Third Generation

28. Ensign Samuel KEEP was born on 22 August 1670 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He died on 23 August 1755 at the age of 85 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He was 6 when his mother and father were killed and was taken in by his grandmother Leonard. Afterward, he was reared on the farm of an uncle. He became a farmer.

The family lived in Longmeadow, East Hill, which later became Brimfield and later yet, Monson. John's son Simeon inherited the family farm, followed by Simeon Jr., and Ethan.

Ensign Samuel KEEP and Sarah COLTON were married about 1698 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. Sarah COLTON, daughter of Thomas COLTON and Sarah GRISWOLD, was born on 25 September 1678 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. She died on 20 June 1754 at the age of 75 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.

Ensign Samuel KEEP and Sarah COLTON had the following children:

116	i.	John KEEP was born in 1698 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He died in 1757 at the age of 59.
117	ii.	Samuel KEEP was born on 12 November 1700 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
118	iii.	Sarah KEEP was born on 23 August 1703 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
+119	iv.	Jabez KEEP.

Ensign Samuel KEEP and Experience LAWRENCE were married on 3 August 1746. Experience LAWRENCE was born (date unknown).