The KEEP Family of Springfield

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First Generation

JOHN KEEP (d. 1676) of Springfield

Parents: Unknown

John Keep died on 26 Mar 1676 in Springfield. [Ref] He married Sarah Leonard on 31 Dec 1663 [Ref][Ref, p. 680] in Springfield. [Ref]

On 26 Mar 1676, John, his wife Sarah and his youngest son Jabez were slain by Indians. [Ref]

John was one of the inhabitants of Springfield who signed a 1688 petition against duties on imports into and exports out of the colony. [Ref].

John Keep of Springfield is on a 19 May 1669 list of those who did not take the freeman's oath. [Ref]

Children of John Keep and Sarah Leonard:

1. Sarah Keep was born on 5 Dec 1666. [Ref] She died on 8 Jul 1729. [Ref] Sarah married Benjamin Parsons on 17 Jan 1683. [Ref] Benjamin, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Vore) Parsons was born on 15 Sep 1658 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref] He died on 28 Dec 1728 in Enfield, Connecticut. [Ref] Benjamin was the stepson of Sarah's grandmother Sarah (Heald) Leonard.
   some descendants of Sarah Keep
2. Elizabeth Keep was born on 15 Nov 1668 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref][Ref] She died on Sep 1675 [Ref, in Sep 1675] in Springfield. [Ref]
3. Ens. Samuel Keep was born on 22 Aug 1670 in Springfield. He died on 23 Aug 1755 in Springfield. He married Sarah Colton.
4. Hannah Keep was born on 8 Jun 1673 [Ref][Ref, p. 18] in Springfield. [Ref] She probably died by 1744, when she was not mentioned in her husband's will. [Ref, p. 18] Hannah married Ebenezer Miller, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Marshfield) Miller, on 16 Oct 1690 [Ref, Thomas and Sarah Miller. ][Ref, p. 18] in Springfield. [Ref, no parents named] Ebenezer was born on 25 Aug 1667. [Ref, p. 18] He died on 6 Jan 1754. [Ref, p. 18]
   some descendants of Hannah Keep.
5. Jabez Keep was born on 11 Dec 1675 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref][Ref] He died there on 26 Mar 1676.

Second Generation

ENS. SAMUEL KEEP (1670 - 1755) of Springfield

Parents: John Keep and Sarah Leonard

Samuel Keep was born on 22 Aug 1670 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref][Ref, pp. 14-17][Ref] Ens. Samuel Keep of Springfield died on 23 Aug 1755 [Ref][Ref, pp. 14-17] in Springfield. [Ref] He married Sarah Colton on 27 Feb 1695 [Ref][Ref, pp. 14-17] in Springfield. [Ref, int. 12 Feb 1695] Samuel and Sarah are buried in the Longmeadow Cemetery in Springfield. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Samuel's grave. [Ref, p. 16]

Samuel was five when his parents and brother were killed by the Indians. He and his sisters Sarah and Hannah were taken in by his grandmother Leonard. [Ref, pp. 14-17] Later, he was under the care of his uncle Samuel Biss [the husband of his mother's sister Mary Leonard]. [Ref, pp. 14-17]

Immediately after his marriage, Samuel and Sarah settled on Samuel's farm in Long Meadow. [Ref, pp. 14-17] The Long Meadow settlement was located in a valley and the following December there was a great flood that destroyed the settlement and the Long Meadow residents moved from the valley to a hill. [Ref, pp. 14-17]

Samuel was a selectman in 1715, 1716, 1720, 1722 and 1724. [Ref, pp. 14-17] He was one of the petitioners to the General Court for a new town — Brimfield — to be laid out to the east of Springfield in Sep 1700. [Ref, pp. 14-17]

Samuel left no will; he had already given his homestead to his son Samuel. [Ref, pp. 14-17]

Children of Samuel Keep and Sarah Colton:

