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EMAIL US		 bullet Alma Morey Pomeroy (110) was born Private. Parents: Leon Ralph Pomeroy and Rachel Estella Harlow .

She was married to Albert Henry LaFrance Private. Children were: Erlene Rae LaFrance, Bret Anthony LaFrance, Chad David LaFrance .

bullet Arthur Pomeroy(110) was born on 16 Mar 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio. He died WFT Est. 1907-1967. Sr. of Arthur Pomeroy & Co., Insurance, Cleveland Club; University.
REsidence
1929 E. 90th St.; Cleveland, Ohio.
B.S. Princeton, '99. Parents: Charles Stedman Pomeroy and Clara Platt Townsend.

He was married to Anna May DeWitt on 26 Jun 1901.

bullet Augustus Pomeroy(110) was born on 22 Aug 1836 in Ovid, NY. He died on 5 Jan 1899. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Malah Blake.

He was married to Mary E. Barnum on 18 Mar 1872 in Lyon, MI. Children were: Edith M. Pomeroy, Ralph B. Pomeroy.

bullet Austin Lyon Pomeroy(110) was born about 1812. He died WFT Est. 1852-1903. Married and had children. Parents: James Pomeroy and Sally Lyon.

He was married to Emily Eliza Hurlbut on 24 Mar 1847. Children were: Hurlbut Howard Pomeroy , Mary Adelaide Pomeroy.

bullet Bertha May Pomeroy(110) was born on 6 Mar 1883 in Syracuse, NY. She died WFT Est. 1884-1977. Married. Parents: Ledru Rollin Pomeroy and Marion Josephine Ross.

bullet Caleb Pomeroy(52) was born about Mar 1641/42. He died WFT Est. 1643-1732. Parents: Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett.

bullet Caleb Pomeroy(110) was born on 6 Mar 1640/41 in Windsor, CT. He died on 18 Nov 1691 in Southampton, MA. Parents: Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett.

He was married to Hepzibah Baker on 8 Mar 1664/65 in Windsor, CT.

bullet Charles Pomeroy(110) was born on 9 Jan 1823 in Cuyler, NY. He died on 19 Oct 1900 in North Hector, NY. Parents: James Pomeroy and Sally Lyon.

He was married on 5 Sep 1851 in Springfield, MA. Children were: James Smith Pomeroy, William Henry Pomeroy, Ledru Rollin Pomeroy , Victor Hugo Pomeroy.

bullet Charles Pomeroy(110) was born in 1885 in Syracuse, NY. He died WFT Est. 1886-1975. Died in infancy. Parents: Ledru Rollin Pomeroy and Marion Josephine Ross.

bullet Charles Ross Pomeroy(110) was born on 3 May 1894 in Cleveland, Ohio. He died WFT Est. 1923-1985. Parents: Ledru Rollin Pomeroy and Marion Josephine Ross .

He was married to Viola May Allen on 25 Dec 1917 in Toledo, Ohio. Children were: Howard Allen Pomeroy.

bullet Charles Stedman Pomeroy(110) was born in 1834. He died in 1894. Pastor of Second Presbyn. Church, Cleveland, Ohio 1873-1894. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Clarissa Stedman Clark.

He was married to Clara Platt Townsend WFT Est. 1850-1878. Children were: Mary Harriet Pomeroy, Arthur Pomeroy.

bullet Cora B. Pomeroy(110) was born on 19 Mar 1861. She died on 26 Mar 1864. Parents: George Blake Pomeroy and Mary L. Thompson .

bullet Cynthia Pomeroy(110) was born in Feb 1824 in Williamsburg, MA. She died WFT Est. 1842-1918. Parents: William Pomeroy and Rachel.

She was married to R. A. Burnell Private. Children were: Nancy Burnell, William P. Burnell, Cortland Burnell, Theodore Burnell.

bullet Cynthia Pomeroy(110) was born Private.

She was married to R. A. Burnell Private.

bullet Dana Pomeroy(110) was born WFT Est. 1842-1871. He died WFT Est. 1848-1950. Parents: Hubbard Pomeroy and Eliza M. Bush.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born on 27 May 1798 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 11 Jul 1891 in Northville, MI. Danial became the ward of Asabel Pomeroy and Eleanor Root Pomeroy, widow, at
the death of his father. He was under 14 years of age at the time. Parents: William Pomeroy and Eleanor Root.

