BAKER FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GEE
GENERATION 4
Cont.
6. JOSEPH GEE (JOSEPH3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was
born Bet. 1705 - 1706 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, and died 1760
in Dutchess, New York. He married REBECCA HUNT11 1740, daughter of
MOSES HUNT and MARY CLOSE.
Notes for JOSEPH
GEE:
Joseph was eleven years old when his father died. On 3
December 1719 the Court of Sessions, Westchester Co., approved Isaac
Lawrence, Jr., as his guardian. Joseph Gee and Edward Pedrick sold
seven acres to Isaac Taylor on 30 January. In the 1744 will of Jacob
Bruyn of Westchester Co., (Liber 15, p. 405) land in Rochester, Ulster
Co., was left to his daughters. The land was "conveyed to me by
Joseph Gee and Anthony Hall."
He married Rebecca Hunt,
daughter of Moses Hunt, and Mary Close, in Eastchester about 1740.
Rebecca Gee is mentioned in the will of her father, Moses Hunt, 30 January
1760 (Abstract of Wills, NY. State Vol. VI Liber 24, p. 413. The
marriage is mentioned in A. W. Savary's Lt. Col. Benjamin Hunt the
Loyalist, and in G. C. Mackenzie's manuscript The Hunt Family in the
manuscript collection at the New York Public Library.
No
records mentioning him have been found after he was called "Joseph Gee, of
Dutchess Co. " and husband of Rebecca Hunt in her father's will in
1760. It is presumed he died in Dutchess Co., after 1760 but no
records in that county have been found.
Children of JOSEPH
GEE and REBECCA HUNT
are:
i. MOSES GEE, b. Bet. 1741 - 1742, Westchester, New York; d. Bef.
1790, Ulster, New York; m. MARY GRIGGS, November 24, 1768, Presbyterian
Church, Poughkeepsie, Duchess Co., NY.
Notes for MOSES
GEE:
At the time of his enlistment on 4 May 1761 in Capt. Isaac Ter
Bush's Company in Dutchess Co., during the French & Indian Wars, he
was described as 19 yrs. old., b. in Westchester co., and having brown
hair and eyes, a fair complexion, height 5'1', occupation laborer.
Report of State Historian, State of New York Colonial Series
(1897). He served in the Rev. War as a private in
Hardenburgh's Co., Wessenfel's
Reg.
ii. CHARITY GEE, b. Abt. 1744, Westchester Co., New York; m. JAMES
SPRINGER, April 29, 1762.
7. MOSES GEE
(JOSEPH3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1708 in Eastchester, Westchester, New
York, and died Aft. 1744 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York. He
married JANE 1729 in Westchester, New York.
Children
of MOSES GEE and JANE
are:
i. EZEKIEL GEE, b. 1729, Westchester, New York; d. March 07, 1803,
Philipstown, Dutchess, New York; m. HANNAH.
Notes for EZEKIEL
GEE:
He served in the Co., of Capt. Jacobus Swartwout in the French and
Indian Wars.
He enlisted in Capt. Isaac Corsa's Co., of Dutchess Co.,
in Aug. 1755.
Pvt. 2nd Reg., served 6 yrs., 4 mos. Held "Badge of
Merit"
2 June 1783: he purchased 200 acres of land formerly
owned by Loyalist Beverly Robinson in Lot #4 of Philips Patent
.
Appears in the 1790 & 1800 Dutchess Co., census.
Occupation:
Weaver
March 07, 1803: Will
probated
ii. JOSHUA GEE b. Aft. 1731, Westchester Co., New York; d. Bef.
1790.
Notes for JOSHUA GEE:
Lived in Dutchess Co. until
June
1756
iii. JOHN GEE, b. Bet. 1733 - 1737, Eastchester, Westchester, New
York; d. September 1799, Philipstown, Dutchess, New
York.
14. iv. DAVID GEE, b.
1737
8. PVT. JOSEPH GEE
(WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Bet. 1731 - 1732 in
Eastchester, Westchester, New York, and died Aft. 1810 in Schuyler,
Herkimer Co., New York.
