Jabez Keep b. 10 Mar 1706 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Aug 1774 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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1706 - 1774 (68 years)

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Name	Jabez Keep
Birth	10 Mar 1706	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3]
Probate	1774	Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years) [4]
Death	19 Aug 1774	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
Burial	Harvard Center Cemetery [2, 6]
Burial		Headstone - Keep, Jabez
Person ID	I1728	Discovering My Ancestors
Last Modified	30 Jan 2023

Father Samuel Keep
b. 22 Aug 1670, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
d. 23 Aug 1755, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)

Mother 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

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

2. Samuel Keep, Jr.
b. 12 Nov 1700, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 9 Nov 1761, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

3. Sarah Keep
b. 23 Aug 1703, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 24 Nov 1767

4. Jabez Keep
b. 10 Mar 1706, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 19 Aug 1774, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

5. Elizabeth Keep
b. 22 May 1709, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 29 Jul 1720, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

6. Jemima Keep
b. 17 Jul 1711, Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 7 Feb 1789, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA

7. Josiah Keep
b. 30 Nov 1713, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 28 Jul 1777, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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

10. Eunice Keep
b. 11 Mar 1719, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 23 Dec 1739, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

11. Matthew Keep
b. 3 Oct 1723, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

d. 29 Jun 1758

Family ID F421 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse 1 Sarah Leonard
b. 10 Aug 1707, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
d. 9 Mar 1738, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)

Marriage 16 Apr 1730 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA [1]

Age at Marriage He was 24 years old - She was 22 years old. (Were Married 7 years).

Children 4 children

+	1. Sarah Keep b. 10 Apr 1731, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Jan 1761, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 29 years)
	2. Samuel Keep b. 3 Nov 1732, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Dec 1802, Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 70 years)
	3. Lucy Keep b. 7 Nov 1734, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Jun 1803, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years)
	4. Jabez Keep, Jr. b. 13 Dec 1736, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Jan 1821, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)

Last Modified 11 May 2017

Family ID F595 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse 2 Experience Lawrence
b. 22 Jun 1719, Massachusetts, USA
d. Aft 1758, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 40 years)

Marriage 3 Apr 1740 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [1, 7, 8]

Age at Marriage He was 34 years old - She was 20 years old. (Were Married ~ 18 years).

Children 10 children

	1. Eunice Keep b. 18 May 1741, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	2. Leonard Keep b. 7 Oct 1742, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 29 Jan 1829, Vermont, USA (Age 86 years)
	3. Mary Keep b. 23 Mar 1743, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Sep 1827, Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont, USA (Age 84 years)
	4. Jonathan Keep b. 7 Aug 1745, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	5. Ruth Keep b. 25 Mar 1746, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. (date unknown)
	6. Experience Keep b. 13 Sep 1748, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Sep 1750, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)
	7. Elizabeth Keep b. 20 Apr 1750, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Aug 1826, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)
	8. John Keep b. 29 Sep 1753, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Oct 1838, South Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)
	9. Jemima Keep b. 10 Aug 1755, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Oct 1796, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)
	10. Rebecca Keep b. 16 Apr 1758, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Apr 1758, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 11 May 2017

Family ID F594 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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