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Josiah (Keene) Keen Jr. (bef. 1660 - bef. 1732)

Josiah Keen Jr. formerly Keene
Born before in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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Husband of — married 1681 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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Died before at about age 72 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Josiah Keene, who married Lydia Baker, was born before 1660.[1] His father died in 1710. He was mentioned in his father's will. He was a grand son of Mayflower Pilgrim Richard Warren.[2]

Children

Josiah Keene and Lydia Baker had the following children:

  • Benjamin Keene, b. 26 July 1682
  • Josiah Keene, b. 27 Sept. 1683; d.y.
  • Abigail Keene, b. 3 April 1685
  • Eleanor Keene
  • Lydia Keene
  • Josiah Keene
  • Nathaniel Keene, b. 11 Nov. 1692
  • Bethiah Keene
  • Samuel Keene
  • Isaac Keene
  • Hezekiah Keene, b. 6. Aug 1702[3]

Marriage

Husband: Josiah Keen
Wife: Lydia Baker
Marriage:
Date: ABT 1681
Place: Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts[4]

Death

Between 2 Feb 1728, and 23 Dec 1732. Josiah Keen of Pembroke

Will of Josiah Keen of Pembroke, dated 2 February 1728, sworn 23 December 1732, 10 January 1732/3 mentions his wife "Leadyah" sole executrix, sons Benjamin, Josiah, "Nethaniel", Samuel, Issac, and "Hazeciah", "Dafter Elenor Thomas, ye wife of Joseph" and "my Grandchild Mary Bruster." Also mentioned were the children of his "Dafter Abigale Drew, Dafter Lediah Partridge, and Dafter Bethih West."[5]

His inventory was taken on 5 January 1732/33 in Pembroke.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Vol 2. p. 336
  2. ↑ Mayflower Families p. 19-20, 80-81.
  3. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 81
  4. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Reference page 1191. $Subcription
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-NHWD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1730-1733 and 1839-1845 vol 6-6U > image 149 of 589; State Archives, Boston.
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-NHWW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1730-1733 and 1839-1845 vol 6-6U > image 150 of 589; State Archives, Boston.
  • "The Wills of Josiah Keen Sr, and his son Josiah," The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 19, p. 130, 132; digital images, Google Books, (https://books.google.com/books?id=sXdHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130 : ACCESSED OCT 25, 2023)
  • Alexander, Margaret Orr Nutter, Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree, Publication: 14 Dec 2000
  • Source: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book"
  • "A Keen Insight" by RRKeen




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Pierpont-94 Rick Pierpont
More information about his will is here https://books.google.com/books?id=sXdHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA130
posted by Rick Pierpont
Allan Clemons
Information about Mark Snow Keen came from my gr., gr., grandfather, who was born in 1808. I suspect that Mark died, unrecorded, as a child, since he is never mentioned again.
posted by Allan Clemons
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Hezekiah Keen, born in 1702, who would have been the brother of "Mark Snow Keen", names all his siblings, specifying that there were 11 children, in his account (see comments below) including a brother Josiah who died young. If Hezekiah didn't mention him, and there's not other record of his existance, I don't know how we can record him. The other thing that makes me leary is the "middle" name, which was very uncommon in this area before about 1725-1750; when none of his siblings had a middle name.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Allan Clemons
According to my records, Josiah Keen Jr. had 12 children. The second, Josiah 3'rd, was born Sept. 27, 1683. no record of death. The sixth, also Josiah 3'rd, born 1691. Record says" Soldier - went to West Indies" - no record of death. The first Josiah must have died young, as did the next child. All were baptized in First Church of Marshfield, Ma. by Rev. Gardner, abt 1704.
posted by Allan Clemons
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Hezekiah Keen's Account book (see below) lists 11 children. Who is the 12th?
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Allan Clemons
Josiah Keene's 12'th child is listed in my records as Mark Snow Keen. Comment says "Was alive in 1710". No birth or death record shown.
posted by Allan Clemons
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I'm aware of Snow Keen, born 1734 in Pembroke, son of Nathaniel & Thankful (Winslow) Keen; and Mark Keen born 1735 in Duxbury, son of Hezekiah and Alice (Howland) Keen. But I've never seen a Mark Snow Keen. Can you supply a source for him? Hezekiah's account doesn't mention a Mark or Snow among his siblings. I suspect there may be a conflation of other family in there somewhere.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Is there any evidence to support that he had two sons Josiah, as shown in the list of children above, the first dying young? The 1683 date is the only one I find in birth records. MFIP has only one son, Josiah, with a 1691 birth date, inferred by the placement in his father's will. However, if the will information shown above in the profile is in the same sequence as in the actual will, even with a 1683 birth year, Josiah would still have appeared between Benjamin and Nathaniel if all the sons were listed before the daughters. Hence I wonder about whether there really was a 2nd Josiah. Are there any sources that show both?
posted by S (Hill) Willson
B-404 Anne B
Both: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Vol 2 p. 336 link at Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3718/images/mayflowerbdii-002368.336

Interesting problem

posted by Anne B
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
It looks there were two sons Josiah attached some time ago, but in 2018 they were merged together based on not finding a VR in Duxbury for the younger of the two. So, we'll need to add a son Josiah back.

It was the younger one that was merged into the older one, so we'll need to recreate the younger one and move the spouse and children to the new profile.

posted by S (Hill) Willson
edited by S (Hill) Willson
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
The original source for the two sons named Josiah is Hezekiah Keen's Account book:

George Ernest Bowman, "Hezekiah Keen's Account Book with Family Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 28(1930):5.

Hezekiah says: "[At Marshfield] ... my Grandfather Josiah Keen mared with Abigil Lettel who he had my father Josiah Keen By & one Dafter Who Died young and my granmother Dyed allso & Left only my father Josiah Keen who married with Ledia Baker & theay had Eleven children whos Nams was Benjamin & Josiah who Died young & Abigil Elener Ledia & Josiah Nathanel Bethiah Samuel Isaac and my Self who is Hezekiah who was Born 1702"

This can be seen by subscription: Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) George Ernest Bowman, "Hezekiah Keen's Account Book with Family Records," Mayflower Descendant Vol. 28(1930):5.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Keene-1702 and Keen-844 appear to represent the same person because: Same father and child
posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Bob Tonsmeire
Keen-1071 and Keene-98 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same parents, same death date
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Nally-4 Rebecca Elizabeth (Nally) Syphers (1943-2023)
There seems to be some almost contradictory information here. A man who was born in 1710 would not be marrying a woman born about 1659. In addition, their child Lydia is shown as having been born in 1730 in North Carolina. Josiah seems to be the son of Abigail Little and Josiah Keene who was born in 1620.
posted by Rebecca Elizabeth (Nally) Syphers (1943-2023)

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