Born in Groton, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Geer
and Sarah (Chesebrough) Denison
Sister of
Zipporah Geer [half], Mary (Geer) Satterlee, Lucy (Geer) Billings, James Geer and Samuel Geer
Wife of
Jonas Satterlee
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
James Avery
— married
after 1785 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Satterlee, Jonas Satterlee, Polly Satterlee, Lucy Ella (Satterlee) Kimball, Elisha Satterlee and Bridget Satterlee
Died
at age 79
in Ledyard, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2012
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Biography
Lydia Geer was born 10 Nov 1742. She was a daughter of James Geer and Sarah Chesebrough.
Her first husband was Jonas Satterlee, with whom she had all of her children.
Lydia was a widow when she married her second husband, James Avery, becoming his second wife. They were married sometime after 14 Feb 1785, the death date of his first wife.
Lydia (Geer) (Satterlee) Avery passed away 16 Sep 1822 in Ledyard, Connecticut.
Sources
- The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 253, no. 281: https://archive.org/stream/grotonaveryclan01aver#page/253/mode/1up
Acknowledgements
Stanley Wood augmented this profile.
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160 - Mary (McGrath) Klier :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #359193
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