of Beaminster were his relatives is certain because
"only one Pomeroy family lived there." But in the paragraph I have above
quoted, telling us of suppressed testimony, the ground of this original attack
18 destroyed in a few words: "the region around Beaminster teems with
. . • . families named Pomeroy." If the prosecution's casual allusion
to the suppressed testimony so greatly aids the defense, what would the
complete evidence tell us ?
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Again, should it transpire that our fourth test-question is also answered
affirmatively, the prosecution misinterpreting and exaggerating the force of
the testimony made public, how could we trust their bias in choosing what
should be suppressed?
Furthermore, as the first attack broached the absurd notion that poor
people do not have armorial ancestors, the paragraph I have quoted subtly
conveys the equally ridiculous idea that English ''yeomen" can not have
armorial antecedents — as if the best blood of England had not recruited these
freeholders from the Conqueror down!
This false doctrine concerning the antecedents of yeomen and poor men
would, in all probability, be completely discredited by publication of the
suppressed Pomeroy evidence. Let us have light on the "yeoman families
named Pomeroy." To trace any of these back to the baronial stem would as
effectively dispose of the Register's snobbish theories as to trace Eltweed's
line back; and if the Pomeroys of America should gather and publish complete
data of all of this name in Great Britian, taking particular pains to ferret out
all who were yeomen or poor, they not merely would overwhelm misconception
and false interpretation, but would make the whole world their debtors for an
illuminating example of time's distribution of the blood of kings and nobles
among descendants in humble circumstances.
Those who assert that Beaminster's vicinity "teems" with yeoman
families of Pomeroys should give us the facts. We are entitled to them, after
such an attack. We should thus have the evidence that Eltweed's family, in
any case, was not exceptional in its circumstances, but simply had followed
the normal average which correct theory could predict in advance of any
baronial family in England which had continued to multiply descendants
from the Conqueror's time down to 1635.
Finally, the suppressed evidence bears directly upon the element of
probability in Colonel Pomeroy's conclusion concerning the parentage of
Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster. All the "smashing" researches of the
Register have so far utterly failed to find a better solution of this problem.
Thus they can not prove a positive, have attempted to prove a negative, and
are hard against the welUknown axiom that "you can not prove a negative."
They deny that Richard was son of Colonel Pomeroy's Henry, yet have found
no evidence for placing Richard elsewhere. Is it not plain that if you go on
to the bitter end without finding another ancestry for Richard, reaction will
naturally set in toward the view they have denounced? Meanwhile, as
jurymen appealed to for a verdict, we have a right to demand the suppressed
evidence, so as to see how far they have already gone without success.
The suppressed records have apparently been turned over to Mr. Bartlett,
who also made a further research in England in 1914, as I gather from his
"open letter" to Colonel Pomeroy (IS October, 1915):
The new records sent from England by yoar "Efficient Professional Genealogist" are not
new to me, as last year I secured all of them in England, and I have many more besides^ much
more important . . . After your "Efficient Professional Genealogist" has grappled with this
problem in his next article, which I await with interest, I shall then supply the Pomeroy Fainily
with my own pamphlet, already compiled, containing the correct account of this Pomeroy Family.
The aggressor throughout, Mr. Bartlett here developes considerable
ability in "adding insult to injury." Does he hold back the documents to
"annoy the animals?" And after taming the whole Pomeroy tribe, and
teaching them that he is the "great discoverer," will he at length feed their
famished curiosity with the only genuine pabulum? My own notion is that
Mr. Bartlett will have to revise some of his theories of English history before
the "correct account" of this or any similar baronial family can come out of
his portfolio. Meanwhile, one year and a large part of another have rolled
around, and although our enlightenment is "already compiled," the "correct
account" remains in cold storage, while suspense goes tortured and appre-
hension slinks terrified under these awfiil cryptic hints.
Mayhap, the intervening time has witnessed still another Pomeroy search
in England. But as late as 16 March, 1916, the elusive "positive" was still
artfully dodging the exploring "smashers," for Mr. Bartlett then wrote me
that "the ancestry of this Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster is still totally
unknown.*^
Alas! does this mean that even the "already compiled" "correct account"
will after all leave the vital issues, disheveled and unraveled, dangle in the
vacant air? The Pomeroys have the consolation of knowing, however, that
theirs has become a cause celibriy and that in their interest southwestern
England is getting raked and harrowed with the undying resolution of a "fine-
tooth comb."
In passing from this section, in which we have learned that the Register's
"bias" has practiced the fine art of suppressing much of the Pomeroy evidence,
after carefully selecting the portion on which the jury's verdict was asked, I
call attention to one point which may introduce the next division of our
subject. It will have been noticed that in the foregoing extract from his
"open letter" Mr. Bartlett asserts that "the new records sent from England"
by Mr. Hoppin to Colonel Pomeroy "are not new to me, as last year I secured
all of them in England, and I have many more besides, much more impor-
tant."
This throws a vivid light upon Mr. Bardett's policy in suppressing
Pomeroy evidence. It happens that the "new records" sent over by Mr.
Hoppin revealed error after error in the little Pomeroy pedigree sent up in the
Register as a means of destroying Colonel Pomeroy's pedigree. In October,
1915, Mr. Bartlett acknowledges that he obtained all these records, and thus
himself could have made the corrections during the preceding year. Yet he
was silent as the tomb until others brought out the damaging facts, nor has he
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even yet made the corrections in the pages of the Register. Moreover, he adds
that in 1914 he obtained "many more (records) besides, much more impor-
tant,^^ Is he surpressing these records for the same reason he suppressed the
others?
I refuse to judge what I can not see and analyze; but I must accept Mr.
Bartlett's own account of his method. Can he blame me, therefore, for a fear
that his bias in this case is such that I dare not trust the fairness of his judg-
ment in the evidence he withholds?
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We now seek the answer to our second test-question. The result of the
search to "smash the Pomeroy pedigree," so far as "communicated," appeared
in the Register for January, 1914. In this article the "smashers" undertook to
handle only seven generations of the Pomeroy line, where Colonel Pomeroy
had handled twenty-eight generations. Yet shall we find bias in the Register
so eager to arrive at its predestined conclusion that it is guilty of gross care-
lessness and serious errors even in handling a pedigree of seven generations?
Facing page 47 of the Register s article is a half-tone print from a photo-
graph of a page of a Harleian manuscript in the British Museum. At my
request Colonel Pomeroy has furnished the accompanying line-cut of the same.
It will be noticed that this pedigree shows six generations of Pomeroys, be-
ginning with Edward and ending with Henry. The latter both Colonel
Pomeroy and the Register identify with Henry of Totnes, but whereas the
Colonel makes him father of Richard of Beaminster, the Register claims he
was fatjher of Richard of Cornworthy.
This makes seven generations in the pedigree adopted by the Register and
published with its plainly-printed approval. Yet in this little pedigree, set up
to expose the carelessness and incompetence of Colonel Pomeroy and Mr.
Hoppin, the following errors have already been pointed out:
1. Robert Camell, father-in-law of Henry Pomeroy, second generation,
is styled of "Vitilford in Northamptonsh," although "there was neither then,
nor since then, such a place in that shire. Neither was there such a place in
England; nor was Robert Camell of any other place in Northamptonshire." —
(Hoppin.) Yet the Pomeroy Genealogy which they were attacking, acces-
sible to Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Scott on a shelf in their Society office, had cor-
rected this error, reading (p. 58), "Henry de la Pomeray . . m. (2) Anna, dau.
of Robert Cammel of Tittleford, County Dorset, widow of Henry Barrett of
White parish. County Wilts; m. before 10 Sept. 1478."
2. The Register's pedigree makes "Amy" (Anna) Camell mother of
Henry, son of her second husband, Henry Pomeroy, whereas the latter had no
children by her, but had issue by his first wife, of whom the Register gives no
hint. The Pomeroy Genealogy, at the elbow of Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Scott,
had all this, correcdy stating (p. 58) that Henry de la Pomeray "Married (1)
Alice dau. of John Raleigh of Fardell, county Devon."
3. Worst of all, the Henry Pomeroy who constitutes the Register's third
generation never was. No such person nor generation, ever existed. Here,
again, the Pomeroy Genealogy (p. 58), so accessible to Mr. Bartlett and Mr.
Scott, gives descent correctly, naming six children of Henry de la Pomeray
and Alice Raleigh, including two knights, but not the Register's fictitious
Henry, and leaving out, of course, the Register's interpolated generation. Mr.
Hoppin has since produced from the Public Record Office, London, (Chan-
cery Inquisition Postmortem, Series II, Vol. 30, M. 14, Devon), a document
confirming no less than six generations of this part of Colonel Pomeroy 's pedi-
gree, as against the Register's corrupt authority.
4. The Register (p. 53) states that Thomas Pomeroy "married Agnes
Calwaye, or Kelloway, dau. of Thomas of Sherborne, co. Dorset, citing page
607 of Vivian's Devon Visitations as authority, though Vivian says "John"
Kelloway, not Thomas — a good example of the errors of transcribing which I
spoke of as infesting documentary evidence. While the 1565 Dorset Visitation
gives an Agnes, daughter of a Thomas Keilway of Sherborne, Dorset, she was
too late. Thomas Pomeroy "died before she was born." Huchins' Dorset,
(iv, 194), and the Devon Visitation of 1531, probably state correctly, as
against the Register's pedigree, that Thomas Pomeroy's wife Agnes, was
daughter neither of John nor Thomas but of William Kayleway of Sherborne,
Dorset, agreeing with Mr. Hoppin's discovery of a will of William Kayleway,
senior, of Sherborne, 1469, which mentions "Agnes, daughter of my son
William."
Is this not an astonishing record in seven generations for experts who
think it reprehensible in Colonel Pomeroy to have one "weak point" in
twenty-eight generations? Were the Colonel's workmanship like theirs they
would be right — ^his pedigree would be "destroyed." Nor have I yet given the
full record of haste and carelessness.
5. The Register^ page 53, says Thomas Pomeroy and Agnes Calwaye had
"Thomas, b. abt. 1481; named as son and heir of his father as aged twelve
years at the death of the latter, 29 Dec. 1483 (Inquisition Post Mortem, Chan-
cery Series 2, FoL P, No. 61 y 9 Henry VIH)\ not mentioned in the Visitation
pedigrees of 1564." Mr. Hoppin afterward read and transcribed this docu-
ment, and in his copy the essential part reads, "that the same Thomas died on
Saturday next after the feast of the Nativity of the Lord (29 December, 1493),
in the above written year of the king aforesaid, and that Henry Pomeroy is
son and next heir, and is of the age of 12 years and more." Henry, not Thom-
as I No wonder Thomas is not mentioned in the Visitation, while the Register's
genealogy has not Henry. Let the reader again put a mark of approval beside
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my complaint against copyist's errors in documentary evidence. Had the
original been destroyed before Mr. Hoppin consulted it the Register's transcript
might have perpetrated an error which could not be corrected.
6. The RegisteTy page 47, states that the corrupt pedigree to which it
adds a generation is from the "Department of Manuscripts in the British
Museum, London, this MS. containing the Visitation of Devon in 1564 by
William Harvey, Clarenceux King-of-Arms." Mr. Hoppin points out that
the genuine Manuscript of the Devon Visitation is in the Heralds' College,
and that the British Museum's manuscript is "copied," '*done by Jacob
Chaloner," living 1620, ^with additions by Mr. John Saunders," living 1652,
"and others," we know not when.
Thus our second test-question is answered in the affirmative. The
haste, carelessness, and errors so characteristic of the work of bias hastening
toward a predestined end are abundantly manifest in the little pedigree which
the Register threw together to discredit Colonel Pomeroy's careful work.
The exposure of this situation naturally called forth some ingenuity of explan-
ation from the chairman of the committee which had "communicated*' the
erroneous pedigree to the Register. Hence we must carefully consider his
defense, in his "open letter" to Colonel Pomeroy, as follows:
The photographed pedigree in Harleian MS. 1091, given opposite page 47 of the "i^a^fr"
article of Jauary, 1914, was not claimed to be correct pedigree, or to be an authority, and the
"Register** was perfectly aware that the first three generations were incorrect; and for this
reason when the **Regis/er'* compiled the Pomeroy Genealogy on page 53 of this article, it
purposely commenced with Thomas Pomeroy who married Agnes Kelloway. "The earlier genera-
tions given in the photograph of Harleian MS. 1091, being omittod," as tnere stated.
This defense is so extraordinary, involving implications so serious, take
it how we may, that we must examine it with great care.
Who is "the 'Register^* " that "was perfectly aware?" This question is
the more urgent because the article in the Register plainly shows a hand which
was not "perfectly aware." To think otherwise is to believe someone guilty
of a carefully calculated misuse of language in order to mislead the readers
of the Register,
Let us consider this last point first. Accepting Mr. Bardett's testimony,
that someone, whom he designated as "the ^Register' " was "perfectly aware,"
the Register's article itself plainly shows that someone who had much to do
with it unquestionably JiJ consider the photographed pedigree "to be a
correct pedigree" and "to be an authority" for the following reasons:
(1) Some one wrote in the Register's article, page 47, "The Pomeroy
pedigree jwhich faces this page is a photographic reproduction . . of Harleian
MS. 1091, . . this MS. containing the Visitation of Devon in 1564 by
William Harvey, Clarenceux King-of-Arms." This is an incorrect state-
ment, as we have seen; but did the writer know it was incorrect at the timeP
Certainly not. The writer of those words was not "perfectly aware."
(2) The article states, page 47, "// Atf j ^^^ proved that the Pomeroy
family of this photographed pedigree was a younger branch of the very ancient
armigerous family of Berry-Pomeroy, co. Devon." Was the writer of these
words at the time "perfectly aware" that "the Pomeroy family of this pho-
tographed pedigree" was not a family at all, with "the first three generations
. . incorrect" and one non-existent out of six generations? Certainly not.
(3) The article states, page 47, "In this photograph . . the pedigree
ends with two brothers, Henry and John Pomeroy, . . . and to the name of
Henry Pomeroy a symbol indicating marriage is attached, with a depending
line that suggests that he had descendants whose names are not given in the
pedigree. The following records show who some of these descendants were^
Had the writer been "perfectly aware" that the first three generations were
incorrect and one generation non-existent would descendants have been
attached to the last generation without a word of this or a single critical
remark to show that the last generations were more reliable than the first?
Certainly not.
(4) The article states, page 53, "From the foregoing material and from
other sources referred to below the following Pomeroy pedigree has been
compiled, the earlier generations given in the photograph ofHarleian MS. 1091
being omitted." Were the writer "perfectly aware" that "the earlier gener-
ations given in the photograph" were incorrect and one non-existent would
they have been thus treated as if omitted for mere convenience because of
no new data to add to this part of the pedigree? Certainly not.
(5) The article, page 53, in the next line after the words last quoted
reads, "1. Thomas Pomeroy (third son of Henry). *^ Would the writer thus
have attached Thomas to this Henry if "perfectly aware" that this Henry
and his generation were non-existent? Certainly not. Let me put it another
way. If "perfectly aware" that the Henry of the third generation was non-
existent would the writer, without a word of warning or explanation, have
attached Thomas to a Henry, mentally intending the Henry of the second
generation though conscious that all readers must necessarily think the non-
existent Henry of the third generation intended? Certainly not.
The author of all this part of the article, self-consistent throughout and
written in evident good faith, was not "perfectly aware" nor in any degree
aware that the photographed pedigree was incorrect or had ever been called
in question. It was explicitly described and used as having such authority
as an oflicial "Visitation" can confer, being presumably correct. There is
no doubt, therefore, that this writer was the searcher in England, without
access to the Pomeroy Genealogy, which is referred to in such terms as "I
am informed" (p. 55). These inferences from analysis are powerfully con-
firmed by my personal knowledge of the work of this searcher, assuring me
that this photographed pedigree would not have been accepted without
thorough testing had there been knowledge of the danger signals in Colonel
Pomeroy's Genealogy. Thus the searcher in England is not the Register,
for "the ^Register* was perfectly aware."
Who, then, is the Register? Mr. Scott and Mr. Bartlett in conjunction,
or one of them alone? Analysis might feel much less secure in weighing Mr.
Scott's claims were it not for hb reputation for prowling over contributors'
manuscripts with compound microscope directed against the smallest bac-
terium of error. Not even a phrase escapes punishment, 'tis said, if it jars
the delicate compass of his taste in splitting a hair 'twixt south and south-
west side.
I may go out of my way for a moment to suggest that, apart from the
correction of granmiatical slips and ambiguous awkwardness of style, an
historical magazine, and in particular a technical genealogical magazine, is
the last place for the editorial steam-roller. For here we seek exact historical
information, not literary style; nine-tenths of genealogical testimony is inter-
pretation; and it is important that the analysis which weighs testimony
should have the reports of those who originally select and handle our available
evidence in the precise terms with the very inflections which they instinctively
employed. Does not our present attempt to fix responsibilities and weigh
values foreshadow tasks inevitable to posterity in reappraising the serious
work of today in the light of new knowledge? And does not this reveal the
mischief of any anonymous meddling of the editorial finger which makes it
diflicult to distinguish the voice of Jacob from the hand of Esau ? Yet, if
Mr. Scott habitually errs in this direction, his failing gives our present inquiry
strong evidence that the language we have cited from the Register's article,
could not have escaped his censorious scrupulosity were he "perfectly aware"
that the photographed pedigree was inaccurate, not an authority, with "the
first three generations . . . incorrect."
We must conclude, therefore, that Mr. Scott left to Mr. Bartlett the full
responsibility of comparing the English searcher's results with the Pomeroy
Genealogy, himself receiving and printing in the Register what the Research
G)mmittee's chairman "communicated," in good faith and with complete
confidence in the chairman's discretion. In the opinion of Mr. Bartlett, there-
fore, Mr. Scott is not the Register, for "the ^Register* was perfectly aware."
Thus the inexorable logic of critical analysis conducts us, palpitating and
frightened at the apparition behind the awful veil. Who and what is the
Register? Analysis replies: "The * Register' was perfectly aware;" Mr.
Bartlett also "was perfectly aware," or he could not bear witness to the
fact of awaredness; while analysis vainly searches the sky for any other star
above the horizon which at that time stood in this particular constellation.
Insatiable logic forces us to go on, yet in the august presence of the dread
phenomenon shrinking criticism may at least avoid the form of terrified
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affirmation and robe her inevitable conclusion in the more seemly honor of the
appalling question, Is Afr. Bartletty then, the New England Historical and
Genealogical Register?
Indeed, a question mark is proper here, for all that criticism can really
assert is that Mr. Bardett himself, analytically cross-examined, bears witness
that he is "/A^ Register, ' while no evidence in rebuttal is by any one offered.
There is a tradition, however, that the rank and file of the membership of a
certain society has at least a nominal claim to the ownership of the Register,
and while the interests of this body seem very littie consulted, as in the anti-
Pomeroy campaign, a possibility still remains that the ultimate decision as to
who is the Register may come from the whole society instead of from a single
member.
Our criticism, therefore, confining itself to Mr. Bardett's testimony,
establishes the following facts: (1) that upon the Register's receipt of Colonel
Pomeroy's protest aganst the assault upon the ancestral claims of the Ameri*
can Pomeroys on the ground of the poverty of Eltweed Pomeroy's alleged
relatives, Mr. Bardett, as chairman, instructed his committee's searcher in
England to "investigate" a "weak point" in Colonel Pomeroy's pedigree in the
Pomeroy Genealogy; (2) that when the case made out by the searcher in
obedience to this instruction reached him, Mr. Bartlett, as chairman, "com-
municated" it to the Register, without a word to guard the Register's readers
against the searcher's explicit language, accepting the photographed pedigree
as of Visitation authority and presumably correct, although "the 'Register*'',
alias Mr. Bardett, "was perfecdy aware that the first three generations were
incorrect," that the basis of the Register's attack was not therefore "a correct
pedigree," and that what the searcher had cited and used as authority was not
"an authority."
I do Mr. Bardett the justice of believing that he looked at everything in
this case through the blinding squint of bias, yet what end could he think of
sufficient moment to justify the use of such means? What tremendous gain
to genealogy required the "communication" to the Register, without hint or
warning, of an article assuming as correct a photographed pedigree known to
be corrupt, thus compromising the honor and reputation of the searcher in
England, of Mr. Scott, of the Register, of the Society publishing it, and of
Mr. Bardett himself?
This question Mr. Bartlett has explicidy answered, and we therefore
proceed at once to examine "the sole reason of "the Register" for inserting
the false pedigree in its pages.
Having admitted that "the photographed pedigree . . . given opposite
page 47 of the 'Register' article of January, 1914," was not "a correct pedigree,"
^a dm tectioa I aanime that the feadef it famOiar with the leoeatly-publUhed chrooides of the immortal TUlo
Ornhh," gndaate and esemplar ol 'Hlie Riainc Soa Deteckative School of Deteckatiag."
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nor "an authority," and having asserted that 'the Register' " (his alias for
himselO **was perfectly aware that the first three generations were incorrect,"
in his open letter to Colonel Pomeroy, Mr. Bartlett explains "the Register's**
use of this pedigree, without warning concerning its known errors, in the
following remarkable statement:
The sole reason for inserting the photograph in the "Register*' was to show the additions in
simulated old writing which you appended at the bottom of your alleged photograph on this same
MS. which you inserted in front of page 109 of your Pomeroy Genealogy. You thus made it
appear that there was old evidence for yx>ur erroneous claim that Richard Pomeroy of Beaminster
(father of the emigrant Eltweed) was identical with Richard Pomeroy, son of the last Henry
Pomeroy of this Harleian MS. pedigree. These differences are now rendered more apparent
than ever to your subscribers, as in your Supplement you place the two photographs opposite
each other.
Thus the whole truth came out. The Rising-Sun-Stove-Polish-Deteck-
ative-School-of-Genealogical-Deteckating had "deteckated" Colonel Pomeroy
in the felonious act of attempting to forge a blank check under which he could
carry away the entire baronial family of Pomeroy of Berry-Pomeroy with all
its armorial bearings, and no doubt including all the family silver secreted
behind the Beaminster "Poor Book." It matters not that Colonel Pomeroy
and the other descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy already had this ancestry and
these arms securely bagged and under the lock and key of much better evi-
dence. To the well-ordered mind of a Philo Gubb this but added a darker
feature to the heinousness of the attempt. Nor can the School of Genealogi-
cal Deteckating be flabbergasted by Colonel Pomeroy's cunning in rendering
his crime "more apparent than ever to" his "subscribers" by placing "the two
photographs," the genuine pedigree and his counterfeit, "opposite each other"
in his "Supplement." Nor can Philo be hoodwinked by the further fact that
the Colonel has furnished the same tell-tale engravings to me, thus making
his felonious intent yet "more apparent" in these pages. Such furtive devices
only superimpose the deepening darkness of some desperate marplot upon the
gloom and mystery of the original contrivance.
Yet Philo should explain one thing. If Colonel Pomeroy's use of the
discredited pedigree is so dark and devious, how can the Register's wholly
misleading use of it be justified? Why was it necessary to conceal from the
Register's readers the fact that the photographed pedigree had been dis-
credited? Was this because Colonel Pomeroy was the very many and his
Genealogy the very iooky that had done the discrediting by exposing and correcting
errors and avoiding the fictitious Henry of the fictitious generation? The plot
indeed thickens, requiring all the disguises of a Philo to convince those
unfamiliar with the Rising-Sun methods that Colonel Pomeroy really tried
to purloin his own family by "simulated old writing" on a pedigree which
his own book exposes as corrupt. If the Colonel's contrived ingenuity in
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a fearful plot seemed clear as noonday to Philo, it was equally clear that if
the great deteckative had let the Register's readers know all the facts they
might have doubted the Colonel's criminal intent and thus have let a tre-
mendous malefactor go scot-free.
Let us briefly summarize some of the appearances of innocence which
the great Philo had to overcome in order to "simulate" a case of pedigree-
forging against Colonel Pomeroy.
1. Philo faced the almost fatal difliculty, just mentioned, that Colonel
Pomeroy's printed pedigree openly impeaches the "alleged pedigree?" as
genealogical evidence by rejecting its testimony in vital points. This fact
Philo had, of course, to conceal completely from the knowledge of the Register's
readers.
2. Philo knew that Colonel Pomeroy used the "alleged pedigree?" in a
section of his book entitled, "Pomeroy Coat-of-Arms and Crests," and that
the reproduction was there referred to only in connection with its drawings
of arms. This, too, had to be kept from the Register's readers.
