Henry Pomeroy, Son of William: Merchant Taylors, London

Henry Pomeroy, Linen Merchant of London, Son of William Pomeroy, Merchant Taylor of London, and Grandson of Henry Pomeroy, Gent, of St. Germans, Cornwall.

His Will 1783.

1. Wife: Jane nee Wheeler:

2. Daughter Mary Mason wife of Kender Mason

3. Thomas Pomeroy, of London, nephew of Henry.

What is most interesting about this man, who did not have sons, was that his farm and lands in Deptford, Greenwich, and Camberwell, were left to his oldest Mason grandson, Henry William Mason, on the condition that he "assume the name and arms Pomeroy." Henry William Mason and his brother Kender Mason, Jr, also inherited the estates of their father, Kender Mason in London, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, and Buckinghamshire, as well as estates and plantations in islands of Montserrat, Antigua, and Dominica.

Henry POMEROY married Jane WHEELER 28 May 1745 Saint Luke, Old Charlton, Kent.

At right: St Olave Church Interior: All Hallows, Hart Street

(Note: because of some specific wording in Jane Wheeler Pomeroy's will, I believe that this is a 2nd marriage for Henry Pomeroy, Merchant of London. Specifically, Jane calls Henry’s daughter “my dear daughter-in-law Mary, wife of Kender Mason.”) Given the date of Henry and Jane’s marriage, (1745,) daughter Mary would have been, at best, age16 at the time of her marriage, and her husband Kender Mason would have been age 40. )

Mary Pomeroy married Kender Mason, (he was bp. 1722, St Mary Whitechapel) marriage:

22 Feb 1762, St Olive, All Hallows Staining, and London.

Her husband Kender Mason was listed in 1794 in the Directory of London and Westminster & Borough of Southwark as “Merchant, at 16 Throgmorton Street.

Children of Kender Mason and Mary Pomeroy Mason:

1. Henry William Kender Bp 16 Sep 1763, St Olave, Hart Street, London. (It appears on the map that this is the same church as St Olave, All Hallows, Staining, above.)

2. Kender Mason bp 12 Feb 1765, St Olave Hart Street, London

The will of

Jane Pomeroy, widow of Henry Pomeroy, Merchant, of London: 4th Oct 1784.

Residence at the time of writing:

Abingdon Street in the Parish of Saint John the Evangelist in the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex, widow.

Gives and devises to Henry William MASON, “the grandson of my late dear husband, all that massuages, or tenements farm lands and goods lying and being in the parish of Deptford, Greenwich, or Camberwell, or located elsewhere in the County of Kent or Surrey, with all the barns, stables, buildings, outhouses and appurtances thereto belonging to that estate of Henry Pomeroy, Esquire, my late dear husband unto the said Henry William Mason and his assigns and during the term of his natural life and from after his decease, I give and devise unto (2 executors/trustees of Lincoln’s Inn) the estate which they are then to hold in trust for the heirs male of the body of Henry William Pomeroy, and default of heirs male, to the heirs male of the eldest daughter…etc etc.

It was a requirement of her will that the Trustees see that any person, within six months of taking possession of said farm and lands must seek lawful authority by an Act of Parliament or an Order of The King, to take upon him or her

The Surname and Arms of Pomeroy. If he or she refuses to do so, they forfeit their right to the said farm and lands, and they go to the next in line.

Armorial: POMEROY: (Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire):

Ar. a lion ramp. sa., a bordure invecked gu. Crest-A fir-cone vert charged with a bezant. (Burke, Armory)

Defaulting of all heirs of the body of Henry William Pomeroy, or his younger brother Kender Mason, the farm and lands so named will go to Thomas Pomeroy, of London, nephew of her husband, Henry Pomeroy, Esquire, and his heirs male.

Jane mentions also the 2nd son, Kender Mason, and her personal wealth of property is to go her “dear daughter in law, Mary, wife of Kender Mason.”