Keith, Rev. James b. 1643 Aberdeen, Scotland d. 23 Jul 1719 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA: Michael and Deborah Hervey's Genealogy

1643 - 1719 (76 years)

Name	Keith, James [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Title	Rev.
Birth	1643	Aberdeen, Scotland [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Residence	28 Jul 1702	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony [3]
Death	23 Jul 1719	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Person ID	I4545	My Genealogy
Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

Father	Keith, Robert
Relationship	natural
Mother	(Keith), Unknown
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F1645	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Edson, Susanna, b. 1640, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Oct 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)

Marriage 3 May 1668 Lincoln, Middlesex, MA [6]

Children

+	1. Keith, Mary, b. Abt 1668, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 Feb 1760, W Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	2. Keith, James, b. 5 Dec 1669, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Keith, Susanna, b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Abt 1689, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 14 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	4. Keith, Josiah, b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Keith, Margaret, b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	6. Keith, Joseph, b. 14 Feb 1675 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	7. Keith, Samuel, b. 1677, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Feb 1759, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	8. Keith, Timothy, b. 1683, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Nov 1767, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	9. Keith, Ensign John, b. 1688, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Jun 1761, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F1051 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Dec 2024

Family 2	Williams, Mary
Marriage	1709
Family ID	F1646	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

Photos

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James and Susanna Keith's Grave

Notes

First Reverend in Bridgewater

For nearly a hundred and sixty years, till 1822, the people went to town-meetings in what is now West Bridgewater, the old centre of the town; and for fifty years they attended Sunday services at the same
place, till 1716, when this southern part of the town was organized as the South Parish for church and school purposes, and a meeting-house was built near the site of the present First Parish, or Unitarian,
church, the Rev. James Keith preaching the dedication sermon, August 14, 17I7 The house was forty-three feet by thirty-eight, without tower or belfry. A low partition up the centre separated the men and women, who sat on very rude benches; and the deacons sat in front of the pulpit, facing the people. August I8, the First Church in this parish, of more than fifty members, was organized Benjamin Alien was immediately engaged to preach and on July g, 1718, was formally settled. He probably lived in the Edson-Lazell house, now occupied by Miss Clara Washburn, or certainly very near this site. After thirteen years he was released by a council in I730, and was afterward settled in Maine, dying there in 1764 Source::The Bridgewater Book

Property owners:
"To These fity-four were added Samuel Edson, the first miller, who came from Salem, and Rev James Keith, the first minister and Edson's son-in-law, educated at Aberdeen, and installed at
Bridgewater 1664 at the age of 21. "

According to Jarvis Edson: Born in Scotland, educated at Aberdeen and at the age of 18 emigrated to this country, arriving in Boston in 1662, and introduced to the church in Bridgeweater by Dr. Increase Mather.

Sources

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