3. Philo knew that the "alleged photograph" was not used in a part
of the Pomeroy Genealogy treating of the pedigree on which the photograph
had a bearing, pages 57-89, for, as Mr. Bartlett has already informed us, the
reproduction faces page 109 of the printed book (really page 108). This
fact the new school of deteckating had to withhold from the Register's readers.
4. Furthermore, Philo knew that page 108 of the book, facing the
"alleged photograph," contains a discussion of the Pomeroy arms by Mr.
Hoppin which expressly alludes to the "alleged photograph" in these words:
**The photograph I enlarged and corrected from the manuscript in the British
Museum at your order constitutes all the proof that can be reasonably demanded
by any Society as to the Pomeroy Arms'' Certainly the criminal could never
have been caught had Philo let the Register's readers know that Colonel
Pomeroy thus openly had informed his "subscribers" that the "alleged
photograph" had been "corrected."
5. Again, in the Register for January, 1914, page SSy we read, "Imme-
diately preceding p. 109 in the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family
is vi facsimile of a manuscript pedigree which is certified to be 'a true reading
of the words shown in the photograph of Herleian MS. 21^ submitted to
me this day'," while on page 56 it is repeated that the reproduced pedigree
"was certified as has been stated above."
Here again it was Philo's task completely to conceal from the Register's
readers the fact that "the Register" actually suppressed a part of the certificate
it pretended to quote, suppressing, of course, that particular part which
showed that the Harleian MS. had been used as heraldic, not genealogical
evidence, the genuine certificate continuing, where "the Register's" counter-
feit ends, with these additional words, *'and that the heraldic interpretation is
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correct f after the representations in the said photograph supplied to me by Col.
A. A. Pomeroy. — C A. Hoppin, London, May 15, 1911'*
Thus our third test-question is very sadly answered in the affirmative.
Behind his order to ''smash the Pomeroy pedigree" worked a bias which soon
launched Mr. Bardett into a subtle attempt to reflect upon Colonel Pomeroy's
character and give him the reputation of a pedigree "faker/' using as a means
to this end a pedigree, which, without warning, he "communicated" to the
Register, knowing it to be incorrect, where a warning concerning its errors
would call attention to the evidence in the Pomeroy Genealogy that Colonel
Pomeroy had not used the corrected document as genealogical testimony,
thus delivering the Register*s readers from Mr. Bartlett's insinuations and
their own natural inference under it.
I call attention also to the successive steps by which the charge against
Colonel Pomeroy was fully developed: (1) In the Register for January, 1914,
pages 55-56, Mr. Bardett carefully guarded his language, leaving his sug-
gestion to unavoidable inference. (2) In his "open letter" to Colonel Pome-
roy he more boldly suggests an evil motive, speaking of "additions in simulated
old writing," and adding, "You thus made it appear that there was old evi-
dence for your erroneous claim." (3) In a letter to me Mr. Bardett draws a
full length portrait of the ugly assumptions for which he had prepared the
ground.
I recall the infant days of my first genealogical experience when from
some of the first volumes published by the Harleian Society I took notes,
amalgamating pedigrees, which thus afterwards I found of litde use because
I could not cross-examine the witnesses, having forgotten where the testimony
of one ended and that of another began. I suppose our redoubtable Philo
would have promptly jailed me as a pedigree "faker," although I was uncon-
cious of any intent to burglarize a baronial family or even to steal a coat-of-
arms.
Soon taught by hard experience, proper note-taking became a hobby,
although I ever have found myself sterner with others about it than with
myself. I became, too, a severe critic of the Harleian Society for publishing
volumes which amalgamate the pedigree of different "visitations" and even
interlard these with modern additions, thus impairing the value of historical
evidence, each part of which can only be weighed on the lips of its own wit-
nesses. Yet I never quite believed the Harleian Society adopted its injurious
policy out of depths of deliberate wickedness.
Thus Colonel Pomeroy was not prudent in using in his magnificent
Genealogy, even as an heraldic illustration, the facsimile of an old document
combined with his own emendations; for, while this made the application of
his heraldic point simpler to his readers, unskilled in following historical
evidence, the Colonel might have known that some disappointed Philo with
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second-sight would look down into the most secret caverns of his soul, read
fearful portents there, and withdraw his horrified gaze, full of the awful an-
guish of interminable scandal.
But when a professional genealogist with Mr. Bartlett's experience out-
Philos Philo Gubb, having no better excuse than Colonel Pomeroy has given,
is it not time to call a halt? Not yet has the hour struck wherein dictators
of the New School of Genealogical Deteckating can with impunity undertake
to tie a genealogist of Colonel Pomeroy's calibre to the whipping-post of their
wrath, put him in the stocks of their public condemnation, and brand him to
the world's scorn as a ''faker." Nor will they ever succeed in such an exploit
until wise enough not to begin ''deteckating" by disguising their own case
under a discredited pedigree.
Had Mr. Bartlett undertaken to expose real "fakers," like a certain
scoundrel of high-sounding name known to him, who actually forges records,
I should "applaud with vigor." But I wonder if Rosinante can keep her feet,
and the new genealogical lance and chivalry avoid splintering against the
first windmill, when I survey the ambitious program to which Mr. Bartlett
seems committed by these words in his letter to me:
I propose to wage a hot campaign on fake pedigrees.
Eben Putnam has revived his "Genealogical Magazine." and in each number I intend to
expose them. In the December, 1915, 1 showed up a fake Grant pedigree, and in March, 1916,
number a fake Baker pedigree. Others will follow.
"Others will follow!" Mercy on us! As soon as G>lonel Pomeroy has
gone up in smoke, must the rest of us, one by one, be dragged by the heels and
delivered up to flame? Assuredly 'tis high time I started this martyrology.
And even as here I drop a solitary tear upon the memory of Colonel Pomeroy,
I hope that after my scorching exit some trembling culprit may still be left
to scratch the rude epitaph of my genealogical sins — with one line of extenua-
tion.
"After all, he might have done worse."
As for Mr. Hoppin, I understand that not alone has he been singled out
for condign bodily torments, but that he has been eternally excommunicated
from the gentle paradise on Beacon Hill, a bull against him having been pro-
mulgated in the closing paragraph of Mr. Bartlett's "open letter" to G>lonel
Pomeroy as follows:
The New England Historic Genealogical Society and its periodical the "Register^' for seventy
years the leading genealogical society and publication in America, still hold their foremost position
as authorities on the English ancestry of immigrants to New England^ and observe with
amused equanimity the harmless and futile aspersions of an "Efficient Professional Genealogist"
not admitted to its membership.
"Alas, poor Yorick !" Mr. Hoppin, I imagine, spends all his time wringing
hb hands just outside the sacred portals, weeping, wailing, and gnashing his
teeth over the hard fate of exclusion from the amiable company of Mr.
Bartlett; while the latter, in this second revelation of his true estate, wears
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the purple robes of austere sublimity. Some time ago we tremblingly peeped
at him as "the Register^* we now pale before him as the Society. Does the
Society admit to its membership? The decree is Mr. Bartlett's, and he
serenely issues advance notices of what his alias, the Society, will or will not
do. We also notice that the one thing on which by his modest confession
both the Society and the Register "still hold their foremost position as author-
ities'' is the one thing in which all authoritativeness notoriously is invested
in and personified by Mr. Bartlett — "the English ancestry of inunigrants
to New England." The only difficulty in this identification of the Society
is the allusion to "seventy years;" but this no doubt is explainable either as
successful concealment of Mr. Bartlett's real age, or as one of those elegant
figures of speech that the rhetorics call hyperbole.
At any rate, mystery has burst his swaddling-clothes; not alone is Mr.
J. Gardner Bartlett the New England Historical and Genealogical Register^
but he also is the New England Historical-Genealogical Society. What pre-
historic personification he may also be is not yet disclosed; but from the daunt-
ing presence of the awful apocalypse already vouchsafed, our freightened
analysis flees into her next section, anxious to be done with her perilous task.
Pratrittg a S^egatittr
After the appalling mysteries we have had to solve, the simple analysis of
genealogical evidence, which yet remains, should not long detain us. Though
we laugh at the Beaminster "Poor Book" and all "poverty" theories; dump the
"yeoman" and "serf" hypotheses down the back-stairs of British history;
marvel at the incapacity to receive the broad evidence of the exdusiveness of
the Pomeroy surname; and throw out in disgust the plotted concealments to
cast an appearance of pedigree-forging upon Colonel Pomeroy, pitching the
grotesque attempt to galvanize Philo Gubb into Bostonian actuality out of the
camp of the muse of history and back into the dreamland of the muse of fiction
where Ellis Parker Butler discovered the great character; though all these
things we do, yet still will the unconquerable Mr. Bartlett claim possession of
one remaining battery of guns that "destroy the particular heraldic line of
ancestry that has been claimed for Eltweed Pomeroy." Therefore let us see
about it.
We jump to the heart of the matter, the most exploited argument in the
Register's case. This "Big Bertha" consists of two wills, and the shell cast is
their silence concerning surviving issue. But before even this noiseless explo-
sion can wreck the "weak point" in the Pomeroy pedigree, the caterpillar wheels
of "Big Bertha" must be dragged within historical range of the said "weak
point," and in getting there must test trembling planks of mere probability in
several bridges of large assimiption.
We must assume (1) that the makers of the two wills were husband and
wife (bridge number one); (2) that the maker of one of these wills was the
Richard Pomeroy who was son and second administrator of Henry of Totnes,
and not some other Richard (wobbly bridge number two); and (3) that the
Henry the Register makes father of the will-making Richard of Comworthy is
the same Henry whom Colonel Pomeroy makes father of Richard of Beaminster
— the last Henry shown in the herald's 1564 Devon pedigree (bridge number
three).
We of course must test these bridges; but first of all, for the sake of know-
ing the worst, let us temporarily assume that they are sound, that "Big
Bertha" is over, stands within range, and has just belched forth her tremendous
cartridge at the "weak point," charged with 10,000 tons of profound silence.
Is all lost ? Here is the shell, {Register y January, 1914, page 54) ; "In his own
will ... he (Richard Pomeroy of Comworthy) neither names or refers to any
children* It is, therefore, perfectly evident that this Richard Pomeroy left no
issue**
Alas, what wretched aim! What does the "weak point" care whether
Richard of Comworthy and his alleged widow had forty children or no issue?
El tweed was son of Richard of Beaminster, not of Richard of Comworthy, and
Colonel Pomeroy's "particular line of ancestry" is as much concemed with the
question of the Comworthy Richard's issue as with the tremendous question in
physical science as to whether or not the moon is made of green cheese.
The "weak points" and entire crux of the Register's case lie at bridges two
and three, in the questions whether Richard of Comworthy was the son of
Henry of Totnes, and whether this Henry was the man of the same name in the
heralds' pedigree. The Register* j sole problem is to rob Richard of Beaminster
of the father Colonel Pomeroy claimed for him, and not to divert our minds
from this by setting up for our amusement and breathless admiration an elab-
orate spectacle of determining a question of issue which is absloutely irrelevant,
incompetent, and immaterial to the real question before the court and jury.
The fixing of our marveling eyes in a wrong direction by drawing such a red
herring over the trial is either a bit of humbuggery or evidence of lamentable
weakness in the logical faculty of those who do it.
Not for the sake of the Pomeroy pedigree, therefore, but in behalf of sound
historical interpretation, I pause here to ask. Has even the immaterial question
of surviving issue of Richard of Comworthy been actually settled by the
Register's experts? Is it ** perfectly evident y* even on the silence of two wills,
that he had none ? Certainly not. No negative has the value of a positive, no
silence the force of affirmation. The silence of two wills, in absence of any-
thing contradictory, can only establish a high degree of probcibility even on
such a point as that of surviving issue. Such a silence, coming down to us
from historical periods whose witnesses are all dead, generally defines the
Part flBprer ^ ypntfrog BiBtorg anb (Sntealagg 29H
limtatioQS of evidence available to research, forcing us to assume that the high
degree of probability thus obtained represents historical fact; and this habitual
and necessary assumption in such cases, the Register's experts have mistaken
for, or have attempted to erect into, absolute proof.
But no canon of interpretation can stand which denies the possible excep-
tion in historical experience, however overwhelming the percentage of prob-
abilities against it; for we never know in advance behind which particular case
the exception hides, while we do know that this troubler bobs up unexpectedly,
often inopportunely, the skeleton in the closet and the spectre at the feast of all
our highest hopes. In the kind of case at issue, while we know from human
experience that in a vast majority of instances wills are silent because there is
no surviving issue, yet from the same experience we also know that in a
relatively small but aggregatively large number of instances wills are silent for
other reasons in spite of existing issue.
An ounce of historical example is worth a ton of theory. I recently had
an astonishing experience, illustrating not alone the occurrence of the silent will,
but also the extremely freakish appearance of the exception, unexpectedly
popping up, not singly, nor in a double, but as a triplet. Lately broaching this
question of silent wills in our offices, I was amazed to hear a friend of years
exclaim, "Why, my will leaves everything to my wife without the faintest
allusion to the existence of either the children or the grandchildren I now have
living both by her and a former wife! Moreover, my wife has made in my
favor a will exactly similar in its total silence concerning her and my surviving
issue! Furthermore, my father, survived by children by his two wives, left
everything to his widow in a will absolutely silent concerning the existence of
any of his surviving issue!"
These exceptional silent wills actually cast a majority vote in our offices.
Three in conjunction! Yet had I gone out to canvas New York City, I
wonder how far I should have traveled before finding the next example. The
gentleman who exploded these silent bombs at my feet is a Vice-President of
The National Historical Society, while his brother is a well-known Epis-
copalian bishop of Michigan. Perhaps some disciple of the new school of
genealogical deteckating and interpreting, stumbling in Ohio upon the will of
the father of these gentlemen, will "permanently destroy" their pedigree,
startling the world with the demonstration that they, like Topsy, never had
parents but "jest growed."
Thus our fourth test-question is affirmatively answered, the well-devel-
oped bias of the Register's experts in the Pomeroy case leading them to boast of
victory where only a minnow had been laid across the trail, while the negative
silence of inmaterial documents is exploited as absolute proof.
299 A (gmgatoglral ""(Ernst (^tUbti'
''Big Bertha/' set up at Cornworthy and loaded with the smokeless
powder of silence concerning the issue of a Richard Pomeroy not of Beamin-
ster, has entertained us with a grandiose spectacle of harmless fireworks
around the untouched "weak point" of Colonel Pomeroy's pedigree. We
must go back to the Rtgisier^s bridges and see if there is an emplacement for
a smaller but less silent cannon that can shoot a loaded shell.
1. Again it is immaterial to the "weak point" whether bridge number
one is sound or not. What does Colonel Pomeroy's pedigree care whether or
not Richard and Ealse of Cornworthy were husband and wife?
Yet were anything depending on it, the planks of this conclusion would
support the weight of only a very moderate degree of probability, and only so
after they had been tested in the light of the additional evidence now sup-
pressed. "Richard Pomeroy/' will of 1621, appoints his unnamed wife as
executrix, while as such, "Alice Pomery" exhibited the inventory {Registerj
January, 1914, pages 49-SO). "Ealse Pom'ye," widow left a will made and
proved in 1623. Was she Alice, executrix of the other will? Who knows?
For the two inventories disclose no common property indicating identification
while, very oddly, (for a husband and wife dying two years apart), not a
single name in common appears in the two sets of legatees in the two wills.
Both testators lived in the parish of Cornworthy, but the Register's expert
thought it unnecessary to tell us the indispensable facts about other Corn-
worthy Pomeroys or to reveal any attempt to strengthen their assumption by
a process of elimination. We are not over-critical of such work where nothing
material hangs upon it; but does the Register imagine such carelessness will
overthrow the reputations of more careful workers?
2. Bridge number two, which is absolutely vital to any case whatever
by the Register^ is much weaker than number one. Ttie Register contains no
substantial evidence whatever that Richard Pomeroy oj Cornworthy y will of 1621 y
was the Richardy son of Henry of TotneSy 1575y named in the huter's administra-
tion record. This leaves the Register's theory of identification only a possibility.
It is indispensable to this theory to assupie, first, that Agnes Harris, of
Cornworthy, widow, will of 1601, was mother of Richard Pomeroy, same
place, will of 1621, in favor of which we have only the same parish and the
fact that Agnes Harris's will mentions a son, Richard Pomeroy, and the
latter's wife, Alice. The strength of the probability here lies almost wholly
in this naming of the daughter-in-law; but on a point so vital, where coin-
cidences could occur, we can not hang a great weight until the supressed
evidence, which the Register's experts have withheld, permits a process of
elimination.
But the great weakness of bridge number two lies in lack of proof that
Part Wlfnt - gmttfrog Htatorg anb (grwatogg 300
Agnes Harris was widow of the Henry Pomeroy of Totnes of the 1S7S adminis-
tration. The Heralds' Visitation of Devon does not name this Henry's wife.
Vivian's modem pedigree states that the Henry Pomeroy he supposed to be
the one of the heralds' pedigree married Agnes Huckmore, widow of Edward
Harris. Vivian may have reversed the order of marriages; otherwise, Agnes
Harris of Comworthy must have married a Harris, then a Pomeroy, and after-
ward another or the same Harris. Her will shows she sometime had a Pome-
roy as husband, and that she had lands at Totnes, but does not show that her
Pomeroy husband's name was Henry. Vivian still further complicated the case
by changing his testimony in an "Addendum" to the statement that Agnes did
not marry the Henry Pomeroy of the heralds' pedigree but this Henry's great-
grandson Henry, the ground for which change of judgment we do not yet
know. A final complication presents itself in the person of the Henry Pome-
roy, miscalled Thomas in the Register's article (page S3), who was born about
1481, and according to the Register's genealogy was great-uncle of Henry of
Totnes who died before 1559. But might not these two Henrys be the same,
or one the son of the other, or the Henry of the heralds' pedigree different
from both, yet the father of Richard of Beaminster? If the Henry dead
before 1559 was Henry born about 1481, it is improbable that Agnes of 1601
was his widow unless a very young girl married a very old man. Even the
gap between 1559 and 1601 reminds us of the popular air, "It's a long, long way
to Tipperary," and if Agnes really married a Henry, was he son, grandson, or
great-grandson of the fourteen-cighty-niner, or of the before-June-fifteen-
fifty-niner, if they were different men? While if her Pomeroy marriage was
otherwise, who will tell us the whom, what, where, why, and when? For
myself, I think Vivian showed great sanity in hoisting his doubt On his "Ad-
denda" as a distress-signal.
But we are not through with collapsible bridge number two. There
remains a mystery of Richards to vex whatever temporary solution we give to
the mystery of Henrys. Whoever or whatever Henry of Totnes was, the
commission of administration issued S July, 1575, "to Richard Pomeroye,
natural and legitimate son of Henry Pomeroye, late of Totnes," also tells
about "letters of Administration . . . elsewhere granted to a certain
Richard Pomeroy now or formerly of the aforesaid Totnes." If Richard of
Corn worthy was either of these two Richards, which was he ? Quite possibly,
if Richard of Cornworthy was son of Agnes, he was neither of the Richards of
of the administration, but born in a later generation. In that case, who were
the mysterious two Richards, administrators? Which was which? What
was or were his or their family or families if he or they had any? Bridge
number two is at present one of those diverting structures which anything or
nothing may gallop across or break through into the cold depths of improb-
ability below, whichever you choose.
3. Life is too short to exhaust the possibilities of bridge number three —
whether or not the Henry Pomeroy of Totnes, who had two administrators
named Richard, was the last Henry of the herald's 1564 pedigree. The
Register builds its bridge out of airy assumption, although a solid structure
here is absolutely essential to its attempt to discredit Colonel Pomeroy's
pedigree. But, as we have seen, the point is not essential to the weight of
solid historical evidence on which rests the claim of the Pomeroys of America
to baronial and armorial ancestry in the line of their surname.
My questions, which any one may multiply at pleasure, but not one of
which the Register's experts have definitely answered, show the true nature
of the wonderful thing which Mr. Bartlett alludes to when he says, ''the
Register' compiled the Pomeroy Genealogy on page S3 of its article," a "gene-
alogy" vastly superior, of course, to G>lonel Pomeroy's "pedigree." "The
Register' compiled" this "Pomeroy Genealogy," and what a brilliant thing of
imagination it is! What splendid resting-places for credulity to repose in its
great unshakable bridges, reared upon the infallible judgment, or even more
secure pronunciamentos, of those Sublime Pillars that "still hold their foremost
position as authorities on the English ancestry of immigrants to New England"
— far from the maddening crowd, high up beyond the flight of all "harmless
and futile aspersions."
Our analysis of the Register's case is thus finished; but I must note a
further development brought to my knowledge after this paper was written
by G>lonel Pomeroy. When Jupiter Pluvius began to rain down genealogical
pitchforks on the long-sufFering Pomeroys, at the suggestion of officers of the
Pomeroy Family Association, the intrepid Mr. Hoppin, attempting to get to
the bottom of this sea of troubles, donned a diving suit and presendy fished
up in England several new documents. Contrary to all the prognostications
of the auguries of Mount Olympus, all this new data amazingly — although, of
course, very improperly — confirmed Colonel Pomeroy's sagacity as a gene-
alogist, while leaving the Register's smoking pyrotechnics like a vanishing
phantom in air. How cruel are the blind Fates! Yet at the risk of lese-
majesty I must briefly note the significance of the new finds Colonel Pome-
roy's Genealogy, pages 60, 62, 65, and 67, gives the following line of descent:
(1) .046 Thomas Poiibiioy, married Agnes daughter of John (or William) Kelloway. of
County Dorset, and held lands in CheritoiK Fitzpaine, etc., settled on him and wife, 20 September,
1478. Inquest p. m. 9 Henry VII. No. 6l. Among other children they had:
(2) .061 RiCHARO Pomeroy, of Rousdon, G>unty Devon, living 1531; married Eleanor,
daughter of John Coker of Mapowder, County Dorset. They nad two sons:
(3) .07/ Henry Pomeroy of Totnes. .078 John Pomeroy, both living 1531.
(4) .088 Richard Pomeroy, of Beaminster, County Dorset.
(5) .0106 Eltweed Pomeroy, of Beaminster and America.
Henry above (.077) is the now famous Henry of Totnes, of whom we have
said so much. But it will be noticed that he had a brother John, who is
mentioned in the Pomeroy Genealogy merely as living in 1531. Mr. Hoppin,
Part giprgf - Ifiamrras Htatorg »ti> (gntraUtgg 302
however, by a process of elimination, concludes that this John (.078) is the
John Pomeroy, Gentleman, of ffetherbury, County Dorset, a parish adjoining
Symondsbury, where the father and mother of Eltweed died in 1612. Now if
Eltweed descends from this John (.078), instead of John's brother Henry, the
previous ancestry will be just the same, while this John fits into the gen-
ealogical reasoning which led Colonel Pomeroy to select John's brother Henry,
and which would have led me in the same direction, as I have already ex-
plained in this paper. I mention another fact for what it is worth. Eltweed
Pomeroy, become a Puritan, gave his children the customary Bible names,
instead of old family names; but his second son was John Pomeroy.
Thomas above (.046), grandfather of Henry (.077) of Totnes and John
(.078), held the leasehold estate of Bowden, in Totnes, but married a lady of
County Dorset, from whose father they had properties. Thus we have a first
link between Totnes and Dorest.
Richard (.061), son of Thomas, just mentioned, and father of Henry of
Totnes and of John, transferred his interest in the leasehold of Bowdon, in
Totnes, to his elder brother Henry (son and heir), in whose hands it expired or
was diverted from the family. It will be recalled that the administration of
the estate of Henry Pomeroy (.077) of Totnes, in 1S7S, to his son Richard,
annuls a previous grant of administration to another Richard Pomeroy "now
or formerly of the aforesaid Totnes." Mr. Hoppin propounds the very
intelligent theory that this first administrator was Richard (.061), grand-
father of the last administrator, acting to safeguard the property from his son's
widow in favor of his grandson, then a minor. In any case this Richard (.061)
also married a Dorset lady, daughter of John Coker of Mapowder, forming
another link between Totnes, County Devon, and County Dorset. Indeed,
if there be anything to show that this Richard and his wife, Eleanor Coker,
one or both, did not themselves eventually settle and die in County Dorset, I
have not yet been informed of it.
Certainly John Pomeroy, Gent., (their son, by parish records, in Mr.
