Abner Pomeroy (1734 - 1813)

Born 7 Sep 1734 in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (French) Pomeroy — married 1755 in Hampshire, Massachusetts

Husband of Mercy (Sheldon) Pomeroy — married 28 Mar 1778 in Southampton, Hampshire, Mass., USA

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1813 at age 78 in Chateaugay, Clinton County, NY, USA

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Biography

Captain Abner Pomeroy served with 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Abner Pomeroy is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: A090326
Rank: Captain

Abner Pomeroy was a Captain in Col. John Fellows 17th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Abner Pomeroy was born on September 7, 1734 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. His parents were Caleb Pomeroy and Thankful Phelps. ^[4]

He married Mary French in 1755. ^[4]

Together they had these children: ^[4]

1. Mary Pomeroy, b. Jan. 11, 1756; m. Dec. 21, 1776, Asahel Hannum; she d. 1837.
2. Charity Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 19, 1757.
3. Jerusha Pomeroy, b. March 29, 1758; m. 1779, Elijah Bartlett.
4. Abner Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1760; d. 1763.
5. Oliver Pomeroy, b. Jan. 24, 1762; soldier of the Revolution.
6. Silas Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1764.
7. Electa Pomeroy, b. Dec. 26, 1765 ; d. April 19, 1767.
8. Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 2, 1766.
9. Electa Pomeroy, b. July 17, 1768.
10. Cynthia Pomeroy, b. and d. Dec. 21, 1770.
11. Cynthia Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1772; m. May 3, 1789, John Nichol of Northampton.

He married Mercy Sheldon on March 28, 1778. ^[4]

Together they had these children: ^[4]

1. Abner Pomeroy, b. 1782.
2. Lucretia Pomeroy, b. 1780, Plattsburg, N. Y.
3. Mercy Pomeroy, b. 1785.
4. Phebe Pomeroy, b. 1787.

He died in 1820 in Clinton County, NY, USA

Plattsburgh was in Washington County, NY, until Clinton was set up in 1788. First Abner Pomeroy record in 1787 mortgage for land in Plattsburgh, NY.

From Ancestry members' public family trees:

Abner Pomeroy Found 10 Records, 7 Photos and 439,903 Family Trees Born in Southampton Ma Af Dar Patriot Index, Hampshire, England on 1737 to Caleb Pomeroy and Thankful Phelps. Abner married Mary French and had 9 children. Abner married Mercy Sheldon and had 4 children. He passed away on 1782 in Massachusetts, USA.

Family Members

Parents

Caleb Pomeroy 1715-1787

Thankful Phelps 1715-1783

Spouse(s)

Mary French 1737-1770

Mercy Sheldon 1734-Unknown

Children

Mary Pomeroy 1758-1837

Charity Pomeroy 1757-1838

Jerusha Pomeroy 1761-1825

Abner Pomeroy 1760-1763

Oliver Pomeroy 1762-Unknown

Silas Pomeroy 1764-Unknown

Abigail Pomeroy 1765-1813

Electa Pomeroy 1768-Unknown

Cynthia Pomeroy 1772-1770

Lucretia Pomeroy 1780-Unknown

Abner Pomeroy 1782-Unknown

Mercy Pomeroy 1785-Unknown

Phebe Pomeroy 1787-Unknown

His part of the family genealogy, p.250, number 492:

page 250 Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family

DAR info---

618398 545 e MARY [1] ASHEL HANNUM Purchase

647245 725 e JERUSHA [1] ELIJAH BARTLETT Purchase

Abner Pomeroy  in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

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Name: Abner Pomeroy Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 7 Sep 1734 Birth Place: Northampton, Massachusetts Father Name: Caleb Pomeroy Mother Name: Thankful Pomeroy

Source Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

In the History of Northampton, Mass., by Trumbull, vol. 1, p. 626:

Pomeroy, Abner, Captain, served 3 months in 1775, 3 months in 1777, 3 months in 1778 and 6 weeks in 1779. A chapter goes into detail about local militias serving in the war and in the appendix is a list of patriots and the amount of service they did in months.

