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Family of John KEITH and Hannah WASHBURN

Husband: John KEITH (c. 1685-1761)
Wife: Hannah WASHBURN (1689-1766)
Children: John KEITH (1712- )
James KEITH (1716- )
Israel KEITH (1719- )
Hannah KEITH (1721- )
Keziah KEITH (1723- )
Daniel KEITH (1725- )
Susanna KEITH (1727-1750)
Zephaniah KEITH (1730- )
Joseph KEITH (1736- )
Mary KEITH (1738- )
Marriage 18 Apr 1711 Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US

Husband: John KEITH

Name: John KEITH
Sex: Male
Father: James* KEITH (c. 1675- )
Mother: -
Birth 1685 (est)
Death 11 Jun 1761 (age 75-76) Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US

Wife: Hannah WASHBURN

Name: Hannah WASHBURN
Sex: Female
Father: Samuel * WASHBURN (c. 1651- )
Mother: Deborah * PACKARD (c. 1655-aft1725)
Birth 1689 Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US
Death 4 Mar 1766 (age 76-77) Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US

Child 1: John KEITH

Name: John KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 1 Aug 1712

Child 2: James KEITH

Name: James KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 16 Jun 1716

Child 3: Israel KEITH

Name: Israel KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 9 Jan 1719

Child 4: Hannah KEITH

Name: Hannah KEITH
Sex: Female
Birth 7 Apr 1721

Child 5: Keziah KEITH

Name: Keziah KEITH
Sex: Female
Birth 25 Aug 1723

Child 6: Daniel KEITH

Name: Daniel KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 2 May 1725

Child 7: Susanna KEITH

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Susanna KEITH

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Spouse: Ebenezer * HINDS

Name: Susanna KEITH
Sex: Female
Spouse: Ebenezer * HINDS (1719-1812)
Birth 1727
Death 5 Apr 1750 (age 22-23) Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US1
Burial First Cemetary
Bridgwater, Plymouth, MA, US
Section C, grave 375

Child 8: Zephaniah KEITH

Name: Zephaniah KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 8 Mar 1730

Child 9: Joseph KEITH

Name: Joseph KEITH
Sex: Male
Birth 1736

Child 10: Mary KEITH

Name: Mary KEITH
Sex: Female
Birth 1738

Note on Husband: John KEITH

On 30 Jan. 1722/3 John Keith purchased from Samuel Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, and Benjamin Washburn, “brethren,” three quarters of five acres of undivided land in Bridgewater.[188] On 24 Dec. 1724 Samuel Washburn, Nehemiah Washburn, Benjamin Washburn, Jr., and John Keith, and wife Hannah, all of Bridgewater, sold to Thomas Hayward 3rd, half a purchase right in the Second Divi­sion, and on 8 July 1728 Samuel Washburn, Benjamin Washburn, Jr., and John Keith, and wife Hannah, all of Bridgewater, sold to Nehemiah Washburn two lots in Titicut Purchase, Bridgewater.[189] On 10 Apr. 1730 Benjamin Washburn Jr., cordwainer, sold to John Keith, of Bridgewater, land in Titicut Purchase, Bridgewater.[190] On 17 Dec. 1739 Benjamin Washburn, Jr., cordwainer, and John Keith, Gentleman, both of Bridgewater, sold to Ebenezer Byram, Gentleman, one quarter of a purchase right of undivided lands ... in Bridgewater “which derived from Samuel Washburn late of Bridgewater.”[191] On 5 Apr. 1743 John Keith, Gentleman, sold land in South Bridgewater to Benjamin Washburn, Jr., housewright, bounded by his lot and land of Solomon Leonard, a lot bounded by Francis Wood, and another lot bounded by Israel Keith.[192] This Benjamin Washburn Jr. was a son of John Keith's brother-in-law, Capt. Benjamin Washburn.

 

Ensign John Keith was appointed as administrator of the estate of his son, John Keith, Jr., in 1747.

 

Ensign John Keith, Gentleman, died testate on 11 June 1761 in Bridgewater, aged 72 years.[193] His will was dated 2 June 1761, and probated on 3 Aug. 1761, and he named his grandson, David Keith, son of his son John Keith, deceased, as executor of his estate, and mentioned his wife Hannah; sons James, Daniel, Zephaniah, and Joseph Keith; grandson Azel, son of son John Keith, deceased; heirs of son Israel Keith, deceased; heirs of daughter Susanna Hinds, deceased; daughter Hannah, wife of Philip Hall; and daughter Mary [no surname given.][194] Hannah (Washburn) Keith died on 4 Mar. 1766 in Bridgewater, aged 76 years.[195]

Sources

1Nahum Mitchell, "History of Bridgewater" (1840).