He was married to Malah Blake on 14 Sep 1824 in Springfield, MA. Children were: Eleanor Pomeroy, George Blake Pomeroy, Augustus Pomeroy, Mary N. Pomeroy, Alfred Pomeroy.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born on 27 Mar 1709 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 8 Sep 1755 in Lake George, NY. Northampton Vital Records
History of Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family: Daniel, a lieutenant in the
colonial wars, was one of three Northampton men killed in the Battle
of Lake George, 1755. His will is on file in Probate Court, Hampshire
County.
Notes: From the Hampshire Gazette: "Homesteads of Early Northampton",
1880: (Continued from Ebenezer and Medad Pomeroy Notes).
"Come next to the successors of the third generation of this (Mansion
House)
homestead: Three are named by Mr. Trumbull; Daniel, Seth and John, all
three military characters. Lt. Daniel, who had the Mansion and five acres
(in the center of Northampton) survived his father Ebenezer on the place
only a year, being one of the three Northampton men killed at Lake George
in August, 1755." In early 1755, Lt. Daniel Pomeroy, in preparation for
battle against the French at Lake George, and feeling in grave danger of
not returning, wrote his will. To Rachel, his wife he left the "Mansion
House" and all it contained, with the exception of two of the youngest
horses, his clothes, guns and accrutements. His sons were to share
equally in the rest and should his wife re-marry, the "Mansion House"
would revert to them also. The furniture and sundry other items would go
equally to his daughters. He left William a portion of his lands in Combs
Mill, (Hadley) Pynchon Meadows and New Boston, as well as a share of his
Town Lot and lots in the "Meadows." His son William was to share in the
equal division of his personal collection of guns, armorment and
clothing, and he must give his two youngest sisters a cash payment from
his inheritance when they reached 18 years of age.
Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy was in Colonel William's (Hatfield) Regiment, with
his brother Lieutenant-Colonel, Seth Pomeroy, on an expedition against
Crown Point under Sir William Johnson, and included Lt. Col Pomeroy,
Major Ashley, Captain Burt, and others from Northampton area. The group
stayed for two weeks at Fort Massachusetts-400 men, 30 officers and 10
companies, waiting, for they had asked for 10,000-12,000 men to be sent
to them. In early September, hearing that that 8000 French & Indians were
marching south, Williams and his small troop marched toward Lake George
to head them off. They were ambushed.
Seth Pomeroy writes: "Lake George, Sept 9 1755: Col. Williams was shot
dead in a moment, and before he had time to fire his gun, Capt. Hawley
was also shot mortally. My brother, Lieutenant Daniel Pomeroy, I have an
account of as being well till the army retreated. He asked, "What! are we
going to run?" "Yes," it was said. "Well," he replied, "I will give them
one more shot before I run!" Further of him I do not hear. Our people are
burying their dead now; when they return I can give a more particular
account. We design to make a stand here until we have a sufficient
reinforcement - "
The following is a letter written by Seth Pomeroy to Rachel Pomeroy, wife
of
Daniel: "September 11, 1755; Dear Sister: This brings heavy tidings. But
let not your heart sinque at the enws tho it be your loss of a Dear
Husband. Monday the 8th instant was a memorable day, and truly you may
say had not the Lord been on our side we must all been swalled up. My
Brother being one that went out in the first engagement (and) after
fighting a considerable time, received a fatal shot through the middle of
the head. Yesterday I went out with three or four men to bury the dead
and gather up what was left. We buried a hundred and thirty of our men;
there is now about twenty more. Some we have buried here in the camp; one
we brought in alive with the back part of his head off, and his brains
naked, and set there until that time and is alive yet, but I suppose its
not possible he can live. Sister, pray this awful Providence may carry to
you and your children's everlasting good, and I pray God to have mercy on
your poor Fatherless children, and may you have wisdom and providence to
train them up in the way of Virtue and Religion, so they may be blessings
in the world and may it please God to continue their lives and that we
may all be put in mind of our own fraility and mortality so that we may
be ready in our turn. We must in ones time be numbered with the dead. I
shall take care of Brother's things if God gives opportunity. Your loving
Brother, Seth Pomeroy." Parents: Ebenezer Pomeroy and Sarah King.

