Teignmouth
In ancient times it was called Tengemuða, meaning mouth of the stream
East Teignmouth was once called Teignmouth Regis (or Kings Teignmouth) &
West was called Teignmouth Episcopi ( or Bishops Teignmouth )
Snippets from the History in Teignmouth
The warm south facing slopes of estuary of the Teign attracted settlers from inland long before Romans came to grow grapes there around Bishopsteignton. Traces of agricultural enclosures have been found in Teignmouth's environs .
There was a saltern in the estuary producing the highly valued salt from earliest times right through until the C18th. A Salt Way ran up the hills to the north connecting to a long distance trackway that traversed the south west coastal area.
The trade in Teignmouth has always been fish & salt; latterly that consisted chiefly of maritime commerce with Newfoundland; In the C19th ball clay & Dartmoor granite were exported through the New Quay, which was built for that purpose in 1820, whilst coal was imported.
For centuries Teignmouth was little more that a fishing village its safe harbour sufficiently obscured by the point of sand at its entrance as to avoid pirate raids. The little river Tame divided Teignmouth into two parishes
West Teignmouth achieved urban status by 1291 and grew around the harbour. The church of St James retains its Norman tower but in the 1800-1820 the dilapidated body of the old church was replaced with a horrible new octagonal construct .
In the C14th & C15th, East & West Teignmouth flourished as a port. There was a Bishops Palace on the hills behind it and a significant estate at nearby Lindridge owned by the mighty Cecils the Duke of Southampton the wise council to Elizabeth I amongst its many wealthy owners
The earliest moorings in West Teignmouth were around the Point, within the river mouth and shipyards were located in this area by the late 17th century & there is no evidence of a quay being constructed in East Teignmouth either and boats were simply beached on the strand.
St James Teignmouth © AJP 2007
One of two very C13th watch towers in Teignmouth.St James -on the hill - & the lost tower of St Michaels at sea level.
There was a raid by the French in the 14th century after which the town gradually declined until, by 1601, Sir Walter Raleigh reported it was much decayed with the estuary silted up.
In 1690 within a few days of each other the French had a great sea battle Victory at Beachy Head and a significant loss at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. French Fleet took control of the Channel and sailed along the south coast to drop anchor in Torbay.
At Teignmouth they sent a raiding party ashore to destroy the small undefended villages of East & West Teignmouth and Shaldon. They were ransacked the houses, and destroyed the boats & their nets by setting everything ablaze .
But Teignmouth rallied, rebuilt and flourished again after 1700
The 18th Century men of the sea - Mariners
England was at war with Spain 1804 & the Napoleonic wars were raging -
The Battle of Trafalgar happened on 21st October 1805 -
From the C16th men of all walks of life along the English south coast took to their boats in April and cross the Atlantic the Newfoundland. There they fished for cod on the Grand Banks , taking it into port to be salted and shipped to places like Portugal. They returned home in mid September before the Canadian winter set in in October , presumably well supplied with salted fish for their own use as well as to sell.
St Johns in Newfoundland was usually the destination for men from Teignmouth whilst men from Dartmouth moved further north west into West Bay of Newfoundland island and Brigus
1776: John Pomeroy, Master of an American built ship of 30 tons, with a crew of 8 sailed from Teignmouth to Newfoundland; built by W. Bartlett & Co. an American shipbuilder.
1789: Robert Pomeroy, servant for one summer...for the Slade enterprises. ( who probably went back to England.)
1801-1818: John Pomeroy and Ann Roberts his wife ,with a family in Brigus ,Newfoundland beginning 1800.
1806: William Pomeroy 1806 in Fogo sold out to Slades
1817 Census: John Pomeroy, wife Ann, 4 children and 2 servants. "Well off." in NFL Canada where he has his own "fish house, " and quay. The house he built is currently a National Historic Site.
Medieval & Tudor Shipping - out of Teignmouth listed -
there are 442 voyages recorded between 1401 & 1580There is a stunning on-line museum of Ships through the ages here
1641 Protestation Returns - recorded at The House of Lords -
In Newfoundland they were waging King William’s War, (1689–97), North American extension of the War of the Grand Alliance, waged by William III of Great Britain and the League of Augsburg against France under Louis XIV. Canadian and New England colonists divided in support of their mother countries and, together with their respective Indian allies, assumed primary responsibility for their own defense.
The Newfoundland fisheries continued to provide the main employment & this continued into the early 19th century Fortuitously for the town, as the fisheries declined .
It seems that that many of the local Teignmouth men who sailed off to Newfoundland , to fish in icy seas of their stocks of cod for 6 months of the year, frequently had families on both sides of the Atlantic. It was apparently acceptable on both side
Newfoundland
Wikipedia The English settlers were more than 154,000 at the beginning of the war, outnumbering the French 12 to 1.
However, they were divided in multiple colonies along the Atlantic coast, which were unable to cooperate efficiently, and they were engulfed in the Glorious Revolution, creating tension among the colonists.[12] In addition, the English lacked military leadership and had a difficult relationship with their Iroquois allies.
