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Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2473a, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Rebecca Porter Keep
Gift of Dorry H. Swope, 2018.53.2473a, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Rebecca Porter Keep

American, 1818 - 1893
BiographyRebecca Porter Keep (1818-1893) was born in Farmington, Connecticut to Noah Porter (1781-1866) and Mehitable “Hetty” Meigs (1786-1874). She had six siblings: Samuel Porter (1810-1901), Noah Porter (1811-1892), Sarah Porter (1813-1900), Giles Meigs Porter (1815-1901), Elizabeth Green Porter (1822-1908), and Maria Morgan Porter (1824-1913).

Rebecca P. Keep married Rev. John Robinson Keep (1810-1884) in 1842, in Farmington. They had four children: Robert Porter Keep (1844-1904), William A. Keep (1847-1867), Mary Keep (1849-1874), and Elizabeth Keep Avery (1851-1910).
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