IRELAND

Early records in IRELAND


1184 ~Pipe Rolls of Henry II; Record of a/c for 60/- for passage to Ireland of Joscelin de Pomeray. 


Powley’s history of the Pomeroy states that Henry II offered the Kingdom of Limerick to Joscelin de la Pomerai in 1177 but either he did not accept or failed to subdue it.


1218 ~ Close Rolls of Henry III: Mandate about an exchange to be made to William le Pomeray for land in Ulster

1210 ~ Prests. To Knights at CarrickFergus including Henry de la Pumeray


Landed estates in Ireland  Seeking  to Connect the #515 Pomeroy family with the Virginian-Irish Pomeroy's   

 From Norman times there was probably regular crossing of Pomeroys to Ireland, though genealogists look for those who settled in a more permanent fashion.


 The Earldom of Desmond having clung to the old religious and political traditions for a long time finally rebelled only to be totally and brutally defeated - 1569–1573 and 1579–1583 

In 1491 the arrival in Cork of Perkin Warbeck, claiming to be Richard Duke of York won the support of  the majority of the people of Cork but gained it the dubious title of  ‘the rebel county’.

The Roman Catholic Queen Mary encouraged colonisation in Ireland in the 1550’s however the religious reformation waited until her sister Elizabeth became queen in 1558.  

The first 30 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign saw a constant stream of settlers into Gaelic and Anglo-Norman areas. However Elizabeth I did not want to cover the cost of taking total control of Ireland. It proved to be inevitable & the battle between Gaelic Ireland and England was poised to begin with the 9 years war in Ireland.

In the summer of 1631 the town of Baltimore, in West Cork, fell victim to a sensational attack by Moorish pirates. Two Moorish ships that left Algiers under the command of one of the most successful leaders of Barbary pirates, a renegade Dutchman, Murat Reis the Younger. They sailed 1000 miles  to the coast of Ireland & West Cork,  seizing a number of smaller vessels as they went & imprisoning their crews. Reis' original target was probably Kinsale,  but the captain of one of the captured ships was a local man John Hackett , who declared the harbour Kinsale was  'too hot' to enter. In return for his freedom he offered to guide  Reis to the defenceless village of Baltimore. At dawn they launched their attack on the sleeping village .  More than 200 armed corsairs landed & torched the thatched roofs of the houses, taking the inhabitants  'young and old from their beds'. They abducted more than 100 men, women, & children from the coast of Ireland  carrying them away to the slave markets & galleys of North Africa.

Richard Pomeroy Esq. Captain -in Cork circa 1715-1719
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Irish Pomeroys


1698/99   INDEX to DIOCESAN ADMIN. BONDS   CLOYNE DIOCESE

   Pomeroy, Edward      Clonmeen Gent.     1698/99    (Clonmeen is a townland in the Mallow area and in Cloyne Diocese)

1690. ~ INDEX to DIOCESAN ADMIN. BONDS    CORK and ROSS DIOCESE

 1601  Pomeroy, Richard Ballincruohig  
William Pomeroy in Ballinacree, co. Tipperary: -in southern Ireland
1697: Richard Pomeroy, eldest son of William Pomeroy went to Grays Inn.

Religious Census 1766 Parish of Clonbeg. Clanwilliam Barony (100 years later.)
1719 ~ Richard Pomeroy, Ballysimon, Co.Limerick witnessed the will of  George King, Kilpeacon, Co.Limerick.

1718 ~ Richard Pomeroy witnessed the will of Andrew Symes, Ballymoney, Co.Cork


(Note. Could this Richard be son of Dr.Arthur Pomeroy He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in1700 and was called to the Irish Bar 1712 ?)

1787   Lease of Claramore,”situate in the Barony of Duhallow and the Coy. of Cork” to Henry Pomeroy of Millstreet, in the Coy. of Cork and others. 360 acres.  Leased from Edward Eyre.

1797 ~ Henry  Pomeroy leased a house, shop and offices in Millstreet County Cork.

