Calvin Keith (1757 - 1843)

Born 22 May 1757 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Alger) Keith — married 11 Nov 1779 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1843 at age 86 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, USA

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Biography

Private Calvin Keith served with Plymouth County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Calvin Keith was born on 22 May 1757 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, USA as the ninth child of Ebeneazer Keith and Mary Pierce^[1][2]. He died on 09 Oct 1843 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, USA.^[3] When he was 22, he married Martha Alger,daughter of James Alger and Martha Kingman, on 11 Nov 1779 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, USA.^[4]

Revolutionary War Service

"Keith, Calvin, Bridgewater. Private, Capt. Amasa Soper's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's regt.; abstract for advance pay, mileage, etc., sworn to at Castle Island, Aug. 13, 1776; also, same co. and regt.; enlisted June 26, 1776; service to Dec. 1, 1776, 5 mos. 7u days; also, order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, payable to Capt. Nathan Alden, dated Bristol, March 7, 1777, signed by said Keith and others, for wages for 3 mos. service at Bristol, R. I., in Capt. Nathan Alden's co., Col. Jeremiah Hall's regt.; also, Private, Capt. Edward Cobb's co., Col. Titcomb's regt.; service, 2 mos. 4u days (also given 2 mos.); company marched from Bridgewater and Abington to Bristol, R. I., April 21, 1777; also, Capt. Joseph Keith's co., Col. Cotton's regt.; service from Sept. 25, 1777, to Oct. 30, 1777, on a secret expedition to Tiverton, R. I."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 2 Vols., page 182.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998), www.ancestry.com, Database online.
3. ↑ 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 Cabb Keith. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=MATownVital&h=10828657&indiv=try.
4. ↑ Bradford Kingman, Descendants of Henry Kingman (Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1912), Newberry Library, Chicago, IL, page 63.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution (17 Vols.), Volume 9, page 29.