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Josiah Keep

Birth
Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Jul 1777 (aged 63)
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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I was unable to find the burial site for Josiah.

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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Josia Keep
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1713
Birth Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Father Name: Samuel Keep
Mother Name: Sarah Keep

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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Josiah Keep
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1737
Marriage Place: Westfield, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Loois Noble

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Descendants of John Keep of Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Compiled by Margo Keep
Keep Family Society 1994
Page 24

#18 Josiah3 Keep (Samuel Keep #4), b. 11 November 1713, Longmeadow, MA, d 29 Jul 1777; m May 1737 Lois Noble of Westfield, MA, b Jul 1708, daughter of Deacon Thomas Noble.

They settled in that part of Brimfield, MA which is now Monson, Josiah was a mamber of the church at Brimfield being seated in 1757 "in the third Seate in the Boyde." At the organization of the church in Monson in 1762, he was one of the original members. Leaving no will at his death, his farm passed to his son Josiah, his daughters never married and lived on the old homestead.

Children, surname Keep:

i. Lois, b 21 Apr 1738, d. 26 Feb 1813, Monson, MA.
ii. Jemima, b 23 Feb 1740, d 4 Mar 1815, Springfield, MA
iii. Ruth, b 17 Feb 1743, d 26 Jan 1817, Monson.
iv. Josiah, b 30 Jul 1745.
v. Moses, b 25 Sep 1747.
vi. Hannah, b 28 Aug 1750, d 25 Aug 1754.

I was unable to find the burial site for Josiah.

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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Josia Keep
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1713
Birth Place: Springfield, Massachusetts
Father Name: Samuel Keep
Mother Name: Sarah Keep

*****
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Josiah Keep
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1737
Marriage Place: Westfield, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Loois Noble

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Descendants of John Keep of Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Compiled by Margo Keep
Keep Family Society 1994
Page 24

#18 Josiah3 Keep (Samuel Keep #4), b. 11 November 1713, Longmeadow, MA, d 29 Jul 1777; m May 1737 Lois Noble of Westfield, MA, b Jul 1708, daughter of Deacon Thomas Noble.

They settled in that part of Brimfield, MA which is now Monson, Josiah was a mamber of the church at Brimfield being seated in 1757 "in the third Seate in the Boyde." At the organization of the church in Monson in 1762, he was one of the original members. Leaving no will at his death, his farm passed to his son Josiah, his daughters never married and lived on the old homestead.

Children, surname Keep:

i. Lois, b 21 Apr 1738, d. 26 Feb 1813, Monson, MA.
ii. Jemima, b 23 Feb 1740, d 4 Mar 1815, Springfield, MA
iii. Ruth, b 17 Feb 1743, d 26 Jan 1817, Monson.
iv. Josiah, b 30 Jul 1745.
v. Moses, b 25 Sep 1747.
vi. Hannah, b 28 Aug 1750, d 25 Aug 1754.



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