Abner did service going to the Boston area at the start of the war, then later up to Fort Ticonderoga, NY, when he apparently liked that area so well that he would return after the war was over. He was named at or near Plattsburgh, NY in the 1790 - 1820 US Censuses, but in 1820, the man is younger, so he may have died and the man may be his son, Abner Jr, who was born in 1782, and the elderly widow seems to be there in 1820.

View Tree for Abner PomeroyAbner Pomeroy (b. September 07, 1734, d. Aft. 1785) Abner Pomeroy (son of Caleb 3rd Pomeroy and Thankful Phelps)447 was born September 07, 1734 in Southampton, MA, and died Aft. 1785. He married Mary French on 1755, daughter of Ebenezer French and Mary Edwards.

Includes NotesNotes for Abner Pomeroy: History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, Vol 2 page 250, as found at Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project: gammshermanluther database :3032868:

Name: Abner POMEROY Sex: M Birth: 7 SEP 1734 in Southampton,MA Note: Military: From Southampton - Captain Lemuel Pomeroy's Co as Lietu., April 21, 1775; Col. John Fellow's regiment as Captain,, August 1, 1775; Captain John Kirkland's Co as 1st Lieut. August 16, 1775; Col Ezra Wood's regiment as Captain, January 26, 1779.

Moved to Plattsburg, NY after War.

History and Genealogyof the Pomeroy Family, Vol 2 page 250 Change Date: 12 DEC 2004 at 15:04:58

Father: Caleb 3rd POMEROY b: 2 OCT 1707 in Northampton,MA Mother: Thankful PHELPS b: 1710 in Northampton,Hampshire,MA

PLATTSBURG, organized in 1785. Abner Pomeroy a grand juror at first court...

"The first court was holden at Plattsburg on the 28th day of Oct., 1788, of which the following persons were officers: Charles Platt, judge; Peter Saily, Wm. McAuley, and Pliney Moore, assistant justices; Theodorus Platt, justice; Benjamin Mooers, sheriff; John Fautfrede, coroner; Robert Paul, John Stevenson, Lott Elmore, Lewis Lezotte, and Jonathan Lynde, constables. Grand jury, Clement Goslin, Allen Smith, Abner Pomeroy, Jonas Allen, Joseph Shelden, Peter Payn, Moses Soper, Edward Everett, Elnathan Rogers, John Hoffnagle, Cyrenus Newcomb, Melchor Hoffnagle, Stephen Cuyler, Jacob Ferris, John Ransom, and John Cochran." - Gordon's Gaz. -- from 1841 Clinton County Gazeteer as found on Clinton County Genweb site.

Abner Pomeroy

in 1790 (City, County, State): Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York

Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3 Free White Persons - Females: 3 Number of Household Members: 7

Source Citation Year: 1790; Census Place: Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 183; Image: 237; Family History Library Film: 0568146 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Is he the Abner Pomeroy in 1800 Clinton Co. census? In 1800, Abner has a boy 16-26 ( born 1774-1784), a male over 45 (born before 1755), a female 10-16 (born 1784-1790), a female 16-26 (born 1774-1784), and a female over 45 (born before 1755) This Abner in 1800 census can not be Abner 2nd because he was born in 1782. It must be his father, Capt. Abner Pomeroy b. 1734:

Captain Abner Pomeroy b. 1734 (the male over 45) Mercy Sheldon b. 1743 (the female over 45) Lucretia Pomeroy b. 1780 Abner 2nd Pomeroy b. 1782 (the boy born 1774-1784) Mercy Pomeroy b. 1785 (the female born 1774-1784) Phebe Pomeroy b. 1787 (the female born 1784-1790)

Pomeroy, Abner - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - A - Free white males aged under 10 years of Age B - Free white males aged of 10 years and under sixteen C - Free white males of sixteen and under twenty six including Heads of Families D - Free white males of twenty six and under forty five including Heads of Families E - Free white males of forty five and upwards including Heads of families F - Free white females under ten years of age

G - Free white females of ten years and under sixteen H - Free white females of sixteen and under twenty six including Heads of Families I - Free white females of twenty six and under forty five including Heads of Families J - Free white females of forty five and upwards including Heads of families K - All other persons except indians not taxed L - Slaves

