Capt.
Jabez
Keep
Born in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Keep
and Sarah (Colton) Keep
Brother of
Unnamed Keep, John Keep, Samuel Keep Jr, Sarah (Keep) Chandler, Jemima (Keep) Tiffany, Josiah Keep and Stephen Keep
Husband of
Sarah (Leonard) Keep
— married
16 Apr 1730 (to 9 Mar 1738) in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Husband of
Experience (Lawrence) Keep
— married
3 Apr 1740 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah (Keep) Leonard, Samuel Keep, Lucy (Keep) Rogers, Jabez Keep, Eunice (Keep) Fletcher, Mary (Keep) Proctor, Jonathan Keep, Experience (Keep) Parker and John Keep
Died
at age 68
in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2017
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Biography
Jabez Keep, son of Samuel and Sarah (Colton) Keep, was born on 10 March 1706 at Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.[1]
He married Sarah Leonard, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Leonard, on 19 April 1730 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Sarah died in 1738.[1]
He married Experience Lawrence on 3 April 1740.[1]
Children born Westford, MA [2]:
- Eunece, d. Jabeze and Experence, . May 18, 1741
- Leonard, s. Jabez and Experience, Oct. 7, 1742.
- Mary, d. Jabez and Experiance, Mar. 23, 1743-4
- Jonathan, s. Jabez and Experiance, Aug. 1, 1745
- Ruth, d. Jabez and Experience, Mar. 25, 1746-7.
- Experiance, d. Jabez and Experiance, Sept. 13, 1748
- Elisabeth, d. Lt. Jabez and Experiance, Apr. 20, 1750.
- John, s. Jabez and Experience, Sept. 29, 1753
- Jemima, d. Jabez and Experiance, Aug. 10, 1755
- Rebecca, d. [Capt. CR1] Jabez and Experiante, Apr. 16, 1758.
Jabez died on 19 Aug. 1774 at Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was buried at Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His memorial has biographical material and links to those of family members.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave Memorial# 5213441 Capt Jabez Keep
- ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Westford/BirthsK.shtml
- Bryant, Blanche Brown. The Progenitors and Descendants of Thomas Page Brown and Sarah (Sally) Parker (Springfield, Vermont, 1938) Page 36.
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Andrew Robinson
I am a descendant on both ancestry.com, and 23andme..through my paternal grandmother Jessie (Hyde) Robinson of Wilson/Lockport, NY see also Hildreth, Felt, Parmelee
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