He was married to Rachel Moseley on 4 Nov 1736 in Northampton, Ma. Children were: Daniel Pomeroy, Abigail Pomeroy, Abishai Pomeroy, Timothy Pomeroy, Rachel Pomeroy, Jerusha Pomeroy, William Pomeroy, Eleanor Pomeroy, Justin Pomeroy.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born on 3 Nov 1737 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 3 May 1808. Major Daniel Pomeroy, son of Lt. Daniel Pomeroy became the forth
generation at
the original homestead in the center of Northampton, Ma. He was a captain
in
the American Revolution.
For half a century, 1755-1805, the Red Tavern, so called, was associated
with
Major Daniel. At the latter date, 1805, three years before his decease,
he sold
the same to Eq. Levi Lyman. Long before this, that portion inherited by
Captian
John and his son, Captain Elisha Pomeroy, being the original homestead of
Deacon Medad, passed into the possession of others.
At one point Daniel sold one acre of his home lot to his brother William,
"weaver and clothier" which ajoined Williams home lot on Main Street,
Northampton. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Rachel Moseley.

He was married to Sibyl Kent WFT Est. 1756-1779 in Suffield, CT. Children were: Daniel Pomeroy.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born in 1771. He died in 1845. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Sibyl Kent.

He was married to Charlotte Rhodes WFT Est. 1786-1819. Children were: Daniel Pomeroy.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born in 1799. He died in 1866. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Charlotte Rhodes.

He was married to Clarissa Stedman Clark WFT Est. 1816-1847. Children were: Charles Stedman Pomeroy.

bullet Daniel Pomeroy(110) was born in 1727. He died in 1785. Parents: Noah Pomeroy and Elizabeth Sterling.

He was married to Naomi Kibbe WFT Est. 1741-1771. Children were: Eleazer Pomeroy.

bullet Dinah Pomeroy(110) was born on 6 Aug 1617 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. She died in 1621 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. Parents: Eltweed Pomeroy and Johanna Keech.

bullet Dorothy E. Pomeroy(110) was born on 24 Nov 1925. She died on 24 Mar 1926. Parents: Russell Burge Pomeroy and Edna Muriel Lucas .

bullet Earl C. Pomeroy(110) was born on 10 Sep 1896 in Windsor, CT. He died on 18 Aug 1897 in Windsor, CT. Parents: Franklin Clement Pomeroy and Flora Anna Barnes.

bullet Ebenezer Pomeroy(52) was born WFT Est. 1660-1684. He died WFT Est. 1667-1766. Parents: Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward.