1810 Clinton County, NY, Census: Pomeroy, Abner Mor.923 - - 2 1 1 - - 2 1 1 - - (Mooers, NY) A - Free white males aged under 10 years of Age B - Free white males aged of 10 years and under sixteen C - Free white males of sixteen and under twenty six including Heads of Families D - Free white males of twenty six and under forty five including Heads of Families E - Free white males of forty five and upwards including Heads of families F - Free white females under ten years of age G - Free white females of ten years and under sixteen H - Free white females of sixteen and under twenty six including Heads of Families I - Free white females of twenty six and under forty five including Heads of Families J - Free white females of forty five and upwards including Heads of families K - All other persons except indians not taxed L - Slaves

No males under 16, 2 males 16-25 (?? and ??), 1 male 26-45 (Abner 2nd), 1 male over 45 (Abner), 2 females 16-25 (Phebe? and Mercy?), 1 female 26-45 (could be Lucretia), 1 female over 45 (Mercy Sheldon).

Lucretia would be 30 in 1810. Abner 2nd would be 28 in 1810. Mercy would have been 25 or 26 in 1810. Phebe would be 23 in 1810.

The extra males 16-25 could be husbands of Mercy and Phebe?? or they could be men working for the family or other relatives...

More About Abner Pomeroy: Census: 1800, Clinton County, NY (Plattsburgh). Residence: 1788, Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., NY.448

More About Abner Pomeroy and Mary French: Marriage: 1755

Children of Abner Pomeroy and Mary French are: i.+Silas Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1764, South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, d. Aft. 1828, Probably Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.

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Abner Pomeroy Home in 1810 Mooers, Clinton, New York

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 Number of Household Members Over 25: 4 Number of Household Members: 8

Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Mooers, Clinton, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 19; Image: 00028; Family History Library Film: 0181384 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Abner Pomeroy

Home in 1820 Chazy, Clinton, New York

Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 2 Free White Persons - Over 25: 3 Total Free White Persons: 5 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5

Source Citation 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chazy, Clinton, New York; Page: 446; NARA Roll: M33_66; Image: 249 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Abner Pomeroy United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 military service: from 1812 to 1815 United States

Millers NY Militia, rgt 36, private (probably his son Abner b. 1782)

however there is no ref to a town of residence and there is another Abner in Delaware County, NY as well as Abner Sr. and Jr. in the Plattsburgh area...

Abner Pomeroy United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records Name Abner Pomeroy Event Type Military Service Event Date 1812-1815 Event Place United States

Abner Pomeroy first bought land in NY in 1787 in Washington County records... recorded in Clinton County, NY, Mortgages vol. A, page 6. Land is in lot 10 by Lake Champlain in Plattsburgh...

Plattsburgh was part of Washington County, NY, until 1788:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9W2-XWML?i=10&wc=M7CS-338%3A358134801%2C359109701%3Fcc%3D2078654&cc=2078654

A list of landowners in Plattsburgh in 1798 includes Abner Pomeroy as printed a century later in a local newspaper as a historical column, on this page, fourth column near the top:

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031979/1898-12-17/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&index=14&date2=12%2F31%2F2015&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&words=Abner+Pomeroy&proxdistance=5&to_year=2015&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=abner+pomeroy&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

about 1800?, a list of school districts shows him in district 12 with 5 scholars going to school, probably five children of his... the year is unreadable, but it looks like 17-- on this faded page of the newspaper:

http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031979/1901-08-31/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1725&city=&date2=12%2F31%2F2015&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox5&sequence=0&lccn=&index=15&words=Abner+Pomeroy&proxdistance=5&county=Clinton&to_year=2015&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=1725&proxtext=abner+pomeroy&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1

map showing District 12:

http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1606357/Plattsburgh+and+Schuyler+Falls+Townships++Morrisonville++Valcours+Island++Crab+Island/Clinton+County+1869/New+York/

hopefully the districts did not change over the years as to location... 1800 vs. 1869.

Clinton County, NY, deed records... three for Abner Pomeroy, the first in 1802 recorded in Book B page 356, $800 for land in Chateaugay, lot 18 in the Military town # 6 of lands to be given to Rev soldiers... this town became part of Franklin County in 1808... this record is written to both Abner and his son Abner from Stephen Starks. at the time, the Pomeroys lived in Plattsburgh, apparently moved to Chateauguay, NY.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W2-588B?i=478&wc=M7HT-438%3A358134801%2C358552101%3Fcc%3D2078654&cc=2078654

his other deeds are in Book E: 363 in 1814, Book F: 499, and another deed for a Francis Pomeroy in 1814 is in Book E: 263 of Clinton County deeds, all seen on Family Search...

