Pompey, NY Pomeroy Anvil Monument
Installed February 2006 at the Pompey Historical Society on the corner of Rte 20 and Pompey Center Road, Pompey, NY
The Pompey Monument commemorates the coming together or two pioneer families, the Pomeroys and the Coes, through the marriage of Spencer Pomeroy to Mary Ann Coe, on March 3, 1807, in Pompey, NY.
Inscription
Pomeroy Anvil
In 1660 Medad Pomeroy was given an anvil like this for moving his
blacksmith shop to Northampton, MA. It remained in the
family many generations and became symbolic of
the Pomeroy family.
This replica anvil is dedicated to the
Pomeroy and Coe families who
united in Pompey with the marriage of
Spencer Pomeroy and Mary Ann Coe
in 1807.
Sarah L. Allen Pomeroy Ithamar Coe
1740-1823 1755-1826
Mother of Father of
Spencer Pomeroy Mary Ann Coe
1781-1833 1790-1852
Children of Spencer and Mary Ann
Francis W. Pomeroy Edwin Pomeroy
1807-1881 1809-1834
Sisters of Spencer who came to Pompey NY
Nancy Pomeroy Higgins Charlotte Pomeroy Rust
1776-1826 ca 1780-ca 1810
Clarissa Pomeroy Wood 1785-