Unknown
Keen
aka Keene
Born about in London, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha (UNKNOWN) Keen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Keene and Josiah Keen Sr.
Died before
before about age 60
in England
Profile last modified
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Biography
(___) Keen was born in London, on London Bridge, about 1578, according to a family record written by his great-grandson, Hezekiah Keen.[1]
He was the unknown husband of Martha Keene, who died before she emigrated with his family to New Englandon the ship Confidence which sailed out of Southampton, England, 24 April 1638. The family consisted of his 60 year old wife, Martha, his 17 year old son, John, Jr., his 13 year old daughter, Elizabeth, and his other children, Martha, Josiah, and Sarah.[2]
The family settled in Hingham. There were two sons who remained in England.[citation needed]
Research Notes
Did not Die: 14 Nov 1649, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts. * Where did this date come from? Could this be John Keayne JOHN, Hingham, d. 14 Jan. 1650, of wh. no more is kn. but that his name appears sometimes Cane.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Hezekiah Keen's Account Book with Family Records" Mayflower Descendant Vol. 28(1930):5-6. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) Link by $ubscription.
- ↑ "Passengers for New England, 1638," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2 (1847):108-110, at 109.
- ↑ Savage's Genealogical Dictionary
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 2, p. 109.subscribers,Google Books
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Sources that indicate there was an elder John Kene/Keene/Kane/Kaine/Keayne/CAINE on board:
edited by Gina M
John Keene, age 17
Martha Keene, age 60
Eliza Keene
Martha Keene
Josias Keene
Sarah Keene.
No mention of a husband for Martha Keene.
We need a source for John Keene the supposed father and wife of Martha and also for the biography that is now present.
It refers to a Martha Wilder, but I'm not sure if that's the wife Martha or a daughter Martha.