Person:Jabez Keep (1)
Capt. Jabez Keep
b.10 Mar 1705/06 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
d.19 Aug 1774 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 27 Feb 1695/96
  1. _____ Keep1696/97 - 1696/97
  2. John Keep1698 - 1757
  3. Sergeant Samuel Keep1700 - 1761
  4. Capt. Jabez Keep1705/06 - 1774
  5. Elizabeth Keep1709 - 1720
  6. Jemima Keep1711 -
  7. Josiah Keep1713 -
  8. Abiah Keep1715 -
  9. Stephen Keep1717 - 1790
  10. Eunice Keep1719/20 - 1739
  11. Matthew Keep1722 - 1758
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Capt. Jabez Keep1705/06 - 1774
  • W.  Sarah Leonard1707 - 1738/39
m. 16 Apr 1730
  1. Sarah Keep1731 -
  2. Samuel Keep1732 -
  3. Lucy Keep1734 -
  4. Jabez Keep1736 -
Spouse and Children
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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
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Facts and Events
Name[3][4] Capt. Jabez Keep
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Mar 1705/06 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 16 Apr 1730 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Leonard
Marriage 3 Apr 1740 Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Experience Lawrence
Death[2][6] 19 Aug 1774 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Westford HR 1756; selectman 1742, 44-47, 50-52, 54-57; town clerk 1747, 51; capt.; M Sarah Leonard (1707- j1739) in c1730 and Experience Lawrence (1719- a1773) in 1740, 4/11 ch; farmer; will. Owned widely scattered lands, iron forge. Three committees in 1756.

References
  1. ↑ Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    Vol. 1, p. 78.

    Jabez Keep the Son of Samuel Keep & Sarah Keep was born March 10th 1706.
    [Note: next record, apparently original as recorded order, is 12 Apr 1706, so this would be 1705/06.]

  2. ↑ Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass: Essex Institute, 1915)
    p. 292.

    KEEP, Jabez, Capt., at Harvard, [died] Aug. 19, 1774.

  3. ↑ Hodgman, Edwin R. History of the town of Westford in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts: 1659-1883. (Westford, Mass.: Westford Town History Association, 1883)
    p. 456.

    Capt. Jabez Keep, s/o Samuel and Sarah Keep, b. Springfield 1706, m. (1) Sarah ---, m. (2) 1740 Experience Lawrence of Littleton.

  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.24.

    Jabez Keep [#11], s/o Samuel Keep, b. Longmeadow 10 Mar 1706, d. Harvard, 19 Aug 1774, m. (1) Sarah Leonard, m. (2) Littleton 3 Aug 1740 Experience Lawrence. Selectman, representative, "Captain", grantee of Walpole, Westmoreland, and Chesterfield. Purchased property in Westford abut 1729 and in 1768 moved to from Westford to Harvard.

  5.   Harlow, George H. Index to the probate records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts, from July 12, 1731, to January 1, 1920: series A and B. (Worcester, Massachusetts, United States: Oliver B. Wood, 1898)
    Case 34249.

    Jabez Keep of Harvard, 1774, will

  6. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917)
    p. 282.

    KEEP, Jabez, Capt., [died] Aug. 19, 1774, a. 68 y. 4 m. 28 d. GR1
    [Birth calculates to about 12 Mar 1706, adjusting for calendar shift would be 1 Mar 1705/06. GR1=Old Cemetery]

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