Abigail, only daughter of Thomas Hawley, married James Rockwell (third son of Thomas), the father of Gould Rockwell, and grandfather of the present Gould Rockwell, of Ridgefield, Conn.

The Keelers, who own much land on the southeast side of the town,

o Copied from the original deed in possession of the late Ebenezer Close, of North Salem. b The arms of the Hawleys, Ac, vert, a saltier eng. ar. Crest. An Indian's goat's head, holding a three-leaved sprig of holly ppi. Motto -- Sulvez moi.

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bordering on Fairfield county, called Keelerville, are descended from Jonah Keeler, another of the proprietors of the oblong, in 1731. The first ancestor in this county, of whom we find any record, was Ralph Keeler, residing at Hartford in 1639." In 1650, Ralph Keeler appears to have been one of the fourteen who agreed with Roger Ludlow for the settling and planting of Norwalk, and the next year bought lands of Rurckinghage and other Indians. He must have died before 1679, leaving several sons -- John, Samuel, Ralph, &c, one of which was probably the Father of Jonah Keeler. Three of the same name, viz: Samuel Keeler, Sen., and his son Samuel Keeler, Jr., and Joseph Keeler, then inhabitants of Norwalk, purchased of Katonah, sachem, and other Indians, Candatowa, or Ridgefield, in 1708. In 1731-2, Jonah Keeler obtained the following release from the other patentees of the oblong, or Equivalent, on condition of his always paying the yearly quit-rent of two shillings and sixpence for each hundred acres of land, " to our Lord, the King, at Lady Day, yearly."