Abner Pomeroy sells mortgaged land:

Plattsburgh Republican., September 13, 1817, Page 1, Image 1 About Plattsburgh Republican. (Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y.) 1813-1916

on this page: column two: item two, signed by Abner Pomeroy...

A Clinton County, NY, County History says:

ELLENBURGH -- was formed from Mooers, April 17, 1830. Clinton was taken off in 1845. It lies upon the W. border of the co., N. of the center. Its surface is an upland, mountainous in the S. and rolling in the N., with an inclination toward the N.E. English River flows E. across the N. border. The soil is generally sandy; but in many places the sand is covered with a rich vegetable mold. The settlements are principally confined to the valley. Potatoes are raised in large quantities. Lumbering is extensively carried on. Ellenburgh (p. v.) contains 3 churches, a sawmill, tannery, and 125 inhabitants. Ellenburgh Center (p. v.) contains a church, saw and grist mill, 2 starch factories, a machine shop, and 15 dwellings. Ellenburgh Depot is a hamlet on the line of Altona. James Hanchett came to this town in 1796, but left soon after. The first permanent settler was Abner Pomeroy, from Vt., about 1800.[52] There are 4 churches in town.[53]

In the 1860 NY State Gazetteer

Clinton County, Beekmantown, footnote 4:

Moners' was appointed to survey the Refugee Tract. After several yvars he removed to Cumberland Head, and afterward to Plattsburgh. Thos. Tread well, E»kiel Hubbard, Henry Dem- tog. Jonathan Seribner, (((Abner Pomeroy))), Simon Neweomb, jr., Capt. John Jersey, and Joseph Main settled near Beekmantown Corners; Philip Roberts, Henry Barnes, Epbralm and Amos Mooers and John Doming were also among the early settlers. The first birth was that of Silas Pomeroy; the first marriage, that of BU Howe and Miss Hubbard, in 1794; and the first death, that of a child of Simon Neweomb.

same book, next page...

ELLENBURGH 1— was formed from Mooers, April 17,1830. Clinton was taken off in 1845. It lies upon the w. border of the co., N. of the center. Its surface is an upland, mountainous in the s, and rolling in the N., with an inclination toward the N.E. English River AOWB E. across the ir. border. The soil is generally sandy; but in many places the sand is covered with a rich vege-table mold. The settlements are principally confined to the valley. Potatoes are raised in large quantities. Lumbering is extensively carried on. Ellenburgh. (p. v.) contains 3 churches, a sawmill, tannery, and 125 inhabitants. Ellenburgh Center (p. v.) contains a church, saw and grist mill, 2 starch factories, a machine shop, and 15 dwellings. Ellenburgh Depot is a hamlet on the line of Altona. James Hanchett came to this town in 1796, but left soon after. The first permanent settler was Abner Pomeroy, from Vt., about 1800. 8 There are 4 churches in town.*

in county history:

"The first court was holden at Plattsburg on the 28th day of Oct., 1788, of which the following persons were officers: Charles Platt, judge; Peter Saily, Wm. McAuley, and Pliney Moore, assistant justices; Theodorus Platt, justice; Benjamin Mooers, sheriff; John Fautfrede, coroner; Robert Paul, John Stevenson, Lott Elmore, Lewis Lezotte, and Jonathan Lynde, constables. Grand jury, Clement Goslin, Allen Smith, Abner Pomeroy, Jonas Allen, Joseph Shelden, Peter Payn, Moses Soper, Edward Everett, Elnathan Rogers, John Hoffnagle, Cyrenus Newcomb, Melchor Hoffnagle, Stephen Cuyler, Jacob Ferris, John Ransom, and John Cochran." - Gordon's Gaz.

