Ancestry of
Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

Silas Keeler

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Bill Gates — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 414 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Keeler 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Whitney   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Dec 1724 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 May 1774 
  • Death Location:
  • Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Elmer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Apr 1746 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Lydia Keeler (Ahnentafel No:207 )

• Sources for Silas Keeler

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 4, p. 778.
  • ² Phoenix, S. Whitney, The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations . . . of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878, Vol. 1, New York: Privately Printed (1878), 31.

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