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and by one given 14 Ap. 1742, "for & in Consideration of that Paternal Love and fatherly respect wc I have and do bear unto David Osburn & Rachel Osburn, my children." They dwelt in Ridgefield until after 1742, and finally settled at Starr's Plain, in Danbury, where he died about the beginning of the year 1750. She was appointed administratrix 5 Feb. 1749-50; the inventory, dated 1 March 1749-50, was presented by her 2 May 1750; and the estate was finallly distributed 6 Ap. 1758, she taking her third as "Rachel the now wife of Mr. Lemuel Morehouse, being the late Widdow and Relict to the sd Deceised." She married (2d), 6 June 1750, at Ridgefield, Lemuel Morehouse. No record of their death has been found. His former wife Mary, who died in Ridgefield, 1 Nov. 1749, bore him nine children, one of whom married his step-son, Aaron Osborn.
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II. Elizabeth Keeler, b. 18 Nov. 1708, probably at Norwalk, Conn., though the record is in Ridgefield; married, 3 Sept. 1731, at Ridgefield, John Rockwell, a farmer, son of Jonathan and Abigail Rockwell, of Norwalk, where he was born in Ap. 1706, though the record was made in Ridgefield. Joseph Keeler, of R., deeded land to him, 23 Sept. 1743, "for & in Consideration of yt Love, Goodwill & fatherly affection which I have for & do bear to my Son in Law John Rockwell of sd Ridgefield." He was one of the eighteen constituent members of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury Society, the second church in Ridgefield, 18 Jan. 1769; and he and Jabish Smith were the first deacons, chosen 8 March 1770. The record of his election calls him Ensign John Rockwell. He died in Ridgebury, 4 July 1773, "aged about 67 years." His farm lay in Mopoo's Bogs, in Ridgebury Society, adjoining the Colony line.
Ensign John Rockwell married (2d), 22 Nov. 1769, at Ridgefield, Esther Hollebert. She survived him, and disposed of her dower to his sons John and Elijah Rockwell, both of Lanesborough, Mass., 8 Oct. 1773, and Daniel and Abraham Rockwell, both of Ridgefield, 31 Jan. 1774.
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III. Sarah Keeler, b. 22 Sept. 1710. It is possible that she was born in Ridgefield, Conn., where the birth is recorded, but it seems more likely that she was born in Norwalk.
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IV. Joseph Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., 8 Ap. 1713; m. at R., 26 Feb. 1735-6, Jane Wilson, b., R., 28 Dec. 1714, dau. of Benjamin and Jane Wilson. Joseph Keeler, Sen., of R., deeded land to him, 15 Aug. 1741, "For & in consideration of paternal Love, Goodwill and affection wc I have and do bear towards my Loving Son Joseph Keeler Junr. of sd Ridgfield." He was of Ridgefield, 8 May 1761. According to Holland's Western Mass., II, 509, he settled in Lanesborough, Mass., as early as 1762. He sold land in Ridgefield to Eli Northrop, for £50, 3 March 1762, and was then of Pittsifeld, Mass.
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V. Isaac Keeler, b. at Ridgefield, Conn., about 1715; a miller and
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