Histories: GeeRoots

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1		"Reforming Mayor" of Chester and Founder of the Chester Races Status: Located. Henry Gee (d. 1545) was sheriff and "reforming mayor" of Chester. His son, Edmund, also served as sheriff and mayor.
2		Dr. Samuel Jones Gee, Pediatrician (1839-1911) Status: Located. One of the greatest clinical teachers of the Victorian era, he was appointed Physician to the Prince of Wales (later King George V) in 1901. He wrote extensively and was the first to identify coeliac disease.
3		In America before 1631 Status: Located. In New Hampshire (Ordione's Point, in today's Rye, NH) by 1631, perhaps as early as 1623 or 1624. Living in George Mason's stone manor house.
4		Joseph Gee of Cottingham Hall Status: Located. Hull’s dominant ship owner in both sail and steam from around 1830 to 1860.
5		Leicestershire Gee's -- Oldest Family Line? Status: Located. The early Gee's in Leicestershire may represent the oldest Gee line.
6		Sheriff, Mayor and Benefactor, and his Son Secretary to King James I Status: Located. History of the move from Rothley, Leicestershire, to Hull. William became Merchant of the Staple, Sheriff and Mayor. His son Sir William became Keeper of the Seal for James I, and was in both the Privy Council and the Council of the North.	William GEE William GEE
7		Solomon Gee of Lyme, CT -- Ancestry Status: Located. History beginning with his birth in Devonshire, ancestry and location of his grave at the Old Stone Church Cemetery in East Lyme, CT.	Solomon Gee