1. Unknown Keep was born on 17 Feb 1697. [Ref]
2. John Keep was born on 22 Jun 1698. [Ref] He died on 28 Jul 1757. [Ref] John, the husband of Abigail, died on 28 Jul l757, age 59 years and 25 days, in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Ref] He married Abigail Munn. [Ref, p. 19] Abigail was the daughter of James and Mary (Moody) Munn of Colchester, Connecticut. [Ref, p. 19] She was born on 17 Oct 1700. [Ref, p. 19] She died on 28 Jul 1757. [Ref, p. 19] Both John and Abigail are buried in Brimfield. [Ref, p. 19]
   John and Abigail settled in Brimfield immediately after their marriage. [Ref, p. 19] John was a fence viewer in 1731. [Ref, p. 19] He was on a committee to lay out a cedar swamp in May 1732. [Ref, p. 19] He was an assessor in 1735. [Ref, p. 19] He was a selectman in 1735, 1749 and 1754. [Ref, p. 19]
   John, yeoman of Brimfield, signed his will on 18 Jan 1757. He mentioned his wife Abigail; his sons Jabez, Simeon and Caleb Keep; his daughter Elizabeth Dart, the wife of John, Abigail Boardman, the wife of Stephen, and Sarah, Eunice and Mary Keep. [Ref, pp. 19-20]
   some descendants of John Keep
3. Sgt. Samuel Keep was born on 12 Nov 1700. [Ref] He died on 9 Nov 1761 [Ref][Ref, p. 21] in Springfield. [Ref] He married first Mary Colton on 15 Jan 1735/6. [Ref, p. 21] Mary was the daughter of John and Joanna Colton. [Ref, p. 21] She died on 15 Feb 1737. [Ref, p. 21] Samuel married second Sarah Beman on 8 Mar 1737/8. [Ref, p. 21][Ref, of Springfield, after 11 Feb 1737/8 (int.)] in Springfield. [Ref, Sarah Bennett, 11 Feb 1737/8 int.] Sarah was the daughter of William and Hannah Beman of Enfield. [Ref, p. 21] She died on 11 Mar 1810. [Ref, p. 21] She married second John Hale. [Ref, p. 21]
   Samuel lived on his father's homestead. [Ref, p. 21] He served as sergeant in the militia. [Ref, p. 21] He was a selectman in 1744. [Ref, p. 21]
   Samuel signed his will on 5 Jan 1759. He mentioned his wife Sarah; his sons Samuel and John Keep; his daughters Mary, Eunice and Sarah Keep. His estate was valued at 690 pounds, seven shillings and four pence. [Ref, pp. 21 - 22]
   some descendants of Samuel Keep
4. Sarah Keep was born on 23 Aug 1703 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 4 Nov 1767 [Ref][Ref, p. 28, 24 Nov] She married Dea. Daniel Chandler on 4 Jan 1728 [Ref, the son of Henry and Lydia (Abbott)][Ref, p. 28, d. Samuel and Sarah (Colton)] in Springfield. [Ref, int. 8 Dec 1727]
5. Capt. Jabez Keep was born on 10 Mar 1706 in Springfield. He died on 19 Aug 1774 in Harvard. He married first Sarah Leonard He married second Experience Lawrence.
6. Elizabeth Keep was born on 22 May 1709 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She became sick and died on 29 Jul 1720 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She is buried in the Longmeadow Cemetery in Springfield. [Ref]
7. Jemima Keep was born on 17 Jul 1711 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She married Isaac Griswold of Killingworth on 13 Sep 1731. [Ref][Ref][Ref] Isaac was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Bradley) Griswold. [Ref, Isaac and Elizabeth Griswold][Ref, pp. 555-6] He was born on 8 Apr 1702 in Killingworth. [Ref][Ref, pp. 555-6] He died in June 1753. [Ref, p. 558] He was the grandswon of Michael and Ann Griswold. [Ref, pp. 555-6]
   some descendants of Jemima Keep
8. Josiah Keep was born on 30 Nov 1713 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref]
9. Abiah Keep was born on 17 Dec 1715. [Ref] She married Jonathan Wright of Windsor on 9 Jun 1737. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 119] Jonathan was the son of Jonathan and Experience (Edwards) Wright, the grandson of James and Abigail (Jess) Wright, and the great-grandson of the immigrant Dea. Samuel Wright and his wife Margaret. [Ref, p. 119] He was born in 1710 in Windsor. [Ref, p. 119]
   some descendants of Abiah Keep
10. Stephen Keep was born on 26 Oct 1717 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 15 Jan 1790. [Ref] He married Hannah Colton of Springfield on 12 Jun 1754 in Springfield. [Ref, int. 11 Apr 1754]
    some descendants of Stephen Keep
11. Eunice Keep was born on 11 Mar 1719 [?]/20 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 23 Dec 1739 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref]
12. Matthew Keep was born on 30 Oct 1722 [Ref] in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 29 Jun 1758 [Ref], age 36, and is buried in the Longmeadow Cemetery in Springfield. [Ref] He married Abigail Wolcott of Springfield on 1 Dec 1743 in Springfield. [Ref, int. 12 Nov 1743]
    some descendants of Matthew Keep

