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John Pumpelly

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Dave Cowens — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 396 
  • Father:
  • Jean Pompilie Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • ----- Monro   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1727 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Jul 1819 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Eppen Hillebranz Meijer
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  • Child:

  Samuel Pumpelly (Ahnentafel No:198 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War service

    D.A.R. Ancestor #A090426

    John Pumpelly's surname is also seen as Pompilly, Pumpely, and Pompilie.

    Published sources disagree on the location of John Pumpelly's death giving both Danby, Tompkins, New York, and Owego, Tioga, New York as possible locations.

    Veteran of the French and Indian Wars and is said to have been standing next to Gen. Wolfe when he was mortally wounded on the Heights of Abrahamin Quebec. He is said to have helped carry Gen. Wolfe off of the battlefield. He is also said to have saved Gen. Israel Putnam's life when he fell into a lake during a skirmish.

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Bushnell

• Sources for John Pumpelly

  • ¹ Americana (American Historical Magazine), New York: The American Historical Society, 1913, Vol. 8, pp. 514-516.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A090426.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Pembroke, Vol. 1, p. 166, Baptism record for son Samuel Pompilly.
  • ⁴ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1921, Vol. 52, p. 107.
  • ⁵ Hughes, Thomas Patrick, American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent in the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the U.S., Vol. 01, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons (1887), 64.