• Born: 21 Aug 1775, Enfield CT
• Marriage (1): Louisa Denslow on 10 Nov 1798 in Windsor CT
• Died: 25 May 1858, Enfield CT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked in 1797-1814 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Worcester MA ³

• Master: Otis B. Corbett, about 1800, in Worcester MA.

• Advertised: The Massachusetts Spy, on 20 May 1801. "Geer Terry, Watchmaker, Silversmith and Jeweler, . . . has removed to the building formerly occupied by the Clerk of the Court, nearly opposite Mr. Waldo's Store; where he ... has for sale; gold beads, rings, earrings, and stone nubs, silver table, tea and salt spoons, buckles, buttons, thimbles, sugar tongs, &c. &c. of his own make, warranted to be good and cheap for Cash. . . . Cash given for old gold and silver." ³

• Example: Sugar tongs, circa 1810, in Private Collection. L: 5 3/4"
  
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• Example: Watchpaper, circa 1810, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: Moses Wing, before 1814, in Worcester MA. ³

• Advertised: Hartford American Mercury, on 3 Mar 1803, in Hartford CT. The partnership with Moses Wing: "Makers of all kinds of gold and silversmith work."
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• Partnership: Aaron Willard, in 1814-1815, in Worcester MA.
  The Worcester Gazette of Jan. 4, 1815 told of dissolution of firm by mutual consent. ³

• He worked after 1816 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Enfield CT ³

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Enfield CT. Listed as a druggist.

Geer married Louisa Denslow, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 10 Nov 1798 in Windsor CT. (Louisa Denslow was born on 5 Aug 1777 in Windsor CT and died on 28 Sep 1850 in Enfield CT.)