When Robert Geer was born on 28 March 1761, in Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Amos Geer Sr, was 24 and his mother, Mary Wright, was 23. He married Cassandra Stanton on 5 December 1782. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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English (Kent and Sussex): variant of Gear .
German: from a personal name derived from gēr, gār ‘spear’ (see Gerhardt ).
Dutch (Van der Geer and Van de Geer): topographic name from geer ‘triangular piece of land’. Compare Degeer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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