7x great grandfather James Keith was one of the leading citizens of Bridgewater, Ma. and judging by the value of his estate, a prosperous one. Here's his brief biography in Nahum Mitchell's history of Bridgewater:
3. Joseph (s. of James 1) m. Elizabeth, D. of Dea. Edward Fobes, and had Anna 1695, Susanna 1697, Joseph 1699, Jemima 1701, Eleazar 1703, Abigail 1705, Ephraim 1707, Ichabob 1709, Martha 1711, Mary 1713, Elizabeth 1715; his will 1730; her's 1757; she made Constant Southworth her ex'or. Anna m. Capt. Ebenezer Alden 1717.—Susanna m. Jonathan Cary 1717, and d. young.—Jemima m. Dea. James Packard 1722.— Eleazar m. Keziah, -D. of Henry Kingman, 1726, settled in Easton, and had Lemuel, Seth, and perhaps other children.— Abigail m. Robert Howard 1725.—Martha m. Constant Southworth 1734.—Ichabod left a wid. Lydia, but no children.—She m. a Dr. Jones of Abington for her 2d husband.—Mary m. Jonathan Kingman 1732.—Eliz. m. Samuel Lathrop 1731. He was ex'or. of his father's will, and had his homestead, and was Representative 1726.-p214
History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Henry T. Platt, Printer Bridgewater, Ma 1897
I have found his probate file and will transcribe it.
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