Samuel Geer

2.    Samuel2

Gear, son of John1

and Sarah (Wills) Geare, was born by 1707 and was baptized in Kittery 17 April 1715 with his sister Joanna. He died before 19 October 1733, when his widow had an intention to remarry. Samuel married in Kittery on 7 January 1724/5, Abigail Hodsdon, [35]

likely a daughter of John2

(Nicholas1 ) and Deborah (_____) Hodsdon.[36] Abigail married second in Kittery 24 December 1733, John Thomas,[37]

and third 31 August 1769, Samuel Hayes. As Abigail Hayes of Dover, she left a will dated 15 December 1777, mentioning three sons John, Samuel, and Benja

Geer; daughter Abigail Drue, and son-in-law Eliza

[sic] Drew (who was to be sole executor).[38] On 18 February 1728/9, Samuel Gear of Kittery, cooper, sold to John Woodman Jr. of Kittery, cordwainer, for £12 a half acre of land in Kittery at the place commonly called Crooked Lane by the Cove between Sylvanus Trip and Gear.[39]

This seemingly was the land referenced on 18 September 1735 as being near the high water mark of the Piscataqua River, belonging lately to Samuel Geer, deceased.[40] Children of Samuel2

and Abigail (Hodgdon) Gear, born probably in Kittery.[41] The History of Durham, New Hampshire shows Abigail, wife of Elijah Drew, as Abigail Thomas,[42]

and thus a younger half-sister of the three Gear sons:

i. John3 Gear, b. say 1726; living on 15 Dec. 1777, the date of his mother’s will.

ii. Samuel Gear, b. say 1728, living on 15 Dec. 1777, the date of his mother’s will.

iii. Benjamin Gear, b. say 1730; living on 15 Dec. 1777, the date of his mother’s will. He m. say 1754 Elizabeth (_____) Allen, and lived in Dover, N.H., until 1787 when they evidently moved to Barrington, N.H. Both may have been living as late as 1800. Benjamin and Elizabeth had five children.[43]

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2018, 23:09:49 UTC
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2018, 23:17:07 UTC