52 Ancestors - Week 374: #585 Joanna (Cleveland) Keyes (1670-1758) of Woburn and Westford, Massachusetts

Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758)  is number 585 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #584 Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) on 28 May 1690  in Chelmsford, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #292 Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) who married #293 Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775) in 1720. 

*  their son #146 Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781) who married #147 Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.

*  their daughter #73 Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793) who married #72 Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829) in 1777.

*  their son #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) who married  #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)  in 1810.

*  their son #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.

*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married  #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

    

*   Name:                        Joanna Cleveland[1–3]    

*  Alternate Name:         Joanna Cleaveland[8]    

*  Alternate Name:         Joanna Keyes[6] 

*  Alternate Name:         Joannah Keyes[5]    

*  Alternate Name:         Joanna Cleveland Keyes[4]

*  Sex:                             Female    

*  Father:                        Moses Cleveland (1624-1702)    

*  Mother:                      Ann Winn (1626-1682)

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                          5 March 1670, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]

*  Distribution:              11 July 1757 (age 87), husband's will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Death:                       18 March 1758 (age 88), Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,4,6–7]    

*  Burial:                      after 18 March 1758 (after age 88), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Spouse 1:                   Joseph Keyes (1667-1757)

*  Marriage 1:                28 May 1690 (age 23), Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,8-10]

*  Child 1:                     Miriam Keyes (1691- )

*  Child 2:                     Lydia Keyes (1693-1762)

*  Child 3:                     Joanna Keyes (1695-1787)

*  Child 4:                     Joseph Keyes Jr. (1698-1744)    

 

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

: The Cleveland family genealogy book has an excellent record of the Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland family[1], and also the Joanna (Cleveland) Keyes family[2].

Joanna Cleveland was born 5 March 1670 in Woburn, Massachusetts, the 10th child (of 11) and 4th daughter of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland of Woburn[1-4].  

On 28 May 1690, Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) married Joseph Keyes in Chelmsford, Massachusetts[1-2,8-10].  He was the son of Solomon and Frances (Grant) Keyes of Chelmsford.  They had four children, all born and recorded in Chelmsford:

*  Miriam Keyes (1691-????), married 1728 John Lawson (1705-????).

*  Lydia Keyes (1693-1762), married 1712 John Mudge (1686-1762).

*  Joanna Keyes (1695-1787), married (1) 1716 Thomas Kidder (1690-1729); (2) 1732 Samuel Fitch (1699-1775).

*  Joseph Keyes (1698-1744), married 1720 Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775).

Her husband, Joseph Keyes, died 9 June 1757 at age 90 in Westford, Massachusetts (which had split off from Chelmsford in about 1730).  In his will dated 29 June 1745, and proved in Middlesex County Probate Court on 11 July 1757[5], he bequeathed to Joanna:

"Imprimus I Give and bequeath to Joannah my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Houshold goods During her Life..."

Joanna (Cleveland) Keyes died 18 March 1758 at age 88 in Westford, Massachusetts[1-2,4,6-7]. The gravestones of Joseph and Joanna (Cleveland) Keyes are in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford.  Her gravestone in Fairview Cemetery in Westford says[4]:

"Here lies the Body of

Mrs Joanna Keyes

the Grandmother of

Mr. Jonathan Keyes

who departed this Life

March ye 18th 1758.

Being 87 Years & 11 months old"

 

5)  SOURCES

 1. Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, (Hartford, Conn. : 1899), pages 23-32, Moses Cleveland family sketch.

2. Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, (Hartford, Conn. : 1899), page 52, #11, Joanna Cleveland family sketch.

2. Edward F. Johnson,  Woburn Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths [5 Volumes], (Woburn, Mass.: The News Print, 1893), Volume 1, page 51, Joanna Cleveland birth entry, 5 April 1670.

4. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Fairview Cemetery (Westford, Mass.), Joanna Cleveland Keyes memorial # 36127476.

5. "Middlesex County, Mass.: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed, 10 February 2018), Probate Packet #13,196 (6 images), Joseph Keyes of Westford, 1757.

6. Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1915), Deaths, page 293, Joanna Keyes entry, 18 March 1758.

7. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Westford Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 81 (Image 47 of 1750), Joanna Keyes death entry.

8. "Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com, "Chelmsford, Town and Land Records, with Births, Marriages and deaths," page 30 (penned) (image 37 of 230), Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland marriage entry.

9. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1914), Marriages, page 262, Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland entry, 28 May 1690.

10. Asa Keyes, Genealogy: Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., 1633; Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford, Mass., 1653, and Their Descendants; Also, Others of the Name (Barattleboro, Vt. : Geo. E. Selleck, Printer, 1880), page 148, #II (8) Joseph Keyes family sketch.

