Abner KEELER

1778 - 1851  (72 years)

• Name	Abner KEELER  [2]
  	"Whitney Families of Connecticut": Born in Ridgefield, CT., 30 Dec 1778; a trader; married near Whitehall, Washington Co., NY, Philena Terhune, of Northumberland, Saratoga Co., NY; and settled at South Hero, Vt., one of the large islands in the north part of Lake Champlain, where they died (he, 22 Feb. 1851) and were buried. When his parents had outlived their power of comfortable self-support, he removed them from Ridgefield to his own house at South Hero, and there cared for them tenderly while they lived. He survived all his children. [1]
  Birth	30 Dec 1778	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1851	South Hero, Vermont   [1]
  Person ID	I32734	Main Tree
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	John KEELER,   b. 29 Apr 1746, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont
  Mother	Phebe HOYT,   b. 17 Oct 1746, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont
  Marriage	17 Sep 1767	Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F13707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Philena TERHUNE
  Family ID	F28071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 22 Feb 1851 - South Hero, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00094] S. Whitney Phoenix, "The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its Affiliations; being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878" , (Privately Printed, New York - 1878). [S02484] Information from Bill Thompson. [S03423] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Portland, Prospect, Redding and Ridgefield.