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Descendants of Joseph KEELER

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH⁶ KEELER (JOSEPH⁵, JOSEPH⁴, JOSEPH³, SAMUEL², RALPH¹) was born March 12, 1763 in Lanesborough, Berkshire, MA, United States, and died July 11, 1839 in Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ont., Canada ¹. He married OLIVE SCRIPTURE July 11, 1787 in Rutland, Rutland County, VT, United States ², daughter of JEREMIAH SCRIPTURE and ABIGAIL BRIGHAM. She was born Abt. 1766 in Berkshire, MA, United States ³, and died April 12, 1845 in Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ont., Canada ⁴.

Notes for JOSEPH KEELER:
Excerpt from the Vermont Revolutionary War Rolls (email March 14/01 from Jean Bushey):

p. 153:

Joseph Keeler is listed on "A Pay Roll for a Company of Militia, belonging to Rutland, under the command of Ensign Isaac Cushman, on an Expedition to Ticonderoga in March, 1780, at the time of the invasion of Skeensborough Fort."

p. 375:

Joseph Keeler is listed on "A Pay Roll of a part of a Militia Company belonging to Rutland, under the command of Ensign Isaac Cushman to Fort Vengeance the first of June last [?], by order of Lt. Spencer, at that time commandant at said Fort." (dated June 12, 1781)

From Wesley B. Keeler: earth.vol.com/~keel/

"A 1987 letter from Terence P. Forin of Victoria, B. C., Canada, informed me that Joseph's wife was Olive Scripture, born circa 1769 in Massachusetts, daughter of Jerimiah and Jane Scripture (? Abigail). Terence said the will of Jerimiah (his spelling), who died 6 May 1811 in Rutland, VT, is on file in Pittsfield, MA. He said Olive Keeler died 12 April 1845 at Colborne. Nancy Foy Cameron of Killiekrankie, Scotland, who did research in Canada in 1990, learned that Joseph married Olive Scripture 11 July 1787 and they had at least three children.

Nancy Cameron reported that Joseph went to Ontario in 1789 and selected land at "Cat Hollow," on a creek halfway between York and Kingston. He began to develop the wharf area and harness the water power. "In 1792 or 1793 he arrived at his chosen creek with 40 families of settlers for Cramahe township, and also played a part with 56 settlers in next-door Haldimand township."

In the "Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1836 - 1850" by Rev. Donald A. Mckenzie, 1982, p. 174/175:

"Keeler, Joseph emigrated from the U.S., and settled in Colborne in 1795. He died at the residence of his son, Joseph A. Keeler, Colborne, July 11, 1839; age 77 years. Death Notices, Aug. 14, 1839 p. 167"\

In the "Death Notices of Ontario" by William D. Reid, 1980, p. 180:

"24 Aug. 1839: In Colborne, at the residence of his son, J.A. Keeler, Joseph Keeler, aged 77 years, one of the first settlers in this part of the country. He came here in 1795 with not an inhabitant, except the natives, within 16 miles of him." The Church, Coburg\

More About JOSEPH KEELER:
Burial: 1839, Lakeport Cemetery, Conc. B, Lot 1, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland Cty, Ont.

Notes for OLIVE SCRIPTURE:
The following information appears on a Family Tree web site:

"Olive Scripture was born in 1765 in Alford, Berkshire, Mass. She was baptized into the LDS church on 8 Jan. 1946. She was endowed on 18 Feb. 1946. She was sealed to parents on 5 Mar 1947 in the St. George, Utah, LDS Temple. She has reference number S73Z-N2. Parents: Jeremiah Scripture and Abigail Brigham.
She was married to Joseph Keeler on 12 Dec. 1791." [Maybe a second marriage in the Mormon faith?]

found at http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/dormisto/d1157.htm

In the "Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1836 - 1850" by Rev. Donald A. Mckenzie, 1982, p. 174/175:

"Keeler, Mrs. Oliver [as spelled], nee Scripture, was born in Mass., and married J. Keeler, prior to her 20th year. They came to Canada because of their allegiance to the British Crown, and settled in Hallowell Twp. Mr. Keeler became a government agent for surveying and settling some townships in that part of the province. Mrs. Keeler joined the Society of Friends in the prime of life, but also attended Methodist services. About 6 years ago, she lost her husband. She died April 12, 1845, at the residence of her son, Joseph A. Keeler, in the village of Colborne, in her 78th year; survived by her children. O. [Obituary?], May 7, 1845, p. 111"\

More About OLIVE SCRIPTURE:
Burial: 1845, Lakeport Cemetery, Conc. B, Lot 1, Haldimand Twp, Northumberland Cty, Ont.

More About JOSEPH KEELER and OLIVE SCRIPTURE:
Marriage: July 11, 1787, Rutland, Rutland County, VT, United States ⁵

Children of JOSEPH KEELER and OLIVE SCRIPTURE are:

2.	i.	JOSEPH ABBOTT⁷ KEELER, b. July 20, 1788, Rutland Cty, VT, United States; d. 1855, Colborne, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ont., Canada.
3.	ii.	CLARISSA KEELER, b. May 09, 1790, Rutland, Rutland County, VT, United States; d. February 23, 1851, Cramahe Twp, Northumberland County, Ont., Canada.
4.	iii.	SOPHIA KEELER, b. Abt. 1792, United States; d. October 1870, Ontario.

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