Notes for PVT. JOSEPH
GEE:
About 1740 he moved to the southern precinct of Dutchess
County, New York, near Fredericksburgh, with his father (William) and his
uncle John. Joseph was living in Dutchess County in 1754 and in
1767. He moved to the Plattekill Valley in Ulster County, New York, in
about 1767/68 and was living next to his father in 1771 in the town of
Paltz, Ulster County, New York. Joseph was a private in the
Revolutionary War. In the book "New York In The Revolution As Colony
and State" by James A. Roberts, there is only one Joseph Gee listed (among
a total of 20 men with the surname Gee!) who served in the State of New
York, and he was a member of the 1st Regiment of the Ulster County
Militia. As of 1790 Joseph was living in Middletown, Ulster County.
From there he moved to Colchester, Delaware County, New York in
1796. After 1800 he moved further west and finally by 1810 he was in
Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York, where he died.
Source: New
York in the Rev., pg. 188.
Joseph Gee served under Glover
but I have yet to find the dates of his service.
Brig. Gen. John
Glover's Brigade
Regiment of Dutchess and Ulster County, New York
Militia
Private in Swart's Co., Snyder's Reg., Ulster Militia, NY.
Line, Wynkoop's Reg., Wessenfel's Reg. Rev. War
10 April,
1792: The name of the town of Colchester, New York, was suggested by
Joseph Gee, an early settler, who came from Colchester, Conn.
Source:
Centennial History Delaware County, Town Colchester, Delaware Co, p
310.
Children of PVT. JOSEPH GEE
are:
15. i. PVT.
MOSES GEE, b. November 10,
1760
ii. JOSHUA GEE, b. Abt. 1771; d. Bef. 1850, Ellsworth, Trumbull
Co., Ohio; m. GINNIE VANDERBOGART, Abt. 1795.
Notes for
JOSHUA GEE:
Joshua was a resident of Colchester in 1800. He served in
the Delaware County Militia from 1802 until 1817. In 1830 he moved
to Ellsworth, Trumbull county, Ohio and resided there until his death
sometime before 1850.
iii. ROSWELL GEE, b. Abt. 1773; d. Aft. 1810, Schuyler,
Herkimer Co., New York19.
Notes for ROSWELL GEE:
He was
named for his uncle Derosel Gee. In 1810 he was residing next to his
father, Joseph, in Schuyler, Herkimer County, New York, with a wife and
six sons, all under sixteen years of age.
16. iv. ELIZABETH GEE, b. December 09,
1777
17. v. CAPT. JOSEPH GEE, b.
1779
18. vi. REV. NICHOLAS GEE, b. January
17,
1782
19. vii. REUBEN GEE, b. May 21,
1791
9. PVT. CORNELIUS GEE (WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1735 in Eastchester, New York, and died Bet.
1810 - 1813 in New Cornwall, Orange, New
York.
Notes for PVT. CORNELIUS GEE:
Cornelius owned the
point of land known as "Gee's Point" and is now the northern part of West
Point Army Academy. He ran a ferry across the Hudson River as late
as 1897.
Official Maps of West Point at the West Point museum &
Library show the point as Gee's Point.
Bet. 1790 - 1800, was
Capt. of the sloop "Federal"
Children of PVT. CORNELIUS GEE
are:
i. MARGARET GEE, b. Abt. 1780; m.
SWIM.
ii. JABEZ GEE, b. July 16, 1782, Philipstown, Dutchess Co., New York;
d. January 22, 1852, Highland Falls, Orange, New York; m. SUSANNA
CLARK.
10. DEROSEL GEE (WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3,
JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1737, and died 1803 in Virgil, Cortland, New
York. He married (1) HANNAH 1759 in Duchess Co., NY. She died
November 08, 1789. He married (2) MARY 1771. She died March
1802 in Virgil, Cortland, New York.
Notes for DEROSEL
GEE:
Derosel Gee, also known as Roswell Gee, was born between
1730 and 1739. He was a soldier in the French and Indian Wars,
1754-1763. He married Hannah and they had five children. Hannah left
Derosel about 1771-3 and married Edward Lascelles. Derosel then
married Mary.
"He was a man of iron frame and
active mind and could repeat tails of tented field, of blood and carnage,
that would never fail to send the blood curdling to the heart".