1798 ~  Robert Pomeroy and his son Richard leased Claramore from Richard Hedges (who later took the name Eyre)

William Pomeroy-Papist: (One of 228 Papist Families.
There were 14 Protestant families on that date  in the Parish of Clonbeg 

 29 Jun 1698  A John Pomeroy, gentleman , eldest  son of William Pomeroy, Ballinacre, Co. Tipperary,

·  Richard  Pomeroy in BALLINCUROHIG in 1690.

·  Another had a Richard Pomeroy in BallMoney in 1718.

·   Indented Deed of Lease of Claramore 21 June 1787 to Henry Pomeroy and others.

·   14 Feb. 1798 Lease of Claramore demised to Robert & Richard Pomeroy.

A later deed (1801) mentions Richard & Robert  his late father.

·  1798 Marriage Licence Bond Richard Pomeroy and Mary  Dunne.

 Deed of 1810 cites deed 25 Feb. 1797 demising a  house, shop etc. to Henry Pomeroy now legally vested in John  Pomeroy.

 Knockcahill, Harriet Pomeroy’s great-grandfather Henry Pomeroy Claramore (as listed in Griffith) On the 465 acres of  Clara there were 34 residences. 

And at least 3 Pomeroy households

 Robert, (son of Richard and Mary Dunne)

 Mary Pomeroy  his mother

Meredith P. his brother

 Thomas Pomeroy Shopkeeper in Millstreet. brother of  Robert. Married Mary Kelleher

Richard Pomeroy Shopkeeper in Millstreet. Probably  another brother. Married Margaret Connor

 Henry Pomeroy of Kilshannig Parish near Mallow

No relation as far as Harriett  knows 18th April 2010



TITHE APPLOTTMENT SURVEYS  were carried out in the 1830’s in an attempt to consolidate the amounts of Tithes payable on land 


These lists only mention some occupiers of land.  Later in the 1850’s Sir Richard Griffith valued all land as a basis for local rates to replace Tithes.  Due to the loss of all census returns before 1901 in a fire at the Public Records Office these are used for family research.


The names here are of Pomeroys unattached to any of the families above.


a. TITHE APPLOTTMENT 1830’S Barony:Duhallow Parish:Kilshannig (near Mallow) Townland :Glountane

Henry {Pomeroy and sons 5 acres Land 1s.8d. Total 8s.4d.

GRIFFITH VALUATION 1850’s

Parish:Kilshannig Townland: Knockansweeny

Henry Pomeroy House, offices and small garden. Net annual value:Land-Nil Buildings 5s.0d.


b.TITHE APPLOTTMENT 1830's Barony: Cork Parish: Rathcoony Ploughland of Knocknakerrague Paul Pomeroy

1 acre 2 perches Valuation composited 7 ½ d.

c. Griffith 1850’s Co.Londonderry Parish:Tamlaght Finlangan

Townland: Ballykeen Alexander Pomeroy House and small garden Valuation £0. 15s.0d.


Parish: Desertmartin Townland: Dromore Hon. and Rev. A.W.Pomeroy Freehold 70 acres, house etc. Vol. £93.10.

Was also immediate lessor of most of the 327 acres of Dromore townland. (Son of 4th Viscount Harberton)


1859 and 1860 Rent receipts PRO Belfast Jane Pomeroy 30 Richmond Terrace, Londonderry



1880. John Henry Pomeroy ,ancestor of Patricia Pomeroy Woods of Lynn Haven FL., is recorded in the 1880 Mitchel County Ga. Census as born in Ireland. 

His parents were also born in Ireland. Family tradition says that he hired as a sailor on a ship from Belfast, and remained in USA. 


So far his family in Ireland has not been identified.


If the origins of this family can be identified it might tell us when they went to Ireland and what the connection is with the Devon and Cornwall area, particularly Lewannick , from where  DNA tells us my Pomeroy ancestors originated .

