 1621 - Bef 1659 (~ 38 years)
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| Name |
Unnamed Betts [1, 2, 3] |
| Birth |
say 1621 [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
Bef 11 Aug 1659 |
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut  [1] |
- children had been placed with brother John Betts in Wethersfield
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| Notes |
- Ralph Keeler probably married first at Hartford in the mid-1640s, ___ Betts, born say 1621, a previously unrecognized daughter of John and Mary Betts of Claydon, Oxfordshire, and whose mother became the widow Mary Betts, the early "schooldame" at Hartford. The chronology indicates that this daughter probably was older than her known sisters, Mary and Martha Betts, born about 1623 and 1625, respectively. Ralph Keeler had been living in Hartford a dozen years or more when he moved soon after 1650 with the first settlers to Norwalk. He was at that time about 37 years old and had several small children. Younger children were born at Norwalk in the 1650s. His first wife died probably in Norwalk before 11 August 1659, by which time at least one of her children had been placed with her brother John Betts in Wethersfield. About 1663 Ralph Keeler married, as his second wife, Sarah Whelpley, the widow of Edward Treadwell of Hempstead, Long Island, and of Henry Whelpley of Fairfield, Connecticut. Sarah married as her fourth husband, Thomas Skidmore, of Fairfield, and died about November 1684. [4]
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| Person ID |
I17780 |
Mindrum |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2020 |
| Family |
Ralph Keeler, b. 1613, England d. Abt Sep 1672, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage |
mid 1640s |
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. John Keeler, b. Abt 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. Bef 3 May 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 2. Ralph Keeler, Jr., b. Abt 1647, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. Bef 2 Mar 1720/1, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 74 years) |
| | 3. Unnamed Keeler, b. Bef 1650, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut |
| | 4. Rebecca Keeler, b. 9 Feb 1651, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut |
| | 5. Elizabeth Keeler, b. Abt 1654 |
| | 6. Samuel Keeler, b. Abt 1655, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 19 May 1713, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 58 years) |
| | 7. Jonah Keeler, b. Abt 1658, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Bef 11 Mar 1673/4 (Age ~ 16 years) |
| | 8. Unnamed Keeler d. Dec |
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| Family ID |
F12434 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2020 |
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| Sources |
- [S8922] Gale Ion Harris, FASG, "The First Wife of Ralph Keeler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut," The American Genealogist, Vol. 80 (2006), pp. 177-187.
- [S286] S. Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, (1878), unknown name.
- [S2761] Wesley B. Keeler, Keeler Family: Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, CT and some of his descendants, (Gateway Press, 1985), p. 2,, unknown name.
- [S5761] Gale Ion Harris, The American Genealogist, Vol. 80 (2005), pp. 177-187, The First Wife of Ralph Keeler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut.
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