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     William W. Keeran married Carrie Chandler.¹ William W. Keeran was born c 1858 at Ohio.² He was the son of Levi Keeran and Nancy Caroline Olds.¹

     Harold D. Kehm married Dorothy Virginia Colburn.¹ Harold D. Kehm died in 1979.¹

     Alexander Keith married Hannah Lothrop.² Alexander Keith died on 6 Aug 1833.¹
     Alexander Keith "m. Hannah Lothrop, resided first at Ashfield, Ct. He d. Aug. 6, 1833,aged 86 yrs 5 m. 10 d. Hannah d. 1836, aged 90 yrs 7 m."¹

     Charles Keith married Mary Ann Olds, daughter of Reuben Olds and Polly Hayden.² Charles Keith was born c 1814.³ He died on 25 Jan 1875 at Pelham, Massachusetts,^1,4 and was buried at East or "Ould" Cemetery, Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts.⁵
     Charles Keith and Mary Ann Keith appeared on the census of 8 Aug 1850 at Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, as follows:
     Charles Keith, 36, machinist, b. Mass.
     Mary Ann , 35, b. Mass.
     George W. , 12, b. Mass.
     Mary A. , 10, b. Mass.
     Ellen M. , 4, b. N. H.⁶
Charles Keith and Mary Ann Keith appeared on the census of Jun 1860 at Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Chas Keith, 46, machinist, b. Mass.
     Mary A. , 45, b. Mass.
     Mary Anne , 20, woking mill, b. Mass.
     Ellen , 14, b. N. H.
     Jane , 9, b. N. H.
     Chas. , 6, b. Mass.
     Scott , 3, b. Mass.⁷

     Charles F. Keith was the son of Charles Keith and Mary Ann Olds.^2,1 Charles F. Keith died on 7 Jun 1839.³ He was buried at East or "Ould" Cemetery, Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts.³

     Emma Keith married Austin D. Fuller, son of Purchase D. Fuller and Caroline Phoebe Olds.¹

     James Keith married (1) Susanna Edson, daughter of Samuel Edson and Susanna Orcutt.¹ James Keith was born c 1643 at Scotland.¹ He married (2) Mrs. Mary Williams in 1707.² James Keith died on 23 Jul 1719 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts,³ and was buried at Old Graveyard, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.⁴
     ToDo: TODO: Locate the will of Rev. James Keith which I have seen mentioned.

