Samuel Keep b. 22 Aug 1670 Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Aug 1755 Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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Name	Samuel Keep
Birth	22 Aug 1670	Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Guardianship	29 Mar 1676	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 5 years)
	Parents were killed by Indians. Guardianship went to his Uncle Samuel Bliss (husband of Mary, Sarah Leonard's sister) and his uncle, Joseph Leonard, Sarah Leonard's brother
Death	23 Aug 1755	Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
Burial	Longmeadow Cemetery [4, 5]
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5213460/samuel-keep
		Headstone - Keep, Samuel
Person ID	I1227	Discovering My Ancestors
Last Modified	12 Feb 2023

Father John Keepe
b. Abt 1640, England
d. 26 Mar 1676, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 36 years)

Mother Sarah Leonard
b. 13 Dec 1645, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
d. 26 Mar 1676, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)

Marriage 31 Dec 1663 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage He was ~ 24 years old - She was 18 years old. (Were Married 12 years).

Children 5 children

1. Sarah Keepe
b. 5 Aug 1666, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 1729

2. Elizabeth Keepe
b. 15 Nov 1668, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 2 Sep 1675

3. Samuel Keep
b. 22 Aug 1670, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 23 Aug 1755, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

4. Hannah Keep
b. 28 Jun 1673, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. (date unknown)

5. Jabez Keepe
b. 11 Dec 1675, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 26 Mar 1676, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F471 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse Sarah Colton
b. 25 Sep 1678, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA
d. 20 Jun 1754, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)

Marriage 27 Feb 1695 USA [1, 2, 6]

Age at Marriage He was 24 years old - She was 16 years old. (Were Married 59 years).

Children 11 children

	1. John Keep b. 22 Jun 1698, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Jul 1757, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)
	2. Samuel Keep, Jr. b. 12 Nov 1700, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Nov 1761, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)
	3. Sarah Keep b. 23 Aug 1703, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Nov 1767 (Age 64 years)
+	4. Jabez Keep b. 10 Mar 1706, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Aug 1774, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)
	5. Elizabeth Keep b. 22 May 1709, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Jul 1720, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 11 years)
	6. Jemima Keep b. 17 Jul 1711, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Feb 1789, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (Age 77 years)
	7. Josiah Keep b. 30 Nov 1713, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Jul 1777, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)
	8. Abiah Keep b. 17 Dec 1715, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	9. Stephen Keep b. 26 Oct 1717, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jan 1790, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 72 years)
	10. Eunice Keep b. 11 Mar 1719, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Dec 1739, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 20 years)
	11. Matthew Keep b. 3 Oct 1723, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Jun 1758 (Age 34 years)

Last Modified 11 May 2017

Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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