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Captain John MCKEEN

Male 1747 - 1829  (82 years)


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  • Name John MCKEEN  [1] 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 4 Feb 1747  Lyme, Connecticutt, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Supply Vessel Captain 
    Religion Presbyterian 
    Death 4 Dec 1829  St. Mary's River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Aspen, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I229  Total list | MacKeen family
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2011 

    Father John MCKEEN,   b. Dec 1700, Londonderry, Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1767, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Martha CARGILL,   b. 1705, Aghadowey, County Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1767, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 1741  Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Church East Derry Presbyterian 
    Family ID F108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel JOHNSON,   b. 1748   d. 03 Dec 1781, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1769  Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John MCKEEN,   b. 30 Dec 1770, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1854 (Age 83 years)
     2. Martha Cargill MCKEEN,   b. 26 Oct 1772, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James MCKEEN,   b. 28 Nov 1774, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1791 (Age 16 years)
    +4. Samuel MCKEEN,   b. 17 Apr 1777, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845, Aspen, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +5. Adam MCKEEN,   b. 17 Sep 1780, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1864, St. Mary's River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +6. Rachel Johnson MCKEEN,   b. 03 Dec 1781, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1813 (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rachel DUNCAN,   b. 1743   d. 20 Jan 1814, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1783  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. William MCKEEN,   b. 4 Jun 1786, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1862 (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Feb 1747 - Lyme, Connecticutt, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Dec 1829 - St. Mary's River, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Evergreen Cemetery, Aspen, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Captain John McKeen    		Captain John McKeen

  • Notes 
    • David McKeen had been joined in May 1804 by his brother John McKeen 2nd (who was married to Elizabeth, a daughter of Dr. John Harris, a pioneer doctor in Nova Scotia.)

      John McKeen was born in Connecticut State, of John McKeen and Martha Kergill his wife, who removed to Truro, Nova Scotia in 1762 where he married Rachel Johnson, daughter of Lieutenant John Johnson of Truro and Sarah his wife, by whom he had John McKeen, Samuel McKeen, Adam McKeen, and Rachel McKeen. She dying he married Rachel widow of Samuel Archibald of Truro by whom he had William McKeen born in Truro the 4th day of June 1786.
      SOURCE Settlement of St. Mary's River

  • Sources 
    1. [S49] The History And Development of Sherbrooke In Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Early Settlement On St. Mary's River.

    2. [S39] Settlement of St. Mary's River, Vol 125, pg. 115.

    3. [S46] St. Mary's River Township Book, NEHGS "Register," Vol 125, pg. 115.


  

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