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Samuel Keeler

Samuel Keeler

American politician

Samuel Keeler (1656 – May 19, 1713) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1701, October 1703, May 1704, May 1706, May 1709 and October 1709. He is listed as a founding settler of Ridgefield, Connecticut on the founder's monument in Ye Burying Ground cemetery in Ridgefield.

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He was the son of Ralph Keeler and the brother of John Keeler.

On December 19, 1675, Samuel participated in the Narragansett Swamp Fight in Rhode Island during King Philip's War.[3] On account of his service, at a Norwalk town meeting on January 12, 1676, he was granted a parcel of land on Clapboard Hill.

In 1708, Samuel Keeler, father-in-law Matthias Sention, Sr., and Matthew St. John took part in the purchase of Ridgefield from the Indians for 100 pounds.[citation needed]

Notable descendants

  • Samuel is the third-great-grandfather of Edwin O. Keeler (1846–1923), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, and first mayor of Norwalk after its incorporation as a city.

References

  1. [1]
    An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Norwalk
  2. [2]
    Charles Melbourne Selleck (1896). Norwalk: v. 1 and supplement. The author. p. 122.
  3. [3]
    Charles Melbourne Selleck (1896). Norwalk: v. 1 and supplement. The author. p. 160.
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1701 – May 1702
With: Andrew Messenger 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
October 1703 – October 1704
With: Samuel Hayes 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1706 – October 1706
With: John Copp 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the
House of Representatives
of the
Colony of Connecticut
from Norwalk
May 1709 – May 1710
With: John Betts
Joseph Platt 		Succeeded by
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