Hoppin's judgment), settled in Western Dorset, and in a chancery suit,
muster roll, and lay subsidies, 1525-1543, appears there as of Netherbury and
Stoke Abbot. He was thus not far from his mother's old home, at Mapowder,
while in the adjoining Symondsbury, John Coker was bailiff about 1543-1547,
and Eltweed Pomeroy 's parents had their last home and died. Seymour,
Lord Protector, who from the Pomeroys took Berry-Pomeroy, also had
Symondsbury. Lack of space forbids discussion of many interesting features
like the petition in chancery of this John Pomeroy showing his contract in
1527 with Sir Thomas Chylde concerning land attached to the vicarage of
Stoke Abbot, and many significant Pomeroy items from parish Registers in this
vicinity.
The historical point of chief interest to me is the fact that this John
303 A OgnraUigtral "Qtmag flteUbrr"
Pomeroy, Gendeman, provides the earliest known link between the Pomeroys
of western Dorset, and of Totnes and Berry-Pomeroy, County Devon. Nether-
bury, where John lived, adjoining both Symondsbury, where Eltweed's father
and mother died, and also Beaminster, where both they and Eltweed lived.
John was apparently the first Pomeroy (of this family) to settle permanently
in western Dorset, but for him the way was prepared by the fact that both his
grandfather and his father had taken Dorset wives, the Dorset home of his
maternal grandparents being not far from where John located. At that period
two John Pomeroys lived in Devon, one at Sidmouth and the other at Sidbury,
both near the Dorset border; but Mr. Hoppin has carefully eliminated the
possibility of identifying either with John of Nethcrbury. Thus the latter is
left to his expected place, as the John of the pedigrees, bom about 1510,
brother of Henry of Totnes and son of Richard and Elenor Pomeroy; while
thb Richard was at one time of Bowden in Totnes, the market-place of which
was only about a mile from that of the adjoining Berry-Pomeroy.
Thus ends the fiasco of the Register, whose flopping contortions have
contrived to throw around this very clear case of strong probability the illum-
inating ink of a cuttle-fish. As pedigree "smashers" the Grand Authorities
must hitch up their loins with a tremendous girding. A few more examples
like this, and the towering infallibilities of the Bartlettian constructive genius
will treck oflf like mountain mists, leaving the face of nature plain and serene
as before. But let my protest end, for evidently my strictures can never
pierce the impervious aura of the deep serene whence "Amused 'Equanimitv"
looks down upon our feeble efforts.
J^nhtx to Am^ man Pomrntg ^ntlapmtntB
POMEROY CHRISTIAN NAMES AND MARRIAGES
The numbers standing to the left of the names in this Index are the
numbers of the individuals, and denote the families to which they belong.
The numbers standing to the right of the individual's name are the page
numbers.
The names of children and grand-children of Pomeroy mothers will be
found in family groups, so far as they have been furnished to the compiler.
This arrangement has been adopted by the annalist to prevent the confusion
consequent upon carrying names other than Pomeroy through the several
generations.
The parallel ( » ) mark in this Index denotes a marriage.
The plus (+) mark standing against a name indicates that there was issue
to the marriage.
The abbreviation s. p. (sine prok) informs you that there was no issue
to the marriage.
— A —
Number Pdffe
003 Aaron - Abigail Burrel]+ 68
182 AbisaU - (1) John Searle. (2) Nathan
Alexander 45
688 AbisaU - Abner Smith 58
452 Abigail 51
486 AbigaO - John Gillett 46
454 Abigatt 51
1720 - AbigaO - John MiUer 68
1027 AbigaU 68
5606.6 Abigafl 78
6504 Abigail — Rev. Solomon Burliaon 111
8065.2 AbigaU A. - Philip Riley 88
022&28 Abigail AugiuU 116
6826 AdaAUoe 80
6826 Ada Alice « Thomas E. Harp^ove +117
0648.2 Addie Adelle 120
7701 Adelle - John T. Shaw + 120
7701 AdeUe - John T. Shaw + 121
345 Adino « (1) Loia Strong. (2) Sarah
Christopher 58
4310 Arianna - Charles J. Merrill 88
0682.20 Agnes Christina 128
8783 Agnes Irene - Ray J. Moulin 131
8031 Albanus K. M. - Lorinda Keefer. . . 82
8000.1 Albert • Laura Warren 63
6047 Albert A. - Mary Ellen Perry 105
0841 Albert H. - Elizabeth Hanmer 125
0036 Alexander A. 107
6470 Alexander L., M.D. - Huldah Cook. 107
6878.20 Alice 83
6808 Alice C. - Femand J. Howard 114
6808 Alice C 78
8000.0 Almeda - Henry Hopson. (2) Abra-
ham Shirts 64
6660.8 Almena L. ~ Euphreonon Wheeler. . 77
8470.7 Almina Elizabeth 127
Number
5508.4
3000.3
3000.3
8000.4
8000.8
3000.5
8000.2
3000.2
6885.4
6507
8088
0200.0
4070
8470.8
8070.3
2217
4544
3621
3621
10122.6
0158.2
0158.2
0228.37
0770.1
6400.2
6660.0
6873.0
10100.8
6660.6
5507.1
5507.1
444
Almira B. -i John Perry Hknna +. . 73
Almira P 63
Almira P. - (1) Charles H. WUson,
(2) JohnT. Munger 84
Alnora 63
Alnora ^ Hiram Coleman 64
Altha « Russell Wilson 63
Ahrin 68
Alvm « Betsey Fox 84
Alvin 84
Alvin Tenny - (1) Emma V. Child,
(2) Anna M. Hyde + Ill
Alvina — Otis Pomeroy 68
Amanda 118
Amanda - Hon. Albert W. Wdls + 70
Amasa Mann 108
Amasa Mann -> Martlta J. Moder-
well + 127
Ammittai -■ Samuel Arnold + 50
Andrew Jackson - Elisabeth W.
Stephens + 00
Anna 143
Anna - Daniel King + 143
Anna L 130
Anna May « Joseph P. Bowman +.111
Anna May » Joseph P. Bowman 4*. 138
Anna May 116
Anna P. 124
Anne Alida -i George A. Rogers +. . 75
Aroline Augusta » Mr. Fuller 77
Arthur 88
Arthur Field 141
Asaph Stratton - CharkAla J.
Foote + 112
Ashbd Stioiv ■■ 78
Ashbel Strong « Mary A. Featherly . 102
Augustus Wheelock 46
Part t^lftft - IbnttrroD H^aimxt anb (Sttiralog^
aOfi
— B —
Nnmber Pfege
78 Benimnlin, Rev. D.D. « Abicul
Wbedock + 46
78 Benjamin, Rcr 48
78 Benjamin. Rer 49
78 Benjamin. Rev. D.D 50
432 Benjamin. Dr 45
0437 Belle Perkins - A Mazwefl Tod +. 101
852 Benjamin - Esther Clark + 53
065 Benjamin 143
922&32 Benjamin Franklin 116
10078.1 Bertha Agnes « Albert F. Fair-
banks + 141
8626 Bertha May « Louis Sonneland +. .103
10078.2 Bessie Sophronia * Henry L.
Moiey + 141
10120:1 Bcolah Mary - OrvOle R. Boyd +.138
0228.40 Bonna Belle 116
0646.8 Braman 121
— c —
406 Caleb - Chloe Strong + 67
1786 Caleb - Mary Stratton + 62
8704 Caleb Stiatton 77
3704 Caleb Stratton - Sarah Walker +. 77
0358.1 Calvin Thayer 120
3812 Candace Uvia - Joseph Sudler 77
6580 Candace Pease — Chaunoey
Temple + Ill
0160 Carl Stone - Elsie E. Lower + 134
4551 Caroline - Capt. WardeU Guthrie + 90
8467 Caroline - Max Zinkeisen+ 102
8470.6 Caroline A. 103
8120 Carter Pitkin 02
2700 Catherine Eliza - Rev. Samuel D.
Parker 70
9067.5 Cedl Aylesworth 108
4890 Celia - Volney Roberts-f 03
8227 Celia 03
8234 Celia 93
2224 Chandler Miron 59
4596 Chandler Miron - Juliet Arnold +.. 65
8964.10 Charles 63
0841 Charles 125
8527 Charles 103
5508.5 Charles Addison - Sylvia West + . . . 73
8479.9 Charles Addison - (1) Margaret E.
Milne. (2) Beatrice Becket. .. .103-128
9682.32 Charles Addison - 128
4526 Charles Burton - Sophia Webber + 89
4526 Charles Burton * Jennie B. Keyon. . 89
8059 Charles Enos 125
9401 Charles Franklin - Ada Owen 138
0882.40 Charles Forest 129
3965 Charles H. - EUzabeth Weld + 63
8969 Charles H. - Elizabeth Weld + 143
9403 Charles Housted i- Margaret Miller +138
10120.5 Charles Housted, Jr. 138
8527 Charles Ross 103
8527.2 Charles Ross « Viola May AUen+. . 129
8857 Charles Smith « Calista F. EUs-
worth + 62
9969.2 Charles St. Clair 132
6920 Charles Wells - May Elizabeth
Tyler + 119
8922 Chauncey Birge 107
10078.5 Chauncey Hurlbert 133
6898 Chauncey Smith - Augusta Birge + 107
10193.7 Chester Mitchell - 141
7905 Chester Wood - Isabel Lucy Smith +124
1501 Chloe 143
1784 Chloe - Willard Slack + 57
9200.10 Clara - George A. Griffin 113
0209.10 Clara - George A. Griffin 135
8440 Clara Alsop - Hon. Valentine B.
Horton + 74
6811 Clara Amanda i« 78
6811 Clara Amanda « Herbert Sanders +116
0418^ ClafenGeHibbard«iMyrUePaa8ch+120
Niimbtf
0418.2 daienoe Hibbard - Myrtle Paascb.130
0720 Clarence Mdnotte » Doris Robinson 123
4892 Clarian Gale- Henry H. Barnard + 08
0405 Clark Emerson - Estelfe L.
Marvin + 130
10122.1 Clarke Marvin 130
9748.3 Claude 124
10137 Clayre « Miss Vandizhom 142
9229 Cleve Hale - Clarissa E. Lockwood. 118
8479.10 Cok>nd Edward - 103
8479.10 Cok>nel Edward - Fkxence L»
Dafl + 128
9200.3 Cora 1 13
9209.3 Coia - Jerry R. Woodward + 136
6873.21 Cora 83
9228.33 Cora Alona 116
6873.5 Cornelia Adelaide 82
6410 ComeliaE. - 144
6246 ComeliaRoff 74
4641 Cynthia Roanna <■ Samuel T.
Leet + 90
4627 Cyrus Newton ■• Frances L.
CrosDtt + 01
— D —
456 Dan 61
456 Dan - Patience Perry 56
9067.6 Dan Webster - Lulu French + 108
3668.9 Daniel (Rev.) 75
4557 Daniel Crocker • Sarah Taylor + 143
4446 Daniel D. - Lucy J. Hawkins +. . . . 66
7544.4 Daniel E. 89
2144 Daniel S. « Lucy Dimock + 66
3964.4 David 63
8964.4 David « Mary 83
3895 Deborah J. S. «> Horace E. Darling + 77
4617 De La Coeur » Frances E. Emigre +. 91
9747 De Mottc 124
9200.2 Dora - Ira Jerome Stephens 113
0209.2 Dora - Ira Jerome Stephens + 135
1012ail Doris Addle 138
0740.2 Dorthy Nastilla 123
— E —
0882.10 Earl Ralph - Lilly A. Pbole + 127
9882.19 Earl Ralph - Lilly A. Poole + 140
72 Ebenezer. Major « Sarah King +. . .143
0733 Edith Ursula 123
0729 Edith Ursula 123
4979 Edward i- Amanda Daggett + 70
6873.1 Edward 82
9745 Edward Earl 124
8478.5 Edward F. 102
0404 Edward F. - Adele R. Hubbard +. . .138
7830 Edward L. -• Serena McGuire + ... 123
9213 Edwin F. 118
9221 Edwin Ftands 114
7699 Edwins. 90
0209.12 Effie - Richard Anderson + 113
7404 EgbertL. 85
4 Eldad 43
494 Eleanor « James Hulbert, Jr. + 68
8406 Eleanor - Clarke Washburn + 101
4817.9 Eleanor 68
6825 Electa Hannah 80
346 Eleazer - Lydia Phelps + 53
434 EleazerW. - MaryWyUys+ 46
453 Eliakim - Sarah Sheldon + 51
443 Elihu - Lydia Barber + 46
459 Elijah 51
3304 Elijah 143
7819 Elijah - Sarah L. Phelps + 123
902 Eliphaz 53
3927 Eli Bond -• Elvira Chapman + 80
7103 Eliza - J. H. McElroy + 120
462 Elizabeth 51
2644 Elizabeth - Ftanklin H. Wheeler +. 60
6873.10 Elizabeth - Charles Stella + 82
0238.3 Elizabeth 110
30r
Potttrrog (HtpriBtUm S^amrB wah IHarriaQM
Number Page
9228.66 EUzabeth J 1 18
10122.4 Elizabeth M 139
8727 Elizabeth Rose - Charles B. Hall ... 130
8727 EUzabeth - 130
6873.8 Ella - James Carroll 82
9882.31 Ella Lavina 128
W16 Ellen 93
8308 EUen - Quartus Bliss 93
£016 Ellen 93
8478.4 EUen L. 102
8807 EUice 106
666a3 Elmina P. 77
8627.4 Elsa B 104
8627.4 Elsa B. •- George H. Gregory + 129
8732 Elsie Mae - (2) WiUiam P. Hoe8ler..l31
6247 Eltweed - Ellen Uvin + 106
8805 Eltweed. Jr. 106
8627.6 Eltwood WUliam 104
8627.4 Eltwood W. - Rachel Andrews +. . . 129
8209.8 Elva Caroline 113
9460 Elza Alonzo - Mary J. Hutton +- - • 139
8479.4 Emery Anaon 103
8479.4 Emery Anson — Sarah Alice + 127
10117.6 Emerson 138
9748.5 EmU 124
6421 Enuly 73
6873.2 Emily 82
8136 EmUy Brooks 144
9209.11 Emma — Thomas SmaU + 136
3964.11 Emma 63
6885.7 Emma - Mr. Parshall + 84
8478.6 Emma 102
6824 Emma Amelia 80
6824 Emma Amelia ■■ Lafayette
Ftanklin + 117
9158.8 Emma Clara Ill
9158.3 Emma Clara » Henry L. Musser + . 134
7727 Emmet Hall - Margaret S. Mc-
Mahon 121
3761 Enoch 75
3761 Enoch 145
460 Epaphras 51
463 Epaphras 51
3621 Epaphras 143
8527.1 Erma Ruth 103
9238.2 Ernest Chester 119
8479.13 Essie Levina 103
8479.13 Essie Levina ■• August Anderson +-128
9882.41 Essie Levina 129
9067.8 Ethel Grace - Fted LitUe 108
8527.3 Ethel M 104
8157 Eugene Cowles - EUzabeth L.
Eagan + 125
9838.1 Eugene Cowles. Jr 125
9209.15 Eugene HOI 113
350 Eunice 58
4867 Eunice Grant « Dr. Ezekiel Porter +.143
8731 Eva Janette * Charles WeUman 131
9238.1 Eva Minette - Guy Irvin Watt + . . 136
4637 Everett - Larona C. Reynolds +. . . 92
6867 Everett Titus •- Louisa E. Van
Winkle + 118
— F —
4446.1 F.W. 65
10120.7 Faith 138
5428 Fanny - WilUam L. Brown + 96
4883 Fanny Olive - John F. Lewis 92
8175 Fanny OUve -• John F. Lewis + 92
7704 Fayette B. « Louise C. Compton +. 90
6813 Fernando Howard ■■ Erma Teg-
land + 116
9228.34 Fern NelUe - 116
6813 Fernando Howard 78
9398 Fletcher E. - Beula EaUns 137
10122 Fletcher Marvin 139
9407 Fletcher WUson » Cora L. Myers + . 139
7917 Florence Augusta - George Pimie +124
9067.7 Florence Bird - W. R. Johnston +..108
10078.12 Florence Elizabeth 134
Number Page
10117.3 Floyd E. 138
9871 Frances - Charles W. Lippitt 126
10117.7 Frances 138
8734 Frances Eva - John Welch 132
8736 Frances Eva 132
8737 Frances Eva 132
3964.6 FtandsJ 63
8964.6 Francis J. -> Janet Freeman 82
9701.2 Francis Marion 123
6885.8 Frank 84
9552 Frank - Ruth C. Tyler + 120
6812 Ftank Success 78
8924 Franklin • AbigaU Commins 78
666aiO FkanUin A. - &rah E. Goss + 77
7828 Ftanklin Thomas » Sophia I.
Morris + 128
9326 Fked TiUinghast - Mary A.
Whitbeck + 137
0895.1 Frederick Lewis 129
— G —
8990.11 George 64
5508.3 George 73
5508.3 George - NeUie Sherman + 102
9882.18 George Albert 127
9882.18 George Albert - Myra E. Warren +140
5180 George Eltweed 70
5180 George Eltweed 71
5180 George Eltweed - H. MatUda Worth-
ington 94
5180 George Eltweed 96
9228.21 George Erwin 116
7916.1 George Everett 92
7916.1 George Everett - Mary Sybfl
Vierra + 124
9067.2 George Uwis - EUzabeth J.
Doyle + 133
9067.2 George Lewis - Katharine E. Doyle. 133
8730 George Louis - Ciaribel Cramer +.. 131
4632 George Warren 92
10190.7 George Warren 140
6046 George Washington 104
3334 George Washington - Mary A. F.
Clark + 104
1787 Gershom 67
9037 Gertrude Chloe .107
8922.1 Gertrude EUzabeth - Hugo R.
Krohn + 132
9209.1 Gilbert Stratton - Bertha Clark +..113
9209.1 Gilbert Stratton - Bertha Clark +..114
0882.16 Grace Lavina 127
9882.16 Grace Lavina - AUy L. Humber-
stone + 140
9209.18 Grover Qeveland 113
— H —
31 Hannah Pomeroy * Joseph Baker + 48
439 Hannah 46
804 Hannah - John Colton + 60
441 Hannah - Rev. David McClure +. . 46
4011 Harlan Mrs. (Frances L.) Pomeroy. . 85
8964.8 Harmon -^ Mary 63
3964.8 Harmon - Mary + 83
10078.3 Harlow Cleveland 133
9746 Harlow Kent 124
9882.28 Harold Becket 128
10120.9 Harold Edward 138
9228.36 Harold Howard 116
9212 Harold Luther 113
10193.6 Harold RusseU 141
3072 Harriet -> Dr. WilUam Atwater +.. 61
8196 Harriet - + 92
8197 Harriet- + 92
8203 Harriet - + 92
9968.1 Harriet Coleen 131
6046 Harriet Janette - Heber M. FolU + 104
8713 Harriet Janette - Heber M. Foltz + 105
6688 Harriet Louise « James H. HIckok.
(2) Joseph H. Drinnen + 100
Part Jitftn - ftmatag Xbtorg anil Olnualngtt
JOB
101M.S HdeD Elinbnb. .
10121
soer.i
Hwn- w
HutT Ralph - Addle Mitchell +...MI
Huel Akin . Frank B. Shullu* + . . 143
Haiet Alain 133
Hu«lM*y
Hcbet C. Kimball
Johonn + ih
Hcleo - Cbsrka E. PuBTi* + 106
Helm Aufiuta - Getnic S.
Thurbcr + M
*>!« Aufutti - M
JeleD Elinbnb IW
H«lfn Katharine - Ju»« F. Ha-
«DfUi 144
HelfB Maria - Hewhn J. Kinc
(!) C*dl H, Fuller 74
Helen Marie - Earl E. Mlaener +--122
Helen MaMn 13V
Helen Mary I IB
Helen Uynle - W. H. McCBUum...lOB
fvei Henrietta Bll«» — Heniy Pomeroy
Dailami + 8fi
W)7 Heniy - Fanny Mayo + 53
4S8S Henry - Elvira A. Bellamy + t>3
eSOO Henry AIpbonH - 7S
tB09 Henry Alphonao - Uaiy L. Koet +. 7S
gaOi Henry King - 100
8304 Henry Klni - Hud Hedrick + 138
440 He»Uah 4S
(WT3J Hlnin 82
4629 Hiram Sterllni. M. D. - Eltiabeth
May Bloke. (2) Mary E. Shecard-
■on. (3) Sarah Blake Stone 01
lOiaike Hope 138
TTOS Horace Burton 90
7703 Horace B. • Ethd J. Brunan + ISl
•Mfl.l Horace B., Jr. 121
100BZ.1 Howard 137
0893.1 Howard Allen 139
oesi Howard Daniel - Sarah Eva
WatToua + 122
10120.8 Hugh Reynohli 138
4074 Hunt 144
S701.1 Hynim Phelpi 1Z3
— I —
MOS Ida RcKtU PomODy - Inac C.
SB..
{^"^S!?-.
- Jama H. Smith +
8SB0
'?eS°;
a-.^-rfc.
-J
^a.1
i
iMn.1
8120
"^S^
MBD.8
Joh^ R^di
-
Gertie Bur
ohn WiHei - Catherine R. HcCUn 1)1
ohn Wehbei - 90 '
ohn Webber -JemieE.Robbina+ IV)
- Prii'denceAuitin'-i-V...^ 62
Hannah Seymour + 46
owph - Thankful Burbank + 46
oaeph Morton- Martha Trimble +.108
oahua - Loll Phelpe -f
•■ Thankful Burbank 4
Mary Barnea +,,,,,. .^. .
Mary Cook +
• inAHI. +
Joanna Wright +..
Lydia Aihley +. . .
oalab - Joanna Wrl(bt +
liui Frederick.
Charlotte Mociao + 03
Ketlah - Scrft. Duilel Smith +. . . . I
— L —
: Laura PMBcror ',
Laura Bremtu I
Lavlna Alwllda - Thonuu W.
Reeae + 1!
Lavlna AlwUda - II
. Lawrence 1!
Le Dm Rollin '
Le Dru Rollin - Marfan J. RoH -h.ll
LeeRuBcIl - Ludlle Bryant i:
Lemuel - Mary Poat Dodge +
LronSJiipb.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.U
Leonard — Pamella Rice + I
Leonard - Pamella Rice + I
1 Leonard I
Levin II
Lewli Miller - Alma H. Hlgdna +.11
Lewis wniart i:
Lillian Dale 1!
Ullai - Challes L Avery I
Loren Emenwn 11
Loren Guy 11
1 Lou - Mr. Cording I
Lucy — Lieut. Samuel Panoni + . . . I
Lucy - I
Lucy - Abner F. Lakn- + I
Lucy - Benjamin F. Yule + (
T Lulu May - Harry C Baird + 1:
2 Lulu May - C2) Tetrill PoBl + 1)
Lulher - julla M. Strong +. I
Lydia - Alexander Roberta + '
. Lydia (
Lydia - Williwn Hunt + I
I Lynun Jama
Lynun Walker - &IBh A. Beeler +. ^
Lyman Walkcf -AbnlraBeehr+.-l:
309
Ifiomnas (BiftiBi^m ISfwma and tfUarriagrA
Number
0050
7910^
9728
9882.39
9882.39
7766
7766
7764
7764
8990.10
10120.4
10122.6
8396
8396
9740.1
8918
8919
666a3
6179
8649
10193.6
4646.2
6807
9168.6
9168.5
10122^
164
966
3969
2850
8482
4676.1
6508.1
6603
6601
8479.12
4444
8482
4676.1
6816
6660.1
8741
9872
7866
10122.3
8966.1
9864
10078.13
6796
6232
8479.6
6490.6
9378
6181
6660.1
8478.3
9209.7
4646.3
6617
7
4124
9882.20
9209.13
9882.17
8527.6
9701.4
6873.4
9209.16
9209.16
— M —
Mabel - John R. Koch + 139
Mabel •- Edward T. Planer + 92
Mabel Acolia « George H. Todt +. . 140
Mabel Marion 129
Mabel Marion ■■ Dr. Arthur O.
Mnier 141
Madeline E. 90
Madeline E. - Neal K. Eikooa +. . . 122
Marda Cynthia 90
Marda Cynthia - John Spencer +• • 122
Marcus 64
Margaret Esther « Dee H. Flanders. 138
Margaret Jane 139
Margaret Laqueer 101
Margaret Laqueer •■ Marshall P.
