Saturday, December 10, 2016

Surname Saturday - GEREADY (Netherlands to colonial Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1501, who is Mary GEREADY (1654-1722) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this GEREADY family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

186.  Stephen Hazard (1730-1804)
187.  Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????)

374.  Daniel Carpenter (1712-1784)
375.  Renewed Smith (1717-1766)

750.  Ephraim Smith (1675-1733)
751.  Margaret Pearce (1689-????)

1500.  Jeremiah Smith, born about 1648 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 11 April 1720 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 3000. John Smith and 3001. Margaret.  He married 02 January 1672 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
1501.  Mary Gereardy, born 11 October 1654 in New York, New York, United States; died 1722 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Jeremiah Smith and Mary Gereardy are:
*  John Smith (1673-????).
*  Ephraim Smith (1675-1733), married 1710 Margaret Pearce (1689-????).
*  Sarah Smith (1678-1765), married 1698 Jeremiah Hazard (1675-1768).
*  Mary Smith (1680-1709), married 1702 John Congdon (1674-1743).
*  Deliverance Smith (1684-1715), married 1700 Robert Reynolds (1676-1715).

3002.  Jan Gereardy, born about 1623 in probably Netherlands; died about 1718 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 6004. Phillip Gereardy and 6005. Marie Pollet.  He married about 1650 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
3003.  Renewed Sweet, born about 1625 in Modbury, Devon, England; died after 1684 in Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 6006. John Sweet and 6007. Mary Perriam.

Children of Jan Gereardy and Renewed Sweet are:
*  Phillis Geready (1652-1729), married 1672 John Smith (1646-1730).
*  Mary Geready (1654-1722), married 1672 Jeremiah Smith (1648-1720).
*  John Geready (1656-????).

Information about the Geready family was obtained from:

*  Lois Stewart, "James Sweet of Rhode Island: A New Mystery," The American Genealogist, Volume 53, No. 1 (January 1977), pages 28-30.


*  J.K. Loren, "Newell, Eisendrath, Rosenberg, Witmondt, Waag, Stanley, Guyon, Moatti, Bitoun, Le Baut," website, Rootsweb WorldConnect (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/), Jan (John) Geready profile.

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