Compiled by Raymond E. Kinney:

"New England Historical Genealogical Society" volume 1, published 1846, page 377-9:

"SCOTCH PRISONERS SENT TO MASSACHUSETTS IN 1652, BY ORDER OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.

A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New Englan[d]

[a list of 263 names given, among them:]

... Dani** Mackajne, Senly Mackonne, Daniel Mackhan, ALESTER MACKHENE, John Mackane, Patricke Mackane, Robt Mackajne, Wm Mackajne, Samuell Mackajne, Wm Mackajne, Robt Mackhane, ...

The persons afore named passed from hence in the ship afore mentioned and are according to order Registed heare,

Dat. Search office, Grauesend [Gravesend] 8th Nouember, 1651.

Giles Barrow, Edw. Pelling, & John Morris, Searchers

Jn the Jno. & Sara of London John Greene mr. for New England: Robt. Rich mrt. Jronworke household stuffe & other provisions for Planters and scotch prisoners free by ordnance of Parliament dat 20th October 1651."

[NOTE by REK: Alester (Scottish form of Alexander) Mackhene could possibly be Alexander Keeney. The prisoners were all presumably adults taken in the suppression of a Scottish revolt against the Puritans under Oliver Cromwell, making Alester probably at least 20 years old and born around 1630 or before. Though free by act of Parliament, they were not allowed to return to Scotland to partake in any further unrest there and so were transported to the colonies. Ten years later Alexander Keeney married the widow Alice Colfax, already mother of several children by William Colfax. Alice bore Alexander seven children, which perhaps places her age as in her late twenties at the time of their marriage and thus born sometime in the 1630's. Thus the time frame is right for Alester Mackhene to be Alexander Keeney. There is also the disconcerting occasional appearance of the MacKeeney or Mackinney name among his descendants.]

GEDCOM Note

Biography

: Christening:
:: Date: 1634 :: Place: Salem, Essex, Mass:::Note there are no records of baptismsfrom the church is Salemprior to 1636

Marriage : Husband: Alexander Keeney : Wife: Alice Colfax : Marriage: :: Date: ABT 1661:: Place: Wethersfield, Connecticut<ref>New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Volume 2, page 878: KEENEY, Alexander (-1680) & Alice [COLFAX] (-1683), w William; by 1662; Wethersfield, CT {Wethersfield 2:462; Glastonbury CT 196; Hartford Prob. 1:327; Hale (1952) 467, 587} </ref>

: Burial: :: Date: 1682 :: Place: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut From Savage: KEENY, KENY, or KEENEY, ALEXANDER, Wethersfield, freem. 1667, d. 1680, leav. Alexander, 18; Thomas, and Sarah, tw. 16; Joseph, 14; Lydia, 11; Ebenezer, 8; and Richard, 6. His wid. Alice d. 1683.<ref>Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862 </ref>