Brief Life History of Keziah
When Keziah Cloyes was born on 8 December 1705, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, James Cloyes, was 26 and her mother, Mary Towne, was 24. She married William “William of Marlborough” Goddard on 26 January 1726, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1705. She died on 10 March 1794, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 88, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (42)
- Cazier Clayes, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Kezia Clayes in entry for William Goddard, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Kezia Clayes, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1706–1762 Male
1705–1794 Female
Children (12)
1727–1774 Female
1729–1798 Male
1731–1815 Male
1732–1814 Female
1734–1809 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1679–1717 Male
1681–1717 Female
Siblings (7)
1702–1759 Female
1704–1753 Female
1705–1794 Female
1707–1794 Male
1710–1798 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (2)
1776
Age 71
1786
Age 81
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English clouse, cluse, Old English clūse ‘bar, enclosure, narrow pass’, later ‘mill dam, sluicegate, or floodgate’. In the latter sense it may have been a metonymic occupational name applied to a miller. See also Clowser .
English: variant of Close or Clow , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form of German Klaus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Clayes Family History, by Lyman De Platt
The Clayes family ascends from Lyman De Platt [KWHH-6L3] through Allie Lyman, Edward Partridge Lyman, Platte DeAlton Lyman, Eliza Maria Partridge, Lydia Clisbee, Miriam Howe, Rachel Goddard and Kezia …
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