FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH
From:	Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth

Surname:  GEER
Source:   History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4 by
          Rev. Henry H. Saunderson 

p.358
Thomas, Shubael and Seth Geer came from England and
settled in New York and CT.  Thomas, son of Seth m.
Mary Pease and came to Charlestown, NH from Enfield, CT.
in May l780. He d. age 89 and she died age 92.  Their
children:
1.   Horace Geer b. Mar 20, l773 m. Nancy Owen.
2.   William Geer b. Dec 3, l775.
3.   Mary Geer b. Mar 29, l778.
4.   Philothea Geer b. July l9, l780 m. Lemuel T. Cheney
     of Westmoreland on Jan l8, l802.
5.   Sybil Geer b. Apr ll, l783 m. Henry Bostwick, of NY
6.   Thomas Geer b. Aug l3,l785 m. Nancy Woodbridge
7.   Seth Geer b.June 30, l788 m. Mary Pier Res:
     Vergennes, VT.
8.   Noah Phelps Geer b. May 28, l79l
9.   Cynthia Geer b. Sep ll, l793 m. Peter Boynton

p.359
Noah Phelps Geer m. Feb 8, l8l4 Sally Buckman b. July
25, l79l and resided in the old Geer homestead.  She
spun and wove all the cloth for her children's clothes
and the shoe thread for her husband, turning the wheel
with one foot, while she rocked the cradle with the
other.  He d. May 22, l87l and she d. June l0, l873.
Their children:
1.  John Geer b. May 4, l8l5 m. Lucia Carpenter of
    Montpelier, VT.
2.  Anna Geer b. Nov 4, l8l7 m. E. H. Russell of 
    Nantucket
3.  Seth Geer b. Sep 24, l8l9 m. Angie DeGroff of
    Poughkeepsie, NH
4.  Mary Geer b. Dec. 20, l82l Res: Walpole, NH
5.  Maria Geer b. May 5, l823 m. A.K. Maynard of Walpole
    NH
6.  William Geer b. Feb 23, l826 m. A. Emergene Crosby
    dau of John Crosby.
7.  Sybil Geer b. Sep 9, l827 m. Henry Turner of Turner
    ME
8.  Lizzie (Elizabeth) Geer b. June l0, l829 m. E. H.
    Wentworth of Lowell, MA.
9.  Sarah Geer b. Feb 7, l83l m. Dana Slade of Alstead
    NH
l0. James Geer b. June l2, l836 d. Jan 20, l866.
Two children named Rebecca Geer, died in infancy, the
lst b. May 26, l833; the 2d b. Jan 6, l840

Shubael Geer and wife, Sarah had issue:
1.  William Geer b. Sep 25, l769
2.  Cynthia Geer b. Mar l9,l77l  in Cumber-
    land County, NH
William being the lst child born at Andover, Vt.
3.  Ralph Geer b. Oct 24, l777

Ebenezer Geer and wife, Sarah had issue:
1.  Abigail Geer b.Apr 6, l775
2.  Martin Geer b. Dec 20, l776 d. Sep ll, l777
Sarah Geer d. Feb 23, l777

George and Anna Geer had one child:
l. Royal Geer b.Mar 5, l789.

Walter Geer m. Lucy Allen dau of Benjamin and Peggy
(Spafford) Allen b. Mar 28, l758.  Their children:
l.  Harmony Geer b. at Lebanon, NH June 27, l784.
2.  Dan Geer b. at Windsor, VT Nov 7, l786.
3.  Lucy Geer b.Jan 29, l789.

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