Edmund Kean

ID# 20871, b. 1787, d. 15 May 1833
Pedigree
Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)
Edmund Kean was also recorded as Master Carey.
Edmund Kean
(1787-1833)
Note: 
 
Wikipedia states: 'His father was probably Edmund Kean (see Ó Catháin), an architect’s clerk'.
It also states that 'Ann Carey was the daughter of the 18th century composer and playwright Henry Carey' - this I believe is incorrect and that she is more likely his grand-daughter (if at all - her father being George Savile Carey). Another source has the playwright Henry Carey strangling himself at Cold Bath Fields in 1743 (Edmund Keen's mother, Mary Anne Carey, was born in 1763)

An 1835 work (The Life of Edmund Kean) has:
The birth and parentage of Edmund Kean are apparently, equally unknown. It would have been easy, indeed, from the handsome quantity of materials before us, to have rendered a very satisfactory account of our hero's origin; but we have refrained. Indeed, we feel bound in honour, to declare our belief, that no such information exists as his biographers can use with entire confidence. One statement is perpetually opposed to another, and date after date is encountered by denials, and sometimes utterly refuted by subsequent well established facts.

The author later adds: '... according to the best conclusions we are able to form, from the conflicting evidence before us, Edmund Kean was the son of one Edmund Kean, by Ann Carey, and was born in the year 1787. Edmund Kean the supposed father, was in the employ of a Mr. Wilmot, the buider of the Royalty theatre, and whilst occupied there, became intimate with Miss Carey at that time an actress...'

A 20th century descendant of Edmund's [half?] brother (Henry Darnley) was named Edmund Kean. see Edmund Kean W D McCarthy
Common ancestor: Mary Anne Carey

The Byrne family history tells of their Edmund Kean Byrne (1837-1904) being named after his mother's cousin, Edmund Kean. see Edmund Kean Byrne.

Birth:
Edmund Kean was born in 1787 
 
Most likely 17 March as reported by Miss Tidswell (although she appears to have the year wrong.)


Edmund Kean was the son of Edmund Kean and Mary Anne Carey.

Note: in 1805 
 
'.. he was under engagement to marry a young girl in Scotland, as early as the year 1805..'

Marriage:
Edmund Kean married Mary Chambers on 17 July 1808 at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 
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Note:  about December 1809 
  
 
Family moved over to Waterford, Ireland.
source: The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Volume 2
p.136.

 
  

Death: 
Edmund Kean died on 15 May 1833 at Richmond, Surrey, England, at age 46 years 
 . 
 
 
  
Burial: 
Edmund Kean was buried on 25 May 1833 at Old Church, Richmond, Surrey, England, 
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Children of Edmund Kean and Mary Chambers









Mary Chambers


ID# 20872, b. about 1789, d. 30 March 1849


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)








Mary Chambers was also recorded as  Maria Chambers.
 From 17 July 1808, her married name was Kean.






  

Birth: 
Mary Chambers was born about 1789 
 . 
 
 
  

Marriage: 
Mary Chambers married Edmund Kean, son of Edmund Kean and Mary Anne Carey, on 17 July 1808 at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 
 . 
 

 
  
Residence: 
 in August 1808 Mary Chambers lived at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, 
 . 
 
 
  
Note:  about December 1809 
  
 
Family moved over to Waterford, Ireland.
source: The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Volume 2
p.136.

 
  

Death: 
Mary Chambers died on 30 March 1849 at Keydell, Horndean, Hampshire, England, 
  
 
Mrs Kean passed away on an estate presented to her by Mr Charles Kean in 1844.

 
  
Burial: 
Mary Chambers was buried about April 1849 at Catherington, Hampshire, England, 
  
 
M.I. - 
" To the memory of Mary, widow of the late Edmund Kean."





Children of Mary Chambers and Edmund Kean









Edmund Kean


ID# 20873, b. about 1765


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)




  
Note:  
  
 
Assumed father of Edmund Kean (actor.)

 
  

Birth: 
Edmund Kean was born about 1765 
 . 
 
 
Edmund Kean was the son of Unknown Kean.




Child of Edmund Kean and Mary Anne Carey









Unknown Kean


ID# 20874, b. about 1737


Pedigree


  

Birth: 
Unknown Kean was born about 1737 
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Children of Unknown Kean









Moses Kean


ID# 20875, b. about 1762, d. 1792


Pedigree


  
Note:  
  
 
'... Moses Kean, a man possessing considerable fame as a general mimic, and who imitated Garrick inimitably.'
The Life of Edmund Kean;  From Published and Original Sources.  Vol. I
 By F. W. Hawkins;  published 1835.

 
  

Birth: 
Moses Kean was born about 1762 
 . 
 
 
Moses Kean was the son of Unknown Kean.
 
  

Death: 
Moses Kean died in 1792 
 . 
 






Unknown (?)


ID# 20876, b. about 1800


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)








From about 1822, her married name was Darnley.






  

Birth: 
Unknown (?) was born about 1800 
 . 
 
 
  

Marriage: 
Unknown (?) married Henry Darnley, son of Unknown Darnley and Mary Anne Carey, about 1822 
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Child of Unknown (?) and Henry Darnley









Charles John Kean


ID# 20877, b. 18 January 1811, d. 22 January 1868


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)




  

Birth: 
Charles John Kean was born on 18 January 1811 at Waterford, Ireland, 
 . 
 
 
Charles John Kean was the son of Edmund Kean and Mary Chambers.
 
