He was married to *Betsey Field on 29 May 1823 in Pownal, Vermont. Children were: *Seymour Alfred Keyes.

He was married to *Malvina D. Horton on 27 Jan 1842 in prob Vermont. Family tradition is that Seymour was named after his father, even though his mother was never married until after Seymour's birth.

From manuscript written by Effie Carlisle Farrell, Hampshire, Illinois, 1931:

"Grandfather Keyes brought his family from Massachusetts to this locality in 1850 and my mother began her schooling the following year. Those first few years in their new home were very homesick times for the children and many a time did mother and her oldest sister hide out by the corner of the house behind the rain-water barrel and shed bitter tears. They hid because if their father found them crying, he would whip them. He was not homesick and he thought it foolish for others to be. Perhaps one thing that made them long so much for their old home was the absence of apples and other fruits here. They had come from a place where such things grew in abundance and they lived here four years before they saw an apple. they were nearly starved for fruit. One day some of the men had to go to "Big Woods" somewhere to the southwest of here, on the Kishwaukee River and they told the children that they would bring home some apples. so the youngsters sat up until late in the evening to wait for the return of the men. Their mouths were watering and their tongues fairly hanging out in anticipation. The men returned and brought those poor children some miserable, puckery, sour, green little wild crab apples. They tried in vain to eat them and then crept off to bed to cry themselves to sleep. Never, as long as they lived, did one of those children forget the bitterness of that disappointment, nor forgive the men who caused it....

"Grandfather Keyes took a weekly newspaper called the New York Gazette in which "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was published in installments before it was issued in book form. This paper was loaned far and near....

Seymour and Malvina are buried in Hampshire, Illinois.

From "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County", edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox, 1904, page 834:

"Seymour A. Keyes (deceased), Hampshire, Ill., farmer, was born in Pownal, Mass., Nov. 1, 1822, and died Dec. 8, 1879. When a young man he taught school in Rensselaer County, N.Y., and coming to Hampshire, Ill. in 1851, bought an 30-acre tract of land, on which the east half of Hampshire is now located. When the line of the Chicago & Pacific Railway was being laid out he gave the right of way through the village. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion proved himself a very active factor. Mr. Keyes was married Jan. 27, 1842, to Miss Malvina D. Horton and their children were as follows..."


From a letter from Effie C. Farrell to Merilyn Divine, October 31, 1954:

"Dear Cousin Merilyn:

I think it will be a good idea for me to share some of the family stories that my mother told to me so many times. Grandpa and Grandma Keyes were Seymour Alfred Keyes and Malvina Horton Keyes, and Grandpa's mother was Betsey Field Jepson.

Grandpa & Grandma Keyes lived a half mile from her parents, Joseph and Harriet Horton, but they, the Keyes, lived in Massachusetts and the Hortons lived in Vermont. Grandpa K. thought that a man raising a family coud do better in the West, so West they came. They had at that time three little girls, Martha 7, Mary 4 (my mother), and Betsy 2 1/2 and another child was expected, so they moved to Troy, New York, where they awaited the birth of this child, Edwin, and started for the West in the early spring of 1850. They travelled through the Erie Canal and hence on the Great Lakes and the trip took them six weeks. With them came grandma's sister, Mary, wife of Heman Morse & her husband and a little daughter, named Mary Jane. Later they (the Morses) settled in Mechanicsville, Iowa. Also came a sister, named Louisa (pronounced Lo-Y'-sa) who married Smith Carlisle, brother of my grandfather, Dennison Carlisle, who was the father of Nate & Luman & Emma.

Smith Carlisle & Louisa, his wife, had heirs as follows: Hirman, who died of measels in the Civil War and is buried in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and twins Smith & Salem, also Marcella & Susan, and Winfield - they may not be given in order, but the two youngest were Abe & Frank.

The Keyes came to his mother, Betsy Field Jepson who with her husband, Francis, had settled here in 1841. They had brought much nursery stock and most of the first apples here were grown from this stock. The Keyes, at first lived in a near-by log house. When Aunt Betsy first saw it she cried and said, "We aint a going to live in that hog pen." They came from a place filled with an abundance of all kinds of home fruit and they lived here three years before before they even saw an apple. They were nearly starved for fruit. Uncle Sam Hawley's parents had the first apples. They came here in 1832 when Uncle Sam was four years old and his mother brought apple seeds from Connecticut.

The Hawley's were one of the first three families to settle in the township.

Grandpa Keyes soon bought a farm about a mile and a half from his mother's farm (or hers & Mr. Jepson's). He bought it of a man named Thomas Jullock and the log cabin was there on the farm, also a little log smoke house and a thatched roof stable and a well. I know the boundary's of it, but I can not tell you how many acres except it was 1/4 of a mile from east to west. They settled in this house and Martha & Mary used to hide behind the rain barrell and cry because they were so homesick. They did not dare cry before their father or he would whip them. He was not homesick and he thought no one else should be. Here was born in due time Aunt Ella, who was named elinor, after a sister of Grandma, then Willis Howard, then Eda and Addie. A family of eight altogether.

