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About Keziah Dennen
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bray-630
Keziah Bray was born in 1732 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts to Moses Bray and Mary Woodbury. The year and approximate date of birth are known from her baptism. She was baptized on August 26, 1732. [1]
She married Samuel Dennen on March 4, 1754 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. [2] [3]
Samuel was a seaman during the Revolutionary War and a prisoner sent from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston on the Cartel “Swift” on September 30, 1778. [4] [5]
Samuel and Keziah remained in Gloucester until late in life, when they removed to Poland, Maine, where both of them died. [2] Their date of removal was estimated to be "about 1770". [4] They settled on the farm now owned by Moses McKnight (as of 1891). [4]
Death and Internment
Kezia passed away in 1801. She was laid to rest at the Seiberling-Witham Cemetery in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine. [5]
Children
Keziah and Samuel had the following children, all born in Gloucester: [1]
- Abigail: b. 1756 [2]
- Job: b. 1760 [2]
- Mary: b. 1762 [2] [4]
- Sarah: b. 1764 [2] [4]
- Hannah: b. 1766 [4]
- George: b. 1769 [2] [4]
- Simeon: b. 1770 [2] [4]
- Abigail: b. 1774 [2]
Comments
Death seen as Bakerstown Plantation, Cumberland County, Massachusetts, United States without citation.
References
- https://archive.org/details/essexantiquarian11perluoft/page/n117/mo... Not listed
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bray-630 cites
- Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Source citation: Image 350, noting Keziah Bray from page 272 of the original vital record.
- Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 4. Boston, MA: Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908. Repository: Google Books. Url: https://books.google.com/books?id=H89DXKVm4qcC&dq. Source citation: page 1920.
- Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Source citation: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0864859 & 0864861-0864862.
- Merrill, Georgia Drew. History of Androscoggin County, Maine. Boston, MA: W.A. Fergusson & Co. 1891. Repository: Internet Archive. Website: https://archive.org/. Url: https://archive.org/details/historyofandrosc00merr/page/n0. Source citation: Pages 730-731 referencing Samuel Denning.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2018), memorial page for Keziah Bray Dennen (1732–1801), Find A Grave Memorial no. 53147416, citing Seiberling-Witham Cemetery, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by KH (contributor 46835971). Url: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53147416/keziah-dennen
Keziah Dennen's Timeline
1732 |
August 26, 1732
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Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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1754 |
November 17, 1754
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Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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1756 |
October 17, 1756
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Gloucester, Essex, MA, United States
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1758 |
December 31, 1758
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Gloucester, Essex, MA, United States
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1762 |
October 24, 1762
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Gloucester, Essex, MA, United States
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1764 |
1764
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Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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1766 |
June 1766
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Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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1769 |
June 1769
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Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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1771 |
August 10, 1771
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Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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