1732 - 1824

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• Birth	22 Feb 1732	Southold, Long Island, ? County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Aug 1824	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I79078	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2003 00:00:00
  Father	Oliver GEER, b. Abt 1709, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Elizabeth NEWBERRY, b. Abt 1709
  Family ID	F34073	Group Sheet
  Family	Sally MOORE, b. 1747
  Children	1. Elizabeth GEER   2. Nabby GEER   3. Wheeler GEER, b. 9 Nov 1773, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F34439	Group Sheet

• Notes

  After marriage he settled in Newport, RI, and built a house there which was burned by the British in the Revolutionary War. At that time he removed to Pawtucket. His son was born in Newport and possibly his daughters. Later he removed to Norwich, CT, and built on top of Geer Hill a windmill, which he patented. We have the following quaint record regarding him: "The minister would require attendance upon his church - the Rev. took a poor man cow for the church rates - the Rev. asked Uzziel why he came not to church and he told him that a Rev. who could take a cow that way - would not hear him preach - the Rev. said 'I must say thou art a heathen.' Uzziel replied 'I must say thou art one damned liar." So, to escape imprisonment, he went to North Caroline; came back a strong Abolitionist and never would use anything raised by slave labor. This event was before his marriage.

• Sources

  [S1067] Walter Geer, A historical record of George and Thomas Geer and their descendants in the United States from 1623 to 1923 (. page 17-19, 21-22, 27-28, 32, 45-46, 57-59, 90-93, 119-124, 157-159, 186-192, 244-249, 264-266, 285-289, 293