Family:John Keep and Sarah Leonard (1)

John Keep b. Est 1638 England d. 26 Mar 1675/76 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: John Leonard and Sarah Heald Sarah Leonard b. 13 Dec 1645 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 26 Mar 1675/76 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

31 Dec 1663

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Sarah Keep	5 Aug 1666 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	8 Jul 1729 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2.	Elizabeth Keep	15 Nov 1668 Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	2 Sep 1675 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Ensign Samuel Keep	22 Aug 1670 Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	23 Aug 1755 Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Hannah Keep	28 Jun 1673 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	20 May 1757 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Jabez Keep	11 Dec 1675 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States	26 Mar 1675/76 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
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John Keep Joyned in marriadge with Sarah Leanard the 31 day of December 1663
He, his wife, and his son Jabez, were killed by Indians May 20, 1676.

This part of King Philip's War, sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion,[1] was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78.