     In discussing the early history of Bridgewater and their first church, Mitchell says:
"Feb. 18, 1664, the settlement of the Rev. James Keith, their first ordained minister, is recorded, and the terms of it particularly expressed. He is there called "a student in divinity, having some competent time improved his gifts amongst them in the work of the ministry, and having also due approbation by the testimony of the Rev. Elders of other churches of Christ, to whom he was known." He was a Scotchman, educated at Aberdeen, and probably came to Boston about the year 1662, and was introduced to the church at Bridgewater, by Dr. Increase Mather, whom he always esteemed as his patron and best friend. In the second preface to the " Bridgewater's Monitor," the first having been written by Increase and Cotton Mather, it is said Bridgewater had not an ordained minister till 1663. This had reference to the old style, probably, when the year commenced on the 25th of March. The terms of his settlement were liberal ; a double house lot of twelve acres with a house built thereon, and a purchase right, so called, being a fifty-sixth part of the original grant; £40 annual salary, £20 to be paid at Boston in money, and the other half at home. In 1667 they gave him an additional grant of thirty cords of wood annually, "the cutters of the wood to have five groats, and the drawers seven groats a cord." In 1681 they raised it from £40 to £50, £20 to be paid at Boston in money, and £30 at home in corn
and provisions. In 1689 they agreed to allow him £10 in corn in lieu of his thirty cords of wood. He died July 23, 1719, ae. 76, of course was about 21 when he was ordained.
...
"The text he selected for his first sermon was from Jeremiah i. 6, "Behold I cannot speak; for I am a child." The Lord however indeed encouraged him, '' and put his words into his mouth," and he proved
a worthy man and a faithful shepherd over his infant and feeble flock. His advice and influence with the civil authorities of the colony were also considerable. In the case of the capture of Philip's wife and son, when the question as to what should be done with the son was in agitation, and the opinion of grave divines desired, Mr. Keith's opinion, stated in a letter to the Rev. Mr. Cotton, in favor of mercy, and differing from most others, had great weight, if indeed it was not decisive on the occasion. The boy's life was spared, and with his mother he was sent out of the country, and probably to the Bermudas. The letter follows, and is well worthy of a place here.
"October 30, 1676. I long to hear what becomes of Philip's wife and his son. I know there is some difficulty in that Psalm 137, 8, 9, though I think it may be considered, whether there be not some speciality and somewhat extraordinary in it. That law, Deut. 24. 16. compared with the commended example of Amazias, 2d Chron., 25. 4, doth sway much with me in the case under consideration. I hope God will direct those whom it doth concern to a good issue. Let us join our prayers at the throne of grace with all our might, that the Lord would so dispose of all public motions and affairs, that his Jerusalem in this wilderness may be the habitation of justice, and the mountain of holiness, that so it may be also a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down." He preached the sermon at the dedication of the new meeting house in South Bridgewater in 1717, two years only before his death, which was printed in the " Bridgewater's Monitor," and which contains some pertinent and impressive remarks on the subject of intemperance even at that early period. " Besides other evils," said he, " which might be mentioned, I would refer particularly to that of intemperance, the excessive and prodigious expense upon strong drink, above all, that of rum; I say, the scandalous and horrible abuse of rum, which threatens ruin unto this land and to this place; a ruin to all our dearest interests, both civil and religious. If there be any such houses among you, as I fear there are, that vend that strong drink contrary to the law of God and the wholesome law of this province, let such of you as are vested with civil power and stand obliged unto the oath of God, see that such grievous profanation be suppressed, lest that iniquity, the abuse of rum, be our ruin."⁵
     The nine children of Rev. James and Susanna (Edson) Keith are listed with full birth dates by Edson. This list is in conflict with various genealogies which show the marriage of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith about 1689, but appears authentic because it gives full and internally consistent dates for the nine children.¹
Among the references given in the bibliography for this section of the Edson Genealogy are several previous publications on the Edson Family, Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, "Bridgewater, Mass., VR", and "Keith Family". Both Mitchell and Latham discuss the family of Rev. James Keith and list his children, including the Mary who married Ephraim Howard. They do not provide birth dates for these children, but surely would have done so if they had been included in the Vital Records of Bridgewater or available to them in the other local and family records they examined in their Bridgewater research.^6,3
Latham, however, provides further information on pages 2-3:
"A memoir of Royal Keith, with annals of the Keith family of Scotland, a pamphlet of 24 pages, was published in Boston 1873, by C. E. Keith, & Co., in which memoir on the 7th page is given an account of the birth of the children of Rev. James Keith, putting down the exact date of the birth of each of his nine children, naming them in the order in which they are named in Mitchell's History of Bridgewater [which was, significantly, all the sons followed by all the daughters -- DWO], as follows:
[Here, he gives the same list of names with the same birth dates as later reported in Edson]
"James Keith, born December 5, 1669;
Joseph Keith, " November 8, 1671;
Samuel Keith, " December 20, 1673;
Timothy Keith, " April 3, 1675;
John Keith, " October 4, 1676;
Josiah Keith, " December 25, 1678;
Margaret Keith, " November 2, 1682;
Mary Keith, " April 3, 1684;
Susanna Keith " March 10, 1687
"This account of the dates of the births of these children is believed to be wholly incorrect, without authority, and was altogether conjectural. Two of the three daughters, and four of the six sons of Minister Keith, lived and died in Bridgewater. These four sons have gravestones, giving the date of their deaths and ages, and one of them, said Joseph Keith, giving the exact date of his birth, as well as his death, as before stated. ["Joseph Keith being the only one of the nine children of Rev. James Keith, the exact date of whose birth is known. He was no doubt born February 14, 1675, as stated on his grave-stone, and died September 27, 1730." -- Latham, p. 2] The other three sons have gravestones reading as follows:
1. Samuel "died February 3, 1759 in the 82nd year of his age." He was buried in Scotland, part of the South Precinct of old Bridgewater. [Thus, b. ca. 1677 -- DWO]
2. Timothy "died November 8, 1767, aged 84." Buried in Campello, part of North Precinct, now Brockton. [Thus, b. ca. 1683 -- DWO]
3. John "died June 11, 1761 in the 73rd year of his age." Buried in the Old Yard, South Precinct, now Bridgewater. [Thus, b. ca. 1688 -- DWO]
"There is no record of the birth or death of the other five children of Rev. James Keith, who have no gravestones. Two of his daughters lived and died in Bridgewater, now West Bridgewater. James died in Mendon, Josiah died in Easton, and Margaret probably died in Rehoboth. Their birth and deaths are unknown except as before erroneously stated in that memoir, which is incorrect and unreliable, if gravestones tell the truth."
Latham ends up giving later birth dates for these sons than does Edson which might indicate that Mary, next to the end of the list, was born even later than the 1684 date given. However, the real result is that there is now more room to place Mary earlier in the birth order, as she must be if she became the wife of Ephraim Howard.
On page 240, Latham further lays to rest any difficulty to good genealogy that might be created by the earlier Keith pamphlet "We have never been able to find any record of the date of the birth of Rev. James Keith, nor the date of his marriage to Susanna, daughter of Dea. Samuel Edson, or of the date of the birth of his children, except Joseph. In the pamphlet referred to on the third page of this book, it is stated that they were married May 3, 1668, but that date was acknowledged by the author to be conjectural and with out authority, and we have no confidence in that date."

