Catherine (Greenwich) Kyn (abt. 1645 - 1705)

Descendants

Died 1705 at about age 60 in Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey

Biography

Unknown Origins

Like her husband, Katherine Keen is likely the child of a New Sweden family, but her parents and patronymic are unknown. This is not unexpected, as there are no church records extant for the time of her birth and the details of many families will never be known.

The last name on this profile, "Greenwich", cannot possibly belong to Katherine and there is no source that supports it. It's not a Swedish or Dutch patronymic, which is what she would have been known by at the time of her birth. There was no English settlement in the area at the time.

Family

"Jonas "Skeen" of Cesarie River, yeoman. Inventory of the personal estate of, £5515, incl. 2 silver dram cups and 1 pair of do. buttons 10s, 3 1/2 doz. Indian knives £1.8; made by Tho. Kyllingworth and Richard Whitaker. 1695 ---. Administration on the estate granted to his widow, Katherine Skeen. Salem Wills, A. p. 155"^[1]

Research Notes

Death record is said to be in the Old Swedes records, will check.

No evidence for the surname "Greenwich", this should be changed to unknown by the profile manager.

Original biography

Spouse Jonas Jurgensson Keen/Kyn 1650–1695

Catherine Greenwich. Given Name: Catherine. Surname: Greenwich.

Kyn married Surname: Kyn.

Keen other Surname: Keen. Found multiple versions of name. Using Catherine Greenwich.

"Katherine Skeen" was granted administration of the estate of her husband Jonas in 1695.

Died 1705 Swedesboro,Gloucester,New Jersey,United States.

Catherine was born about 1645. Catherine Unknown married Joran Kyn.

She died about 5 October 1715 in Salem County, New Jersey.^[2] An alternate DOD is 1705.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Nelson, William (ed.), Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume I, 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1901, volume 23, page 422
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

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Mike Abramo for creating Unknown-211568 on 21 Sep 13.