MIGRATION From Ireland to America
Millstreet Ireland
1780’s RICHARD POMEROY ancestor of Charles Wilson Pomeroy, Front Royal, arrived in America from “CO.Cork, Ireland” possibly with his two brothers William and John. The family of Richard has not been identified in Ireland.
(A vast amount of work was done by Charles Wilson Pomeroy on the Pomeroys of Co.Cork in the 1970's and is the basis of the family trees with some amendments by Harriett Pomeroy)
From files of AJP - compiled by CWP in VA regarding his ancestor and who was DNA cousin to Annie P & Pat S but by an unknown connection.
Ol’ Richard reportedly went from County Cork, to America sometime after 1780 Ireland with two brothers, William and John, one of whom went to South Carolina and the other to New York.
The reason it is believed that they were brothers is that legend reports that one of them handed his school books to his sister and departed with Richard and the other brother.
Richard disembarked at Alexandrea, Virginia (listed in local census of 1787) and worked there for some time as an apprentice tailor ; he may have been indentured as the price for his passage before sailing .
He signed a petition for formation of a town at Front Royal that was presented to the Virginia legislature on Nov 4, 1788.
In Frederick County (Winchester) Virginia, on 5 November 1792, Richard Pumaraw (Pomeroy) was married to Mary Lehew By Lewis Corbin and the marriage Recorder in the Frederick County record. Mary was the daughter of Spencer Lehew, and granddaughter of Peter Lehew, the founder Of Front Royal, VA & father-in-law gave them a house on Chester Street when they married.
Richard purchased land in front royal on 7 May 1793 From Allen Wiley, however, no record can be found that he sold the lot.
He is listed in the 1810 census of Shenandoah County, Virginia as head of a household of 5 males and 1 female. one male age 45+ is assumed to be Richard (therefore, he was born before 1765). in the 1820 census he was head of a household of 5 males and 4 females, with 3 males engaged in agriculture.
According to his son, Presley's, obituary notice the family moved To Harmony Hollow in August 1802. Shenandoah County tax records show that he owned 150 acres of land (fee simple) from 1818 to 1829, located on the Blue Ridge Mountains, 30 miles east of the court house at Woodstock. land valued at $ 1.50 per acre plus $ 30 for buildings, total value $ 255. for which he paid $ 0.18 tax in 1825 for example. he reportedly built "Morland" with Thomas Buck between the years 1813 and 1818.
There is no known or recorded death for Richard. Information available indicates that he disappeared from his farm in late summer 1835.
[see interview published in 1949 between Mrs. John Lewin, then 92 and Charles W. Carson as the Register man: " Richard Pomeroy came From Ireland. he was a fine tailor. He was lost in the mountain in 1835 and never found"]. reportedly his sons were harvesting corn, and the 1840 land tax is listed as "Richard Pomeroy Estate". "the estate" is also listed as owning 227 acres in the Virginia tax list of landowners dated 1837, and tax bills were sent to his son, James Pomeroy, until 1858 or 1859 when the land was divided.