bullet Ebenezer Pomeroy(110) was born on 30 May 1669 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 27 Jan 1754 in Northampton, Ma. Sheriff of Hampshire County; Member of Royal Council. Original Letter:
Northampton, June 11 1745: from Ebenezer to Captain Seth Pomeroy:
"Sir: I, your mother, relations and friends are generally well, blessed
be God.
We want to hear from you and the fleet and army, and a particular account
of
the bigness and strength of the City Louisburg, the height of the walls
etc;
your power and interest against scaling the walls to take the city, for I
suppose that if you get inside of the city the place is not taken, for I
conclude that every house is so strong that they are each, after a sort,
a
castle. But those things I must leave to those who are on the spot, who
are the best judges, but still we want to hear of all the men of war that
came from
France being taken, store, ships and all; we want to hear of the City
Louisburg
being taken, but we desire patiently to wait God's time; but in the
meantime,
for your encouragment, I would inform you and your soldiers that God, in
his
providence, hath remarkably stirred up a spirit of prayer in this town
for
victory in this grand expedition, and I hear also throughout the land;
for in
this town the parents and some other relatives of those gone in the
expedition have constantly set apart some time every week to pray to God
for success in this grand affair, and we have good reason to conclude
that it hath not been in vain, for God hath in a very remarkable manner
smiled upon the fleet and army upon many accounts, and we really hope,
and earnestly pray, that the Lord of Hosts, and God of Armies would still
be on our side, and then there is no danger but your enterprise will be
crowned with glory and triumph. Be much in prayer - abstain from all
appearances of evil - watch particularly against those sins a soldier's
life expose men unto, and above all keep always the fear of God before
your eyes, and that will be a security to your living and dying. With
respect to your business at home, all goes on well; your wife manages
affairs with conduct and courage, and indeed your business that she was
unacquainted with before you went away. The boys are industrious - the
new pasture is fenced - the hay all got in well - finished yesterday. My
service to the General, and to all the offices of my acquaintance, and my
due regards to Commodore Warren, and my love to your soldiers, and in
particular to those that went from this place. The Lord prepare and
prosper you, and all with you, and return you again to your respective
homes, which is the desire and prayer of Your loving father."
Ebenezer Pomeroy was known by his military and civil titles: Major and
Honorable. From the Gazette, Nov. 30, 1880:
"Among the Ebenezers of that period, natives of the town, several of them
men of note, Ebenezer Pomeroy probably for ability and capacity ranked as
high as any. Born May 30 1669, he deceased 1754 in his 85th year.
Contemporary with him were two other noted men, Col. John Stoddard and
Col. Timothy Dwight. Major Ebenezer married his cousin Hannah Strong
March 1691. She died in November of that same year. He married 2nd Sarah
King, the daughter of Captain John and Sarah King, gunsmith and army
commander. His daughter Sarah married Noah Wright; Thankful
married Gad Lyman in 1739; late in life moved to Goshen, became the
ncestors of the Lymans of that town. Major Ebenezer's sons were Daniel,
Seth and John. The homestead, twice as large as Deacon Medad's, comprised
twelve acres in the heart of the settlement. Ebenezer built his
celebrated dwelling, remembered by not a few now, at the westerly end, a
sightly spot and structure, near where the Mansion House stood. The
precise date of its erection is not known. In later years, when occupied
by his grandson, it went by the name Red Tavern. Major Ebenezer's public
career, entered upon in early life, embraced a period of some forty
years. One circumstance may be given indicating his acquaintance and
connection with the legal profession. In a celebrated trial of two or
more Indians for murder committed in Hadley about the year 1696, which
caused much excitement in the country, Major Ebenezer Pomeroy, not then
thirty years of age, acted as King's attorney; one of the jury was his
father, Deacon Medad. "Ebenezer was prominent in civil and military
affairs, as Captina, Major,Commissioner to meet with the Indians at
Albany in 1724, member of Her Majesty's Council of the Providence, (Ann,
daughter of James II) and his duties as High Sheriff were manifold. He
was an active and steadfast Christian and a Deacon of the church."
(Pomeroy Genealogy). In 1715 Ebenezer Pomeroy purchased of John Rust
three and a half acres of landadjoining his lot on the north. This was a
portion of the home lot originally purchased by Isreal Rust of John
Ingersoll in 1667, and Ebenezer paid 110 pounds for it. Sometime between
1709 and 1734 Ebenezer undoubtedly build his mansion, which was
afterwards known as the "Red Tavern" on the westerly portion of the old
homestead. In 1634 Ebenezer, following the practice in those days,
divided his real estate between his three sons, Daniel, Seth and John. To
Daniel he gave five acres, together with the "Mansion" in which
he(Ebenezer) now lives." To Seth he gave the house that Seth lived in,
with the smith's shop, tools, barn and three acres of land. To John a
house, shop and four acres of the home lot. It would seem that John had
the original house and shop of his grandfather - Deacon Medad - while
Seth had that formerly occupied by his father, and Daniel the house his
father lived in at the time of his death.
Daniel received not only his Ebenezer's own house, but the little house
in which Daniel then lived. This little house was removed in later years
and became part of one of the tenements between State and Masonic
Streets. Lt. Daniel Pomeroy, to whom this part of the property descended,
was killed at Lake George in 1755. By will Daniel divided the homestead
between his two older sons, Daniel and Pliny. Pliny had the little house
above mentioned and Daniel, who was well known as Major Daniel Pomeroy,
had the large mansion. There was a third brother, William, who was
otherwise proveded for. The portion bequeathed to Pliny, however,
afterwards came into the possession of William who was a clothier and had
a shop near the present site of the Edwards Church. (Hampshire Gazette,
Tuesday, May 18, 1880: microfilm, Forbes Library.) Parents: Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward.