West Teignmouth
John Pomeroy a mariner from Otterton in East Devon married Mary Hill OTP on 30 January 1771 in West Teignmouth, Devon, both signed their names witnessed by Joseph Cook and Richard Medland ( Medland witnessed several other marriages & was probably church warden)
Mary Hill christening: 15 January 1749 WEST TEIGNMOUTH, DEVON, daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Hill
Children of John Pomeroy & his wife Mary Hill were
John Pomery chr 8 Oct 1773 WEST TEIGNMOUTH, son of John & Mary Pomery
Edward Pomery chr 22 Nov 1778 WEST TEIGNMOUTH son of John & Mary Pomery became a Mariner - more here
Elizabeth Pomery Bb 12 Nov 1775 WEST TEIGNMOUTH, son of John & Mary Pomery
she married mariner Nathanial Cocks on 12 FEB 1800 in West Teignmouth
Mary Pomeroy died in 1786 buried on 13 April in West Teignmouth.
Who was Richard Pomeroy burial 21 May 1749 in West Teignmouth
Archive reference DRO 3231A/PR/1/1
John's memorial stone says he died age 87 on 20th June 1864 which means he was born later, in 1777 - HOWEVER there is no record of a 1777 birth whilst there is one for 1773 making him 91 when he died .
Note AJP - in a time when fewer people were literate it was common for them to be vague about birth dates & age.
John 1773 & Elizabeth 1775 -
Newfoundland
John Pomeroy in Brigus was married to Ann Roberts widow of John Norman.on 8th Dec 1804 Ann Born abt. 1784 in Brigus.
source Parson John Percey's Records 1804-1820 Brigus, Grand Banks Newfoundland genealogical Society
HOWEVER DNA tells us that this JohnPomeroy was not of the same family as John of Otterton & West Teignmouth
1817 Census: John Pomeroy, wife Ann, 4 children and 2 servants. "Well off." in NFL Canada where he has his own "fish house, " and quay. The house he built is currently a National Historic Site.
had 8 children in total but 3 of them died young.
Their children were : ( source - records from the transcription of Methodist Minister, parson John Percey in Brigus )
* William Pomeroy, baptised 26 Jan 1806, died and buried 3 Feb 1811
* John Pomeroy, baptised 17 Sep 1807, died and buried 28 Sep 1807
* John Pomeroy, baptised 1 May 1809, died and buried 3 Feb 1809
Thomas Pomeroy, baptised 1 Dec 1811
* Rebecca Pomeroy, born 13 Mar 1814, baptised 1 Dec 1818
* George Pomeroy , born 28 Feb 1815, baptised 14 Apr 1816, died 1 May 1905
Edward Bb 1778 2nd son of John & Mary & brother of John , was a seaman on HMS Scipion -
He was married by banns to Mary Pengelly a widow on 24 Oct 1809 in Stoke Damerel ( Plymouth )
He signed the register, she made her mark.
their son John Edward Pomeroy born 12 October 1811 chr 23 June 1816 East Teignmouth
Edward Pomeroy Ordinary Seaman on HMS Scipion - Crew list 1809
HMS Scipion a French 74-gun 3rd rate ship which the British captured in 1805; she was broken up in 1819.
Skipion 10.11.1805 Arrived at Plymouth and laid up
6.1808 Began large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth
11.1809 Completed large repair at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth
8.10.1810 Sailed for the Cape of Good Hope
20.7.1812. Sailed for the Mediterranean
10.1814 Paid off into ordinary at Portsmouth.
The rating of ship did not refer to the quality of the vessel; with 64 to 80 guns on 2 decks a 3rd rate ship was the optimal configuration; the best compromise between sailing ability ie speed, handling with firepower and cost.
East Teignmouth can claim to be the oldest part of town; there appears to have been a settlement here since at least the 11th century and it was granted a charter for a market and fair, in 1253. The church of St Michaels, built after the Norman Conquest was demolished in C19th & a typically Victorian Gothic replaced it.
The little Town had some kind of defensive wall, which is still traceable in the street patterns of East Teignmouth today ,
Teignmouth © AJP 2007
SMUGGLING was very common activity all along the SOUTH coast in the C18th
A farm labourer might earn a few shilling a week as an agricultural labourer,
but in one night carrying contraband goods he could earn 5 shillings.
The risks however were high - years of imprisonment or transportation to Australia
Illustration AJP 2022
Upstream from the town Combe Cellars was the crossing point of the Teign for smugglers
Amongst the Pomeroy families in Teignmouth one of the first was
John Pomeroy, his wife Mary Hill & their children
Their marriage lines tell us that John was a mariner who came from east Devon - Otterton
Joseph Pomeroy Baptism 08 Apr 1744 at Otterton Father Joseph Pomery Mother Patience
John Pomery Baptism 30 Jan 1747 at Otterton Father Joseph Pomery Mother Patience;
John became a mariner & married Mary Hill in West Teignmouth in 1771 see left
Also found FMP
Pomeroy Robert 1780 British Royal Navy, Ships' Musters- Jersey (Prison Ship)
OTTERTON FMP parish registers
Anne Pomeroy marriage on 21 july 1784 to John Good a mariner at Otterton, Devon,- both signed the register
Mother of John, Patience Pomeroy, a pauper, buried in wool on 26th Feb 1784 at Otterton
OTTERTON is about 24 miles by land from Teignmouth & half that by sea
As the Otter Estuary silted up and a shingle bar formed across its mouth only small fishing boats could dock there.
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.
At the Reformation 1539 both manors of Otterton were bought by Richard Duke, born locally, recorder of London and Clerk of the Court of Augmentations and who had connections with the Pomeroys in Ashburton and purchased the Lindridge Estate at Bishopsteignton for which Teignmouth was the port town.
