Family:Keeler, Isaac (c1715-1778)

Isaac Keeler (Elizabeth³ Whitney, John², Henry¹), son of Joseph and Elizabeth³ (Whitney) Keeler, was born about 1715, Ridgefield, CT, and died between 2 Feb and 5 Nov 1778, Ridgefield, CT.

He married firstly, by 1738, Mary⁴ Whitney, daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Platt) Whitney. She was born 29 Dec 1715, Ridgefield, CT, and died about 1750.

He married secondly, 29 Apr 1752, Ridgefield, CT, Hannah Stebbins, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Mead) Stebbins. She was born 22 Mar 1728, Ridgefield, CT, and died unknown.

Phoenix says the following:

Isaac Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., about 1715; a miller and farmer; received a share of his father's "right of commonage" in Ridgefield, by deed, 12 March 1750. He married, as early as 1738, his cousin, Mary Whitney, dau. of Nathan and Sarah Whitney, of Ridgefield, where she was born 29 Dec. 1715. They settled at Ridgefield, where she died about 1750, or 1751. He married (2d), 29 Ap. 1752, at Ridgefield, Hannah Stebbins, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Mead) Stebbins of Ridgefield, where she was born 22 march 1728. The record of her marriage and that of the first child's birth, call her Anne, but she is called Hannah in the birth-records of her last three children and in the will of her husband, dated 2 Feb. 1778, proved 5 Nov. 1778. They probably died in Ridgefield, but no records of their death have been found. He was, at one time, owner of a grist-mill in Ridgefield.

Children of Isaac and Mary⁴ (Whitney) Keeler:

i.	Isaac Keeler, b. 8 Aug 1739, Ridgefield, CT; m. Rachel Northrop.
ii.	Josiah Keeler, b. 10 or 22 Jun 1741, Ridgefield, CT; m. Elizabeth Stebbins.
iii.	Jacob Keeler, b. 1 or 10 Jul 1743, Ridgefield, CT; m. Betty -----.
iv.	Elijah Keeler, b. 10 or 26 Jun 1745, Ridgefield, CT; m. Elizabeth -----; settled in Ridgefield, where he mortgaged his home-lot, iron-works, and all his lands, 2 Ap. 1791, for £212 17s. 6d.
v.	Mary Keeler, b. 30 Jun 1747, Ridgefield, CT; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
vi.	Gabriel Keeler, b. 23 Apr 1749, Ridgefield, CT; probably died young, as there is no mention of him in his father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.

Children of Isaac and Hannah (Stebbins) Keeler:

vii.	Anne Keeler, b. 27 Feb 1753, Ridgefield, CT; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
viii.	Phineas Keeler, b. unknown; was named in his father's will, 2 Feb. 1778; and was living at North Salem, N. Y., 3 Feb. 1800. It is possible that he was the last child of the first wife; but the probabilities are in favor of giving him this place in the household.
ix.	Hannah Keeler, b. 1 Nov 1757, Ridgefield, CT; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
x.	Dorothy Keeler, b. 15 Sep 1759, Ridgefield, CT; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.
xi.	Chloe Keeler, b. 21 Mar 1761, Ridgefield, CT; was named in her father's will, 2 Feb. 1778.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 29-30 and pp. 73-74.

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