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Hephzibah <I>Perkins</I> Keith

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Hephzibah Perkins Keith

Birth
Death
12 Apr 1800 (aged 80)
Burial
Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, grave 153
Memorial ID
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Hephzibah was born on 15 February 1719/20 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Hephzibah married Eleazar Carver on April 3, 1746. They had children:
Mary - 1748
Eleazer - 1749
Nathaniel - 1752
Bethia - 1754

Eleazar died on May 15, 1755.

Hepzibah married Ebenezer Keith in 1759. They had children:
Hepzibah - 1760
she married Abiezer Alger in 1778
Alexander - 1762
he married Abigail Dean in 1788
Vienna - August 1, 1764

Ebenezer died on April 12, 1778.

Hephzibah shares a headstone stone with a cenotaph dedicated to her second husband, Ebenezer Keith.

Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
Hephzibah was born on 15 February 1719/20 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Hephzibah married Eleazar Carver on April 3, 1746. They had children:
Mary - 1748
Eleazer - 1749
Nathaniel - 1752
Bethia - 1754

Eleazar died on May 15, 1755.

Hepzibah married Ebenezer Keith in 1759. They had children:
Hepzibah - 1760
she married Abiezer Alger in 1778
Alexander - 1762
he married Abigail Dean in 1788
Vienna - August 1, 1764

Ebenezer died on April 12, 1778.

Hephzibah shares a headstone stone with a cenotaph dedicated to her second husband, Ebenezer Keith.

Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).

Inscription

In memory
of
Hephzibah
who died April 12th, 1800
in the 81st year of her age.
Late widow
of
Ebenezer Keith
who died of small-pox
April 12th, 1778
and was buried in his field
about two miles southwest from
this, in the 62d year of his age.
She was formerly widow
of
Lieut. Eleazer Carver Junr.



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  • Maintained by: Chip5610
  • Originally Created by: Nan
  • Added: Oct 23, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22407903/hephzibah-keith: accessed ), memorial page for Hephzibah Perkins Keith (15 Feb 1720–12 Apr 1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22407903, citing First Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557).