Keeler, Martin^{[1, 2]}

1784 -

• Name	Keeler, Martin
  Birth	1784	Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Residence	7 Aug 1820	Constantia, Oswego, New York, USA   [3]
  	Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Martin] Free White Females - Under 10: 3 [Laura Jane, Sarah Ann, ?] Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 1 [?] Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Nancy] There are two unknown female children in the household. They may have been daughters who died. Also, possibly John G. was incorrectly tallied as a female.
  Land	1820 - 1821	Hastings, Oswego, New York   [4, 5]
  	13 Dec 1820 Martin Keeler bought 5 acres of land from Nathaniel Vickery. [Deed recorded 8 Aug 1822] 6 Nov 1821 Martin sold this land to John Gridley. [Deed recorded 3 Feb 1832]
  	At the time of the sale, Martin's land was in the Town of Constantia but is now located in the Town of Hastings as proved by deeds registered later. Hastings was formed from Constantia in 1825. The property description is ambiguous: "certain lot or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Town of Constantia aforesaid being a part of Ezra L Hommedieu's second location being part of lot no seven and bounded as follows beginning at the centre of the highway on the Town line running South easterly far enough to include five acres of land by running a west course to the Town line and from thence north to the place of beginning." Also, a later deed for this property (identified as having belonged to Martin Keeler) says that the town line was between Hastings and Schroeppel. However, according to the 1867 Atlas map (see document below) Lot 7 is not near the current town line between Hastings and Schroeppel. Thanks to Cathy Kuhl, who originally located the deeds.
  Residence	1830	Hastings, Oswego, New York
  	Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [John G?] Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 [John G?] Free white persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1* [Martin] Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 [Susan M.] Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Sarah] Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 [Laura] Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Nancy] *Although Martin was listed as the head of household, it is unclear if he was present at the time of the census, as the mark in the column for his age is barely visible and may not be a true mark.
  Person ID	I181	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2013

  
  

  Father	Keeler, David,   b. Abt 1746, South Salem, Westchester, New York d. 22 Jan 1812, South Salem, Westchester, New York (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Ingersol, Amy,   b. Abt 1748, Bedford, Westchester, New York d. 22 Apr 1826, South Salem, Westchester, New York (Age ~ 78 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1770	South Salem, Westchester, New York   [6]
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Northrop, Nancy,   b. 8 Mar 1789, Connecticut d. 19 Feb 1847 (Age 57 years)
  Notes	I have listed John Gridley Keeler as a son of Martin and Nancy Keeler, but the evidence is circumstantial. He was the right age to have been Martin and Nancy's child, and he lived very near to Clark Phelps, Edmund D. Phelps, and Era D. Ladd, who had married his presumed sisters Laura Jane, Sarah Ann and Susan M. Keeler. All of Martin and Nancy's children lived near Martin's property in Hastings. John G.'s in-laws lived a few miles away across the Oneida River in Clay, Onondaga County. On 1 Jun 1850 John G. bought 1 acre of land from Elijah D. Phelps, the father-in-law of two of John's presumed sisters, but in the next year Elijah Phelps, his sons, Era Ladd and their families all left Hastings. Coincident with the departure of his presumed sisters, John G. sold his property and moved with his family to Clay near his in-laws. Finally, he appears to have been named after John Gridley, the prosperous tanner and leather goods dealer in the Town of Onondaga who bought Martin Keeler's property in 1821.
  Children	+ 1. Keeler, Laura Jane,   b. 31 Jan 1812, Oswego County, New York d. 15 Mar 1911, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 99 years) + 2. Keeler, John Gridley,   b. Abt 1814, Onondaga County, New York, USA d. Bef 1860, Clay, Onondaga, New York (Age ~ 46 years) + 3. Keeler, Sarah Ann,   b. 5 Sep 1819   d. 7 Jul 1884, Adams County, Wisconsin (Age 64 years) + 4. Keeler, Susan M.,   b. Abt 1823, New York
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Land - 13 Dec 1820 Martin Keeler bought 5 acres of land from Nathaniel Vickery. [Deed recorded 8 Aug 1822] 6 Nov 1821 Martin sold this land to John Gridley. [Deed recorded 3 Feb 1832] - 1820 - 1821 - Hastings, Oswego, New York Residence - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [John G?] Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 [John G?] Free white persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1* [Martin] Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 [Susan M.] Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 [Sarah] Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 [Laura] Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Nancy] *Although Martin was listed as the head of household, it is unclear if he was present at the time of the census, as the mark in the column for his age is barely visible and may not be a true mark. - 1830 - Hastings, Oswego, New York  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Keeler, Martin Nellie Ottman Wilson wrote on the back: "Martin Keeler - Father of Laura Jane Keeler Phelps - born in Connecticut - Great Grandfather of Nellie Ottman Wilson"

  
  

  Documents

  Map showing the approximate locations of lands owned by Phelps and Keeler family members in Hastings, Oswego, New York. Properties of 1. Elijah D. Phelps, 2. Edmund D. Phelps (m. Sarah Ann Keeler), 3. Simeon S. Phelps, 4. William D. Phelps, 5. John G. Keeler, 6. Era D. Ladd (m. Susan M. Keeler), and 7. Martin Keeler. The location of Martin Keeler's land is not certain because of ambiguities in the property description. The original map was from the New topographical atlas of Oswego County, New York published by C. K. Stone, 1867, found in the New York State Library in Albany. Call number: 912.74767 fAs82.

  
  

• Notes

  No definitive evidence has been discovered showing that this Martin Keeler was the son of David and Amy Keeler. Cathy Kuhl has accumulated circumstantial evidence consistent with this assignment, however. Phoenix wrote that Martin was "a wandering, unsteady man; lived, at one time, in Lysander, N.Y., and is thought to have had a family, but no account of it has been obtained." [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Viktor Ottman Wilson, Dewitt and Elma Ottman Family, (Privately Published, 1988, Printed by the Johnson Company, Rochester, MN 55901), p 15. [S197] Wesley B. Keeler, Keeler Family, (Gateway Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007), pp. 81, 352, 929.2 K26 86-34223 2007. [S132] National Archives and Records Administration, n.d., 1820 US Census, (ancestry.com), Constantia, Oswego, New York, Page: 60; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 72. [S164] Deed, Oswego County, New York, Book C, p.241. [S164] Deed, Oswego County, New York, Book M, p.246. [S203] NY Geneal Biograph Record, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society), Vol. 31 p. 88 (1900) Records of the Church of Christ of Salem, 929 qN54. [S204] Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney Family, (Privately Printed, 1878), Vol 1 pt. 1, p. 220.