Traded between Teignmouth and Newfoundland

Captain Trapp traded between Teignmouth and Labrador, he built a cottage at Labrador.

Married 31st Oct 1833 in St John's
John Searly was originally from Teignmouth Devon, Phoeby Marshall is believed to be the daughter of George Marshall and Ann Earle and the Granddaughter of David and Amy Marshall.
Taken from NL Genweb Anglican Cathedral of St John's.

John Seeley St John's age 62 died February 5 1865. Drowned 5 weeks previously, taken up from wrecked vessel which went ashore near Petty Harbour; born Dec 31 1802 East Teignmouth, Devon, son of Edward & Mary; married 1833 to Phoebe Marshall dau of George Marshall & Ann Earle.

Robert Cook St John's age 43 died April 7 1859 married Ann Aylesbury native of Ringmore. He worked for HM Customs.

Edward Gale St John's age 11 died March 21 1861 son of Thomas Gale of Stokeinteignhead Devon. Married providence Skinner of Newfoundland.

Thomas Gale of Lazy Banks age 32 died June 26 1856. Baptized 1856 in Stokeinteignhead Devon. Son of Jonas Gale and  Catherine Byrne married 1847 (per family no record) to providence Skinner. His family later moved to Massachusetts.

Catherine Harvey St John's age 70 died Dec 17 1861. Wife of John he a native of Stokeinteignhead Devon.

Thomas Coyell St Jon's age 73 died Jan 19 1862 resident of Stokeinteignhead Devon. Married 1812 to Elizabeth Morrison. He was bap Jan 13 1790 Stokeinteignhead to William and Elizabeth Coyle.

Louisa Palfrey St John's age 48 died June 10 1858. Daughter of Michael Rowsell of Teignmouth Devon. wife of Captain William Palfrey.

Sarah Langstone  St John's age 39 died Aug 5 1862. Widow of Henry, she of Ringmore Devon.

John Cook South Side, St John's age 66 died May 23 1866. Married 1825 to Hannah Damarell; son of John Cook of Teignmouth, Devon & Mary Chafe of Petty Harbour (mother's maiden name per Jackie Ebsary).

Thomas Westcott St John's age 67 died Nov 8 1863. Died Nov 5 1863 age 69 per headstone, born Teignmouth, Devon. Married Sidney Angel, daughter of John (Samuel) Angel & Jane Jerrard.

William Westcott age 73 died December 15 1867. Married 1825 to Joanna Griffiths; he was a native of Teignmouth, Devon.

Johannah Westcott St John's age 69 died Jun 1 1870. Nee GRIFFITHS, married 1825 to William Westcott of Teignmouth, Devon.

William Westcott St John's age 44 Oct 25 1875. Born 1828, son of William Westcott Sr (of Teignmouth, Devon) & Joanna Griffiths; married 1854 to Sarah Ann Williams.

Richard Cooke St John's age 44 died May 5 1866. Native of Ringmore, Devon. Worked for Stabb & Rowe. Married 1846 to Martha Diana Aylesbury.

William Cooke St John's age 4 months died February 12 1867. William Archibald, son of Henry Cooke of Ringmore, Devon & Susannah Arnott.

Mary Acland St John's age 6 died April 16 1867. daughter of Charles Acland of Teignmouth, Devon & Emma Marshall of St Johns.



Adelaide Ellis St John's age 6 months May 2 1866. Adelaide Jessie Ashford, daughter of Charles Ellis Jr (b Woodbury Devon) & Mary Jane Pinkham (b Teignmouth, Devon).

John M. Land St John's age 73 died Dec 11 1866. Native of Teignmouth, Devon.

Harriet Blackaller St John's age 80 died July 24 1873. Widow of John Blackaller (he bap Jan 10 1799 Stoke in Teignhead, Devon, son of William Blackaller & Anne Lang). May be the Harriet Rebecca Coles who married 1819 St Savoury, Surrey to John Blackaller. Resided 1851 at Torquay Devon; 1861 at Tormoham. Harriet was born at St Marys Church, Devon.

Mary Ann Whitten St John's age 77 Jan 23 1875. bap 1798, dau of John Cook of Teignmouth, Devon & Mary Chafe of Petty Harbour. Married 1816 to George Whitten.

George Whitten St John's age 95 Mar 20 1878. Newspaper have age as 85 but clearly written as 95 in these records. Married 1816 to Mary Ann Cook (died 1875 age 77) dau of John Cook of Teignmouth, Devon & Mary Chafe of Petty Harbour.

William Pinkham St John's age 61 Aug 5 1877. Born Stock in Teignhead, Devon; married 1839 Newton Abbott Devon to Ann Harvey. Tentative son of Thomas Pinkham & Elizabeth Butchers.

The Influence of Absentee Landlords

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The Influence of Absentee Landlords

These agents, such as Thomas Bulley Job who, in 1852 represented the estate belonging to Martha Ann Kean of East Teignmouth, County of Devon in England, (2) were also responsible for the collection of ground rents from leaseholders. The amount of annual ground rents the absentees received from their St. John's properties is not known, but according to an 1882 report of the legislature on land tenure in St. John's, they earned annually $65,610 from the rental of land on the south side of Water Street alone. (3) Government leaders of the day estimated the total at between one and two hundred thousand dollars for all of St. John's. (4) What is not clear is the extent to which, especially in the area above Water Street, agents merely acted on behalf of the absentees, or to which the agents themselves acquired land on which to build. Since they were often prominent merchants and lawyers, they were probably able to serve their own interests as well as those of the absentees they represented. Certainly many were men of substance active in commercial and political circles. As examples, we might cite the case of Newman Hoyles, who in the 1830s was Colonial Treasurer, member of the House of Assembly for Fortune Bay, and local agent for the West Country Newman interests (5); or that of Premier William Whiteway who with his law partner represented the Clapp estate. (6) In 1890 the mercantile agents and their absentee clients included Henry J. Stabb (the Brooks and Bulley estates), R. H. Prowse (the Stripling, Taylor, Twysden, Robert Keen, and McLea holdings), and George T. Rendell (the Studdy, Kean, Tucker, and Adams properties). (7)

1. Melvin Baker, "The Government of St. John's, Newfoundland, 1800-1921" (Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Western Ontario, 1980), 16-33, 43-6.2. Newfoundland District Central Court, 1844-1888, Registry of Deeds, "Martha Ann Kean to Thomas Bulley Job et al," 1924 (located in the Newfoundland Registry of Deeds and Companies, Confederation Building, St. John's).

