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776 SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
died May 23, 1765, and he died Nov. 8, 1767,
aged eighty-three years. Timothy Keith is
described as having been a man small in stature
and of frail constitution. He was a man
who figured conspicuously in town affairs, he
being one of the original petitioners for tlie
establishment of the North precinct, and was
moderator of the first meeting held after it
became a precinct.
(III) Timothy Keith (2), the eldest son
of Timothy, was born Jan. 27, 1711, and married
June 2, 1737, Bethiah Ames, daughter of
William Ames, and they had two children,
Levi and Timothy. The father died in 1740,
aged twenty-nine years, and was buried beside
his father in the Campello lot, where a monument
has been placed in his memory by his
descendants.
(IV) Levi Keith, son of Timothy (2), was
born Aug. 25, 1738, and married Nov. 8, 1759,
Jemima Perkins, daughter of Mark Perkins,
and their children were : Bethiah, Timothy,
Reuben, Benjamin, Jemima who died in in-
fancy, Jemima (2), Molly (who died in infancy),
Levi, Molly (2) and Anna. The
father, Levi Keith, was a tanner and shoe
manufacturer, or as defined in a deed, a cordwainer.
The site of his tannery was what is
now the corner of Montello and Garfield
their children were: Benjamin, born Oct. 19,
1814; Franklin, Jan. 28, 1816; Martha C,
Dee. 6, 1817 (who married Henry Jackson) ;
Martin (died in infancy) ; Martin Luther.
Feb. 8, 1822; Nancy C, April 14. 1824 (died
in her fourteenth ; year) David and Jonathan,
twins. May 12, 1826 (the former died in in-
fancy) ; and Levi Watson, April 9, 1830. The
mother of these children died Sept. 26, 1832,
and the father married (second) March 13,
1834, Polly Noyes, daughter of Daniel Noyes,
of Abington, Mass., and to this union there
were born children as follows : Daniel Noyes,
born April 29, 1835, who married Mary Howard,
of Brockton, where he was engaged in
shoe manufacturing until his death, which
occurred March 28, 1904; Edwin, born Aug.
21, 1840, who is mentioned below; and Ziba
Cary, born July 13, 1842, who is also mentioned
below.
Capt. Ziba Keith died Sept. 28, 1862. His
wife passed away June 14, 1882. She was
born April 1, 1798, daughter of Daniel Noyes,
and a direct descendant of Nicholas Noyes, an
English emigrant who was born in 1615-16
and came to America in 1633, settling at New-
bury in 1635 ; he was a freeman of 1637. He
married Mary Cutting. Mr. Noyes was a
son of Rev. William Noyes, a native of England,
educatetl at Oxford, taking the degree of
B. A. in 1592. He became rector at Cliolderton
in the County of Wilts in 1602. He was
married in about 1595 to Anne Parker. From
the emigrant the lineage of Mrs. Polly
Btreets, Campello. He died in 1813, aged
seventy-six years.
(V) Benjamin Keith, son of Levi, was born
Nov. 18, 1763, and married Dec. 18, 1788,
Martha Cary, daughter of Col. Simeon Cary,
who was captain in the French war and colonel
in the Revolutionary war. Their children
were: Ziha, born Nov. 10, 1789; Arza, May 10,
1791; Bela, Feb. 2, 1793; Charles, Aug. 8,
1794; Polly, Oct. 9, 1798; Jason, March 6,
1801; and Benjamin, Feb. 6, 1803 (died in
infancy). The father died Sept. 9, 1814, and
the mother died June 10, 1852, having attained
the ripe age of eighty-six years. He
was principally a farmer, owning quite an extensive
tract of land on the west side of Main
street, and also operated a tannery and made
and repaired shoes.
(VI) Capt. Ziba Keith, the eldest son of
Benjamin, was born Nov. 10, 1789, and married
Nov. 25, 1813, Sally Cary, daughter of
(Noyes)
Jonathan and Abigail (Perkins) Cary, and
Keith is through John Noyes and his
wife Mary (Poore), Samuel Noyes and his
wife Hannah (Poor), Daniel Noyes and his
wife Mary (Reed), and Daniel Noyes (2) and
his wife Huldah (Jenkins).
Capt. Ziba Keith was born in the old homestead
on Main street. Of strong, robust build,
he was physically well fitted for the occupation
which he was mainly to follow, namely,
that of a farmer. He early learned to make
and repair shoes from his grandfather, Levi
Keith, and for some years, during the winter
months, continued this business, inherited
from his ancestors, in the "Old Red Shop."
As his sons became of age they were likewise
instructed in the art of shoemaking, and the
entire number were in due time graduated
from the benches beneath its roof.
On May 29, 1816, Capt. Ziba Keith was commissioned
by Governor Brooks as an ensign
of a company in the 3d Regiment of Infantry,
1st Brigade, 5th Division ; and on Dec. 5,
1822, was promoted to a captaincy in the same
company, which title, then acquired, attached
to him through life. As a man Captain Keith
was upright and just in all his dealings ; as
a neighbor, kind and respected, willing always
to bear his share of private or public burdens;
as a father, considerate and forbearing, fulfilling
the summary of the whole law, "serving
God and keeping his commandments," and