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Keith, Rev. James

Keith, Rev. James

Male 1643 - 1719  (76 years)

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  • Name Keith, James  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Title Rev. 
    Born 1643  Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 28 Jul 1702  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 23 Jul 1719  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I4545  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 3 May 1668  Lincoln, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Keith, Mary,   b. Abt 1668, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1760, W Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
     2. Keith, James,   b. 5 Dec 1669, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Keith, Susanna,   b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1689, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)  [natural]
     4. Keith, Josiah,   b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Keith, Margaret,   b. Abt 1675, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Keith, Samuel,   b. 1677, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1759, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     7. Keith, Joseph,   b. 14 Feb 1675  [natural]
     8. Keith, Timothy,   b. 1683, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1767, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
     9. Keith, Ensign John,   b. 1688, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1761, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Williams, Mary 
    Married 1709 
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1643 - Aberdeen, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 May 1668 - Lincoln, Middlesex, MA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 1719 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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    James_Keith_House[1].JPG
    James_sign[1].JPG
    James and Susanna Keith's Grave    		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 
    1. [S1214] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 157.
      U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970      		 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970


    2. [S1834] Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. III.
      Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889      		 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889


    3. [S1835] Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850      		 Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850


    4. [S1481] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775      		 Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775


    5. [S1292] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930      		 U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930


    6. [S1482] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700      		 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    7. [S1188] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Ancestors of Silas Ayers and Mary Byram Ayers : including the Alden, Ayers and Byram families.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000      		 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000



  

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