Individual Details
Elizabeth Rogers
(1643 - 15 Mar 1721)
"Mrs. Elizabeth Banks, after enduring two widowhoods, died in 1722, her will probated 15 Mar 1722. Her sons by William Keene were William and John. Her daughter Hannah married Col. John Bushrod, of Bushfield, in Westmoreland, Elizabeth married ----- Lee. Another daughter (Elizabeth) married Samuel Samford, and the fourth daughter married John Woodbridge. Her father, Major John Rogers, was an early settler in Northumberland, and long served as one of the justices. A small creek tributary to Hulls Creek is still known by the name of Rogers, the plantation and home of the early justice having been on its banks.
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ELIZABETH ROGERS KEENE BANKS
....Elizabeth was the daughter of Major John Rogers, a long serving early justice in Northumberland County, Virginia, and his wife Ellin (Ellen). She was born circa 1643 at Lewisetta Plantation, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. Northumberland County was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early 17th century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers, inhabited by Chickacoan Indians, known as the Northern Neck Penisula. Major Rogers was one of the early settlers in Northumberland County. In addition to daughter Elizabeth, there was a son William.
Elizabeth married first, William Keene, son of Thomas Keene, Jr. and Mary Thorley Keene. They were married circa 1665 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County. They had six children. (Note: Five children are recorded in the register of St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, giving their date of birth. There was a sixth child, an unknown daughter,
taken from father William's epitaph.):
Children with William Keene:
1.... William Keene II (b. 11 Sep. 1665, d. 4 Oct. 1700, age 35). He married Ann Therriatt circa 1694. She was the daughter of William Therriatt of St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster County. William and Ann had four children: Anne Keene, William Keene III married 1st Elizabeth Ball, Hannah Keene, and Elizabeth Keene.
2....Elizabeth Keene (b. 16 May 1669, died circa 1720, abt. age 51. She married first: Charles Lee (b. circa 1667 d. circa 1686, age 19, parents unknown). Children by Charles: unknown. Elizabeth married second: Samuel Samford (1662-1736). Five children
3....John Keene (b. 12 Aug 1671, d. Sep/Oct 1740 age 69. A Justice of the Peace. John married first: Elizabeth Oliver..
John and Elizabeth had 2 daughters Elizabeth and Elenor.
John married second: Ruth___?____. In his will dated Sep 18, 1740 and probated Oct 13, 1740, he bequests:
Item......I give and bequeath to my loving wife Ruth Keene these negroes vizt.....etc. etc.
Ruth Keene "relict of Mr. John Keene of Cherry Point" died in 1760, this was 20 years after John's death in 1740.
4.....Hannah Keene (b. 4 Feb 1676, d. May 1739, age 63) Hannah married first: on 30 Jan 1693, Colonel John Bushrod (1663-1719 he died age 56, She married second: in 1720, Willoughby Allerton (1663-1724) he died age 61, and third: in 1725, Dr. John Cooper (1667-1734) he died age 67. Hannah survived another 5 years after the death of her 3rd husband.
Hannah lived in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, VA, where she wrote her will Dec 26, 1738. It was probated May 29, 1739.
5....Sarah Keene (b. 7 Oct 1678, d. unknown). In 1705 she married Captain John Woodbridge (1668-1726) of Richmond County. Their issue: John Woodbridge and Elizabeth Woodbridge.
After William's death in 1684, Elizabeth remarried. Her second husband was Thomas Banks, Gent of Wiltshire, England, They were married December 8, 1687, three years after William Keene's death. Ten years later on September 20, 1697, Thomas Banks died at age 56. Thomas was buried beside Elizabeth's first husband William, near the family home at "Cypress Farm", near present day Lewisetta, Northumberland County, Virginia.
Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720, approximately 77 years old. Her will was dated May 23, 1720, and probated July 20, 1720.
Elizabeth is remembered in her first husband William's Epitaph on his tombstone at Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland Co., Va. (About two miles from Lewisetta):
WILLIAM KEENE'S EPITAPH (at Cypress Farm, his plantation):
Here lyeth the body of
William Keene, the Eldest son
of Thomas and Mary Keene
Born in Kent, 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.