Will of Ann Tyndall

Will of Ann Tyndall

In re: ANN TYNDALL DECEASED. The will index gives the probate year, for this will, as 1867, but it is filed chronologically with wills from 1886. This is the last will and testament of me Ann Tyndall at present residing in Plymouth in the County of Devon England widow I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved son Joseph Tyndall of Moreton Hampstead in the County of Devon aforesaid Farmer his heirs executors administrators and assigns all my lands tenements and hereditaments goods chattels debts and effects whatsoever belonging to me in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or elsewhere also all my lands tenements and hereditaments goods and chattels in the island of Newfoundland and all my undivided share or shares of and in my late father Robert or Robin Keen’s estate situated at Saint John’s Harbor Grace Greenspond Bonavista and Keels or in any other property belonging to the said estate situated in Surinam or elsewhere in the said Island of Newfoundland To have and to hold the said lands tenements goods chattels debts share or shares and hereditaments aforesaid with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Joseph Tyndall his heirs executors administrators and assigns and for his and their sole and absolute use benefit and behoof for ever And I hereby appoint my said son Joseph Tyndall sole executor of this my will and I hereby revoke and annul all former wills heretofore made by me In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this first day of December Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight- Ann Tyndall (LS) Signed sealed published and declared by the said testatrix Ann Tyndall as and for her last will and testament in the presence of us who at her request and in the presence of her and of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the words "or elsewhere" "in Surinam or" and "of Newfoundland" being first interlined_ Robt Prowse- Samuel Mudge- Certified correct, D. M. Browning Registrar

Wills relating to the Keen Family

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William Keen

Been Sworn by Commission duty of Barristers

In the Name of God Amen

I ,William Keen of West Teignmouth ,in the County of Devon, being of perfect sound mind and memory and in perfect health and shortly bound on a Voyage to Sea and calling to mind the dangers there of and the mortality of my body and to prevent disputes after my death, I do make this my Last Will and Testament, and in manner following that it is to say principally and first of all foremost my soul to God who gave it trusting to his Glory through the trust of my Holy Saviour Jesus Christ and my body as it shall please him to dispose of it or as something such worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to -?bless-----me, Forgive, Bestow and Bequeath the same manner hereinafter mentioned ?Imprimus I will and direct that all legacies that were left by my father William Keen Esquire to my children that shall be unpaid at the time of my death with lawful interest therein from the time of their attaining the age of twenty-one years respectively at which time the said legacies become due to them all shall be paid out of my efforts. I give my son William Keen, my daughter Silence Tucker and my daughter Mary Kean each one hundred pounds sterling, and to my son Benjamin Keen five hundred pounds sterling agreeable to my said father’s will. Then I will give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Keen the interest of one thousand pounds sterling for which the sum may be put into some public fund or Government Security but if my Executors shall choose to pay to my said wife the ?total /annual sum equal to the interest to be obtained in such Public Fund growth it would have be such as will be most secure and advantageous then and in that case they giving her proper security for it may pay her the value of said interest without putting it into such a fund for if they find it more for their mutual benefit to pay an interest equal to what would arise from the sum of one thousand pounds put into such a fund as aforesaid. I will give them the use of their own judgment in that case as all I want of them is that my said wife may fairly receive a yearly sum equal to such interest as would arise from one thousand pounds sterling if put into such public funds and it grew and make no difference to her from where the money comes so that she has security for it to be paid to her yearly and every year during her natural life and no longer provided she shall so long live in the State of Widowhood and no longer and the said annual interest of the sum of one thousand pounds with the other articles herein after mentioned I give to my said wife Elizabeth Keen in full satisfactions and ------ proven legacies or part of my Estate that she might or could claim and on her death and burial or on the day of her future marriage all payment of this legacy is to cease. I also give to my said wife all her own wearing apparel and rings, gold watch, jewels and a gold snuff box. My best bed ------with all its apparatus with her dressing table one other mahogany table , 6 of the best chairs and one guilt framed looking glass, my picture drawn by Pine I leave to my wife during her life of future marriage but at her death my said picture is to be given to my daughter Mary Keen and her forever. Then I give to my daughter Silence Tucker and her the sum of one thousand pounds to be paid out of my Estate in good and lawful money of Great Britain. Then I give to my daughter Mary Keen the life sum of one thousand pounds to be paid out of my Estate. Then I give all the furniture of my house at West Teignmouth or that shall be part of any house I may possess at the time of my death in any of Great Britain except what has before been mentioned for my wife and except my bookcase and books so say all household stuff and furniture. German Wooden plate and every other article of furniture to be equally divided between my two daughters Silence Tucker and Mary Keen. Then my gold repeating watch made by Browne I give to my son Benjamin Keene along with my bookcase and all my books. Then my father’s picture in miniature set in gold with the other picture in the same case I give to my daughter Silence Tucker. Then my gold watch made by Dobson I give to my daughter Mary Keen. Then my wife’s picture drawn by Pine and my father’s picture drawn by ?Sall ,I give to my son Robert alias Robbin Keen. Then whereas my son William Keen my oldest son has misbehaved and still continues to do so and by the impurity of his conduct last year has throwing off his filial duty to me who am conscious of no other fault towards him than a too tender and indulgent a disposition was  a means of prejudicing my interest in my trade near a thousand pounds sterling and without having any remorse for such ill conduct shows me no more hope of his altering his practices which I have often expressed my dislike of but directly contrary to my commands persists obstinately in his disobedience , I therefore with sorrow an d regret but in justice to myself and family who have all been prejudiced by his sinful and base disobedience and as punishment for an undutiful son I give and bequeath to him my said eldest son William Keen my Brigantine Drake with all her apparel, tables and furniture as she shall stand at the time of my death, that ----- is no insured of four hundred pounds .If it should so happen that the said ----- should not be  in being so that he may ---- her at the time of my death then my will is that my executors may pay him out of my estate the sum of four hundred pounds as a equivalent or in lieu of the said Brigantine Drake but and if my said son William Shall repent after my death and show such marks of repentance as not to solemnize a marriage with wife Elizabeth Escott which I so absolutely  disallow and forbid I say if he does not marry the said wife Elizabeth Escott and will give my Executors hereinafter mentioned a bond for five Thousand Pounds that he has or will Solemnize such marriage with wife Elizabeth Escott as aforesaid but bonefide without fraud shall comply with my will in the matter in which is that he does not ever marry the said wife Elizabeth Escott that then and in that case he shall come in equal with my other two son rest s Benjamin Keen and Robert Alias Robbin Keen for an equal share of everything that I shall leave after paying of all the legacies in the Will and all my just debts and in that case the Brigantine Drake shall not be given to him I manner aforesaid as his whole legacy but be disposed of as hereinafter mentioned how I furthermore direct that my son Benjamin Keen shall pay out of his own part of the efforts money and that I shall leave to him the sum of one hundred pounds sterling towards the defraying of expenses of two years schooling from the time of my son Robert alias Robbin Keen in order to make some equality in the expense of his education as that of Said Benjamin has already paid by me for all the and provisions of my Estate, Real and Personal, Lands, Tenements and Establishments, Fishing Rooms, Stages, Stores and all manner of fishing craft ,ships boats stocks in Trade ,debts, bonds ,rotes of sand leases loans legacies goods and chattels of what kind so ever. I am now or at the time of my death I shall be so possessed of or entitled to whosoever to be found in Europe, Asia , Africa and America on hose high seas or on any land to be equally divided between my two sons Benjamin Keen and Robert Alias Robbin Keen provided always that in case my son William Keen shall repent an d give servility above mentioned for his not solemnizing matrimony with his wife Elizabeth Escott that then it is my will and always has been my intention that he my said son William Keen son shall be comprehended in this last noted Clause as amply and fully as if his name had been first mentioned therein and that he come in for an equal share of all my efforts and Estates with his two brothers Benjamin Keen and Robert alias Robbin Keen anything herein contained to the contrary in any ways notwithstanding and then the Brigantine Drake or value if lost and the insurance had or to be had is to be thrown into the joint stock but as my son William and my son Benjamin are of age and capable of pursuing my business but my son Robert alias Robbin is now only of the age of fourteen years or thereabouts it will so prosper that the two older sons William and Benjamin should not meet with any burden or in pursuing the Trade in Newfoundland by my dying at such a season of the year for want of my directions time may be lost. Fish or direct that if my sons William and Benjamin intend to pursue the Trade that they choose good, honest and proper xxxxxto value the Sea Triumph with my son William shall have and the ?sloop Elizabeth which my son Benjamin shall have they paying the one third of real value of each according to a just valuation , to my son Robert alias Robbin Keen that is to say on his behalf to this Guardian herein after mentioned as also my said son William Keen and my said son Benjamin Keen shall have each three shallops with their sails ,ropes and riggings not to take all the best but fairly divide them so that my said son Robert alias Robbin not be injured thereby they paying Robert alias Robbin or his Guardian for his own third share of at a moderate and just valuation and as they my said sons William and Benjamin may make use of some of the fishing rooms stages flakes and for reviving their own trade one third of which and shall belong to their brother Robert Keen now a minor in my house in Teignmouth,my will is that he the said Robert alias Robbin Keen’s one third part not be neglected but kept in good an d proper repair by the said William and Benjamin until he the said Robert alias Robbin shall attain an age of 21 years if they or either of them shall so long occupy any of the same fishing rooms, stages, or so long as they should occupy the same and whatever part or parcel shall be occupied by them or either of them one third of which shall be and deemed to belong to said brother Robert alia Robbin Keen and for all and every three boats, rooms they shall so occupy they shall allow their said brother Robert alias Robbin Keen five pounds sterling per annum and they the said William and Benjamin keep the whole in good repair at their own expense until my said son Robert alias Robert Keen becomes Twenty one years of age and shall enter upon and take possession of his said one third of the whole of the above noted legacy and before he arrives to that age his guardian shall get and receive all his ??? for him and for the rents and profits of all my other Fishing Rooms in Newfoundland not occupied by my said sons they shall account yearly and every year with the guardian of my said son Robert alias Robbin as well as for all other rents and profits any way arising out of my Estates wherein my said son Robert alias Robbin has any part share or interest in it is  here and always to be noted that what I have said in this last noted part giving my son William an equal share with his brothers is founded on his reforming to the former part of this my will namely that he does not marry wife Elizabeth Escott and give the mentioned servility for other ways my said son William is not to be entitled to any share of my efforts with my other children but to have only the Brigantine Drake as above noted anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding. Then I appoint my wife Elizabeth Keen Guardian to and for my son Robert alias Robbin till he attains the age of twenty one years. Then I appoint my son in law Thomas Tucker with my son Benjamin Keen with my wife Elizabeth Keen an d my daughter Mary Keen joint executors and executrixes of this my last will and testament enjoining them to peace and brotherly and filial love revoking all other wills and bequests whatever. I confirm this to be my last Will and Testament written with my own hand sealed with my own seal in Teignmouth the 20^thday of April 1772. Published or pronounced and declared to be his last will and testament in the presence of us John Rendell, Sarah Rendell, Rose ?Teasey her mark X

