Immigrant Keeneys - Thomas Keeney (1578-1675) Line
I would very much like my FGSs to be as accurate as possible and find it frustrating putting this line's together piecemeal.Will someone please correct or expand on the following:
Thomas Keeney born 1578 England; married Ann Douglas Geary (Any additional information on her?); 5 children documented.Thomas Keeney was knighted 04 Oct 1618 and made a baronet (Is being knighted and becoming a baronet all one thing or two separate things?Is this when the family "got" a coat of arms?) by James I of England.This family fled to The Netherlands because of religious persecution under Charles I of England (I guess I should be able to figure out dates for this!Is this how we know they were Puritans?).Does anyone know how long this family was in The Netherlands?Did they go to America from The Netherlands or from England?
Some of Thomas Keeney's family preceded him to America - settling near Plymouth, MA and Dover, NH.Daughter Elizabeth Keeney married Henry Tibbets.Henry Tibbets may have been in America as early as 1633 and he was settled at Dover Neck, NH in 1643.Son John Keeney married Sarah Cheever and they were settled at Salem, MA in 1649 (after their oldest son Henry settled there).Son William Keeney married Agnes (Hill or Douglas?) and William Keeney was north of Boston and taxed at Salem, MA in 1638 and at New London, CT by 1650.Daughter Mary Keeney married John Loom and then Jeremiah Tibbets and Jeremiah Tibbets was at Dover, NH by 1656.Son Thomas Keeney married Mary Loom and then Jane and then Elizabeth and this Thomas Keeney seems to be of Dover, NH by the 1650s.Thomas Keeney (the father) settled in America first in MA (Gloucester, Plymouth, Salem all mentioned) and then in 1651 moved to New London, CT where he lived for the rest of his life.Which children preceded Thomas Keeney to America and did any of them immigrate with him?Did they marry in England or The Netherlands or America?
I am descended from Immigrant Thomas Keeney's (1578-1675) son Immigrant John Keeney (1600-1670).John Keeney was born in England and apparently went to The Netherlands with his parents during the reign of Charles I of England.I wonder how long they stayed there?Was he married to Sarah Cheever there in about 1621 or in London?Were their 7 children born and raised there or in England?Did they leave for America from The Netherlands or from England?Child #1 Henry Keeney was born on 08 Jul 1623 (Where?) and baptized 03 May 1624 in The Netherlands.I don't know about the rest of the children: Henry (above) married Ann Putnam and then Anna and settled at Salem, MA; Arthur was born about 1624 and married Jane and settled at Boston, MA; Alexander was born about 1625 and married Alice (Widow of William Colefax, maybe maiden name Gates) and settled in Wethersfield, CT; Mary was born about 1626 and married a Mr. Knowlton and I know no more about them; Lydia was born about 1627 and married a Mr. Gilman and I know no more about them; John was born about 1629 and is said to have died young (Where?); Elizabeth was born about 1631 and married "Elder" William Wentworth and settled in Dover, NH.Father John Keeney followed son Henry to Salem, MA by 1649 and spent the rest of his life there.Immigrant John Keeney's estate inventory was 18 Aug 1670 and his estate was probated 30 Sep 1670 at Salem, MA.Did the children immigrate with the father?Did they marry in England or The Netherlands or America?
I am descended from Immigrant John Keeney's son Immigrant Alexander Keeney (1625-1680).Alexander Keeney was married 06 Jun 1661 to Alice (Perhaps maiden name Gates; widow of William Colefax who received a Wethersfield, CT homelot 08 Jun 1647 and married about 1652 and had 4 children and died about 1660 - Alice and William were both born in England, did they marry in England and immigrate together or marry in America?); he received a Wethersfield homelot in Mar 1667; they had 7 children:Alexander born about 1662 and married Hannah Searls about 1683 and settled in Elizabethtown, NJ; Sarah born about 1664 and married Thomas Brewer 18 Jan 1682 and settled in Elizabethtown, NJ; twin Thomas born about 1664 too and nothing else is known about him except that he settled in Elizabethtown, NJ too; Joseph born 13 Jan 1666 and married Hannah Hills 08 Nov 1693 ahd settled in East Hartford, CT; Lydia born about 1669 and died about 1683; Ebenezer born about 1672 and married Mary Alice Colt probably in Glastonbury or Wethersfield, CT where they settled; Richard born about 1674 and married Mary Miles about 1704 and then Eunice Fox (widow of John House) about 1725 and settled at Wethersfield, CT.These children were all born in Wethersfield, CT and father Alexander Keeney died there about 1680 (estate probated 15 Oct 1680) and mother Alice died there 23 Feb 1683.
That puts everyone in America.I have one more question I'm hoping someone can answer.Who were the children of Ebenezer Keeney (1672-1723) and Mary Alice Colt (1696-1734)?There is Ebenezer Keeney(1718-1795) who married Betty Davis 07 Dec 1738.And I'm less sure about John Keeney (1712-1800) who married Sarah (Not Webster ...) and lived at Glastonbury and Stratford and New Preston and Washington, CT -- his parentage seems to be disputed, but I most often see him with these parents.Can anyone help me with this?None of the rest of this matters (for me) if these are not his parents as this Ebenezer Keeney is my Keeney ancestor!
All follow-up appreciated.
Sincerely,
Janice
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