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Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] DESPARATE
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:38:32 -0000


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> Eldrige G. Keirh b 1804 Plymouth Co MA
>
> He married Lucy Howland in yarmouth, Barnstable Co, MA in Dec
> 1828

I don't know where she got her information, but I cannot find a record of his birth. The Keith surname in Plymouth County is most common in the Bridgewaters, and that area is my specialty.

Both the 13-Dec-1828 Yarmouth intention [Yarmouth VR 431] and the Dec-1828 Yarmouth marriage record (no day given) [Yarmouth VR 432] call Elbridge Gerry Keith "of Boston." E. G. Keith was likely named for Congressman, Massachusetts Governor and Vice-President to James Madison, Elbridge Gerry, after whom we get the term "gerrymandering."

Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants;
Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project
Administrator of http://plymouthcolony.net

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