Israel
Keene
Sr.
Born about in Oxford Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of Matthias Keen
and Sarah (Harper) Keen
Brother of
Hezekia Keene [half], Mathias Harper Keene Jr. [half], John Keene [half], Joseph Keen [half], Jonas Keen [half], Robert Keene [half], Josiah Keene [half], John Keen [half] and Naomi Keen [half]
Husband of
Hannah (Robinson) Keene
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Robinson) Keene
— married
13 Feb 1796 in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Zachariah (Keen) Keene, David Mathias Keene, William Oscar Israel Keene Sr., Ruthy (Keene) Jackson, John Keen, Susannah Keene and Israel Harper Keene Jr.
Died
at about age 87
in Russell County, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2010
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Biography
Israel Keen was born in 1742.
Israel was married 2 times. His 1st wife was Hannah Robinson. His 2nd wife was Betsy Robinson. [1]
- Property :
- 1815 Russell County Tax Assessments: IZAREL KEEN, one farm on the North Fork of Ceder [Cedar] Creek, 96 acres having thereon one dwelling house of wood, one story, 20 feet square, one loom house, valued at $190.
On FamilySearch.org 4 sources of information for:
Israel Keen
Last Changed: June 22, 2021: by, SmilingBabyGal1987
Sex • 0 Sources Male Last Changed: June 3, 2013: by, RU_943E
Birth • 0 Sources 1742 Oxford Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Last Changed: July 14, 2017: by, Greg Volk
Christening
Death • 0 Sources 1829 Russell, Virginia, United States Last Changed: December 27, 2013: by, RonnaMartineau
Burial
Birth Name Israel Keen Sr. Last Changed: September 26, 2014: by, Greg Volk
Alternate Name • 0 Sources Birth Name Israel Keen Sr. Last Changed: March 19, 2015: by, FamilySearch
Residence • 0 Sources 1820 Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States Last Changed: January 17, 2018: by, DSquire
Sources
- ↑ Israel Kean in the Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 No Image Name: Israel Kean Spouse: Betsy Robinson Marriage Date: 13 Feb 1796 Marriage Location: Botetourt County, Virginia
See also:
- Ancestry.com: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
- Family records
Acknowledgements
- This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged.
- WikiTree profile Keene-333 created through the import of Watson Family Tree Large.ged on Oct 21, 2011 by Jonathan Watson.
- my 4 th. Great Grandfather ~ Betty Keene.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Israel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Israel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Tom Keen
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B51929, MitoYDNA ID T11195 [compare]
-
~3.12%
John Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T007315 [compare], FTDNA kit #100137
-
~3.12%
Moris Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F266987 [compare], FTDNA kit #266987
-
~1.56%
Greg Roberts :
23andMe, GEDmatch M222750 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A163698 [compare], Ancestry member cjroberts
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T910661 [compare], FTDNA kit #B1955
-
~1.56%
Jimmy Jackson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RU1601516 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZP5090282 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LZ9924926 [compare], FTDNA kit #924790
-
~1.56%
Mary (Keene) McDonald :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Myrtle (Boyd) Street :
23andMe, GEDmatch WR5548552 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WR5548552 [compare], Ancestry member Myrtle_Street
-
~1.56%
Polly (Stumbo) Mead :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Nell (Payne) Byrd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZH9760713 [compare], Ancestry member nowarur26
-
~1.17%
Gary Samples :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Paul Johnson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M241858 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member PAJohnson217
-
~0.78%
Keri Jackson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M050230 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JL8454973 [compare], yourDNAportal KERdda08d04, Ancestry member keridjackson
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HM1250105 [compare], FTDNA kit #836183
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch GQ346442C1 [compare]
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FB5173852 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Ed Street :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY7211974 [compare], yourDNAportal EDD71d4d1cb
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PA3505962 [compare], Ancestry member estreet98
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B686038
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Karen Kemp :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Marty Painter :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Billie (Burdette) Paxton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A731397 [compare], Ancestry member WeeBleats
-
~0.78%
Mike Patak :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A914716 [compare], Ancestry member patakandcraig
-
~0.78%
Cheryl Keen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A429309 [compare], Ancestry member CKT96
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Steven Treadway :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A401944 [compare], Ancestry member steve30052
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XP5836767 [compare]
-
~0.78%
MaryAnn (Hicks) Blimline :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A342910 [compare], Ancestry member mblimline1954
-
~0.78%
Alice Lynch :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wvroads
-
~0.78%
Wanda (Payne) Clough :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PW5259227 [compare], Ancestry member nowarur26
-
~0.78%
Jennifer Jackson :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Tina Trimble :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Garnett Lee :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Dani Starr-Choate :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T195815 [compare], yourDNAportal PATc445bf27, FTDNA kit #595618
-
~0.78%
Gary Mead :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Maggie Hedrick :
23andMe, GEDmatch M866356 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Tom Keen :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Douglas Moore :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member caverdoug
-
~0.39%
Rebecca Mead :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A095592 [compare], Ancestry member rebeccajmead64
-
~0.39%
P. A. Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A752665 [compare], Ancestry member nowarur26
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A752665 [compare], FTDNA kit #B371796
-
~0.39%
Kailyn Meyers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KailynNMeyers
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Lisa Tharp :
MyHeritage DNA
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Katherine Hunter
I have removed Matthias Keen and Sarah Harper as Israel's parents. The best evidence suggests that this couple did not have a son named Israel, nor did they ever live in Virginia.
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by Katherine Hunter
Israel is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 17 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 27 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 16 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 16 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.