Codicil of William Keen’s Will

I William Keen of Teignmouth in the County of Devon inhabitant now in Greenspond in Newfoundland on this the Thirtieth day of November 1773 make and publish this codicil to my last will and testament which will I left in the hands of my daughter Silence Tucker of Teignmouth after my leaving last from there in the manner following that is to say that whereas I said in the last will explaining my dislikes to the marriage of my son William Keen to his wife Elizabeth Escott and accordingly did leave to him but some small portion of what I said should be possessed of at the time of my death in case he should marry the said wife Escott as reforming being ? so the said Will and Testament will appear I do hereby order and declare that my will is that my said son William shall not be so deprived as mentioned in my said past will and Testament for his marrying the said wife Escott but that he shall have an equal share with my two other sons Benjamin Keen and Robert alias Robbin Keen of all other efforts that shall leave whether Lands, Tenements and Investments, Money, Goods, Stocks in Trade, Ships, Craft Bills, Bonds ???? of Land, Mortgages Debt in Newfoundland as well as Great Britain, as well as in America or wherever the same may be found after the paying the fortunes to my two daughters Silence Tucker and Mary Keen and the provisions made for my wife Elizabeth Keen out of the whole of my Estates and efforts as directed in my said last will and testament provided always that my said son William shall pay truly and without fraud out of his part or share as aforesaid the just sum of two hundred pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain unto Mary Carter of Greenspond, spinster or to her order ??? in cash or good bills of exchange on England for the value of two hundred pounds for to be paid by him within one year of my death or as much sooner as may and lastly it is my desire that this my present codicil be annexed to and made part of my last will and testament to all intents and purposes in ???? Whereas I have set my hand and seal this 30^thday of November 1773. W. Keen signed and sealed.

Published and declared by the above named William Keen as a codicil to be Annexed to his last will and testament in the presence of William Bickford, John Grace and Francis Connor.

This will was proved at London with a codicil on the nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six before the Right and Worshipful Sir George Gray Knight Doctor of Laws Master Keeper Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and lawfully constituted by the oaths of Thomas Tucker, Benjamin Keen the son, ????? Elizabeth Keen Widow son Robert alias Robbin Keen, and Mary Keen spinster daughter of the deceased and executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the goods ,chattels, and credits of the said deceased they having been first sworn by Commission duly to Administers EX

Generation 2. 2. William Keen (unknown Kean) was born Abt 1658 in Salem,Massachusetts,USA. He married Jane Keen Abt 1686 .she was daughter of John Keen and Hannah Stebbins. She was born Abt 1662.

This tree then had Notes for William Keen:
Will of William Keen (1658) of Salem Massachusetts.