     James Keith was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ He died at Mendon, Massachusetts.² He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹

     James Oscar Keith married Mary Ann Batey, daughter of John Batey and Eliza Olds.¹ James Oscar Keith was born in 1832.² He died in 1919.³ He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Van Buren County, Michigan.⁴

     Joanna Keith was born on 22 Apr 1783.^3,4,5 She was the daughter of Alexander Keith and Hannah Lothrop.^1,2 Joanna married at Belchertown, Massachusetts, on 29 Aug 1816, Jonathan Olds, son of Justin Olds and Mehitable Hixon. .⁶ Joanna Keith died on 20 Jan 1842. This gives her calculated age as 58 years, 8 months and 29 days.⁷ She was buried at Liberty Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.⁷

     John Keith was born c 1688 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹ John Keith died on 11 Jun 1761² and was buried at Old Yard, South Precinct, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.²

     Joseph Keith was born on 14 Feb 1675 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹ Joseph Keith died on 27 Sep 1730 at age 55³ and was buried at Old Graveyard, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.³

     Josiah Keith died at Easton, Massachusetts.² He was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹

     Margaret Keith was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ She died at (probably) Rehoboth, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹

     Mary Keith was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.² She was the daughter of James Keith and Susanna Edson.² Mary Keith married Ephraim Howard, son of John Howard and Martha Hayward, in 1688 or 1689.³ Mary Keith died in Feb 1760 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts,⁴ and was buried at South Street Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^5,6
     Mary Edson Keith, daughter of Rev. James and Susanna (Edson) Keith, born 3 April 1684 [sic], married to Ephraim Howard, and died in 1760 is listed as the next to the last of their children, all with full dates for birth. Latham discusses these birth dates, which appear in an early Keith family monograph, and shows that they are incorrect conjectures. Both Edson and Mitchell list Mary as the next to last child, but the order was introduced by Mitchell when he listed first all the sons, then all the daughters.^2,7,8
     The birth and marriage dates for Mary cannot both be correct and apply to the same person. Since both fit within their respective time niches and seem not be estimates subject to much variation, the implication is that the two references do not apply to the same Mary. Ephraim Howard's wife could belong to an earlier generation but Rev. James Keith immigrated before his marriage and there are no other known members of his family with whom to place Mary unless she was his daughter, born much earlier than stated in the Keith monograph and used by Edson. For the present, I choose to leave her in this pedigree and seek contemporary evidence for her birth date.

     Mary A. Keith was born c 1840 at Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Keith and Mary Ann Olds.¹ Mary A. Keith married Erastus Walker on 19 Aug 1861 at Pelham, Massachusetts.²

     Samuel Keith was born c 1677 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹ Samuel Keith died on 3 Feb 1759² and was buried at Scotland, South Precinct, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.⁴

     Scott Keith was born on 18 Feb 1857 at Pelham, Massachusetts.⁴ He was the son of Charles Keith and Mary Ann Olds.^2,3 Scott Keith died on 25 Jun 1873 at Pelham, Massachusetts. This gives his calculated age as 16 years, 4 months and 7 days.⁵ He was buried at East or "Ould" Cemetery, Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts.¹

     Susanna Keith was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹

     Timothy Keith was born c 1683 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of James Keith and Susanna Edson.¹ Timothy Keith died on 8 Nov 1767³ and was buried at Campello, North Precinct, Bridgewater (now Brocton), Massachusetts.³