Third Generation

CAPT. JABEZ KEEP (1707 - 1774) of Westford and Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Parents: Samuel Keep and Sarah Colton

Capt. Jabez Keep was born on 10 Mar 1706 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 24, Longmeadow] He died on 19 Aug 1774 in Harvard. [Ref] He is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery in Harvard. Click here to see a photo of his gravestone. He married first his second cousin Sarah Leonard on 16 Apr 1730 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref, p. 682] Sarah was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Leonard. [Ref, p. 682] She ws born on 10 Aug 1707. [Ref, p. 682] She died on 9 Mar 1738/9, age 32, in Westford. [Ref][Ref, p. 682] She is buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford. [Ref] He married second Experience Lawrence of Littleton on 3 Apr 1740 in Littleton. [Ref][Ref says 3 Feb and that Jabez is of Westford]

Jabez purchased a forge and tools from Samuel Kent of Westford on 29 Nov 1729. [Ref, p. 24] He was on the first tax list of Westford in 1730. [Ref, p. 24] He was a selectman in Westford in 1742, 1744 -1747, 1750 - 1752 and 1754 - 1757. [Ref, p. 24] He was clerk of the board of selectman in 1747 and 1751. [Ref, p. 24]He was a representative to the General Court in 1756. [Ref, p. 24] He is called "Captain" in the records. [Ref, p. 24]

Jabez was on of the grantees of the towns of Walpole, Westmoreland and Chester in New Hampshire in 1752. [Ref, p. 24] He sold his forge and other property in Westford in 1768 and moved to Harvard. [Ref, p. 24]

Dorothy, the widow of Joseph Butterfield of Chelmsford, petitioned for Lieut. Jabez Keep of Westford to be appointed guardian of her children Ebenezer, age about 13, and Dorothy, age about ten, on 8 Dec 1749. [Ref, 44;39]

The inscription on Jabez's gravestone says, "Here lies the remains of Capt. Jabez Keep who departed this life Augt 19, 1774, aged 68 years, 4 months and 28 days." [Ref, p. 24]

Jabez signed his will on 7 Jul 1773. He mentions his wife Experience, his sons Samuel, Jabez, Leonard, Jonathan and John; the heirs of his eldest daughter Sarah Learned; his second daghter Lucy Rogers; his third daughter Lucy Fletcher [should be Eunice, perhaps a transcription error], his fourth daughter Mary Proctor; his fifth daughter Ruth Green; his sixth daugher Bettie Hapgood; his seventh daughter Experience Hildreth; his eighth daughter Jemima; his ninth daughter Rebecca. He named his son Jabez his executor. [Ref, pp. 24 - 25]

Children of Jabez Keep and Sarah Leonard:

1. Sarah Keep was born on 10 Apr 1731 in Westford. [Ref] Sarah, the wife of Preserved died on 18 Jan 1761 in West Springfield. [Ref] She married Preserved Leonard of Springfield on 22 May 1751 in Westford. [Ref][Ref, p. 37]
2. Samuel Keep was born on 3 Nov 1732 in Westford. [Ref] He died in 1802 at his daughter Eunice's house in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont. [Ref, p. 38] He is buried in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont. [Ref, p. 38] He married the widow of John Chipman. [Ref, p. 38]
   Samuel was a grantee of the towns of Middlebury and Salisbury, Addison, Vermont. [Ref, p. 38] He was chosen clerk of Salisbury on 5 Jan 1762 and held office until 1767. [Ref, p. 38] He manufactured cannon for the army in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. [Ref, p. 38]
   some descendants of Samuel Keep
3. Lucy Keep was born on 7 Nov 1734 in Westford. [Ref] She died on 3 Jun 1803, age 65, in Tolland, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Ref] She is buried in the Tolland Cemetery in Tolland. [Ref] She married Jabez Rogers. [Ref, p. 25, no first name][Ref]
4. Capt. Jabez Keep was born on 13 Dec 1736 in Westford. [Ref] He died on 21 Jan 1821 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. [Ref, pp. 38-39] He married first Phebe Crosby on 7 Jul 1757 in Westford. [Ref] Phebe was born on 11 Dec 1738. [Ref, pp. 38-39] She died in the Shirley Shaker community on 22 Jul 1826. [Ref, pp. 38-39] Jabez married second Elizabeth (Unknown) Rogers. [Ref, pp. 38-39] She was born about 1740. She died on 26 Jan 1818, age 78, in Sheffield. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   Jabez was a corporal in Col. Timothy Ruggle's regiment and was at the Battle of Lake George in Sep 1755. [Ref, pp. 38-39] He was at Crown Point in 1758. He was in Capt. Jonathan Butterfield's company in the 1760 expedition against Canada. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   In 1760 Jabez bought a farm in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref, pp. 38-39] In 1774 he succeeded his father in the trip-hammer forge and bloomery on the brook at Old Mill in Harvard. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   Jabez was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. On 19 Apr 1775 he was a sargeant in Capt. Jonathan Davis's company, Col. John Whitcomb's regiment that marched on the Lexington Alarm from Harvard to Cambridge. [Ref, pp. 38-39] He was a second lieutenant in James Burt's company, Asa Whitcomb's regiment and was at the Battle of Bunker HIll. [Ref, pp. 38-39] He was a second lieutenant in Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   Jabez was a selectman in Harvard 1783 - 1784. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   Jabez's wife left him in 1784 and joined the Shirley Shakers (external link) with five of her daughters. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   Jabez was described as five foot five inches tall with a dark complexion and dark hair. [Ref, pp. 38-39]
   some descendants of Jabez Keep
   

Children of Jabez Keep and Experience Lawrence:

5. Eunice Keep was born on 18 May 1741 in Westford. [Ref] She married Zachariah Fletcher after 22 Aug 1761 (int.) in Westford. [Ref]
6. Leonard Keep was born on 7 Oct 1742 in Westford. [Ref] He died at the home of his daughter Elizabeth in Jan 1829 in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont. [Ref, p. 40] He married Ruth Stone on 7 Oct 1765 in Westford. [Ref] Ruth, the daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah Stone, was born on 30 Apr 1745 in Westford. [Ref]
   In 1772 Leonard was a blacksmith living in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] He moved to Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont. [Ref, p. 40] He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a quartermaster in Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment of militia that marched from Cheshire county to Ticonderoga, 7 May - 18 Jun 1777. [Ref, p. 40] She was a privatein Capt. John Cole's company, Ashley's regiment, that marched from Westmoreland to within five miles of Otter Creek, 29 Jun - 11 Jul 1777. [Ref, p. 40] He was a private in Capt. Benjamin Flood's company, Col. Bellow's regiment, that marched to Saratoga, 21 Sep - 21 Oct 1777. [Ref, p. 40] He owned a sawmill and a gristmill in Sheldon but they were destroyed by fire. [Ref, p. 40]
   some descendants of Leonard Keep
7. Mary Keep was born on 23 Mar 1743/4 in Westford. She died on 3 Sep 1827. She married Capt. Leonard Proctor.
8. Jonathan Keep was born on 7 Aug 1745 in Westford. [Ref] Jonathan, the widower of Hannah, died of "palsy & c." on 10 May 1821, age 75-3/4 years, in Pepperell. [Ref] He married Hannah Hildreth [, p. 44] on 26 Jul 1769 in Westford. [Ref] Hannah, the wife of Jonathan, died of consumption on 5 Feb 1815, age 64 years, in Pepperell. [Ref]
   some descendants of Jonathan Keep
9. Ruth Keep was born on 25 Mar 1746/7 in Westford. [Ref] Ruth, the widow of Daniel, died on 12 Sep 1825 in Groton. [Ref] She married first Benjamin Green of Groton after 21 Jun 1765 (int.) in Westford. [Ref] He died on 23 Jan 1776 in Groton. [Ref] She married second Daniel Woods. [Ref, 64;149]
   some descendants of Ruth Keep and Benjamin Green
10. Experience Keep was born on 13 Sep 1748 in Westford. [Ref] She died on 12 Sep 1750 in Westford. [Ref]
11. Elizabeth "Bettie" Keep was born on 20 Apr 1750 in Westford. [Ref] She died on 30 Aug 1826 [Ref, p. 40], age 76, in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] She is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery. [Ref] She married Shadrach Hapgood, Jr. on 23 Jul 1770 in Harvard. [Ref] Shadrach was the son of Lieut. Shadrach and Elizabeth (Wetherbee) Hapgood, the grandson of Dea. Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Ward) Hapgood and the great-grandson of the emigrant Shadrach Hapgood and his wife Elizabeth Treadway. [Ref, p. 38] Shadrach was born on 4 Oct 1747 [, p. 40] in Harvard. [Ref] He died on 20 Jan 1818 [, p. 40] in Harvard. [Ref] He is buried in the Harvard Center Cemetery. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Elizabeth's gravestone. Clilck here to see a photo of Shadrach's gravestone.
    Shadrach was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a private in Capt. Samuel Hill's company, Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. [, pp. 44-5] He enlisted on 19 Aug 1777 and was discharged on 25 Aug 1777. [, pp. 44-5] He marched on the Bennington Alarm from Harvard. [, pp. 44-5] He reenlisted in the same company on 2 Oct 1777 and was discharged on 26 Oct 1777. [, pp. 44-5]
    Shadrach was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in 1781. [, pp. 44-5] He was a selectman in 1791 and 1792. [, pp. 44-5]
    some descendants of Elizabeth Keep
12. Experience Keep was born on 23 Jan or 3 Feb 1752 in Westford. [Ref] She died on 27 May 1817 in Westford. [Ref][Ref, wife of Ebenezer, age 65] She is buried in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford. [Ref] She married first Hosea Hildreth on 22 Jun 1769 in Westford. [Ref] The widow Experience Hildreth married second Ebenezer Parker on 18 Nov 177 in Westford. [Ref]
13. John Keep was born on 29 Sep 1753 in Westford. [Ref] He might be the John who died of "old age" on 25 Oct 1838 in Lee, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Ref] This John had a wife Elizabeth who died on 20 Feb 1796, age 40, in Lee. [Ref]
    some descendants of John Keep
14. Jemima Keep was born on 10 Aug 1755 in Westford. [Ref] Jemima, the wife of Abel Whitcomb, died on 10 Oct 1796, age 42, [Ref] in Boxboro. [Ref] She is buried in the North Cemetery in Boxboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Ref] She married as his second wife Abel Whitcomb on 28 Apr 1774. [Ref, membership no. 384063] in Harvard. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of Jemima's gravestone.
15. Rebecca Keep was born on 16 Apr 1758 in Westford. [Ref] Rebecca, the daughter of Capt. Jabez Keep, was baptised on 23 Apr 1758 in Westford. [Ref] Rebecca Wood died on 3 or 5 Jun 1838, age 80, in Harvard. [Ref] She married Prince Turner on 5 Dec 1775 in Harvard. [Ref][Ref, p. 46] Capt. Prince Turner, a Revolutionary War soldier, died on 29 Mar 1800, age 47 in Harvard. [Ref] She married second her sister Jemima's widower Abel Whitcomb [Ref, p. 46] after 11 Mar 1804 (int.) in Boxboro. [Ref] She married third Unkown Wood. [Ref, p. 46]
    Prince was a corporal in Capt. Jonathan Davis's company in the Lexington Alarm in 1775. [Ref, p. 46]
    some descendants of Rebecca Keep

Fourth Generation

MARY KEEP (1744 - 1827)

Parents: Capt. Jabez Keep and Experience Lawrence

Mary Keep was born on 23 Mar 1743/4 in Westford. [Ref] She died on 3 Sep 1827 [Ref][Ref] in (or perhaps just recorded in) Westford. [Ref] Her gravestone in the Proctor cemetery, Proctorsville, Windsor, Vermont, says that she was 83 years old. [Ref] Mary Keep of Harvard married Capt. Leonard Proctor on 25 Dec 1769 [Ref] in Harvard. [Ref] Clicek here for a photo of Mary's gravestone.

Mary is called Mary Proctor in her father's will. [Ref, p. 24]

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