Washburn + 101
Margery Rohesia 123
Maria Elizabeth 106
Maria Elizabeth 106
Marlah 77
Marie Louise 70
Marion Alma 104
Marion Elizabeth. 141
Martha 66
Martha Jane - William Bf. Davis +114
Martha Pauline Ill
Martha Pauline •- Samuel Bardleson 134
Marvin 139
Mary » Samuel Benton + 45
Mary- 143
Mary 143
Mary -■ Jonas A. Bartlett 144
Mary — Byron Sherman + 144
65
73
75
75
,103
Mary.
Mary.
Mary.
Mary.
Mary.
Mary - Mr. Wicher 65
Mary 144
Mary - Calvin Gay + 66
Mary - 104
Mary ■■ Leander Poster -f. 77
Mary Adelaide — John AThorbum+182
Mary Alice - Lewis H. Sayer M.D. .126
Mary Ann - Remos Wells + 90
Mary Austeen 139
MaryE. 63
Mary Elizabeth 125
Mary Elisabeth 184
Mary Ella •- George R. Golden +.. .113
Mary Frances — Dr. Brooks Hu^es
WeUs + 105
Mary Maria 103
Mary Maud 75
Mary Rebecca — Eugene Ware 137
Mary Robinson — Rt. Rev. Charles
H.Scadding 71
Mary S. « Leander Foster 77
Mary S 102
Mary Veldora 113
MatQda 65
Melissa - Blias Truaz + 76
Medad — Experience Woodward +.. 42
Medad - LUly MazweU 86
Mildred Almina 127
Minnie 113
Minnie Maria 127
Miriam Katharine 104
Monita 123
Myrtle 82
Myrtle Lorain 113
Myrtle Lorain — George N. Crab-
tne+ 186
— N —
9748.2 Nadine 124
906 Nancy 63
1686 Nancy Parsons >■ William H.
Oapp-h 70
Number
5093 Nancy Parsons 70
5094 Nancy Parsons 70
9748 Naomi 134
9892.5 NaomiWright 139
159 1 Nathaniel 148
9748. 1 Nclda 1 24
9882.26 NeUie Belle 128
9882.26 Nellie Belle - James S. Nusbanm +. . 141
10117.5 NeUie Madeline 138
6845 NeUie May 83
6845 NelUe May - Prof. David New-
berry + 118
8479.8 Nellie Martena 103
9882.21 NeUie Melvina - Mr. HUl 127
6827 Newton Bond -• 80
6827 Newton Bond « Clara Thede + 118
4512 Newton Merrick 88
639 Nice - Ebenezer Smith + 58
80 Noah - AbigaU Remington + 51
451 Noah - EUzabeth Norton + 51
10141 Noel BIwood 139
10141.1 Norman 139
8548 Norman Lewis 104
— o —
899 Olive - Nathan Knowlton + 58
2589 OUve.; 61
6873.6 OUve AbigaU 83
6873.6 Olive AbigaU - Seymour Henderson,
(2) Benjamin M. Eisner + 83
6536 Orange, M. D. — Mary E. Smith,
(2) Lovedy S. Blakeslee 76
9209.4 Orange Stratton 118
6660.4 Orange W. 77
7895 Oren - Laura Gerlach -f 91
8543 Orianna Eliza + 104
7089 Orlando Delson - Zelia Gardner -f. 119
9330 Orlando Delson - ZeUa Gardner +. 110
9969 Orie Bromley 133
8739 Orra Lee - Jessie Bromley + 133
6583 Oraelia E. - Avery A. Reed + 106
10122.7 Orvil Fletcher 130
9209.6 Oscar E. 113
3988 Otis - Alvina Pomeroy + 63
3990.6 Otis 68
— P —
3964.3 PameUa 63
3964.3 Pamelia - Seth P. Pease + 83
3964.3 P^uneUaA. 63
3024 Parthenia Little « Henry A.
Brewster + 71
9748.4 Paul 124
10078.14 Pauline JuUa 134
6873.17 Pearl 83
9663 Percy WardeU - 133
9663 Percy WardeU - Adella Baxter +. . . 140
9067.1 Perry E. - EUzabeth Chapman,
(2) Mary Bunn + 108
3668.13 Peter Beny 62
3964.1 PhUetus « 63
3964.1 PhUetus - Mary Clark + 83
900 Phineas Ashley - 53
900 PhlneasAshley -Elizabeth Moore + 64
1888 Phoebe - John HuU + 63
3990.7 Phoebe - Ueut. A. T. Plntler+ 68
3080 Pliny - Lavina Mann -f 78
531 Princess 61
631 Princess- 148
— R —
3416 Rachel - Major Edward Bulkley +. 60
2827 Rachel 61
1933 Rachel - Mr. De Graff + 68
9653 Rachel Lorain - James K. RothwcU,
Jr+ 140
1 Ralph de La, Knight - + 48
Part Ufifm - Potttrrog BiBtorg and (SetiraUidt; 310
Number Page
8479.11 Ralph 108
8470.11 Ralph « Unknown + 128
8806 Ralph IW
438 Ralph -• Eunice (Belding) Gardner. . 47
23 Ralph de La. Knight - + 43
8470.11 Ralph 103
0762.3 Ralph lohnion 124
6608 Ralph MUler - 78
6608 Ralph MUler - + 102
9228.38 Ray Joseph 116
0228.2 Reuben Newton - 116
0228.2 Reuben Newton • Florence Grigga + 186
0701.6 Reuel Nephi 128
10140 Rex Kenneth 180
10062.1 Richard Doyle 133
10120.10 Richard Duxant 138
0660.1 Richard Lee 132
0286 Richard Tyler 110
4011 Richard Wells « Annie L. SiMon +• 85
10122.0 Richard Whaley 130
6466 Robert - Lydia Lewis + 107
0060.3 Robert Albert 132
8726 Robert Everett 144
6490.4 Robert Lattlmer 76
0838.3 Robert Livingston 126
10122.8 Robert Paasch 130
7262 Robert Watson - Lucy Bemia 86
7262 Robert Watson « Lucy Bemis 86
0426 Robert Watson 86
0200.14 Roberta Florence - John M. MUler -hl36
0768.1 Roderick Chester 124
6611 Rosamond H. C. ■■ Dr. Edgar J.
Powers + 112
0282.22 Rose AUce - 127
0882.22 Rose Alice - Mr. Burke + 141
6886.6 Rosella - Mr. LoveU,(2) C. H.
WUson + 84
3030 Rosetta - Fayette WUder + 81
6886.6 Rosetta « Mr. May 8»
8806 Rozanna Pomeroy 100
2006 Rosy - Phineas Smith + 64
0228.80 Roy Leo 116
6810 Royal Newton - 78
6810 Royal Newton - Sophia M. Pick +.116
8646 RuaseU Burge 104
461 Ruth - Abner BeUamy + 61
10086.33 Ruth Cleone 136
0284 Ruth EUzabeth - August W. Allen-
dorf 110
10120.2 Ruth Helen 138
10120.2 Ruth Helen « Frederick Due + 142
0876.2 Ruth Roxanna 126
0770.2 Ruth SybU 124
— s —
6020 SaUy (Sarah) - Leman Church +. . . 74
8470.16 Samuel - + 103
438 Samuel 46
1484 Samuel B. Wyllys - Clarissa
Alsop + 62
0871 Sanford B. - Mary C. LotUmer+. . . 126
1788 Sarah - + 67
424 Sarah - Gershom Sheldon + 66
467 Sarah 41
1436 Sarah 66
3064.7 Sarah - 63
8964.7 Saruh i- Mr. Newman 83
6608.2 Sarah 73
6885.8 Sarah - Mr. KeUey 84
0220.1 Sarah 114
8478.2 Sarah B 102
8360 Sarah Gertrude - Ftancts A. Rugg. . 06
0209.6 Sarah Jane 113
10120.3 Sarah Naomi 138
7829 Sarah Roslno - Adam R. Brewer + 123
364 Seth. Rev. - Sarai Law + 148
6169 Seth 94
64M Seth. Major-Genend 100
Number
847 Shammah ■■ Anne Mattoon + 53
9876.1 Shirley Hart 126
6424 Silas Harris 97
6424 Silas Harris - Chriatina King + 00
6424 Silas Harris - Georgia M. Starr 100
466 Simeon 51
0043.1 Sophia BUsabeth 120
8478.1 St. Clair 102
2647 Swan Lyman, Rev., i- Frances M.
Fales + 207
2647 Swan Lyman, Rev.. « (2) Ann
Quincy + 200
7218 Sylvester Clark - Mary E. Hib-
bartl + 120
— T —
72 Thankful - Gad Lyman + 143
7665.7 Theodore 101
8305 Theodore - Louiae SchulU + 100
5420 Theodore Laurence -■ Louiae Crane
Richards + 101
8406 Theodore Laurence - 101
4124 Theodore Medad - Eliaabeth Ldtch
Watson 85
7258 Theodora Medad * Mabel Wada-
worth 85
4124 Theodore Medad - Elizabeth LeHch
Watson + 85
4124 Theodore Medad 87
3064 Theodore Osman » Sarah J. Gilford + 82
0744 Theone LesUe 128
8470.14 Thomas Pliny x 108
8470.14 Thomas Pliny - SteUa May Cross +.129
1640.2 Timothy - + 66
3026 Tina « James King + 78
— V —
5660 Victor Hugo 74
0336 Vienna - Charles W. D. MUler +.. . 119
10240.1 Virginia Pearl 142
10177 Vivian EuDora 140
— w —
9418.3 Walter Clark - 120
9418.8 Walter Clark - Ruby Whaley +. ... 139
7766 Ward Andrew 90
10177.1 WardcU Baxter 140
7770 WardeU J. - EuDora Sipley + 122
4638.1 Warren 65
4427 Wealthy - Dr. Samuel White + 88
1926 WeUs - (1) Betsy BaUey. (2) Diantha
Brooks 82
10117.4 WUbur - 138
9400 Wilbur St. J. - NeUie C. Robinson + 138
847 WUliam 143
3964.9 WUUam 63
6885.1 WUUam 84
6658 WiUlam 74
847 WUliam - Lucy Bowen. (2) Harriet
Chapin. (3) EUzabeth Gushing +..148
6844 WUliam E. 82
6844 WiUiam E. « Winfred E. Owen +. . .118
2648 WUliam Henry - Sybilla Luckis +. .144
6268 WUliam Henry. M. D. - Adelaide
PhelpsSmith 74
6662 WUUam Henry - Katharine Eaton + 108
9228.36 WUUam Henry 116
9892.6 WUUam Henry 129
8378 WiUiam HolUster - + 96
9158.1 WUliam Jesse - JuUa E. Hurlbert + 133
6490.1 William McKenzie 75
6490.1 WUliam McKenzie. (Rev.) - Sarah A.
Bird + 108
9168.4 Winnif red Madge Hi
3v^x fi(B Btmtdn
CLASSIFIED NAMES IN COLLATERAL LINES
The figures in this Index standing to the left of the names presented in
this chapter of previous omissions will assist everyone to find the proper
classification with those families which have gone before, in the first edition
of the History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family. Every one interested
should be diligent in the search for that life-line, which measures nine cen-
turies or more, with Sir Ralph de La Pomeroy of Normandy at the head of the
race.
The numbers standing at the right of the names refer you to the page on
which the name you are in search of may be found.
— A —
Number Pftge
0864 Acker. Allen James 125
6688 Acre, Chrlttiana 109
2606 Alexander, Albert A 61
630 Alexander. Daniel 144
8482 Alexander. Laura M 144
8482 Alexander, Thomas 144
8627.2 Allen. Dr. Donald A. 129
9228.26 Allen Emery 116
9228.25 Allen. Myia 1 16
8627.2 Alien. >nola M 129
9284 Allendorf. August W. 119
9284 Allendorf. WiUiam L. 119
439 Am8.Ann 52
840 Allis.Ann 65
1484 Alsop, Clarissa 62
1484 Alsop, Richard 62
5094 Andersen, August 70
5094 Andersen. Carroll E. 70
5094 Andersen. Hazel B 70
5094 Andersen, Herman L. 70
8479.18 Anderson. August 128
9882.34 Anderson. Bertha M 128
9882.37 Anderson. Charles Pomeroy 128
9882.25 AnderMU. Emma A 128
9882.38 Anderson. Essie A 129
9209.12 Anderson. Richard 113
9882.33 Anderson. &rlvia T 128
9882.36 Anderson. Winnie Vhi Esse 128
8627 Andrews, Frank R. 129
8527 Andrews, Rachel 129
8527 Andrews, Sadie 129
7655.3 Archer, Dr. Seth 89
7764 Armstrong, Anna 122
5448 Armstrong, Clara 73
2525.1 Arnold, Adelaide 59
2226 Arnold, Albert 69
223ai Arnold. Ansel 60
2228 Arnold. Augustus 59
2227 Arnold, Elizabeth 59
2225 Arnold, Ellen 59
2227 Arnold. Enos 59
4596 Arnold. Enos 65
2233.1 Arnold. John 59
2224 Arnold. Juliet 69
4506 Arnold. Juliet 65
2223.2 Arnold. Mary T 59
2217 Arnold. Samuel 59
2229 Amokl. Judge WiUiam A 59
2227.1 Arnold, Wmis 60
Number Page
849 Ashley, Jonathan 64
8072 Atwater, Judith Pomeroy 61
3072 Atwater. Dr. William 61
458 Austin, Prudence 52
4198 Avery. Mary Jane 88
6808 Ayres. Mary Ann 114
9214 Ayres. Mary (Major) 114
— B —
Babcock. Elisha 60
9651 Bader. Roselle 122
1926 Bailey. Betsey 62
2621 Bailey. Harriet 61
Bailey. Thomas 47
9209.17 Baird, Harry C 136
10065.32 Baird. Lile E 136
182 Baker. Alice C 45
2H.10 Baker. Caroline 44
211.6 Baker. Daniel 44
8827.1 Baker. Dorothy May 93
21L11 Baker. Dulla 44
211.4 Baker. Ebenezer 44
2833 Baker. Emma Drayton 144
21L12 Baker. Ezekiel 44
211.8 Baker. Hannah 44
211.14 Baker. Joel 44
31 Baker. Joseph 48
210 Baker. Joseph 44
211.3 Baker. Joseph 44
211.5 Baker, Mary 44
211.9 Baker. Mary 44
211.13 Baker. Phoebe 44
8227 Baker. Roy Wally 93
211.15 Baker. Ruad 44
211.7 Baker, Ruth 44
211 Baker. Samuel 44
21L1 Baker. Seth 44
211.2 Baker, Titus 44
7681 Baldwin. Mary W 89
8667 BanU. Christiana 118
6093 Barber, Emma E 70
443 Barber. Lydia 46
443 Barber. Stephen 46
9158.5 Bardleson. Margaret 134
10078.9 Bardleson. Margaret A 134
9158.5 Bardleson. Robert 134
10078.10 Bardleson. Robert Pomeroy 184
9158.5 Bardleson. Samuel 184
10078.11 Bardleson, Samuel 184
4802 Barnard, Henry H 08
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Number
2827
9228.6
0228.6
2466.6
2637
8543
8646
8643
6873.8
8120
8238
8238
4817.4
443
4638.1
2876
2876
842
0067.1
8027
4811
182
4632
6607.1
6607.3
6601
6601
6607
6607
0660.7
6047
6008
6020
6003
6020
6020
164
263
2686
0200.1
0200.1
4124
2614
2616
1236
8064.1
8834
7666.11
2811
0200.1
2614
6834.7
6834.1
6834.8
8000.8
4124
0228
0228.63
0228.60
2466.1
2466.6
2466.3
2466.2
2466.6
2483
804
2466.4
8024
8024
7704
7704
1376.3
0160
0160
7866
6470
6470
0228.61
7727
437
0228JS7
8228.60
Campbell, Maria McG 61
CampbeU. William C 115
Campbell. Vmiam W 115
Carpenter, C 60
Carpenter, William B 61
Carr. Irving Pomeroy 104
Carr, James H 104
Carr. Richard Bunce (Dr) 104
Carroll. James 82
Carter. Anne Rebecca 02
Carter, Clifton C i . 03
Carter, Lena M 03
Carter, Richard 67
Cass, Alice 46
Chadsey, Frances 65
Chapin, Alfnd B. (D.D.) 61
Chapin. Gilbert Le Due 61
Chapin. Harriet 140
Chapman. Elizabeth 108
Chapman. Elvira 80
Chase. Louis 65
Chassaque, Signor de La 45
Chatfield. Nancy 02
Cheney, Edson O 76
Cheney. Emma M 76
Cheney, Harlow M 75
Cheney, John H 75
Child, Emma V Ill
Child, Waiiam Ill
Chilton, Ada Zella 122
Chubb, Mary 105
Church. Henry S 70
Church. John H. C 74
Church, Mary E 70
Church, Leman 74
Church. Ruth 74
Clap. EUjah 45
Clapp. Egbert J 53
Clapp. William H 76
Clark, Albert 134
Clark. Bertha 184
Clark, Champ 88
Clark, Elizabeth B 61
Clark, Frederick M 61
Clark, George A 143
Clark, Mary 82
Clark, Mary AT 104
Clark, Mr 88
Clark. Nathaniel B 61
Clark, Rosamond D 134
Clark. Samuel S 61
Clem, Dora 81
Clem, J. T 80
Clem, Marcella 81
Coleman, Hiram 64
Colfax, Schuyler 87
CoIUns, Albert B 114
Collins, Nora L 117
CoUins, Dr. B. M 117
Colton, Abigail 60
Colton, Ebenezer Pomeroy 60
Colton, Ethan 60
Colton. Flavilla 60
Colton, Hannah 60
Colton, Jennie 80
Colton, John 60
Colton, John 60
Commina. Abigail 78
Commins. Henry 78
Compton, Daniel 00
Compton, Louise C 00
Condry, Lydia 55
Cook, Chester 112
Cook, EtU E 112
Cook, Frances 01
Cook, Hildah 107
Cook, Jesse 107
Cook, Margeria B 117
Cook. Martha C 121
Cook, Mary 46
Cook. Nicholas D 117
Cook.OUveffL 117
Number Pate
0228.61 Cook, Winfidd E 117
6873.11 Cording. Mr 82
1376.4 Cornish. Elvira E 56
7658.4 CowcU. Martin 01
8301 Cowles. Mr 07
10085.20 Crabtree. Clarence L 136
0200.16 Crabtree, George N 136
10085.30 Crabtree. La Verne W 186
10085.31 Crabtree .VermiU 136
8730 Cramer. Claribel 131
6583 Crandall. Amy 108
4632 Crandall, Anna 02
4632 Crandall. John W 02
5425 Crane, Mrs. Hanmer 101
5420 Crane, Kate P 101
5425 Crane. Nellie Goodrich 101
0067.3 Cranston. Minnie 108
6536 Crawford. Catherine 75
8470.14 Cross. Stella M 120
4627 Crozon, Frances L 01
4627 Crozon, Jacob B 01
847 Gushing. Elizabeth 140
4070 Daggett. Amanda 70
8870.10 DaU. Florence L. 128
4011- Dalton, James 60
4011 Dalton, James. 60
4014 Dalton, Stella Pbmeroy 70
182 Danks, Rebecca 46
807 Darling. Carson M 62
802 Darling, Emelhie G 52
6784 Darling. Harriet L 77
3805 Darling. Horace B.. 77
3805 Darling. Horace E 77
892 Darling. Lucy M. P. 62
802 Darling. Dr. Lewis. . ; 51
807 Darling. Orland L. 52
807 Darling. Rue B. L. 62
0227 Davis. Alice M 114
0228.1 Davis, Harry Pomeroy 114
10078.2 Davis, Helen 142
0288 Davis, Marion Ida 114
6807 Davis, WiUiam M 114
7686 Davison, Alice. 80
7687 Davison, Frances 80
7684 Davison, Frederick Trubee 80
7681 Davison, George Bennet 80
7681 Davison, Henry Pomeroy 80
7681 Davison. Henry Pomeroy 80
7685 Davison, Henry Pomeroy 80
4124 Dawes, Henry Laurens 87
0160 Dawney, Frank H 134
0160 Dawney, Rozy Delia 134
6536 De Courcey. Cok>nel 76
1033 De Graff, Mr. 68
4817.0 Delling, Jerusha 68
10085.34 DeMott. Dr. Chester W 180
6020 De Windt. Delano 74
6020 De Windt. Hanlinger. 74
2605 De Wolf . Willard 61
340 Dexter. J. B 62
7655.0 Deyo. Clara 00
4446.2 Deyo. Denton 80
7655.11 Deyo. Ella 00
7655.8 Deyo. Harriet 00
7655.10 Deyo, Hiram OO
7655.12 Deyo, May 00
7655.13 Deyo, Zella 00
2851 Dickenson, Anna M 148
3851 Dickenson. George P 143
2851 Dickenson. Mary 148
2144 Dimmock. Lucy 66
0120.8 Dittman, Anna 100
5421 Dodge. Harold C 78
4016 Dodge, Margaret Pomeroy 70
5421 Dodge, Mary Post 73
6020 Dodge, Phebe Ann 110
4014 Dodge. Richard Elwood 70
]lart Wifnt - ^onvnig BtBtorg tmb (SnvdoQtf
314
Namber
4016
0108
0168
0100.14
0100.16
0100.13
0007.2
0007.2
0120.18
0120.16
0120.14
0120.26
0688
0688
0120.27
0120.28
0120.10
0120.12
0120.20
10233.14
10120.2
10233.18
0773
8167
8167 .
