John Keep1,2,3

#1868, b. circa 1640, d. 26 March 1676

Spouse

Sarah Leonard b. 13 Dec 1645, d. 26 Mar 1676
Child

BMDB

     John Keep was born circa 1640. He married Sarah Leonard, daughter of John Leonard and Sarah Heald, on 31 December 1663 at Springfield, Hampden, Mass.4,5 John Keep died on 26 March 1676 at Springfield, Hampden, Mass; Killed by indians.6 He was buried on 28 March 1676 at Longmeadow Cemetery Longmeadow, Hampden, Mass.7

Other Events

     John Keep became a Freeman at Springfield, Hampden, Mass., on 19 May 1669.8
John arrived in Springfield in 1660. No records of his ancestry or where he came from have been found.3

Time Line

Birthc 1640
Marriage1663, Springfield, Hampden, MassSarah Leonard4,5
Freeman1669, Springfield, Hampden, Mass8
Birth of Son1670, Springfield, Hampden, MassSamuel Keep9
Death1676, Springfield, Hampden, Mass6
Death of Wife1676, Springfield, Hampden, MassSarah Leonard10,2
Burial1676, Longmeadow Cemetery Longmeadow, Hampden, Mass7
ChartsDescendants of John Keep
Descendants of John Leonard
Pedigree of Daugherty Collins
Pedigree of Robert Frank Collins
Pedigree of Rodney Arthur Collins
Pedigree of Thaddeus Collins
Pedigree of Sarah Josephine Gardner

Flags

Freeman
Patriarch
F-A-G Memorial Found

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 3:003.
  2. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 2:878.
  3. Frank E. Best, compiler, John Keep of Longmeadow, Mass, 1660-1676, and his Descendants (Chicago: The Compiler, 1899), 07.
  4. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2003), 1:012.
  5. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1931), 2:1681.
  6. Springfield VR's, 1:049.
  7. Find A Grave Memorial.
  8. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, 5 vols. in 6 (Boston: The Legislature, 1853-1854), 4:2:584.
  9. Springfield VR's, 1:029, 2:1668.
  10. Springfield VR's, Vol 1, Page 49.