Pomeroy, Seth

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Pomeroy, Seth		Northampton	Massachusetts	1740s

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Seth Pomeroy, born on May 20, 1706 died in 1777. Son of Ebenezer and Sarah King Pomeroy, Northampton. Seth became one of the best gunsmiths in the colony. He joined the militia in Hampshire County and served during the King Geroge's War (1744 - 1748) and the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763). He became such an excellent gunsmith that the Indians of the five nations and the Canadians sent annual deputations to Northampton to exchange furs for guns of his manufacture. In 1745 he joined the expedition against Louisburg, with a major's commission, and during the next ten years he held many responsible positions in his country's service. He participated in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755 under Sir William Johnson, going out as lieutenant-colonel and succeeding Colonel Ephraim Williams, who died at Lake George, Sept. 8th that year. Seth Pomeroy was prominent in the congress of the province and was present at Cambridge all of the spring of 1775, organizing the men that gathered about Boston, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was offered the command, but declined it. He fought all day, doubtless with one of his own muskets, and two years later recruited and led a regiment to join Washington's army on the Hudson. In this service he died, Feb. 19, 1777, at Peeksill, only a month after leaving his home. Eltweed Pomeroy was his great, great grandfather. Very likely John Partridge Bull was apprentice to Pomeroy.

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Seth Pomeroy, born on May 20, 1706 died in 1777. Son of Ebenezer and Sarah King Pomeroy, Northampton. Seth became one of the best gunsmiths in the colony. He joined the militia in Hampshire County and served during the King Geroge's War (1744 - 1748) and the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763).

He became such an excellent gunsmith that the Indians of the five nations and the Canadians sent annual deputations to Northampton to exchange furs for guns of his manufacture. In 1745 he joined the expedition against Louisburg, with a major's commission, and during the next ten years he held many responsible positions in his country's service. He participated in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755 under Sir William Johnson, going out as lieutenant-colonel and succeeding Colonel Ephraim Williams, who died at Lake George, Sept. 8th that year.

Seth Pomeroy was prominent in the congress of the province and was present at Cambridge all of the spring of 1775, organizing the men that gathered about Boston, and was present at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was offered the command, but declined it. He fought all day, doubtless with one of his own muskets, and two years later recruited and led a regiment to join Washington's army on the Hudson. In this service he died, Feb. 19, 1777, at Peeksill, only a month after leaving his home.

Eltweed Pomeroy was his great, great grandfather.

Very likely John Partridge Bull was apprentice to Pomeroy.