1621 Thomas Geere was listed on the subsidy roll in Ovingden, Lewes. [1]
1621 "Will of Thomas Geere (abstract) [Court of the Archdeaconry of Lewes and are on file in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes]. Thomas Geere of Ovingdean, Sussex, 4th April 1621. To the poor of Rottingdean 5s. To the poor of Falmer 5s 6d. To my eldest son Thomas 5s the year after my decease. To Anne Panchyrst my grandchild 20s at age 20. To Derricke Carver my grandchild £5 and at 21 one of best pairs of sheets. To Joane Howell of Kingston 10 groats. To Anne Geere my daughter 5s. To Alice my daughter one joined bed etc. and £40 at age 21. To Joane my daughter one cupboard, a great joined chest, two pairs of sheets, one great kettle and £40. Residue to Barbara my wife and Dennys my son, joint executors. My loving friends Ambrose Trayton, gent., and Richard Board of Rottingdean, yeoman, to be overseers, to whom 5s each. Witnesses: George Board, John Stempe. Probate 15th May 1624. [2]
[1] W. S. Ellis, "Subsidy Roll, Collected Within the Rape of Lewes, 19 James I., A.D. 1621," Sussex Archaeological Collections 9 (1856), at 77, [HathiTrust].
[2] John G. Hunt, "English Notes on Ann Pankhurst, Ancestress of Certain Williams, Pearsall, and Halstead Families of Long Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 120 (1989), 211-213.