CHURCH RECORDS MILLSTREET AREA of County Cork
1-.1754,17 Aug. Bapt. Thaddeus Murphy SP.2 Elizabeth Pomeray
1758,30 Mar. Bapt. Ellen Duggan Sp.2 Elizabeth Pomeray
1759 6 Feb. Bapt Denis McCarty Sp.2 Elizabeth Pomeroy
1761, 18 June bapt. Joem Murphy F:Matthew NR M:Catherine Pomeroy
1764,14 Feb.Bapt. Mary Daly Sp.2 Honora Pomeroy
1765,1 Jan (Ass)Bapt.Honora Pomeray F:Henry NR M:Gobnet Loussey
1765,29 Jan Bapt. John Pomeroy F: Henry NR M: Honora Murphy
1765, 10 Feb Bapt. Mary Pomeroy F: Alexander Pomeray M Ellen Sammel Sp.2 Elizabeth Pomeroy
1768,8 March Bapt. Robert McCarty Sp1 Henry Pomeray
1770,8 May Bapt. Dermot Corkery Sp.1Henry Pomeray
1772 26 Jan Bapt. Ellen Cotter F: Charles nr M: Elizabeth Pomeray
1773, 30 Jan. Bapt. Honora Healy Sp.2Winifred Pomeray
1773 26 June Bapt Honora Cotter F: Cornelius NR M:Elizabeth Pomeray
1774, 9 Jan Bapt. Daniel Cronin F: Patrick NR M: Ruth Pomeray
1774, 7 April Bapt. Mary Sullivan Sp.2 Elizabeth Pomeray
1775, 15 Jan. Bapt. James Cotter F; Charles NR M: Elizabeth Pomeray POMEROY IN MILLSTREET 1700
Names in Ireland associated with Millstreet Pomeroy’s where we have found records of a family group
William - Henry - Robert - Richard - John- Thomas
These baptisms indicate that at least one and probably two families of adult Pomeroys were settled in the Millstreet area from mid=1700 C.
Unfortunately none of the townlands were recorded (all NR) so it is not possible to make any further deductions. The deed of 1787 which leases *Cloghmore orse Claramore* to Henry Pomeroy states that these lands were *then in the actual possession of the said Henry Pomeroy and others*.
Was it so twenty years earlier in 1765?
Was this Henry (1787) one of the Henrys father of baptised children in 1765.
Which Henry was Tithe Applotter to the Church of Ireland vestry in early 1800s ? had a shop and messuage in Millstreet which was left to John Pomeroy, and was probably Harriett's great-great-great-grandfather ?
QUESTION Were Henry and Robert brothers or cousins?
Where did they come from?
Henry died about 1810
Robert died before 10/5/1810.
some of the reasons described here a pdf download.
A REASON TO MOVE OR MIGRATE
With the army during the time of Oliver Cromwell 1652-1660 after the Enlish Civil Wars of 1642-1551
Within a century famine had struck Ireland in 1739 & 1741, which removed a quarter of the population. Rural areas were mainly effect but the spread of disease made starvation wide spread around the island.
Land Court:: John Pomeroy 1685: Made oath:
The register of admissions to Gray's inn,(LONDON) 1521-1889 By Joseph Foster, Gray's Inn, Gray's Inn. Chapel
Date of admission: 1697 June 12th Richard Pomeroy, eldest son of William P., of Ballinacree, co. Tipperary
( giving us Richard, John and William in Tipperary, )
ONTRIBUTED BY AML March 2010-
Irish land records Palentine Vourt Tipperary Richard Pomeroy 1670: made oath - Authorities required an oath re: religion to settle on previously owned Catholic land.
Richard Pomeroy 1666 in Cullen, Ireland. Tipperary Co..
Records: Volumes 1-10 By Ireland. State Paper Office, Ireland. Public Record Office
a.—Cause List of Chancery Pleadings of the Palatine Court, Co. Tipperary, from 1662 to 1690 (hitherto unindexed).
Plaintiff!. (List only appears online: I don't know what the pleadings relate to. Usually land. or tenants on land)
Plaintiff: . Richard Pomeroy: Defendant:. Redmond Bourke: 1675
P. Richard Pomeroy: D. William Tubbs, 1683
P. Richard Pomeroy and Captain Robert Levett: D. William Tubbs, 1683
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Plaintiff: Abjohn, Michael. Defendant: Richard Pomeroy, 1675
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Plaintiff: Brown, Mathew: Defendant: Richard Pomeroy and William Chadwick: 1675
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Ryan, Thady and Catherine, his wife: Defendant: Richard Pomeroy and Matthew Simple, 1682
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P. John Pomeroy. D. Gamaliel Warter: 1680
P: John Pomeroy : D. Philip Dennys: 1682
P. John Pomeroy: D. Philip Dennys: 1682
P. John Pomeroy: D. John Pike, Jun. John and Godfrey Green, and Charles “Waters, 1684
P. John Pomeroy: D. William Vaughan: 1685
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