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 1804 - 1872

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• Birth	Abt 1804	Monson, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850
  	Blacksmith
  Census	1860	West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Occupation	1860	Farmer
  Census	1870	West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Occupation	1870	Farmer
  Died	10 Jun 1872	West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I7217	West Brookfield Families
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2024
  Family	Emily Wood,   b. 26 Feb 1805, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 18 Feb 1873, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	16 Sep 1829  [2]
  Children	1. Henry Keep,   b. 16 Dec 1831, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 7 Jul 1912, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   2. Emily Elisa Keep,   b. 6 Apr 1834, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Dec 1895, Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   3. Mary Ann Keep,   b. 31 Oct 1838, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 8 Feb 1899, Duxbury, MA
  Family ID	F1670	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Avery was a Justice of the Peace. Value of Real Estate 1850 was $2370 Value of estate was $4,700 Real Estate and $1400 personal Propety Value of Estate in 1870 Census was $5,000 Real Estate and $13,000 personal property. He was well to do in comparison to his neighbors Will Worcester County Probate Case No. 34246 Year 1872 Heirs - Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-47448-8312-98?cc=2102083&wc=9BXT-FM9:1055512501,1292502301 : accessed 09 Sep 2014), Worcester > Case no 34228-34299, Keely, John A, Thomas-Keith, Moses, 1731-1881 > image 172 of 1014; citing Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Will Images 184 and 185 and 186 Massachusetts, Worcester County, Probate Files, 1731-1925, images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-47448-7571-51?cc=2102083&wc=9BXT-FM9:1055512501,1292502301 : accessed 09 Sep 2014), Worcester > Case no 34228-34299, Keely, John A, Thomas-Keith, Moses, 1731-1881 > image 184 of 1014; citing Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Value of Estate 3500 Real Esate,

• Sources

  [S1191] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 2004;), Massachusetts, Worcester, West Brookfield, Deaths,1872, Vol. 249:p. 384. Died June 10, 1872 at age 68y 18d, of Mortification. He was married, a blacksmith, born Monson, son of Joisah, born Monson and Lucy, born No. Brookfield. [S1939] John Keep of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, 1660 - 1679, and his Descendants, Frank E. Best, Compiler, (Name: Frank E. Best; Location: Chiccago, IL; Date: 1899;), p. 327. Born Monson, Ma. He was a Blacksmith who settled in Brookfield. In 1848, he was a member of the commitee which considered division of Brookfield and formation of West Brookfield. He belonged to the Congregational Church and was an overseer of the poor for the town of West Brookfield. He married 16 Sept. 1829, Emily Wood. She was born Feb. 26, 1805 and died Feb. 19, 1873.