Joseph Pomeroy - Talaton - FODA Devon Freeholders Book, 1751
The warm south facing slopes of estuary of the Teign attracted settlers from inland long before Romans came to grow grapes there around Bishopsteignton. Traces of agricultural enclosures have been found in Teignmouth's environs .
There was a saltern in the estuary producing the highly valued salt from earliest times right through until the C18th. A Salt Way ran up the hills to the north connecting to a long distance trackway that traversed the south west coastal area.
There was a saltern in the estuary producing the highly valued salt from earliest times right through until the C18th. A Salt Way ran up the hills to the north connecting to a long distance trackway that traversed the south west coastal area.
Sir Walter Raleigh paid a visit in about 1602 when reviewing the south coast defences and described Teignmouth as much decayed , the river silted up by waste from mines up stream.
Invasion 1690
In July 1690 an armed band of French sailors came ashore at Teignmouth after the Battle of Beachy Head, which the French won. They pillaged & burned the fishing village & boats, nets, houses and both churches suffered in the raid but the people fled. England was so shocked at this foreign invasion that a national subscription was raised to rebuild the town. Today the oldest buildings are the Tower of St James and the Jolly Sailor pub on the quay.
HMS Deptford served at the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690
One of its ordinary seamen was a John Wilking born & married in Teignmouth who had a son in 1696 & died in 1698 leaving a will.
The trade in Teignmouth has always been fish & salt; latterly that consisted chiefly of maritime commerce with Newfoundland; In the C19th ball clay & Dartmoor granite were exported through the New Quay, which was built for that purpose in 1820, whilst coal was imported.
A tea house was built on the Den in 1787 amongst the local fishermen's drying nets. The "Amazons of Shaldon"-were the women who did the work of their men, absent in Newfoundland . They pulled the fishing nets on shore with their skirts hitched up, "naked to the knee”—apparently this was a fascination for the men of the time and became a tourist attraction.
Snippets of History in Teignmouth
For centuries Teignmouth was little more that a fishing village its safe harbour sufficiently obscured by the point of sand at its entrance as to avoid pirate raids. The little river Tame divided Teignmouth into two parishes
West Teignmouth achieved urban status by 1291 and grew around the harbour. The church of St James retains its Norman tower but in the 1800-1820 the dilapidated body of the old church was replaced with a horrible new octagonal construct .
West Teignmouth achieved urban status by 1291 and grew around the harbour. The church of St James retains its Norman tower but in the 1800-1820 the dilapidated body of the old church was replaced with a horrible new octagonal construct .
Above - AJP Visualisation of Each Cliff towards The Ness circa 1690
The Church Rocks Wreck In 1975, 13-year-old Simon Burton was snorkling off the Eastcliffe in Teignmouth. when he spotted something odd in shallow water about 150 metres offshore . He had found a Venetian saker gun . A wreck that there was no local legend about , a completely mysterious wreck.
This was the start of a long search into the origins of the ship, which appears to have been two-masted, carvel built of some 100 to 200 tons, not dissimilar from the small fast communications and service vessels that accompanied the Spanish Armada in 1588. Despite over 20 years of historical and archaeological research, the origins and class of vessel remains a mystery, although it certainly dates from the 16th Century.
Teign Heritage Centre has a display of the cannon, a swivel guns & other items recovered from this fascinating and mysterious wreck. Amongst the collection are the merchants seals seen below & can be seen in the Teignmouth Heritage Centre & Museum
Having been devastated by the 1690 French raid by on the town by 1803 Teignmouth had risen, phoenix like, to be a "fashionable watering place", and the resort continued to develop.
Spain declared war in Dec 1804 & the Napoleonic wars were raging in Europe.
In the 1820s the first bridge across the estuary to Shaldon was built; George Templer's built New Quay in 1820 to support the trade in granite from Haytor Quarries being transported to London .
The pier was built 1865–7; the esplanade, Den Crescent and the central Assembly Rooms were laid out and the railway arrived in 1846.
Shipbuilding flourished at both Shaldon and Teignmouth the river's estuary capable of launching vessels of 100 to 400 tons, and this continued on the Teignmouth side until after WW II.
After the devastation of the fire in 1690 Teignmouth was gradually built up beginning around the harbour
today .
more about Teignmouth HERE
PRIVATEERING IN TEIGNMOUTH
In the C18 building ships for the purpose of privateering. or piracy licensed by the Crown, flourished as did smuggling. The temptation for local men to earn 5 shillings for a nights work when living on an agricultural labourers a wage of 1/6 a day, must have seemed more like an opportunity.
The risks involved were horrendous, long terms of imprisonment or transportation of Australia, but all they had to do was hoist 2 barrels of smuggled brandy onto their shoulders on the beach at Mothercombe and carry it to Combe Cellars, then across the river & up the slope to Humber Farm where the contraband was hidden to await its journey onwards
Teignmouth fitted out at least two privateers:
Dragon with 16 guns and 70 men; in 1760
Bellona, described as carrying "16 guns, 4 cohorns and 8 swivels". She set sail on her first voyage in September 1779, and was "oversett in a violent Gust of Wind" off Dawlish with the loss of 25 crew members.
