Martha Yerxa

• Daughter of Daniel Yerxa and Hulda Sisson
• Born 1828 parish of Douglas, York County
• Married Abraham McKeen 5 June 1844 at Douglas Anglican Church. Her sister, Rhoda, married Stephen Burtt the same day.
• Died 5 May 1890 of consumption
• Buried in All Saints' Anglican Cemetery, York County
• Cemetery Location: 150 Crock's Point Road, Keswick Ridge

• Abraham McKeen was born about 1825
• Son of Robert McKeen and Sarah Cunnabell
• Farming in Douglas Parish, York County NB in 1851
• Was a hotel keeper in Douglas Parish in 1861. By 1871 the family had moved to Carleton Ward, Fredericton, where Abraham was a liquor merchant. In 1881 Abraham and sons Elijah and Goodrick are lumbering in Bright Parish.
• Died 14 July 1890 aged 65 years
• Buried in All Saints' Anglican Cemetery, York County

Children of Martha Yerxa and Abraham McKeen

1. Elijah McKeen born 1845
   Never married
   Died 16 July 1931 aged 84
2. Jemima McKeen born 17 March 1847
   Christened 20 March 1847
3. William Gabriel McKeen born 1848
4. John Pickard McKeen born 1852
   Christened 3 August 1852
5. Ruth Retta McKeen born 1852
   Christened 3 July 1854
6. Abraham [Gooderick] McKeen born 26 May 1855
   Married Isabella Patchell 28 August 1890
   Died 21 January 1940 aged 84
7. Carrie McKeen born 1864
   Died 18 August 1874 aged 10 years
   Buried in All Saints' Anglican Cemetery, York County