Rev. James Keith^{[1, 2]}

1644 - 1719  (75 years)

• Name	James Keith
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	1644	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom   [5]
  Immigration	1662	Scotland, United Kingdom   [6]
  Residence	1676	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  _AMTID	162485322727:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	K4BK-6YK
  _UID	D5E1953AA55649309A7BB9F23AAA4BC4AC0C
  Death	23 Jul 1719	West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [3, 4, 5]
  	James Keith - "First minister in Bridgewater, and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland, and labored in the ministry in this town for 56 years."
  Burial	West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [4]
  	Address: Old Graveyard
  Person ID	I8692	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Robert Keith,   b. 1612, Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1643, Dunnottar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F3619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Edson,   b. 1638, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Oct 1705, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1668	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Keith,   b. 20 Dec 1673, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 3 Feb 1759, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1644 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Education - - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Immigration - 1662 - Scotland, United Kingdom Marriage - 3 May 1668 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Residence - 1676 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Death - 23 Jul 1719 - West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Burial - Address: Old Graveyard - - West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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;"

  
  

• 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. [S641] Find A Grave, 22 December 2019; Rev James Keith ; Rev James Keith ; 21757139; Scrib & Barb Kelly. [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.