He was married to Sarah King on 22 Dec 1692 in Northampton, Ma. Children were: Seth Pomeroy , Sarah Pomeroy, John Pomeroy, Ebenezer Pomeroy, Sarah Pomeroy, Simeon Pomeroy, Josiah Pomeroy, Daniel Pomeroy, Thankful Pomeroy.

bullet Ebenezer Pomeroy(110) was born on 18 Sep 1695 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 16 Jun 1782 in Northampton, Ma. (Memo Ebenezer Pomeroy had daughter Hannah (1763-1849) who married John
Wolcott
(1764-1816).. This must have been a grandaughter. Parents: Ebenezer Pomeroy and Sarah King.

bullet Edith M. Pomeroy(110) was born on 4 Jul 1873. She died WFT Est. 1874-1967. Parents: Augustus Pomeroy and Mary E. Barnum.

bullet Eldad Pomeroy(110) was born in Feb 1629/30 in Plymouth, Devon, England. He died on 22 May 1662 in Northampton, Ma. Parents: Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett.

bullet Eleanor Pomeroy(110) was born on 20 Oct 1752 in Northampton, Ma. She died on 6 Nov 1823. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Rachel Moseley.

She was married to Noble Dewey on 12 Aug 1771.

bullet Eleanor Pomeroy(110) was born on 6 Oct 1782 in Northampton, Ma. She died on 12 Jan 1799 in Northampton, Ma. Parents: William Pomeroy and Eleanor Root.

She was married to Nathan Storrs WFT Est. 1794-1798.

bullet Eleanor Pomeroy(110) was born on 10 Sep 1828 in Ovid, NY. She died WFT Est. 1875-1923. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Malah Blake.

She was married to John Bonner Waterman on 20 Apr 1828. Children were: Mary Eleanor Waterman, Charles Pomeroy Waterman, Frank Augustus Waterman , Helen Ann Waterman, George Alfred Waterman, Dewey Bonner Waterman .

bullet Eleazer Pomeroy(110) was born in 1752. He died in 1811. Parents: Daniel Pomeroy and Naomi Kibbe.

He was married to Sybil Kingsbury WFT Est. 1766-1796. Children were: Eleazer Pomeroy.

bullet Eleazer Pomeroy(110) was born in 1776. He died in 1867. Parents: Eleazer Pomeroy and Sybil Kingsbury.

He was married to Ruth Hunt WFT Est. 1794-1828. Children were: Eleazer Pomeroy.

bullet Eleazer Pomeroy(110) was born in 1817. He died in 1865. Parents: Eleazer Pomeroy and Ruth Hunt.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Jones WFT Est. 1831-1857. Children were: Ellen Cornelia Pomeroy.

bullet Eliakim Pomeroy(110) was born on 10 Aug 1675 in Northampton, Ma. He died on 23 Jul 1676 in Northampton, Ma. Parents: Medad Pomeroy and Experience Woodward.

bullet Eliza Ellen Pomeroy(110) was born WFT Est. 1810-1836. She died WFT Est. 1826-1919. Married Eli N. Ransom of Perryville NY. Parents: James Pomeroy and Sally Lyon.

She was married to Eli N. Ransom WFT Est. 1826-1870.

bullet Elizabeth Pomeroy(110) was born on 30 Nov 1816 in Williamsburg, MA. She died WFT Est. 1830-1910. Elizabeth was living in Beloit, Wisc.
Father's will says she was living in Beloit, Wisconsin at the time of his will. Parents: William Pomeroy and Rachel.

She was married to E. P. Salmon WFT Est. 1830-1863.

bullet Elizabeth Pomeroy(110) was born on 7 Sep 1682. She died on 4 Aug 1683. Parents: Joseph Pomeroy and Hannah Lyman.

bullet Elizabeth Pomeroy(110) was born in Nov 1619 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. She died in 1621 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. Parents: Eltweed Pomeroy and Johanna Keech.

bullet Ellen Cornelia Pomeroy(110) was born in 1840. She died WFT Est. 1854-1934. She was the second husband of Thomas Mills Day. (1817-1905) Parents: Eleazer Pomeroy and Mary Elizabeth Jones.