0808
4007.1
4007.1
0336
6602
6002
2861
0120.3
177
0060.0
7706
0060.8
0060.7
7706
0060.10
0060.11
0873.0
4810
1838.3
8867
8867
3867
0220
4017
4017
4600
0838
0228.44
8730
10078.1
10078.1
10233.3
10233.2
10233.1
10233.4
2047
8381
2600
2680
6607.1
0882.4
0882.13
0882.16
0882.14
4007.1
0810
0810
340
340
0228^
Dodge. Stanley D 70
Donoghue, Cyril 112
Donoghue, John 112
Donoghue. Mary 112
Donoghue, Merrfll 112
Donoghue. Merritt 112
Doyle. Elizabeth J 133
Doyle. Katharine E 133
Drinnen. Eliza J 110
Drinnen. Evelyn 110
Drinnen. George W. 110
Drinnen, Grace May 110
Drinnen, John. 100
Drinnen, Joseph H 100
Drinnen. Joaeph H 110
Drinnen. Margaret M 110
Drinnen. Pleasie 110
Drinnen, Samuel Pometoy 110
Drinnen, Samuel P 110
Due. Charles Wayne 142
Due, Frederick Samuel 142
Due. Frederick W. 142
Duryea, Dorothy 126
Eagan. Dennis. 126
Eagan, Elizabeth Livingston 126
Eakins. Beulah 137
Bastmen, George 60
Eastman, Elizabeth GO
Easton. Edith C 110
Eaton. Rev. George F 103
Eaton. Katharine B 103
Edwards, Franklin 143
Edwaids, Jane 100
Edwards, Thankful 143
Eikoos, CamiUa G 122
Eikoos, Karl K 122
Eikoos, Kenneth Pomeroy 122
Eikoos, Leonora T 122
Eikoos, NeU Karl 122
Eikoos, Ross Pomeroy 122
Eikoos, Stanley Pomeroy 122
Eisner. Benjamin M 110
Eldred. Judith 66
Ellery. James 67
Ellsworth. Abigail Taylor 62
Ellsworth. Calista F. 62
Ellsworth, Ezekiel 62
Ely, Mary Day 118
Empire, Charles 01
Empire. Frances E 01
Endicott. Mary. 66
Engelka. Ellen 81
England, Bertha 117
Emshaw. EmUy 132
— F —
Fairbanks. Albert A 141
Fairbanks, Albert F 141
Fairbanks, Alvin Fied 141
Fairbanks, Donald Pomeroy 141
Fairbanks. Hazel E 141
Fairbanks. Helen K 141
Fales, Ftances M
Falk, Muriel Stewart 06
Fay, Augustus M 61
Fay, Chandler Swan 61
Featherly, Mary A 102
Fenno. Frank Swan 126
Fenno. George Stokes 127
Fenno. Lovis Stokes. 127
Fenno. Raymond Reese 127
Ferrel. Minna 60
Fick. Gotleib 116
Fick. Sophia M 116
Field. Joanna 63
Field. Joanna 63
Fields, Sophia J 114
»
Number
7106
4318
10120.4
6800
7820
8713
6046
6046
6660.6
2400
3440
1376.1
1376.2
1376.7
6660.1
1376.3
1376.6
1376.6
400.1
1376.1
0120.14
3000.2
2416.1
2416
2414
2416
0228.56
2228.41
6524
0228.43
0228.42
0228.44
3964.6
6067.6
6341
6660.0
6160
6160
0167
0167
432
7080
7080
0330
7080
8702
8792
4675.1
4675.1
4675.1
7895
8388
8393.2
8393.3
8393.1
3064
1835.1
1835.1
8918
1835.1
4817.4
4817.5
4817.1
4814
4817.3
4817.2
4817.6
436
1376.7
9120.2
5160
8734
6795
0213
6705
0216.1
0216.2
FIsk, Philena
Fitch. Emma G. 88
Flanders. Dee Harris 138
Fleming. Alice 78
Follett, Sabre A 128
Foltz, Guy E. 105
Foltz. Hebcr M 104
PolU, Moses 104
Foote, Charlotia J 113
Forbes, Charlotte 06
Forbes, Rev. Mr 47
Force. Manning F (Maj-Gen.) 74
Foster, Chester 66
Foster. Electo 50
Foster. Hannah 50
Foster, Leander 77
Foster. Lemuel (Rev.) 56
Foster. Lewis 56
Foster. Lucy 60
Foster, Pelatiah 60
Foster. Phineas 66
Fouts, NeUie R. 110
Fox, Betsey 84
Francis. Mary Lirman 00
Prends. Rozy Pomeroy. 00
Francis, Selah 00
Francis. Selah 00
Franklin, Elizabeth A 117
Franklin. Flora L 117
Franklin, La Fayette 117
Franklin, Lucy E 117
Franklin, MyrUe E 117
Franklin. Newton 117
Freeman. Janet. 82
French, Lulu 108
Fuller. Cecil H 74
FuUer, Mr 77
Fumess, Anthony 04
Fumess, Mary 04
— G —
Galar. Florence L 112
Galar. John 112
Gardner, Eunice B 40
Gardner. John 110
Gardner. Julia 110
Gardner. Zelia 110
Gardner. Zelia 110
Gates, Alice M 100
Gates. WUliam H 106
Gay. Calvin 66
Gay. Calvin 65
Gay, George W. 66
Gerlach. Laura 01
Gibbons. George B 07
Gibbons. George B 07
Gibbons. Margaret. 07
Gibbons. Marion 07
Giflford. Sarah J 82
Gilbert. Carrie M 67
Gilbert. Dr. John 57
Gilbert. Minnie 100
Gilbert. Susan M 67
Giles. Carrie 07
Giles, Charles 07
Giles, Chauncey 07
Giles. Dr. Chauncey 00
Giles. Lucy 67
Giles. Warren 67
Giles, WiUiam 67
Gillett. John, Jr 47
Gillett, Jonathan B 60
Gillmore, Katharine 100
Gilmore, Margaret 04
Glass, Frances-Swazy 132
Golden, George J 113
Golden, George Pomeroy 118
Golden. George R. 113
Golden. George R. 114
Golden. Jack Pazton 114
315
(idUuiiiifirii'I^amrff in (EoUatmU HfntB
Number
0215
0214
9218
4815
4817.0
4817.8
4817.7
4817.10
6820
6620
4007
4007
4907
6660.10
10086.19
10085.9
10085.17
10065.18
4124
9228.47
9228.46
9228.41
9228.45
9228.50
9228.48
9228.49
7767
vooo
6610.3
6610.2
9774
9892.2
8527.4
0802J2
8527.3
9892.4
8527.4
9209.10
10085.11
10085.20
9228.2
9228.2
9641
10085.16
10085.8
10085.15
10085.14
4817.3
4551
4551
1888.3
1888.8
8969
5153
5154.1
5154.2
8727
8727
5389
5154^
9968
5154.4
5154.5
9129.13
66ia4
3700
6818.3
6818.1
6818.3
6814
6816
9841
9169.3
9169.1
9169.4
9160
Golden. Margaret C 114
Golden. Robert P 114
Golden & Pomeroy. 113
Goldsmith. Allen T 66
Goldsmith. Anna Rowena 67
Goldsmith. Elizabeth E. 67
Goldsmith. Frederick T 67
Goldsmith. Katharine L 68
Goodhue. D. (Rev.) 77
Goodhue. Levi 77
Goodwillie, Arthur L 69
Goodwillie. Clarence J 69
Goodwillie, James J 69
Goss. Sarah Emily 77
Gould, Charles 185
Gould. Harold P 135
Gould. Janet 135
Gould. John W 135
Grant. Ulysses S. (General) 87
Grassmeyer. Carrie 117
Grassmeyer, Daniel 117
Grassmeyer, E. B 117
Grassmeyer, Emma 117
Grassmeyer, Fay 117
Grassmeyer, Lovell 117
Grassmeyer. Ray 117
Graves. Ella 123
Gray, Bettie M 93
Green, Anna L 76
Green, Harry H 76
Gregor, Maiy M 125
Gregory. Bradford E 129
Gregory, George H. 129
Gregory. George H 129
Gregory, Hannah 129
Gregory, Katharine Pomeroy 129
Gregory. William H 129
Griffin. George A 135
Griffin. Ivan B 135
Griffin. Vera C 135
Griggs. Florence M 136
Griggs, E. A. 136
Grist, Hazel 125
Grove, Cynthia 135
Grove. William A 135
Grove. William H 135
Grove. Woodward A 185
Guernsey. WiUiam H. D 67
Guthrie. Alfred 90
Guthrie, Capt. Warden 90
— H —
Hagan, Stella 144
Hale.Geori^ Friu 57
Hale. Georgia Fritz T 57
Hale, Mary 143
Hall. Bernard R 71
Hall, Celia 71
HaU. Charles 71
Hall, Charles Byron 130
Hall, Elizabeth Pomeroy 130
Hall. Emma 72
Hall, Eva 71
Hall. Faith Pomeroy 130
Hall. Glenn 71
HaU, Marjorie 71
Halstead, Martha C 110
Hamler. Mary 76
Hamilton, Mary 70
Hammond, Camilla 79
Hammond, Emma B 79
Hammond, Dr. H. B 79
Hammond. William C 79
Hammond. William C 79
Hanmer. Elisabeth 125
Hanna, Allen Pomeroy 112
Hanna, Donald P 112
Hanna, Harold W 112
Hanna. Hany H 127
Hannat Jamet 113
Number
9166
9169.2
9882.24
0169.5
9882.25
6842
9129.3
9129.3
5662
5662
4817.9
9228.57
9228.59
8725
6826
9228.58
5003
5094
5093
5093
5094
5093
5094
5389
8738.1
8737
5389
8196
6788
6787
6785
6787.1
6784
6786
4883
4446
8536
8535
8394
8394
9243.2
9243.1
6873.6
8308
7251
7218
9228.55
9228.53
9228.52
9228.43
5385
9129.11
9129.10
6588
5669
5669
4373
9882.21
8762
8762
9159
9228.5
6873.12
9120.1
6809
9228.23
6809
2642
4005
4906
4904
4903
7836
9226.1
9225
6805
9226
8392
8990.9
3440
8440
9377
Hanna, James A 113
Hanna, James H 113
Hanna. John Perry 138
Hanna. Martha M 113
Hanna. NeUie J 128
Hanson, Hannah M 81
Harbison. George 109
Harbison, Mary J 109
Harding, Annabella M 103
Harding, Rev. Charles B 103
Hare, WUliam H. (Bishop) 67
Hargrove. Altha L 117
Hargrove, Maud E 117
Hargrove, Mignon M 129
Hargrove, Thomas E 117
Hargrove, WUbur E 117
Harmon. Enos 70
Harmon, Enos 70
Harmon, Horace C 70
Harmon, Julia E 70
Harmon, Julia E 70
Harmon, Margaret 70
Harmon, Nellie Pomeroy 70
Harris, Edward 73
Harris, Edwin Keith 183
Harris. John 183
Harris, Mary B 73
Hart, Edith 03
Hart, Elizabeth M 78
Hart, Harriet Pomeroy 78
Hart, Helen 78
Hart, Horace 78
Hart, Joseph Storer 78
Hart, Joseph S 78
Hastings, PhiUnda 08
Hawldns, Lucy J 65
Haworth, James F 144
Haworth, Karl F 144
Hedrick, C. W 126
Hedrick, Hazel Wood 126
Henderson, Clarence B 119
Henderson, Genev ieve A 110
Henderson, Seymour 118
Henderson, W. K.^ 98
Herrick. Prank Ruf us 85
Hibbard. Mary B 120
Hibbs, Floyd 117
Hibbs. Hazel 117
Hibbs. Kenneth 117
Hibbs, Ralph 1 17
Hickok, Clarissa 71
Hickok. Emma A 109
Hickok. Harry A 109
Hickok. James H 109
Higgins. Alma M 104
Higgins, Norma H 104
Hill, Hon. John Fremont 64
HiU, Mr 127
Hinsdale. AbigaU 144
Hinsdale. Martha 144
Hinton, Florence 134
H jort. Marie M 1 15
Hoag. Mr 82
Hodges, Rhoda 100
Hoel. James 78
Hoel. Martha 136
Hoel. Mary L 78
Holbrook. Dexter 68
Holbrook. Edwin D. (Hon) 68
Holbrook. Eliza C 69
Holbrook. Emily Pomeroy 68
Holbrook. Theodore 68
Holman, Sarah M 124
Holmes. Dorothy Ruth 114
Holmes. George Pomeroy 114
Holmes. Isaac C 114
Holmes. Oliver W 114
Holt. Florence M 98
Hopson. Henry 64
Horton. Clara Pomeroy 74
Horton. Frances Dabney 74
Horton, Rev. H 187
Part Wiftn - Pmnrnig Xtatinrg mxb dmtdasg 316
Number P&se
8440 Horton. Vatentine B 74
8732 HoMler, WUliam P 131
0228.10 Howard. AlberU V 116
0228.11 Howard, AUcc M 115
0228.8 Howard. Capitola F 115
0228.7 Howard. Clifford F 115
0228.16 Howard. Donald 115
0228.14 Howard. Elsie 1 115
0228.12 Howard. Ezra L 115
6806 Howard. Fernando J 114
0228.5 Howard. Floyd J 115
0228.8 Howard. FranUm N 115
0228.16 Howard. Grace G 115
0228.2 Howard. Henry A 114
0228.18 Howard, lames F 115
8808 Howard. John 114
0228.17 Howard. Maxwell B 115
0228.0 Howard. Ralph F 115
0228.4 Howard. Ralph J. W 115
0228.18 Howard, Rezford Pomeroy 115
0228.6 Howard. Ruby A 115
8536 Howorth. James F 144
0411 Howe. Charles A 120
613 Howe. Ichabod 143
0414 Howe. Inna M 120
6811 Howe. Julia 116
5423 Howland. Helen 07
2066 Howland. Mary 143
2637 Hoyt. Katharine M 61
0404 Hubbard. Adele R 138
1831 Hubbard, Chancey Pomeroy 57
1836.1 Hubbard. Chancey Pbmeroy 57
1831 Hubbard. Daniel S 57
1831 Hubbard. EmUy 57
1838.1 Hubbard. Florence M 57
1838.3 Hubbard, Pomeroy B 57
1838.2 Hubbard. Theodore G 57
1836.1 Hubbard. Theodore & 57
4817.0 Hushes. Charles B 68
4817.0 Hulbert. James. Jr 68
1888 Hull. John 62
0882.16 Humberrtone. Ally L. 140
10190.1 Humberstone. Lee J 140
10190.3 Humberstone. Marcia P 140
10190.2 Humberstone. Mildred C 140
10190.4 Humberstone. Nellie G 140
6873.12 Hunt, Addie 82
6873.15 Hunt, Belle 82
6873.14 Hunt, Ella 82
6873.13 Hunt. Mamie 82
6873.16 Hunt. Samuel 82
3964.6 Hunt, William 82
78 Huntington. Ruth 45
10078.6 Hurlburt. Gertrude 133
494 Hurlburt. James, Jr 68
0158.1 Hurlburt. Julia E 133
0156.1 Hurlburt. Samuel M 133
0460 Hutton. James 139
0460 Hutton. Mary J 130
6507 Hyde, Anna M Ill
6607 Hyde. John B Ill
— J —
6867 Jacobse. Epke 1 18
630 , anes. Hannah 144
6154.6 , effrey. Eleanor 71
7766 , enson. Bertha 122
8391 Jett, Anna 97
8301 Jett, John Davenport 07
7836 Johnson, Benjamin F. 124
7836 Johnson. Cassandra 124
4907.1 Johnson. David E 69
4907.1 Johnson. Edwin T 69
4907.1 Johnson. Edwin T 69
4907.1 Johnson. Elizabeth C. 69
4907.1 Johnson. Elizabeth E. 69
4907.1 Johnson. George E 69
4907.2 Johnson, Ida E 69
4907.1 Johnson, James C 69
0720 Johnson, Sarah M 123
4007 Johnson, Stella M 60
Number
4904
4907.1
8792
9067
2169.5
2169.5
2169.5
6834.6
6834.3
6834.4
6834.5
6834
8791.1
8791.2
6832
6833
6834.2
6834.1
3931
6834
7219
6885.8
8203
8211.1
9228.42
9228.42
4526
4526
9228.61
6597
4907.1
1376.1
6610.4
6610.4
2466.1
6603
6601
6601
6603
5424
3621
6818.16
7544.2
6818.16
6817
6818.17
5424
6341
6818
6818.8
3925
7544.2
6818.5
6814
6818.7
6818.6
6815
6424
72
6816
6818.4
5448
5448
5448
5441
6441
1234
1236
9129.16
4813
6885.10
9772
2622
2578
2589
2621
4816
10176.2
0660
fohnson, Thomas S
fohnson, Thomas S 60
[ohnston. Le Roy French 106
Fohnston. W. R. 108
Tudson, Edith de Lano 60
[udson. George 60
[udson, George Davis 60
— K —
Kading. Arnold. 81
Kading. Harold 80
Kading. Mildred 80
Kading. Myrtle 81
Kading. William C 80
Keagle. Leon J 105
Keagle, Phyllis Pomeroy 105
Keefer. Charles 80
Keefer, Ebner C 80
Keefer. Evelyn C 80
Keefer. Laura 80
Keefer. Lorinda 82
Keefer. Marcia 80
KellogE. Henry 144
KeUy, Mr. 84
Kenley. Herman 02
Kenley. Jack H 03
Kenyon. Herman 117
Kenyon. Herman 117
Kenyon, Jennie B 80
Kenyon. Joab 89
Kenyon. Keith C 117
Kepler. Susanna Ill
Kidder, Nancy 60
Kilboume. Hannah 69
Killam. CD 76
Killam. Mabel A 76
KimbaU. Phineas 60
Kimpton. Maria J 75
Kimpton. Mary 75
Kimpton, Rev. Orville. 75
Kimpton. Rev. Orville. 75
King. Christina 100
King, Daniel 143
King, Dorothy 70
King. EUzabeth 88
King, Evelyn. 70
King, George 70
King, Harry 70
King. Henry W. 100
King, Hesden J 74
King. Ida R 70
King. Irene W. 70
King, James 78
King, James A (Capt.) 88
King. Leo. 70
King, Mary C 79
King, Mildred 70
King. Orren 70
King. Oliver H 70
King. Roxanna Case 100
King. Sarah 148
King, Sarah J 79
King. William H 70
Kingsley. Anna M 73
Kingsley. Frederick R 73
Kingsley. Frederick R 73
Kingsley, George P 78
Kingsley. Harriet S 73
Kingsley, Lucretia 148
Kingsley, Lucretia 143
Kluck. Wilimena 110
Knapp. Dr. Isaac 66
Knapp. OUie A 84
Knowlton. Gertrude. 126
Knowlton, Maria A 61
Knowlton. Nathan 61
Knowlton. Nathan 61
Knowlton. Nathan M 61
Knox. General 66
Koch. Amelia L 140
Koch. Henry 130
3ir
(EIwss^SbA Namr0 \n (ftollatrral Citirx
Nnmber
10170.1
9650
10001.2
8022.1
10001.1
0284
3400
4815
4812
4814
4811
4810
2490
4818
4815.2
4815.1
4617
4817.7
4907.2
4907.2
4907.3
354
354
9882.80
2876
7762.1
4541
7750
7762.2
4541
182
10065 38
8034
6247
6247
8183
4883
8175
8183
4833
8175
9228.4
6466
164ai
9228.4
4812
4816
4817
4124
7866
5387
5387
9871
9067.8
8157
8157
9229
8358
433
8895
9871
6885.6
6885.9
9150
9159
2648
6885.18
2965
1234
1236
72
430
1234
1236
2965
430
7701
Koch. John L 140
Koch, John R 139
Krohn, Elizabeth Pomeroy. 132
Krohn. Hugo R 132
Krohn. Margaretha A 132
Kunzman, Mary 119
— L —
Lakey. Abner Forbes 65
Lakey. Caroline 66
Lakey. Elizabeth Edwlna 66
Lakey, Eunice 66
Lakey. Franklin 65
Lakey. Ira 65
Lakey. James 65
Lakey. Rowena 66.
Lakey. Rowena 66
Lakey. WUliam Gregg 66
La Salle. AbigaQ 91
Lathrop, Caroline R 67
Latshaw. Edwin 69
Latshaw. Samuel R 69
LaUhaw. Stanley R 69
Law. Johathan 143
Law. Sarai 143
Lay. Mary 141
Le Due. Mary Pomeroy 61
Leet, Charlotte E 90
Leet. Epaphras N 90
Leet. Lewis Cass 90
Leet. Lewis K 90
Leet. Samuel T 90
Le Moyne, Mary Ann 45
Lesear, Emma 137
Lester. Rebecca 71
Levin. EUen 106
Levin. WUliam 106
Lewis. Bertha E 92
Lewis. Henry F 92
Lewis, Henry F 92
Lewis. Henry F 92
Lewis. John F 92
Lewis, John F 92
Lewis. Jonathan 115
Lewis, Lydia 107
Lewis. Rachel 56
Lewis, Ruvilla S 115
Lillie, Daniel T 66
Lillie, John 66
Lillie, Marianna 67
Lincoln. Abraham (President) 86
LinneU. William J 91
Linton. Clara A 72
Linton. Hon. David 72
Lippitt. Charles W 126
Little. Fred 106
Livingstone. Katherine 125
Livingstone. Elizabeth 125
Lockwood. Clarissa E 118
LoomJs. Minnie 94
Lord. Ruth Wyllys 46
Lord. MehiUble 77
Lottimer, Mary C 128
Lovell. Mr 84
Lovcll. Roeella Pomeroy 84
Lower. C. B 134
Lower. Elsie E 134
Luckis. Sybella 144
Lund. Louisa 84
Lyman. Alfred P 143
Lyman, Clarissa 143
Lyman. Elizabeth 143
Lyman, Gad 143
Lyman, Rev. Joseph 57
Lyman. Levi 143
Lyman, Levi 148
Lyman, Roland 143
— M —
Machlan.H.W 56
Maiden. Mary Ann 121
Number
9214
9214
3762
3762
3080
6885.11
9405
347
9129.1
4124
9129.1
8378
8378
6610.4
6610.2
6603
6603
6610.3
6610.1
9129.11
907
3072
849
4512
4512
4512
7544.3
4319
4319
7544.2
7544.1
8482
2n.l8
2n.l8
9882.27
7916.1
9882.27
9335
10190.13
9335
3969
1927
6601
1008&28
10190.12
1927
9200.14
9403
4357
6840
10085.27
10085.26
8479.9
9872
9872
9659.12
7767
7767
9978
5169
21L18
9864
2n.l7
2589
8470.3
6885.17
900
66iai
6610.3
10233.5
10078.1
10078.2
2466.4
10078.2
2466.4
4635
4635
10085.10
7681
2827
7828
6885.15
Major, Mary 114
Major. William 114
Manly. Allen 144
Manly. Martha 144
Mann. Lavina 73
Marshall. Isabella 84
Marvin. EsteUe L 180
Mattoon, Anne 68
MazweU, Harriet E 109
MazweU,LUly 86
Maxwell, Thomas 109
May. Lyman A 96
May. Rachel S 96
Maynard. Albert H 76
Maynard. Jesse Dana 76
Maynard. Jesse K 76
Maynard. John K. L. 75
Maynard. Loretta M 76
Maynard, OrviUe K 76
Maynard. Tabitha 109
Mayo, Fanny 54
Memhard, Allen R 61
Meriel, Priest 45
Merrick. Capt. Isaac N 90
Merrick. Maria A 89
Merrick, Quartus 88
Merrill. Arianna Pomeroy 88
Merrill. Charles J
MerriU, Frederidk M
MerriU. Frederick Pomeroy
MerriU. Ines G
Middleton. Laura 144
Milam. Herbert M 44
MOam, Nena MitcheU 44
MUler. Alphonso 141
Miller. Anna 124
Miller. Dr. Arthur 141
Miller. Charles W. D. L 119
MUler. Darwin K 141
Miller. Dayton C 119
MUler, DoUy 148
Miller. Dorothy 68
MiUer.FannyE 76
MiUer. George 186
MUler. Gordon Pbmeroy 141
MUer. John 68
MiUer. John M 186
Miller. MargareL 188
MiUer. Mary 148
Miller. Minnie. 91
MUler. Peari 136
MiUer. Percy 186
MUne. Margaret B 128
Miner. Frances G 126
M iner . WUliam H 126
Misena, Douglas 128
Misena, Earle E 128
Misena. Edgar E 188
Mitchell, Addle 141
MitcheU, Mary Pomeroy 94
MitcheU. Nena 44
Mitchell. Thomas 186
MitcheU. WUliam A 44
Mixer. Julia 61
ModerweU. Martha J 187
Monte, Rebecca (May) 84
Moore, Elizabeth 55
Moore, MetU E 76
Moore, Rosetta 76
Morey, Eleanor B 148
Morey, Elizabeth 141
Morey, Henrr L 141
Morey, Phoebe 00
Morey. Samuel B 141
Morey, Solomon 60
Morgan. Cliarles 98
Morgan, Charlotte 98
Morgan, Ethelwyn 186
Morgan. J. Pierrepont 89
Morgan, Mrs. WUliam F 61
Morris, Sophia 1 188
Munger, Altba J 84
Part W:fm - foinrrog XtBtorg wxb CtrtvaUtsu
ns
Number
«88&10
6885.14
0885.17
8090.3
0885.12
0885.11
0885.13
9158.3
10078.8
9407
8741
9207.4
8729
441
441
9771
7103
9358.3
7103
9358.2
9358.1
7830
7727
8203
8227
8203
8197
4890
8827
4890
8827
8190
4907.2
8130
0845
9228.08
9228.07
2109.4
2109.5
2109.1
2109.5
2109.1
2109.1
2109.5
0873.18
0873.19
8904.0
3904.7
9228.4
0818.1
0818.9
0818.13
0818.10
0818.14
0818.11
0818.12
451
9129.2
9129.2
9882.26
0017
7081
9401
0844
5392.4
5392
5392.3
5392
Mungcr. Eben Milo 84
Monger, Emelie M 84
Munger, Horace D 84
Munger. John T 84
Munger, John T 84
Munger. Joseph F 84
Munger. William B 84
Muaser. Henry L 134
Mu99er. Mary 134
Myers, Cora L 139
Myeri, Lavina 132
— Mc —
McCallum. W. H 109
McClain. Catherine R *131
McClure. Deacon John 50
McClure. David. Rev 50
MacDuffie, Jean C 125
McElroy. Eliza Pomeroy (Mrs.) 120
McElroy. Elsie 120
McElroy, John H 120
McElroy, K. P 120
McElroy, 120
McGuire, Serena 123
McMahon, Margaret 121
McRoberte, Edith 92
McRoberts. Elizabeth K 93
McRoberts, Elsie H 92
McRoberts. Meta G 92
McRoberts, Peter B 93
McRoberts, Ruth W 93
McRoberts. Volney 93
McRoberts. Walter V 93
McRoberts. WUliam S 92
■ — N —
NeUes, CvntWa W 09
Nevens, Anna F 144
Newberry, David (Prof.) 118
Newberry, Lloyd D 118
Newberry. Winifred Pomeroy 118
Newell. Albert Priest 69
Newell. Barbara Claire 59
Newell. Edgar Allen 58
Newell. George Judson 59
Newell, Hon. Edgar Allen 58
Newell, William A 58
Newell. William A 59
Newman. Elva 83
Newman. Marlin 83
Newman, Miss 82
Newman, Mr 83
Nickles. Margaret 115
Nimmo, Alexander D 79
Nimmo. Arthur W 79
Nimmo, Hammond 79
Nimmo, Herbert R 79
Nimmo, Margaret 79
Nimmo, Manon 79
Nimmo, Sarah 79
Norton. Elizabeth 51
Norton, Levi 109
Norton, Thomas 109
Nusbaum, James S 141
— o —
Occum, Samson 40
O'Malley. CeUa 70
Osborn. Henry F. 89
Owen. Ada 138
Owen. Winifred E. 118
Owens, Clara B 73
Owens, Frederick W. 73
Owens, Helen B 73
Owens, James 73
— P —
Number
9418.2
9418.2
10122.8
0607.3
0607.3
4032
10078.2
10233.0
9143
10078.2
10233.7
9143
5154.7
2700
5154.7
1838.1
1838.1
1838.1
0885.7
0215
8791.1
348
9213
9213
0873.7
3904.3
8130
10085.0
10085.2
10085.5
10085.4
9129.23
10078.2
9129.11
9129.11
0047
9129.24
9129.22
0047
349
0208
0470
531
177
7819
177
2406.2
0818.4
081&18
6818.8
3990.7
4551
9774.1
7917
9771
9772
9774
9774.8
9774.2
7917
9773
8136
8136
7916.2
9770.3
9162
6795
5385
6385
9882.19
3440
9209.17
4357
4357
9169.6
6611
9167
9169.8
Fate
Paasch, Myrtle 139
Paasch, Myrtle 139
Paasch. Robert P. 139
Packard. F^ank T 75
Packard, GUbert Clark 75
Palmer, Anna Cnmdal 92
Palmer, Charles 141
Palmer. Charles H 141
Palmer. Edward H Ill
Palmer. Hamilton J 142
Palmer. John H 142
Palmer, Riuline R. Ill
Parker, Erdman S. % . . 71
Parker. Rev. Samuel D 70
Parker. Sedgwick P. 71
Parrott, Emily B 67
Parrott, John P. 57
Parrott, Joseph 57
Parshall, Mr. 84
Parsons, Charles E. 105
Parsons, Eleanor K. 105
Parsons, Samuel H 49
Paxton. Grace A. 113
Pazton. Horatio B 113
Pease. Miron 82
Pease. Seth Pomeroy 82
Peelman. Emma 144
Percy, Janice 135
Percy, Noyes T 135
Percy, Rex S. 135
Percy, Richard N 135
Perry. Cleopatra A 110
Perry, Eunice 141
Perry. John 109
Perry, John T 109
Perry. Mary Ellen 105
Perry. Mildred 110
Perry, Sadie C 110
Perry, Thomas 105
Pettee, Capt. Reuben 53
Phelps. Adelaide G 74
Phelps, Chloe 107
Phelps. Ichabod. Capt 46
Phelps. Lois 143
Phelps. Lois 143
Phelps, Sarah L. 128
Phelps, William 51
Phillips, Sebra 60
Pier, Leila 79
Pierce, George A 79
Pierce. Orlando H. 79
Pintler, Lieut. A.T 63
Piper, Nancy 90
Pimie, Donald 126
Pimie, George 125
Pimie, George D 125
Pirnie. Herbert M 125
Pimie. Lieu Roderick 125
Pimie, Malcolm 125
Pimie. Morgan 125
Pimie, Peter M 125
Pimie, Warren Bmce 125
Pitta, Charles Pomeroy 144
PitU, Emily Pomeroy 144
Planer, Edward T 92
Planer. Edward T 124
Planer. John 124
Pointevent, Sarah C 113
Pond. Elias 71
Pond. Mary E. 71
Poole, Lilly A, 140
Pope, Maj. Gen. John 74
Pope, Terrill F. 136
Porter, Dr. Ezeklel 143
Porter. James W. 143
Powers, Clarence W. 112
Powers, Dr. Edgar J 112
Powers, Edgar J. 112
Powers. Eleanor F. 112
313
(SlooBifirii I^amrB In dHolIatmil Sbtrii
9168.11 Poirere.E«herN,.,
Powen. Roaami
piouiknrEUBibetb U.'. '.