Above an advert in C18th local Newspaper recreated here for clarity
The Dragon was a 200 ton Guernsey privateer built in Teignmouth 1779
In 1779 she captured the French ship L'Emulation and its cargo of sugar, coffee and cotton was offered for sale at "Rendle's Great Sale Room" in the town
She was captured in 1781 by the French Frigate Friponne and brought to Le Croisic, France where she became the French Sloop-of-War
Dragon of chevalier de l'Espine, scuttled off Monte Christi, Haïti in January 1783.
Thomas Luny of Teignmouth painted the ships in the harbour
A Privateer was an armed ship owned & crewed by private individuals holding a government commission & authorised for use in war, especially in the capture of merchant shipping.They did it with government approval.
The Crown supplied at letter of Marque, which was permission to attack enemy vessels & to take them & their crew as prisoners for exchange and their cargos to be sold
Privateering differed from piracy, which preyed indiscriminately on the ships of any nation. Ships of neutral countries were meant to be left alone, as were French ships during the various truces of the war.
The PEOPLE
West Teignmouth Ernest Walter Pomeroy
Riding master in West Teignmouth born Honiton about 1880 Photograph and article obituary held by Teignmouth Museum Archive. he died in Totnes in 1934
CENSUS 1881
King Street Honiton, Devon, England
James POMEROY 26 born Combe Raleigh, Devon, England Postman (CSM) died about 1887
Elizabeth POMEROY Wife 29 Up Ottery, Devon,
Alma Alice POMEROY Daur 3 Honiton, Devon,
Ernest Walter POMEROY Son 1 born Honiton, Devon
He had a small riding stable in East Teignmouth
CENSUS 1891
High Street Honiton
POMEROY Elizabeth Head Widow 38 In Receipt Of Relief born Devon - Upottery
POMEROY Alice Dau - F 13 Scholar Devon - Honiton
POMEROY Ernest Son - M 11 Scholar Devon - Honiton 1901 age 21
POMEROY Albert J Son - M 6 Scholar Devon - Honiton
POMEROY Tom Son - M 3 Scholar Devon - Honiton
ROWLAND Ida Boardr S F 25 Seamstess (Employee) Devon - Awliscombe
Census 1841
Piece: HO107/200 Place: Axminster - Honiton Folio: 17 Page: 28. Address: High Street.Honiton
READ Nathaniel M 60 Linen Draper Outside Census County (1841)
POMEROY John M 15 Drapers Ap. Devon - was this Ernest's grandfather ?
SMITH Henry M 15 Drapers Ap. Devon
VENN Henry M 15 Drapers Ap. Devon
MELHUISH Mary F 30 F. S. Devon
1841 Census West Teignmouth 1841 Piece: HO107/220 Place: Exminster
De von Enumeration District: 15 Folio: 8 Page:11. Civil Parish: West Teignmouth Ecclesiastical Parish: West Teignmouth
Oddly enough I live very close to this place , my favourite coffee shop in just next door
Address: Bank Street West Teignmouth,
A large establishment, possibly The Old London Hotel on the corner of Bank Street & Somerset Place, It still stands today, 2014, the facade remarkably unchanged, except it is now apartments above a pound shop
VEAL Henry 45 Innkeeper born Devon
VEAL Mary 40 Devon and 4 Veal children under 10 VEAL Henry 45 Innkeeper born Devon
8 Employees including
BOND Charlotte 25 Female servant in this case barmaid or chambermaid Born Devon
POMEROY Wilmot 25 F S Born Rattery Devon edb 1816
CROOK Jane 25 FS Devon
LAVIS Eliza 20 FS Devon
PADDEN John 20 Devon and assorted Guests
Wilmot Pomery is sufficiently unusual to make it easy to track her and it appears that in 1841 she knocked 5 years off her age !
Wilmot Pomery Bb 28 Apr 1811 TOTNES, DEVON Father Henry Pomery Mother Wilmot
Her parents Henry Pomeroy on 2 December 1810 at Rattery, near Totnes Devon, married Willmott Hannaford
John Pomeroy birth: about 1700 death: married Rattery 15 Aug 1724 wife Elizabeth Hannaford birth: about 1700 of Staverton
issue
John Pomeroy birth: 1732 death: married 19 September 1758 Rattery wife Elizabeth Memory birth: 1739 Staverton
issue by Elizabeth Memory
John Pomeroy/ birth: about 1760
Elizabeth Pomeroy/ birth: 1759 :
Agnes Pomeroy/ birth: 1761 death: Bb 6 dec 1761 Staverton.
Henry Pomeroy/ birth: 1766
Nicholas Pomeroy/ birth: 1769
Nicholas Pomeroy/ birth: 1773
1st son John Pomeroy birth: about 1760 married 6 Oct 1785 Staverton wife Margaret Letteral birth:1762 Staverton Devon dau of William Letteral
issue
William Pomeroy/ birth: 1788 :
Henry Pomeroy/ birth: 1790
Margaret Pomeroy/birth: 1792 :
William Pomeroy/birth: 1795
2nd son Henry Pomeroy birth: 1790 Staverton Devon wife Wilmot Hannaford/ birth: 1787 marriage: 2 December 1810
issue
Henry Pomeroy/ birth: 1815 death:
Wilmot Pomery 28 Apr 1811 Christening TOTNES, DEVON, to Henry Pomery & Wilmot his wife.
Wilmot Pomery found in 1841 census in West Teignmouth in Bank Street, working as a barmaid or chambermaid in the Old London Hotel a coaching inn.
