Anne Keith

1674 -

• Name	Anne Keith
  Birth	9 Apr 1674	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Departure	1684	London, England
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's child
  Arrival	Feb 1684/85	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Arrived aboard The Blossom with father George and sister Eliza
  Name	Anna Keith  [2]
  Religion	Abt 1692	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Quaker
  Religion	1702	Kecoughtan, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
  	Anglican
  Residence	1702	Kecoughtan, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
  	Strawberry Bank, near Mill Creek on the James River. Visited by her father George - reported that Anne was "fully come off from the Quakers and is a zealous member of the Church of England". Alternative place name: Kirketan
  	Kirketan also spelt Kecoughtan
  Residence	1705	Kecoughtan, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
  	Accused by a visiting Quaker preacher, Thomas Story of "apostacy and enmity" (her Husband remaining a Quaker)
  Residence	28 Apr 1708	Kecoughtan, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
  	Appealed to the Council of State complaining that her husband had violently restrained her and her children from going to church to attend the worship of God according to the established religion". Appeal refused
  Person ID	I18896	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	George Keith,   b. 1638, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 27 Mar 1716, Edburton, Sussex, England (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Johnstone,   b. Abt 1640, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1704, London, England (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Apr 1672	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Elizabeth was described by fellow Quaker, Robert Barclay as a "gentlewoman of good condition" (Some property transferred from the Johnstons on marriage)
  Family ID	F11137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Walker,   b. Abt 1659, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1732, Kecoughtan, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Frances Walker,   b. Abt 1702  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Helen Walker,   b. Abt 1697, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1758 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Jacob Walker,   b. Abt 1695, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. 17 Aug 1757, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarah Walker,   b. Abt 1700, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George Walker,   b. Abt 1698, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1773 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth Walker,   b. Abt 1690, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1773 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Margaret Walker,   b. Abt 1691, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA d. 3 Nov 1728 (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Apr 1674 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Departure - 1684 - London, England Arrival - Arrived aboard The Blossom with father George and sister Eliza - Feb 1684/85 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Quaker - Abt 1692 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Netherlands death record wrong

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p43. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p69. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p92.