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TEXAS USA SCOTLAND Sunday, September 27, 2009 08:04 PM
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18TH
CENTURY KEITHS
GEORGE KEITH (c.1638-1716), Scottish preacher Joining
the Quakers c.1663, he was closely associated with Robert Barclay, George Fox,
and other influential Friends. Shortly after his arrival in America (1684) he
became the leader of a separate faction known as Christian Quakers, for which he
was denounced by William Penn in 1692. Keith returned to England where, in 1700,
he was ordained a priest in the Anglican Church. He was again in America
(1702-4), preaching and baptizing. His journeys in the colonies are recorded in
his Journal of Travels from New Hampshire to Caratuck (1706). SIR WILLIAM KEITH (1680-1749), Governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware
See also: www.ushistory.org/graeme/people/williamkeith.htm; ROBERT KEITH (1681-1756), Bishop From Aberdeen's
Marischal College, Keith became a leading light in the Episcopal Church as
coadjutant Bishop of Edinburgh (1721-33), Bishop of Fife (1733-43) and primus as
Bishop of Orkney and Caithness. He was also a historian, compiling a Cataolgue
of Scottish Bishops, 1755, and writing a History of the Affairs of Church and
State in Scotland, 1734. The latter deals mainly with the reign of Queen Mary
and, though in narrative form, was the product of extensive archival research. JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD KEITH (1696-1758), Field Marshal
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the Keiths of Ludquhairn, he was appointed surveyor-general of customs for the
southern colonies in 1714. He was governor of Pennsylvania and Delaware before
returning to London in 1728 where in 1730 he assisted in the notable treaty with
Cherokee Indians then in London. He helped make England aware of the danger of
French encirclement of the colonies. He proposed a stamp tax on the colonies by
act of Parliament to maintain a standing army on the frontier.
Scottish
field marshal of Prussia; brother of George Keith, 10th earl marischal [marshal]
of Scotland. He participated in the Jacobite uprising of 1715 and in the
abortive invasion of 1719 with his brother. Escaping to the Continent, he first
entered the Spanish service and then went to Russia, where he gained honor in
both civil and military offices. Later he went to Prussia and became close
friends with Frederick the Great, who made him a field marshal (1747). Keith
entered the circle of Europe's leading intellectuals and rendered great service
to Prussia in the early part of the Seven Years War. He was killed in the Battle
of Hochkirch.