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All Saints, Orpington
All Saints, Orpington
Status: Located. A ledger stone within the alter rails is inscribed to Mary Gee (1702), wife of William Gee, Esq., of Bishop Burton. In the great chancel, on the north side, are memorials to Richard Gee (1727) and his widow Philippa (1744). There are monuments to William Gee (1815), Richard Gee (1817) and Richard Carew (1816).  
 
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Anna Gerrish Gee, portrait by John Smibert, 1734
Anna Gerrish Gee, portrait by John Smibert, 1734
Status: Located. Portrait of the wife of Rev. Joshua Gee, depicted wearing a white satin gown. John Smibert was colonial America's first portrait painter. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.  
 
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Bassetsbury Manor, home of Sir Orlando Gee
Bassetsbury Manor, home of Sir Orlando Gee
Status: Located. Located in High Wycombe, Bucks. Sir Orlando Gee lived here from 1689 to 1717. 
 
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Beddington House, lithograph by Joseph Nash
Beddington House, lithograph by Joseph Nash
Status: Located. Substantial mansion with a stunning hammerbeam roof, set in Beddington Park. Built by Sir Francis Carew. Visitors include Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth I and Jane Seymour. The estate passed to Richard Gee, who took the name and arms of Carew.  
 
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Beverley Minster
Beverley Minster
Part of a monastery founded around 700 AD, it survived the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII. Several Gee of Bishop Burton and Beverley are buried here. 
 
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Bishop Burton Hall around 1720, sketch by Samuel Buck
Bishop Burton Hall around 1720, sketch by Samuel Buck
Status: Located. This Jacobean hall, later known as the Low Hall, was built by Sir William Gee (bc 1562). This sketch, done by Samuel Buck around 1720, is from his notebooks. The Hall-Watt family replaced it with the Victorian High Hall in 1874.  
 
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Bishop Burton, estate of Sir William Gee
Bishop Burton, estate of Sir William Gee
Status: Located. This is now Bishop Burton College. 
 
8 Brass Inscription for Elizabeth Gee
Status: Unmarked. "Dame Elizabeth heare interred is that ladie was of late to Calverley Knighte but first espovsed to Henrye Gee her mate who rvled heare a patron raer as cittie well can shewe. Thvs she in wvrship rvne her race and stille in vertew grew. And soe died Jan 28/[15]79." Over her grave until the rebuilding of the church, then in the tower, now… 
 
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Brass Inscription for Henry Gee d 1545, Sheriff and twice Mayor of Chester
Brass Inscription for Henry Gee d 1545, Sheriff and twice Mayor of Chester
Status: Unmarked. "Herr under lyeth buryed the body of Henrye Gee some tymes Mayor of this cetye of Chester, whyche d'cessyde the vj day of September, An'o d'ni m'o v'e xlv'o on whois soulle Jhu have merci." This is a drawing of the monument, which was in place until the rebuilding. The burial was in the upper aisle by the chancel but is now unmarked. Note the… 
 
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Carved Wooden Memorial for Edmond Gee
Carved Wooden Memorial for Edmond Gee
Status: Unmarked. This is a drawing of the wooden memorial, which was located in Holy Trinity, Chester, in the upper aisle by the chancel. Following the rebuilding, the present location is now unmarked. In cadency the mullet (star shape, second shield from the right) denotes the third son. 
 
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Colne House, Earls Colne, principal seat among the many estates of Osgood Gee, Esq.
Colne House, Earls Colne, principal seat among the many estates of Osgood Gee, Esq.
Status: Located. His widow, Mary, became a famous philanthropist. There is a book on Mary and the house, by S.M. Jarvis.  
 
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Dame Hannah (Gee) Remington, daughter of Sir Wm Gee of Bishop Burton, and her 20 children (1647)
Dame Hannah (Gee) Remington, daughter of Sir Wm Gee of Bishop Burton, and her 20 children (1647)
Status: Located. Painted with husband Sir Thomas Remington of Lund in their home. The painting shows their 15 living children, with shrouds indicating five who had died. 
 
