| BIRTH | Thomas was born in 1638 in Wenham, Essex co., MA[1]. This birth year is estimated from a 1662 deposition in which he is 24 years old. |
| DEATH | Thomas died in Goff's Falls, NH in November 1690; he was 52[1,12]. He was returning from a military expedition in Canada when he died there. |
| BEWARE OF BOGUS TALES | Beware of the tale of Thomas' "migration" told in Silas Dean's History of Stoneham (1870) (and probably repeated in subsequent genealogies!), which claims that "Thomas Gerry, the immigrant ancestor, is said to have been of Irish ancestry. He was a boatswain on an English man-of-war. When in Boston he fell in company with Patrick Hay, a Scotchman, and they decided to settle in this country. He was allowed to leave his ship on condition that he return to the service if war with France broke out". Sounds cool, huh?! So sorry...this is only fanciful 19th century embellishment and is bald-faced wrong. Yeah, I know. I hate finding what appear to be nifty family tales only to discover they are complete and total rot, too. |
| MILITARY SERVICE | As seen from his death information, Thomas served in the French & Indian Wars. |
| THE MANY RESIDENCES OF THOMAS GEARY | Thomas lived in Reading, Middlesex co., MA. He apparently also lived in Stoneham, Middlesex co., MA and Wenham, Essex co., MA. He applied to the town of Charlestown for land in Charlestown End on 4 May 1675 and apparently got it -- he was also taxed in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA in 1688[12]. |
| ESTATE | Thomas' estate was inventoried at #&163;159. His house alone was valued at #&163;70[12]. |
| MARRIAGE | Circa 1668 when Thomas was 30, he married Sarah LEFFINGWELL, in Reading, Middlesex co., MA or Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[1,12,13]. Unlike his father, you can find his record in Torrey under "Garey". Sarah was born in 1647[1] and died sometime after 19 May 1676 when her youngest son was born. Chances are she died rather soon after this since she was only 29 on that date -- well within child-bearing years -- yet there were no more children after Shuball. Other variations on her surname include Lepingwell & Epingwell. |
| CHILDREN | 9. | i. | Benjamin GEARY | Please see his own page. |
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10. | ii. | Thomas GEARY | Thomas was born circa 1674 and died on 10 April 1701; he was 27. On 10 April 1701 when Thomas was 27, he married Hannah STREETER, in Charlestown, Suffolk co., MA[23]. Their marriage record reads "Gare, Thomas of Charlestown and Hannah Streeter...at Charlestown". |
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11. | iii. | Shuball GEARY | Shuball was born on 19 May 1676 in Wenham, Essex co., MA as "Geare, Shuball"[22]. |
| GENERATION | Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great (G8) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 1836 |
| SOURCES |
1. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.,
(Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society).
[Torrey].
2. Wenham, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [WenhamVR], 200 [Ct. R.]. 3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes., (Salem 1911-1975), [EQC], 7:158. 4. The Probate Records of Essex County, [EssexProb or EPR], II:324. 5. Ibid. II:116. 6. Ibid. II:118 [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 12,051]. 7. Ibid. II:123 [Essex County Probate Files, Docket 11,320]. 8. Perley, Sidney, The History of Salem, Massachusetts, 3 vols., (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924), [Salem], 1:450; 2:75. 9. Bridges, Samuel Willard, Bridges Genealogy including Britton, DeNike, ([Boston: George H. Ellis & Co. 1960]), [BridgesAnc], 41. 10. Wenham Church Records, original book, SL/WEN/1, [Wenham Ch. Rec.]. 11. Emery, William Morrell, The Families of Perkins, Fairfield and Kinq, (S.F.: Murdock, 1907), [Perkins (#6)], 3. 12. Wyman, Thomas Bellows, The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols., (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), [Charlestown], 402. 13. Middlesex County Court Records, [MCCR or MCR]. 14. Salem, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [SalemVR], I:348 [C.R. 1]. 15. [WenhamVR], 123 [Ct. R.]. 16. [Charlestown], 402, 426. 17. [MCCR or MCR], 1:188. 18. Charlestown Vital Records, [ChVR], 31. 19. [Charlestown], 426. 20. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [ReadingVR], 109. 21. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1845+), [NEHGR or Reg.], 29:72 "The Record Book of First Church of Charlestown". 22. [WenhamVR], 39. 23. [ReadingVR], 348. 24. ????, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, ????, [ReadGen], 93. 25. [Charlestown], I:507. 26. [ReadingVR], 368, 349. 27. Ibid. 28. Concord, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, [ConcordVR], 432. 29. [ReadingVR], 105. |
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