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VIII. Phineas Keeler, birth-record not found; was named in his father's will, 2 Feb. 1778; and was living at North Salem, N. Y., 3 Feb. 1800. It is possible that he was the last child of the first wife; but the probabilities are in favor of giving him this place in the household.
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IX. Hannah Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 1 Nov. 1757; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
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X. Dorothy Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 15 Sept. 1759; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
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XI. Chloe Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 21 March 1761; was named in her father's will, a Feb. 1778.
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I. Stephen Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn. As the eldest son; he had a double portion of his father's estate, 23 Oct 1765. He died, without children, before to June 1773; his estate of £197 1s. 3d., was ordered to be distributed to his six brothers and sisters, 5 Ap. 1774, and the distribution approved by the court, 7 March 1775.
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II. Daniel Keeler, had a share of his father's estate, 23 Oct 1765; was living at Limestone, in Ridgefield, in 1799; had a son Stephen, to whom he deeded land in Ridgefield, 6 Aug. 1802, making his will at the same date, in which he named his wife Abigail -----, and six children. He and his wife Abigail, then of Ridgefield, sold to Ezra Dann, of Ridgefield, 25 Nov. 1793, "land which was Distributed unto ye said Abigail, as Dower in ye homelot of John Richards, of said Ridgefield, Decd." His will was presented in court 5 June 1806, and his widow received her dower 12 May 1807. She seem; at her marriage with Keeler, to have been the widow, or possibly the daughter, of John Richards.
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III. Jabez Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., in Jan. 1751; a farmer; had a part of his father's estate, 23 Oct. 1765; served in the Revolutionary War; married, 20 Ap. 1777, at Ridgefield, Sarah Benedict, dau. of John and Esther (Stebbins) Benedict,1 of Ridgefield, where she was born 7 March 1753. They dwelt in Ridgefield till 1801 ; then moved to Kortright, N. Y., where he died in Aug. 1825. The land-records show that he was of Orange County, N. Y., 22 July 1814; and of Cayuga County, N. Y., 7 Oct 1814, when he and his wife Sarah, sold her share of the
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1 See Benedict Genealogy, p. 66.
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