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Rev. James Keith[1, 2]

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Name James Keith Prefix Rev. Born CA 1643 [3] Gender Male Education Aberdeen, Scotland [4]
Immigration 1662 Scotland [5]
Residence 1676 Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts [1]
Died 23 Jul 1719 West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts [3, 4]
- James Keith - "First minister in Bridgewater, and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland, and labored in the ministry in this town for 56 years."
Person ID I8692 Scott Dickson's Family Last Modified 8 Jan 2018
Family Susanna Edson, b. 1638, d. 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
Married 3 May 1668 Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts [3]
Children 1. Samuel Keith, b. 1676, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts , d. 3 Feb 1759, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
(Age 83 years)
Last Modified 1 Sep 2018 Family ID F3346 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - From the First Church Records of Plymouth:
[recorded exactly from the transcript]
"Before I passe on to the Contract matters ymediatey Relateing to the Church of Christ att Plymouth, lett mee Crau[v]e leau[v]e a little to digresse; and briefley to memorise something Concerning that worthy Church of Christ att Bridgwater who in a second Respect alsoe sprange out of the Church of Plymouth being first of duxburrow; and seated themselves att about 20 miles from thence att the place where they now are and doe Carry on in a way of peace holiness and Good Gospell order soe as is exemplary to the saints and Churches Round about them being Garnished with Comly ornaments of able Grau[v]e and faithfull officers and liu[v]ely holy and well Improu[v]ed members hau[v]eing for theire Pastour mr James Keith who Came by the wise disposing hand of God out of Scotland whom the said Church Chose to be theire Pastour being acompanied with a fellow healper in the Eldershipp named mr William Brett a G[r]au[v]e and Godly man; and hau[v]eing A goodman and one that hath approu[v]ed himself faitht[f]ull in the office of a deacon; Named John Willis; who Nothwithstanding some Interuption that befell some smale time before the pening heerof yett goe on in peace and with Comfort; with some mixture of sadness as fearing the effect of theire belou[v]ed Pastour forenamed; his being in weaknes of body; wherby hee is disabled in his publick adminnestrations for prsent;"
- From the First Church Records of Plymouth:
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Sources - [S653] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, 5 August 2017; Bridgewater, Vital Records Transcripts, Bridgewater Births, p. 191.
- [S1363] Plymouth, MA: First Church Records, 1620-1859, 8 January 2018; pages 172-173.
- [S1362] New England Marriages to 1700, 8 January 2018; James Keith & Susanna Edson, 3 May 1668.
- [S1360] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1621-1850, 8 January 2018; West Bridgewater Deaths, West Bridgewater vol 1., p. 206.
- [S1360] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1621-1850, 8 January 2018; Bridgewater Deaths, Bridgewater vol 2., p. 503.
- [S653] Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, 5 August 2017; Bridgewater, Vital Records Transcripts, Bridgewater Births, p. 191.