In the name of God Amen: the tenth day of December Anno Domini 1729: I William Keen of Concord, in the County of Middlesex in the province of Massachusetts Bay in New England. Gentleman,being sick in body but of a sound mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing it's appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain my last will and testament that is to say first and principally. I recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and I recommend my body to the earth to be determined at he discretion of my executrix xxxxxxxxx. Rescue the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching the worldly estates with which it has pleased God to bless me I dispose of the same in the manner following Imprimus I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Jane Keen whom I xxxxxx and ordain the sole executrix of this my last will and testament,my house in which I now dwell and the land on which it stands also the land a joined to my house plot now in my possession which house and land is situated in Concord in the southerly part thereof with all my movable S with the whole of both real and personal estate whether in town or out of town which doth or may appear:all which I give to my said wife during her natural life for her support and comfort and after her decease the whole of my estate that my said wife shall have I bequeath to my grandchild Hannah Cocksedge to be hers and her heirs begotten of her own body to her and their use benefit and be hers forever. Reserving out of said estate the funeral after expenses viz I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter ten pounds namely Silence Buckley of said Concord and I also give and bequeath to my only son William Keen of Newfoundland forty shillings money my both legacies to come out of my estate. And I do utterly revoke and disannual all and every other and former wills and testaments bequeaths or executes by me xxxxxxxxx confirming this to be my last will and testament.(Probated August 12,1731

Will of Elizabeth Keen

England and Wales,Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills 1384-1854 for Elizabeth Keen
The last Will and Testament in the county of Devon,widow in xxxxxxand published the nineteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Martha Ann Keen of West Teignmouth aforesaid spinster all my monies,and xxxxx for money,,xxxxxgold, furniture,plate goods and chattels and all other my personal testamentary Estate and effects of every kind and description and so appoint my said daughter sole Executrix of this my will to witness xxxxxxx. I have here to set and sole the day and your first above written Elizabeth Keen. Signed xxxxx published and declared by the said Elizabeth Keen as and for her Last Will and Testament in the presence of Ann Maynard of West Teignmouth, W. Cartwright xxxxxx of West Teignmouth,Loveday Jackman.

Proved at London 12,July 1817 before the rightful Samuelcxxxxxxxof. Xxxxx of Savxxxx and Storr by the daughter Martha Ann Keen spinster and sole Executrix to obtain
Xxxxx granted having been first sworn duly to administer

Extracted from the Reigiatry of the ? Prerogative Court.

William Keen Will

In the name of God Amen the seventeenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four (1754) I William Keen Esquire of St. John's in the island of Newfoundland merchant being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind ad memory thanks be given to God therefore calling nto mind the morality of my body and knowing it is appointed to all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say. Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form. Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my beloved grandson Benjamin Keen, the son of William and Mary Keen when he shall attain the age of Twenty-one the sum of five hundred pounds of lawful money of England to be paid by my Executor out of y estate. Item I give and bequeath to my other grandchildren William Keen, Sarah Keen, Mary Keen and Jane Keen children of the said William and Mary Keen when they shall attain the age of twenty one years each of them the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of England to be paid likewise out of my estate by my Executor. Also I give to my well beloved son William Keen whom I likewise constitute and ordain my sole Executor of this my last will and testament all and singular my lands messuages, and Tenements by disaxxxxxx ball and every other former testaments, will, legacies and bequests confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In Witness where I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day signed, sealed, published pronounced and declared by said William Keen.

Witness: Thomas Allan, John Burton, Jas Escott. Proven at London at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Jan. 9, 1755

 

 

Ships sailing between England and Newfoundland that had Keen Connections

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Ships sailing between England and Newfoundland that had Keen connections.

April 2, 1762 edition

The "Little Robin" Captain Mudge, from Newfoundland, is arrived in Corunna, and their seized.

May 27, 1762 Edition

Arrived at Teignmouth, "Little Robin" Nicholas Mudge, Teignmouth, Newfoundland, for Keen.

April 26,1763 edition.

Little Joseph Captain Keen, Keene, Caine

November 11,1763 edition.

Arrived at Malaga from Newfoundland the vessel Little Joseph, Captain, Keene.

July 3,1764 edition.

Thomas Pittman, Teignmouth: Newfoundland for Keen.

December 7,1764 edition.

Arrived at Falmouth, John Perryman from Newfoundland. Three Friends, Captain PERRYMAN, Teignmouth John Perryman, Teignmouth, Newfoundland for Keen.

November 12,1765 edition.

Arrived at Newfoundland from Bristol the Triton, Captain. Keen.

November 22,1765 edition.

Tryton? Triton Captain Keene.

November 29, 1765 edition

Arrived at Lisbon from Newfoundland ,vessels. Triton, Captain Keene.

December 20,1765

Arrived at Teignmouth from Newfoundland the vessel Samuel, Captain Stonelake, Exon (port of Topsham) Newfoundland for Keene.

See November 11,1763 entry, John Kennedy (RC) fished for Merchant Keene at Greenspond, Bonavista 1754

May 16, 1766 edition.
Arrived at Tenneriffe from Bristol the vessel William Henry, Captain Keene. This vessel was previously captained by Captain Carroll.

July 29, 1766 edition.

Arrived at Lisbon from Carolina the vessel Little Joseph Captain Keene.

August 11,1766 edition.

Arrived at Curcacoa from Madeira the vessel, William Henry, Captain Keene.

Arrived at Newfoundland from Bristol, the vessel, Triton, Captain Keene.

August 1, 1766 edition.

Arrived at Newfoundland from Bristol the vessels, William and Mary, Captain Stooke.( this vessel listed to Keen earlier.)

August 29,1766 edition.

Sailed from Antigua from Curaçao in the Southern Caribean Sea, the vessel , William and Henry, Captain Keen.

August 4,1767 edition.

Arrived at Newfoundland from Teignmouth the vessel Active Captain Casely Exon, sailing port of Topsham) Newfoundland for Keen.

October 30,1767 edition.

Arrived at Newfoundland, the vessel Content, Captain Keen from Bristol. Friendship Captain Stookes from London.

February 26, 1768 edition.

Arrived at Bristol from Madeira the vessel Content , Captain Keen.

March 22,1768 edition.

Sailed from Cork for Bristol, the vessel Eleanor, Captain Keene.

May 10,1768 edition.

Arrived at Cork from Bristol, the vessel,Eleanor, Captain Kean.

July,1,1768 edition.

Sailed for Cork from St. Kitts the vessel Eleanor,Captain Keen.

July 22,1768 edition.

Mary, Captain Bastard sailing port of Topsham, Newfoundland to market for Keen.

June 9,1769 edition.

Sailed from Bristol, the vessel Molly, Captain Keene.

July 11,1769 edition

Sailed from Waterford for Newfoundland the vessel, Molly, Captain Keene.

