Keziah Keith

Not the daughter of Jasiel Tucker Perry, I & Rebeckah Perry, who married in 1706, after she was born.

Biography

Keziah Perry, daughter of William Perry and Elizabeth Lobdell, was born 8 Jul 1705 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and died 23 Aug 1796 (aged 91) in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. She is (probably) buried in the Old Graveyard in East Bridgewater.

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84626630/keziah-keith

She was married 1st on 12 Nov 1730 at Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Israel Bailey.

They had 9 children:

1. . Rhoda Bailey (1731)
2. . Israel Bailey (1732 - 1772)
3. . Keziah Bailey (1732) + sp: John Richards
4. . Hannah Bailey (1736) + sp: Solomon Packard
5. . Abigail Bailey (1737 - 1818) + sp: Jacob Allen + sp; Isaac Lazell
6. . Rachel Bailey (1740)+ sp: Benjamin Byram
7. . Ward Bailey (1742 - 1823)+ sp: Mary Sargent
8. . Sarah Bailey (1745 - 1747)
9. . Elizabeth Bailey (1746)

She was married 2nd on 26 Oct 1763 at East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Joseph Keith, Jr.

She died at the age of 90.

• Keziah married 3rd time to Moses Eddy in 1788 (familysearch.org and Eddy Family in America). It's possible she is buried with Moses but I haven't been able to find death and burial of Moses. Ancestry has deaths of 1794 and 1798 with no sources. (submitted 7 Jan 2015 by Addie)

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Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perry-12248

Keziah was born in 1705, the daughter of William Perry and Elizabeth Lobdell.[1] She married first Israel Bailey on 12 Nov 1730.[2]

In 1724, Keziah was mentioned in her brother, Isaac Perry's will.[3]

She married secondly Joseph Keith in 1763.

She died in 1796, aged 90 years.

From History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, page 215. < Archive.Org >

8. KEITH, Joseph (s. of Joseph 3) m. Susannah, D. of John Field, 1 72 1, and first lived near Easton, and afterwards settled in E. B. a. 1731,

He afterwards m. Keziah, wid. of Capt. Israel Bailey 1763. She was a Perry; he d. 1777, ae. 78; she 1796, ae. 90.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Perry-12248 cites
   1. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-529 : 5 November 2017), Keziah Perry, 06 Jul 1705; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
   2. Scituate Births, marriages, and deaths, transcribed by George Ernest Bowman.
   3. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-F4PL : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 48 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
   4. Western Michigan Genealogy Society http://trees.wmgs.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F3286&tree=Schirado
   5. The Bailey Genealogy: James, John, and Thomas, and Their Descendants,, by Hollis R. Bailey, was originally published by The Citizen Company of Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1899, under the direction of the Bailey Family Association. The 1984 reprint edition is printed under the auspices of Parker River Researchers, P.O. Box 86, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 01950
   6. Keziah Perry Feith on Find A Grave: Memorial #84626630 retrieved 4/29/2019 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84626630
   7. Dreger, Alice H., William1 Perry of Scituate and Marshfield, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1995) Vol. 70, Page 46. < AmericanAncestors >
2. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 4 2023, 12:51:51 UTC