Ebenezer
Keith
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Keith
and Bethiah (Fobes) Keith
Brother of
Constant (Keith) Hayward, Amos Keith, Samuel Keith, Bethiah (Keith) Washburn, Susanna (Keith) Swift, Robert Keith, Jane (Keith) Cowing and Benjamin Keith
Husband of
Mary (Pierce) Keith
— married
18 Mar 1741 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Husband of
Hephzibah (Perkins) Keith
— married
6 Nov 1759 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Luther Keith, Rachel Keith, Mary (Keith) Leach, Ebenezer Keith, Amos Keith, Lucy Keith, Susanna Keith, Susannah Keith, Caleb Keith Sr., Calvin Keith, Hepzibah Keith, Alexander Keith, Alexander Keith and Lavinia Vienna Keith
Died
at age 61
in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile managers:
Debra Keith 
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Biography
Ebenezer Keith performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Ebenezer Keith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A064147.
- Ebenezer Keith was a prisoner of war on the guard ship "Adams."
- Ebenezer Keith[1]
- Birth: 25 Oct 1716, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts[1]
- Death: 12 Apr 1778, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts[2]
- Cause of Death: Smallpox; Age: 62[2]
- Second Spouse: H. Hephzibah[2] (wid. Lt. Eleazer Carver)
- Burial: Ebenezer Keith, who died of small-pox April 12th, 1778, and was buried in his field, about two miles southwest from this, in the 62d year of his age
Probate
The will of Ebenezer Keith of Bridgewater, yeoman, was dated 21 October 1773 and proved on 6 July 1778 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Hepzibah, and his children, Hepzibah, Urana, Rachel, Susanna, Mary, Lucy, Amos, Caleb, Calvin, Alexander, Ebenezer (executor), and Luther (eldest son) (executor) [3]
His inventory was taken on 10 August 1778 in Bridgewater. [4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Record for Ebenezer Keith. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MATownVital&h=81121044&indiv=try.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 50, 1896 (1896, New England Historic Genealogical Society), page 37.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-ZSH7 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 316 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-ZQ98 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1775-1780 vol 24-25 > image 343 of 568; State Archives, Boston.
- DAR Patriot record A064147
- Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 11861: Will
Acknowledgments
- This person was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.
- WikiTree profile Keith-374 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.
- Additional information provided from the records of Michael Hervey
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer 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 Ebenezer:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ebenezer 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 Ebenezer:
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~0.39%
Liz (Hervey) Osborn
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~0.39%
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Keith-92 and Keith-3124 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profiles
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Debra (Petri) Keith
Keith-92 and Keith-374 appear to represent the same person because: A merge is necessary for Ebenezer before I can confirm a merge for Caleb Keith, his son (Keith-377 and Keith-2438)
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