Holdings of Genealogical Office, Ireland
“Irish and Scotch Ancestral Research”
Volume I Repositories and Records, by Margaret Dickson Falley,
In 1955 Ms Falley wrote to Mr. Gerard Slevin, Chief Herald and Genealogical Officer, Dublin, asking that a general search of the records be made for anything pertaining to the Pomeroy family of County Cork, and allied families of Holmes, Deane, Towgood and Love. Mr. Slevin responded with a report that he had consulted the principal manuscript sources, and reported on the nature and extent of the information available in each record.
Note: Ms. Falley traveled to Ireland to examine all of the listed records “and other deposits,” which were used to compile her 1958 publication: The History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family and Collateral Lines, Part one. Cuneo Eastern Press, U.S.A.
NOTE: September 2018: In spite of the references and materials Ms Falley used as a resource, none of them support the connection made in the above named genealogy of George Pomery of Cumberland County, PA and the family of Lt. Samuel Pomeroy of Pallice, Ireland.
However, the lists and effort are impressive.
Two Lists:
1. The Consolidated Index To the Records of the Genealogical Office Dublin, Ireland Compiled by Virginia Wade McAnlis
POMEROY
GO MS 292-298 Betham Sketch Pedigrees Series 2, I, p. 549-50
GO MS 125 Heraldic Sketches p. 217
GO MS 103-111a-h Grants/Confirm.Arms Vol.107 p. 34 - to Colley
GO MS 223-54 Betham Will Abstracts 4/200, 9/216, 13/6, 16/395, 25/231, 31/8 of Sandridge, Devon
Loose Pedigrees
GO MS 205 Will Pedigrees Vol. 3 p. 112 of Devon, etc.
GO MS 205 Will Pedigrees Vol. 3 p. 117 of Pallice, Co. Cork
GO MS 205 Will Pedigrees Vol. 3 p. 116 Pomeroy – con’d P-36 Baron Harberton
GO MS 184 Lords Entries Vol. II p. 153, 155 Viscount Harberton
GO MS 185 Lords Entries Vol. III p. 312
GO MS 496-511 Box G H I
GO MS 187 Lords Entries Vol. V p. 123
Report on Records:
G.O. 176. Registered Pedigrees, vol. 22, pp. 75-77. Pedigree of Pomerai of Sandridge, Devon, covering 17 generations. The descent is traced from Joel, or Jocelin, De Pomerai, who married a natural daughter of King Henry I, to the generation of Valentine Pomerai of East Ogwell, 1620.
G.O. 292. Betham Ms. 2nd series vol. 1, pp. 549-50. Narrative account of the Pomeroy or de Pomerai family giving details of various generations from Ralph de la Pomerai (father of Joel who commences the pedigree on G.O. 176, pp. 75-77) to the generations living in the time of Henry VIII.
G. O. 184. Lords’ Entries, vol. 2, p. 153. Entry of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Pomeroy, Baron Harberton (cr. 10 Oct. 1783). Details of his marriage and sons are recorded. An addition records the marriages and issue of two of his sons. (Narrative form). Dated 1778 and 1791. Page 155, gives a further entry of the Rt. Ho. Arthur Pomeroy, Baron Harberton, which includes full particulars of his daughters. (Narrative form.) Dated 1778.
G.O. 185. Lords’ Entries, vol 3, p. 312. Entry of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Pomeroy, Viscount and Baron Harberton. Details of his parentage, brother, marriage, children and grandchildren are included. This entry in pedigree form embodies all of the details in the entries in G.O. 184, pp. 153, 155. Dated 1792.
G.O. 187. Lords’ Entries. vol. 5, p. 123 .Entry of John James Pomeroy, 5th Viscount Harberton and James Spencer, 6th Viscount Harberton. Details of the 5th Viscount, his marriage and issue are recorded. Pages 125-130, contain Viscount Harberton’s claim to vote in the House of Lords. Copies of relevant certificates of marriage, birth and death, together with copies of two statutory declarations. Dated 1863.
Genealogical Office Carton, VII. Copy of the entry in G>O. 185, p. 312. G.O. 732. (1) Pedigree of de la Pomerai, als. Pomeroy, commencing with Ralph de la Pomerai and finishing with the grandchildren of Valentine Pomeroy (as in G.O. 176 and G.O. 205.) (2) Pedigree showing the descendants of Elizabeth daughter of Henry Pomeroy OF Sandridge, Devon. She married Sir Thomas Harris, Knt., of Clotworthy Priory, sergeant-at-law, M.P. The families shown are Greatrakes, Nettles and Jones.
