David Geer

(f/g) David Geer Birth: Jun. 18, 1756 Death: Aug. 31, 1835

Family links: Children: David Geer (1784 - 1867)* William Stanton Gere (1785 - 1852)* Robert Gere (1796 - 1877)* Charles Gere (1803 - 1870)*

Inscription: 'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of gthat man is peace.' Note: Aged 80 Years Burial: New Poquetanuck Cemetery Preston New London County Connecticut, USA Plot: Created by: LindaCh5 Record added: Mar 10, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 18330560

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THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 706

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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. 583

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David Geer was born in the town of Groton (now Ledyard), in the year 1755. He was the son of Ebenezer and Prudence (Wheeler) Geer, and was a descendant of George Geer, the first of the Geer family in America. David was of the third generation born in this country. When he was born, Connecticut was a British Colony, and subject to British law. Under that law the eldest son had a double portion, David being the youngest son received a small inheritance of land, to which he added by purchase, and in 1785 he built the house now occupied by Isaac W. Geer. By trade he was a tanner, and shoemaker, trades that then went together. He carried on farming in connection with his trade, and acquired a good estate for the times in which he lived. His wife was Mary Stanton, of Stonington, by whom he had ten children. One child died in infancy. Three of the sons settled in this county. *David, the eldest, settled in Lebanon. From him the Geers of that town are descended.

• Joseph and Isaac settled in their native place.
• Three sons, William, Robert and Charles, settled in Central New York, which then was a frontier settlement.
• The daughters were married to men who resided in this county.

The subject of this sketch died 1835.

[Isaac Wheeler Geer]

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LEDYARD 1650-1900, by Rev. John Avery, published by Noyes & Davis: Press, Norwich, Connecticut, 1901, p 207-8