The Keen family from Stoke Lyne

[gajjer]

Have you discounted this mistranscribed entry on Ancestry

Name Thomas Roon
[Thomas Keen]
[Thomas Keen]
Baptism 10 Feb 1760
Place   Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Father Thos Roon

It's not one I recognise but my memory isn't that good these days!
I'll have a look.
Thanks

[rosie99]

I think you may need to be browsing Bicester records, the images are online.  I have not looked further back than this baptism for Thomas.

[rosie99]

I think you may need to be browsing Bicester records, the images are online.  I have not looked further back than this baptism for Thomas.

I have now looked at the original and the letter taken as 'o' is the same as the presumed 'e' in Potter, Turner and Baptized on that page and in that case is definitely Keen and not Roon so most likely your Thomas Keen.  There are other examples of transcription errors in Bicester for Keen around the same time with father Thomas.

Marriage at Bicester 6 May 1759
Thomas Keen and Sarah Archer
An Isaac Archer was one of the witnesses

[gajjer]

I think you may need to be browsing Bicester records, the images are online.  I have not looked further back than this baptism for Thomas.

I have now looked at the original and the letter taken as 'o' is the same as the presumed 'e' in Potter, Turner and Baptized on that page and in that case is definitely Keen and not Roon so most likely your Thomas Keen.  There are other examples of transcription errors in Bicester for Keen around the same time with father Thomas.

Marriage at Bicester 6 May 1759
Thomas Keen and Sarah Archer
An Isaac Archer was one of the witnesses

Indeed. Writing can be very difficult to read and transcribe. I've seen it as Heen as well.
Thanks for taking the time. The Boss says I have jobs to do today so I'll have to have a look when she's not about!

[rosie99]

Most of us have to fit this in between our allocated jobs  .   Do come back if you need more help.