George Pomeroy (abt. 1710 - bef. 1776)

Born about 1710 in Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Margaret (Unknown) Pomeroy — married 1729 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 6 Nov 1776 before about age 66 in Letterkenny Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

George Pomeroy (surname spelled "Pumery," "Pumrey," and "Pumroy" in contemporary records) was born circa 1710 traditionally in Ireland. He arrived in America in about 1730. He was in Nottingham Township, Pennsylvania, for a short while before he settled near Roxbury, Pennsylvania. He was buried near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in Middle Spring Cemetery. He made his will 5 Oct. 1773, and his will was proved November 6, 1776.^[1] He married Margaret --- and she died in 1777 at the house of her son, Col. John Pomeroy. George and Margaret had nine children. ^[2]

NOTE: The sources and references for the birth and parents of George Pumery of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, found in numerous online family trees are from a compiled genealogy published in the mid 20th century. This is a compiled genealogy which contains in part what must be considered fabrications. While good documentation and research went into discovering the origins of George Pumery who died in 1776, the compiler failed at two crucial points.

1. There never was a Samuel Pomeroy in the family of Edward Pomeroy (d. 1656) and Wilmot Periman, (D. 1661). Placing Lt. Samuel Pomeroy of Pallice, Ireland, as son of Edward Pomeroy and Wilmot, his wife, in Brixham, was a genealogical fabrication. The noted Irish genealogist, Margaret Falley, provided a lot of detail and sources, but in the end, could only SUGGEST that Sir Betham may have had a tentative, but hatched out line, between Lt. Samuel Pomeroy and Edward Pomeroy of Brixham, based upon something he MAY have read in Samuel's will; which will she did not see.

2. Thomas Holmes-Pomeroy, the son of William Holmes and Martha Pomeroy, daughter of Lt. Samuel Pomeroy, mentioned in his will that his son George Holmes, was dead. Thomas Holmes-Pomeroy and his wife Andriah called their sons Holmes-Pomeroy indicating they were heirs and representatives of Lt. Samuel Pomeroy. There is no evidence that George Pumery of Pensylvania ever used the second surname of "Holmes."

The early family tradition of George Pumery of Pennsylvania at no point includes mention of the Holmes family.

Most conclusively, the male-line descendants of George Pumery/Pomeroy have been shown by DNA testing to have a Y chromosome (Pomeroy DNA Project Haplogroup R-M269 Mode 06e PA1745) that is relatively close to the Y chromosome of the Eltweed Pomeroy family (Pomeroy DNA Project Haplogroup R-M269 Mode 06b Beaminster 1617: (Eltwid)). Thus, George Pumeroy had a direct male-line ancestor in common with Eltweed Pomeroy -- their male-line ancestries must join up at some unknown point in the Middle Ages.^[3] But if George Pumery were the same as George Holmes-Pomeroy, then his descendants would have had a Holmes Y chromosome rather than a Pomeroy Y chromosome.^[4]

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Name

Name: George Pomeroy/^[5]

Birth

Family tradition current among George's descendants is that George was born somewhere in Ireland of a family that had come to Ireland from Britain at some unknown point. It was George Holmes Pomeroy who was born circa 1709 in Pallas, County Cork. George Pumery's exact place of birth is unknown. His approximate year of birth, circa 1710, is calculated from the approximate year of his marriage, circa 1730.

Note

None of the following “sources” are valid. I

Note: George Holmes Pomeroy

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=8a2a7c0a-cd62-43d0-9d24-10eac63c51a6&tid=5513553&pid=1371803333

Note: ireland-flag

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e6279bc7-b136-42ef-a193-6c437709a07e&tid=5513553&pid=1371803333

Note: First Generation in American from History & Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family and Collateral Lines, p. `147

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9f82922f-733c-46d1-8043-ac16bd9b7350&tid=5513553&pid=1371803333

Note: Pomeroy1

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=f34bf9df-4741-45c5-afcb-d21b21073a80&tid=5513553&pid=1371803333

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZF7-8SR
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29684243/george-pomeroy
• Offices of Register of Wills & Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Cumberland County.

Book B. Page 227. 5 Oct 1773; Date will was signed. George PUMERY.

• Source: S2154715033 Repository: #R3198678162 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5513553&pid=1371803333
• Repository: R3198678162 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S2155337338 Repository: #R3198678162 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note:

• Pomeroy, Edwin. History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family and Collateral Lines (William McL. and J. Nevins Pomeroy, Philadelphia, 1958) p 147

• George Pomeroy tree

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29684243/george_holmes-pomeroy: accessed April 13, 2024), memorial page for George Holmes Pomeroy (1710–7 Nov 1776), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29684243; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by bbcarmi (contributor 47039959). NOTE: That Find-A-Grave memorial erroneously confuses George Pomeroy of Pennsylvania with George Holmes-Pomeroy, who died young in Ireland and never came to America.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZF7-8SR

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-J7HM?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-923%3A268498501%2C270871401 : 3 July 2014), Cumberland > Wills 1750-1779 vol A-C > image 239 of 361; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
2. ↑ Title: "Pomeroy and Collateral Lines England-Ireland-America: ... George Pomeroy of PA."
Author: Pomeroy, Edwin Moore
 Publication: W.M. and J.N. Pomeroy, 1958
3. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/pomeroyconnections/ydna-genetic-family-b-relationships-based-upon-strs
4. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/pomeroy?iframe=ycolorized
5. ↑ Source: #S2155337338 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoolb&h=3558945&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1705Birth place: Pallice, Cork, Ireland

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Pomeroy-141 created through the import of Foster Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2011 by Ferrell Foster. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ferrell and others.

• WikiTree profile Pomeroy-319 created through the import of Kenagy_2012-10-28.ged on Oct 29, 2012 by David Kenagy. See the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.