By Alfred D. Keator

Three centuries and eleven generations of the Keator family in America, the coat of arms, with an index of names and localities, and addendum. A history on the origin of the name is explored. Melchior Claesen Keter, the founder of the US and Canada family, was a professional soldier in the Dutch West India Company and born in Netherlands in 1645. Shown are marriage record of him and Susanna Richards (Verplanck). She was possibly widow of a British soldier.

(351+40p., Index, 1955, 1961)