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Hephzibah (Perkins) Keith (1720 - 1800)

Hephzibah (Hepzibah) "Hepsibah" Keith formerly Perkins aka Carver
Born in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Wife of — married 3 Apr 1746 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Wife of — married 6 Nov 1759 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Hepsibah Perkins, daughter of Thomas Perkins and Mary Washburn, was born 15 Feb 1720.[1][2] in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[3]

Hepsibah married first to Eleazer Carver Jr. on 3 Apr 1746. He died 15 May 1755.[1]

She married second, as his second wife, to Ebenezer Keith on 6 Nov 1759[1] in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.[4]

Hephzibah Keith died 12 Apr [1800], aged 81,[1] and is buried in the First Cemetery in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.[2]

"Tombstone Inscription - Hepzibah (Carver) Keith" (1720-1820):

In memory of Hephzibah, who died April 12th, 1800, in the 81st year of her age. Late widow of 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. She was formerly widow of Lieut. Eleazer Carver.[2]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Porter, Hon. Joseph W. "An Account of Part of the Family of Abraham Perkins of Hampton, N.H., Who Lived in Plymouth County, Mass." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 50 (Jan 1896): 34-40, at 37. Image copy at Internet Archive: 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 19 Apr 2019, memorial page for Hephzibah Perkins Keith (15 Feb 1720–12 Apr 1800), Find A Grave: Memorial #22407903, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA: headstone photo.
  3. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Town and City Clerks of MA. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) on Ancestry.com: Hepzibah Perkins, dob: 15 Feb 1720 in Bridgewater, MA, father: Thos Perkins, mother: Mary Perkins, Note: Handwritten records of the birth of all the children.
  4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Town and City Clerks of MA. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) on Ancestry.com: Hephzibah Carver marriage, 6 Nov 1759 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Ebenezer Keith.
  • Husband's DAR record https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A064147
  • History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
  • Carver Family Tombstones (1744-1810) Ancestry.com*Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, NEHGS (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008).
  • American Genealogical-Biographical Index, (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.
  • Pierce Genealogy, No. IV., Being the Record of the Posterity of Capt. Michael, John and Capt. William Pierce, who Came to this Country from England – Frederick Clifton Pierce, pub. 1889; p. 41
  • Ancestry.com Tree, Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.




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1.A mother's birth date (Perkins-290 born 15 Feb 1720) should not be more than 67 years before the birth date of one of her children (Carver-67 born 13 Apr 1826) .

2.A mother's death date (Perkins-290 died 12 Apr 1800) should not be before one of her children's birth dates (Carver-67 born 13 Apr 1826)

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