May, 30,1770 edition.

Arrived at Bristol from Cork the vessel George, Captain Keene.

NL Genweb, Shipping News 1761-1770 Voyages to and From Newfoundland

Pictures of William Keen and his Son Benjamin

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William Keen born 1810 in Newfoundland. Son of Samuel Keen and Mary Bule

                                                
 William Keen's son Benjamin born about 1830

Will of Martha Ann Keen. And the Influence of Absentee Landlords

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Will of Martha Ann Keen
from Newfoundland will books volume 3 pages 106 to 111 probate year 1869

In re
Martha Ann Keen deceased.

This is the last will and testament of me Martha Ann Keen of Teignmouth in the County of Devon Spinster I appoint George Frederick Truscott of the City of Exeter, Esquire, to be trustee of my will and I appoint the said George Frederick Truscott to be executor and my dear friend Emma Hallett Comyns (daughter of the late Reverend John Comyns of Wood in the Parish of Bishopsteignton in the said County of Devon) to be executrix of my will I bequeath all my clothes and my china pictures prints and books not hereinafter specifically bequeath unto my dear friend the said Emma Hallett Comyns absolutely I devise to my dear first cousin Elizabeth Heath Tucker of the Retreat in the Parish of Dewlish in the said County of Devon Spinster a yearly rent charge of Eighty Pounds sterling for her life the said yearly rent charge of eighty pounds to be charged upon and issuing out of all the messuages lands hereditaments and premises situate at Saint John’s Harbour Grace Greenspond and Bonavista in the Island of Newfoundland to which I shall be entitled at my decease (two undivided third parts or shares of the said messuages lands hereditaments and premises belonging to me and one third part or share belonging to Mrs. Mary Ann Heath) and to be payable half yearly without deduction I direct that the first half yearly payment of the said yearly rent charge of eighty pounds shall be made at the end of six calendar months computed from my decease and that a proportionate part of such yearly rent charge shall be paid up to the determination thereof And I empower the said Elizabeth Heath Tucker by distress and also by entry upon and perception of the rents and profits of my said hereditaments and premises to recover payment of the said rent charge when in arrear for twenty one days- I devise and bequeath all the said messuages lands hereditaments and premises situate at Saint John’s Harbour Grace Greenspond and Bonavista in the said Island of Newfoundland to which I shall be entitled at my decease (the undivided parts or share thereof being my property and the other one undivided part or share thereof belonging to Mrs. Mary Ann Heath) subject to the said rent charge hereinbefore devised to the said Elizabeth Heath Tucker for her life unto and to the use of the said George Frederick Truscott his executors administrators and assigns during the life of Lucy Mary Joseph Beddek (great granddaughter of my late first cousin Commander Thomas Arscott R.N. the wife of Christopher Hellyer Beddek Captain in the Second European Regiment in the Madses Presidency upon trust to preserve the contingent remainders hereinafter limited and also upon the trusts following namely Upon trust to pay and apply the rents and profits of the said messuages lands hereditaments and premises (subject to the same rent charge hereinbefore devised to the said Elizabeth Heath Tucker for her life) as and when the same shall become due and not by way of anticipation into the hands of the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek for her separate use during her life independently of her present or any future husband and for which rents and profits her receipts alone shall be discharges to my said Trustee And I empower the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek to grant leases of my said messuages lands hereditaments and premises of any part or parts thereof for any term or terms of years not exceeding thirty years in possession at the best rent and without taking any fine or premium And after the decease of the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek I devise and bequeath the same messuages lands hereditaments and premises To the use of her child if only one or of her children in equal shares if more than one in fee simple with cross-executory limitations of the shares original and accruing of each of the same children in the event of his or her dying under the age of twenty one years to the use of the others in equal shares and the other in fee simple with a limitation over of the entirety in the event of there being no child of the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek or no such child who shall attain the said age to such persons for such estates and generally in such manner as the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek by her last will shall appoint And in default of such appointment I devise the same unto and to the use of the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek her heirs executors administrators and assigns

I give and bequeath the legacies following, namely, To Margaretta Cookesley the daughter of my first cousin Jane Keen Cookesley (widow of the late Reverend Doctor Cookesley deceased) one hundred pounds sterling To the said Emma Hallett Comyns One hundred pounds sterling free of legacy duty and to her sister Maria Lear Abbot Fifty pounds sterling as a trifling remembrance of their affection for me To my friend Charles Henry Philip Abbot my India China dinner set To the said Elizabeth Heath Tucker twenty pounds sterling To my friend the said George Frederick Truscott one hundred pounds sterling free of legacy duty To dear Miss Fanny Wynell Mayow of Sydenham in the County of Kent my silver coffee pot and little silver waiter as a very trifling remembrance of the gratitude which I have ever felt for the great kindness of her late excellent father Mayow Wynell Mayow Esquire in settling my beloved mother’s property To my kind and excellent friend Mrs. Rachel Savage wife of John Savage of Grosvenor House Bath Esquire my silver sugar basin To my dear friend Mrs. Mary Parish of Timsbury near Bath Widow of Captain Parish R.N. my silver Asparagus holder To dear Penelope Elizabeth Lane (daughter of the late Reverend Richard Lane of Cofflect Ten pounds sterling and twelve silver forks as a small remembrance of the kindness which I received for years from her father’s family To the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek my diamond ring To her husband Christopher Hellyer Beddek Captain in the Second European Regiment in the Madras Presidency (great grandson of the late Thomas Arscott Commander R.N. twenty pounds sterling my large silver waiter and Mant’s Bible To my late Faithful servant Eleanor Gorwell who lived with me many years at Den Cottage and was then called Murch Ten pounds sterling To Mrs. Fanny Raleign (who lived so many years with my aunt Arscott) or if she shall die in my lifetime then to her niece Eliza Hindom Five pounds sterling to Charlotte Anson Cartwright daughter of the late William Cartwright Esquire Five pounds sterling to purchase a ring or a brooch as a little remembrance for her kindness to me To her sister Martha Cartwright Five pounds sterling to purchase a ring or brooch To Mrs. Eleanor Meer of Tapley Cottage (from whom for many years I have always experienced the kindest attention) Thirty pounds free of legacy duty my household furniture (but not my plate jewels trinkets china pictures prints books workboxes baskets and ornaments of the person bed and table linen) and Four pounds to buy mourning To her husband Mr. Thomas Meer five pounds sterling To my kind friend Georgina Forbes of 80 Sloane Street Chelsea my large album the book of Mr. McNeiles sermons which she sent to me at her aunt’s death and five pounds sterling to purchase a ring to Sarah Ann Leigh of Timsbury near Bath, Spinster, Five pounds sterling to purchase a ring or brooch as a little remembrance To her sister Harriet Mary Leigh five pounds sterling to purchase a ring or brooch To Miss Emma Lee daughter of William Lee Esquire of 7 Alexander Buildings Bath ten pounds sterling to Miss Maria Sophia Oakley Attlay ten pounds sterling To the Reverend Frederick Henry Tucker fifty pounds sterling To the son and two daughters of the late Mr. James Arscott (son the late Captain Arscott R.N. twenty five pounds sterling each To Miss Ann Mozley of the Friary Derby and her sisters Maria Fanny and Elizabeth Five pounds sterling each for a little remembrance To Mrs. Arthur Boodle sister of the Miss Leighs five pounds sterling To Mrs. James Saunders of Week Saint Mary five pounds sterling for a little remembrance and the net covering which she sent to me of her dear mother’s To Mrs. John Mitchell two pounds sterling To Mrs. Mary Pepperell wife of Philip Pepperell of Brook Street West Teignmouth Five pounds sterling To Miss Ann Underhill of East Teignmouth Five pounds sterling To Mrs. Emma Lear Chelwith ten pounds sterling and my gold watch To Miss Mary Emma Young of Landscore Villas for a little remembrance Five pounds sterling and my gold chain and eye-glass To the Reverend Joseph Birch to be distributed at his discretion amongst such poor persons as he shall select ten pounds sterling To my friend William Risdon Hall Jordan ten pounds sterling To the Treasurer for the time being of Teignmouth Infirmary in aid of that Institution Ten pounds sterling for which the receipt of such Treasurer shall be a sufficient discharge To Miss Kate Tongue three pounds sterling for a little remembrance To Miss Sydney Tongue Three pounds sterling and to Miss Katherine Mockler three pounds sterling and two pounds sterling to Fanny Dymond if she should be living with Mrs. Meer at the time of my death and one pound sterling to buy mourning To Eliza Underhill five pounds sterling To Mrs. Lucy Phillips late of Landus Cornwall Widow Five pounds To the said Ena Hallett Comyns the residue of my plate not herein specifically bequeathed and my bed and table linen