     Mary A. Keith/Okeefe was born in May 1853.^3,4 She married Joseph Sidney Olds, son of Liberty Olds and Ann A. Goodrich, on 25 Apr 1868 at Boston, Massachusetts.^1,5
     Mary A. Olds and Joseph Sidney Olds appeared on the census of 13 Jun 1870 at Ward Seven, South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     [356/]1051 Olds, Joseph S., 30, clerk in carrage office, b. New York
      , Mary, 20, keeping house, b. Massachusetts, father of foreign birth
      , Josephine, 8/12, at home, b. Massachusetts, b, Sept.
      , Annie, 8/12, at home, b. Massachusetts, b. Sept.
[This is in the same building with the family of Henry G. Olds and many others.]⁶
Mary A. Keith/Okeefe appeared on the census of 12 Jun 1900 at Ward 4, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Olds, Mary O., head, b. May 1853, age 46, widowed, 3 children, 1 living, b. Massachusetts, parents b. Ireland
      , George W., son, b. July 1871, age 28, single, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., conductor
     Cassidy, James T., nephew, b. Jan. 1876, age 24, single, b. California, mother b. Mass., clerk
      , Mary J., Neice, b. Aug. 1878, single, b. California, mother b. Mass., dressmaker
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     O'Neil, Anna A., neice, b. Feb. 1876, age 24, single, b. Mass., parents b. Ireland.⁴
Mary A. Olds appeared on the census of 17 Apr 1910 at Ward 4, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Olds, Mary A., 56, widow, 3 children, 1 living, b. Mass, parents b. Ireland (English)
      , George W. J., son, 37, single, father b. N. Y, mother b. Mass., special policeman, street railway
     Cassidy, Mary J., niece, 30, single, b. California, father b. Scotland (English), mother b. Ire. (English), dressmaker at home.⁷
Mary A. Keith/Okeefe appeared on the census of Jan 1920 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, as follows:
     Olds, Mary, head, 63, widow, b. Mass., parents b. Ireland and Irish speakers
      , George, son, 48, single, b. Mass., father b. New York, mother b. Mass.
      and two lodgers, b. Missouri.⁸

     Wylie L. Kell married Lulu Ridgely, daughter of George Albert Ridgely and Martha Ann Madding, on 8 Oct 1908.^1,3,4
     Wylie L. Kell and Lulu Ridgely had no children.¹

     Almira Kellam was born on 28 May 1822.¹ She married (1) Josiah A. Fletcher on 11 Dec 1842 at Irasburg, Vermont.¹ Almira Kellam married Justin Hixon Olds, son of Jonathan Olds and Lucy Wood, on 4 Jan 1872 at Peoria, Illinois.^1,2,3 Almira Kellam died in Sep 1890 at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 68.¹
     In Peoria County Court for December, 1878, Myra K. Olds, widow, was appointed administrator of the estate of Justin H. Olds who had died intestate 30 Nov 1878. His survivors were his widow and John H. Olds, Sarah Mathews, and Julia R. Olds his only children and only heris at law. He left $800 worth of personal property and $8,000 worth of real proplerty (estimated value). She later reported the real estate to be: twenty acres the south end of the west half of the northwest quarter of section thrity four in township 9 north Range eight east of the fourth P.M. in Peoria Co Illinois. It was valued at $7,000.⁴
Almira Kellam appeared on the census of 3 Jun 1880 at Richwoods, Peoria County, Illinois, as follows:

     Gary Duane Keller was born on 12 May 1947.² He was the son of George Keller and Marilyn J. Olds¹ and was buried on 9 Oct 2012 at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio.¹ Gary Duane Keller died on 9 Oct 2012 at age 65.²

     George Keller was born on 16 Apr 1923.² He married Marilyn J. Olds, daughter of Hubert Franklin Olds and Beatrice M. Armitage, on 23 Jun 1946.^1,2 George Keller died on 27 Apr 1977 at age 54² and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio.³
     An obituary for him appears in the Advertiser Tribune (Tiffin), 28 April 1977 page A4 column O, and the Bloomville Gazette, 28 April 1977 page 1 column 6-7. George D. Keller was born16 April 1923, had married Marilyn J. Olds on 23 June 1946 and died 27 April 1977 in Bloomville, Ohio, at age 54. He was the son of William Harvey and Ethel (Zutavern) [Keller].²

     Albert Leroy Kelley was buried at Munger Cemetery, WindsorTownship, Eaton County, Michigan.² He married Alpha Looema Bromeling, daughter of Martin Bromeling and Keziah Olds.¹ Albert Leroy Kelley was born in 1838.¹ He died in 1911.¹

     Catherine Kelley married Hiram C. Olds, son of Cornelius Olds and Elizabeth Johnston, in 1864.¹ Catherine Kelley died in 1899.¹

     Clara N. Kellogg was born on 1 Aug 1870 at Rochester, Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Cyrus H. Kellogg and Julia Caroline Olds.¹
     She "graduated University of Minnesota, Classs of 1893; had charge of 'Neighborhood House' Settlement Work, St. Paul, Minn., 1905 to 1912, assisted by her sister Ella M."¹

     Clyde Edson Kellogg was born on 2 Sep 1898 at Angola, Indiana.¹ He married Laura Elizabeth Brittain, daughter of Myrtle Pleasant Brittain and Lela Olds, on 22 Apr 1916 at Grass Valley, Sherman County, Oregon.¹ Clyde Edson Kellogg died on 5 May 1951 at Elma, Washington, at age 52.¹

     Cyrus H. Kellogg was born in 1843.¹ He married Julia Caroline Olds, daughter of Frederick Augustus Olds and Elizabeth A. Lincoln, on 14 Aug 1866.¹ Cyrus H. Kellogg died on 7 Nov 1910.¹