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Withycombe Raleigh with Littleham are both now part of part of the Exmouth conurbation
The manor of Littleham, on which Exmouth first grew up, belonged to the Rolles from the 17th century onwards
Otterton is 5 miles from Exmouth within a mile of the sea
Joseph Pomeroy married Patience Barnes of Otterton at Woodbury in 1741
William was son of John - (Joseph ) & Patience Pomery Bb at Otterton on 16 Nov 1749
Joseph died in 1771 buried 12 Feb 1771 in Otterton & Patience died a pauper in 1784 buried in woollen on 21 Jan 1784 in Otterton
Woodbury is 4 miles north of Exmouth
Two records of the child's baptism -
one in Parish Register the other in Bishops Transcripts 1749
John Pomery & Mary Marwood married 6 April 1740 at Otterton
Baptism of Elizabeth Bb 4th June 1741 Otterton daughter of John & his wife Mary who died 14 June 1741 given the 10 day time lapse this death was probably from post partum sepsis -
There is a Will for Mary Marwood Pomeroy recorded in FMP as 1741
Left - Bishops Transcripts of the parish register sent to Lambeth before Easter each year The neat and clearly copied BT with the error & sent before the mistake was realised.
Right - the corrected version of Parish Register - with the alteration clear in the vellum
OTTERTON http://www.otterton.info/ottertonhistory.htm
' By the 18th. & early 19th. centuries Otterton had become the principal "town" in the Lower Otter Valley.'
Joseph Pomeroy & Patience Barnes of Otterton married at Woodbury in 1741 Woodbury is on the Exe estuary south of Topsham .
Mary dau of Joseph & Patience Pomery Bb at Otterton on 5 Nov 1742
Joseph Pomeroy Baptism 08 Apr 1744 at Otterton son of Joseph Pomery & Patience- apprenticed age 12 in 1756 to Master White baker Joseph Palmer of Otterton -
John Pomeroy Baptism 30 Jan 1747 at Otterton son of Joseph Pomery & his wife Patience; according to his marriage lines he became a mariner & married Mary Hill in 1771 in West Teignmouth which connects to Newfoundland
William son of Joseph & Patience Pomery Bb at Otterton on 16 Nov 1749
Sarah Bb 11 Feb 1752 in Otterton daughter of Joseph & Patience - died as a child
Anne Pomeroy Bb 7 Feb 1754 in Otterton daughter of Joseph & Patience -
married John Good on 31 July 1784 in Otterton old bakery Otterton seen here
Robert Pomeroy Bb 13 July 1756 Otterton son of Joseph & Patience -
Sarah Pomeroy Bb 25 Jul 1760 parents Joseph & Patience in Otterton
Joseph died in 1771 buried 12 Feb 1771 in Otterton
Patience died a pauper in 1784 buried in woollen on 21 Jan 1784 in Otterton
Otterton is 4 miles from Liitleham, a 2 hour walk, less on horseback
Joseph Pomeroy of Woodbury Common married by banns on 9 June 1803 to Anne Davey of Brampford Speke which is 2 miles N. of Exeter. -
Talaton 6 miles to the west of Honiton 12 miles from Littleham & 9 miles from Woodbury & Feniton
where there is record of a Joseph Pomeroy Yeoman in 1751 is 3 miles from Talaton
Joshua son of Joseph & Hannah bb7 Sept 1720 at Whimple
Joshua Pomroy married 12 April 1744 to Rebecca Trump in Talaton
Elizabeth 9 Jan 1745 at Talaton father Joshua Pomeroy married 18 April 1763 to Samuel Johnslin (? Josclin?)
Rebekah 2 Aug 1747 at Talaton father Joshua Pomeroy
Mary 11 Feb 1754 at Talaton father Joshua Pomeroy
Joshua 9 Jan 1750 at Talaton father Joshua Pomeroy
Joshua died 2 Sept 1762 at Talaton (adult)
Joseph Pomeroy married Thomasine Morgan 20 April 1761 at Talaton
Joseph son Joshua Bb 28 May 1776 Talaton
William Bb 6 Jan 1780 son of Joshua in Talaton
Thomasine died 1765 Joseph died Talaton 1772
William Pomeroy possibly born Otterton 1749
married Ann Hayman on 12 Jan 1774 at Littleham 7 years later she seems to have died -
Mary Ann B b:23/10/1774 Bath, Somerset presumed to have died young, found in IGI by John Pomeroy who is searching one of the families in the area
Elizabeth dau of William & Ann Baptised 24 Sept 1776 - married Robert Barrett ,a basket maker, in 1812
Ann Pomeroy burial at Littleham 17 July 1781 (presumed an adult death since entry is not qualified by ' daughter of ')
William Pomeroy & Susannah Mare married at Withycombe Raleigh 29 Nov 1781 -
Children
Susanna Bb 22 Oct 1782 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
William Bb 22 Aug 1784 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
John Bb 17 June 1786 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
Robert Bb 23 Jan 1789 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
Harriett Bb 11 June1790 at Littleham father William mother Susanna
Thomas Bb15 Jube 1792 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
Maria Bb 23 July 1794 at Littleham father William Mother Susanna
Maria resident of Exmouth buried 16 Feb 1826 Littleham
Elizabeth Pomeroy, dau of William & Ann Baptised 24 Sept 1776 married 2 March 1812
at Littleham to Robert Barrett a basket maker of Whimple near Exeter .She died in Exmouth in 1856 age 80.
