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that day, " Court" vicinity (Bleecker St.) of the cit}- Leonard Kip was a neighbor and
his son, the future California prelate, Wm. Ingraham Kip, was the Ray children's young
companion. Mrs. George Warner Nichols, loyal to the memory of her sister (^Ir. Richards
H. Schell,) caused to be erected, in 1894, a rare "In Memorian " in the Chapel of Our
Holy Saviour, in central Norwalk. Her husband also, at the same time, made valuable
donation to said Chapel's crystal embellishment.

^latthew Keeler^''-, son of Alatthew"^'- and brother of Rebecca (Mrs. James Sey¬
mour "^t) married, Dec. 1769, Anna, daughter of Daniel Benedict, (son of Samuel, and grand¬
son of Thos. Benedicts'^-) and had Samuel, born June 4, 1778, who married, July 29, 1798,
Lydia, daughter of Azariah Waterbury of Stamford. This Samuel Keeler was the army
officer who, in the war of 1812, marched his command (see foot note, page 42) from New
London, Conn., to Detroit, Mich. Samuel and Lydia Keeler's children were Sally Esther,
born Feb. 24, 1799, (Mrs. Jonathan Selleck of Troy, N. Y.); Mary Ann, born May 7,
1802, (Mrs. Henry Selleck of Norw-alk) and James Stevens Keeler, born May 7. 1804, of
Troy, N. \-

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RlCH.VRi) Raymond of Salem, in the Jurisdiction of Massachusetts Bay, bought,
on Oct. 21, 1662, of Ralph Keeler, "my housings contained at present within my home-
lot and cow yard, together with all the conveniences and appointments thereunto belong¬
ing, as \-idelicet, the house-floors, doors, glass window-s, shelves or ought else that may
properly be said to belong to the same, . . . and to frame and erect a new building
adjoining the same, clapboarding the sides and ends as high as the upper ways;" for all
of which Mr. Ra} mond was to pay Mr. Keeler the sum of ;^42. This introduces Capt.
Richard Raymond, (who was in Massachusetts as early as 1634,)at Norwalk. He evidently
came hither as soon as the reconstructed Keeler house \vas ready for occupancy.     He was
 

)f the lane-way leading, in 1896, from Belden Avenue   I    Keeler's demanding such a use of the establishment.
 

to the I'nion Co. office. Here were brought up Mr.
Stephenson's four children, David, (formerly proprie¬
tor of the Norwalk Hotel,) Morris (latterly of Dan¬
bury,) Matilda (Mrs. James H. Keeler) and Antionette
(Mrs. Samuel Pennoyer.) Mrs. James H. Keeler w-as
the mother of James, who died unmarried, and Fran¬
ces K., who married the late Samuel R, P. Ctimp, and
.Vntionette, who married Edwin, son of Chtirles
Mallory.    The Keeler, afterward Lockwood and St.
 

After the replacement of the structure two English¬
men rented the industry, and one Florence w-as its
manager. Florence occupied the old St. John house
that stood in the street (Main Street) somewhere near
the present marble w-orks. The " Norwalk Scales " of
that d;iy were directly opposite this house on the w-est
side of the street, the mode of weighing by wdiich
(sometimes hoisting into the air) w-as somewhat pe¬
culiar.   The Keeler-Lockwood mill, afterward "run"
 

John mill, was burned down about 1727-8.    The fire   j    by  John   Arnold, was  for years   an important local

occurred  late  in  the season  and some time elapsed   j    industry.    The " Factory Bell," before the advent of

before the bmlding was replaced.    Upon its restor-       steam whistles, was a faithful Norwalk morning mon-

ation  by "Governor"  Piatt  of   Silver Mine, it was   j    itor, and, like the Anson  Quintard  noonday horn, a

Uirned into a cotton mill, with a "run of stone" for   I    familiar Norwalk memory
gr.st put-poses, the original deed of the town to the                -.Someof the original "lots" soon changed owners.