On 5 May 1844 she married a mason Richard Channing at St Andrews Plymouth
Census 1851 Richmond Street, Saint Andrew, Plymouth Devon, England
Richard Channing Head 30 a Mason EDB 1821 Birthplace Heavitree,( Exeter )
Wilmott Channing Wife 37 born Totnes s, Devonshire
Richard Wm Channing Son 3 born Stoke Damerel, Devonshire
I found no further trace of her in FMP.
London In 2020 - little changed
AJP © 2007 images
This was my start point whilst looking at Teignmouth when I first found Joseph in 1891
Josephs Pomeroy Ironmonger
Born East Stonehouse into the family of Richard Seatherd Pomeroy of Edgecumbe Street, East Stonehouse Plymouth
3rd son Joseph Bb East Stonehouse Plymouth son of Richard Seatherd , ironmonger, & his wife Mary Ann 7 Sept 1831
1851 Census Joseph was in Stonehouse
1, Edgcumbe Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, England
Richard S Pomeroy Head 57 B 1794 Master form monger in plate working
employing 3 men & 2 apprentices Born Devonport ,
Marianie Pomeroy Wife 50 1801 daughter of Robert Fry born Launceston, Cornwall,
Richard Son UnM 26 1825 Ironmonger apr East Stonehouse,
James Son Unm 23 1828 Ironmonger apr East Stonehouse,
Marianie Dau 21 1830 East Stonehouse, Devon, England
Joseph Son 19 1832 Ironmonger apprentice East Stonehouse,
Robert Ivy Son 17 1834 Apr tin plate worker East Stonehouse
Emma Dau 13 1838 Scholar East Stonehouse,
Henry Son 8 1843 Scholar East Stonehouse, Devon, Eng
Arthur Son 3 1848 East Stonehouse, Devon, Englan
Arthur Yeoman Visitor 23 1828 Commercial traveller in cutlery Sheffield, Yorks
Margaret Pearse UnM 21 1830 House servant
The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers - A tinsmith made and repaired things made of tin or other light metals. The presence of a cutlery salesman suggests that he might also have been a cutler
Joseph Married on 13 Mar 1860 at Charles the Martyr Plymouth To Harriet Jessop Down born 24 Mar 1839 baptised at Stoke Damerel father Peter Jessop mother Ann Bukford
after marriage Joseph and Harriet went to Lambeth where he was set up as an ironmonger.
1861 Census has the two of them in Lambeth
29, Hanover Place, Lambeth, London & Surrey, England
Joseph Pomeroy Head 27 1834 Ironmanger Devon, Eng
Harriett Pomeroy Wife 22 1839 Devonport, Devon, Eng
Annie W Down UnM 36 1825 Sister to wife -no occupation B Devonport,
1871 Census They were in High Street, Aldershot, Farnham, HampshireAldershot,
Joseph Pomeroy 38 1833 -Ironmonger born Stonehouse Plymouth Devon,
Harriet J Pomeroy Wife 32 1839 - born Devon, England
Bessie Pomeroy Dau 7 1864 - born Middlesex, married 1884 Farnham Surrey to James Rides Cooper Baptist Minister by 1901
Jessie Pomeroy Dau 3 1868 - born Middlesex, England
Marianne Pomeroy Dau 1 1870 born Middlesex, England
By 1881 census Bessie was 18 living in Kingston High Street in the family of Adolphus E Phillips a Master ironmonger & his wife Anne a Milliner with Bessie training as an apprentice milliner
Census 1891 3 Wellington Street East Teignmouth
POMEROY Joseph Head M M 59 Ironmonger (Em'er) Devon – born Stonehouse (died 1 Mar 1907.)
POMEROY Harriett Wife M F 52 Launceston Cornwall
POMEROY Millie Dau S F 25 London - Westbourne Green
POMEROY Jessie Dau S F 23 Assistant (Em'ee) London - Westbourne Green
POMEROY Maud Dau S F 18 Assistant (Em'ee) Hampshire - Aldershot
POMEROY Emma Dau S F 14 Scholar Hampshire - Aldershot
POMEROY Frank Son - M 13 Scholar Hampshire - Aldershot
POMEROY Stanley Son - M 12 Scholar Hampshire - Aldershot
BALL Emma Servt S F 22 General Servant Devon - Kingsbridge
3 Wellington Street Teignmouth in 2021
1901
5, Higher Brimley Terrace, Teignmouth, West Teignmouth, Newton Abbot,
Joseph Pomeroy Head Widower 69 1832 Living on own means Born Stonehouse,
Jessie D Pomeroy Dau UnM 33 1868 B London, Mid
Mildred M Cooper Grand daughter
Joseph POMEROY died 1 Mar 1907.
WILLS 1907 - listed on the pages of Pomeroy Wills
POMEROY Joseph of 5 Higher Brimley Tce, Teignmouth, DEV died 1 Mar 1907.
Probate Exeter 19 Mar to Walter Thomas Tolley, grocer and Jessie Down Pomeroy, spinster. £1,233 4s 6d.
His wife died before him 1892. POMEROY Harriet Jessop of 3 Wellington St, Teignmouth, Devon (wife of Joseph Pomeroy) died 30 Jan 1892.
Admin London 22 December to said Joseph Pomeroy, gent. Estate £41 16s 7d.