Plattsburgh Republican between 1811 and 1820 (no date on page)

Sheriff's Sale

B Y Virtue of > Writ of Fieri Facias, issu- ed out of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton and State of New- York, to me directed and delivered, against the goods and chattel*, lands and tenements, of AAROW BROAOWEX.1., I have seised and taken aft that certam piece of L - nd, being part of tot No. eighteen, in the General di- vision of Towcship number six, of the old military tract; beginning at the south east corner of the said tot number eighteen; and runs from thence west ibirty-one chains sixty three links ,- thence north thirty-one chains sixty-three links  ; thence east thirty-one chains sixty-three links  ; thence south thirty one chains and sixty-three links, to the place of beginning, containing one hundred acres of land- • Ann ALSO* ail that other tot of land now in the possession and occupation of the said Aaron BroadweU, on the road from Pittsburgh to Chateaugay Four Corners, near the above mentioned and described tot, those two tots being the same lately purcha- sed by him the said Broadwell, of ((( Abner Pomeroy. ))) The shove described premises, to- gether with all the personal property of the said Aaron, I. shall sell at public vendue at the House of Joseph 1 Green, in Pittsburgh, on the tenth day of April next, at two o'clock in the afternoon- Dated Feb. 23, 1816. ELISUA BUTTON, Sheriff.

A historical record published in the Plattsburgh Republican in 1893 regarding the Presbyterian Church in that city in 1795 with Abner Pomeroy as a subscriber to support the church:

We, the subscribers, do agree to pay to the Trustees of the Presbyterian Congre- gation of the town of Pittsburgh and to their successors in olllce the following sums alllxed to our several names, and promise lo pay the same yearly it every year to said Trustees for the support or silUry of the reverend Frederic llalsey, so long as lie continues lo reside with con- gregation as their minister and we reside within this town. July i:J.h, 171)5. Nalhl. Piatt £10 0 Tliom as Trcil well ••• 5 0 ('has. Platl 5 0 Juias Allen II 0 David Phelps 1 0 Benjn. Mi>oers x 5 0 .John Wait 2 0 Allen Smith 1 0 Mel. L- Woolsey 3 4 John Ransom 1 4 Abraham Travis 1 0 Geo. Marsh 0 10 Amasa Stephenson 1 0 Tbeodorus Piatt.' 8 4 Isaac Allen 0 10 Jonathan Sonbner 1 10 Thomss Allen 1 0 John Domlny 1 4 Benjn. Leake 0 16 Abner Pomeroy 2 0

and many others...

in same newspaper 1814: A List of Lettrrs remaining in the Post Office at Platts- burgh, Oct. I, 1814. Followed a whole page of names in 8 columns A-S, more names on next page, includes Abner Pomeroy.

Southampton, Mass Anvil: The ninth in a series of monuments celebrating the achievements of the Pomeroy Family in America was dedicated at the Conant Memorial Park on Tuesday, July 4, 2012 at 1pm in Southampton, Massachusetts. This monument seeks to celebrate the early families of Southampton, whose descendants intermarried, and moved west seeking the American dream. Front Inscription The District of Southampton was formed in 1730. Early residents Ebenezer Corse, Samuel and Eldad Pomeroy, sons of Caleb Pomeroy, were living here then. Southampton was officially set off from Northampton by the Massachusetts General Court on April 19, 1775. These men settled over the next 5 years: Samuel Danks Ebenezer Kingsley Noah Sheldon Moses Wright Jonathan Bascomb Nathan Lymam Phineas King Stephen Sheldon Stephen Root Noah Pixley Nathaniel Searle Joseph Clark Samuel Burt Ebenezer French Roger Clapp Ezra Strong Eleazur Hannum Aaron Clark Elisha Clark Waitstill Strong Elias Lyman John Miller Ichabod Strong John Clark Elias Root Israel Sheldon John Wait These early settlers intermmarried with the Pomeroys. Their descendants have spread across the U.S.A. Sardis Pomeroy Chapman (1803-1892) a shoemaker and later a genealogist, researched the early Southampton families and lived on Main St. across from Conant Park. In 1660 Medad Pomeroy, brother to Caleb, accepted an offer of tools, an anvil shaped like this replica, and land in exchange for opening a blacksmith shop in Northampton, MA. That anvil was passed through many generations of Pomeroy blacksmiths and gunsmits, becoming a symbol of the family. Back Inscription Eltweed Pomeroy (1585-1673) was the founder of this family. Many of his descendants settled in Southampton. Pomeroy Mountain and Pomeroy Meadow Road were named for Caleb Pomeroy who settled here by 1665. Records show over 250 Pomeroys were born in Southampton by 1869. Notable among them are: Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy (1738-1819), innkeeper, commander of Militia and representative in the State Legislature. Ebenezer Pomeroy (1740-1826), served in Revolution with Lemuel Pomeroy, moved family to Otisco, NY 1806. Hon. Samuel Clark Pomeroy (1774-1854), abolitionist, agent of the Emigrent Aid Society and Republican Senator from Kansas. Otisco, NY resident. Lemuel Pomeroy (1778-1849), gun and woolen manufacturer in Pittsfield, MA. Theodore Pomeroy (1785-1860), physician and oil-cloth manufacturer in Utica, NY. Rev. Lemuel Pomeroy (1807-1889), Congregational minister, abolitionist. Preached in VT, NY, OH, IL and KS. The Pomeroy Anvil Trail celebrates the western migration of the American People through the progress and movement of one family. Putting family names to historic places connects all who view our monuments with the past, present and future of this great country. We urge everyone to discover their own family's historic trail. Added by: M.Bolton 3/09/2014

