Thomas KEENE (1593?-1653)

Individual Events and Attributes

Marriage

Individual Note 1

Note: Probably one of the original settlers of Kent Island (near the mouth of the Potomoc). 3

Event: Property 13 DEC 1653

Note: Granted 527 acres in Northumberland County by Virginia Gov. Richard Bennett, Esq. 3

Occupation: Planter & cooper. Possibly a merchant. 3 25

Immigration: 1644 to Northumberland Co, Virginia

Note: Immigrated from St. Marys County, Maryland, across the Potomac River to Northumberland County, Virginia. 3

Probate: 20 JAN 1653 26 27

Event: Note 30 APR 1638

Note: A record shows that Thomas was one of 23 men who were transported to St. Mary's Co, MD, by Capt. George Evelin to seat the manor of Evelinton. 9

Residence: 1648 Saint Marys Co, Maryland 3

Event: Milit_Serv AFT 1631

Note: He may have served in the Virginia militia under Col. William Clayborne near West Point, Virginia. 28

Residence: 09 DEC 1650 Cherry Point, Northumberland Co, VA. 3 29

Event: Note 14 MAY 1607

Note: English colonists went ashore in Virginia to begin building a permanent settlement on May 14, 1607 and named it "Jamestown" after England's King James I.²

Individual Note 2

Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from the Chickacoan District.

Thomas Keene was born about 1593 in England. He married Mary Thorley, probably in VA. Thomas died in 1652 in Northumberland, VA.

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