Keen Family Line

This Keen family ancestral line begins with Josiah Keene (1620–1710) an immigrant from England and the first of the Keen family recorded in America.

First Generation

Josiah Keene (1620–1710) married Abigail Little (1634–1657)
- Children with wife Abigail Little (1634-1657)
  - Josiah Keen Jr (1657–1732) married Lydia Baker (1659–1732)
  - Unnamed infant daughter (1655/6-1656) no further records; mentioned in family account book and secondary sources.
- Children with wife Hannah Dingley (1661-?)
  - Unnamed infant (1659-1660)
  - John Keene (1661-1744)
  - Matthew Keene (1667-1698)
  - Hanna Keen (1668-1717)
  - Abigail Keen (1671-?)
  - Sarah Keen (1671-1730) married Timothy Rogers April 6, 1710
  - Ephraim Keene (1675-1729)
  - Elizabeth Keem (1678-1729)
  - Abigail Keen (1693-?)

Second Generation

Josiah Keen Jr (1658–1732) married Lydia Baker (1659–1732)
- Benjamin Keen (1682–1732)
- Josiah Keen (1683–1767)
- Abigail Rebecca Keen (1685–1717)
- Eleanor Keen (1687–1724)
- Lydia Keen (1690–1728)
- Joseph Keen (1692–1757)
- Nathaniel Keen (1692–1765)
- Bethiah Keen (1693–1745)
- Samuel Keen (1694–1777) married Ruth Sprague (1701–1736)
- Isaac Keen (1698–1787)
- Hezekiah Keen (1702–1770)

Third Generation

Samuel Keen (1694–1777) married Ruth Sprague (1701–1736)
- William Keen (1720-?) married Ruth Sargant (1721-?)
- Levi Keen (1722-?) married Eunice Jennings (1729-?)
- Abel Keen (1724-?) married Bethiah Dogget
- Grace Keen (1726-1772) married Jabez Cole (1720-1790)
- Samuel Keen (1729-?)
- Isaiah Keen (1733-1777) married Ruth Bisbee (1739-1783)

Fourth Generation

Isaiah Keen (1733–1777) married Ruth Bisbee (1739–1783)
- Sprague Keen (1759-1781)
- Isaiah Keen (1761-1838) married Lydia Bourne (1762-1848)
- Hanna Keen (1763-1768)
- Zebulon Keene (1765-1810) married Huldah J Stone (1766-1849)
- Galen Keen (1768-1856) married Diana Gardner (1779-1860)
- Edna Keen (1770-1838) married Thomas Gardner Jr. (1769-1845)
- Samuel Keen (1771-1850)
- Sarah Keen (1774-?) Married Miles Standish (1768-1805) descendant of the Mayflower Standish
- Daniel Keen (1775-?)

Fifth Generation

Zebulon Keene (1765–1810) married Huldah J Stone (1766–1849)
- Sprague Keene (1788-1866) married Chloe Higgins (1790-1864)
- Sally Keen (1791-1798)
- Cyrus Keen (1795-1864)
- Samuel Bisbee Keen (1797-1880) married Lydia Shattuck (1801-1839)
- Polly (Mary Bailey) Keen (1800-1885) married Adino Bailey (1788-1843)
- Oliver Keen (1802-1876) married Permelia Oaks (1812-1904)

Sixth Generation

Sprague Keene (1788–1866) married Chloe Higgins (1790–1864)
- Zebulon Keen (1808-1808)
- Zebulon Keen (1811-1897) married Hannah Jane Webster (1816-1889)
- Amos Keene (1813-1846)
- Lydia B Keen (1816-1895) married Henry W Andrews (1817-1897)
- Lorenzo S. Keen (1819-1902) married Sarepta Parsons (1827-1907)
- Timothy D Keene (1824-1907) married Susan Park (1827-1892)
- Normon Keen (1826-1829)
- Adino F Keene (1831-1840)
- Mary Bailey Keen (1835-1902) married Thomas J Ransom (1831-1915)

Seventh Generation

Zebulon Keen (1811–1897) married Hannah Jane Webster (1816–1889)
- Asher Graves Keen (1834-1907) married Mary E. Bunting (1840–1890)
- Achsah Webster Keen (1837-1913) married Myron Perry (1832-1903)
- Lydia Ann Keen (1839-1859)
- Mary Jane Keen (1841-1924) married Albert H. Polhamus (1837-1899)
- Elnora Adelaide Keen (1846-1880) married Wharton Massillon Crowe (1846-1886)
- Martha Eliza Keen (1850-1915) married Almeron Crowe (1838-1925)
- Flora Keen (1852-1929) married Stephen Olin Hickok (1853-1934)
- Ella Keen (1855-1917) married Joseph P. LeMar (1842-1925)
- Emma Keen (1856-1940) married 1st Wharton Massillon Crowe (1846-1886) on 24 Aug 1880, 2nd Sylvester L. Miller (1842-1904)

Eighth Generation

Elnora Adelaide Keen (1846–1880) married Wharton Massillon Crowe (1846-1886)
- Alice Geraldine Crowe (1867–1948) married William Hawthorne Wareham (1856–1928)
- Ella Adelaide Crow (1868-1888)
- Anna Crow (1875-1962) married Robert Elmer Denton (1873-1914)
- Melvin Crow (1878-1935) married Katie Claire Jones (1882-1973)
- William Crow (1880-1881)

Nineth Generation

Alice Geraldine Crowe (1867–1948) married William Hawthorne Wareham (1856–1928)
- Ella Blanch Wareham (1888-1982) married Richard Lesley Staggs, Sr. (1888–1965
- Julia Elnora Wareham (1890–1965)
- William Wareham (1894–1965) married Mary Teresa O’Keefee (1900–1966)
- Grace Wareham (1896–1985) married Frederick Carl Limb (1903–1955)
- Mary Wareham (1901–1968) married Herbert Rudolph Linquist (1897–1991)

Tenth Generation

Ella Blanch Wareham (1888-1982) married Richard Lesley Staggs, Sr. (1888–1965)
- Richard Leslie Staggs, Jr. (1911-1996) married 1st Clara Norma Turner (1914-1967) on 27 Apr 1933, married 2nd Dorothy Annabel Groose (1908-2005) on 18 Apr 1938
- William Randolph Staggs (1912-2010) married Grace Kathryn Glasser (1914-1993)
- Harold Wareham Staggs (1915-2009) married Jeanne Wilma Sammons (1919-1959)
- Robert Leslie Staggs (1919-2003) married Virginia Graham (1917-1996)
- Howard J. Staggs (1921-1968).

Eleventh Generation

Harold Wareham Staggs (1915–2009) married Jeanne Wilma Sammons (1919-1959)
- Barbara Jeanne Staggs (1946- )
- Infant Staggs (1948-1948)
- Steven Barry Staggs (1950- ) married Karen Ann Edgar (1949- )
- David Randolph Staggs (1955- )

Twelveth Generation

Steven Barry Staggs (1950- ) married Karen Ann Edgar (1949- )
- Brandon Lee Staggs (1975- )
- Cory Hudson Staggs (1976- )
- Dustin Gregory Staggs (1978- )
- Sara Jeanne Staggs (1982-2012)

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