Phoenix writes that he “had a gift of land from his father, 14 Jan 1742-3, ‘for & in Consideration of fatherly Love and Respect yt I have & do bear unto my son Lot Keeler of sd. Ridgefield.’ He settled in South Salem, Westchester Co. N.Y., where he was a member of the Congregational Church at the ordination of Rev. Solomon Mead, 19 May 1752. They moved from S. Salem, about 1783, to Lenox, Mass., and thence to Rutland, Vt., according to tradition, taking with them all of their children, except David. Tradition says that Lot Keeler’s wife was named Elizabeth Goodenough before her marriage.”147