1881 at 38 High Street Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Joseph POMEROY Head M 49 Stonehouse, Devon, Ironmonger Employs 5 Men & 2 Boys
Harriet J. POMEROY Wife 42 Devonport, Devon, England
Jessie D. POMEROY Dau 13 Scholar Bayswater, Middlesex, Eng
Marianne POMEROY Dau 11 Scholar Bayswater, Middlesex, Eng
Joseph H.S. POMEROY Son 9 Scholar Aldershot, Hampshire, Eng
Harriet Maud POMEROY Dau 8 ScholarAldershot, Hampshire,
Kate POMEROY Dau 7Scholar Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Emma POMEROY Dau 4 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Frank S. POMEROY Son 3 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Stanley POMEROY Son 2 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
servants
Ann STEELE U 19D Domestic servant Chatham, Kent, England
Catherine COLLINS U 14 Nursemaid born Binstead, Hant
Graveyard - pastel by AJP 1999
These are obviously not AJP's work - this drawing dated 1800 might be by JMW Turner
1641 PROTESTATION RETRUNES WEST TEIGNMOUTH
1641 Protestation Returns in Teignmouth
43 signed in East Teignmouth
William Bishop James Blackston Henry Hunte William Welch James Blackston Elizeus Lamsheade John Lowe
John Cloade Richard Lutton Walter Dearinge Henry Rashley William Drewe John Ewen Nicholas Even
Richard Reckeliffe Richard Rodes Robert Rowe George Saterlye John Ham John Goulserye (Golsworhty)
Martin Goulsery Edward Wilkin Geoffrey Wilkin John Wilkin Walter Wilkin snr Nicholas Wilkin snr Edward Wilkin
Walter Wilkin jnr William Wilkin John Wilkin jnr John Wilkin jn Geoffrey Wilkin Nicholas Wilkin jnr Will Wilkin
Richard Wilkin jnr Andrew Filsome Richard Starr Thomas Shaply John Sulke Elizius Hewett Ewen Hill
John Hooper Edward Waymouth William Waymouth Henry Thorninge
Signed by John Risdon Curate
1641 WEST TEIGNMOUTH - 118 signed
John Alwarde William Fletcher John Pearne Philip Babb Thomas Forde Gregory Peatle Richard Froste
Richard Philpe John Bawdon Richard Bawdon Thomas Babb John Gammon Thomas Gammon William Pile
Robert Pile John Gaunte Richard Gaunte Thomas Gaunte Richard Pinsente William Pinsente Richard Bearde Laurence Bearde snr Laurence Bearde jnr Michael Preste Nicholas Geale Robert Rendell George Best Roger Grenfill
Roger Scorse John Hale Joseph Hale John Sheere Jasper Bonfeld Thomas Hewarde William Hewarde
John Shilstone Richard Shilstone Thomas Shilstone Edward Shilstone William Blush John Harvy John Hodge
John Bone Thomas Braddon Thomas Braddon jnr Anthony Braddon Richard Shobrocke Edward Shobrocke Philip Brazer
Stephen Hollogrove Augustine Briante John Beaden George Hollorde William Simons Thomas Britnall Nicholas Hunte
Raymond Smith William Smith John Burrington John Hurle John Cade Robert Kersewell William Carswil
Walter Stoneman John Carnell Philip Kerton Arculus Straplin Ambrose Lane John Clarke Thomas Clarke
John Clarke jnr William Thorne Richard Tommalin Simon Leere James Tayller Gregory Langforde David Luckis
Richard Clouter Walter Lyell Thomas Martin Edward Martyn Nicholas Martyn Peter Martyn John Martyn
Nathaniel Towill Richard Towill Andrew Towill Mark Towil Thomas Cominge William Comminge Henry Cominge
William Cookerye Richard Cosh William Tozer Stephen Deamonde John Vallance Sidrach Towell Tom Towill
Geoffrey Matterface Gregory Matterface Thomas Vincent John Vinsent Thomas Escott Thomas Escott jnr Elizeus Moore Richard Moore Nicholas Emblin John Wilkin Mark Ewen Nicholas Paddon Gregory Farrwell David Williams
Robert Peatye William Wills Richard Fielde Edward Pearce Andrew Wooles Richard Yeele
Signed by John Risdon – Curat
37 years later 1678 West Teignmouth presumably only Protestant families contributing to St Pauls Cathedral rebuilding fund
60 contributed
Thomas Comming Sen (gent) John Bawden Senr John Bawden Jnr Nicholas Bawden Henry Smith Thomas Dreton Robart Parker
Elizeus[?] Cole[?] John Hobbs John Eastcot James Babb George Norris Peter Band Mary Sheers
Thomas Towills James Lake John Petye Robart Barons Mary Downing Vrath[?] Jorden Richard Hayman
Audrey Golsworthy Bartholomew Burrington Sedwil[?] Burrington Gabriel Bradden John Husk[?] Richard Beard Richard Grant
Walter Lyle John Mathewes Philip Mathewes Thomas Kerton John Godding Humphrey Langley William Pearne
Stephen Brasser Thomas Chilstone[?] Joan Bowden Joseph Hall Gregory Lanford Thomas Oxland Henry Prowess
Edward Pearne Thomas Prowes Phillip During Catherain Prowes Mary Austin Thomas Periman William Rondle ?Rendell) Edward Prowes Austin Richards . John Martin Henry Martin Stephen Diamond Joseph Cole John Daves[?]