Source:
Pioneer history; of Cortland County and the border wars of New York. From
the earliest period to the present time. Henry C. Goodwin p
191.
A different version has Derosel leaving Hannah marrying
in the spring of the same year, Mary.
Hannah remarried in Jan., 1773,
Edward Lascelles in Rockland Co., NY.
Derosel is found on
tax tables, So. Precinct, Dutchess, Co., NY, Feb. 1762, June
1763.
In 1790 He was living in New Cornwall, Orange Co., near
brother Cornelius. Moved to Wyoming, Wilkes Barre, PA. with son John
and his family after the 1790 census. Moved to Virgil, Cortland Co.,
in 1796. Virgil, Cortland Co, NY in 1800 census as Rozel
Gee.
He fought in French Indian Wars.
Also known as:
Rosell, Rozel, Roswell.
Burial: Gee's Hill, Virgil, Cortland, New
York.
More About MARY:
"From Virgil History "The first death of an
adult resident was that of Mary, wife of Derosel Gee, in March, 1802."
Nancy Reddy of New York
Buried Gee's Hill, Virgil, Cortland Co., NY
Children of DEROSEL GEE and HANNAH
are:
i. MARY GEE, b. October 12, 1760, Dutchess,New
York.
20. ii. PVT. JOHN B. GEE, b. January 13,
1763
21. iii. MOSES GEE, b. June 24,
1765
iv. RACHAEL
GEE, b. March 17, 1766, Dutchess,New
York.
22.
v. ELIZABETH GEE, b. April 07, 1770.
Child of
DEROSEL GEE and MARY
is:
23. vi. WILLIAM GEE, b. February 04,
1772
11. 1ST MAJOR WILLIAM GEE (WILLIAM4,
JOSEPH3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1740 in Dutchess, New York, and died
October 05, 1797 in New Mulbery, Ulster, New York. He married MARTHA
TURNER 1761 in Dutchess, New York. She was born Abt. 1740 in
Cortlandt Manor, Westchester, New York, and died Aft. 1800 in Ulster, New
York.
Notes for 1ST MAJOR WILLIAM GEE:
There is some
controversy whether this WILLIAM GEE was the 1st Major or the Private
WILLIAM GEE that is found among records.
7 April 1772: At town meeting
he was chosen Path Master.
Rev. war soldier in Col. Luddington's 7th
Regiment as First Major in May 1778 from Frederichburgh Precinct.
On
tax list for S. Dutchess Co., NY from 1762 to 1779. Lived in Ulster Co.,
after 1784.
1 April 1788 Path Master and lott of road numbered #19 to
William Gee.
Inventory at death included his Rev. War Rifle
with bayonet and a prosperous farm and large personal estate.
William was a witness to the will of Martha's father,(John Turner) at
Cortlandt Manor, Westchester Co., on 27 Nov. 1772
Children of
WILLIAM GEE and MARTHA TURNER
are:
i. ENSIGN WILLIAM GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1)87 was born 1761 in Dutchess, New York, and died 1813 in Virgil,
Cortland, New York. He married ELANAH HELENA PARLIAMAN 1784.
She was born Abt. 1761, and died 1857 in Virgil, Cortland, New
York.
Notes for ENSIGN WILLIAM GEE:
William was an Ensign
in Lt. Col. Siah Robinson's Regiment, Ulster Co., Militia in 1802.
In 1807 he was Lt. in First Brigade. According to the Census was
residing at Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY in 1790 and at Plattskill, Ulster
Co, NY, in 1800 & 1810, then removed to Virgil, Cortland Co., in
1812.
ii. HANNAH GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3,
JOHN2, UNKNOWN) was born Abt. 1762 in Dutchess, New York. She
married CALEB STEED 1780. He was born Abt.
1762.
iii. JEREMIAH GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1763 in Dutchess, New York, and died Bet. 1817 - 1820
in Ulysses, Tompkins, New York. He married ELIZABETH STEED
1784.
iv. CATHERINE GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1764 in Dutchess, New York. She married LEVI
TEERPENNING 1783 in Ulster, New York. He was born Abt.
1764.
v. JOHN GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1766 in Dutchess, New York, and died Aft. 1800 in
Milton, Cayuga, New
York.
vi. JOSHUA GEE, b. April 11, 1770, Dutchess,New York; d.
