The Damon and Taber Family Connections

Mary Keen^1,2

F, #35, b. 12 December 1822, d. 3 August 1891

Father*

Deacon Samuel Keen^3,1 b. 11 May 1779, d. 14 Mar 1850

Mother*

Margaret Orr Clift^3,1 b. 27 Sep 1784, d. 27 Nov 1874

Relationship

3rd great-grandmother of Robert Michael Damon

Reference

DFT000-07

Married: Mrs (Keen) Kennan as of 11 April 1849.

Mary Keen was born on 12 December 1822 in Massachusetts

.^1,4 She was the daughter of Deacon Samuel Keen and Margaret Orr Clift.^3,1 Mary Keen is also recorded born on 12 December 1823.² She married John Whitcomb Kennan, son of Elijah Kennan and Sally Whitcomb, on 11 April 1849.² Mary Keen died on 3 August 1891 at age 68.^1,2 She is also reported to have died on 8 April 1890 at age 67.³
She was a merchant in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

.² Mary's father Deacon Samuel Keen died on 14 March 1850 in Elmwood

.^1,3 Mary Keen became the mother of Josephine S. Kennan on 20 June 1850.² Mary Keen became the mother of Annie Bates Kennan on 26 April 1856.² Mary's daughter Annie Bates Kennan died on 6 September 1859.² Mary Keen became the mother of Mary Whitcomb Kennan on 27 March 1861.⁵ Mary's mother Margaret Orr Clift died on 27 November 1874 in Elmwood

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Date	Place
1880		Mrs Mary (Keen) Kennan was enumerated with John W Kennan on the census of 1 June 1880.⁴

Date

Place

1880

Mrs Mary (Keen) Kennan was enumerated with John W Kennan on the census of 1 June 1880.⁴

Mary Keen has ID Tree 0, Individual 7 in Winslow Johnson Damon Family Tree.³

Children

Charts

Last Edited

27 Feb 2021

[S17] Margaret Orr Nutter Alexander, Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree Margaret Orr Keen Family Tree, 14 Dec 2000, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
[S55] Thomas Lathrop Kennan, Genealogy of the Kennan Family (Milwaukee: Cannon Printing Co., 1907). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in.
[S51] Edward Kennan Damon, Winslow Johnson Damon Family Tree. A tree mostly built from previous works handed down in the family. Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in.
[S65] United States Census, 1880, John Whitcomb Kennan, Massachusetts, Plymouth County, East Bridgewater, Page 34, Lines 1-4, T9-0549, Image 471B. (Ancestry, http://www.ancestry.com).
[S36] Richard A. Jr Damon, The Damon Family of Reading, Massachussetts (Penobscot Press, October 1999). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in. Hereinafter cited as Damon Family of Reading, MA.