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Jürgen Kyn (Kühn)

Also Known As: "Jöran", "Schneeweiss or White as Snow", "Keen", "Keene", "Joran Keen", "Joran Kihjn", "Joran Kijn"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sweden
Death: between January 06, 1687 and May 1693 (66-73)
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hanss Schneweiss and Margretha
Husband of Willemka Kyn
Father of Hans Jurgensen Keen; Annika Baynton Keen; Jonas J Keen; Gertrude Stille and Eric Kyn/Keen
Brother of Johannes Schneeweiss and Hanss Georg Schneeweiss

Occupation: Came to the South River with Gov. Printz, in the "Fama, " sailing from Stockholm August 16, 1642, and arriving at Fort Christina, near New Castle, February 15, 1643., Farmer
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About Jürgen Kyn

http://www.colonialswedes.org/forefathers/Keen.html

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20084354?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

The Descendants of Jöran Kyn, the Founder of Upland

The history of Jürgen Schneeweiss prior to 1642 is unknown other than the fact that he came from Saxony. Undoubtedly, he was among the many Germans recruited into the Swedish army during the Thirty Years War. His name translates into English as "George Snow-white," the second name being indicative of his personal appearance, possibly the color of his hair or the lightness of his complexion, or both. After becoming a freeman, he substituted the word Kühn, meaning "bold" in German, which became the family surname. Variously spelled as Kijn, Kyn, Kien, Kühn or Keen, the surname eventually became standardized as Keen. He sailed to America on the Swan, arriving in the New Sweden colony with Governor Printz on 15 Feb. 1643. He served as a soldier under Printz until 1653 when Printz returned to Sweden.



Founder of Upland, New Sweden (later Chester, Pennsylvania).

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20084354?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Same file in a different version:

https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofj00keen/descendantsofj00kee...

Also mentioned in McCall Family Papers collection at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

https://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingai...

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Jürgen Kyn's Timeline

1620
1620
Sweden
1643
1643
New Sweden, Delaware, United States
1644
1644
New Sweden, Delaware, United States
1645
1645
New Sweden , Delaware, United States
1650
1650
Upland, New Sweden
1669
1669
Upland, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
1687
January 6, 1687
Age 67
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States