| 236
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Sixth Generation.
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| 1071
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III. Sarah Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Nov. 1780; married, 21 March 1804, Noah Starr, her cousin, who was born in Ridgefield, 22 June 1782, son of Noah and Sarah (Keeler) Starr. They settled at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, where he died. She died "at the West," before her mother did, and probably without children, as her part of the dower was divided among her brothers and sisters.
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1068
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| 1072
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IV. Caleb Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Ap. 1783; married, 23 Feb. 1806, Ruth Richards, dau. of Nathaniel Richards. They settled at Ridgebury, Conn., where he was a blacksmith and, afterward, a farmer, on the homestead of his father, where she died, 23 July 1839, in her 64th year. He was married (2d), 9 May 1841, at Ridgebury, by Rev. Nathan Burton, Congregational, to Betsey Young, of Ridgebury. She was from Southeast, N. Y., and died at Ridgebury, 18 Sept 1862, "aged 71 years, 4 months, and 25 days." The date of her birth was, therefore, 24 Ap. 1791. He died in Ridgebury, of pleurisy, 15 March 1848, "aged 66 years, 10 months, and 27 days," according to his gravestone, but really two years less, if his birth-record is correct. They were all buried in Ridgebury Cemetery.
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| 1073
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V. Abigail Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 5 July 1785; married; and settled on the east side of Cayuga Bridge, about 7 or 8 miles west of Auburn, N. Y. She sold her land in Ridgefield, for $60, to Gamaliel Benedict, 25 Feb. 1811, being then unmarried, and probably went west with her brother, Gamaliel Keeler.
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3545
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| 1074
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VI. Laurania Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 15 Aug. 1787; died unmarried, 1 May 1873, at New Canaan, Conn., and was buried there. She sold her land in Ridgefield, for $60, to Gamaliel Benedict, 25 Feb. 1811.
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| 1075
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VII. Anna Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Feb. 1790; married, 7 Oct. 1807, at Ridgefield, Aaron Bouton, a farmer, son of Daniel1 and Mary (Mead) Bouton, of Stamford, Conn., where he was born 10 Aug. 1783. They settled in New Canaan, Conn., and there died; she, 17 July 1839; he, 5 Sept. 1845.
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3550
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| 1076
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VIII. Lewis Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Feb. 1792 ; unmarried; settled in Mentz, N. Y., where he died "several years before 1873."
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1 Capt. DANIEL BOUTON was born at Stamford, Conn., 24 Oct. 1740; married, 11 Dec. 1767, Mary, daughter of Peter Mead, or Greenwich, Conn.; was a soldier in the Revolution, and wounded at Coscob by a shot from a British vessel; was deacon from 10 June 1797 till his death, which took place at New Canaan, Conn., 12 Feb. 1821. His father, NATHANIEL BOUTON, settled at New Canaan, in Stamford, where he was a constituent member of the Cong. Church in 1733. He married Hannah -----.
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