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Phineas Keith

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Phineas Keith

Birth
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
10 Mar 1832 (aged 70)
Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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From the Pioneer Keith Family page in the Jefferson county genweb site;

PHINEAS KEITH was born March 26, 1761 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was a direct descendant of JAMES KEITH, who was born 1643 in Scotland, and who was the first ordained minister to serve in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. PHINEAS KEITH died March 16, 1832 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York.

PHINEAS KEITH served in the American Revolution in Colonel Nathan Tyler's Third Regiment in Worcester, Massachusetts and in Rhode Island in 1780, marching to Tiverton on the alarm of July 27, 1780. The sources for the information regarding the military service include Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 vols. The information for PHINEAS KEITH can be found in Volume 9, page 39. PHINEAS KEITH named one of his children FLEURY after the French volunteer in the American Revolution, Francois Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, who was a significant fighter in Rhode Island. PHINEAS KEITH migrated from Rhode Island to Jefferson county, NY in the early 1800s.

He married on July 1, 1780, in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island

LEVINA SALISBURY, daughter of EDWARD SALISBURY and ABIGAIL HAWKINS. LEVINA SALISBURY was born January 11, 1760 in Rhode Island, and died October 1, 1828 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York.
Child, KEITH, one known::

FLEURY KEITH, b June 4, 1785, m PAMELIA STAPLES, d 17 Sep 1860.

Found at the DAR free search site;

DAR# A064200
Service: MA
Rank: Private
Birth: 3/26/1761 Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
Death: 3/16/1832 Henderson, Jefferson, NY
Pension:
Service Source: MA Sols & Sails Vol 9, P 36
Service Description: Captain Taft, Col. Tyker, 1780
Spouse: Lavina X

A veteran of 1812, his name appears on a muster roll of volunteer infantry of exempts under command of Captain Mark Hopkins attached to the 55th regiment of militia commanded by Lieut. Col. Anthony Sprague from March 1st to March 12, 1813.
From the Pioneer Keith Family page in the Jefferson county genweb site;

PHINEAS KEITH was born March 26, 1761 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He was a direct descendant of JAMES KEITH, who was born 1643 in Scotland, and who was the first ordained minister to serve in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. PHINEAS KEITH died March 16, 1832 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York.

PHINEAS KEITH served in the American Revolution in Colonel Nathan Tyler's Third Regiment in Worcester, Massachusetts and in Rhode Island in 1780, marching to Tiverton on the alarm of July 27, 1780. The sources for the information regarding the military service include Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 vols. The information for PHINEAS KEITH can be found in Volume 9, page 39. PHINEAS KEITH named one of his children FLEURY after the French volunteer in the American Revolution, Francois Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, who was a significant fighter in Rhode Island. PHINEAS KEITH migrated from Rhode Island to Jefferson county, NY in the early 1800s.

He married on July 1, 1780, in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island

LEVINA SALISBURY, daughter of EDWARD SALISBURY and ABIGAIL HAWKINS. LEVINA SALISBURY was born January 11, 1760 in Rhode Island, and died October 1, 1828 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York.
Child, KEITH, one known::

FLEURY KEITH, b June 4, 1785, m PAMELIA STAPLES, d 17 Sep 1860.

Found at the DAR free search site;

DAR# A064200
Service: MA
Rank: Private
Birth: 3/26/1761 Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
Death: 3/16/1832 Henderson, Jefferson, NY
Pension:
Service Source: MA Sols & Sails Vol 9, P 36
Service Description: Captain Taft, Col. Tyker, 1780
Spouse: Lavina X

A veteran of 1812, his name appears on a muster roll of volunteer infantry of exempts under command of Captain Mark Hopkins attached to the 55th regiment of militia commanded by Lieut. Col. Anthony Sprague from March 1st to March 12, 1813.


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