Seth Pomeroy | |
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Born | Northampton, Massachusetts, English America | May 20, 1706
Died | February 19, 1777 Peekskill, New York, U.S. | (aged 70)
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Mary Hunt (m. 1732) |
Children | Seth, Quartus, Medad, Lemuel, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Asahel, and 1 other |
Seth Pomeroy (May 20, 1706 – February 19, 1777) was an American gunsmith and soldier from Northampton, Massachusetts. His military service included the French and Indian War and the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. He fought as a private soldier in the Battle of Bunker Hill, but was later appointed a major general in the Massachusetts militia.