Person:Experience Keep (1)

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Experience Keep
b.23 Jun 1752 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 May 1817 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Apr 1740
  1. Eunice Keep1741 -
  2. Leonard Keep1742 - 1829
  3. Mary Keep1743/44 - 1827
  4. Jonathan Keep1745 - 1821
  5. Ruth Keep1747 - 1825
  6. Experience Keep1748 - 1750
  7. Elizabeth Keep1750 - 1826
  8. Experience Keep1752 - 1817
  9. John Keep1753 - 1838
  10. Jemima Keep1755 - 1796
  11. Rebecca Keep1758 - 1838
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Jun 1769
  1. Nathaniel Hildreth1770 -
  2. Rhoda Hildreth1772 -
  3. Hosea Hildreth1774 -
  4. Ruth Hildreth1776 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Nov 1777
  1. John Parker1778 -
  2. Ebenezer Parker1780 -
  3. Sarah Parker1782 -
  4. Rebecca Parker1784 - 1808
  5. Jabez Parker1786 -
  6. Isaiah Parker1788 -
  7. Mary Parker1790 -
  8. Dorothy Parker1792 - 1813
  9. Salome Parker1793 - 1815
  10. Loammi Parker1795 -
  11. Eri Parker1797 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][4][5] Experience Keep
Gender Female
Birth[2] 23 Jun 1752 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 22 Jun 1769 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hosea Hildreth
Marriage 18 Nov 1777 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Dr. Ebenezer Parker
Death[3] 27 May 1817 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Hodgman, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven). History of the town of Westford in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1659-1883. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Morning Mail Co., 1883).

    [p. 456:] Children of Capt. Jabez Keep and 2nd wife Experience Lawrence: Experience, b. 1752, m. Hosea Hildreth, 1769.
    [p. 454:] Hosea Hildreth, son of Joseph and his 2nd wife, Abigail Hill, and twin brother of Ezekiel, m. Experience Keep 1769. Hosea, d. 1776, and his wid. m. Ebenezer Parker.
    [p. 464:] Ebenezer Parker m. Mrs. Experience Hildreth, who was the daughter of Capt. Jabez Keep, and the widow of Hosea Hildreth, 1777.

  2. ↑ Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 63.

    KEEP, Experience, d. Jabez and Experience, [born] Jan. 23, 1752.
    KEEP, Experience, [born] Feb. 3, 1752.
    [Note: the discrepancy would appear to be due to the calendar shift, i.e., the first is old style, the second is new style?]

  3. ↑ Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 300.

    PARKER, Experience, w. Ebenezer, [died] May 27, 1817, a. 65 y. GR1
    [Birth about 1752. GR1=Fairview Cemetery]

  4. ↑ Best, Frank E. (Frank Eugene); William John Keep; and Helen Elizabeth Keep. John Keep of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 1600-1676, and His Descendants: in which is Incorporated an Unpublished Keep Genealogy Prepared by W.J. Keep; a Record of Ancestry by Helen E. Keep; and the Extended Ancestry of Sallie Keep Best. (Chicago, Illinois: Frank E. Best, 1899)
    p.44.

    Experience Keep [#47], d/o Jabez, b. Westford 23 Jun 1752, m. (1) 29 Jun 1769 Hosea Hildreth, m. (2) 18 Nov 1777 Dr. Ebenezer Parker.

  5. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
    p. 1114.

    Ebenezer Parker m. Experience (Keep) Hildreth, widow of Hosea Hildreth, and daughter of Captain Jabez Keep in 1777. She had five children by her first husband and eleven by her second. It is recorded on her gravestone in the Westford burying ground: "She was a kind and affectionate mother of sixteen children, a wise counsellor and a friend to humanity. After her death,in 1817, Ebenezer Parker, her husband , went to live with his son, Dr. Jabez, in Richmond Virginia, where he died in 1831.

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