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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1718 / / Germany Death: 1802 / York / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Provided a gun for public service in the year 1776 when the militia marched for Amboy in the State of New Jersey
Paid Supply Tax in York Township. York County, PA in 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783
Additional References:
Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania from its Organization to the Termination of the Revolution; Volume 16; Printed by Theo. Fenn & Co, 1853, pg 160
Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Vol XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 142 177 342 573 672
Spouse: (1) Anna Barbara Werles; (2) Maria Agatha Bar; (3) Magdalena XX; Children: Catherina; Maria; Jacob; Christian; Conrad; Magdalena; Margaret; Johannes; Henricus;
Conrad Geesy arrived in America from Rotterdam, Holland, on 2 October 1741, on the ship St. Andrew.1 Per the Port of Entry list, he came with his wife, Anna Barbara, and children, Catherina Barbara and Maria Elizabeth. He was 23 years old. On that same day, he took the Oath of Allegiance to King George II of England (spelled Conradt Kiesie).
Anna Barbara died the following year (1742). Soon after, he took his second wife, Maria Agatha Bar, and had seven children with her between 1746 and 1762.
It seems that he first lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania since there are records of him and his family attending the New Holland Reformed Church and the First Reformed Church in Lancaster. The family then moved on to York County, where they were mentioned in a Blymire's (Reformed) church record in 1754.
Although Conrad did not serve in the military during the Revolutionary War, the family supported the independence effort, as evidenced by the following:
• The Pennsylvania Archives, Colonial Record, Vol. 16, p. 160: "16 September 1789 – the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania read and approved account of Conrad Giese, Sr., of York County, for a gun taken from him for public service in the year 1776, when the militia marched for Amboy in the State of New Jersey; amount L2-10-0."
• Conrad paid the Supply Tax in York County for 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783.2
• His sons, Jacob, Conrad, and John, all served in the York County Militia.
The Patriot died in 1802, leaving his third wife, Magdalena, surviving his children and 120 acres in York Twp., York County, Pennsylvania. On 24 March 1802, the surviving children petitioned the court to partition Conrad's estate. It was decided that this was impractical, so the property was put up for sale first to their heirs. None of the male children were able or willing to purchase the land for the valuation of 175 pounds, so on 21 September 1802, Conrad's daughter, Maria Elizabeth, and husband, John Christian Bleymeyer, bought the estate, and the court decided the method of payment to the remaining heirs. On 7 November 1802, the widow Magdalena sold her rights to the property to Christian Blymeyer, leaving him the sole owner of the late Conradt Giese estate.
Sources:
A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names by Daniel Rupp, Pages 147 148
Returns of the Taxables of the County of York for the Years 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783: PA Archives. Third Series, Volume 21, Pages 142 177 342 573 672
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