John Keeler Jr. (1682)

Born 26 Dec 1682 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda (Hoyt) Keeler — married 19 Apr 1710 in Norwalk, Connecticut

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Canada War

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Biography

John was born in 1682. John is the child of John Keeler and Mehitable Rockwell.^{[1] [2]}

He married Rhoda Hoyt 19 Apr 1710^[3]

His inventory was taken on 17 November 1764 in Norwalk and recorded in Fairfield.^[4]

The estate distribution was completed on 19 March 1771 to Jehu, Luke, Rhoda, wife of Abraham Nash, Abigail, wife of Nehemiah Gruman, the heirs of Ruth, late wife of Stephen Benedict, Sarah, his John's widow, and Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Truesdel.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)Norwalk Vital Records 1651-1850Vol LR1 Page 137
2. ↑ A Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell of Stamford Conn 1641 and Ralph Keeler Of Hartford Conn 1639 Page 8
3. ↑ Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Norwalk Vital Records 1651-1850, Vol LR4 Page 2
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93H-D : 14 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 18-20, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 12-17.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y5QD : 25 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 237-239, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 17, 1767-1776, Page 448-452.

• Boughton, James. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 (William Jones, New York, 1903) Page 8.
  • John Keeler Jr born Dec 26, 1682, Norwalk married April 19, 1710, Rhoda Hoyt (or Hayt) daughter of Dec, Z. Hoyt, born Norwalk about 1690.
• Mindrum, Thomas L., Ralph Keeler of England and Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut, his son John of Hartford and Norwalk, and grandson David Keeler of Norwalk and Wilton, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2021) Vol. 63, No. 3, Page 99.