Re: John Keeling - Franklin County, IL
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Re: John Keeling - Franklin County, IL
Gwen 2/17/03
Hi Gwen,
I notice you are a descendant of Mary Ann (Keeling) Williams who is buried in Jefferson County, IL, listed there in cemetery records as a daughter of John A. Keeling and Hannah Gifford.
In any event, I am also researching a Keeling family which is connected to my husband's Whitson ancestors.Leonard Keeling's daughter Nancy Keeling married my husband's great-great grandfather John Whitson.Leonard Keeling's wife was also Nancy Keeling (maiden name unknown).
Nancy Keeling married John Whitson in Wilson County, TN in 1807, two of their sons and one daughter migrated to Parke County, IN, later one son Stephen Whitson migrated to Marion County, IL and he had a couple of sons who lived in Jefferson County, IL.
I found recently where a Nancy Keeling, who died in 1834, at about age 84, is buried in Old Union Cemetery in Jefferson County, IL.I think she may be the widow of Leonard Keeling of VA and TN as her age is right, also I have seen information which suggests that Nancy Keeling (and husband Leonard Keeling) also had a daughter named Martha (Patsy) Keeling who married an Azariah Bruce, they also migrated to Jefferson County, IL and are buried there.
Since Whitsons related to my husband's lines are in this vicinity and there are also all these Keeling connections in the area, I am interested in what you know about John Alexander Keeling's parents, is it at all possible that your elder John A. Keeling "might have been" perhaps a grandson of the Leonard Keeling I mention, I don't know exactly when your elder John Keeling was born.I don't know precisely either when Leonard Keeling was born but it was around 1750, his daughter Nancy Keeling Whitson was born about 1782 and indications are that another daughter Martha (Patsy) Keeling-Bruce was born about 1777.
Sorry to ramble on so but I wanted you to have background on the people I'm researching.If you can't help that's perfectly okay but if so anything you might be able to add may be helpful to me.
Thanks so much.Sharon Parrish in Indiana
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Re: John Keeling - Franklin County, IL
Gwen 4/16/03