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Biographical material for

William Keene, Sr.

"Banks, Thomas & Keene, Elizabeth (wid.); 8 Dec. 1687 (or 3 Dec.); Thos. Banks, the son of Thos. Banks Gent. & Dorothy, was born on St. Giles' Day 1642 in Woodstock, Wilts., England; Elizabeth Keene, his 3rd wife, was the rel. of Wm. Keene & Dau. of Jn. & Ellen Rogers; Thos. Banks d. 20 Sep 1697 and is bur. on Cypress Farm in Cherry Point..."

"Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800" by Robert K. Headley, published 2003.

Epitaphs of William Keene, and of Thomas Banks, second husband of Elizabeth Rogers

Here lyeth the body of
William Keene, the Eldest son
of Thomas and Mary Keene
Born in Kent in Maryland the
10th day of March anno
Dom. 1642, Who marryed
Eliza. the 2. Daughter of John
Rogers Gent. and Ellin, his
Wife of Northumberland Co.
in Virginia by Whome he had
two Sons and Four daughters
and dyed ye 8 day of Feb.
1684 in ye two and Fortieth
year of his age.

 

Here Lyeth the Body
of Thomas Banks Gent.
The only son of Thomas Banks
Was born at Woodstocke
in Wiltshire on St. Giles
Day. Anno Dom. 1642
And Served Seven Years an
Apprentice to Mr. Wallistone Mercht.
in Southampton. And after came into
Virginia, where he married three Wives
the last of which he tooke
to Wife Eliza. the Relict of William
Keene, dec'd. daughter of
John Rogers Gent. and Ellin his
Wife of Northumberland County in
Virginia. Was marryed the 8 day
of December 1687 and dyed the
20 of September Anno Dom.
1697 in the 55 Year of his age.
As also these two Versers. As I in
Sorrow for thee have been distrest,
If God Permit Me Lye by thee to rest.

William Keene, his wife Elizabeth Rogers, and her second husband Thomas Banks are all buried side by side at "Cypress Farm" in Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland County, Virginia, where the tombstone of Thomas Banks is said to still be found. The original "Cypress Farm," home of the Keene family, was destroyed by the British when they bombed Washington, D.C. and the Potomac shores, and it was replaced by a newer structure after 1812.