James McKeen

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James McKeen

Birth
Ireland
Death
9 Nov 1756 (aged 90–91)
Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
East Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.8918833, Longitude: -71.2939444
Plot
Section K Lot 15
Memorial ID
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James McKeen married Annis Cargill on 14 July 1713 in Aghadowey, Northern Ireland as his second wife. They had nine children.

They immigrated to Boston in August of 1718 along with four children, her parents and several of her siblings, all aboard the "Robert".

Inscription:
In memory of
James McKeen, Esq.
a principal proprietor & the first Magistrate of
the little Colony which first settled this Town.
Who died Nov. 9, 1756; aged 91 yrs.

His children by Jane Cochran, his first wife were:
Elizabeth, the wife of Jas. Nesmith and Jannette the wife of John Cochran;

And by Anna S. Cargill, his second wife:
John McKeen (a member of the 1st provisional Congress in N.H.). James McKeen, Jane the wife of Wm. Orr, Martha the wife of John Dinsmore and Mary the wife of
Rob't Boyd.

His other near relations were his sister Mary Ann the wife of the Rev. Ja's. Mc Gregor, Jannette the widow of his brother, John McKeen and his and her three sons & one daughter formerly of Londonderry.

Also in Memory of Annas, his second wife, who died Aug. 8, 1782, aged 94 yrs.

They were members of the presbryterian Church & to enjoy opinions in peace they & the other Colonists emigrated from the north of Ireland to this Country. In gratitude to God & in honor of departed worth this monument was erected in the year 1848, by certain descendants of the deceased.

Stonemaker: F.A. Brown Hav'l
James McKeen married Annis Cargill on 14 July 1713 in Aghadowey, Northern Ireland as his second wife. They had nine children.

They immigrated to Boston in August of 1718 along with four children, her parents and several of her siblings, all aboard the "Robert".

Inscription:
In memory of
James McKeen, Esq.
a principal proprietor & the first Magistrate of
the little Colony which first settled this Town.
Who died Nov. 9, 1756; aged 91 yrs.

His children by Jane Cochran, his first wife were:
Elizabeth, the wife of Jas. Nesmith and Jannette the wife of John Cochran;

And by Anna S. Cargill, his second wife:
John McKeen (a member of the 1st provisional Congress in N.H.). James McKeen, Jane the wife of Wm. Orr, Martha the wife of John Dinsmore and Mary the wife of
Rob't Boyd.

His other near relations were his sister Mary Ann the wife of the Rev. Ja's. Mc Gregor, Jannette the widow of his brother, John McKeen and his and her three sons & one daughter formerly of Londonderry.

Also in Memory of Annas, his second wife, who died Aug. 8, 1782, aged 94 yrs.

They were members of the presbryterian Church & to enjoy opinions in peace they & the other Colonists emigrated from the north of Ireland to this Country. In gratitude to God & in honor of departed worth this monument was erected in the year 1848, by certain descendants of the deceased.

Stonemaker: F.A. Brown Hav'l