- t.Mary
i. Avery Alteo. .
i. Etnert J.
■ - M T. W..
Ife
esS2.1 Retm. C
0882.3 RMM.L
BSB2.7 RMM.IUIpbR.
8479.1 Rene, Thomai W.
6882.3 Reese. Tbomaa W.
9882.0 Rene. Thomai W.
8734 ReiTuilder, Elba
8734 RellsDider. Viola
BO Remlngten. AUnll oi
8234 Reynold!. CoiaET 93
4638.1 Reyooidi. Pannle 6S
6618 Reynoldi. George W. 70
4687 Reynoldg, Larooa C 92
8243.2 ReynoMi. Mary OUa 93
8243.3 Reynolda. Robert G 93
4637 Reynold!. Schofield 93
4638.1 Reynold*. Sheffield C 6S
8234 Reynold!. Shirley G. 93
MIB Reynold!, Thenah TS
9114 Rhue, Winifred 120
Richard!. Louiae Crane..
Rkhaidi. WlUam lu
Ricker, Claude M 86
Ricker. Clyde & as
Ricker, Cyrua Shaw 84
Ricker. ToUa* 84
Risley Almira 86
Robblna. JcMle E. 120
Roberta. AJeiander 80
Roberta. Charlea 80
Roberta, Clarence 80
Roberta. Ediar 80
Roberta. Eva 80
Roberta. Harold 80
Roberta. Jennie 110
Roberta. Jiinei 80
Robsta, JoaephlH 80
n88S.19 Ricker.
s
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■^
K
Rodway. John
KSTaSS
S-
^^=^
1
iS!?
Rothwell. jamei K
140
B369
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'S
— s —
S42r
i:::Jj:;SiSS"S.*;:::;::::
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IS
!m:gg:S:k&.v.-.:;:::::::
9228.26 SaoBdem. Leo E.
8433 Saunden, Maxwell PDmeror...
9873 Sayer. Dr. Lewi! H
IB
SlSl Scadd'ini. Charles (Rev.)
S181 Saddina. Henry S.
nJ
9228.31 Schllck. Donald A.
9228.27 SchUck. Hniland J.
9228.27 Schllck. mUlam R.
SeaO Schmidt,M«ry
T«3 ^Tf,^^M
1
SSe:;;;:;;;;;;
fj
9139.1
Part ^i^t - Pmnrrotf 3HiBtorg anh (Snttalogg
320
Nunber Paie
M14 Shoemaker. Dr. Levi 120
0411 Shoemaker. Dr. Levi 120
6885.12 Shops. Reina 84
10233.0 Shultus. Dorothy B 142
10078.4 Shultus. Frank B 142
10233.8 Shultus. Sidney T 142
10078.4 Shultus, Sidney W. 142
7770 Sipley. Eudora 122
7770 Sipley. Henry H 122
4011 Sisson. Annie L. 85
4011 Sisson. Gen. Horatio 85
21L0 Skinner. Arad 44
2n.O Skinner. Ashbd 44
211.16 Skinner. Julius 44
211.0 Skinner. Marah 44
211.17 Skinner. Margaret 44
211.0 Skinner. Mercy 44
211.0 Skinner. Mercy 44
2833 Skipwith. Sue Drayton 144
1784 Slack. WUlard 55
10085.28 Small. Dorothy 136
10085.25 Smail. Emma A 136
10085.22 Smail. Lyman J 136
10085.26 SmaU. Nina E 136
6660.18 Small, Thomas 136
10085.24 Smail. Thomas E. 136
7005 Smith. A. Vail 124
633 Smith. Abner 58
2082.2 Smith, Abner 58
8301 Smith,Addie 07
6268 Smith. Adelaide P 74
2622 Smith. Albert L 61
4280.5 Smith. Alonzo 64
4280.3 Smith. Amasa 64
2004.2 Smith. Anna 50
2101.1 Smith. Bamice 50
2833 Smith. Charles E. 144
2833 Smith. Charles H 144
2827 Smith. Charles H 61
2627 Smith. Charles H 61
0306.1 Smith. Clinton 101
4280.1 Smith, Daniel 64
638 Smith. Daniel (Sergt.) 58
2082.1 Smith. Daniel (Sergt.) 58
2082.2 Smith. Daniel E 58
630 Smith. Ebenezer 58
4280.7 Smith. Edmond S 64
10008.3 Smith. Edna Idalia 137
4280.4 Smith. Elvira 64
2082.2 Smith. Enos 50
2004.5 Smith. Esther 50
2827 Smith. Evelina S. 61
6536 Smith. George 75
0377 Smith. George Edwin 137
5424 Smith. Hester 101
7005 Smith. Isabel L. 124
0377 Smith. James Hathaway 137
10008.2 Smith. James Mark 137
6268 Smith. John McK 74
2004.0 Smith, keziah 50
2600 Smith, UviC 58
2082.2 Smith. Lucy 58
10008.1 Smith. Markella Jane 137
4280.5 Smith. Mary 64
6536 Smith. Mary E. 75
2004.10 Smith. Moral 50
2082.1 Smith. Nice 58
2004.3 Smith. Phineas 50
2005 Smith. Phineas 64
2004.8 Smith. Polly 50
4280.8 Smith. RoxyA 64
3185 Smith. Ruth 73
2225 Smith. Sumner 50
2004.6 Smith. Theodosia 50
2004.4 Smith. Warham 60
6470 Snyder, Dr. F. M 108
8526 Sonneland. Louis 103
424 Southwell. Mary 55
424 Southwell. Thomas 55
8302 Spaulding. Joseph W. 07
8.^2 Spaulding. Lester H. 07
1436 Spear, Ashbel 65
Number
8010 Spenoer. Clara 106
0650.4 Spencer. EUzabeth W. 122
0650.5 Spencer. Helen 123
7764 Spencer, John 122
0650.2 Spencer. John A 123
0650.3 Spencer. Marcia C 122
0650.6 Spencer. Robert A. 122
0650.1 Spencer. Sidney Pomeroy 122
1501 Spencer. Thaddeus 143
7764 Spencer. Thomas 122
3264 Spring, Thomas 62
0120.7 Stanley. Enos 100
0120.7 Stanley, Enos S. 100
2416.1 SUnley. John 60
2423.3 Stanley. John M 60
2423.2 Stanley. John P. 60
2423.1 Stanley. Mary L. 60
5424 Starr. Georgia M 100
7770 Staynes. Lydia J 122
424 Stebbins, Mary 55
6873.10 Stella. Charles 82
10085.3 Stephens, Dorothy 135
4544 Stephens. Elizabeth W. 00
0200.2 Stephens. Ira Jerome 135
0200.2 Stephens. Jerome 135
0200.2 Stephens. Margaret M 135
10085.2 Stephens. Mildred 1 135
4544 Stephens. Thomas C 00
7544.2 Stevens, EmUy 88
0120.30 Stevenson. Adele P. 110
0120.33 Stevenson. Bertie D 110
0120.13 Stevenson. Burton V. 110
0120.20 Stevenson. Cecil U 110
0120.32 Stevenson. Eliza A. 110
0120.34 Stevenson. Forest V. 110
0120.31 Stevenson, Glendive D 110
0120.13 Stevenon. Josiah V. 110
0120.35 Stevenson. Mdvin R. 110
2226 Stimson. Ida 50
6474 St. John. Harry 106
4620 Stone, Sara Blake 01
4620 Stone. Sarah C 01
4620 Stone, William W. 01
6507 Stowell. Sarah Ill
456 Stratton. Mary 62
1786 Stratton. Mary 62
495 Strong. Chloe 67
7404 Strong. Julia M 86
3857 Strong. Rachel 66
58 Strong. Rebecca 143
10085.20 Sturgess. William F. 185
3812 Sudler, Joseph 77
3812 Sulzer. Joseph 77
0228.26 Sutherland. Lillian 116
6885.15 Swanson. Martin B 84
6837 Swanson. Nellie 81
6841 Swartout. Robert 81
5441 Swift. Ralph 78
— T —
4074 Tappan. Widow 144
4011 Taylor. Clotilda 85
4817.0 Taylor, Elijah Pomeroy 67
6603 Taylor, Lucy 75
4817.0 Taylor. Myron C 68
4557 Taylor, Sarah J 143
4817.0 Taylor. Willard U. 68
4817.0 Taylor, William 68
4817.0 Taylor, WiUiam 67
3024 Taylor, Zacharia (Gen.) 78
6813 Tegland, Anna 116
6813 Tegland. Erma 116
6813 Tegland. Nels 116
6580 Temple, Chauncey 110
349 Temple & Sheldon 52
2423.2 Terrell. Sarah U 60
5302 Terrell, Nancy M 78
6827 Theda, Clara 118
0228.2 Thompson. Dollie 116
4541 Thompson. Harriett W. 00
321
(BiaauXSab Nnttrtf bt (HoUatrnd Hitietf
NonbOT P«i«
022B.2 Thompton, Jonathan IIA
2217 Thompeon. Mary 00
8741 Thorburn, Abraham H 132
9060.5 Thorburn. Donald 182
0069.4 Thotbarn. Helen G 132
8741 Thorburn. John A 132
8368 Thurber. George S. 94
8368 Thurber, George S 94
8361 Thurber. George S. 94
8361 Thurber. PhiUp S. L. 94
8361.1 Thurber. Pomeroy Falk 94
4911 TUden. Elizabeth 69
0326 TllUnghast. Ellen 137
6437 Tod. A. MaxweU 101
8430 Tod. Gordon 102
8431 Tod. Kenneth 102
8432 Tod. Malcolm 102
8427 Tod. Muriel 101
8429 Tod. Pomeroy 102
8428 Tod. Quenton 102
9728 Todt. George H 140
10179.1 Todt. George H 140
6247 Tong. Sarah J 106
3761 Towle. Ann Robie 75
8527.2 Towner, Elnora M 129
354 Treadwell. Dorothy 52
6474 Trimble. Martha 106
4013 Trimmingham. Elizabeth 70
4913 Trimmingham. Ralph P. 70
6619 Truaz. Charles H 76
6617 TnuucElias 76
6621 Truax, Elbum Brlggs 76
6620 Truax, Frank Pomeroy 77
6618 Truaz. Herbert S. 76
7681 Trubee. Fftderick 89
7681 Trubee.Kate 89
10078.4 TuUer Famfly 142
10078.4 Tuller. Hazel A. 142
4074 Tupper. Widow 144
6818 Tuttle. Nash 79
849 Tyler, Mrs. Danford 55
6820 Tyler. May Elizabeth 110
849 Tyler. Emily R. (Mrs.) 55
9562 Tyler. Henry 120
9552 Tyler. Ruth C 120
6920 Tyler. WDliam H 1 19
2428^ Tyrrel. Sarah L. 60
— u —
4817.9 Underhffl, Mary 68
9129.5 Underwood, Eldeva Iowa C 109
6813 Updahl. Julia 116
— V —
660741 Van Brocklin. Nancy M. 76
10187 Vandizhom. Miss 142
9660.7 Van Etten, Theodore C 122
6867 Van Winkle. David 1 18
6867 Van Winkle. Louisa Ella 118
7916.1 Viemi. Anthony 124
7916.1 Vierra, Mary Sybn 124
5424 Volghtman, FVank 101
— w —
7268 Wadsworth, David 86
7258 Wadsworth, Mabd 86
66iai Wakefield, Fk>ra 76
4890 Waite, Eliza 93
8794 Walker, Elijah 77
8794 Walker, SUah 77
5887 Waller, Helen S. 72
0828.6 Wanl.Mary 115
4544 Ward. Sarah H. 90
9878 Ware, Eugene 137
9227 Wares, Henry D. 114
4164 Warner. Juliette 64
8090.1 Warren. Myra B. 140
•106 Washbume. Clarke 101
Nombar P^i*
8399.2 Washbume, Margaret P6meroy 101
8898 Washbume. MarshaU P. 101
8398 Washbume. Theodore 101
8398 Washbume. Theodore 101
5441 Watennan. Charlotte 78
2606 Waters. Clarissa C. 61
2605 Waters. Cynthia R. 61
2600 Waters. Olive A 144
2603 Waters. Susan L. 144
6840^ Waterworth. Henry 81
9651 Watrous. John U 122
9651 Watrous. Sarah Eva 121
4124 Watson, Elizabeth Leitch 85
4124 Watson. Robert 85
2603 Watson. Truman M 144
10085.34 Watt. Alfce E. 136
10085.35 Watt. Arthur & 187
9238.1 Watt, David A. 136
1008&40 Watt, David A. 137
10085.37 Watt, Edna F. 137
10085.39 Watt, Ernest C 137
10085.41 Watt, Everett Pomeroy 137
9238.1 Watt, Guy Irvin 136
10085.38 Watt, Guy Irvin 137
10085.42 Watt. Harold C 137
10085.36 Watt. Neflie E. 187
4526 Webber. Lorenzo 89
4526 Webber. Sophia 80
8713 Weckley. Catherine 105
8713 Weckley, Ima 105
87 13 Weckley. J. S. 105
5181 Wedd. Elisabeth W. 71
10085.43 Wdble. Doris 139
10065.37 WeiUe. William E. 137
10065.44 Weible. William B. 137
8736 Wekh. Bemice 132
8734 Welch, Fred Pomeroy 132
4526 Welch, jane 132
8734 Welch, John 132
8736 Wekh. John 132
8737 Welch. John 132
8737 Wek:h. NoreJ..' 182
3969 Weld. Charles W. 143
3969 Weld. Elizabeth 143
8731 Wellman. Charles 131
4979 Wells. Albert W. (Hon.) 70
6282 Wells. Brooks H. (M.D.) 105
6232 Wells. Edward L. 105
7866 Wells. Harriet M 90
7866 Wells.Isaac 90
7866 WeUs.Remos 90
9653 Welsh. Ida F. 140
7916.2 Wemmer. Wanda 124
5508.5 West. Sylvia 103
9418.3 Whaley. Ruby 139
4910 Wheeler. Ashley Pomeroy 69
4912 Wheeler. Ashley Pomeroy 70
2644 Wheeler. Elizabeth Pomeroy 69
4909 Wheeler. Eunice 69
6660.8 Wheeler. Euphreonon 77
2644 Wheeler. Franklin Hoer 69
349 Wheeler. Frank Pomcroy 52
430 Wheeler. Frank Pomeroy 53
4913 Wheeler. Frank Pomeroy 70
2644 Wheeler. Leonard Hoer 69
4911 Wheeler. Mary E. 69
78 Wheelock. Abigail 45
441 Wheelock. Dr. Eleazer 46
78 WheekKk. Ralph 45
9326 Whitbeck, Mary A. 137
White, Andrew D 86
4427 White. Aline Chester 88
9377 White. Cornelia J 187
4427 White. Dr. Samuel 88
484 Whiting, Elizabeth 46
7866 Whitney, John 92
7866 Whitney, Maria 90
4444 Wfeher.Mr. 66
6848.8 Wilder, Donald Pomeroy 82
8930 WiMer. Pkyette 81
6843.1 Wilder, Fayette 88
6841 WUder, Ftanccs 81
9aTt Wpcn - ymnmig tftBtarg nti Otnualagg
322
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Woodward. Uadd
Woolwy. Frank. .
Woolaer, Lonlte , ■
348 Wrlcht.Hary SI
MS Wrifht. PhiiMM (CoL) M
eiS8.1 Wridit. SopliRmla A. 113
nta Wyeth. Lucr SS
434 Wyllr*. CeortE 49
«»4 Wylln. Uw 4«
■sag Vule;
SS4ai Vule.
Nellie M«y 81
Ralph B 81
luie. WlUiiBH
Vunket. Chartei C
YuDker, SakuDoa
I00SS.13 Zimmetman. Robert E. I3S
I006A.T Zfmnufman, Robert £. 131
S407 Zinkclani. Joaeptaiiw Pamera* 103
. 8467 Zinkeiaen. Mai 103
The Pomeroy names contained in this Index comprise all Pomeroy names
of record in this volume with the exception of the classified names printed in
Index No. One. These Pomeroy names have been compiled principally from
English Parish Registers by our commissioner, who was engaged in this
research two years or more, until the war with Germany interfered with his
movements.
— A —
Paie
Pomeroy. A. A., Col. . ^ 234
Pbmeroy, A. A.. Col 266
Pomeroy, A. A., Col 294
Pomeroy, Abigail 145
Pomeroy. Agnes 40
Pomeroy, Agnes 41
Pomeroy, Agnes 41
Pomeroy, Agnes 42
Pomeroy, Agnen 193
Pomeroy, Agnes 198
Pomeroy, Agnes 198
Pomeroy, Agnes 200
Pomeroy, Agnes 207
Pomeroy, Agnes 207
Pomeroy, Agnes 208
Pomeroy, Agnes 212
Pomeroy. Agnes 212
Pomeroy, Agnes 213
Pomeroy, Agnes 213
Pomeroy, Agnes 213
Pomeroy, Agnes 217
Pomeroy, Agnes 219
Pomeroy, Agnes 220
Pomeroy, Agnes 242
Pomeroy. Agnes 243
Pomeroy, Agnes 287
Pomeroy, Agnis 209
Pomeroy. Albert A 6
Pomeroy. Albert A 6
Pomeroy. Albert A 7
Pomeroy, Albert A 9
Pomeroy, Albert A 18
Pomeroy. Albert A.. Col 26
Pomeroy, Albert A., Col 281
Pomeroy, Alice 194
Pomeroy, Alice 196
Pomeroy, Alice 197
Pomeroy, Alice 198
Pomeroy, Alice 199
Pomeroy. Alice 216
Pomeroy. Alice 299
Pomeroy. Aline 218
Pomeroy. Alvin 145
Pomeroy, Alyce 203
Pomeroy, Amasa 145
Pomeroy. Ambrose 199
Pomeroy, Ambrose 208
Pomeroy, Ambrose P 208
Pomeroy, Amida de la 155
Pomeroy, Amicia 158
Pomeroy, Amida 182
Pomeroy. Ann 219
Pomcfoy, Ann 219
Pomeroy, Ann 220
PoiDcroy. Ann 220
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Psie
Anna 41
Anna Grosvenor 146
Anna 182
Anna 254
Anne 195
Anne 196
Anne 216
Anne 240
Anne 248
Andrew (gent) 175
Andrew (Esq) 195
Andrew 196
Andrew 200
Andrew 200
Andrew 207
Amye 196
Arter 218
Arter or (Arthur) 218
Arthur 197
Arthur 222
Arthur 225
Asahel 145
— B —
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandon 219
Bandwin 219
Barbara 207
Barthw 159
Barthw Mrs. 195
Beatrice 19
Beniamin 45
Beniamin (Esq) 146
Benjamin 147
Benjamin Rev 152
Berry 178
Berry Mrs. 275
Brandon 219
Brighton Mr 275
— c —
Pomeroy, Caleb 42
Pomeroy, Caleb 144
Pomeroy, Caleb 145
Pomeroy, Capt 159
Pomeroy, Capt 159
Pomeroy, Captain 276
Pomeroy, Captain 277
Pomeroy, Cedlia 199
Pomeroy, Charles S 149
Pomeroy. Charles 197 I
Pai«
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles .219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 219
Pomeroy, Charles 220
Pomeroy, Charles 220
Pomeroy. Charles 220
Pomeroy. Charles 221
Pomeroy. Charles 221
Pomeroy. Christian 198
Pomeroy. Christopher 198
Popieroy, Christopher 198
Pomeroy, Colonel A. A 238
Pomeroy. Colonel Seth 150
Pomeroy, Colonel Seth 250
Pomeroy, Constance 316
Pomeroy. Cyrena L 146
D
Pomeroy, Daniel 146
Pomeroy. Daniel 146
Pomeroy. Daniel 146
Pomeroy, Daniel 221
Pomeroy, David 146
Pomeroy. David 201
Pomeroy, Dorcas 146
Pomeroy, Dorethey 216
Pomeroy, Dionesia 218
Pomeroy. Dioneaie 218
E
Pomeroy. Ealse 299
Pomeroy. Ealse 299
Pomeroy, Ebenezer 146
Pomeroy, Ebeneser 146
Pomeroy, Ebeneser 146
Pomeroy, Ebeneser 146
Pomeroy. Ebeneser 146
Pomeroy, Bdithe 196
Pomeroy, Edmond 219
Pomeroy. Edmond 219
Pomeroy, Edmund 201
Pomeroy. Edward de La 30
Pomeroy. Edward de La, (Knt) 30
Pomeroy, Edward 168
Pomeroy, Edward Sir (Knt).. . .160
Pomeroy. Edward (Knt) 181
Pomeroy, Edward 181
Pomeroy. Edward 182
Pomeroy, Edward 189
Pomeroy, Edward Sir 184
Pomeroy. Edward Sir 185
part SUfrrr - pmnnnig Biatinrg attii (Smraliigg
324
Fbineioy,
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy,
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pae
Edward 207
Edward 207
Edward 209
Edward 216
Edward 218
Edward 218
Edward 240
Edward 243
Edward Sir 250
Edward Sir (Knt).. . .252
Edward 280
Edwarde 217
Edwarde 218
Edwarde 218
Eldad 17
EMad 42
Eldad 145
Eldad 145
Eleanor 145
Eleanor 178
Eleanor Coker 213
Eleanor 265
Eleanor 302
Eleanor 303
Eleaxer 145
Electa 145
Eliaa 221
Elihu 145
Elihu 145
Elijah 146
Elijah 146
Elinor 212
Elinor 216
Elinor 221
Elinor 221
Elinor 250
Elinor 208
Elisha 145
Elisha 145
Elisha 145
EUsha 145
Elisha 145
Elisha Minor 149
Elizabeth 39
Elizabeth 40
Elizabeth 41
Elizabeth 42
Elizabeth 145
Elizabeth 182
Elizabeth 184
Elizabeth 187
Elizabeth 196
Elizabeth 196
Elizabeth 197
Elizabeth Margaret . . 198
Elizabeth 198
Elizabeth Moore 206
Elizabeth 208
Elizabeth 209
Elizabeth 212
Elizabeth 213
Elizabeth 216
Elizabeth 216
Elizabeth 216
Elizabeth 217
Elizabeth 218
Elizabeth 218
Elizabeth 218
Elizabeth 218
Elizabeth 219
Elizabeth 219
Elizabeth 219
Elizabeth 219
Elizabeth 221
Elizabeth 221
Ellis 195
Elmer 216
Elmira 145
Eltweed 15
Eltweed 16
Eltweed 17
Eltweed 18
Paie
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
ward
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Eltweed.
