Eltweed Pomeroy: Blacksmith in Records

What is the source? The original documentation is in the original diary of Matthew Grant, and the searcher will be directed to visit the Connecticut State Archives in Hartford Connecticut, where Grant's diary is kept. Images of the original were viewed in the process of researching the following book:

Dorset Pilgrims, The Story of West Country Pilgrims Who Went to New England in the 17th Century, by Frank Thistlethwaite 1989: Published by Butler & Tanner, Ltd, Frome London: British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:

304.8'74;042

On Page 141 of of "Dorset Pilgrims," Thistlethwaite writes: "Eltweed Pomeroy was a blacksmith, as was his son (Medad) and (Matthew) Grant's son Tahan. Indeed, most of these craftsmen brought up their sons to these trades."

On page 151: "English crops needed more than mattock and hoe, and ploughs were soon imported. Made of wood with iron shares and coulters, they were repaired by local backsmiths (like) Tahan Grant and Eltweed Pomeroy,"

(Note: Tahan Grant was born born February 03, 1632/33 in Dorchester, MA. His father Matthew was "said to be a Carpenter." Tahan had to learn the skill of blacksmith in Windsor; his mentor was Eltweed Pomeroy.)

Thistlethwaite lists his souces:

J. H. Trumbull: The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Vol I, 1636-1665 (printed 1850); Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut 1639-1663, printed, Connecicut Historical Society, Collections, vol. xxii (1928). Also the following mss collections in the Connectiut Colony Archives, (State Library, Hartford) contain useful fugitive material; Town and Lands, 1st Series, Private Controversies and Court Papers, I and II; Militia 1st Series.

He writes:

"Apart from the volumes recording land grants and a few early town acts in Matthew Grant's Old Church Record, Windsor's town records are only extant from 1650 onwards in Windsor, Town Acts 1650-1714. Vol 1; these are in Matthew Grant's hand until his retirement in 1677.

Thistlethwaite continues: "Stiles included a selection, but not all, of the relevant material."

The Connecticut Historial society, "Some early Records and Documents of and relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (1930) consists largely of Matthew Grant's own records.

Matthew Grant's mms "Diary" is to be found in the Connecticut State Archives.