Ruth (Smith) Keeler (1688 - 1734)

Born 1688 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonah Keeler — married 5 Nov 1713 (to 1 Nov 1734) in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1734 at about age 46 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Ruth Smith was the daughter of Samuel Smith and Rachel Marvin. She married Jonah Keeler on 5 Nov 1713 ^[1]and they settled in Ridgefield, Connecticut. ^[2]

Their children include ^{[3] [4]}:

1. Lidia KEELER, b. 14 Oct 1731, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
2. Rachel KEELER, b. 05 May 1727, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut
3. Ruth KEELER, b. 02 Dec 1717, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 26 Jan 1718, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
4. Hannah KEELER, b. Between 14 Oct 1719 and 1720, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 1722, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
5. Jonah KEELER, b. 17 Sep 1714, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 1799, North Salem, New York. ^[5]
6. Abigail KEELER, b. 12 Oct 1721/22, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
7. Matthew KEELER, b. Between 13 Mar 1724 and 1725, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut. d. 29 Ict 1793 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut ^{[6] [7]}
8. Samuel KEELER, b. 09 Feb 1716, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 30 Jun 1781, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
9. Hannah KEELER, b. 13 Dec 1728, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ruth died on 1 Nov 1734 and is buried in the Ridgebury Cemetery in Connecticut. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "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" , S. Whitney Phoenix, (Privately Printed, New York - 1878).
2. ↑ W.F. Jones. Genealogy of the Families of John Rockwell, of Stamford, Connecticut 1641, and Ralph Keeler, of Hartford, Connecticut 1939. Published 1903. p10
3. ↑ The History of Ridgefield Connecticut - Marriages & Deaths, by George L. Rockwell.
4. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
5. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol. 95 Ridgefield
6. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. FHL Film Number: 3360.
7. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 11258159 [www.findagrave/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11258159&ref=acom Matthew Keeler]
8. ↑ Ridgebury Cemetery

• Keeler, Wesley B., 1980. Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, Conn. and his Descendants. Privately published, Albany, NY, page 31
• No. 12, ii, 4 pg. 22 - The St. John Genealogy; Descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650 by Orline St. John Alexander, 1907 - https://ia802703.us.archive.org/22/items/stjohngenealogyd00alex/stjohngenealogyd00alex.pdf
• http://www.famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=34876+averell+harriman&ahnum=111
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Ridgefield, Page 58. Death record.