When Rachel Keeler was born on 15 November 1765, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elijah Keeler, was 38 and her mother, Sarah, was 38. She had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Theodore B. Norton. She died on 1 February 1843, in DeRuyter, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in DeRuyter, Madison, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English (mainly Kent): probably an occupational name from Middle English keler ‘keelman, bargeman’, an agent derivative of Middle English kele ‘flat-bottomed ship, barge, lighter’ (from Middle Dutch kiel). The sense would seem to be ‘crewman of a keel’ rather than ‘shipwright’.
Americanized form of German Kühler, from a variant of an old personal name (see Keeling ) or a variant of Kuhl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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