January 1865, Ulyses,Tompkins, New York; m. JANE; b. April 26, 1775; d.
May
1842.
vii. MARTHA GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1772 in Ulster, New York. She married JONAS ROOS
1789 in Ulster, New York. He was born Abt. 1770.
Notes
for JONAS ROOS:
Or his name was
Rose.
viii.
SARAH GEE (WILLIAM5, WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1775 in
Dutchess, New York. She married EBENEZER BROWN Bet. 1784 - 1785 in
Ulster, New York. He was born Abt.
1775.
ix. ELENORAH GEE, b. 1778, Dutchess,New
York.
x. URIAH GEE, b. 1780, Dutchess,New York; d. Aft. 1810,
OH..
xi. EDMOND GEE, b. 1786, Ulster, New
York.
12. PVT. JOHN GEE (WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3,
JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Bet. 1745 - 1746 in Dutchess, New York,
and died March 14, 1823 in Chenango, Broome Co., New
York. He married (1) NANCY GARRISON 1770. He
married (2) MARY GARRISON. She died in Plattekill Valley,
Ulster Co., NY.
Notes for PVT. JOHN GEE:
John was a
Revolutionary soldier serving as a private in the New York Line, enlisting
in Orange Co., in April 1777. He served in Rosencrantz's Co., Col
Lewis Dubois' Reg. And was at Fort Montgomery, Orange Co., when the fort
was taken by the British at the time "Aunt Sally" drank her tea.
7 April 1772: At town meeting he was chosen Path
Master.
Discharged 7 April 1780.
1 April 1788: Path Master and lott
of road numbered #21 to John Gee.
Burial: Plattekill, Marlborough Twp.,
Ulster, New York
Notes for NANCY GARRISON:
Or name was
Nancy "Harrison"
Children of JOHN GEE and MARY GARRISON
are:
i. DANIEL GEE, b. December 15, 1773, New Hurley, Ulster,
New York; d. March 12, 1850, Plattekill, Ulster, New York; m.
PATIENCE DUNN; b. September 23, 1782; d. October 14, 1870, Plattekill,
Ulster, New
York.
ii. CALEB GEE, b. April 08, 1771, New Hurley, Ulster, New York; d.
Abt. 1825, Plattekill, Ulster, New York; m. HANNAH.
Notes for
CALEB GEE:
Will dated 21 June 1825, proved 30 Aug.
1825
iii. PHANNEL GEE, b. February 16, 1776, Ulster, New
York.
iv. HANNAH GEE, b. February 04, 1779, Ulster, New York; d. March 27,
1861, Plattekill, Ulster, New
York.
v. RICHARD GEE, b. Bet. 1781 - 1782, Plattekill, Ulster, New
York.
13. PVT. ANDREW GEE (WILLIAM4, JOSEPH3,
JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1750, and died Bet. 1811 - 1819 in Ulysses,
Tompkins, New York. He married Abigail Lane in 1776 or
1777. She died Aft. 1820.
Children of ANDREW GEE
and ABIGAIL LANE
are:
i.
RUTH GEE, was born September 27, 1777 in New York, USA, and died November
01, 1852 in York Twp., Elkhart Cty., Indiana, USA. She married
MORGAN OWEN August 27, 1797 in Dutch Ref. Ch., New Hurley, Ulster Cty.,
New York, USA, son of JAMES OWEN and MARGARET SEYMOUR. He was born
July 30, 1776 in New York, USA, and died December 29, 1851 in York Twp.,
Elkhart Cty., Indiana,
USA.
ii. PHEBE GEE, b. August 21, 1779, Plattekill, Ulster, New
York.
iii. JOHN
GEE, b. Bet. 1781 - 1782, Plattekill, Ulster, New
York.
iv. ANDREW
GEE, b. December 01, 1789, Plattekill, Ulster, New
York.
v. HANNAH
GEE, b. 1792, Marlborough, Ulster, New
York.
14. DAVID GEE (MOSES4, JOSEPH3, JOHN2,
UNKNOWN1) was born 1737 in Westchester, New York.
Notes for
DAVID GEE:
Enlisted with brother John 1760, French Indian
Wars
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