Dinah KEELER

Female Abt 1744 -


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  • Name Dinah KEELER  [1, 2
    • "Whitney Genealogy": Her father, in his will of 14 Nov. 1764, gave her L5 2s. 4d., which, with L22 4s already given to her, made her portion equal to those of her sisters. her husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His parentage does not appear. Mary Canfield, of salem, Westchester Co., NY, widow of David Canfield, lately deceased, in her will of 6 June 1783, called him "my adopted son, known by the name of, and commonly called, James Canfield," and gave to him and his wife, Dinah Canfield (whom, by her will, she also adopted), the use of all her estate, with remainder to their children, of whom she named nine, providing that any who might thereafter be born to them should share equally with those already living. they settled in South Salem, and died there. [1]
    Birth Abt 1744  Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christening 12 Aug 1744  New Canaan, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death South Salem, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I32742  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2012 

    Father Daniel KEELER,   b. Abt 1695, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Nov 1764, New Canaan, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Hannah WHITNEY,   b. 05 Nov 1707, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1730  [3
    Family ID F13821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James CANFIELD   d. South Salem, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 29 Apr 1762  New Canaan, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Thankful CANFIELD
    Family ID F27926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.

    3. [S12328] Connecticut Ancestry 2021 February Vol. 63 No. 3.