She was married to Thomas Mills Day WFT Est. 1854-1887.

bullet Ellen M. Pomeroy(110) was born on 8 Mar 1846. She died WFT Est. 1847-1940. Parents: William Pomeroy and Mirantha Pierce.

bullet Elsa B. Pomeroy(110) was born on 29 Sep 1888 in Gloucester, MA. She died WFT Est. 1923-1983. Parents: William Henry Pomeroy and Katherine Belle Eaton .

She was married to George Horton Gregory on 28 Feb 1909. Children were: George Horton Gregory , Katherine Pomeroy Gregory, Bradford Eaton Gregory.

bullet Eltweed Pomeroy(52) was born about 1585. He died in Mar 1672/73. Parents: Richard Pomeroy .

He was married to Lydia Brown WFT Est. 1602-1635.

He was married to Joanna Kreech on 4 May 1617. Children were: Medad Pomeroy.

He was married to Margery Rockett on 7 May 1627. Children were: Medad Pomeroy, Mary Pomeroy, John Pomeroy, Caleb Pomeroy, Joshua Pomeroy, Joseph Pomeroy.

bullet Eltweed Pomeroy(110) was born on 4 Jul 1585 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. He died in Mar 1672/73 in Northampton, Ma. From March 20, 1866 Hampshire Gazatte:
" Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from Devonshire,
England to this country in 1630, lived at Dorchester and Windor, and died
in
Northampton in 1673, was the progentior of all who bear that name in the
US. He is represented to have been a man of good family, tracing his
pedigree back to Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, a favorite knight of William the
Conquerer, whom he accompanied into England, acting a conspicuous part in
the battle of Hastings, fought Oct 14, 1066 and afterwards building a
castle, called Berry Pomeroy, still in preservation on the grant which he
received from the crown."
Eltweed Pomeroy, the third son of Richard Pomeroy and Eleanor Coker was
born on July 4, 1585, in Beaminster, Dorset, England, a land of rolling
hills, small villages and rich farm land in the West Country just a few
years
before the English defeat of the Spanish Armada. One can imagine a
three-year old Eltweed sitting on his father's shoulders, cheering the
British
fleet as it chased the Spanish ships up the Channel.
Eltweed's first wife, Joanna Keech and their two children, Dinah and
Elizabeth, died prior to 1621 of the plague. He married, second, Mary
Rockett at Crewkerne, County Somerset, England. Many of Mary's cousins
and family came to New England during the Great Migration of the 1630's.
Two of her brothers, Ships Masters out of Bridport, Dorset settled in
Dorchester, Massachusetts. In February of 1630, Eltweed and his wife Mary
Rockett were at the meeting of the Reverand White's group of Puritans in
the "New Hospital,", Plymouth, England. It had been his intent to move to
the new world, and he was a proprietor, or investor, in the venture, and
for many years tradition claimed that he brought his family over at that
time. However, some doubt exists; English court records show that in
early 1632 an Eltweed Pomeroy, "fuller," had been called as a witness in
a suit brought by tenants of Langdon Manor in Beaminster. Early
Dorchester, MA records show Eltweed Pomeroy, "yeoman," in New England on
March 4, 1632, when he took the oath of Freeman. It has been suggested
that he came on an un-named supply ship into Boston with an
inter-related group of people including Mary's brothers, Humphrey Pinny,
Henry and Adams and other, all thought to be cousins and extended family
of his wife. More research needs to be done in this area. This
Dorchester group, gathered together by the Rev. White, was comprised of a
congregation that came largely from a few clusters of towns and villages
all within a days walk of Dorchester, England. From Simonsbury, an area
of good dairy and cider country, came the Fords; from Marshwood Vale with
its dairy pastures and old forest came Thomas Newberry. Upstream from
Netherbury is Beaminster, a pretty market town known for its cloth trade,
weaver's houses and fine dorset sheep. It was from Beaminster that
Eltweed Pomeroy came. Roger Clapp came from nearby Crewkerne, and the
Denslows from Bridport. From Dorchester came two merchants; William
Hannum and Bernard Capen. Some of these men were husbandmen, some
artisans. None were higher than the minor gentry. The largest group,
twelve families in all, belonged to the broad class called yeomen, who
lived in small, enclosed farmsteads and grew corn, reared cattle and
sheep and kept dairy cows. The merchant class was also well represented
by twelve families and there were an equal number of professional people;
ministers, a surveyor, two schoolmasters. There were people with special
skills - fullers, blacksmiths, coopers, tanners and masons; and, not
surprisingly, six master mariners, including Richard and John Rocket,
brothers of Eltweed's wife, Mary. In short, a complete, self-sufficient
community. Eltweed moved his family from Dorchester, MA to more furtile
lands in Windsor, CT. in 1635 with the Dorchester Community, led by
Reverand Huit, "carrying his daughter Mary in his arms." In Stiles's
"Ancient Windsor" are references to Eltweed Pomeroy. "His place in the
meeting house was on the "long seats"; land was granted him in 1638; he
had a house and lot in the Palisado." In 1639 his mare was taken away by
the Pequot Indians and killed, and he petitioned many years for
restitution. Finally, in 1661, he received Ten Pounds in Wompom from the
Govenor as recompense for his loss of his mare." His wife died in 1655
and he married third Lydia Brown, widow of Thomas Parsons, who also came
from Beaminster, Dorset. On March 25, 1670, Eltweed sold to Walter Fyler
certain acreage at the "bottom of my meadow next to his." Aged and
blind, Eltweed's son Medad brought him to Northampton in 1671, where he
died March 1673. His trade was armiger and blacksmith, but he was termed
"fuller" in Dorset, England, and was on a committee of two to oversee of
the production of cloth in Windsor. Virkus says Eltweed Pomeroy (Pomroy,
Pummery, Pumry), (1585-1673) from Eng. in the "Mary and John," to
Nantasket, MA 1630; settled at Dorchester; Freeman 1632; selectman, 1633;
removed to Windsor, where he received a grant of 1,000 acres, 1636; to
Northampton, 1672; m 1617 Johannah Keech (d 1620) m 2d, 1629 Margery
(christened Mary, but called Margery) Rockett. Parents: Richard Pomeroy and Eleanor.

