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- [S258] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
- [S470] Hale, House, and related families, mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, pp. 651-652.
John Keep, born in England, killed by the Indians, 20 Mar. 1676;
married at Springfield, Mass., 31 Dec. 1663, Sarah2 Leonard [Leonard
Family, No. 1, iv], born at Springfield, 13 Dec. 1645, killed 20 Mar . 1676,
daughter of John1 and Sarah (Heald) Leonard.
On 18 Feb. 1660/1, "John Keepe desiringe entertaynm' in this Towne as
an Inhabitant his desires were granted by the Select men." He was gran ted
five acres of meadow, 13 March following, and additional land, 6 Jan.
1662/3, 6 Feb. 1664/5, and finally in January 1672/3. He was one of th e
fence viewers in 1664 and 1667, a hayward 1666, 1668, 1670, and 1672 , Sur-
veyor, 1669, and served the town as Selectman in 1674 and 1676. His de ath
came while occupying that office, and it was voted, 8 June 1676: "go d in his
providence having taken away John Keep by death Anthony Dorchester
was Chosen by a Cleare vote of the plantation a Select man to supply t hat
want for the yeere ensuing.""
John Keepe of Springfield took the Freeman's Oath, 20 Sept. 1669. At a
Court 29 March 1676: "John Keepe of Springfield and his wife Both bein g
slaine by ye Indians & three small children left behinde them Thi s Court
Orders Joseph Leonard and Samuel Bliss to take care of the sayd childr en &
of ye estate granting powere of administration upon ye estate to the s ayd
Joseph Leonard & Samuel Bliss Uncles to ye aforesaid children." Th e in-
ventory was presented 6 Sept. 1676. In the settlement, "the houseing a nd
lands of John Keepe to be to the son Samuel, he paying to his sister s Sarah
and Hannah the sum of thirty three pounds when he arrives at the age o f
twenty one years. If either of the children dye before they come to b e of
age, the survivors to enjoy the deceased child's part." The two admini stra-
tors were discharged 22 March 1700 after submitting final accounts, wh ich
include an item to "Mother Leonard for bringing up the children."
- [S470] Hale, House, and related families, mainly of the Connecticut River Valley, pp. 651-652.
At a
Court 29 March 1676: "John Keepe of Springfield and his wife Both bein g
slaine by ye Indians & three small children left behinde them Thi s Court
Orders Joseph Leonard and Samuel Bliss to take care of the sayd childr en &
of ye estate granting powere of administration upon ye estate to the s ayd
Joseph Leonard & Samuel Bliss Uncles to ye aforesaid children." Th e in-
ventory was presented 6 Sept. 1676. In the settlement, "the houseing a nd
lands of John Keepe to be to the son Samuel, he paying to his sister s Sarah
and Hannah the sum of thirty three pounds when he arrives at the age o f
twenty one years. If either of the children dye before they come to b e of
age, the survivors to enjoy the deceased child's part." The two admini stra-
tors were discharged 22 March 1700 after submitting final accounts, wh ich
include an item to "Mother Leonard for bringing up the children."
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