Joan Robarts Michael Widborne Signed by curate John Risdon
East Teignmouth 1678 - signed by 10 presumably Protestants with 3 to 4 marriages a year
Mary Mannwaring Petter[?]Warring[?] John Wilkin John Holford[?] Henry Martin John Manlley[?] William Matthe William Rashely
Elenor Cload[?] Richard Smith
Signed by curate John Risdon
ADDITION INFORMATION from FODA
FreeHolders in Devon and Exeter Oath Rolls, 1723 QS17/2/1/3a
Oaths sworn at The King's Head, Chudleigh, 21 August 1723 before George Chudleigh & John Lear barts
Teignmouth
Thomas Cows (Cowse) of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
Thomas Braddon of Teignmouth [Signed]
Thomas Gaunt, baker of Teignmouth [Signed]
William Way of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
Tamson Bawdon, widow of Teignmouth, West [Signed] [Residence inferred from William Way.]
Hannah Gloss of Teignmouth, West [Marked "H"] [Residence inferred from William Way.]
Joane Jowill of Teignmouth [Marked "I"]
Elizabeth Paddon of Teignmouth [Marked]
Christian Thornehill of Teignmouth [Marked "T"]
Laurence Potter of Teignmouth [Signed]
John Ball of Teignmouth [Signed]
Rose Matterface, widow of Teignmouth [Marked]
Joanna Evans, spinster of Teignmouth [Marked]
Joanna Milton, spinster of Teignmouth [Marked "M"]
Ann Wilkins of Teignmouth [Marked "A"]
Susanna Waymouth of Teignmouth [Marked]
Hannah Smith, widow of Teignmouth [Marked "X"]
Agnes Meddick (Maddick), widow of Teignmouth [Marked]
Mary Bastone, widow of Teignmouth [Marked]
Mary Jordon of Teignmouth [Marked "M"]
John Row of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
Richard Escott of Teignmouth, West [Marked "RE"]
Robert Peryman of Hennock [Marked]
Anthony Way of Teignmouth, West [Marked]
Elizabeth Kerton, spinster of Teignmouth, West [Marked]
Mary Kerton, spinster of Teignmouth, West [Marked]
Susanna Trowte, widow of Teignmouth [Signed]
Elizabeth Hull, widow of Teignmouth [Marked]
Elizabeth Perryman of Teignmouth [Marked]
Joane Langaller of Teignmouth [Marked]
Samuel Bowdon of Ashton [Marked]
Thomas Cove of Powderham [Marked]
Michael Comyns of Ilsington [Marked]
Thomas Lear of Ilsington [Marked "L"
Richard Narramore of Bishopsteignton [Marked "N"]
James Jenkinson of Teignmouth, West [Marked "J"]
Richord Trislade, wife of John Trislade of Bishopsteignton [Marked "T"]
Mirriam Humphrey, wife of John Humphrey of Bishopsteignton [Marked "H"]
Mary Norris of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
Wilmot Smith of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
James Escott (Escot) of Teignmouth, West [Marked "E"]
Jane Lake of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Richard Newbery of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
Elizabeth Newbery, wife of Richard Newbery of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
John Cole of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Joanna Cole, wife of John Cole of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Philip Sparke of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
Bartholomew Goodman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Raymond Smith of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
John Horrell of Teignmouth, West [Marked "H"]
Mary Williams, wife of P. Williams of Teignmouth, West [Marked "W"]
James Lake of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Mary Filsom of Teignmouth, West [Marked "F"]
Christopher Glass of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Richard Perriman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
John Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Hammond Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Elizabeth Tucker, wife of Hammond Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Christopher Blackstone of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Mary Blackstone, wife of Christopher Blackstone of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Thomas Gaunt jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Anne Gaunt, wife of Thomas Gaunt jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Anne Hall, wife of Joseph Hall jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "H"]
John Perryman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
Robert Langley of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Susanna Escot, wife of Richard Escot of Teignmouth, West [Marked "E"]
Martha Litton, wife of James Litton of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Esther Collings of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Eleanor Peek of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
Thomazin Peek of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
William Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Anne Jordan, wife of William Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Mary Lamcraft, wife of Richard Lamcraft of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
Samuel Pitts of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Mary Pitts of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Joan Rumbelow of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Jane Underhay, wife of Edward Underhay of Teignmouth, East [Marked "U"]
Jane Lewis, wife of Daniel Lewis of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
Elizabeth Featy of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Mary Fletcher of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Nicholas Wilking of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Mary Wilking, wife of Nicholas Wilking of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Mary Jewell, wife of William Jewell of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Oliver Courtice of Teignmouth, East [Signed]
Loveday Courtice, wife of Oliver Courtice of Teignmouth, East [Marked "C"]
Thomazin Bussell, wife of Nicholas Bussell of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
William Leeton of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
William Newbery (Newberry) of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
Joan Newbery (Newberry) of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
Edward Fletcher of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Mary During, wife of William During of Teignmouth, East [Marked "D"]
John Neck of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
William Warren of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Katherine Warren of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
John Pine of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Elizabeth Manly, wife of John Manly of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Roger Goodman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "G"]
Mary Babb, widow of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Samuel Rugg of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Abigail Rugg of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Jane Cole of Teignmouth, East [Marked "C"]
Mary Potter, wife of Lawrence Potter of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Margaret Screws, wife of William Screws of Teignmouth, East [Marked "S"]
Loveday Jordan, wife of Rufus Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Michael Martin of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Mary Martin, wife of Michael Martin of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Michael Martin jun of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Eleanor Goss of Teignmouth, East [Marked "G"]
Thomas Escott of Teignmouth, East [Marked "E"]
Mary Escott of Teignmouth, East [Marked "E"]