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Elizabeth Gee of Cottingham Hall (1841)
Elizabeth Gee of Cottingham Hall (1841)
Status: Located. Portrait by Thomas Ellerby. Oil on canvas, this is a companion portrait to that of her husband, Joseph Gee. 
 
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Fenton House
Fenton House
Status: Located. Joshua Gee (1667-1730) bought Fenton House in 1707. It is the oldest and one of the largest mansions in Hampstead, dating from 1693. Architecturally outstanding, it is now maintained by the National Trust and can be visited. The gate bears the initials of Joshua and his wife. 
 
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First Appearance of the Name Gee (1332-1333)
First Appearance of the Name Gee (1332-1333)
Status: Located. Robert and William Gee are the first and last names of those taxed in Skidbrooke, a village near Saltfleet, which is near the mouth of the Humber not far from Hull. Parliament granted Edward III a large subsidy. --Subsidy Roll for Skidbrooke 
 
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Gee Family Tomb, Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, MA
Gee Family Tomb, Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, MA
Status: Located. Joshua Gee (d. 1724) became a prosperous Boston shipwright. He bought Tomb #3 around 1717. This marker memorializes the family. 
 
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Gee of America
Gee of America
Status: Located. Ralph Gee was in New Hampshire, on Ordione's Point--in today's Rye--by 1631, and perhaps as early as 1623 or 1624. He was living in George Mason's stone manor house. 
 
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Gee of Bishop Burton
Gee of Bishop Burton
Of all the Gee in all the families, perhaps none is more interesting than HenryL6’s eldest son and heir, Sir WilliamL7 (1562-1611). HenryL6 died in the final year of Elizabeth I’s reign. Her successor, James I, was Scottish. (The United Kingdom dates from that year, 1603, when the kingdoms of Scotland and England were thus… 
 
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Gee of Chester
Gee of Chester
Status: Located. Henry Gee (d. 1545), the "reforming Mayor", was twice Sheriff and twice Mayor of Chester. His son, Edmund, also served as Sheriff and Mayor.  
 
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Gee of Cottingham
Gee of Cottingham
Status: Located. Joseph Gee of Cottingham Hall was Hull's dominant ship owner in both sail and steam from around 1830 to 1860. 
 
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Gee of Derbyshire
Gee of Derbyshire
Mr. Henry7 Gee, born about 1550, lived in Middleton and later in nearby Wirksworth, both in Derbyshire. Mr. Henry7 owned properties in Wirksworth, Mapperley and Smalley, all in Derbyshire.  
 
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Gee of Devon
Gee of Devon
Peter Gee of Newton Ferrers. Parish records in Newton Ferrers, Devon show that he was crossing the Atlantic regularly by 1653. He was fishing or more likely trading dried fish on the Isles of Shoals, a few miles off the coast of today's New Hampshire. He may have been related to early Gee of New Hampshire Gee. His son Joshua was kidnapped by… 
 
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Gee of Draycott
Gee of Draycott
There were Gee in the Draycott/Cheadle area of Staffordshire from at least the mid-1600’s. This was a very early mining area, the surface extraction of coal here dates back to the time of Richard III. Copper extraction is less well documented, but certainly it began very early. The first transatlantic cable was spun from copper here.  
 
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Gee of Dukenfield
Gee of Dukenfield
The earliest reference found thus far to a Gee in Dukinfield is Thomas Gee of Dukinfield, who recorded the baptism of his son George on 17 Feb 1599. One line of Gee of Australia, descendents of Alban Gee, trace from Joel c 1773. Joel’s son Ira was christened in Dukinfield, but Joel apparently was not. This line shows a Stockport connection,… 
 
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Gee of Gee Cross
Gee of Gee Cross
The name Gee Cross dates back at least to 1584, when the burial of George Gee “of Geecrosse” was noted in the Stockport parish register. Stockport parish was still the large, undivided ancient parish at that time, and it included Gee Cross. Almost everyone listed as living in Gee Cross in the parish register for the first several decades,… 
 
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Gee of Hull
Gee of Hull
Status: Located. HenryL5’s son WilliamL6 may have been the first Gee to move from Rothley to Hull. (See history of Gee of Rothley.) Or perhaps HenryL5 moved to Hull and WmL6 was born there.

