When Sarah Keeney was born in 1714, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Richard Keeney, was 41 and her mother, Mary Miles, was 44. She married Thomas Sparks about 1730, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 29 October 1794, in her hometown, at the age of 80.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Irish: variant of Keaney .
Americanized form of Swiss German Kühni, Kühne (see Kuehn ), or German Kiene or Kiener .
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