Person:George Geer (2)
George Geer
b.1621 Heavitree, Devon, England
d.Bef 10 Jan 1726/27 Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. George Geer1621 - Bef 1726/27
  2. Thomas Geer1623 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  George Geer1621 - Bef 1726/27
  • W.  Sarah AllynEst 1639 - Aft 1723
m. 17 Feb 1658/59
  1. Sarah Geer1659/60 - 1718
  2. Jonathan Geer1662 - 1742
  3. Joseph Geer1664 - 1743
  4. Hannah Geer1666 -
  5. Margaret Geer1669 - 1752
  6. Mary Geer1671 -
  7. Daniel Geer1673 - 1749
  8. Robert Geer1675/76 - 1742
  9. Anna Geer1677/78 - 1743
  10. Issac Geer1681 - 1745
  11. Jeremiah Geer1683 - 1721
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Facts and Events
Name[1] George Geer
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 1621 Heavitree, Devon, England
Marriage 17 Feb 1658/59 New London, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Sarah Allyn
Will[2] 5 Jun 1723 Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] Bef 10 Jan 1726/27 Preston, New London, Connecticut, United StatesBefore date of probate.
Burial? Brown Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United StatesGeorge Geer
Probate[2] 10 Jan 1726/27 Will presented for probate.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1 George Geer, in Geer, Walter. The Geer Genealogy: a Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623 to 1923. (New York: Brentano's, 1923)
    13-15.

    "1 George Geer was born about 1621 in Heavitree, near Exeter, Devon, England; died in 1726 in Preston, Connecticut; married 17 February 1658, Sarah, daughter of Robert Allyn."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Will of George Geer, in Meech, Susan Spicer, and Susan Billings Meech. History of the Descendants of Peter Spicer: a Landholder in New London, Connecticut, as Early as 1666, and Others of the Name, with Appendix Containing Short Accounts of Allied Families. (Boston, Massachusetts: Stanhope Press, 1911)
    514-15.

    "In the name of God, Amen. June 5, 1723. I, George Geer, of the town of Groton, now residing in Preston, in the County of New London, in the Colony of Connecticut in New England, being weake in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be giving unto God for it, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is apinted for all men once to dye, do make and ordain this my last will and testament: That is to say princably, and first of all, I give and recomend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and my body I recomend to the earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial, at the descretion of my Executors; and as touching such worly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner: Imprimis, I give and bequeath to Sarah, my dearly beloved wife, the use and improvement of one third of my estate during her natural life, and then to be divided among my four daughters, Sarah, Hannah, Margaret and Anne, and my daughter Mary's two daughters, Hannah and Mary, and the rest of my estate I dispose of as followeth: To my son Jonathan five shillings, and to my son Joseph five shillings, and to my son Daniel five shillings, and to my son Robert five shillings and to my son Isaac five shillings, and to my son Jeremiah heirs five shillings, which is their full portion with what they have already had. And to my four daughters, and my two granddaughters, Hannah and Mary Mainer all the rest of my estate of cattle and horse kind, and all the moveable goods, to be equaly devided among my four daughters and two granddaughters, Hannah and Mary Mainer shall have their mother's part. And I hereby make and apoint my love son Robert Geer, and my son-in-law Thomas Gates, full and sole Executors of this my last will and testament; hereby making nul and void all former wills and bequeths, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal.

    his GEORGE X GEER. mark

    Thomas Clark Stephen Gates Witnesses.

    This will was presented for probate Jan. 10, 1726-7, in New London.
    Amount of Inventory of Personal Estate, £48 195. 2d. Jonathan Wickwere and Jacob Parke, appraisers.

    George Geer removed to Preston about six years before his death and he was nearly if not totally blind some few years before his removal from Groton. It is therefore probable that he did not write his own will. He had deeded previously nearly all his real estate to his sons."

  3. ↑ Since Somerby provided some of the information included in the Geer genealogy, the parentage and date and place of birth may be less than accurate. Anderson, in "The Great Migration Directory" apparently finds no evidence of his being in New England by the end of 1640. His date of birth is more likely to have been between 1630 and 1640.
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