Geary families

Scope.

This study is of people with a Geary surname, including variations, spouses and children with a Geary mother or step mother, limited to those who have a known or suspected biological connection.

The contents are a work in progress and all details are under constant revision. Some of the detail is based on assumptions and much of the early family detail is speculative. Years shown are the date of the event or the year the event was recorded. All contributions of information gratefully accepted. Please contact the author for further information.

Geary family trees & branches.

The detail in these Family Lists has been collated from records of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Burials and from other publicly accessible records and from private sources.

Note: DNA links exist between various descendants of John, James and Robert Geary who are assumed to be siblings. They are assumed to be the children of John Geary and Elizabeth Penrice.

Updated 28 February 2024

John Geary (    -1761)
m (    ) (Unknown) (    -    )
    |
    Ann Geary (    -    )
    m 1744 John Sammons (    -    )
    |   |
    |   Ann Sammons (1745-    )
    |   Elizabeth Sammons (1747-    )
    |   Jane Sammons (1753-    )
    |   William Sammons (1754-    )
    |   David Sammons (1755-1820)
    |   Sarah Sammons (1757-    )
    |   John Sammons (1759-    )
    |   Catherine Sammons (1761-    )
    |   Lettice Sammons (1763-    )
    |
    Darvall Geary (    -1798)
    m 1755 Bethia Glass (1724-1806)
    |   |
    |   Phillip Geary (1756-    )
    |   John Geary (1757-    )
    |   m 1774 Elizabeth Penrice (    -    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   John Geary (1776-    )
    |   |   |   |
    |   |   |   George Henry Geary (1818-1901)
    |   |   |   m 1839 Elizabeth Collins (1820-1880)
    |   |   |       |
    |   |   |       Edward Riach Geary (1857-1947)
    |   |   |
    |   |   James Geary (    -    )
    |   |   Robert Geary (1786-    )
    |   |
    |   Catherine Geary (1759-    )
    |   William Geary (1760-    )
    |   Rebecca Geary (1762-1824)
    |   m 1794 Robert Bowles (    -    )
    |   |   |
    |   |   Bethiah Lowell Bowles (1795-    )
    |   |
    |   Darvall Geary (1765-    )
    |   Bethia Geary (1766-    )
    |   m 1785 Thomas Rose (    -    )
    |
    John Geary (    -1803)
    m (    ) (Unknown) (    -    )
    |   |
    |   John Geary (1757-1830)
    |   m 1790 Elizabeth Stevenson (1767-    )
    |       |
    |       John Stevenson Geary (1791-1854)
    |       m 1817 Eliza Rolls (    -    )
    |            |
    |            John Stevenson Geary (1818-    )
    |            Eliza Geary (1820-    )
    |            Jane Amelia Geary (1821-1842)
    |            Owen Hooker Geary (1824-1824)
    |            Catherine Allen Geary (1827-1849)
    |            Fanny Geary (1833-    )
    |            Lawrence Geary (1835-1853)
    |
    Elizabeth Geary (    -    )
    Dinah Geary (    -1803)
    Catharine Geary (    -1769)
    Deborah Geary (    -    )
    m 1766 John Allen (    -    )
    |   |
    |   Catherine Allen (    -    )
    |   Ann Allen (    -    )
    |
    Daniel Geary (    -1796)