And I direct my executors to deliver the specific legacies aforesaid within one calendar month after my decease and to pay the said pecuniary legacies within six calendar months next after my decease or sooner if they shall think fit And I declare that such of the pecuniary legacies hereinbefore bequeathed as shall lapse or fail by the deaths of legatees in my lifetime or otherwise shall sink into the residue of my personal estate I direct the legacies of such of the said pecuniary legatees as at the time of the actual payment thereof respectively shall be married women to be paid into their respective proper hands in order that the same be enjoyed and disposed of as their separate property free from marital control and for which legacies their respective receipts shall be discharges As to the residue of my personal estate I bequeath the same to the said George Frederick Truscott and Emma Hallett Comyns subject to the payment thereout of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and the legacies bequeathed in this my will upon trust for the said Lucy Mary Josephine Beddek to be enjoyed and disposed of by her as her separate property free from marital control and her receipts to be sufficient discharges for the same.

I devise unto and to the use of the said George Frederick Truscott all the real estate which at my decease may be vested in me as mortgagee or Trustee subject to the equities affecting the same respectively I declare that the receipts of my trustee for any money to be paid to him in that character shall exonerate the person paying the same from all liability in respect of the application thereof I declare that so often as any trustee herein named or to be appointed under this power shall die or disclaim or desire to be discharged or become unable to act it shall be lawful for the trustee for the time being competent to act (whether disclaiming or desirous of being discharge or not) or if there shall be no such Trustee then for the executors or administrators of the deceased Trustee or any of them to appoint a fit person or persons to succeed to the office of the deceased refusing incapacitated or discharged trustee and by force of every such appointment as aforesaid all the authorities and discretions given or expressed to be given to the deceased refusing incapacitated or discharged trustee shall be conferred upon the appointed trustee or trustees in whom my trust property shall best or by proper assurances be vested. I declare that the trustee or trustees for the time being of my will shall be responsible only for their or his won respective acts defaults and receipts and be exempt from liability for involuntary losses and be at liberty to deduct and allow all expenses incident to the execution of the trusts of my will Lastly I revoke all other testamentary dispositions

In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand and I have also set my hand to each of the five preceding sheets of this my will this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five-

Martha Ann Keen - Signed by the said testatrix Martha Ann Keen as her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses- Mark Leedar- Henry Endscott, Clerks to Mr. W. R. Hall Jordan Solicitor, Teignmouth.

This is a codicil to the last will and testament of me Martha Ann Keen of Teignmouth in the County of Devon Spinster which will bears date the sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five Whereas by my said will I have bequeathed to Maria Lear Abbot Fifty pounds sterling, to my friend Charles Henry Philip Abbot my India china dinner set, to Miss Ann Underhill of east Teignmouth five pounds sterling, and to Fanny Dymond two pounds sterling and one pound sterling to buy mourning now I revoke the hereinbefore mentioned bequests and I give and bequeath to the said Maria Lear Abbot my India china dinner set and the legacy or sum of one hundred pounds sterling for her sole and separate use and to be received enjoyed and disposed of by her as her separate estate without the control or interference of her husband and her receipt to be notwithstanding coverture and effectual discharge for the same And I give and bequeath to the said Fanny Dymond five pounds sterling and I confirm my said will in all other respects. In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.

Martha Ann Keen- Signed by the said testatrix Martha Ann Keen as and for a codicil to her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses- Henry Endacott- Mark Leader.

This is a second codicil to the last will and testament of me Martha Ann Keen of Teignmouth in the County of Devon Spinster which will bears date the sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five Whereas by my said will I have bequeathed to the two daughters of the late Mr. James Arscott (son of the late Captain Arscott R.N.) twenty five pounds sterling each and whereas one of them has since died now I revoke the hereinbefore mentioned bequest And I give and bequeath to Sophia Mary Arscott (the surviving daughter of the late Mr. James Arscott) the sum of fifty pounds sterling And I confirm my said will and the former codicil thereto dated the twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six in all other respects. In witness whereof I have hereunder set my hand this twenty eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty six.

M. Ann Keen - Signed by the said testatrix Martha Ann Keen as and for a codicil to her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at her request in her presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses - Henry Endacott- Mark Leader.

Certified correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar

Influence of Absentee Landlords relating to Martha Ann Keens Estate. 

