Jacob Keen (1731 - 1788)

Born 21 Nov 1731 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Deborah Keene — married 15 Dec 1756 in Pembroke, Washington, Maine

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1788 at age 56 in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private Jacob Keen served with 1st Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jacob Keen is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-258001
Rank: Soldier

Jacob was born in 1731. He passed away in 1788.

Jacob Keen (from Eaton's History)

Jacob, b. Nov. 21, 1731 in Pembroke, Mass.; m. his second cousin, Deborah, dau. of Isaac Keen of Pembroke, and soon after purchased hog Island near the borders of what is now Bremen, Me., where he resided some years, but to the title of which difficulties soon were raised. He employed a lawyer by the name of Bradbury, who managed so well that he named his eldest daughter Bradbury; but his lawyer dying, matters went against him, he lost his possession and his island home, left in a flat-boat or gondola with his family, his cw, and all his estate on board, stopped on the main in Bremen for a few months, and then sailed along the indented coast of the State to what is now Rockland, settling on the west side of Tolman's or Chikawauka Lake. His brother John about the same time settled in the town of Turner. Jacob, besides being a hunter as before mentioned, was we have since learned, an able seaman, capable of navigating a ship to any opart of the world; was of a sandy complexion with blue eyes and a stature of six feet; was noted for intelligence, muscular strength, and endurance, together with some eccentricities - receiving the New Testament, but rejecting the Old, and professing the Quaker faith without being a member of the society; was injured by the fall upon him of the companion-doors at sea, from the effects of which, 8 years after, he died Oct. 10, 1788. His wife died July 20, 1825, aged 84, leaving 14 children, 87 grandchildren, and 61 great grandchildren.

Military service

Keen, Jacob. Private, Capt. Philip M. Ulmer's co., Col. Samuel McCobb's regt.; service from July 8, 1779, to Sept. 24, 1779, 2 mos. 16 days, on Penobscot expedition.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State, Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the Revolution (Boston, Mass.: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1896, Vol. 9:16.

• Abstract of Graves of Revoluntionary Patriots: Tolman Cemetery; plot 55; Rockland, Maine
• AGBI: vol. 94; page 187
• Massesutsetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records- 1700-1850; New England Historical Society- Vital Records of Pembroke, Mass to the year 1850: Ancestry.com-Operations, Inc. pub. date 2018; Lehi, Ut
• Linage Book NSDAR: vol. 094-1912
• SAR # 17965