Hull was the port where Leicester wool was unloaded from the small craft that could navigate the small rivers Trent and Soar, and reloaded onto ocean-going ships that… 
 
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Gee of Leeds
Gee of Leeds
Sometime after the mid-16C the Gee family left Rothley. (See history of Gee of Rothley.) One group became Gee of Hull, which gave rise to Gee of Bishop Burton, Gee of Orpington and others. The heir inherited land through his wife, sold the Rothley estate and moved to Sutton Bonnington. In the mid-18C, one line moved to Leeds. 
 
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Gee of Leicester
Gee of Leicester
Evidence points to this line descending from Gee of Rothley. Sometime after the mid-16C the family left Rothley. One group became Gee of Hull (see the history of Gee of Hull, which gave rise to Gee of Bishop Burton (see the history of Gee of Bishop Burton. By mid-18C this line moved to Leeds and one branch later returned to Leicestershire.  
 
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Gee of Lyme
Gee of Lyme
Status: Located. History beginning with Solomon Gee's birth in Devonshire in 1698, his ancestry and the location of his grave at the Old Stone Church Cemetery in East Lyme, CT. 
 
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Gee of Macclesfield
Gee of Macclesfield
The earliest known ancestor of this line is George Gee (1780 - 1843), resident in Macclesfield (Cheshire). His descendants moved north successively to Norbury (Cheshire) and then Ardwick (east central Manchester). A good example of 19C population movement from country to industrial town. 
 
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Gee of Manchester
Gee of Manchester
There were other Gee in Manchester besides HenryL5’s descendents. He seems to have owned land immediately adjoining the Cathedral. This may explain the Gee of Manchester in both Deansgate and Smithy Door, which were in that immediate area. It is difficult to trace ancestry through ownership of land as records were not kept as they are today. 
 
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Gee of Rothley -- Oldest Family Line
Gee of Rothley -- Oldest Family Line
Status: Located. The earliest Gee to which contemporary Gee can trace their lineage are Gee of Rothley. Their lineage stretches from the time of Chaucer to the present. 
 
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Gee of Southwark and Cape Town
Gee of Southwark and Cape Town
William C. Gee was born around 1803/1806/1813, Southwark, St. George. Wife Naomi, son Edwin John Culverhouse Gee. By occupation he was a surveyor. Participant's great grandfather migrated to Cape Town, South Africa three generations ago. 
 
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Gee Pritchard
Gee Pritchard
Descend from Gee of Rothley/Hull/Bishop Burton through Gee of Rothley. Phillippa (1666-1744), a daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew (1635-1688) of Beddington, married Richard10 Gee (1656-1727 of Orpington. When their son, Richard11 (1706-1791) died, the Carew family became extinct in the male line and Phillippa's grandson Richard12 Gee succeeded to… 
 
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Gee--Shalcross Deed 1691
Gee--Shalcross Deed 1691
John Gee senior, John Gee junior and Joseph Gee had previously mortgaged the property to Reginald Bretland. In this document Breland gives his consent (he has signed with a small armorial seal) for the Gees to sell the property to John Shalcrosse.

The parties sealed the document with a signet seal, impressed into wax on a parchment tag… 
 
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Harry Simpson Gee (1842-1924)
Harry Simpson Gee (1842-1924)
A large and handsome painting was donated to the University of Leicester in 2010 by Clive Simpson Gee, great-grandson of H. S. Gee. Another large painting was given to the Leicester Town Hall portrait collection by HSBC Bank, following the closure of its Granby Street branch in the same year. To mark these donations, Caroline Wessel has written a… 
 
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Hepworth Hall, manor house of Osgood Gee, Esq
Hepworth Hall, manor house of Osgood Gee, Esq
Status: Located. Hepworth, or Hipworth, is of great antiquity, it appears in Domesday book. It extended into Gosfield, Sible Hedingham, Great and Little Maplestead, Pebmarsh and the town of Halstead.  
 