....Elizabeth is remembered in the following inscription on the tombstone of her second husband Thomas Banks: (Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland County, Va., beside the grave of her first husband William Keene)
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 Rpgers Gent. and Ellin his
Wife of Northumberland County in
Verginia. Was marryed the 8 day
of December 1687 and dyed the
20 of September Anno Dom.
1697 In the 56 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.
There is a blank space at the bottom, probably left for an
epitaph for Elizabeth. Elizabeth lived another 23 years after her husband Thomas's death in 1697. Elizabeth and Thomas were married 10 years, and had no children.
The gravesites are believed to be near the sight of the early Keene plantation home.
(Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720.....her will was dated May 23, 1720 and probated July 20, 1720, so she died between May and July of 1720, cause of death unknown. She was approximately 77 years old. Source: Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Wood, copyright 1952.)
Alternate death date: (At the age of seventy-three, Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in March 1722, thirty eight years after William's (Keene) death. Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine".
Also: (Mrs. Elizabeth [Rogers Keene] Banks, after enduring two widowhoods, died 1722 (will probated March 15, 1722). Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine", 1 st Series, Vol III, 1899 p. 42-47)
Also: (In 1722, occurred the death of Elizabeth, widow of William Keene, widow of Thomas Banks, her will being proved March 15, 1722. Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" The Colonial Dames of America Vol II, 1910"
By: Rebecca Prillaman
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ELIZABETH ROGERS KEENE BANKS
....Elizabeth was the daughter of Major John Rogers, a long serving early justice in Northumberland County, Virginia, and his wife Ellin (Ellen). She was born circa 1643 at Lewisetta Plantation, St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia. Northumberland County was formed about 1645 from the district of Chickacoan, the early 17th century name for the region between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers, inhabited by Chickacoan Indians, known as the Northern Neck Penisula. Major Rogers was one of the early settlers in Northumberland County. In addition to daughter Elizabeth, there was a son William.
Elizabeth married first, William Keene, son of Thomas Keene, Jr. and Mary Thorley Keene. They were married circa 1665 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County. They had six children. (Note: Five children are recorded in the register of St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland County, giving their date of birth. There was a sixth child, an unknown daughter,
taken from father William's epitaph.):
Children with William Keene:
1.... William Keene II (b. 11 Sep. 1665, d. 4 Oct. 1700, age 35). He married Ann Therriatt circa 1694. She was the daughter of William Therriatt of St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster County. William and Ann had four children: Anne Keene, William Keene III married 1st Elizabeth Ball, Hannah Keene, and Elizabeth Keene.
2....Elizabeth Keene (b. 16 May 1669, died circa 1720, abt. age 51. She married first: Charles Lee (b. circa 1667 d. circa 1686, age 19, parents unknown). Children by Charles: unknown. Elizabeth married second: Samuel Samford (1662-1736). Five children
3....John Keene (b. 12 Aug 1671, d. Sep/Oct 1740 age 69. A Justice of the Peace. John married first: Elizabeth Oliver..
John and Elizabeth had 2 daughters Elizabeth and Elenor.
John married second: Ruth___?____. In his will dated Sep 18, 1740 and probated Oct 13, 1740, he bequests:
Item......I give and bequeath to my loving wife Ruth Keene these negroes vizt.....etc. etc.
Ruth Keene "relict of Mr. John Keene of Cherry Point" died in 1760, this was 20 years after John's death in 1740.
4.....Hannah Keene (b. 4 Feb 1676, d. May 1739, age 63) Hannah married first: on 30 Jan 1693, Colonel John Bushrod (1663-1719 he died age 56, She married second: in 1720, Willoughby Allerton (1663-1724) he died age 61, and third: in 1725, Dr. John Cooper (1667-1734) he died age 67. Hannah survived another 5 years after the death of her 3rd husband.
Hannah lived in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, VA, where she wrote her will Dec 26, 1738. It was probated May 29, 1739.
