Brief Life History of Eltweed
When Eltweed Pomeroy was born on 4 July 1585, in Beaminster, Dorset, England, his father, Richard Pomeroy, was 45 and his mother, Eleanor Coker, was 24. He married Johanna Keech on 4 May 1617, in Beaminster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America in 1637. He died on 4 March 1673, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 87, and was buried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Elburtt Pomerye, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Eltwides Pummery, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Eltweed Pomeroy, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin; mainly Devon and Dorset): habitational name from any of various places in northeastern France named with Old French pommeroie, pommeraie ‘apple orchard’ (collective of pomme ‘apple’). The name was established in Ireland in 1573.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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From March 20, 1866 Hampshire Gazatte: " Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from Devonshire, England to this country in 1630, lived at Dorchester and Windor, anddied in Northampton in 1673, was the progentior …
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