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The Whitney Family of Connecticut
by S. Whitney Phoenix
(New York: 1878)
Transcribed by Robert L. Ward.
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The main street in Ridgefield seems to have been laid eight rods wide; but encroachments have narrowed it in some places. The following, from "Descriptions of Highways, 26 Dec. 1726," shows the location of three home-lots, occupied by children of John Whitney:
- From ye South of Mr. Hawley's homelot begins ye Meeting house yard, and from Henry Whitne's Northwest Corner, to Matthew Saintjohn's South East Corner of his Home lott is Sixteen rods; and from said Whitne's North Corner to his South Corner is Twenty rods, and from sd South Corner west across ye Street to Joseph Keeler's South east Corner is sixteen rodds, and from said Keeler's Corner to Matthew Sainjohn's South east Corner, or rather Joseph Keeler's North East Corner standing in Saintjohn's line is Twenty rodds.
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IV. Elizabeth Whitney, b. at Norwalk, Conn.,about 1684; married Joseph Keeler, a carpenter, son of Samuel and Sarah (St. John) Keeler; g. son of Ralph Keeler and of Mark and Elizabeth (Stanley) St. John; and g. g. son of Matthias St. John and Timothy Stanley.1 He was born at Norwalk about 1683. They settled at Ridgefield, where we find early mention of him.
- At a Town Meeting held in Ridgefield Decembr 27th Anno Dom. 1715 . . . . it was voted by ye Mjority yt Joseph Keeler shall have two shilling as money pr day for making and mending Conveniences for ye setting of Minister and people at ye house of meeting and yt he shall be allowed for Nails and what board will not do for after service.
He was elected lister, 19 Dec 1716; scaler of weights and measures, 8 Dec. 1718, 21 Dec. 1721, 13 Dec. 1725, and 27 Dec. 1727; townsman, 21 Dec. 1719, and 20 Dec. 1722; surveyor, 21 Dec. 1721; toler, 13 Dec. 1725; a member of the "committee to run and finish ye Dividend Line between Norwalk and Ridgefield, according to agreement with Norwalk." 27 Dec 1725; and, 5 Sept. 1726, one of "a Committee for the Town for the takeing care of, and carrying on the work of the meeting house by any necessary bargains, or laying out of the severall Sums and Taxes which form time to time shall be raised therefor, and that as their prudence and best discretion shall direct them and that till the meeting house be well compleated and finished."
The building of this house was ordered 19 Dec. 1723. He made an agreement with the town as to which days he should grind for them, 7 Dec. 1733; was the town miller 16 Dec. 1636 [sic]; a Justice of the Peace as early as 1735, and for several years after that date. He took the freeman's oath 9 Dec. 1728.
Both died at Ridgefield; he, 29 Nov. 1757, according to the town record, (while his gravestone says 30 Nov. 1757), aged 74; she, 17 March
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1 See note to number 256.
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