Person:Caroline Geer (1)

12/9/99 Per Bruce Lee, Caroline was supposedly from Connecticut and had 4 other daughters by other men... she was breeded out. These dtrs, Emma ULN, Florence Martin (lived in Evanston, Cook, IL), Anna McCreary, and one other. Caroline was supposedly Black and native. I’m very dubious about all these facts.

4/5/00 Further research has led me to believe that Caroline was, in fact, Black and native. “Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut, 1650-1900.” by Barbara W. Brown and James M. Rose, lists one Pricilla Cheseborough, b. 1794, married David F. Geer in 1823. Pricilla is the daughter of Native American Mingo Cheseborough and Lucretia Buck. More research is required to prove that Pricilla is Caroline’s mother, but I am extremely confident that this is the correct bloodline.

1900 US Census (NJ, Monmouth Co, Middletown Twp, ED 132, sh 19A, ln 28), Caroline, B, 75 (b. Jun 1824, CT), listed as widow, both parents born CT. Living with her, Ida Morris (dtr), B, 30 (b. Sep 1869, NJ), Ida’s husband, Carter Morris, B, 29 (b. Oct 1870 NY), both parents b. VA. They had been married less than a year and Ida had no children. Also living with them, Emma Patterson, B, 38 (b. Dec 1861 NJ), listed as widow. Like Ida, her father b. NJ, mother b. CT.

1900 Obituary dtd Wednesday, Nov 7. 1900, Red Bank Register (from www.distantcousin.com/obits/nj/1900/1900/nov/guy_mrs_carolline_f.html) reads as follows: “Mrs. Caroline F. Guy, widow of John Guy, died at Atlantinc Highlands last Thursday of cancer of the stomach. She was 74 years old and had been sick since last spring. Mrs. Guy was born at Middletown, Connecticut, and had lived in the vicinity of Atlantic Highlands for forty years. Mr. Guy was employed in New York a good many years and during that time the family spent the winters in the city. Mr. Guy died four years ago. Three children survive Mrs. Guy. They are Emma Patterson, who lives at home; Mrs. C. J. Jackson of Jersey City and Mrs. C. Morris of Philadelphia. The funeral was held on Saturday afternoon at Zion Methodist Church at Hillside. Rev. W. W. Johnson had charge of the service. The body was buried in the Navesink burying ground.”

1900 New Jersey Report of Death [unnumbered], Caroline F. Guy 74 years, colored, b. CT, last residence Middletown Town, Monmouth County, resided in the state about 40 years, d. Middletown Town, Monmouth County, father’s name David Geer, b. USA, mother Priscilla Geer, b. USA. Died 1 Nov 1900 of Scinbus? from which she’d suffered about 15 months.

1. ↑ Obit dtd nov 7, 1900, in the Red Bank Register
2. ↑ Funeral held at Zion Methodist Church, burial in the Navesink Burying Ground