John Bully jun of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Francis Bennet of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Elizabeth Tapley, wife of R Tapley of Teignmouth, East [Marked "T"]
William Pulman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Elizabeth Pulman, wife of William Pulman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Judith Matterface, wife of Richard Matterface of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Thomas Whitborn of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Whitborn, wife of Thomas Whitborn of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Prowse, wife of Richard Prowse of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Wilmot Furze, wife of Richard Furze of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Dorothy Bickford of Combeinteignhead [Marked "B"]
Hester Carter, wife of Elias Carter clerk of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Anthony Nation of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
Rose Whitburn, wife of John Whitburn of Teignmouth, West [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Ball, wife of John Ball of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Mary Beard of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Oliver Manwaring jun of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
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Mary Smith, wife of William Smith of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
Mary Westcot, wife of John Westcot of Chudleigh [Marked "W"]
Mary Norris of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
Wilmot Smith of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
James Escott (Escot) of Teignmouth, West [Marked "E"]
Jane Lake of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Richard Newbery of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
Elizabeth Newbery, wife of Richard Newbery of Teignmouth, West [Marked "N"]
John Cole of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Joanna Cole, wife of John Cole of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Philip Sparke of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
Bartholomew Goodman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Raymond Smith of Teignmouth, West [Marked "S"]
John Horrell of Teignmouth, West [Marked "H"]
Mary Williams, wife of P. Williams of Teignmouth, West [Marked "W"]
James Lake of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Mary Filsom of Teignmouth, West [Marked "F"]
Christopher Glass of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Richard Perriman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
John Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Hammond Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Elizabeth Tucker, wife of Hammond Tucker of Teignmouth, West [Marked "T"]
Christopher Blackstone of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Mary Blackstone, wife of Christopher Blackstone of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Thomas Gaunt jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Anne Gaunt, wife of Thomas Gaunt jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "G"]
Anne Hall, wife of Joseph Hall jun of Teignmouth, West [Marked "H"]
John Perryman of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
Robert Langley of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Susanna Escot, wife of Richard Escot of Teignmouth, West [Marked "E"]
Martha Litton, wife of James Litton of Teignmouth, West [Marked "L"]
Esther Collings of Teignmouth, West [Marked "C"]
Eleanor Peek of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
Thomazin Peek of Teignmouth, West [Marked "P"]
William Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Anne Jordan, wife of William Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Mary Lamcraft, wife of Richard Lamcraft of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
Samuel Pitts of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Mary Pitts of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Joan Rumbelow of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Jane Underhay, wife of Edward Underhay of Teignmouth, East [Marked "U"]
Jane Lewis, wife of Daniel Lewis of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
Elizabeth Featy of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Mary Fletcher of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Nicholas Wilking of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Mary Wilking, wife of Nicholas Wilking of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Mary Jewell, wife of William Jewell of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Oliver Courtice of Teignmouth, East [Signed]
Loveday Courtice, wife of Oliver Courtice of Teignmouth, East [Marked "C"]
Thomazin Bussell, wife of Nicholas Bussell of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
William Leeton of Teignmouth, East [Marked "L"]
William Newbery (Newberry) of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
Joan Newbery (Newberry) of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
Edward Fletcher of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Mary During, wife of William During of Teignmouth, East [Marked "D"]
John Neck of Teignmouth, East [Marked "N"]
William Warren of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Katherine Warren of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
John Pine of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Elizabeth Manly, wife of John Manly of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Roger Goodman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "G"]
Mary Babb, widow of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Samuel Rugg of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Abigail Rugg of Teignmouth, East [Marked "R"]
Jane Cole of Teignmouth, East [Marked "C"]
Mary Potter, wife of Lawrence Potter of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Margaret Screws, wife of William Screws of Teignmouth, East [Marked "S"]
Loveday Jordan, wife of Rufus Jordan of Teignmouth, East [Marked "J"]
Michael Martin of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Mary Martin, wife of Michael Martin of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Michael Martin jun of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Eleanor Goss of Teignmouth, East [Marked "G"]
Thomas Escott of Teignmouth, East [Marked "E"]
Mary Escott of Teignmouth, East [Marked "E"]
John Bully jun of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Francis Bennet of Teignmouth, East [Marked "B"]
Elizabeth Tapley, wife of R Tapley of Teignmouth, East [Marked "T"]
William Pulman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Elizabeth Pulman, wife of William Pulman of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Judith Matterface, wife of Richard Matterface of Teignmouth, East [Marked "M"]
Thomas Whitborn of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Whitborn, wife of Thomas Whitborn of Teignmouth, East [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Prowse, wife of Richard Prowse of Teignmouth, East [Marked "P"]
Wilmot Furze, wife of Richard Furze of Teignmouth, East [Marked "F"]
Dorothy Bickford of Combeinteignhead [Marked "B"]
Mary Wilking, wife of John Wilking of Dawlish [Marked "W"]
Rose Whitburn, wife of John Whitburn of Teignmouth, West [Marked "W"]
Elizabeth Ball, wife of John Ball of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Mary Beard of Teignmouth, West [Marked "B"]
Oliver Manwaring jun of Teignmouth, West [Signed]
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