These agents, such as Thomas Bulley Job who, in 1852 represented the estate belonging to Martha Ann Kean of East Teignmouth, County of Devon in England, (2) were also responsible for the collection of ground rents from leaseholders. The amount of annual ground rents the absentees received from their St. John's properties is not known, but according to an 1882 report of the legislature on land tenure in St. John's, they earned annually $65,610 from the rental of land on the south side of Water Street alone. (3) Government leaders of the day estimated the total at between one and two hundred thousand dollars for all of St. John's. (4) What is not clear is the extent to which, especially in the area above Water Street, agents merely acted on behalf of the absentees, or to which the agents themselves acquired land on which to build. Since they were often prominent merchants and lawyers, they were probably able to serve their own interests as well as those of the absentees they represented. Certainly many were men of substance active in commercial and political circles. As examples, we might cite the case of Newman Hoyles, who in the 1830s was Colonial Treasurer, member of the House of Assembly for Fortune Bay, and local agent for the West Country Newman interests (5); or that of Premier William Whiteway who with his law partner represented the Clapp estate. (6) In 1890 the mercantile agents and their absentee clients included Henry J. Stabb (the Brooks and Bulley estates), R. H. Prowse (the Stripling, Taylor, Twysden, Robert Keen, and McLea holdings), and George T. Rendell (the Studdy, Kean, Tucker, and Adams properties). (7)

1. Melvin Baker, "The Government of St. John's, Newfoundland, 1800-1921" (Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Western Ontario, 1980), 16-33, 43-6.2. Newfoundland District Central Court, 1844-1888, Registry of Deeds, "Martha Ann Kean to Thomas Bulley Job et al," 1924 (located in the Newfoundland Registry of Deeds and Companies, Confederation Building, St. John's).

The Keen Family and their Descendent

The following information was provided by Terry Sharp who is a descendent

William Keen and his decedents

William Keen -1 was born 1633 at Teignmouth, England, he was married to unknown. It is thought that he left England and went to seek his fortunes I. North America. He had one child
William Keen -2 was born in Concord, Massachusetts, USA 1667 -1731. These records were searched by others. He married Jane Keen (born 1660 d. 1737) The records show that they had the following children.

William Keen -3 . He was born 1686-1754. He became one of the first Justices of the Peace in Newfoundland and used his position to gain land and prestige. He was known as Judge Keen. He was thought to be quite wealthy and a group of people decided to rob him of his money and attacked him in his summer home in Quidi Vidi Village, a small fishing village in St. John's . He died from his wounds about nine days later. The perpetrators were hung near Keen's wharf.

1. 2. John Keene-1688-1691 Concord, Mass. USA.
2. Hannah Keene 1690-1715 April 25,1715
3. John Keene April 15, 1691-1715 Boston Suffolk, Massachusetts,USA.

William Keene-3 was born/ bapt. May 2,1686 Boston Mass. USA. He died Sept. 29,,1754 when he succumbed to wound during an attack/robbery on his home in Quidi Vidi.NL.

William married Elizabeth Bridgham on June 13,1710. At Boston Middlesex,Mass. USA. It is reported that he started to come to Newfoundland as a firm agent in 1704. He later started his own import export business. Elizabeth Bridgham and William Keene had one son. This is documented on his father 's will.

William Keene -4 only son of William and Elizabeth Keene.it is said that he was born Sept. 19,1712 West Teignmouth. He drowned on a trip to Labrador March 29,1775. He is buried West Teignmouth Exeter, England.

This William-4 married Elizabeth Drake 1730-1798. They had the following children.

1. Captain Robert Keen according to his father's will he also used the alias Robin Keen.28/12/1757 West Teignmouth death Dec, 9,1834 Guernsey Islands,Capt. Robert Keen late of Dawlish, Dev.

He married Ann Whitfield Whitborn an heiress. She was daughter of Thomas Whitborn and Ann Whitfield. Her grandmother Catherine left her part of an estate called Budda.

Capt. Robert Keen and Ann had the following children.

1. Arabella Keen 1785-1874 born West Teignmouth she married James Brett. They had one child Charles Edgar Keen Brett.1832-1869.
2. Catherine Keen 1786-March 13,1873 died in Chagford, England. She married Charles O'Bryen. They had no known children.
3. Lieutenant

William Keen -1 was born 1633 at Teignmouth,England, he was married to unknown. It is thought that he left England and went to seek his fortunes I. North America. He had one child
William Keen -2 was born in Concord,,Massachusetts,USA 1667 -1731. These records were searched by others. He married Jane Keen (born 1660 d. 1737) The records show that they had the following children.

1. William Keen -3 . He was born 1686-1754. He became one of the first Justices of the Peace in Newfoundland and used his position to gain land and prestige. He was known as Judge Keen. He was thought to be quite wealthy and a group of people decided to rob him of his money and attacked him in his summer home in Quidi Vidi Village, a small fishing village in St. John's . He died from his wounds about nine days later. The perpetrators were hung near Keen's wharf.
2. John Keene-1688-1691 Concord, Mass. USA.
3. Hannah Keene 1690-1715 April 25,1715

Information about this group.

William Keene-3 was born/ bapt. May 2,1686 Boston Mass. USA. He died Sept. 29,,1754 when he succumbed to wound during an attack/robbery on his home in Quidi Vidi.NL.

William married Elizabeth Bridgham on June 13,1710. At Boston Middlesex,Mass. USA. It is reported that he started to come to Newfoundland as a firm agent in 1704. He later started his own import export business. Elizabeth Bridgham and William Keene had one son. This is documented on his father 's will.

William Keene -4 only son of William and Elizabeth Keene.it is said that he was born Sept. 19,1712 West Teignmouth. He drowned on a trip to Labrador March 29,1775. He is buried West Teignmouth Exeter, England.

William Keen -4. Born 1712-1775, first wife Mary, maiden name unknown, in England.

There is no known record of her death.

They had the following children.

4. William -5 born 1739 died 1786.
5. Benjamin Keen 1741-1802.
6. Silence Sarah Keen 1745 -1831
7. Mary Ann Keen 1747-1821.
8. Jane Keen 1750-1775

Information on this branch of the following is as follows. All of this is substantiated by William's will. William 4 married Elizabeth Drake between 1750-1757.

William-5 1739-1786 married 1. Elizabeth Escott, (possibly Arscott as per Martha Ann Keen's 1867 will.) He married her against his father's wishes. His father later relented but specified that William was to compensate his common law wife in Newfoundland, Mary Carter.

Their children were

1. William -6 (1774-1817)
2. Elizabeth 1778-1792
3. Martha Ann Keen 1780-1867 spinster.

William Keen -5 (1739-1786) also had a common law wife in Newfoundland. This is confirmed in his father's will. It is from this Union that my Keen line descends. They had the following children.

1. Samuel Keen 1772-1822 . The spelling of the name in Newfoundland can be found in the records as Keen,Keene,Cain,Caines, Keynes, Kean to name but a few. This was due to the fact that there were few people that could read or write and names were spelled as they sounded.

Samuel was my gggrandfather. He married a lady called Mary Bule. The spelling of her last name is not known for sure as the record was hard to read. 1778-1852. Nothing is known about her. They married in St. John's about 1795-96.

Mary Baker Kean 1796 she married Captain Stephen Baker and they had 1 child Christopher Baker a Mersey Pilot.