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Holy Trinity Church, Hull--the Nave
Holy Trinity Church, Hull--the Nave
Status: Located. A mob demolished the stained glass in 1575, during the Reformation. The great east window was so damaged that it fell down completely. William Gee, Mayor at the time, restored it at his own expense. 
 
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Holy Trinity, Halstead.
Holy Trinity, Halstead.
Status: Located. One of the first examples of a Gothic Revival church in the Early English style. George Gilbert Scott was the architect. Inside, graceful arcades divide the lofty clerestoried nave from the aisles. Built 1843/4 through the generosity of Mrs. Mary Gee of Colne House, Earls Colne, widow of Osgood Gee. Mary Gee also met most of the cost of… 
 
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Joseph Gee of Cottingham Hall, portrait by Thomas Ellerby (1841).
Joseph Gee of Cottingham Hall, portrait by Thomas Ellerby (1841).
Status: Located. Oil on canvas. Now at the Ferens Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Square, Hull. 
 
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Joshua Gee monument, Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, MA
Joshua Gee monument, Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, MA
Status: Located. Joshua Gee was buried here near the Old North Church, along with his co-pastor, Cotton Mather. He originally bought this plot by deed, this was the marker for the family mausoleum. 
 
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Knighton Frith
Knighton Frith
Home of Henry Simpson Gee (1842-1924). 
 
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Merchant's Mark of Edmond Gee of Chester (d. 1550)
Merchant's Mark of Edmond Gee of Chester (d. 1550)
Status: Located. Sketch taken from memorial to Edmond and Henry Gee, Holy Trinity, Chester. 
 
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Merchant's Mark of Henry Gee of Chester (d. 1545).
Merchant's Mark of Henry Gee of Chester (d. 1545).
Status: Located. Note the similarity with the merchant's mark of William Gee, Merchant of the Staple and mayor of Hull. This mark appeared on Henry's brass monument in Holy Trinity, Chester. 
 
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Merchant's Mark of William Gee of Hull
Merchant's Mark of William Gee of Hull
Status: Located. This mark is carved several time in the walls of the Hull Grammar School, for which William was a benefactor. 
 
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Monument for Rachel, wife of William Gee Esq. of Bishop Burton, and her daughter Elizabeth
Monument for Rachel, wife of William Gee Esq. of Bishop Burton, and her daughter Elizabeth
Status: Located. Rachel was the wife of William Gee Esq. of Bishop Burton. She died in 1649 at age 33. Her small daughter Elizabeth kneels at her head. 
 
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Monument to Sir William Gee in York Minster
Monument to Sir William Gee in York Minster
Status: Located. Polychrome monument to Sir William Gee. York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe. 
 
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Old Grammar School, Hull
Old Grammar School, Hull
Status: Located. Built on the Market Square in 1583. Endowed by William Gee with 20,000 bricks and 80 pounds sterling. The building was used by the school until 1875. It is now the Hands-On History Museum. 
 
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Old Grammar School, Hull--Upper Chamber
Old Grammar School, Hull--Upper Chamber
Status: Located. Three stones in the walls show William Gee's merchant-mark and the completion date (1583). Before restoration in 1883 there were two hatchments in the usual lozenge shape, one for a member of the Gee family, probably William Gee. 
 
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Once Thought to be William Gee, Sheriff & Twice Mayor of Hull
Once Thought to be William Gee, Sheriff & Twice Mayor of Hull
Status: Located. Originally believed to be of William Gee. After a recent cleaning this painting has been identified by the coat of arms (at upper right) as that of Alderman John Smith. Painting hangs in what was originally the Hull Grammar School, of which William Gee was a benefactor.  
 

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