When Daniel Keeler Jr was born about 1730, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Keeler, was 37 and his mother, Hannah M Whitney, was 24. He married Mary Lamson on 14 August 1753, in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 December 1803, in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Canoe Hill Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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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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