Below are just random notes and thoughts that I have collected about various Keelings.
Got info? Bill Golden, Norfolk1956@gmail.com — a Keeling descendant.
| Year | Person | Notes |
| 1620 | (George) Leonard Keeling |
Birth bef. 1620 • probably, England
Leonard Keeling is listed as arriving in Virginia in 1635. Normal age for self-transport would be 16. Math: 1620 – 16 = 1634 or earlier, so am listing him as born bef.1620.
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| 1630 | Leonard Keeling |
The children of Thomas Keeling (c1608-1664) and Ann Thorowgood (c1618-1683) are fairly well documented. There is no ‘Leonard Keeling‘ among 9 known and named children. Thomas Keeling, Sr, left a Last Will and Testament, and in a 1683 legal deed Ann Keeling named the children still alive. There is no Leonard Keeling. Some people have listed ‘Leonard Thomas Keeling‘ as a son, blending Leonard with Thomas … but in 1683 Ann Keeling notes that Thomas Jr had been dead for some years and gave his portion of his father’s willed property to Alexander Keeling. There was a Leonard Keeling living in New Kent, Virginia, but he died in 1689. All of these Keelings probably are related. Am in search thereof myself. |
| 1635 | Leonard Keeling |
Arrives in Virginia. Author: Ancestry.com |
| 1682 | Edward Keeling |
Arrives in Virginia. NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977. 609p. |