Måns Keen (abt. 1678 - 1770)

Born about 1678 in Chester (was first called, Uplands (along the Delaware River)), Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Magdalena (Hoppman) Keen — married 15 Aug 1702 in Swedish Lutheran Church, Raccoon Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1770 at about age 92 in Pilesgrove Township, Salem, New Jersey, British Colonial America

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Biography

"MANS (MOUNCE) KEEN (JONAS J.2, JORAN1) was born Abt. 1678 in Chester Twp., Pennsylvania, and died 03 Jun 1770 in Pilesgrove, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He married (1) MAGDALANA (HOPPMAN) HOFFMAN 15 Aug 1702 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was born 1664 in Upland, New Sweden, Delaware, and died 19 Oct 1791 in Racoon Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey. He married (2) ELIZABETH LAICON 15 Aug 1722 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, daughter of NILS LAICAN and MARIA GASTENBURG. She was born 1699."^[1]

Family

Children of MANS KEEN and MAGDALANA HOFFMAN are:^[2]

1. ANNICKA KEEN, m. GUSTAF GUSTAFSSON, 07 Dec 1726, Racoon Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey; b. Abt. 1697; d. 15 Jul 1762, New Jersey.
2. CHRISTINA KEEN, b. 05 May 1695; d. 1753.
3. MANS KEEN, b. 18 Aug 1715, Racoon Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey; d. Bet. 31 May - 14 Oct 1794, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
4. JOHN KEEN, b. 25 Sep 1718; d. 19 Feb 1784, New Jersey.
5. NICHOLAS KEEN, b. 11 May 1720, Racoon Creek, Gloucester County, New Jersey; d. Abt. 25 Aug 1763, Swedesboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey.

Children of MANS KEEN and ELIZABETH LAICON are:^[3]

1. PETER KEEN, b. 21 Mar 1723; d. Bef. 29 Jul 1789, Pilesgrove, Salem County, New Jersey.
2. MARIA KEEN, b. 06 Apr 1727; m. JONAS HENDRICKSON; b. 29 Nov 1721, Woowich Twp., Gloucester County, New Jersey.
3. DAVID KEEN, b. 28 Apr 1735.
4. MOUNCE KEEN, b. 08 Oct 1737.
5. JONAS KEEN, b. 07 Apr 1742, Salem County, New Jersey; d. Bef. 1791.

Birth Date

Mans Keen^[4] was born either OCT 1664 in DE River PA or 1668 in New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

Magnus was born in 1664. He married twice. Magnus passed away in 1770 at the incredibly impressive age of 105. It was noted in a local newspaper

From: "The descendants of Jöran Kyn of New Sweden"

Written by GREGORY B. KEEN, LL.D. Vice President of the Swedish Colonial Society published in 1913

