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Profiles

  • Abigail Keene (c.1635 - bef.1660)
    Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower Thomas Little (parents unknown) married Anna Warren on April 19, 1635 at Plymouth in the Plymouth Colony. They had nine children: 1. Abigail Little, b ...
  • Abigail Hathaway (1787 - 1878)
    From the Thomas Rogers Society page on Abigail Hathaway: Keen[1]*F, b. 5 May 1787, d. 16 August 1878Abigail Keen was born on 5 May 1787 at Rochester, Massachusetts.[1] She married David Hathaway, son o...
  • Ada Sue Hess (1862 - 1946)
    Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Mar 21 2017, 23:46:47 UTC
  • Adaline Elizabeth Keen (1844 - 1915)
    Adaline Elizabeth “Lizzie” Overstreet Keen BIRTH 9 Feb 1844 Kemper County, Mississippi, USA DEATH 14 Jul 1915 (aged 71) Grapeland, Houston County, Texas, USA BURIAL Parker Cemetery Grapeland, Houston ...
  • Adam Keen (1830 - 1908)
    Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy : Mar 21 2017, 23:22:43 UTC * Residence : 1860 - Eden Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States* Residence : 1870 - Pennsylvania, United States* Resi...

About the Keen surname

origin

Pennsylvania, United States

The progenitor of the Keen name, in Pennsylvania, was Juran Keen 1620-1690. He was born in Saxony, joined the Swedish army, arrived in Pennsylvania with colonial governor Printz in1643. Joran Keen's original name was Jurgen Schneewiess, changed to Kuhn [bold in German]; finally Keen, when Quakers arrived with William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania.

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