the marriage was witnessed by her stepmother Susannah Pomeroy & and her brother Richard Mare,
Susanna Mare married William Pomeroy at Withycombe Raleigh 1781
Richard Mare seems to have been her sibling -The Mare family being freeholders in the Crediton area
Susanna Mare Bb 20 Oct 1754 father John Mare & his wife Elizabeth Dyer married 1754 at Thorverton- 7 miles from Credito
Richard Mare Bb 17 July 1763 son of John & Elizabeth Mare- Richard Mare born 1764 of Exmouth died age 66 1830 buried at Littleham & Exmouth
Joshua Pomroy married 12 April 1744 to Rebecca Trump in Talaton which is 6 miles to the west of Honiton
3½ miles N.W. of Ottery St. Mary, and 11 miles N.E. of Exeter, 9 miles from Woodbury
Elizabeth 9 Jan 1745 at Talaton married 18 April 1763 to Samuel Johnslin
Rebekah 2 Aug 1747 at Talaton
Mary 11 Feb 1754 at Talaton
Joshua 9 Jan 1750 at Talaton
Joseph Pomeroy married Thomasine Morgan 20 April 1761 at Talaton
Thomasine died 1765 Joseph died Talaton 177
Joseph son Joshua Bb 28 May 1776 Talaton
William Bb 6 Jan 1780 son of Joshua in Talaton
Joshua died 2 Sept 1762 at Talaton (adult)
Deaths
Maria Pomeroy resident of of Exmouth born 1796 died age 30 buried 16 Feb 1826 Littleham
William Pomeroy buried in Farway Dec 1754 adult
William Pomeroy buried in Farway May 1776 adult
William Pomeroy buried in Farway July 1804 adult if born 1748 age 56
William Pomeroy buried in Axminster 1838 adult
Joseph Pomeroy of Woodbury Commons & Ann Davey of Brampford Speak married by banns 9th June 1803 at Woodbury
Elizabeth Pomeroy Bb12 Jan 1807 daughter of Joseph & Ann Pomeroy of Woodbury
IGI William Pomeroy B 1794 father William & Mary his wife There is a tree - resident 1851 in Stockland
Having a share in a ship could lead to riches or to ruin however local travel west of Exeter in the C18th was easier by sea , simply because the roads were atrocious It was said that there were no roads west of Exeter which could be used for wheeled traffic.
" This infernal road was most execrably vile with ruts four feet deep"
Littleham church path, between Budleigh Salterton & Littleham, Devon dates from when Budleigh was a small fishing village called Salterne; without a church it was in the parish of Littleham & a regular walk to church on Sundays.
2020 & AML is currently researching the DNA of William Pomeroy, Innholder, age 36, of Withycombe Raleigh, inducted into Freemasons, ship builders chapter in Exeter, 1784 ( gives an EDB of 1749)
1783 2 labourers broke into his cellar and stole 4 gallons of his cider.Punishment C18th style... So not only did they have monumental hangovers they were also fined 6d, a week in Bridewell jail and a whipping with the birch.
None of the Inns William was keeper of exist anymore . The alterations made in Exmouth by the Rolle family demolished both of them
June 2020 update
In the C17th one of the biggest problems for the merchants of Exeter & Topsham was the predation on their ships of Corsairs, the so called Barbary or Salee pirates
In 1636 the 'Swan' of Topsham was set upon by two Turkish men o'war near the Scillies, forcing the Swan to run ashore to save itself.
Similarly the 80 ton 'Lark ' lost fifteen men and boy & the 'Patience' two days out to Newfoundland, & the barque the 'Rose Garden', were all lost to pirates. Admiral Robert Blake was sent to drive off the pirates in 1654, with some success, but the pirates continued to harass local shipping.
In the late C15th Otterton Harbour was gradually silting up and only small fishing boats use it. However harbours lower down the Estuary were still used by trading vessels. Merchants mariners and shipowners were moving into the Lower Otter Valley building houses and farms in both East Budleigh and Otterton manors. Sheep farming became the most profitable occupation during the 15th & 16th. centuries.
At the Reformation 1539 Richard Duke had bought Otterton and East Budleigh as well as Lindridge at Bishopsteignton on the Teign.
Exmouth is the oldest tourist resort in Devon but Prior to the 1700’s Exmouth it was just a small fishing town, with beach but not formal harbour
Devon Freeholders Book,
Freeholders were recorded to identify inhabitants of the county who were eligible to serve on juries
The qualification from 1692 until 1730 was to own freehold or copyhold land with an annual value of £10 or more.
After 1730, tenants of land worth £20 per year held on long leases were also eligible.
Eligibility was restricted to men between the ages of 21 and 70.2
This part of the Pomeroy Tree appears to connect directly to Honiton where there were several generations of earlier Pomeroys -
1751 William Pomeroy leaseholder - Colyton hundred
1733 William Pomeroy of Gittisham - which is just north of Honiton
1751 Joseph Pomeroy - Feniton Hayridge hundred
1762 John Pomeroy Junior - Colyton hundred Farway
1771 John Pomeroy yeoman freeholder - Farway
1771 William Pomeroy yeoman freeholder - Axminster
1783 William Thomas Pomeroy, gentleman & John Pomeroy, yeoman - Farway
Withecomb Rawleigh [Withycombe Raleigh] 1711-1799 - no Pomeroy Freeholders
https://www.eastdevonopc.co.uk/withycombe-raleigh-freeholders.html
https://www.eastdevonopc.co.uk/
Topsham is upriver from Woodbury & 5 miles upstream from Exmouth ; it was a busy port with ship building
The many Dutch style houses in Topsham date from the time when it was an important port for the wool from South-West England & the houses were built using Dutch bricks, which were brought over as ships ballast. More about Topsham here
William Pomeroy of Topsham Bb 17 Sep 1599 Twin daughters baptised Ellinor & Agnes -nothing more found as yet (2020)
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