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Eltweed Pomeroy

Eltweed Pomeroy

Male 1585 - 1673  (87 years)

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  • Name Eltweed Pomeroy 
    Nickname Elburtt Pomerye 
    Born 4 Jul 1585  Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christened 7 Jul 1585  St Mary, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Emigration 30 Mar 1630 
    ... he and his wife and infant son Eldad embarked in the 400-ton ship "Mary and John," Capt. Squeb, with company of Puritans numbering 140. After seventy days' sail they landed at Matapan, where they laid out the town of Dorchester, now a part of Boston... 
    Died 4 Mar 1673  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 7 Mar 1673  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7696  Watson Clan Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2012 

    Father Ancestors Richard Pomeroy,   b. 1560, Beaminster, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1612, Simondsburg, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 1584  Beaminster, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margery Rockett 
    Married 7 May 1629  Crewkerne, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Pomeroy,   b. 20 Jun 1652, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1734  (Age 82 years)
    Documents
    Eltweed Pomeroy (1585-1673) / Margaret Rockett (-) Marriage Certificate
    Eltweed Pomeroy (1585-1673) / Margaret Rockett (-) Marriage Certificate
    16 August 1904 , Church at Crewkerne, Somerset, England
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2010 
    Family ID F5193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Eltweed Pomeroy (1585-1673) Birth Record
    Eltweed Pomeroy (1585-1673) Birth Record
    Scan of oldest surviving record from Beaminster Church. Eltweed Pomeroy's birth is the first entry.

    Histories
    Pomeroy Family History and Genealogy
    Pomeroy Family History and Genealogy

  • Sources 
    1. [S63] History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family Part Two, Albert Alonzo Pomeroy, http://books.google.com/books?id=OhOghmwBulkC&lpg=. (Reliability: 2).
      1 ELTWEED POMEROY, {son of Richard), bp. July 4. 1585, Beaminster, County Dorset, England; m. (1) May 4, 1617, at Bca- mlnster, Johana Keech, who d. Nov. 27, 1620, Beaminster; he m. (2) May 7, 1629, at Crewkerne, County Somerset, England, Margery Rockett, birth date unknown, d. July 5, 1655, Windsor, Conn., she having emigrated with her husband to America, and was the mother of all his children born in America; he m. (3) Nov. 30, 1661, Lydia Brown, (widow of Thomas Parsons); Eltweed Pomeroy d. March, 1673. at the home of his son. Medad, Northampton. Mass. ; tradition
      asserts that he became blind.

    2. [S70] Colonial Families of the USA, Vol 2, Page 578 (Reliability: 2).
      Eltweed Pomeroy, b. 4th July, 1585, at Beaminster, Dorset, England; came to America on the ship "Mary and John" in 1630, and settled at Dorchester, Mass., and later removed with his family to Windsor. He was a freeman 4th Mar. 1632; m. 1627, at Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England, Margery Rockett.

    3. [S71] Birth Record (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of record

    4. [S306] England, Births and Christenings (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Elburtt Pomerye
      Gender: Male
      Baptism/Christening Date: 07 Jul 1585
      Baptism/Christening Place: St. Mary's, Beaminster, Dorset, England
      Birth Date:
      Birthplace:
      Death Date:
      Name Note:
      Race:
      Father's Name: Richarde Pomerye
      Father's Birthplace:
      Father's Age:
      Mother's Name:
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Mother's Age:
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01354-5
      System Origin: England-EASy
      Source Film Number: 1279479
      Reference Number: item 15
      Source Citation

      "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6WJ-7JQ : accessed 6 July 2012), Richarde Pomerye in entry for Elburtt Pomerye, 1585.


    5. [S62] Utah genealogical and historical magazine, The, Volumes 4-6, Genealogical Society of Utah (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S69] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 591 (Reliability: 3).
      POMEROY, Eltweed & 2/wf Margery/Mary? ROCKETT (-5 July 1655); Crewhorne, Eng. 7 May 1629; Corchester/Windsor, CT

    7. [S63] History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family Part Two, Albert Alonzo Pomeroy, http://books.google.com/books?id=OhOghmwBulkC&lpg=. (Reliability: 2).
      1 ELTWEED POMEROY, {son of Richard), bp. July 4. 1585, Beaminster, County Dorset, England; m. (1) May 4, 1617, at Beaminster, Johana Keech, who d. Nov. 27, 1620, Beaminster; he m. (2) May 7, 1629, at Crewkerne, County Somerset, England, Margery Rockett, birth date unknown, d. July 5, 1655, Windsor, Conn., she having emigrated with her husband to America, and was the mother of all his children born in America; he m. (3) Nov. 30, 1661, Lydia Brown, (widow of Thomas Parsons); Eltweed Pomeroy d. March, 1673. at the home of his son. Medad, Northampton. Mass. ; tradition
      asserts that he became blind.

    8. [S70] Colonial Families of the USA, Vol 2, Page 578 (Reliability: 2).
      Eltweed Pomeroy, b. 4th July, 1585, at Beaminster, Dorset, England; came to America on the ship "Mary and John" in 1630, and settled at Dorchester, Mass., and later removed with his family to Windsor. He was a freeman 4th Mar. 1632; m. 1627, at Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England, Margery Rockett.

    9. [S72] Marriage Certificate (Reliability: 3).
      See file attached to Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett