Joan: This is my family but I am not going to be much help. I would love to see the deed for the adjacent land that was owned by Benjamin Geiger so I will try and track that. I have no answer to when Benjamin died but since Benjamin Jr. does not show in all the census records in Westmoreland Co., PA in 1810 and I found it I guess it could be possible in Berks Co., PA also. I will try and get to the Ohio Historical Society after the Ohio State Fair ends later this month and look at the PA census records. Eleanor > -----Original Message----- > From: JYoung6180@aol.com [SMTP:JYoung6180@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 1:18 AM > To: GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GEIGER-L] GEIGER deed Berks County, PA, 1779 > > I have an interesting Geiger deed from Berks County, PA recorded in July > 1779 > in which Jacob Mertz of Rockland Township, Berks County is selling a > parcel of > 45 acres and 35 perches, including 3/4 acres set aside for a church and > burial > ground, to Charles Geiger (actually shown as Gyger). The land was part of > the > 200 acre tract which Jacob Mertz had inherited from his father Henry > Mertz. > The deed shows that the land was originally surveyed on 29 March 1738 for > Henry Mertz of Oley Township, Philadelphia County (which is now Rockland > Township, Berks County) and was later patented to Henry Mertz on 12 > November > 1746. The deed indicates that the land being sold to Charles Gyger is > adjacent to the lands of Benjamin Geiger (Gyger) and Henry Dilbon. (It is > obvious that the church in question in this deed is Mertz Church on Bieber > Creek.) > > Benjamin and Charles Geiger being referred to in this deed are no doubt > the > two youngest sons of Valentine Geiger of New Hanover Township, Montgomery > County, PA. Charles' first wife was Anna Maria Dilbon, daughter of Henry > Dilbon named above. > > To my knowledge this is the latest document that shows the above Benjamin > Geiger living and he does not appear on the 1790 census in Berks County. > It > is my assumption he died somewhere between 1779 and 1790 and that his > widow > Elizabeth is the Elizabeth Geiger appearing in Windsor Township, Berks > County > on the 1790 census who I can't otherwise account for. > > Does anyone have any further knowledge of this Benjamin Geiger born 9 > March > 1748? > > Joan