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Sarah Billings Geer Denison (Chesebrough)

Also Known As: "Denison", "Geer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: February 05, 1786 (70)
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sgt. Samuel Cheesebrough and Priscilla Chesebrough
Wife of Ebenezer Billings, III; James Geer and John Denison
Mother of Lucy Billings; Lydia Avery and Mary Satterlee
Sister of Mary (Chesebrough) Hewitt; Priscilla (Chesebrough) Palmer; Nathaniel Chesebrough; Lieutenant Colonel Amos Chesebrough; Hannah (Chesebrough) Shaw and 1 other

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About Sarah Billings Geer Denison

DENISON GENEALOGY, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN GEORGE DENISON, Of Stonington Connecticut, by John Denison Baldwin and William Clift, Worcester, MA, 1881, p 11



HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 238, 239, 295, 346


She is buried in the North Stonington cemetery beside her second husband (Billings). 5 children by James Sarah Chesebrough Geer Billings when she married John Denison in 1762.

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Sarah (Chesebrough) Denison (1715 - 1786)

Sarah Denison formerly Chesebrough aka Geer, Billings
Born 14 Aug 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticutmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Samuel Chesebrough and Priscilla (Alden) Chesebrough
Sister of Mary (Chesebrough) Hewitt, Priscilla (Chesebrough) Palmer, Nathaniel Chesebrough, Amos Chesebrough Sr., Hannah (Chesebrough) Shaw and Prudence (Chesebrough) Stanton
Wife of James Geer — married 27 Nov 1739 in North Groton, Connecticutmap
Wife of Ebenezer Billings III — married 1755 (to 3 Jul 1759) in Stonington, New London County, Connecticutmap
Wife of John Denison — married 3 Mar 1762 (to 28 Nov 1777) in Stonington, New London County, Connecticutmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Mary (Geer) Satterlee, Lydia (Geer) Avery, Lucy (Geer) Billings, James Geer and Samuel Geer
Died 5 Feb 1786 at age 70 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Sarah Chesebrough was born 14 Aug 1715 at Stonington, Connecticut. She was a daughter of Samuel Chesebrough and Priscilla Alden.

She married:

1) 27 Nov 1739 @ Stonington, Connecticut, James Geer

2) in 1755 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Ebenezer Billings

3) 3 Mar 1762 @ Stonington, Connecticut, "Merchant John" Denison

Sarah (Chesebrough/Geer/Bilings) Denison passed away 5 Feb 1786 at Stonington. Her remains are buried next to her 2nd husband, Ebenezer Billings.

Notes

aka Mrs. James Geer, Mrs. Ebenezer Billings III, Mrs. John "Merchant John" Denison Sr.

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #13660796
Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct., (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), pages 304 and 309.
Richard Anson Wheeler, History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900, (New London, CT, USA, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900), page 239, no. 46: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n261/mode/1up; p. 295 #73: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n317/mode/1up; p. 346 no. 126: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n368/mode/1up
White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 451.

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Sarah Billings Geer Denison's Timeline

1715
August 14, 1715
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
October 9, 1715
1733
1733
1742
November 10, 1742
1745
May 16, 1745
Stonington, New London County , Connecticut Colony
1786
February 5, 1786
Age 70
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Great Plain Cemetery, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States