Mans or Mounce Kyn or Keen, "son and heir of Jonas Keen." was born at Upland, October, 1664, and in his youth removed with his father to West Jersey, where he lived on the banks of the river Delaware, at the mouth of Pompession Creek. After his father's death he sold this land, and in one of the deeds for it, dated December 24.1719, is styled "of Pittsgrove Precinct, Co. Salem." He was one of the most active Vestryman and Wardens of the Swedish Lutheran Church on Raccoon Creek (now Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Swedesboro, N. J.), and, doubtless, one of the contributors to the first building of it, in 1703-4, as he certainly was to the purchase of the pastor's dwelling  some years afterwards. With regard to the latter, Aerelius says: "The congregation deliberated about this for eight years, and it was discussed in every parish meeting, until Mr. Jesper Svedberg and Mans Kyn took it upon themselves to go from house to house, and urge the people to unite and bind themselves for the purchase of a suitable parsonage. Goran Kyn's place was found suitable for this purpose, at the distance of about a Swedish mile from Raccoon, and a mile and a half from Pennsneck. It lies in Pilesgrove township, consists of one hundred and seventeen acres of land, and costs of £145. The purchase was made on the 21st of March, 1720. A fine building was erected upon it, with sleeping rooms in the upper part and more land for grain was cleared." Mr. Keen appears to have retained his knowledge of the Swedish language, in spite of the gradually encroaching influences of English settlers on the Delaware River, for in the following spring he is spoken of in the Parish Records as receiving from Sweden two Bibles, three Hymn books, and a Catechism. On the return to Europe of the Reverend Samuel Hesselius, pastor of the congregation at Christina, he signed an address, in company with Peter Rambo, as members of the Church Council of Raccoon, October 31, 1731, commending that clergyman to the consideration of King Frederick, of Sweden. He was visited by Peter Kalm during the prolonged sojourn of the celebrated botanist in the neighbourhood of Raccoon Creek, and some of their conversations are recorded in the interesting journal of the great naturalist's "Travels into North America". He is personally referred to by Professor Kalm, December 7, 1748, in the following terms: "Maons Keen, one of the Swedes in Raccoon, was now near seventy years old: he had many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; so that, of those who were yet alive, he could muster up forty-five persons. Besides them, several of his children and grandchildren died young, and some in a mature age. He was, therefore,  uncommonly blessed." In 1751 Mr. Keen acted as sponsor for a son of the Reverend Erick and Maria Unander, in company with "Provost Israel Acrelius, Pastor Olof Parlin, Herr Adolph Benzel, Elizabeth Parlin, Madam Sarah Porter, and Helena Van Neeman."Mr. Keen's first wife was Magdalena Hoppman or Hoffman. She died October 19, 1721, and was buried in the Swedish Lutheran Cemetery on Raccoon Creek. He married, secondly, August 15, 1722, Elizabeth, daughter of Nils Laican or Lycon, eldest son of Peter Nilsson Laykan, a native, it is presumed, of Sweden,;- whose name is given in the Raccoon Church Register as Elizabeth Georgen, from whence we may infer that at the time of her nuptials with Maons Keen she was a widow. Mrs. Keen inherited from her father an interest in certain land in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Co., Pa., known as "Poor Island" (surveyed to her grandfather by virtue of a warrant dated March 10, 1679-80), which she conveyed, December 21, 1744, to her step sons, John and Nicholas Keen. She is mentioned in the Records of Raccoon Parish as godparent, in 1730, with Colonel Rolf, Captain Vining, and Mrs. Hollbrook, for a daughter of the Reverend Peter and Anna Catharina Tranberg, and she was still living during the pastorate of the Reverend John Wicksell, who gives her name in the list of communicants of that church. The latter thus records her husband's death: "Moses Keen, Senior, died June 3, 1770, in a kind of plenrisie (pleurisy) about 105 years old, and was buried, June 5, at Raccoon." Less accurate as to the date of death, but more precise as to the age. The Pennsylvania Gazette for October 11, 1770, prints the following obituary notice of the long lived gentleman: "The beginning of August last departed this Life at Pilesgrove, in West New Jersey, Mr. Mounce Keen, aged 105 Years, and 8 Months. He was born of Swedish Parents, at Chester, in Pennsylvania, and always enjoyed his Health and Understanding well till within the few last Years of his Life. About three Years before his Death, he rode alone three Miles, and home again." He is, it is believed, the only centenarian descendant of Joran Kyn, although there are several nonagenarian descendants, and offspring of at least four centenarians have intermarried with the family.

Of his children by his first wife three have been identified :

35. Mounce, b. August IS, 1715: m. Sarah .Seeley.

36. John, b. September 25, 171S; ni. Rachel Chandler. 

37. Nicholas, b. May 11, 1720; m. Elizabeth Lock.

By his second wife he had at least five children, born in Salem County, New Jersey:

38. Peteb, b. March 21, 1723; m. 1st. Elizabeth Basset: 2ndly. Catharine. 

39. Mabv, b. April (>, 1727 ; m. Jonas Henricsou.

40. David, b. April 2S, 1735.

41. Mounce, b. October S, 1737.

42. Jonas, b. April 7, 1739, m. Christina Van Xeeman. 

Sources

• The Descendants of Joran Kyn, by Gregory B. Keen, published 1913, p. 34--40
• https://ia600700.us.archive.org/32/items/descendantsofj00keen/descendantsofj00keen.pdf
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98401943/mounce-keen

1. ↑ Johnson, William R. (2007-). "JORAN KYN: EARLY SETTLER OF NEW SWEDEN." Retrieved on 7 September 2015 from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjohn55447/joran_kyn.htm
2. ↑ Johnson, William R. (2007-). "JORAN KYN: EARLY SETTLER OF NEW SWEDEN." Retrieved on 7 September 2015 from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjohn55447/joran_kyn.htm
3. ↑ Johnson, William R. (2007-). "JORAN KYN: EARLY SETTLER OF NEW SWEDEN." Retrieved on 7 September 2015 from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wjohn55447/joran_kyn.htm
4. ↑ Source: #S7 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Keen FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.), Database online.

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R1

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Keen-366 created through the import of Kevin Hanson_2012-06-13.ged on Jun 13, 2012 by Kevin Hanson.

Thank you to Mike Abramo for creating Keen-649 on 21 Sep 13.

• The Descendants of Joran Kyn of New Sweden p. 34-38
• Find a Grave Index
• The Pennsylvania Gazette, October 11, 1770