Eltweed.
Eltweed.
Ell
El
El
El
El
El
El
EI
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
El
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed Mrs,
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
tweed
twide
twide
twitt
twitt
twitt
Emma,
. 29
. 33
. 34
. 35
. 41
. 42
.146
.148
.161
.153
.171
.172
191
191
.193
.207
.212
.213
.221
.232
.244
.248
.249
.250
,251
.252
.258
.263
,264
,265
.266
,271
.272
,273
276
.276
.278
.280
.281
.283
.284
.291
.292
.296
.297
.301
.302
.303
. 31
.264
. 33
.210
.210
. 36
Enoch 145
Enos 145
EnoB 146
Enos 145
Enos 153
Enos 153
Ernest Arthur George 168
Esther 145
, . Ethelweed or Ethel*
de 281
Eunice 146
Ezekiel 168
Ezeldel 159
Ezekiel. Mrs 169
— F —
Pomeroy. Prances
186
— G —
Pomeroy, Gad 145
Pomeroy, Gaius 146
Pomeroy, Gaius 145
Pomeroy. Gaius 145
Pomeroy, Gamaliel 145
Pomeroy, Gaufride de La 37
Pomeroy. Geoffrey de La 37
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pom«ioy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Geoffrey de 187
Geoffrey de La 157
Geoffrey de 240
George Eltweed
George. Major 149
George 196
George 197
George 197
George 197
George «...200
George 213
George 216
George 216
George 219
George 219
George 220
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
Gideon 145
Gideon 145
Grace 145
Grace 201
Grace 208
Grace 208
Grace 219
Grace 219
Grace 219
Grace 219
Ckmx 219
Grace 221
— H —
H. S. (M. D.) 257
Hannah 146
Hannah 258
Harriet Catharine. . .221
Harry or Henry 224
Heman 145
Henriddela 167
Henrict de la 208
Hericus de 26
Hcnrie 199
Henrie 199
Henry 16
Henry 25
Henry 99
Henry 41
Henry 42
Henry 153
Henry 168
Henry 158
Henry 169
Henry 176
Henry 176
Henry 182
Henry 197
Henry 198
Henry 200
Henry 200
Henry 206
Henry 206
Henry 207
Henry 207
Henry 206
Henry 209
Henry 212
Henry 213
Henry 213
Henry 218
Henry 214
Henry 216
Henry 218
Henry 219
Henry 288
Henry 280
Henry 240
Henry 940
J25
Jfmuttas Namrs of Vinarh
Fomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomefoy
Pomefoy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomo'oy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmerby
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy,
Pomeroy,
PM«
Henry 241
Henry 242
Henry. Baq 243
Henry 246
Henry 246
Henry 250
Henry 251
Henry 251
Henry 263
Henry 254
Henry 256
Henry 263
Henry 263
Henry 263
Henry 284
Henry 286
Henry 287
Henry 289
Henry 292
Henry 297
Henry 299
Henry 300
Henry 300
Henry 301
Henry 201
Henry 302
Henry 303
Henry de 86
Henry de 37
Henry de 167
Henry de 167
Henry de. Sir., (Chlv.) 158
Henry de 160
Henry de 169
Henry de 169
Henry de 181
Henry de 249
Henry de La../ 24
Henry de La 36
Henry de La 37
Henry de La 38
Henry de La (Knt).. 38
Henry de La (Sir) ... 39
Henry de La 40
Henry de La 166
Henry de La 166
Henry de La 167
Henry de La 167
Henry de La 167
Henry de La 167
Henry de La 167
Henry de La. (Ctaiv.) . 158
Henry de La 168
Henry de La 158
Henry de La 158
Henry de La 159
Henry de La 169
Henry de La 169
Henry de La 160
Henry de La 181
Henry de La 182
Henry de La 182
Henry de La (Chiv.) 182
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 218
Henry de La 426
Henry de La 246
Henry de La 247
Henry de La 247
Henry de La Sir 249
Henry de La 249
Henry de La 286
Henry de La 287
Henrye 218
Henrye 218
Hercules 176
Hiram Sterling (M.D.) 8
Honor 218
Honor 218
Hugh 178
Paie
Pbmerby. Hugh 182
Pbmeroy. Hugh. Baq 184
Pomeroy. Hugh 186
Pomeroy, Hugh 187
Pomeroy, Hugh 194
Pomeroy. Hugh 197
Pomeroy. Hugh 197
Pomeroy, Hugh 209
Pbmerby. Hugue 19
Pbmeroy, Hugue 28
— I —
Pbmerby, Isaac , 146
Pomeroy, Isaac. Jr 145
Pomeroy, Isolda 38
Pomeroy. l9ol<da) 168
Pomooy, Isaac 204
— J —
Pomtfoy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy,
Pbmeroy
Pbmeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pom«t>y,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
J. R
223
acob
145
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145
ames
158
ames
179
ames
182
ames
218
ames
219
ames
220
ames.
220
ane
159
ane Lady
ane
165
197
^"^
ane
206
ane
«in:
208
ane
217
ane
218
ane
219
ane Lady
ane Lady
erusba
222
225
146
o
212
oan
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155
oan
158
oan
168
'^^
oan
182
oan
197
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oan
201
oan de
169
oane.
176
oane
194
oane
198
bane
198
oane
200
oane
213
oane
214
oane ........
214
oane .........
216
oane
216
oane
216
oel
144
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145
ohan
185
ohan
......200
ohan
216
ohan
145
ohane
196
bhane
226
ohanna de . . . .
ohanus
169
216
ohes .........
174
ohes. Gun) ....
ohes
204
204
bhn
16
ohn
17
bhn..
17
olm
86
ohn..
39
ohn
40
ohn
41
ohn
42
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmerby
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
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Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pbmeroy
John 42
ohn 146
'bhn 146
, bhn Norton 168
bhn 168
; bhn. Colonel) 160
, bhn. (Lieut. Gen.) . . 169
, ohn 170
, ohn. (C;ent) 170
'ohn, (Gent) 170
iohn. (Gent) 171
,ohn. (Gent) 172
ohn 176
ohn 176
ohn 175
ohn 177
lohn. ((^ent) 178
,ohn 179
ohn 182
ohn. (Chiv.) 182
bhn 186
ohn 186
ohn 187
ohn 188
;ohn.Sr 188
, ohn. Jr 188
lohn 188
ohn 188
]ohn 188
ohn 188
ohn 196
ohn 196
ohn 190
ohn 197
Ibhn 197
,ohn 197
, ohn 197
ohn 198
ohn 198
'ohn 198
, ohn 198
ohn 198
iohn 199
, ohn 200
]ohn 200
. ohn 200
ohn 201
ohn 201
ohn 201
ohn 202
'ohn 202
ohn 202
ohn 208
ohn 204
ohn. Uunr) 204
/ohn 206
;ohn 209
.ohn 206
/ohn 206
/ohn 200
/ohn 207
^ohn 208
/ohn.
, ohn.
/ohn.
/ohn 200
ohn 2U
ohn. (Gent) 212
ohn 2U
ohn 212
;bhn. ((^ent) 21)
/ohn 218
ohn 210
ohn 210
ohn 2U
/ohn 210
ohn 210
ohn 21T
ohn 217
ohn 217
!bhn 217
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Fomcfoy. Edward 207
Pbmeroy. Edward 207
Pomeroy. Edward 209
Pomeroy. Edward 216
Fomeroy, Edward 218
Pomeroy, Edward 218
Pomeroy. Edward 240
Pomeroy. Edward 243
Pomeioy. Edward Sir 250
Pbmeroy. Edward Sir (Knt).. . .262
Pomeroy. Edward 286
Pomeroy. Edwarde 217
Pomeroy. Edwarde 218
Pomeroy, Edwarde 218
Pbmeroy. Eldad 17
Pomeroy. EMad 42
Pomeroy. Eldad 145
Pomeroy. Eldad 145
Pomeroy. Eleanor 145
Pomeroy. Eleanor 178
Pomeroy. Eleanor Coker 213
Pomeroy. Eleanor 265
Pomeroy. Eleanor 302
Pomeroy. Eleanor 303
Pomeroy. Eleazer 145
Pomeroy. Electa 145
Pomeroy. Eliaa 221
Pbmeroy. Elihu 145
Pomeroy. Elihu 145
Pomeroy. Elijah 145
Pbmeroy, Elijah 145
Pbmeroy, Elinor 212
Pomeroy, Elinor 216
Pomeroy, Elinor 221
Pomeroy. Elinor 221
Pomeroy, Elinor 250
Pbmeroy, Elinor 208
Pomeroy. Elisha 145
Pomeroy, Elisha 145
Pomeroy. Elisha 145
Pbmeroy. Elisha 145
Pomeroy, Elisha 146
Pomeroy, Elisha Minor 149
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 39
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 40
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 41
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 42
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 145
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 182
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 184
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 187
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 196
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 196
Pbmeroy, Elizabeth 197
Pbmeroy, Elizabeth Margaret . . 198
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 198
Pomeroy, Elizabeth Moore .... 206
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 208
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 209
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 212
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 213
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 216
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 216
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 216
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 217
Pbmeroy. Elizabeth 218
Pbmeroy, Elizabeth 218
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 218
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 218
Pbmeroy, Elizabeth 219
Pomeroy. Elizabeth 219
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 219
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 219
Pomeroy, Elizabeth 221
Pbmeroy, Elizabeth 221
Pomeroy. Ellis 195
Pbmeroy, Elmer 216
Pomeroy, Elmira 145
Pbmeroy. Eltweed 15
Pbmeroy. Eltweed 16
Pomeroy, Eltweed 17
Pomeroy, Eltweed 18
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Eltweed 33
Eltweed 34
Eltweed 36
Eltweed 41
Eltweed 42
Eltweed 146
Eltweed 148
Eltweed 151
Eltweed 153
Eltweed 171
Eltweed 172
Eltweed
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Eltweed Mrs 191
Eltweed 193
Eltweed 207
Eltweed 212
Eltweed 213
Eltweed 221
Eltweed 232
Eltweed 244
Eltweed 248
Eltweed 249
Eltweed 250
Eltweed 251
Eltweed 262
Eltweed 258
Eltweed 263
Eltweed 264
Eltweed 265
Eltweed 266
Eltweed 271
Eltweed 272
Eltweed 273
Eltweed 275
Eltweed 276
Eltweed 278
Eltweed 280
Eltweed 281
Eltweed 283
Eltweed 284
Eltweed 291
Eltweed 292
Eltweed 296
Eltweed 297
Eltweed 301
Eltweed 302
Eltweed 303
Eltwide 31
Eltwide 264
Eltwitt 33
Eltwltt 210
Eltwitt 210
Emma 36
Enoch 146
Enos 145
Enos 145
Enos 146
Enos 158
Enos 153
Ernest Arthur George 168
Esther 146
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de 281
Eunice 146
Ezekiel 158
Ezekiel 169
Ezekiel, Mrs. 159
Pomeroy, Prancea
186
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Pomeroy, Gad 146
Pomeroy, Gaius 145
Pomeroy. Gaius 145
Pomeroy, Gaius 145
Pomeroy. Gamaliel 145
Pomeroy. Gaufride de La 37
Pomeroy, GeaSny de La 37
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Geoffrey de 167
Geoffrey de La 167
Geoffrey de 249
George Eltweed
George, Major 149
George 196
George 197
George 197
George 197
George «...20O
George 218
George 216
George 216
George 219
George 219
George 220
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
George 221
Gideon 146
Gideon 146
Grace 146
Grace 201
Grace 208
Grace 208
Grace 219
Grace 219
Grace 219
Grace 219
Onuse 219
Grace 221
— H —
H. S. (M. D.) 257
Hannah 146
Hannah 268
Harriet Catharine. . .221
Harry or Henry 224
Heman 145
Henrici de la 167
Henrici de la 208
Hericus de 26
Henrie 199
Henrie 199
Henry 16
Henry 26
Henry 39
Henry 41
Henry 42
Henry 153
Henry 158
Henry 188
Henry 169
Henry 176
Henry 176
Henry 182
Henry 197
Henry 198
Henry 200
Henry 200
Henry 205
Henry 206
Henry 207
Henry 207
Henry 208
Henry 200
Henry 212
Henry 213
Henry 218
Henry 213
Henry 214
Henry 216
Henry 218
Henry 219
Henry 288
Henry 280
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Henry 241
Henry 242
Henry. Esq 243
Henry 246
Henry 246
Henry 250
Henry 251
Henry 251
Henry 263
Henry 264
Henry 266
Henry 263
Henry 263
Henry 263
Henry 284
Henry 286
Henry 287
Henry 289
Henry 292
Henry 297
Henry 299
Henry 300
Henry 300
Henry 301
Henry 201
Henry 302
Henry 303
Henry de 36
Henry de 37
Henry de 167
Henry de 167
Henry de. Sir. . (Chiv.) 158
Henry de 160
Henry de 169
Henry de 169
Henry de 181
Henry de 249
Henry de La../ 24
Henry de La 36
Henry de La 37
Henry de La 38
Henry de La (Knt) . . 38
Henry de La (Sir) ... 39
Henry de La 40
Henry de La 156
Henry de La 166
Henry de La 167
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Henry de La. (Chiv.) . 168
Henry de La 168
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Henry de La 169
Henry de La 169
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Henry de La 160
Henry de La 181
Henry de La 182
Henry de La 182
Henry de La (Chiv. )182
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 208
Henry de La 218
Henry de La 426
Henry de La 246
Henry de La 247
Henry de La 247
Henry de La Sir 249
Henry de La 249
Henry de La 286
Henry de La 287
Henrye 218
Henrye 218
Hercules 176
Hiram Sterling (M.D.) 8
Honor 218
Honor 218
Hugh 178
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Pomeroy. Hugh 182
Pomeroy. Hugh. Esq 184
Pomeroy, Hugh 186
Pomeroy. Hugh 187
Pomeroy. Hugh 194
Pomeroy. Hugh 197
Pomeroy, Hugh 197
Pomeroy. Hugh 209
Pomeroy. Hugue 19
Pomeroy, Hugue 28
— I —
Pomeroy. Isaac 146
Pomeroy. Isaac. Jr 146
Pomeroy. Isolda 38
Pomeroy. l8ol(da) 168
Pomeroy, Isaac 204
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T. R 223
Jacob 145
James 145
ames 168
ames 179
ames 182
ames 218
ames 219
ames 220
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ane 169
ane Lady 165
ane 197
ane 206
ane 208
ane 217
ane 218
ane 219
ane Lady 222
ane Lady 225
erusha 146
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oan 155
oan 158
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oan 182
oan 197
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.oande 169
Joane 176
oane 194
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oane 200
oane 213
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oel 144
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bhan 185
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^ohan 216
.bhan 145
.ohane 196
/ohane 226
, olianna de 169
,ohanus 216
;ohes 174
, ohes, (jun) 204
Johes 204
John 16
John 17
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John 86
7ohn 39
bhn 40
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, ohn, (Lieut. C^en.) . . 160
lohn 170
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.ohn, (Gent) 170
;ohn. (Gent) 171
.ohn. ((^nt) 172
lohn 176
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: ohn. (Gent) 178
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Ibhn 182
ohn. (Chiv.) 182
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lohn.Sr 188
, ohn, Jr 188
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John 196
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,ohn 205
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obn 219
bhn 219
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lohn 220
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, ohn 221
,ohn 221
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John 234
, ohn 289
ohn 301
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, ohn de La 157
, ohn de La 157
J bhn de La 158
/ohn de La 233
/ohndeLa 249
/ohnet 204
/ohnes 204
. ohnes 204
/ohns 174
one 217
low 217
^ brdon de La 157
, ordon de La 249
^ oecelinus de 36
, oecelinus de 35
, oeeph 42
Joseph 144
/oteph y 144
, oaeph 216
oseph 219
osiah 144
Josiah 144
"osiah 144
oshua 42
oshua 144
oshua 145
Julian.. 200
— K —
Pomeroy, Katherin 215
Pomeroy. Kesiah 144
— L —
Pbmeroy, L. R. L 275
Pomeroy, Lemuel 145
Pomeroy. Lemuel 148
Pomeroy, Lemuel 149
Pomeroy, Leonard 186
Pomeroy, Leonard 189
Pomeroy, Lord of 162
Pomeroy, Louisa 221
Pomeroy. Luther 145
— M —
Pbmeroy. Manasseh 144
Pbmeroy, Margaret 41
Pbmeroy, Margaret 158
PbBicroy. Margaret 194
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Pbmeroy. Margaret 195
Pomeroy. Margaret 196
Pomeroy, Margaret 197
Pomeroy. Margaret 200
Pomeroy, Margaret 200
Pomeroy. Margaret 213
Pomeroy. Margaret 215
Pomeroy. Margaret 216
Pomeroy. Margaret 221
Pomeroy. Margareta 182
Pomeroy, Margett 271
Poemroy. Martin 204
Pomeroy, Martyn 41
Pomeroy, Martyn 184
Pomeroy. Martyn 204
Pomeroy. Mary 42
Pomeroy. Mary 148
Pomeroy, Mary 159
Pomeroy, Mary 187
Pomeroy, Mary 197
Pomeroy, Mary 197
Pomeroy. Mary 212
Pomeroy, Mary 217
Pomeroy. Mary 219
Pomeroy, Mary 219
Pomeroy, Mary 219
Pomeroy, Mary 220
Pomeroy. Mary 220
Pomeroy, Mary 220
Pomeroy, Mary 234
Pomeroy, Mary 250
Pomeroy, Mary 263
Pomeroy, Mary 265
Pomeroy, Mary 42
Pomeroy, Mary 198
Pomeroy, Mary Anne 145
Pomeroy, Mary Drew 206
Pomeroy, Mary Jeffrie 216
Pomeroy, Mathew 195
Pomeroy. Matilda de 159
Pomeroy, Medad 42
Pomeroy. Medad 43
Pomeroy, Medad 144
Pomeroy, Medad 145
Pomeroy, Medad 151
Pomeroy, MehitaUe 153
Pomeroy, Mich 197
Pomeroy, Mich 198
Pomeroy, Mich 198
Pomeroy. Michael 200
Pomeroy, Moses 144
— N —
Pomeroy, Nicholas 89
Pomeroy. Nicholas 158
Pomeroy. Nicholas 161
Pomeroy, Nicholsa 200
Pomeroy, Niece 144
Pomeroy, Noah 149
— o —
Pomeroy, Oliver 144
Pomeroy, Orida 218
— P —
Pomeroy, Patience 219
Pomeroy, Patience 219
Pomeroy, Patience 219
Pomeroy, Patience 219
Pomeroy, Patience 221
Pomeroy, Pentecost 195
Pomeroy, Peter 197
Pomeroy. Peter 216
Pomeroy, Philip 36
Pomeroy, Phillipp 197
Pomeroy. Pliny 144
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Radulphus de La 28
Radulphus de La. ... 86
Radulphus de La 161
Radulphus de La 218
Radulphus de La 275
Ralph 207
Ralph 215
Ralph 244
Ralph de 146
Ralph de 164
Ralph de 209
Ralph de 248
Ralph de La 22
Ralph de La 23
Ralph de La 24
Ralph de La Sir 27
Ralph de La Sir 28
Ralph de La Sir 164
Ralph de La Sir 169
Ralph de Sir 282
Raoule de La 27
Rebecca Wheeler 146
Rlc 203
Rich 198
Rich 198
Rich 199
Rich 200
Rich 200
Richard 17
Richard (Sir) 40
Richard 41
Richard 41
Richaid 42
Richard 146
Richaid 158
Rjchaid (Knt) 158
Richard 171
Richard 172
Richard 176
Richard 178
Richard 179
Richard 182
Richard 184
Richard 187
Richard 195
Richard 207
Richard (Sir) 207
Richard 207
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Richard 20S
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Richard 208
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Richard 209
Richard 209
Richard 200
Richard 209
Richard 209
Richard 209
Richard 209
Richard 212
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Richard 240
Richard 251
Richard 258
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Richard 254
Richard 265
Richard 272
Richard 276
Richard 280
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Pbmeroy, Richard 297
Pomeroy. Richard 290
Fomeroy. Richard 300
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Pbmeroy, Richard 301
Pomeroy, Richard 801
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Pomeroy. Richard 302
Pomeroy, Richard 303
Fomeroy, Richarde 195
Pomeroy, Richarde 210
Pomeroy, Ricus 204
Pomeroy, Robert 41
Pomeroy, Robert 158
Pomeroy, Robert 182
Pomeroy, Robert 194
Pomeroy, Robert 194
Pomeroy, Robert 196
Pomeroy, Robert 198
Pomeroy, Robert 216
Fomeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy, Robert 215
Pbmeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy. Robert 216
Pbmeroy. Robert 216
Pbmeroy, Robert 216
Pomeroy. Robert 216
Fomeroy. Robert 216
Pbmeroy. Robert 216
Pbmeroy. Robert 216
Pbmerby, Robert 216
Pomeroy, Robert 216
Pomeroy, Robert. (Eaq.) 242
Pomeroy, Robert de 182
Pomeroy, Robert 175
Pomeroy, Robert 198
Pomeroy. Robert 198
Pomeroy, Robert 203
Pomeroy. Robert 212
Fomeroy, Robert 212
Pomeroy, Robert 215
Pomeroy. Robert Wataon 9
Pbmeroy. Roger 19
Pomeroy, Roger de 86
Pomeroy. Roger 36
Pomeroy. Roger. Esq 186
Pomeroy. Roger 194
Pbmerby. Roger 199
Pbmerby, Roger 199
Pomeroy. Roheaia 86
Pbmeroy. Rohesla de 156
Pomeroy, Rohetia de 156
Pbmeroy, Rohesia de La 156
Pomeroy. Rohesia de La 218
Pomeroy, Roswell 144
Pbmeroy. Rydiard 212
— S —
Pbmerby, S. H 257
Fomeroy. Samuel 194
Pomeroy. Samuel 198
Pomeroy, Samuel 216
Pbmeroy. Samuel 195
Pbmeroy. Samuel 144
Pbmeroy. Samuel 144
Pomeroy, Samuel 144
Pomeroy. Samud 144
Pbmeroy, Samuel 151
Pomeroy. Samuel 189
Pomeroy. Samuel 192
Pomeroy, Samuel 192
Pomeroy, Samud 216
Pomeroy, Samuel 216
Pomeroy, Samuel 216
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Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pbmeniy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pbmeroy,
Pbmerby,
Pomeroy.
Fomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pbmeroy.
Fomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pbmeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Fomeroy.
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pbmeroy.
Pbmeroy.
Fomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Pomeroy.
Paie
Samuel 222
Samuel 222
Samuel 222
Samuel C 149
Samuell 215
Samuell 216
Sarah 146
Sarah 146
Sarah 221
Seinder 240
Seintdere 158
Seint Clere (Sir) 40
Seth 144
Seth(Col.) 149
Silas Harris 9
Simeon 144
Simeon 144
Simeon 145
Sindenis 242
Solomon 145
Stephen 152
Stephen 153
Stephen 195
Stephen 201
StockleighMr 275
Susan 196
Susan 200
Susan 219
Susana 219
Susana 219
Swan Lyman. Rev. . .207
— T —
Theodore Medad 149
Thoma 204
Thomas (Sir) 39
Thomas 89
Thomas 40
Thomas 40
Thomas 145
Thomas 145
Thomas 158
Thomas 158
Thomas 158
Thomas (Knt) 158
Thomas 158
Thomas (Lieut.) 159
Thomas (Sir) 165
Thomas (Sir) 170
Thomas (Sir) 178
Thomas 182
Thomas 187
Thomas (Sir Knt.).. . 187
Thomas (Knt.) 187
Thontas 187
Thomas 189
Thomas 196
Thomas Sir Knight. .201
Thomas 203
Thomas 203
Thomas CApt 206
Thomas 207
Thomas (Sir) 207
Thomas 207
Thomas 207
Thomas 207
Thomas 207
Thomas (Chivalr) . . .208
Thomas (Esq) 208
Thomas (Knt) 208
Thomas 208
Thomas 208
Thomas 208
Thomas 208
Thomas 208
Thomas 209
Thomas 209
Thomas 209
Thomas. (Knt) 209
Thomas. (Knt) 209
Thomas 209
Pomeroy
Fomeroy
Pbmerby
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Fomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pbmeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Fomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy,
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Pfl#a
Thomas 215
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 216
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas. (Esq) 217
Thomas Sir 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 217
Thomas 218
Thomas 210
Thomas 210
Thomas 210
Thomas 210
Thomas 210
Thomas 220
Thomas 221
Thomas 221
Thomas 221
Thomas (Sir) 222
Thomas 222
Thomas 222
Thomas (Sir) 222
Thomas (Sir) 228
Thomas (Sir) 224
Thomas. (Knt) 224
Thomas. (Sir) 224
Thomas 238
Thomas 234
Thomas 240
Thomas 841
Thomas 242
Thomas 248
Thomas 248
Thomas 244
Thomas Sir Knt 246
Thomas 251
Thomas 262
Thomas Sir 276
Thomas 287
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas 800
Thomas 801
Thomas 802
Thomas de (Sir) 160
Thomas de (Sir) 228
Thomas de La 80
Thomas de La (Sir).. 218
Thomas 175
Thomas 178
Thomas 176
Thomas 184
Thomas 197
Thomas 197
Thomas 197
Thomas 106
Thomas lOS
Thomas, Sen 106
Thomas 100
Thomas 100
Tliomas 100
Thomas 100
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas
Thomas 201
Thomaa
Tbomaa Sir (Kat) . . ,4
^art Hl^nt - ftontrrog BiHtorg atd ((fttraioQn
320
Pbmeroy, Thomasriiie 900
Pomeroy. Timothy 144
Pomeroy, Timothy 144
Pomeroy. Titiu 144
Pbmeroy. Titus 144
Pbmeroy. Titua 14A
— V —
Pomeroy. Valentine 186
Pomeroy. VaJentine 197
Pbmeioy. Valentine 207
Pbmefoy, Valentine. 233
Pomeroy. Valentyne. Eaq 222
Pomeroy, Valentyne 222
Pbmeroy. Valentyne 222
— w —
Pbmeroy. W IVT
Pbmeroy. Walter 168
Pomeroy. Walter 197
Pomeroy. Walter 212
Pomeroy. Walter 212
Pomeroy, Walter 212
Pbmeroy. Walter 212
Pbmeroy, Walter 212
Pbmeroy. Walter 213
Pbmeroy. Walter 213
Pbmeroy. Warham 145
Pbmeroy, "Widow" 203
Pbmeroy. William 218
Pbmeroy. WUUam 197
Paie
Pomcfoy. WUliam 218
Pomeroy. WUliam. Captm 28
Pomeroy. William, Capt 89
Pomeroy. WUliam 39
Pomeroy. WUliam 145
Pomeroy. WUliam 145
Pomeroy. WUliam 145
Pomeroy. WUliam 150
Pbmeroy. WUUam 175
Pomeroy. WUliam 195
Pomeroy. WUliam 195
Pomeroy. WUUam 196
Pomeroy. WiUiam 196
Pomeroy. WUliam 196
Pbmeroy. WiUiam 208
Pomeroy. WiUiam 208
Pbmeroy. William 209
Pomeroy. WUliam 209
Pbmeroy. William 212
Pbmerby. WUliam 212
Pbmeroy. WUliam 213
Pomeroy. WiUiam 216
Pomeroy. WUliam 216
Pbmeroy, WUliam 217
Pbmeroy. WUliam 217
Pomeroy. WiUiam 217
Pbmeroy. WiUiam 217
Pbmeroy. WUliam 217
Pomeroy. WUUam 217
Pomeroy. WUliam 218
Pbmeroy. William 218
Pbmeroy, WUliam 218
Pomeroy. WUUam 218
Pbmeroy. WUliam. (Eaq) 218
Pbmeroy. WUliam 221
Pomeroy. WUliam 221
Pomeroy. WUUam 189
Pbmeroy. WUliam 197
Pbmeroy. WUUam 197
Pomeroy. WUUam 198
Pomeroy. WiUiam 198
Pomeroy. WUUam 198
Pbmeroy. WiUiam 198
Pbmeroy. WUUam 196
Pbmeroy. WUUam 198
Pomeroy. WiUiam 198
Pomeroy. William 196
Pbmeroy. WUliam 198
Pbmeroy. WUliam 199
Pbmeroy. WUliam 200
Pbmeroy. WUUam 200
Pbmeroy, WUliam 200
Pbmeroy. WUliam 215
Pbmeroy. Willina 174
Pomeroy. WUls 205
Pomeroy. WUmot 218
Pomeroy. Wilmot 218
Pbmeroy. WyUiam 214
— X —
Pomeroy. Xpfer 200
PbOMfby, Xpofer 176
Sttiirx tift JFoitrtlf
This Index comprises names other than Pomeroy contained in Part
Three. Most of the names in this Index have been compiled from English
Parish Registers by our special commissioner in England, and are located
by page numbers.
— A —
Place
Aberye. Joan gl
Adams. Tbomaa 203
Akennan, Sara 214
Alcester, Earl of 211
Allaben. Ptank 15
AUaben. Frank 36
AUaben. Fkank 250
Allaben, Frank 200
AUaben. Ftank 261
Allaben. Frank 18
Allen. Rkhard 219
Allenoon. Comte of 27
AUerton. William 239
Anne, Queen" 187
AnketeU. William 188
Armytafe. Sir Georn J. (Bart) . 158
ArundeU. Tbomaa (Knight) .... 179
Arundell. Sir Thomas(Knight) . 202
Ashley. Mr. Sargeant 230
— B —
Bacon. Sr. Nycholaa 185
Bagtorr. John 242
BagweU. Spet. 215
Baker. WiUiam 82
Baldwin. Robert de (Comt) .... 156
Bancfoft. (George 148
Banaer. Mary 215
Bardolph. Dodo 25
Bardolph. Doun 25
Bardolph. Doun 27
Baidolph. Roheda 25
Bardolph. Rohetia 37
Bardolph, Thomas 25
Bardolph, Thomas 37
Barnes. Mary 215
Barreil. Andrew 221
Barrett. Anna 286
Barrett, Henry 40
Barrett. Henry 286
Barrett, Joan 41
Barrett. Johanna 40
Bartlett. J. Gardner 261
Bartlett. Mr 301
Barton. GcnHs 196
Barum. Adam 155
Bamm. Adam 208
Bassett, George 224
Bathonia. Isabella de 156
Bathonia, Isabella de 249
Beale. Erne 211
Beale. Richarde 21 1
Beaminster, Richard of 286
Bcaminster. Vicar of 252
Bcare. Walter 253
Bcaupiel. R. 1 57
BcaupieL R. 249
Bcnnct, Richard 226
Bennett, Pascomc 195
219
Bery. Ralph de 247
Berrynarber. Nkholas de 247
Beville.Tohn 40
Seville. Margaret 40
Bilke. John 192
Billy, Rene Tonstaln de 21
Bishop. B 156
Bishop, Roger 156
Bishopp, Henrie 192
Blackall. Christopher 255
Blackaller. Christopher 253
Blackaller, Christopher 254
BlackaUer, James 184
Blackaller. Joan 253
Blackaller. , ohn 175
Blackaller. bhn 253
Blackaller. ; ohn 254
Blackaller. John 255
Blackball, Christopher 255
Blake. Alice 219
Blampyn. Alse 217
Bligh. Grace 234
Bluett. Roger 255
Bogwell, Johan 191
BoUey, Avke de 169
Bolley. Jacob de 169
Bond, Thomas 205
Bond. Thomas 206
Bond. Thomas 207
Bonesaunte, T 185
Boowe. Anne 184
Bosco, Reginald de 24
Boterell. William de 156
Bowden. George 32
Bowden. John de 187
Bowles, John (Bishop) 30
Bowryng, Thomas 240
Bowryng. Thomas.
243
253
187
209
176
169
/ng. ^ Don
Boyse, Gervase
Bredmer, Lawrence.
Bradmer, Lawrence.
Bradmore. Lawrence
Breose. Eva de
Braose, Giles de 169
Braose. Graeda de 169
Braose, Maude de 170
Braose. Reginald de 169
Braose. Reginald de 169
Braose. Reginald de 170
Braose. WHliam de 169
Bridport, Robert 155
Briewere. Graeda 169
Briewere. WiUiam 159
Briewere. William 160
Briwere. William 169
Broke, John 194
Brown, Robert 155
Brown. Lydia 42
Browne, John 211
Browne, John 211
Brushe. Agnes 195
Bryone. Guy de 169
Bryone, Maud de 169
Buckland, Newton 208
Bulkley. Henry Thorp 146
Bullene. Richard 187
Bullene. Richard 209
Bully. John 196
Butayde, John 242
BuUer. EUis Pftrker 296
Butt. Marie 216
Butt. Wm 211
Byrone, Eva de 169
Bysshoppe, Thomas 171
— c —
Caddy, Wxltcr 210
Caddy, Wm 210
Cadurdis. Robert de 182
Calawaye, Johus ((jent) 188
Calwaye, Agnes 242
Calwaye. Agnes 287
Calwajre. Johes 174
Calwaire (or Kelloway), Thomas287
C^wodelegh, Humphrey 241
Camel, Amy 289
C^md. Anna 40
Camel. Robert 40
Camell. Amy (Anna) 286
Camell. Robert 286
Camell. Robert 239
Cammel. Anna 286
Campemowne, Alexander 40
Campemowne, Joan 40
Camvile. Geoffrey de 170
Camvile. Maud de 170
Camville. AnUda de 88
C:amville. Sir Geoffrey de 88
Camville. Geoffiey de 160
Camvilie. Maud de 169
(Zanon. Christopher 255
Canteloup. William de 169
Ctivn, William (Chev) 19
Capra. WiUiam 28
Capra.WdUam 86
Carew, Wymond (Knt) 225
Carew. Wymond (Knt) 187
Carew. Wymond (Knt) 206
Carewe, Sir Wymond 223
Carewe. Sir Wymond 224
Carminow. Joanna 218
Carminow. OUver 89
Carminow. Sir OUver 218
CarsweU, John 258
Case. Anthonie 102
Catherine ("Queen") 178
Caumont, M. de 27
CaveU, Jane 196
Cavdl. Jane 2 18
CaveU. Joane 106
CaveU, Joane 218
CaveU. Mary 218
Cavdl. WiUiain 106
CavdLWnUam 218
Caylewaye, Joan
flart 3H)T» - Ibminnig Xiatog tm!) (ttrusiasv
330
..244
Ch*kinet. jKob
Cbtkata. Jicob
CluloMt. Jacob
CluJotier. John
Cbampc. Mimr
Champc, Wm.
ChunpytOB, Sit Arthur (f
CharlM, Tbt Pint (Kloi)
Oiarkt. The Pint (IClDt)
Cbvkstl (Kbc)
Chaikall (KtD() 1S4
..278
) Richard. . . 190
Colter. Robm«
ColboRK, TbODUl*. . .
Colborm , Thoou*. . .
CatcnorF. John
Harry...
ly. V^llSm.
nald.Earlof 36
Courtiwy. Petet (Kat> 226
Coartia.Mary J»2
Coventry. Ttiomu, Lord of 231
Covetiy, Robert 22
Co«1e. A^net. ............ ...106
Cowtria. Marie 102
Co* Col. John Ruiiell 210
Cox.Robt. 211
Cox.Robt. 211
Cm, Tho 193
Crab. Walter 214
Cisbb. Hugh 22A
Crabb. jnhn 230
Crall, lohan
Crew.Mr. Sarieaal
Crl[»pea. Thomun.
Crocker. John le...
Cullombe, Joane. .
Cul]ombe.Wm....
Cutlewtll. Thomaa.
Cvnewul^
of tbe WeM
Dineis. Robert de ISO
OtaMl VrailaJii'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'." i*i
Dankewell. {DunkswcU) de. .
Danyel. Jamei
Darby. AHct
Darby, Bartelmewe . . .
Darby. Charles.
Darby. Henry, Cent.. .
Darby. Robert
Datby. Robert
Darby. Silai uv
Darby. Sla* 220
Darby. Xpofer 204
Dartmouth, Earl of
Davy. JaBe
Davy. Joan
Davy, John...
Dawbeney. (Lord) 30»
Dawbenv, Henry (Kniaht).. . -^
Denham (Baron)
Denfloo. Ricbard
Derby.Sllu
Derby, (Widow)
Dewey, NichoD
Dleakau, (Baion)
DinnweD. Heary
Doal. Mathew
Dodiworth. William
Donnethome. Richard de...
Drake. Henry
Drew, Mary
Drew. Mary
Dunne. Lewis. .
Dwfiht. Sarah HopUna . . .
Dwtght. Col. Timothy
Dwlght. MahH- Timothy . .
Dynte. Thontu
331
S^autf in (SoUatrral Cfnra
Itn) . . ISB
'.'.'.'.'.'.169
2M
1B7
"!!!!lSl
182
187
2M
'.'.'.'.'. .109
182
1S5
'.'.'.'.'.'.107
'.'.'.'.'.'.240
248
168
v.:!;;i8e
209
240
243
170
177
178
188
187
188
208
2oa
211
222
223
'.'.'.'.'.'.•nn
tS3
'.'.'.'.'.'.tM
'.'.'.'.'.'.193
or 220
or 227
! ; " ! ! 1B7
170
17*
178
178
182
184
IBS
189
100
202
203
204
207
211
218
224
220
337
";!'.!21I
Zll
287
27S
— F —
__. . th.Lord 208
FBTyngdoD, Georflc. ........ ..242
Ftmn, iMUld 218
FoTtn. Ncvtoa 178
Ptrrm, Ralph dc IM
Fcnvn. Reynold 218
PTlMte. TluM. 102
Ffordc, Uarterk 210
PfovlcT. Ridurd 217
Ftoy. John 32
Floyn. WiUiam <Ek].) 242
Fonleltoy. John 201
Forde, Joharme. ............ .191
Fotde.Hlch.l 191
Fonta. John 242
PoncKU. Butholomew. 253
Foitewjue, Agne* Poioeroy. 200
Fortnque. Aithur 207
Fonr»Que, Gtoitt 187
Forcnque. Gnrae 200
Fortwque, Heniy. 207
Foil*. John 2S3
Fo«er,1 160
FoWfr.J 2S7
FoHer.Jmeph 237
Fountayne, Hugh 263
Fowler. Wimam 226
Fowler. WiJUam 228
Fowler. William 220
Prtnch, Miu. 200
Fraud*. R.H_ 207
Fry, Bdward Alenndet 170
Fiye. William 201
— G —
Can. Thoa 102
Gale. Richard 157
Gale, Rlchanl 240
Gallopp. RoBcr. 32
Gambon, JoRn 240
Gambon, John 248
Gardener, John 104
Gardiner, j^ace 210
Gardiner. Grace 220
Gardiner. Patience 219
Gardiner. PBClence 220
Gardlaer, Pstlence. 221
Gaumbon. John 158
Gaumbon, John 182
Gelyi. William 2fi6
Gervnie.Mde 25
CervUle. Mde 20
GIbba. John 221
Gibbfc Roeer 102
GIDord, RTcbatd 24
GifriicMary 817
Gilbeit, Sir Humphiiey Pomeroy
107
Gilbert. Ota 240
Gilbert, Oto 243
Glover. WlUlam 244
Godde, John 301
Gollop. Rocer 180
GokHie. Thos. (Gent) 100
Goodalle. Wll» 303
Goodlldle. Tbomai 170
Goush, Uorgan 201
Gover. Richard 31
Greu, Robt. 188
Greu. Wm„ 18B
Grey. Wai 178
Griffith, LtevellyD (ap) 38
Critfyn Jane 210
Grlffyn.John 210
GriBwoId. Anna 145
Grlnold, Aaenath 1*6
Grliwold. Charlotte 140
Griawald, Eiekiel 145
Grlnvold. EzeUel 145
Grliwold, E«kiel 145
Grinnild. EiekM 140
Grinwld, EhUcI 140
Griniold. Bieldel 148
Griniold. Phllo 145
Grinold. Sarah 145
Grifwold. Solomon. 146
GrbwDld. Solomon. 148
Grlnwold. Timothy 145
Godce, Atnci ISO
Gudce. Elli. laa
Gudie. Ellib. ISA
Gudge. Elkabeth IM
e. Thorns
Gud»e, Thomae
Gud<«. Harry
Gudge. Harry
Gudcf. Henry.
Gunora (wife of Richard).. .
Guvlea.John.
Gyles, John.
Gylle. Richard
Gyhnyn, Edward
— H —
Hallett, Robte
Hallett. Stephen.. .
Haiorie. Henry
Hala.John
Hania, Agnea. . . .
Harrla, Ainet. . . .
Harrii. Edward . .
Harrii. Edward..
Harria, Edward . .
Hania. Edward..
Harrlg. Edward. .
Harria. John
Harrii, lUlph. . . .
207
310
Harria, Walter 174
Harria, Walter 221
Harry. Ralph. 174
Harry. Wal'tu. 17*
Harrys, Edward 178
Harryi. Thoa I7«
Hart. Eliia Rebecca. .
t, Thon
..17S
atton, Hon. Sr Xpofel . .
eard.Sir laaac
HedKccoclie. Lawr
HedgecDclce, Lawr
Heiaty, Henry. . ,
Helbroke. John...
- •'"^beth 200
9art Ulfnt - ymnrrott Xiitnrg anil (tntralngg
aaa
...lU
.. IM
»"
"s;
eiuy \
TiM Arthur..
...2s;
"Wi
... 3i
oakyni. Morta
as,"
Sstts:
BSn-^"-.:
ungerfonl. Lord Walter,.
Hodd«. J
sss:;
iSSi«::::;:::::
..178
333
iNamti tat (SaUabnd Iiiw«
Edlcwaye. Huib
Kdey.Muy
Ke oway, Asms. . . . .
KeUoway, Aiaet
Kelloiny. Agiie*
Kellomv. Agnt»
Kc any. Ante*
Kelloray, Elmer
Kd]owiky» Eratmiu, .
KtUoway, Heory
Ke ony.IniK
KeUooay.IohD
Kekmy. Ralph
Kc hnrev, TboRUi. , .
Kc omr. Thomu. .
Kclowav.WUHain...
John...
Kd my, WUmot. . .
Kclyowe. Robtiu. ■ .
KcnC.Joanc
..ill
Ketch. Stephen 214
Kevleinsr, Gilo 177
Keylcny. Mush ITB
Keyhniy, Gllet (E«i) ITS
Keyhnye. Hughe IBS
Keylmy. Gllei 177
Kiiuriuid, — ■""
Laoe, Georie. ■
Ijiie. Wm
LawTen«. Edward . . .
Let, Richard
LevMt, John
Lewitoo, John
Lewston. Rodliund
Unburie. EliMbeth -
Lincoln. John BUhopot 2Z7
Lincoln. Bishop of. , 328
Lincoln. Earl of 274
Lincoln. Thomas S4
Locke. John 31
Lodie. Tho* 1»2
Lonie, Robte 171
Looml«, Amo« 2SS
Loomla, E.S 258
Loven, Robert (Em) 201
Lucaa. Mary 21fl
Loacombe. John 23fi
LuKomhe. John Z&3
Lye, Edmund IM
Lyde. Albn 196
Lyde. Edward ((ent) ISO
Lyman. Eleanor 11)2
Lyne. Thoa IW
Malo. Henry
Handevnie, Geoffrey. . .
Handerille. Geoffrey. . .
Msrka, Hariery
Har(hall. Walter, . .
Marten. Julyan
Martyn, John
MKite:!:::::
Maiten. Dorothle. ■ .
Maaon, Edmand
Hatha. Wm
Matha.Wm
Mathewe, Rofcr
Matilda. (Duecn)...
Mawdleye, Thoa . . . .
lUchiri.'.'
Meadeway. Thomaa. .
Medeway, Richard. . .
Men*. Elliaheth
Metcall. Robert tT7
Meydemy, lUdmrd 3M
Meydevay. Thomaa M>
Michell, Edw ITS
MiUEr,AmbFO« SI
Miller. Joan. IW
Miller, WUIam. SI
Milles. Richard. 31
Minned. Marnret 210
Mlntem. Richard. 31
Mitchell, waiiam. IBB
Mollon, WnUam 184
Monay. Alfred Jame* 217
Moncke IBO
Montault. or (Honhant) John ol
1«»
Montault, or (Monhani) MIUl-
Moore,' iiuly' Cathcii^.' '.'.'.'.'.'.an
Moore. Sir Ednrd 211
Moore. Elbabetb 206
Moore. John (Knt) 20B
Moore. Sir Thoma* (Knt) 2M
More, Malhew 106
Mon. Tamson IBS
Moresbedde, John 239
Morriche. Marierye 21S
Mortain, Conm of lU
Mortymer. Suaan Pooterte 200
Morville. Hufuet de 31
Mule). Johanna de 3B
M idea. Lord John SB
MuDBon. Anna 146
Munaonl Maraitail! '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.146
MunaoB. ManhaU 146
Muxrave. Sir WQUan IBS
Myller, Chrlitapber. Ul
Myllea, John IBI
Myllea, Rkhard IM
— N —
Newcombe. John 186
Newe, Edmund IBO
Newman, Henry 31
Newman. WUllam SI
NeWU. Teata de 34S
Nerill. Teau de 247
NichollB. Comtance IM
NkhoUi, Robert (sent) 216
Nonant, Guy de lOS
Nonant, Henry de 16*
Nooant. Roierde 168
Nonant, Roger de 109
Nonant. Roierde 16B
Norton. Sarah Strooc lOt
Nyle.John 311
— O —
O. ISB
O. 366
Ol andcT 100
Ol • 308
CM IS6
01 rd 166
a m
Ol t IW
Oabome, Wm 186
Oibome. Wm ISO
Orall, Sioipt 31
Orenton, An... ..312
Orenton.An SU
0«nton,ATta SU
Dventon. Geotfe 3U
Oventon, GeoTR SU
Onnton. Georie SU
Oventon, GeoTfe SU
Orenlon, Georce 3U
Oronton. Georfe SU
Part (Tlprre - Pomrriig BlBtorg and ((enralogt;
334
Page
Oventon, John 212
Oventon, John 212
Oventon, Marget 213
Oventon, Marget 214
Oventon. Marye. 212
Oventon, Marye 212
— P —
Parker. Wm 189
Pftrker. Mrs. Wm 189
Parkyn. Johan 185
Parkyn, LewM 185
ParBons, Thomas 42
Paraona. WiUiam Jr. 31
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Pawle. Hugh 31
Pawlett. George 178
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Pearman, Rev. A.J 30
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Peny. John 255
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Periman. Wilraot 207
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