Revolutionary War Details

William Keepers, Jr.: Group 1, Colonial America

Berks County, PA, Ensign, 4^th Co., 3^rd Battalion[1]

William, Jr., was born August 21, 1747 to William Keepers and Esther (Foulke) Keepers in Berks Co., PA.[2] He was baptized on July 23, 1753, at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, also in Berks County.[3] History reports on May 21, 1810, that he was a member of the Hephzibah Baptist Church in Chester County.[4] He was married to Ann Hayes, and they had five children. At the time of his death in 1827, his family lived in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, PA. They appear to have been reasonably well off for that time period. The value of his estate totaled $2028.44 and included a riding carriage valued at $50.[5]

Also, William Jr. appears in a list of able-bodied men available for militia service in 1787 in Eastbradford Township, Chester Co., PA.[6]

[1] Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, vol. 5, p. 195, Muster Rolls relating to the Associators and Militia of Berks Co., May 10, 1780

[2] Pennsylvania Births, Berks County, 1710-1780, by John T. Humphrey, p. 169

[3] Berks County Church records of the 18^th Century, vol. 1, p. 15

[4] History of Chester County, PA, by Futhey & Cope, 1881, p. 262

[5] Inventory of Goods, 1827, Chester Co. Archives Building, Chester, PA

[6] Penn. Archives, Series 6, vol. 3, p. 327, “A Return of the male white inhabitants of the Township of Eastbradford between the age of 18 and 53, except by law excepted for the year 1787”