When John Keen was born about 1748, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Keen Sr., was 42 and his mother, Margert Hunt, was 28. He married Lydia Potter on 28 March 1774, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 March 1787, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 40.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Kene, a short form of Old English names formed with either Cēn- (from cēn ‘keen’) or Cyne- (from cyne-, combining form of cynn ‘kin, family’).
English: nickname from Middle English kene ‘wise, brave, proud, keen’.
Dutch and North German: from a pet form of the personal name Christianus (see Christian ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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