Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Geer was born on 12 September 1749, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, James Geer, was 34 and her mother, Mary MacKnell, was 33. She married John Morse on 17 November 1770, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 January 1817, at the age of 67.
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- Susanna Geer, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Susannah in entry for John Morss, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Susannah Geer, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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Name Meaning
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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