William Keen 1810-May 2, - 1887. may 1. He married Ann Jeanes/Janes. they had the following children.

1. Mary A. Kean 1833-1834
2. Ann Kean. 1834-1835
3. Eleanor Kean 1836-1919
4. Benjamin Kean 1838-1906
5. Louisa Ann Keen 1840-1844
6. Thomas Cull Kean 1841-1844
7. Job Kean. 1843-1914
8. Mary Kean. 1845-1926
9. William Kean. 1847-1880
10. Louisa Ann Kean 1849-1930
11. Caroline Kean. 1851-1930
12. Esther Jane Kean 1853-1940
13. Frederick T. Kean 1858-1860
14. Priscilla Kean 1860
15. .Jane Kean. 1863

3. John Kean 1813-1826

4. Joseph Kean 1814-1883. He married Jane Knee 1817-1867. They had the following children.

1. Samuel Kean 1837-1853
2. Joseph Kean 1837-1885
3. John Kean 1839-1866
4. Hannah Kean 1840-1894
5. William Kean 1841-1880
6. Joseph Kean. 1843-1885
7. Anne Kean 1845
8. Esther Kean 1849
9. Samuel Kean 1853-1925
10. Abraham Kean - 1855-1945. Captain Abraham Kean OBE. Known as the millionaire sealing captain.

5. Hannah Kean 1817-1857. Only daughter of Samuel and Mary Bule Kean. She was my great great grandmother. She married Francis Stokes October 23,1834. At Greenspond Nl. They had the following children.

1. Catherine Stokes she married George Geange/Genge originally from England
2. Ann Stokes she married Charles Dewey.
3. Mary Stokes. She married Thomas Dyke
4. France's Stokes. George Dyke
5. Susannah Stokes. She married Elias Osmond a widower.
6. Sophia Stokes. Died 1857.
7. Benjamin Stokes 1849-1931 He married 1. Esther Jane Spurrell,2. Sophia Wicks Sturge.
8. Joseph Stokes 1852-1924, He married Mariah Dyke.

Benjamin Stokes 1849-1931 was my great grandfather. He had 2 wives. His first wife was Esther Jane Spurrell. She died of Typhoid Fever. She left Benjamin with a young large family.

1. Hannah Mathilda Stokes named for the two grandmothers. Hannah Kean and Mathilda Spurrell.
2. Simeon Stokes named for his maternal grandfather Simeon Spurrell.
3. France's Stokes named for her paternal grandfather
4. Paulina Stokes 1883-1920. She married Thomas Wheeler and died of Bright's disease.
5. Iretta/Rita/Retty Stokes. 1887-1978. She married Abraham Benjamin Winter from England and moved there about 1917. She died there.
6. Belah Stokes 1888-1965 October 22.
7. Samuel Stokes 1891-1893
8. Muriel Stokes 1893-1988. She was only a baby when her mom died.

He then married Sophia Wicks Sturge. Her first husband was born on Flowers Island ,home of the Kean and Sturge families. James died while fishing/birding with the Kean family. She was pregnant with their 4th child. Her Sturge relatives took 3'pf her son's, Robert Absolom, and Lewis Sturge as she could not afford to keep them and Alfred born just after James died stayed with her in his early years. She bravely took on Benjamin and his crew. They then had 4 more children together.

1. Hester Jane Stokes 1897-1981. She married William Jerdon Blackwood of the famous Newfoundland Blackwood Mariner family.

They had the following children.

1. Benjamin Blackwood
2. Edward Colton Blackwood
3. Bertram Blackwood
4. Berta Blackwood
5. Shirley Blackwood
6. Emily Blackwood

2. Nelson Feltham Stokes 1898-1978. My grandfather. Married Ellen Colton Attwood. Daughter of Elias Attwood and Caroline Jane Wells. All of which can be traced back to England.

They had the following children.

1. Kenneth Wesley Stokes 1922-2002. My father.
2. Hubert Waldegrave Stokes
3. Norman Seymour Stokes
4. Annie Marie Stokes
5. Mary Alvina Jane
6. Leslie Nelson Stokes
7. Wilfred Edward Lorenzo Stokes
8. Esther Sadie Marina Stokes died at age 10 months, deaf.
9. Signa Geraldine Stokes

3. Joseph Stokes 1904-1994?Married Lillian Rebecca Burry.

1. Cyril Stokes
2. Madeline Frederica Stokes
3. Yordis Gwendolyn Stokes
4. Wilfred Spencer Stokes .died as a young child.

4, Emily Stokes 1906 died child.

This William-4 married Elizabeth Drake 1730-1798. She was his second wife. They had the following children.

This William 4 married Elizabeth Drake 1730-1798. She was his second wife. They had the following children.

1. Captain Robert Keen according to his father's will he also used the alias Robin Keen. 28/12/1757 West Teignmouth death Dec, 9,1834 Guernsey Islands,Capt. Robert Keen late of Dawlish, Dev.
2. Samuel Keen 1760-1763
3. George Keen 1763-1763

1. Captain Robert Keen the o nly surviving child of this Union owned property in Newfoundland. He married Ann Whitfield/Whitefield Whitborn daughter of Thomas Whitborn and Anne Whitfield. She was an heiress of property from her grandmother Catherine Whitefield, Moreton Hampstead, a property called Buda.

Their children were as follows.

1. Arabella Keen1785-1874
2. Catherine Keen 1786-March 13,1873 died in Chagford, England.
3. Lieutenant William Robert Keen 1794
4. Susan Arabella Keen. 1794
5. Ann Keen 1797- 1867
6. Charlotte Keen 1798-1843

This is information about his family.

1. Arabella Keen 1785-1874 born West Teignmouth married James Brett. They had one child Charles Edgar Brett 1832-1869.
2. Catherine Keen 1786-March 13,1873 Chagford, England. She married Lieutenant Charles O'Bryen a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines. He died 1840 April. She did not remarry.

They have no children that I know of.

3. Lieutenant William Robert Keen 1794 death unknown. He is mentioned in his sister Catherine's will but he never ever claimed the estate she left to him. While he was stationed in Nova Scotia he married a widow named Mary Ann Ridgeway Robinson. Their children were Elizabeth b. 1822, Arabella born 1825,William birth date unknown but thought to have died in New Brunswick,Canada but I have been unable to find documentation to prove this.
4. Susanna Arabella Keen 1794- . She married Matthew William Walbank. Their son Matthew William Walbank a lawyer, came to Newfoundland and became Attorney General. Have more info on him.
5. Ann Keen 1798-1867 married Samuel Tyndall. They had one son Joseph Tyndal who married Anne Shute, they had two children Clara and Theodore Henry Tyndall. She divorced his for incestuous adultery. He married her younger sister and they moved to New Zealand.