He was married to Johanna Keech on 4 May 1617 in Beaminster, Dorset, England. Children were: Dinah Pomeroy , Elizabeth Pomeroy.

He was married to Margery Rockett on 7 May 1629 in Shewbourn, Dorset, England. Children were: Mary Pomeroy, Eldad Pomeroy, John Pomeroy, Medad Pomeroy, Caleb Pomeroy, Mary Pomeroy, Joshua Pomeroy, Joseph Pomeroy.

He was married to Lydia Brown on 30 Nov 1661 in Windsor, CT.

bullet Eltwood William Pomeroy(110) was born on 5 Aug 1890 in Gloucester, MA. He died WFT Est. 1919-1981. Parents: William Henry Pomeroy and Katherine Belle Eaton.

He was married to Rachel Andrews on 14 Oct 1911 in Stamford, CT. Children were: Naomi Wright Pomeroy, William Henry Pomeroy .

bullet Erma Ruth Pomeroy(110) was born on 3 May 1889 in Syracuse, NY. She died WFT Est. 1890-1983. Parents: Ledru Rollin Pomeroy and Marion Josephine Ross .

bullet Ethel M. Pomeroy(110) was born on 6 Oct 1884 in Gloucester, MA. She died WFT Est. 1885-1978. Grad. Wellesley, class of 1906; writer of prose and verse; connected with
the
editorial department of Young's Magazine, New York City. (From Part
Three-Pomeroy History and Genealogy Parents: William Henry Pomeroy and Katherine Belle Eaton.

bullet Frank H. Pomeroy(110) was born on 26 Aug 1891 in Windsor, CT. He died on 1 Dec 1891 in Windsor, CT. A poem by TWP on the death of his grandson: see pg 26, "Thomas Wright
Pomeroy",
by Charlotte P. Hatfield. Parents: Franklin Clement Pomeroy and Flora Anna Barnes.

bullet Frank J. Pomeroy(110) was born on 20 Nov 1848. He died WFT Est. 1849-1938. Parents: William Pomeroy and Mirantha Pierce.

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