Person:Patience Geer (1)

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Patience Geer
d.1781
  • F.  Christopher Geer (add)
  • M.  Prudence Weakley (add)
m. 3 Jun 1747
  1. Patience Geer1748 - 1781
  2. Lemuel Geer1750 -
m.
  1. Elijah Harris1768 -
  • H.  Richard Otis (add)
  • WPatience Geer1748 - 1781
m. 6 Dec 1773
Facts and Events
Name Patience Geer
Gender Female
Birth[1] 17 Feb 1748 Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Not Married
to Elijah Harris
Marriage 6 Dec 1773 Preston, New London, Connecticut, United Statesto Richard Otis (add)
Death? 1781

from the Geer Genealogy, A Historical Record of George and Thomas Geer and Their Descendants in the United States from 1623 to 1923 by Walter Geer, Norwood, Mass. the Plimpton Press 1923, reprinted 1990.


Her father's name was Christopher. Patience married Richard Otis on Dec. 6, 1773 in Preston, Connecticut. Her mother was Prudence Randall Weakly.

From Bill Boyle


Patience Geer did not marry Elijah Harris. The records of Preston, CT only show Elijah as the "reputed father" of her child, Elijah Harris.

Patience married Richard Otis in 1773 and moved with him 1) to Argyle, Washington Co, NY, then to Warrensburg, Warren Co, NY. Finally they settled in Admas, Jefferson Co, PA where Patience, Richard Otis, and Elijah are buried in the Honeyville Baptist Church cemetery. Patience Geer Otis died in 1826. Richard Otis died in 1824.

References
  1. Preston Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    2:37.

    GEER, Patience, d. Christopher & Prudence, b. Feb. 17, 1747/8