G.O. 205. Will Pedigrees, vol 3, pp. 112-115. Draft pedigree of Pomerai; afterwards Pomeroy. The pedigree commences with Sir Ralph de Pomerai and comes down to the generation of Valentine Pomeroy of East Ogwell, 1620. It corresponds to that in G.O. 176, pp. 75-77, except for the follwing additional details;
(1), The descendants, for 4 generations, of John Pomeroy, younger son of Sir Thomas Pomerai and Joan Chidleigh are recorded.
(2) The descendants, for 3 generations, of Sir Thomas Pomeroy, K.B., younger son of Henry Pomerai and Amy Camill, are recorded.
(3) A note regarding the descendants of Amye, sister of Sir Thomas Pomeroy, K.B., is included
(4) The children and grandchildren of Hugh Pomeroy, 2nd son of Sir Edward Pomeroy, K.B., and Jane Sapcotts are recorded.
In addition, the issue of grandchildren of Valentine Pomeroy of East Ogwell, are recorded and on this is a faint penciled addition affiliating “Samuel Pomeroy of the County of Cork” to Edward Pomeroy, brother of Valentine Pomery. There is also a trick of arms, Pomeroy, quartering Valletort, Bevill, and Collaton. On page 116, is a pedigree (a continuation of that on p. 113), showing the affiliation of Edward Pomeroy (brother of Valentine Pomeroy) to Sir Thomas Pomeroy. A tentative affiliation line links Samuel Pomeroy, of Pallice, Co. Cork, to this Edward Pomeroy. Details of Samuel Pomeroy’s issue are given, together with particulars of the children of his daughters artha Holmes and Mary Coakley. Another tentative affiliation line brings in two further Holmes generations. Page 117, gives the pedigree of Pomeroy of Colleton in Devon; five generations, down to William Pomeroy, aged 14 in 1620. It is stated that John Pomeroy (uncle of this William) died in Ireland, having come over (briefly in the military forces) with Arthur Chichester, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and that his son Arthur Pomeroy was Dean of Cork.
G.O. 243. Will Pedigrees, vol. 21, pp. 304, 305. Page 204, contains pedigrees based on the will of Samuel Pomeroy, of Pallice, Co, Cork, dated 1703, recording his marriage, children and grandchildren. Page 305, contains a pedigree showing the descendants of Rev. Arthur Pomeroy, Dean of Cork, 1672, for three generations (his grandson Arthur Pomeroy was created Baron Harberton). A line which affiliated the Rev. Arthur Pomeroy to John Pomeroy of Devonshire (son of William Pomeroy and Mary Bevill) has been crossed out as has a line indicating that the Rev. Arthur Pomeroy was a brother of Samuel Pomeroy of Pallice, Co. Cork.
G.O. 289. Fisher Will Abstracts, p. 24. Abstract of the will of Samuel Pomeroy, proved 23 Jan. 1703.
G.O. 139, p. 117. Fisher Will Abstracts. Abstract of the will of Samuel Pomeroy, of Palles (Pallice), Co. Cork, proved 23 Jan. 1703/04. (Much fuller than in B.O. 289, p. 24, and includes details of lands.)
G.O. 552. Welply Will Abstracts. Abstract of the will of Thomas Holmes Pomeroy, of Palace (Pallice), Co Cork, proved 4th Oct. 1752.
G.O. 259. Prerogative Administrations Intestate, p. 153. Pomeroy, Arthur, Dean of Cork, clk., administration to Rev. John Pomeroy for Elizabeth Pomeroy, the widow, and Richard, Elizabeth and Maria, the children. 12 Jan 1709. Also for William Holmes Pomeroy (son of Thomas Holmes Pomeroy ), of Charleville, Co. Cork, Esq. , administration to Susanne Holmes Pomeroy, the widow, Dated, 30 JAN . 1776.
G.O. 550. Obituary Notices from Newspapers. William Holmes Pomeroy, at Charleville, sep 1775. Also two entries relating to the family of Viscount Harberton.
G.O. 133. Marriages from Exshaws and Hibernian Magazines. Two references to the family of Viscount Harberton (p. 70 & 72).
Printed Sources: References to Pomeroy are noted in the following:
Index to Willis, Diocese of Cork & Ross, 1548-1880. (ed. Phillimore.)
Index to Wills, Diocese of Cloyne, 1621-1800. (ed. Phillimore).
Index to Marriage Licences, Diocese of Cork & Ross , 1623-1750 (ed. Gillman).
Index to Marriage Licences, Diocese of Cloyne, 1630-1800 (ed. Green).
Alumni Dublinenses, 1593-1860 (ed. Burtchaell & Sadleir).
Journal of the Irish Memorials Association.
Fifteenth Annual Report on the Records of Ireland, 1825;
(1) Abstracts of Grants under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, 1666-1684.
(2) Index to the Inrolments for Adventurers Soldiers, etc. 1666.