Some Descendants of Jonathan Keep (Jabez, Samuel, John) and Hannah Hildreth of Westford, Groton and Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts

1. Hannah Keep was born on 5 Jun 1770 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah]
2. Abigail Keep was born on 5 Nov 1771 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She may be the Nabby who married Abel Blood on 1 Jul 1792 in Groton. [MVRG]
3. Jonathan Keep was born on 11 Aug 1773 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Jonathan and Hannah]
4. Charlotte Keep was born on 28 Jun 1775 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She died in 1852. [JKLM, p. 74] She married Josiah Crosby on 24 Oct 1804 in Pepperell. [JKLM, p. 74] He died in 1838 in Milford, Massachusetts. [JKLM, p. 74]
   Josiah was a cooper. [JKLM, p. 74]
5. Sylvia Keep was born on 21 Jun 1777 in Harvard. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She died on 8 May 1866 in Dummerstown, Vermont. [JKLM, p. 74] She married Samuel Miller of Townsend on 3 Mar 1801 in Harvard. [JKLM, p. 74] Samuel was a brother of General James Miller. [JKLM, p. 74]
6. John Keep was born on 9 Feb 1779 in Groton. [MVRW, s. Jonathan and Hannah] He died in 1842 in Granby, Quebec, Canada. [JKLM, p. 74] He married first Lucy Fletcher on 14 Sep 1800 in Westford. [JKLM, p. 74] Lucy was the daughter of Samuel and Lucy Fletcher. [JKLM, p. 74] She was born on 3 May 1781 in Westford. [JKLM, p. 74] She died on 16 Sep 1805 in Middlebury, Vermont. [JKLM, p. 74] John married second Adatia Severance on 21 Nov 1807 in Middlebury. [JKLM, p. 74] She died on 23 Oct 1854. [JKLM, p. 74]
   John was a tanner. [JKLM, p. 74] He moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, then to Middlebury, to Shoreham, Vermont in 1812, to Swanton, Vermont in 1814, to St. Arnaud, Quebec in 1822 and to Granby in 1854. [JKLM, p. 74]
7. Samuel Keep was born on 20 Mar 1781 in Groton. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] He died in 1825 in Brattleboro, Vermont. [JKLM, pp. 75-6] He married first Sarah Conant of Townsend on 11 Oct 1801. [JKLM, pp. 75-6] She died on 18 Dec 1808 in Pepperell. [JKLM, pp. 75-6] Samuel married second Elizabeth Trowbridge of Pepperell on 26 Aug 1809. [JKLM, pp. 75-6] She died in May 1811 in Dover, Vermont. [JKLM, pp. 75-6] Samuel married third Elizabeth (Warriner) White in Dec 1811 in Brattleboro. [JKLM, pp. 75-6]
   Samuel lived in Pepperell until 1810, when he moved to Dover. [JKLM, pp. 75-6]
8. Susanna Keep was born on 22 May 1783 in Groton. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She died on 22 Jan 1827 in Brutus, New York. [JKLM, p. 76] She married Peter Putnum of Townsend on 3 Dec 1801. [JKLM, p. 76]
   In 1816 Susanna and Peter lived in Hebron, New York. [JKLM, p. 76]
9. Imla Keep was born on 31 Jul 1785 in Groton. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah, no day][MVRG, s. Lieut. Jonathan and Hannah] He died in 1854 Vicksburg, Mississippi. [JKLM, p. 77] He married first Susanna Sylvester of of Townsend. [JKLM, p. 77] They later divorced. [JKLM, p. 77] Imla married second Unknown Bullock of Georgia. [JKLM, p. 77] She died from injuries sustained in a fall from a carriage. [JKLM, p. 77] Imla married third Unknown (Williams) O'Neill. [JKLM, p. 77] She died at Alexandria, Louisiana. [JKLM, p. 77] Imla married fourth Leah Hannah Terry. [JKLM, p. 77] Leah was the daughter of Champness Terry of Virginia and Louisiana. [JKLM, p. 77] She died on 13 Oct 1897, age 87, in South Orange, New Jersey. [JKLM, p. 77]
   Imla studied medicine and had a practice in Townsend. [JKLM, p. 77] After separating from his first wife, he moved to South America and served as a surgeon in General Bolivar's army. [JKLM, p. 77] After marrying his fourth wife, he moved to Vicksburg. [JKLM, p. 77]
10. Lucinda Keep (twin) was born on 13 Sep 1787 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She married Joseph Danforth Nutting on 12 Apr 1810 in Groton. [MVRG [JKLM, p. 78] He died on 28 Mar 1843. [JKLM, p. 78]
    Lucinda and Joseph lived in Groton. [JKLM, p. 78]
11. Luther Keep (twin) was born on 13 Sep 1787 in Westford. [MVRW, s. Jonathan and Hannah] Luther died of "insanity" on 18 Apr 1830, age 42, in Pepperell. [MVRP] He married and had children. [JKLM, p. 78]
12. Matilda Keep was born on 17 Jun 1789 in Westford. [MVRW, d. Jonathan and Hannah] She died on 15 Oct 1877 in Dummerstown, Vermont. [JKLM, p. 79] She married Enos Leonard. [JKLM, p. 79]
    Matilda and Enos lived in Dummerstown. [JKLM, p. 79] Enos was the representative to the state legislature from Dummerstown in 1832 and 1833. [JKLM, p. 79]
13. Delinda Keep was born on 14 Aug 1791 in Groton. [JKLM, pp. 79] She married Isaac Brown of Guilford, Vermont. [JKLM, p. 79]
14. Calvin Keep was born on 22 Jul 1794 in Groton. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80] He died on 15 May 1838 in Groton. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80] He married Amelia Corey on 29 Sep 1816. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80] She died on 5 Oct 1836. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80]
    Calvin was a bloomer; he had a forge in Pepperell, Massachusetts. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80] He is said to have been 6 ' 2 " tall and to have weighed 215 pounds. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80] He was captain of an artillary company called the Pepperell Guards. [JKLM, pp. 79 - 80]

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