Brief Life History of Jean
When Jean Keith was christened on 24 May 1741, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, her father, David Keith, was 36 and her mother, Marjory Gairdner, was 31. She married William Gilchrist on 21 August 1762, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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- Jean Keith, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jean Keith, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Jean Keith in entry for Mary Gilchrist, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Keith in East Lothian. The placename is derived from British Celtic cait- ‘wood’. In the 17th century numerous bearers of this name settled in Ulster.
German: nickname from Middle High German kīt ‘sprout, offspring’.
History: George Keith (c. 1638–1716), born at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, came to NJ in or before 1685. In 1689 he settled in Philadelphia, where he became headmaster of the school now called the William Penn Charter School. He came into sharp collision with the Quaker leaders in PA and formed a separatist party known as the Christian Quakers, popularly known as ‘Keithians’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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