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1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
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• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCS5-XSQ : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomeroy, 07 Sep 1734; citing Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, V 1 P 48; FHL microfilm 186,161.

• American ancestors of Oratio Dyer Clark and of his wife Laura Ann King; ... ancestry of Anne Hutchinson. by Salisbury, John Edwin; Martin, George Castor. Published 1917. Page 58. - https://archive.org/stream/americanancestor00sali#page/110/search/Abner+Pomeroy

• Historical sketch of the Congregational church and parish of Canton Center, Conn., formerly West Simsbury. Organized 1750. by Alvord, Frederick. Published 1886. page 40. https://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00alvos#page/40/search/Abner+Pomeroy

• Address delivered at Southampton, Mass. : at the centennial celebration of the incorporation of that town, July 23, 1841. by Edwards, B. B. (Bela Bates), published 1841. page 48. https://archive.org/stream/addressdelivered00edwar#page/48/search/Abner+Pomeroy

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT3-VMX : 9 February 2018), Abner Pomeroy and Mary Sheldon, 28 Mar 1778; citing reference Pg134-INT; FHL microfilm 186,170.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-01-11), "Record of Abner Pomeroy", Ancestor # A090326.

• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-L6T2 : 11 March 2016), Abner Pomeroy, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 166; FHL microfilm 882,684.

• Plattsburgh Republican., September 13, 1817, Page 1, Image 1. Image provided by: Northern NY Library Network http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031979/1817-09-13/ed-1/seq-1/

• Find a Grave ID # https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146628896

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D4-P9X : 9 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Abner Pomroy, 07 Aug 1760; citing Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, p 4; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-SVF : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Mary Pomroy, 11 Jan 1756; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-QB3 : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Charity Pomroy, 19 Jan 1757; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-3J6 : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Jerusha Pomroy, 29 Mar 1758; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-XJ9 : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Silas Pomroy, 16 Apr 1763; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-3S4 : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Abigail Pomroy, 02 May 1765; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-77V : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Cynthe Pomroy, 21 Dec 1770; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-DXL : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Ollever Pomroy, 24 Jan 1762; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ62-QSX : 10 February 2018), Abner Pomroy in entry for Electte Or Electa Pomroy, 10 Jul 1768; citing SOUTHAMPTON,HAMPSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,170.

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, No. 3, p.153

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 12, p. 511-2

• Pomeroy, Albert. History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family, Collateral Lines in Family Groups (George A. Drake & Co., Detroit, 1912-1922); Vol. 1, p. 250-1, Vol. 2, p. 834

Research Notes

Record problems: Southampton records of b, m, d, don't seem to exist before 1750, as seen in Mark Holbrook's collection of the town records, hopefully most are in the Northampton town records before the 1750s, and Abner Pomeroy's birth on Sept 7, 1734, is in the Northampton register of births, p.63. The marriages for Southampton begin after 1755, but we do find that Abner and Mary Pomeroy were listed with the birth of their first child, Mary Pomeroy on Jan 11, 1756, and their second daughter Charity in 1757 in the Southampton records... Later, Abner Pomeroy's second marriage is on March 28, 1778, to Mercy Sheldon in Southampton records. It was fun to see the old handwritten vital records as shown on Ancestry. Doing a bit more looking in these vital records via the set compiled on microfiche by Mark Holbrook, I see all of the Pomeroy children listed in the church records, so this makes me amend the birthplaces of the last four children to Southampton, rather than Plattsburgh, NY. Abner Pomeroy's first land record in Plattsburgh was in 1787. - Loren Fay