 

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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks. The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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52 Ancestors - Week 373: #584 Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) of Chelmsford and Westford, Massachusetts

 Joseph Keyes (1667-1757)  is number 584 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #585 Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) on 28 May 1690  in Chelmsford, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #292 Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) who married #293 Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775) in 1720. 

*  their son #146 Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781) who married #147 Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761) in 1746.

*  their daughter #73 Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793) who married #72 Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829) in 1777.

*  their son #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) who married  #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)  in 1810.

*  their son #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.

*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married  #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

    

*  Name:                           Joseph Keyes[1–10]    

*  Sex:                               Male    

*  Father:                          Solomon Keyes (1631-1702)    

*  Mother:                         Frances Grant (1634-1708)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

  

*  Birth:                             24 May 1667, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3,9]    

*  Distribution:                 14 April 1702 (age 34), father's will proved; Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6]    

*  Death:                           9 June 1757 (age 90), Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,7–9]    

*  Burial:                          after 9 June 1757 (after age 90), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,9]    

*  Probate:                       11 July 1757 (age 90), will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[10]  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Spouse 1:                   Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758)

*  Marriage 1:                28 May 1690 (age 23), Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,4–5]

*  Child 1:                     Miriam Keyes (1691- )

*  Child 2:                     Lydia Keyes (1693-1762)

*  Child 3:                     Joanna Keyes (1695-1787)

*  Child 4:                     Joseph Keyes Jr. (1698-1744)    

 

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 The family history of Joseph Keyes is treated in the Asa Keyes book on the genealogy of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford[1].  For Joseph, the book says:

"He is mentioned in Chelmsford records as one of the town 'Commity' until 1720, possibly later.  His descendants seem to have remained generally in, or in the vicinity of, Chelsmford and Westford..."

Joseph Keyes was born 24 May 1667 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the son of Solomon and Frances (Grant) Keyes[1-3,9].  

On 28 May 1690, Joseph married Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) in Chelmsford[1,4-5].  She was the daughter of Moses and Ann (Winn) Grant of Woburn, Massachusetts.  They had four children, all born and recorded in Chelmsford:

*  Miriam Keyes (1691-????), married 1728 John Lawson (1705-????).

*  Lydia Keyes (1693-1762), married 1712 John Mudge (1686-1762).

*  Joanna Keyes (1695-1787), married (1) 1716 Thomas Kidder (1690-1729); (2) 1732 Samuel Fitch (1699-1775).

*  Joseph Keyes (1698-1744), married 1720 Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775).

Joseph's father, Solomon Keyes (1631-1702) wrote his will on 16 December 1701 and it was proved on 14 April 1702 in Middlesex County Probate Court[6].  In his will, he left his son Joseph:

"Item I have given to my sun Joseph his full proportion by a deed of gifte except five shilings wch I hear will unto him."

Joseph Keyes died 9 June 1757 at age 90 in Westford, Massachusetts (which had split off from Chelmsford in about 1730)[1,7-9].  The gravestones of Joseph Keyes and his wife Joanna are in the Fairview Cemetery in Westford[9].  His gravestone in Fairview Cemetery in Westford says:

Here lies the Body of

Mr Joseph Keyes

the Grandfather of

Mr Jonathan Keyes

who departed the Life

June ye 9th 1757

Being 90 Years & 3 days.

Joseph Keyes died testate, having written his will on 29 June 1745, which was proved on 11 July 1757 in Middlesex County Probate Court.  The probate file is in Probate Packet #13,196[10]. The will reads:

"In the Name of God Amen.  I Joseph Keyes of Westford in the County of Middlesex Gen^n being in Bodyly health & of sound and Disposing mind and memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all Men to dye, Do for Avoiding Controversies after my Decease Make Publish & Declare this my Last Will and Testament in maner following And first of all I give and Recommend my Soul unto the Hands of God that gave it, and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried In Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor.  Nothing Doubting but at ye General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again by the Mighty power of god.  And as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Demiss and Despose of the same in the following manner and form.

"Imprimus I Give and bequeath to Joannah my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Houshold goods During her Life, also I give to Mirriam Lofton my Eldest Daughter Twelve Pounds & Ten Shilling in Bills Emitted in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four or in other Bills Eaqul to the same mailing Bills of the Province of the Massachusestts Bay and one Cow.  Also I give to my Daughter Lydia Mudge Twelve Pounds and Ten Shilling in the Like Bills Described aforesaid.

"Also I give to my Daughterr Joannah Fitch Twelve Pounds and Ten Shillings in the Like Bills Described aforesaid, and Also I give to my Three Daughters Mirriam Lydia and Joannah after my wife Decease all my Houshold goods Eaquily to be Devided amongst them.  And the Sums of money that I have given to my Three Daughters before Named, my will is that Jonathan Kyes my Grandson Should pay unto my Three Daughters or to Thare Heirs or Assigns The full sum before mentioned in Two Years after my Decease.

