Ancestry of
George Eldridge Geer

(1862–1928)

Rheuama Young

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• • Grandmother of George Eldridge Geer — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Peleg Young 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Albee   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Mar 1812 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Burrillville, Providence, Rhode Island 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Oct 1864 
  • Death Location:
  • Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • River Bend Cemetery, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • John Smith Mayo
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Oct 1830 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Sarah Clark Mayo (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  • Notes: 

  • Rheuama Young's given name is also seen as Ruhamma.

    John S. and Rheuama (Young) Mayo are found in the 1860 U.S. census living in the household of Peleg and Ruth (Albee) Young with the implication that Rheuama is their daughter. She appears to be named after her maternal grandmother Ruhamah (Washburn) Albee.

• Sources for Rheuama Young

  • ¹ Federal Census, CT, New London County, 1850, Griswold, Image 43 of 51.
  • ² Federal Census, RI, Providence County, 1860, Burrillville, p. 27, Image 29 of 106.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/26/2019).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No 7011111, Image 386, Marriage of John S Mayo and Rheuama Young.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Mendon, Vol. 1, p. 345, Marriage intention for John S Mayo and Rheuama Young.
  • ⁶ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 215.
  • ⁷ Mayo-Rodwick, Jean (May), Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants, Fruita, Colorado: Blood Ties (2010), 340, 498-499.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 208.