Col.
Nehemiah
Keeler
Born in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nehemiah Keeler
and Elenor (Rockwell) Keeler
Brother of
Mehetabel Keeler, Abraham Gray Keeler, Ruth (Keeler) Dann, Abiel Keeler, Elizabeth Keeler and Adonirum Keeler
Husband of
Polly Ann (Brush) Keeler
— married
25 Jan 1815 in Brewster, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Hiram Lockwood Keeler, Sara Elizabeth (Keeler) Prindle, Harriet Keeler, Nehemiah Bradley Keeler, Legrand Keeler, John Platt Keeler, Mariette Keeler, Emily R Keeler and Charles Bennett Keeler
Died
at age 91
in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2012
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Biography
He was a colonel in the militia.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLL-Z1Z : accessed 5 December 2017), Nehemiah Keeler 2nd, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 27, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 281,234.
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBH-QX7 : 13 August 2017), Nehemiah Keeler, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 3,018.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR9-J57 : 30 September 2017), Neh Keeler, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN77-LB3 : 12 April 2016), Nehemiah Keeler, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 30, family 281, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,598.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCZ-TX5 : 12 August 2017), Nehemiah Keeler, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district ED 119, sheet 274A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0094; FHL microfilm 1,254,094.
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7DX-G57 : 3 December 2014), Colonel Nehemiah Keeler, 04 Dec 1881; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 3,152.
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VV-B28 : 3 December 2014), Nehemiah Keeler, 04 Dec 1881; citing Ridgefield, Connecticut, reference 40; FHL microfilm 3,360.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-PBGT : 13 December 2015), Nehemiah Keeler, 1881; Burial, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Ridgebury Cemetery; citing record ID 36765358, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VV-BPX : 3 December 2014), Nehemiah in entry for Emily Keeler, 21 Feb 1907; citing Ridgefield, Connecticut, reference 41; FHL microfilm 3,360.
- Robert Keeler Reynolds's genealogy book
- The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878, Bradford Press, New York, 1878, by Stephen Whitney Phoenix, vol. 1, p. 214, available for free on Google Books and archive.org
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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