• Born: Abt 1752, Edinburgh Scotland
• Marriage (1): Ann Bleigh on 2 Dec 1773 in Boston MA
• Died: 27 Sep 1810, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada

  General notes:

Clock and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1773-1776 as a clock and watchmaker in Boston MA
  A loyalist, he moved his family to New York at the outbreak of war. He eventually settled in Halifax.

• Advertised: Boston News-Letter, on 14 Oct 1773, in Boston MA.
  "Charles Geddes
  Clock and Watch Maker and Finisher, from London
  At his Shop below the Sign of Admiral Vernon
  in King-street, Boston
  Makes, mends, cleans, repairs, and finishes all Sorts of Clocks and Watches, in the Best and Neatest Manner. . ."

• He worked in 1776-1783 as a clock and watchmaker in New York City NY

• Advertised: The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, on 26 Aug 1776, in New York City NY. Announcing ". . . opened shop in Queen-street, between Burling's and Beekman's Slip. . ."

• Advertised: The New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury, on 5 May 1777, in New York City NY. ". . . removed from No. 34 Queen-street, to Hanover Square."

• Advertised: Royal Gazette, on 19 Apr 1783, in New York City NY. Announcing ". . . Watchmaker, No. 21 Hanover Square, intending shortly to leave this City. . ."

• He worked in 1783-1810 as a clock and watchmaker in Halifax Nova Scotia

• His obituary was published in the Edinburgh Evening Courant in 1811 in Edinburgh Scotland. "Died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 27th September 1810, Mr. Charles Geddes, watchmaker, aged 61 years, native of Edinburgh."

Charles married Ann Bleigh on 2 Dec 1773 in Boston MA. (Ann Bleigh was born about 1752 in Boston MA and died on 7 Apr 1836.)