POMEROY IN MILLSTREET 1700s


Church records have become available on internet. Records from about 1830 are available on microfilm in the National Library.


A group of mainly baptism entries of the latter 1700s have been put on=line but seem to come from a difficult source as many places and names are entered NR = not readable.

The originals are not available to the general public for examination.

( Harriett Pomeroy March 2010)



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FRUSTRATING FINDS in FMP
Found-  Ireland, Court Of Exchequer Bill Books 1627-1884

Equity Exchequer Bill Books 1717-1718 In which John Pomeroy appears regularly but without explanation as what the lists are about .

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British officers serving in early America, 1614-1787 Image of a page from a book

Sixtieth (late 62d) regiment of Foot, 1758-1773*

1758, Jame3 Abercromhie.

1759-1773, Jeffery Amherst.

Sixty-second regiment of Foot. 1756-1757.

1756-1757, John, Earl of Loudoun.

Sixty-fourth regiment of Foot, 1769-1773.

1769-1773, John Pomeroy.

Sixty-fifth regiment of Foot, 1769-1773.

1769-1770, Hon. Alexander Maekay.

1771-1773. Edward Urmston.

Sixty-ninth regiment of Foot. 1708-1769.

1768-1769, Hon. Charles Colville.

Seventy-Meventh regiment of Foot, 1758-1 763.f

1758-1763, Archibalii Montgomery. J

Seventy-eighth regiment of Foot, 1758-1763,

1758-1703, Simon FrHser.§

Eightieth re^'iment of Foot, 1 758-1 763.t

1758-1762, Thomas Gage.

1763, Montague Wilmot.

Ninety-fourth (or Royal Welsh Volunteers), 1702-1 763.t

1702-1763, Hon. John Vaughun.

Ninety-fifth regiment of Foot, 1762-1763.t

1762-1763, Ralph Burton.

Corps of Rangers, 1702-1703.f

1762-1703, Joseph Gorehani.§


The construction of the table will speak for itself. Where no numbers.

of a regiment is given, the date is that of the rank in the army. This will assist in tracing the service of the officer elsewhere than in America. The quartermasters and adjutants were, as a rule, taken from the lieutenants or ensigns of the regiment. In one or two of the regiments the ranks of first and second lieutenants

* In 1773 this regiment v^ .' in two battalions: one in Jamaica, and one in Antiqua.

 t Disbanded in 1764. 

X Lieutenant-Colonel commandant 

^ Major commandant.

BMDS 

Elizabeth Pomeray

(? Were there two Elizabeths? It seems likely that whereas a mother's maiden name was entered at a baptism in the case of a sponsor would it not be a womans married name.

Or she could be unmarried.)

1765 Mary Pomeroy

Mother at baptism Elizabeth Pomeray Father: Charles Cotter

1772 26 Jan. Ellen Cotter

1773 26 June Honora Cotter

1775 15 Jan. James Cotter

Catherine Pomeray

1761 18 June Bp. Joem Murphy Father:Matthew Mother Catherine Pomeray

Sp.1 William Cotter Sp.2 Ann McCarty

Honora Pomeray (possibly Honora nee Murphy wife of Henry)

1764 14 Feb. Bapt. Mary Daly Sp.2 Honora Pomeray

Henry Pomeroy

(two Henrys?)

1765 1 Jan Bapt. Honora Pomeray Father: Henry Mother Gobnet Loussey

1765,29 Jan. Bapt. John Pomeray Father Henry Mother Honora Murphy

1768 8 March Bapt. Robert McCarthy Sponser Henry Pomeray

Alexander Pomeray

1765, 10 Feb. Bapt Mary Pomeray F: Alexander Mother Ellen Sammel Sp Elizabeth Pomeray

Winifred Pomeray

1773, 3 Jan Bapt.Honora Healy Sponser 2 Winifred Pomeroy

Ruth Pomeray

1774 9Jan Bapt. Daniel Cronin Father: Patrick Mother;Ruth Pomeroy