Matthew* Keene

Abt 1650 - 1731  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Matthew* Keene
  Birth	Abt 1650	Northumberland, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	21 Jul 1723	Stafford Co, Virginia
  	Stafford Co VA Will Book 1729-1748; {Antient Press}: Pg 26-27 In name of God Amen this 21 Day of July in the Year .. 1723 I MATHEW KEEN of County of Stafford being Sick .. but of perfect .. Memory ..make this my last Will and Testament .. as to Worldly Goods .. I give in form following vizt. Imprimis I give unto my Dear and Loving Wife BRIDGETT all my land that I now live upon during her natural Life .. Item I give unto my said Wife Bridgett one Negro Boy named Mott .. Item I give unto my Daughter ELIZABETH WITHERS the Lands whereon she now lives and so to the true hounds I sett and marked unto her husband JAMES WITHERS which true bounds I desire he may not exceed dureing the life of my Dear wife and I further desire that my said Daughter may have the lands within the said bounds with out any Disturbance whatsoever dureing my Wifes life .. Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Withers after the decease of my Loving wife Bridgett ail my whole Estate of land as well the Tract of Lands whereon I now live as any other land that may or ought to come to me to my said Daughter Elizabeth and the heirs of her body .. Item I give unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Withers Twenty shillings to buy her a Ring to wear in remombrance of me. Item 1 give unto my Son in Law JAMES WITHERS one five year old Steer. Item I give unto my Grand Daughter ELIZABETH FIELDS one feather bed and the furniture thereunto belonging, that bed that is now in the Trundle bedstead. I also give unto my said Grand Daughter the Pewter that is now lay'd aside for her and which is properly her own to her and her heirs for ever. Item I give unto my Grandson JOHN WITHERS after the decease of my Loving Wife my Buckaneer Gun. Item I give unto ELIZABETH EMMETT one heifer of the age of three years at the expiration of her Time to her and heirs .. item I give unto my Dear and Loving Wife BRIDGETT the remainder of my Estate of what Quality Specie or Quantity Soever it be within or without as well real as Personall .. and I do hereby make my Dear and Loving Wife Bridgett and none other my whole and sole Executrix of this my last Will . Presence of James Sewers, John Edge, Mathew Keen Memrndm. That on 25th day of Febey. 1730:1 I read the within written will to Mathew Keen and he acknowledged it to be his Last Will allowing the following Clause. Jos. Treen Whereas the Land the within named Mathew Keen now lives upon is bequeathed to his Daughter Eliz: Withers after his Wife's Decease this Day being the 25 of Feb: 1730/1 the sd Mathew Keen in presence of several witnesses hath gave the sd land wch he now lives on to JNO. WITHERS Eldest Son of the sd Eliz: Withers after the Decease of his Loving Wife Bridget Keen At a Court held for Stafford County the Fourteenth Dav of April 1731 The Last Will and Testament of MATHEW KEEN was presented in Court by BRIDGETT KEEN his Executrix therein named who made oath thereto according to Law and being Proved by the oaths of JOHN EDGE and JOSEPH TREEN Two of the Witnesses thereto it in admitted to Record and on the motion of the said Executrix and her Performing what is usual in such cases Certificate is granted her for obtaining a Probate thereof in Due form She Giving sufficient Security http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I27208
  Death	14 Apr 1731	Potomic Creek, Stafford Co, Virginia   [2]
  Notes	"Wigfield & Nelson" states his will was dated 21 July 1786. This date cannot be correct.
  Person ID	I5939	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas* Keene, Jr (Immigrant),   b. Abt 1593, England d. 20 Jan 1653, Virginia (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Mary* (..) Keene,   b. 1620   d. 10 Feb 1662 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1638
  Family ID	F2536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bridget* (..) Keene,   b. 1652, England (probably) d. Aft 1706, Stafford Co, Virginia (Age > 55 years)
  Marriage	1681	Northumberland, Virginia   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth* Keene,   b. Abt 1682, Stafford, Stafford Co, Virginia d. 26 Jul 1769, Potomac Creek, Stafford Co, Virginia (Age ~ 87 years)
  Family ID	F2520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] LDS Ancestral File AFN 24ML-T3. [S305] LDS Ancestral File.