"Also my will is that the Children of my Son Joseph Keyes deceased shall have paid out of my Estate after my Death the Sum of Twenty shillings in Bills of the Last Emittion of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

:Also I Do Nominate and appoint Josiah Sartell of Groton in the County of Middlesex to be Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testament & Wils Legacies and Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this Twenty Ninth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred And forty five And in the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign.

"Signed Sealed Published

Pronounced and Declared

By the said Joseph Kyes                            Joseph Keyes

as his Last Will and

Testament In Presence

of us the Subscribers

Jacob Wright

Andrew Spaulding

Ephraim Wright"

The will of Joseph Keyes, late of Westford, gentleman, was presented for probate by Josiah Sawtell.  Jacob Wright and Andrew Spaulding made oath that they saw the said testator sign, seal and declare the will to be his last will and testament.  The will was proved by the Court on 11 July 1757.

 

5)  SOURCES

1. Asa Keyes, Genealogy: Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., 1633; Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford, Mass., 1653, and Their Descendants; Also, Others of the Name (Barattleboro, Vt. : Geo. E. Selleck, Printer, 1880), page 148, #II (8) Joseph Keyes family sketch.

2. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Chelmsford, "Town Records, births, Marriages, deaths," no page number (image 79 of 93), Joseph Keyes birth entry, 24 May 1667.

3. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1914), Births, page 68, Joseph Keyes entry, 24 May 1667.

4. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, Chelmsford, "Town and Land Records, with Birhs, Marriages and deaths," page 30 (penned) (image 37 of 230), Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland marriage entry.

5. Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Marriages, page 262, Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland entry, 28 May 1690.

6. "Middlesex County, Mass.: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 11 March 2021), Estate file 13,203, Solomon Keyes of Chelmsford estate, 1702.

7. Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (Salem, Mass. : The Essex Institute, 1915), Deaths, page 293, Joseph Keyes entry, 9 June 1757.

8. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, "Westford Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 81 (Image 47 of 1750), Joseph Keyes death entry, 9 June 1757.

9. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Fairview Cemetery, Westford, Mass., Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) memorial # 36127493.

10. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 10 February 2018), Probate Packet #13,196 (6 images), Joseph Keyes of Westford, 1757.

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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks. The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1690 Marriage of Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland in Chelmsford, Mass.

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1690 marriage entry for Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland  in the Chelmsford, Massachusetts town record book:

The marriage entry is the second from the bottom on the left-hand page:

The birth record transcription is:

"Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland entred into a Covenant of Marriage May the 28: 1690."

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Chelmsford, Town and Land Records, with Births, Marriages and deaths, page 30 (penned) (image 37 of 230), Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland marriage entry, 28 May 1690.

This is an entry in a  copied (?) town record book for Chelmsford, Massachusetts, so it is a Derivative Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland.

Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) was the son of Solomon and Frances (Grant) Keyes of Chelmsford, Mass.  Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) was the daughter of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleaveland of Woburn, Mass.

Joseph Keyes and Joanna Cleaveland are my 7th great-grandparents, through their son Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) who married Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775) on 28 February 1719/20 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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Surname Saturday -- LNU (Sarah, who married Robert Keyes - England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2337 who is Sarah LNU (1611-1681). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

146.  Jonathan Keyes (1721-1781)
147.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761)

292.  Joseph Keyes (1698-1744)
293.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775)

584.  Joseph Keyes (1667-1757)
585.  Joanna Cleveland (1670-1758)

1168.  Solomon Keyes (1631-1702)
1169.  Frances Grant (1634-1708)

2336.  Robert Keyes, born about 1605 in England; died 16 July 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1631 in England.
2337.  Sarah  LNU, born about 1611 in England; died 07 July 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Robert Keyes and Sarah LNU are:
*  Solomon Keyes (1631-1702), married 1653 Frances Grant (1634-1708).
*  Sarah Keyes (1633-????), married 1656 Samuel Buswell (1628-1704).
*  Peter Keyes (1635-1702), married 1667 Elizabeth LNU (1640-????).
*  Rebecca Keyes (1638-????), married (1) 1657 William Smith (1632-1693); (2) 1693 Daniel Kilham (1620-1699).
*  Phebe Keyes (1639-1701), married 1660 John French (1635-1707).
*  Mary Keyes (1642-1642).
*  Elias Keyes (1643-????), married 1665 Sarah Blanford (1643-????).
*  Mary Keyes (1645-1668), married 1664 Benjamin Gage (1643-1672).

After the death of Robert Keyes in 1647, Sarah (LNU) Keyes married (2) John Gage (1606-1672) in 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts.  They had no children.

