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Whitney Family.
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Chil. of Isaac and Mary (Whitney) Keeler.
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I. Isaac Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 8 Aug. 1739, married, 16 Jan. 1760, at Ridgefield, Rachel Northrop, and settled in Ridgefield, where she died 17 Jan. 1763. He married (2d) Sarah Smith, who was born in Ridgefield, 8 Dec. 1740, dau. of John and Sarah Smith He sold his Ridgefield home to his brother, Josiah Keeler, 24 May 1774 when he was of Cortlandt's Manor, N. Y.; where he was still living 30 Aug. 1783. They had their home in North Salem, N. Y., 1 Feb. 1787, 4 Ap. 1789, and for some years after, certainly till 5 May 1797; and were of Milton, N. Y., 28 June 1803, when they sold an undivided fourth part of seven acres and twenty rods of land in the "Old Asproom lot," in Ridgefield, which she inherited from her mother, Sarah Smith, of Ridgefield.
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II. Josiah Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 10 or 22 June 1741; married Elizabeth Stebbins, who was born in Ridgefield, 10 Aug. 1746, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Olmstead) Stebbins.1 They settled in Ridgefield, west of the north end of Mamanasco Pond, where he died, between 1 Jan. 1776 and the making of his father's will, 2 Feb. 1778. She married (2d), 3 Sept. 1786, at Ridgefield, Benjamin Barbery (or Barber, the name occurring in both forms), by whom she had one child, Ira Barbery, born in Ridgefield, 9 Dec. 1786. She died in Ridgefield, 28 Oct 1799, in her 54th year, and was buried in Titicus Cemetery.
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III. Jacob Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 1 or 10 July 1743; married Betty -----. They were living in Cortlandt's Manor, N. Y., 9 Jan. 1778, at Ridgefield, 27 June 1781, and at North Salem, N. Y., 30 Dec. 1789 and 24 Aug. 1791, at which last date he was acting as executor of his father's will.
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IV. Elijah Keeler, b. at Ridgefield; Conn., 10 or 26 June 1745; married Elizabeth -----. They settled in Ridgefield, where he mortgaged his home-lot, iron-works, and all his lands, 2 Ap. 1791, for £212 17s. 6d.
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V. Mary Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 30 June 1747; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
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VI. Gabriel Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 23 Ap. 1749; probably died young, as there is no mention of him in his father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
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Chil. of Isaac and Hannah (Stebbins) Keeler.
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VII. Anne Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Feb. 1753; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
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1 Benjamin Stebbins married at Ridgefield, 8 Oct. 1745, Elizabeth Olmstead. He died, 26 Feb. 1803, in his 82d year. She died, 11 March 1825, "aet. 99." They were buried in Titicus Cemetery.
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