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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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Salem, N.Y., 23 June 1783, son of Moses and Mary (Todd) Bouton, of South Salem. They settled in South Salem, where she died, 16 Feb. 1816, and was buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard. He was married (2d), 2 Ap. 1817, at her mother's house in Yorktown, N. Y., by Rev. Silas Constant, Presbyterian, to Martha Fowler, who was born in Yorktown, 23 July 1792, dau. of Joseph and Sarah (Whitney) Fowler. She was living, in Sept. 1874. at South Salem, where he died, 24 Aug. 1858. 1470
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1092 II. Theodosia Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 Feb. 1784, not 1783, as the town-record says; married, as his second wife, Ebenezer Hoyt,1 a farmer, born in Ridgefield, 14 Nov. 1779, eldest son of Samuel2 and Elizabeth (Olmsted) Hoyt. They settled in Ridgefield, died there (he, 11 Feb. 1861, aged 82 years, 2 months, and 28 days; she, 13 Dec. 1865, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 9 days), and were buried in Titicus Cemetery. 3632
1093 III. Jeremiah Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 7 Aug. 1786; a shoemaker; married Catharine Smith, who was born in Ridgefield, 24 March 1787, dau. of Daniel and Rachel (Perlee) Smith. They settled in Ridgefield, where she died 15 May 1814. He married (2d), Hannah Smith, born in Norwalk, Conn., 10 March 1798, dau. of Hutton Smith. He died in Ridgefield, 3 July. 1861, aged 75 years. She died in Cheshire, Conn., 12 July 1870, aet. 72. They were buried in Titicus Cemetery, where a substantial brown-stone monument has been erected to their memory. His home in Ridgefield was on the main street, opposite where Niram Dykeman kept a hotel in 1875. The town-record says that his wife, "Kitty," died 14 May 1814, and calls him at that time "Jeremiah Keeler, 2d." 3638
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1094 IV. Elijah Keeler, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 31 Aug. 1788; a farmer; married, in Feb. 1811, at Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Goodrich, Congregational, to Esther Crane, dau. of Samuel and Esther (Crane) Crane, of Ridgefield, formerly of Southeast, N. Y., where she was born 25 March 1790. They dwelt in Ridgefield till 1830, and in Milton, Vt., till 1835; and then settled in Essex, Vt., where they died (he, 26 Ap. 1850; she, 23 July 1871), and were buried. 3647
  1 Ebenezer Hoyt's first wife, Polly Stebbins, was born 28 Nov. 1778, dau. of Joseph Stebbins, and died 14 Dec. 1811. They had children:

  I. Maria Hoyt b. 9 Oct. 1801; married, 22 Dec. 1830, Edward Benedict.
  II. Stebbins Hoyt, b. 15 Nov. 1803; married, 8 June 1828, Sally Ann Bennett. He died 24 Nov. 1850.
  III. Eben Benjamin Hoyt, b. 8 Oct. 1805; married, 19 Nov. 1828, Mary Jane Reynolds.
  IV. Elizabeth Hoyt, b. 3 Jan. 1807; married, 17 March 1827, Daniel L'amoreux; and died 6 Ap. 1836.
  V. Polly Emily Hoyt, b. 14 Nov. 1809; married, 15 March 1829, William Bouton, son of Seth Bouton, of Wilton.

  2 Samuel Hoyt was born in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 Oct. 1754; married, 8 Jan. 1778, Elizabeth Olmsted, who was born 30 Jan. 1758. He died in 1810; she, in 1840. They had children:

  I. Ebenezer Hoyt, b. 14 Nov. 1779.
  II. Lewis Hoyt, b. 24 Aug. 1782.
  III. Anne Hoyt, b. 10 May 1784.
  IV. William Hoyt, b. 17 May 1786.
  V. Abigail Hoyt, b. 13 May 1793.
  VI. Polly Hoyt, b. 6 Feb. 1795.
  VII. Clark Hoyt, b. 6 June 1797.
  VIII. Samuel Smith Hoyt, b. 5 July 1799.

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