Another problem: On Find a Grave, they have a biography and partial genealogy for Captain Abner Pomeroy in with the Southampton cemetery listings, but we don't know for sure if he is buried there or not, since there is no real death date or gravestone seen anywhere. The Pomeroy genealogy says he went northwest to Plattsburgh, NY, after the war. So I wondered if he died and was buried up there, but even tho there are deed records for lands in his name up there, no one seems to have a record of burial there, so maybe he could have been brought back to Southampton for burial. I think that was uncommon back in the horse and buggy age, but it could have happened.

Today, Nov. 4, 2016, I received an email from the Cemetery Commission in Southampton, Mass., where they looked at the cemetery records, but did not find a burial for Captain Pomeroy, so I am assuming he died up around Plattsburgh, NY, somewhere, and that the memorial is just that on Find a Grave, so where he lays remains a mystery. I thank them for checking their records and reporting back.

By comparing census data in Clinton County, NY from 1790 - 1820, I have put his death as about 1820, because the 1820 listing for an Abner Pomeroy is the first one without a male of 45+ years, so that 1820 Abner may be his son, while there still is a female of 45+, so it appears he has passed on and left his son and widow in charge.

In 1801 and 1802, Abner Pomeroy is listed on the tax roll list of Plattsburgh, NY, with a house and farm of 90 acres, valued at $600. About the same time period, he lives in school district 12 and has 5 children in the school.

news on Halloween, 2016:

re Abner Pomeroy

I emailed the Clinton County Historian and asked if they have a cemetery or death record for Abner, she wrote back:

"If he is buried here in Clinton County he has no tombstone.  Clyde Rabideau has done 3 books to include all cemeteries in Clinton County, and his name is not in these books. Sorry."

I also did a search in the newspapers up north, found several refs to Abner Pomeroy up to 1820s, but nothing about a death, just land dealings...

in early 1800s he was in school district 12 of Plattsburgh with 5 students...  a later map showing the districts showed where that was, but no cemetery was seen in that area, so looked in the next township next to dist 12, which did have a cemetery, but no luck, no Pomeroy there in that cemetery...  good search idea, but it didn't work out...

the ref to the old school district was about 1800, but I saw it in a historical column run about 100 years later in the newspaper, so ya never know what might pop up in news from the present or the past. some newspapers like to run historical items.

Loren Fay 10/31/2016

11-7-2016 I also searched Family Search's Mass., NY and Vermont death indexes and found nothing on Abner Pomeroy. - L. Fay.

Related to information from DAR records - (OK, so who was the Abner Pomeroy in Plattsburgh in 1790, 1800, etc.???????) I looked at the old Southampton death records, but no record of his death there; records seemed spotty in early years, maybe incomplete?

I looked for the Hampshire County probate records on Family Search, but they were not there like they are for NY State... and the Clinton County, NY, probate records don't seem to be indexed, so I may need to search page-by-page on Family Search.

Death/burial/cemetery records have been looked at to no avail, but maybe they are incomplete also in both places... In Clinton County, they had fires that took away their NY State census records, but hopefully the other county records are intact???

Mike Pomeroy - January 10, 2024

I have updated Abner's birth location to Southampton, however, this is arguable - Abner was born in Caleb Pomeroy's house in 1734. Caleb Pomeroy's house is (was) located in Southampton which was a district of Northampton in 1732, and incorporated in 1775. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton,_Massachusetts

I have also updated Abner's Death date ( February 24, 1813 ) and location ( Chateaugay ) - Mr. Abner Pomroy obituary, The Republican, Plattsburgh, New York, 26 Feb 1813, P 3. “On the 24th inst. Mr. Abner Pomroy, of Chateaugay, aged about 70.”

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Loren Fay for starting this profile.

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