Lawrence KEEN

Male 1784 - 1789  (4 years)


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  • Name Lawrence KEEN 
    Born 4 Sep 1784 
    Gender Male 
    Died 26 Jul 1789  New York City, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I588  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2017 

    Father Reynold KEEN
              b. Dec 1736, Island of Barbadoes Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Aug 1800, Philadelphia, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Anne LAWRENCE, .i
              b. 1751, Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Aug 1823, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 30 May 1782  Gloria Die Churchyard, Wicacoa., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Registration #429; Reynold KEEN and John LAWRENCE (seal but no signature) [bound to Will'm-LIVINGSTON, Governor... 500 pounds on 29 May 1782. Contract of Marriage between Reynold-KEEN... and Nancy LAWRENCE of Monmouth.
    Family ID F280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . 1783 Sep 23, Princeton, NJ. Done in Congress, Elias Boudianant, President:
      Lawrence Keen, Esq. is appointed Prothonotary for Northumberland county, in the room of Mathew Smith, Esq., resigned.
      Ref: New York Gazetteer & Albany Northern Intelligencer Newspaper, published 27 Oct 1783.

      . 1789 Jul 26 - Died on Sunday, the 26th instant in this city, Lawrence Keene,Esquire, Prothonotary of the Co. of Northumberland, after a long & painful illness; & Monday his rains are followed to the grave by a large & respectable number of his fiends & follow citizens.
      His body was deposited in a vault in Christ Church Burying found, until it can be removed, agreeably to this own most earnest desire, to the town of Sunbury.
      Ref: New York Daily Gazette.

      . 1810 Oct 16, Tues. I will sell at private a Lot of Ground containing about 36 acres, with a quarter of a mile from Fells Point, granting on the road from Toon's Gardens to the Philadelphia road & immediately to the northward of a lot known by the name of Gilmours Gardens, formerly belong to Mr Gilmor. This'll be sold together or in lots as shall best suit purchasers. Any person wishing it, may be shown the hole of the property, by my son-in-law, Mr. Lawrence Keene, who lives with me, who has plats thereof. it will be offered for public sale on premisses, the 29th instant, at 12 o'clock in the forenoon. Luther Martin, Oct. 10th
      Ref: Federal Republican Newspaper, Baltimore, Maryland).

      . KEARNY, LAWRENCE, MSS, 1814-1844., 5 vols. Gift of J. Lawrence Boggs, 1937.
      Two log books of the U.S. Ship Warren, 1827-29 & 3 letterbooks, 1814-29, 1839-44, kept by or for Kearny while in command of U.S. Brig Enterprize, frigates Potomac, US, Constellation & ship Warren.
      Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society.
      Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -