Individual Details

Colonel Benjamin POMEROY

(28 Dec 1800 - 2 Apr 1875)

Events

Birth28 Dec 1800Stanstead, Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Marriage1823Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada - Lucy LEE
Miscellaneous1832was one of the representatives that received government patent letters for land they were living on - Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous1833purchased property - Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous1835and his land surveyed by Joseph Bouchette and land was contained in the Lower Canada Land - Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1836Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous21 Apr 1837sold to Jamex Baxter part of lot 16, range 16 - Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Military1838/39served as Captain of the Queens Mountain Rangers, & promoted to Major then Colonel during Rebellion - Canada
Residence1840Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous6 Sep 1841 was chosen to represent the Township in the district of Sherbrooke - Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous8 Sep 1841he was eligble to sit in the first Council for the district - Sherbrooke County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous14 Jul 1845 presided over a meeting to elect councillors as the justice of the peace - Compton Township, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1847Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Occupation1851farmer - Compton, Sherbrooke County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1851on a 472 acre farm with 300 under cultivation and 172 acres wooded or wild, producing wheat and hay - Compton, Sherbrooke County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1853Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Occupation1857township mayor - Compton Centre, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1861and was a gentlemen - Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous1866was one of the promoters to help establish the woolen mills of the Paton manufacturing Company - Sherbrooke County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1866Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous12 May 1870he was a partner in the St. Francis and Megantic International Railway Company - Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Residence1871and was a farmer - Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous1870/71was at a meeting of Weslayn ministers to discuss the formation of a new college for the Eastern Twp. - Sherbrooke, Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Occupation1871Mayor - Compton Centre, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Miscellaneous24 Dec 1872was one of the directors on the first board for the Stanstead Wesleyan College - Stanstead, Stanstead County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Election1872/73mayor - Compton Township, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Death2 Apr 1875Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada
Burial1876Compton Cemetery - Compton, Compton County, Province of Quebec, Canada

Families

SpouseLucy LEE (1801 - 1854)
ChildSelah J POMEROY (1825 - 1891)
ChildMary Lee POMEROY (1827 - 1905)
ChildPOMEROY (1830 - 1830)
ChildErastus Lee POMEROY (1837 - 1841)
FatherJudge Selah POMEROY (1775 - 1856)
MotherHannah THAYER (1772 - 1821)
SiblingHazen POMEROY Sr (1796 - 1876)
SiblingDeacon Quartus POMEROY (1798 - 1883)
SiblingCordelia POMEROY (1804 - 1874)