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About Rev. George Keith, D.D.
George Keith
see Rev. George Keith on wikipedia
- Born 1639 in Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Died 27 Mar 1716 in Edburton, Sussex, England
- Husband of Ann (Whyte) Keith
- Husband of Elizabeth (Johnston) Keith
- Father of Ann (Keith) Walker
from http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/keith/38/
The Rev. George Keith (1638-1716) is thought to have arrived on the coast of East Jersey with his family by way of Barbadoes in 1684. Rev. George Keith a brilliant and controversial ex-Quaker. His daughter Ann Keith married in 1684 George Walker, b 1659, d 1730.
Biography
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Keith-2106
The son or grandson of an earlier Rev. George Keith of Virginia, George Keith the Quaker began his religious life as a Presbyterian scholar in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1][2] However, he met George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, who "convinced" him to become a Quaker. Along with other early Quakers, Keith was arrested and jailed repeatedly for acting on his beliefs and preaching the unorthodox faith.[3].
He went to Holland with Fox and Penn in 1664, but returned to England.[4]
In 1682, after another jail term in England, Keith went to America where he was made Surveyor General of East Jersey, but was unsuccessful in establishing the border between East and West [New] Jersey.[5]
Keith, who was a classical scholar, was invited by William Penn to be the first master of the school he established in Philadelphia.[6]
While in Philadelphia, Keith was at the center of the first major schism among the Quakers, resulting in the 15-year-long existence of a separatist group, called variously "Keithian Quakers" or (his term) "Christian Quakers".[7][8] Following his trial for sedition for publishing his book without a license, he returned to England where he was ordained by the Bishop of London to be a missionary to the Colonies.[4]
He returned to America in 1702, on a ship which also carried Gov. Dudley of Massachusetts and Gov. Morris of New Jersey.[9]
He visited his daughter, Ann (Keith) Walker in Virginia in 1704, shortly before returning to England for the last time. [10][11]
On return to England he was made rector of Edburton, Sussex, but was so crippled with arthritis and plagued by controversy that he was unable to perform his duties there,and the living was so small he had to sell his books. He died in Edburton on 27 March 1716. His will, written in 1710, was published after his death. His 2nd wife, Elizabeth, survived him.[12]
Legacy
Keith's followers published An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying on Keeping of Negroes, the first printed protest against slavery in America in 1693.[13]
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Rev. George Keith, D.D.'s Timeline
| 1638 |
1638
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Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1667 |
1667
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New Kent County, Virginia Colony
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| 1716 |
March 27, 1716
Age 78
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Edburton, Sussex, England
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