5....Sarah Keene (b. 7 Oct 1678, d. unknown). In 1705 she married Captain John Woodbridge (1668-1726) of Richmond County. Their issue: John Woodbridge and Elizabeth Woodbridge.
After William's death in 1684, Elizabeth remarried. Her second husband was Thomas Banks, Gent of Wiltshire, England, They were married December 8, 1687, three years after William Keene's death. Ten years later on September 20, 1697, Thomas Banks died at age 56. Thomas was buried beside Elizabeth's first husband William, near the family home at "Cypress Farm", near present day Lewisetta, Northumberland County, Virginia.
Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720, approximately 77 years old. Her will was dated May 23, 1720, and probated July 20, 1720.
Elizabeth is remembered in her first husband William's Epitaph on his tombstone at Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland Co., Va. (About two miles from Lewisetta):
WILLIAM KEENE'S EPITAPH (at Cypress Farm, his plantation):
Here lyeth the body of
William Keene, the Eldest son
of Thomas and Mary Keene
Born in Kent, 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.
....Elizabeth is remembered in the following inscription on the tombstone of her second husband Thomas Banks: (Cypress Farm, Cherry Point, Northumberland County, Va., beside the grave of her first husband William Keene)
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 Rpgers Gent. and Ellin his
Wife of Northumberland County in
Verginia. Was marryed the 8 day
of December 1687 and dyed the
20 of September Anno Dom.
1697 In the 56 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.
There is a blank space at the bottom, probably left for an
epitaph for Elizabeth. Elizabeth lived another 23 years after her husband Thomas's death in 1697. Elizabeth and Thomas were married 10 years, and had no children.
The gravesites are believed to be near the sight of the early Keene plantation home.
(Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in 1720.....her will was dated May 23, 1720 and probated July 20, 1720, so she died between May and July of 1720, cause of death unknown. She was approximately 77 years old. Source: Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Wood, copyright 1952.)
Alternate death date: (At the age of seventy-three, Elizabeth Rogers Keene Banks died in March 1722, thirty eight years after William's (Keene) death. Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine".
Also: (Mrs. Elizabeth [Rogers Keene] Banks, after enduring two widowhoods, died 1722 (will probated March 15, 1722). Source: "The William and Mary College Quarterly Magazine", 1 st Series, Vol III, 1899 p. 42-47)
Also: (In 1722, occurred the death of Elizabeth, widow of William Keene, widow of Thomas Banks, her will being proved March 15, 1722. Source: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" The Colonial Dames of America Vol II, 1910"
By: Rebecca Prillaman
Events
| Birth | 1643 | Northumberland County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 1663 | St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia - William Keene | |||
| Marriage | 8 Dec 1687 | Northumberland County, Virginia - Thomas Banks | | ||
| Death | 15 Mar 1721 | Northumberland County, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Cypress Farm Burial Ground, Lewisetta, Northumberland County, Virginia | |  |
Families
| Spouse | William Keene (1642 - 1683) |
| Child | William Henry Keene Jr. (1665 - 1701) |
| Child | Elizabeth Keene (1669 - 1704) |
| Child | John Keene ( - 1740) |
| Child | Hannah Keene ( - 1738) |
| Child | Sarah Keene ( - 1712) |
| Child | Isabel Anne Keene (1680 - 1725) |
| Spouse | Thomas Banks (1642 - 1697) |
| Child | Ellen Banks ( - ) |
| Father | John Rogers (1617 - 1680) |
| Mother | Ellen Hale (1624 - 1668) |
| Sibling | John Rogers Jr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ellen Rogers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Richard Rogers (1650 - 1697) |
| Sibling | Katherine Rogers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Rogers ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Rogers ( - ) |
| Sibling | Peter Rogers ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Henry Rogers ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
or Kent Island, MarylandMarriage
Virginia, Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800Death
Virginia, Extracted Vital Records, 1660-1923Burial
Elizabeth is buried beside her husband William Keene.Her second husband is also buried beside her.
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial 107628584.