Great Grandmother Jepson was a large framed person and had a good sized nose. I can remember seeing her when I was five years old. She sat in our kitchen with her feet in the oven and she was smoking a clay pipe. She had dark auburn hari which was parted in the middle and was waved so pretty on each side. She had a brother who lived in Hampshire and his name was Havillah Field, a "smallish" man with red hair & whiskers. He must have passed away when I was eight of nine years old. He was married although I don't remember anything about his wife. I have heard tell that she wasn't overly bright. I don't remember her name. They had children as follows: Eliza, Julia, Malvina, James - who lived in California, and Roselle. Once Mrs. Field invited the Keyes all over for Sunday dinner, but early Sunday morning, she came over to Keyes and she said, "Malviny, Malviny, which would you rather do? Go visiting or have company?" "We are all going to come over here for dinner." Well, Grandma sent some kids to catch chickens and some to pick wild strawberries so I guess they "made out". Mrs. Field also borrowed Grandma's wedding dress to wear to Henpeck to church, until she wore it all out. I've been told it was light blue made princess and buttoned in the back and Grandma outgrew it, so Mrs. F. borrowed it & carried her shoes & stockings & walked five miles to Henpeck to church.

The railroad was finished thru here in May 1875. My father hitched up a team to a wagon and took a number of women to see the first train go thru. Mrs. Field was one of the women. The railroad cut Grandfather Keyes' farm in two. The part of the farm south of the railroad track, he sold to two men, C. A. Fassett and Dr. A. J. Willing, and these men laid it out into town lots and blocks and soon Dr. Willing built a large, square, white brick house on the site of the Keyes' log cabin home. Grandpa and Grandma went across the railroad to the north east corner of their farm and built a large white house and a red barn. They did not wish to live in town, but would rather live in the country.

The two stores in Henpeck moved to the new town. Also the Methodists built a new church and discontinued their services in the Henpeck school house, and a new village sprang up almost like a mushroom.

When Addie Keyes was a tiny child, she visited school one day and was asked to "speak a piece" and she did as follows:

"Peter Plug catched a bug
"Pulled his wing.
"And made him sing."

Francis Jepson died in 1858 and in the East, Harriet Horton died the same year. Grandma Keyes visited her old home with Aunt Martha and Uncle Nate years afterward, maybe about 1885, but of course she found many changes had taken place while she had been away.

Seymour Alfred Keyes was, for many years, a victim of rheumatism. The year before Will Keyes was born, Grandpa Keyes lay in bed most of the time and if a child ran toward the bed, he would scream, because if they jarred the bed, it would cause him such pain. He had red hair and whiskers. He died the day Fred Keyes was a year old, on December 8, 1879, from a stroke of apoplexy. Grandmother Keyes was about five feet two in height. She had rosy cheeks and dark hair & black eyes and everyone loved her. She was of Welch descent. She died May 20, 1897, of diabetes.

I am sorry that I can not write as well as I used to, but this osteo arthritis has made my hand and wrist stiff.

Effie C. Farrell. Children were: Martha M. Keyes, Mary M. Keyes, Harriet B. "Betsey" Keyes, Seymour Edwin "Ed" Keyes, Elinor "Ella" Keyes , Willis Howard Keyes, Eda Louise Keyes, *Addie J. Keyes.

She was married to Fred Matson WFT Est. 1890-1923.

She was married to Gene Reeves WFT Est. 1890-1923.

She was married to Ed Roff WFT Est. 1896-1924.

She was married to ? Schneider WFT Est. 1896-1924.

She was married to Charles Holtgren WFT Est. 1874-1899. From manuscript by Effie Carlisle Farrell, Hampshire, Illinois, 1931:

"In the very early days of the village, there came a tailor, whose name was Charles Holtgren. He opened a tailoring establishment and continued in business for twenty-five years or more. Men's custom-made clothing, at that time was not as reliable as it is now and most of the men in this vicinity wore suits made to order in this shop. A good tailor-made suit cost from twenty to twenty-five dollars. It was said that the men of Hampshire were the best dressed men in Kane County. And why shouldn't they have been with so excellent a tailor so near at hand?" Children were: Ralph Holtgren , Otto Holtgren, Addie Holtgren, Lonest Holtgren, Lynn Holtgren.

She was married to Enoch Hedger WFT Est. 1867-1897. Children were: Ralph Hedger, Cora Hedger, Enoch "Roy" Hedger, Willie Hedger, Louie Hedger, Florence Hedger, Claudia Hedger, Aurel Hedger.