I don't have an clues as to the maiden name of Sarah (LNU) (Keyes) Gage.

There is significant information about the Robert Keyes family

*  Asa Keyes, Genealogy, Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass. 1633, Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford, Mass. and Their Descendants (Brattleboro, Vt. : Geo. E. Selleck, 1880).


*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston, Mass. : NEHGS, 1995),  Volume II, pp. 1128-1131, Robert Keyes sketch.

I have done no original research on the immigrant Keyes family.

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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) of Westford, Mass.

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1745 Will of Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) of Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:

a)  Probate Packet 13,196, image 2:

b)  Probate Packet 13,196, image 3:

The transcription of the will is:

In the Name of God Amen. I Joseph Keyes of 
Wesford in the County of Middlesex Gen^n 
being in Bodyly health & of sound and Disposing mind 
and memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore Call-
ing unto mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing 
that it is appointed for all Men ^once^ to dye, Do for Avoiding 
Controversies after my Decease Make Publish & Declare 
this my Last Will and Testament in maner following 
And first of all I give and Recommend my Soul unto the 
Hands of God that gave ^it^, and my ^body^ I Recommend to the 
Earth to be Buried In Decent Christian Burial at the 
Discretion of my Executor. Nothing Doubting but at ye 
General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again 
by the Mighty power of god. And as Touching such 
Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me
 in this Life I Give Demise and Despose of the same 
in the following manner and form.

Imprimus I Give and bequeath to Joannah 
my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Houshold goods During 
her Life, also I give to Mirriam Losson my Eldest Daughter 
Twelve Pounds & Ten Shilling in Bills Emitted in the year 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four 
or in other Bills Eaqul to the same mailing Bills of the 
Province of the Massachusetts Bay 
and one Cow. Also I give to my Daughter Lydia 
Mudge Twelve Pounds and Ten Shilling in the Like 
Bills Described aforesaid.

"Also I give to my Daughter Joannah Fitch Twelve 
Pounds and Ten Shillings in the Like Bills Described afore-
said, and Also I give to my Three Daughters Mirriam 
Lydia and Joannah after my wife Decease all my 
Houshold goods Eaquily to be Devided amongst them. 
And the Sums of money that I have given to my Three 
Daughters before Named, my will is that Jonathan 
Kyes my Grandson Should pay unto my Three Daughters or 
to Thare Heirs or Assigns The full sum before mention-
ed in Two Years after my Decease.

Also my will is that the Children of my Son Joseph Keyes 
^deceased^ shall have paid out of my Estate after my Death the Sum 
of Twenty shillings in Bills of the Last Emittion of the 
Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Also I Do Nominate and appoint Josiah Sartell of Groton 
in the County of Middlesex to be Sole Executor of this my Last Will 
and Testament, And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke 
and Disannul all and every other former Testament & Wils 
Legacies and Bequests and Executors by me in any ways 
before Named Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming 
this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament 
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand 
and Seal this Twenty Ninth Day of June One 
Thousand Seven Hundred And forty five 
And in the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign.

Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced and Declared
By the said Joseph Kyes ................................................ Joseph Keyes
as his Last Will and
Testament In Presence
of us the Subscribers
Jacob Wright
Andrew Spaulding
Ephraim Wright

The source citation for this will is:

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Joseph Keyes Case File 13,196, 1757, Westford, 8 images; "Middlesex County, Mass. Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 10 February 2018); original papers on file at Suffolk County Probate Court, Boston, Mass.

The will of Joseph Keyes, late of Westford, gentleman, was presented for probate by Josiah Sartell, the named executor. Jacob Wright and Andrew Spaulding made oath that they saw the said testator sign, seal and declare the will to be his last will and testament. The will was proved by the Court on 11 July 1757.  There are no other records of substance in the probate file.Joseph Keyes married Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) in 1690 in Chelmsford, Mass.  They had four children:  Lydia (1693-????); Joanna (1695-1787); Joseph (1698-1744); Miriam (1700-????).

Joseph Keyes wrote his will on 29 June 1745, soon after his only son, Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) died.  Conveniently for researchers, he named his three daughters with their married names.  He also named his grandson Jonathan, who was a son of his only son, Joseph Keyes, deceased.  Jonathan Keyes was deeded the real estate of Joseph Keyes Senior before the writing of this will, so he did not receive any property in the will.  Joanna (Cleaveland) Keyes, the widow of Joseph Keyes Senior, died in March 1758, and her husband's will provided for the personal estate to be passed to their three daughters.

I descend from Joseph Keyes, this testator, through his son Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) and his son, Jonathan Keyes (1722-1787).  Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) is my 7th great-grandfather.

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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