Individual Details

Reverend Benjamin POMEROY D.D.

(19 Nov 1704 - 21 Dec 1784)

Events

Birth19 Nov 1704Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Degree1733A.B. from Yale University - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
OccupationBet 1734 and 1784minister - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
Marriage23 Oct 1734Abigail WHEELOCK
Religion1735was pastor of the Church of Christ - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
Religion1735was pastor of the Church of Christ - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
OrdinationDec 1735Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1742was arraigned with James Davenport for "having committed great disorders" , charge dismissed - Connecticut
ReligionAbt 1742was said to be a preacher with Wheelock in the "Great Awakening" - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
MiscellaneousMay 1744was tried by the Connecticut Assembly for denouncing laws against religion and found guilty - Connecticut
Will22 Jan 1753Connecticut, British America
MiscellaneousAbt 1755taught Hebrew, Greek & Latin at Rev. Eleazer Wheelock's "Moors Indian Charity School" - North Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
MilitaryBet 1755 and 1763was Chaplain in the army during the French and Indian Wars
Degree1774D.D. from Dartmouth College - Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire
MilitaryAbt Aug 1776New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York
Military1 Jan 1777enlisted as a Chaplain of the 3rd Regiment of Col Samauel Wyllis, CT Line
MilitaryJan 1777marched with men from Hebron to Lexington, to answer the alarm
Military1 Jul 1778and was discharged - Connecticut
Will22 Jan 1783Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Miscellaneous20 Jun 1783sold a quit claim deed to Josiah Pomroy - Errol, Grafton County, New Hampshire
MiscellaneousAbt 1783was an invalid from severe asthama and was blind - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
MiscellaneousBef 21 Dec 1784was a trustee of Dartmouth College - New Hampshire
ReligionBef 21 Dec 1784was pastor of the Church of Christ 50 years - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
Death21 Dec 1784Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
BurialAft 21 Dec 1784in the Old Congregational Cemetery on Wall St. - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut
Probate28 Feb 1785Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Miscellaneous11 Feb 1786had his commissioners of his estate were prepared to settle any accounts against it - Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut

Families

SpouseAbigail WHEELOCK (1717 - 1803)
ChildDr Benjamin POMEROY (1735 - 1759)
ChildLieutenant Ralph POMEROY (1737 - 1819)
ChildEleazer Wheelock POMEROY (1739 - 1783)
ChildJosiah POMEROY (1741 - 1742)
ChildAbigail POMEROY (1743 - 1835)
ChildCapt Josiah POMEROY (1745 - 1812)
ChildSamuel POMEROY (1747 - 1747)
ChildHannah POMEROY (1748 - 1749)
ChildHezekiah POMEROY (1750 - 1750)
ChildHannah POMEROY (1751 - 1814)
ChildJohn POMEROY (1754 - 1754)
ChildCaptain Elihu POMEROY (1755 - 1834)
ChildLidda POMEROY (1757 - )
ChildAugustus Wheelock POMEROY (1758 - 1759)
FatherCaptain Joseph POMEROY (1672 - 1712)
MotherHannah SEYMOUR ( - 1727)
SiblingHannah POMEROY (1694 - 1694)
SiblingMedad POMEROY (1695 - 1767)
SiblingEliakim POMEROY (1697 - 1711)
SiblingHannah POMEROY (1700 - )
SiblingJoseph POMEROY (1702 - 1787)
SiblingNathaniel POMEROY (1706 - 1781)
SiblingNoah POMEROY (1709 - 1781)
SiblingEliakim POMEROY (1711 - )