She was married to David Hipple Private.

He was married to Dolly Bean on 7 Feb 1791.⁽¹⁶⁰⁰⁾

She was married to John Boynton WFT Est. 1664-1697.

She was married to Samuel Hawley WFT Est. 1859-1891. Children were: Frank Hawley, Ed Hawley, Gertrude Hawley, Ralph D. Hawley.

She was married to Harry Daniels WFT Est. 1885-1929.

He was married to Mary Eames WFT Est. 1683-1721.

She was married to Fred McCormick WFT Est. 1894-1938.

She was married to Nathan S. Carlisle on 17 Jan 1861 in Hampshire, Kane County, Illinois. ⁽⁴⁰⁶⁴⁾ Children were: Alfred S. "Allie" Carlisle, Edna A. Carlisle, Beatrice Carlisle.

She was married to Luman J. Carlisle WFT Est. 1862-1880. Children were: Edith M. Carlisle, Harry Carlisle, Effie Carlisle.

She was married to Thomas Knowles Breed on 15 Dec 1791 in Nelson, NH. Children were: Lucy Lawrence Breed, Roxana Breed.

He was married to Lillian Blazier on 28 Jun in Hampshire, Illinois.

He was married to Eliza "Lyd" (Keyes) WFT Est. 1865-1893. From "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Kane County", Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox, 1904, page 834:

"Seymour Edwin Keyes, Superintendent Kane County Alsm House, Geneva, Ill., was born in Berlin, Rensselaer County, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1850, and was brought by his parents to Hampshire, Kane County, Ill., in 1851. His education was acquired in the public schools, and in early life he engaged in farming. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1882 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff and Jailer, a position he held for four years. In 1888 he was named as Superintendent of the alms house, and is still active in that position (1903). He is a member of the Republican County Committee, and belongs to the Rock City Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America." Children were: Seymour A. "Fred" Keyes, Claudia Keyes, Daisy Keyes, Jane Keyes.

He was married to Frances Grant on 2 Oct 1653 in Newbury, Essex, MA.

He was married to Mary A. (Keyes) WFT Est. 1876-1905. Children were: Percy Keyes, Lois Keyes, Frances Keyes.

He was married to Sarah Leonard on 31 Dec 1663 in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.

She was married to Johann Konrad Kirschner on 16 Feb 1698/99 in Langenselbold, Germany. ^(8)(14397) Children were: Johann Kaspar Kirschner , Johann Martin Kirschner.

He was married to Elizabeth Holyoke in 1649 in MA.^{(8) (12178)}

He was married to Hannah Davis on 28 Sep 1677.

He was married to Hannah Davis on 28 Sep 1677 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

She was married to II Sviatopolk WFT Est. 1067-1094. Children were: Zbyslava.

He was married WFT Est. 1023-1075. Children were: Daughter Of Tougor Khan.

He was married to Rachel Cook on 12 Dec 1667.^{(8) (5076)}

He was married to Rachel Cook on 12 Dec 1667 in Mass..

She was married to Daniel Pomeroy WFT Est. 1741-1771. Children were: Eleazer Pomeroy.

She was married to Thomas Parker on 13 Nov 1677.

She was married to Thomas Parker on 13 Nov 1677 in Reading, Middlesex, Ma..

He was married WFT Est. 1620-1667. Children were: Deborah Kibby.

She was married to Robert Fillinger Private.

She was married to John F. Youngblood in WOOD CO. TEXAS.

She was married to John Flint on 5 Aug 1840.

He was married to Mary Snow on 9 Sep 1750 in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

He was married to Catherine Lindeman WFT Est. 1761-1782.^{(8) (14404)}

She was married to Hans Adam Lindemann on 8 Nov 1712 in Dachrieden, Germany.^{(8) (14407)}

He was married to Elizabeth Ambrosius on 24 Jun 1860 in Collinsville, Madison Co, Illinois. Children were: Frederick Kienzle, Mary Kienzle, Frederica Kienzle, William Kienzle, Joanna Kienzle, George Kienzle, Thedore Kienzle.

She was married to *Jans VanGeison in 1664.^(14409) It has been claimed that Jostrina Kierstead was the daughter of Dr. Hans Kierstead and Sarah Jansen, who was the daughter of Anneke Jans. However, Jostrina is not mentioned in the genealogies of the Kierstead family, and her baptism is not found in the records of the New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church. Children were: *Catharine Gezion Or VanGeison, Abraham VanGeison.

She was married to Henri I King France on 29 Jan 1049/50 in France. Children were: Hugh "The Great" Crepi [COUNT OF VERMAN.

She was married to I Henry on 20 Jan 1043/44 in prob. France. Children were: Hugh Magnus Duke/Marquis/Count, I Philip.

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