Person:Alexander Keeney (1)

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Alexander Keeney
b.Bef 1633
d.Bef 1 Oct 1680
  • HAlexander KeeneyBef 1633 - Bef 1680
  • WAlice _____Bef 1633 - 1682/83
m. Bef 1662
  1. Alexander KeeneyCal 1662 -
  2. Thomas KeeneyCal 1664 -
  3. Sarah KeeneyCal 1664 -
  4. Joseph KeeneyAbt 1666 -
  5. Lydia KeeneyCal 1669 -
  6. Ebenezer KeeneyCal 1672 -
  7. Richard KeeneyCal 1674 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Alexander Keeney
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1633 Based on estimated date of birth of wife.
Marriage Bef 1662 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on calculated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Alice _____
Death[1][3] Bef 1 Oct 1680 Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][3] 1 Oct 1680 £80-06-00. Taken by Nathaniel Boreman, John Wolcott.
Probate[3] 2 Dec 1680 Administration to the relict.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Alexander Keeney, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:462.

    "Keeney, (Kenee), Savage says, this name has not become Kinee. Alexander, acc. to both Savage and Hinman, was at Weth. early; his name does not appear on Weth. Rec. till 1666-7, … but Htfd. Co. Prob. Rec. accredit him to Weth. where he d. in 1680, the invent, of his est. being taken 15 Oct. [1 October per Manwaring], that yr. by Nath'l Boreman and John Wolcott, amt. of est. £86-06-00, ment. the wid. (name not given) and … ch. … The est. was left with the wid. until ch. should come of age (Ct. Rec. 2 Dec., 1680); in 1682 the Town paid for the schooling of two of the children. His eld. Son, Alexander, rec'd from the Town, in 1683, a gt. Of 20 acres ld. In (present) So. Glast."

  2. Alexander Keeny, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:3.

    "Keeny, Keny, or Keeney, Alexander, Wethersfield, freem. 1667, d. 1680, leav. Alexander, 18; Thomas, and Sarah, tw. 16; Joseph, 14; Lydia, 11; Ebenezer, 8; and Richard, 6. His wid. Alice d. 1683."

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kenee, Alexander, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:327-28.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 40.

    Kenee, Alexander, Wethersfield. Invt. £80-06-00. Taken 1st October, 1680, by Nathaniel Boreman, John Wolcott. Legatees: The Relict, son Alexander age 18 years, Thomas 16, Sarah 16, Joseph 14, Lydiah 11, Ebenezer 8, Richard 6 years.

    Court Record, Page 32—2 December, 1680: Adms. to the Relict.

    Page 40—20 April, 1681: The Estate to be left with the Widow until the children come of age, for their bringing up, there being but £52-11-08 left after Debts were paid, and no Estate in Land."

  4.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:3.

    "ALEXANDER, Wethersfield, freem. 1667, d. 1680, leav. Alexander, 18; Thomas, and Sarah, tw. 16; Joseph, 14; Lydia, 11; Ebenezer, 8; and Richard, 6. His wid. Alice d. 1683."