| Keeler Origins |
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New A to Zax : by Barbara Jean Evans
Page 157 a genealogy reference book. Keeler- A shallow tub which could hold water for washing, etc.
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Keeler Web Page http://www.keeler.themutual.net/
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Family: Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, CT. and some of His Descendants states
in Appendix A "Shane
O'Neil, Earl of Tyron, Hereditary Lord of the North Ireland, soldier,
bully, braggart, cousin of St. Patrick, friend of Queen Elizabeth of England
and enemy of all the world besides, brought his fighting career to a sudden
end at Antrine late in 1567 when he insulted
Sir James Keelor, who ran
his sword through O'Neil, hacked off his head and carried it to Henry
Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and it was through his efforts that several
rebellions were suppressed in Ireland. He was given or granted the
Abbets in Lawford by Queen Elizabeth in 1575 as his reward and he remained
the rest of his life in England. He was the grandfather of Sir Ralph
Keelor, born in Devon County in 1613. " This
same book also states that on the Great Card Index compiled around 1956
there were some 20 Keelers living in the Lawford, Essex, England area
in the 1500 to 1700 period. In the 1881 Census there are no longer
any Keelers living in Essex. DNA Research now confirms that the Samuel Keeler family from New Jersey, and the Ralph Keeler Family from Essex are not related.
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Keel- the main timber or steel that extends
whole length of the bottom of a ship or boat.The surname KEELER
was derived from an occupational name for 'a keeler', meaning 'one
who navigated a keel', a barge man. 