  

Marriage: 
Charles John Kean married Ellen Tree, daughter of Cornelius Tree and Anne Maria (?), on 29 January 1842 at St Anne's Church, London, England, 
  
 
Married
On the 29th ult. in St Anne's Church, London Mr Charles Kean to Miss Ellen Tree, the eminent performers.
The Belfast Newsletter  4 February 1842

Marriage License was issued in Dublin, Ireland
1842 'Tree, Ellen and Charles Kean p.284.'

 
  

Death: 
Charles John Kean died on 22 January 1868 at London, England, at age 57 years and 4 days 
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Burial: 
Charles John Kean was buried about February 1868 at Horndean, Hampshire, England, 
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Charles John Kean appeared in the 1851 census at
3 Torrington Square, Saint George Bloomsbury, St Giles, London, Middlesex, England.
 On 30 March 1851:-

KEAN, Charles John       Head      Mar  39    Actor and Manager Of The Princess Theatre   Waterford, Ireland
KEAN, Ellen              Wife      -    38    Actress                                     London, Middlesex
KEAN, Mary Maria         Dau       -     7    -                                           London, Middlesex
YELLOP, Emma             Servant   Mar  31    House Keeper & Nurse                        Richmond, Surrey
WHITELAND, Jane Elizth   Servant   Unm  32    Cook                                        Richmond, Surrey
BYFORD, Henrietta        Servant   Unm  28    House Maid                                  London, Middlesex
LAY, Georgiana           Servant   Unm  41    Lady's Maid                                 London, Middlesex
SPREDBURY, Henry         Servant   Unm  18    Footman                                     Broughton, Hampshire
CHAMBERLAIN, Amelia      Servant   Unm  12    Attendant                                   London, Middlesex

Address; 3 Torrington Square, Saint George Bloomsbury, St Giles, London & Middlesex
Parliamentary borough: Finsbury    Registration district: St Giles
Archive reference: HO107    Piece number: 1507    Folio: 207    Page: 19.


 
Charles John Kean appeared in the 1861 census at
22 Conduit Street, St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England.
 On 7 April 1861:-

KEAN, Charles J  Head     Mar  50    Theatrical Actor   Ireland
KEAN, Ellen      Wife     Mar  50    Actress            Marylebone, Middlesex
KEAN, Mary       Dau      Unm  17    -                  St George's West, Middlesex
CHAPMAN, Patty   Niece    Unm  23    Actress            Marylebone, Middlesex
MAY, Elizabeth   Servant  Unm  27    Ladys Maid         St Andrew's, Middlesex
MAY, Susan       Servant  Unm  21    Ladies Maid        St Martin's, Middlesex

Address: 22 Conduit Street, St Georges, St George Hanover Square, London & Middlesex
Municipal ward: Conduit    Parliamentary borough: Westminster
Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Archive reference: RG09    Piece number: 42    Folio: 58    Page: 10.










Child of Charles John Kean and Ellen Tree









George Savile Carey


ID# 20878, b. 1743, d. about July 1807


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)




  
Note:  
  
 
Carey, George Saville (1743-1807), miscellaneous writer, a posthumous son of Henry Carey (c.1743) was born a short time after his father's death, and was brought up to the trade of printer.
After 1763 he resolved to go upon the stage. Garrick, Mrs Cibber, and others encouraged him in this course. He played at Covent Garden, where William Powell did his best for him, but he failed to make his way and retired. He then wrote 'The Inoculator', a comedy, in three acts, and 'The Cottagers', an opera; these plays were not acted, but were published with some poems in 1788 by subscription. In 1768 Carey, under the pseudonym of Paul Tell-Truth, esq., published 'Liberty chastized; or Patriotism in Chains' ...

--- By 1797 it was rumoured that his father was the actual author of 'God save the King', and that he himself had received a pension of 200l. a year on that ground (his Balnea, pp109-23). Carey announced that he had not received a pension, though his father had written the song; and he applied fruitlessly for an interview with the king to urge his claims. ...

--- In the summer of 1807 he was in London giving a series of entertainments, but he died suddenly of paralysis, aged 64, and was buried at the cost of friends. 

source:
Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922
Volume: Vol 03; Page: 976.

 
  

Birth: 
George Savile Carey was born in 1743 
 . 
 
 
George Savile Carey was the son of Henry Carey.
 
  
Residence: 
 in July 1760 George Savile Carey lived at St. Dunstan in the West, London, England, 
  
 
In the early 19th century the medieval church of St Dunstan was removed to allow the widening of Fleet Street and a new church was built on its burial ground.

 
  

Marriage: 
George Savile Carey married Mary Ann Phipps about August 1760 at St. Dunstan in the West, London, England, 
  
 
Marriage Bond Date: 5 Jul 1760
George Saville Carey; Bachelor of St Dunstan In The West Parish
Mary Ann Phipps; age over 19 and under 21; Spinster of St Dunstan In The West Parish
Mother's Name:      Elizabeth Phipps, Widow of St Dunstan In The West Parish

In the early 19th century the medieval church of St Dunstan was removed to allow the widening of Fleet Street and a new church was built on its burial ground.

 
  

Death: 
George Savile Carey died about July 1807 
  
 
In the summer of 1807 he was in London giving a series of entertainments, but he died suddenly of paralysis, aged 64, and was buried at the cost of friends. 

source:
Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922
Volume: Vol 03; Page: 976.





Children of George Savile Carey and Mary Ann Phipps









Henry Carey


ID# 20879, b. 1687, d. 5 October 1743


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)




  
Note:  
  
 
Henry Carey (1687 – 5 October 1743) was an English poet, dramatist and song-writer. He is remembered as an anti-Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death. Because he worked in anonymity, selling his own compositions to others to pass off as their own, contemporary scholarship can only be certain of some of his poetry, and a great deal of the music he composed was written for theatrical incidental music.  
- Wikipedia.

 
  

Birth: 
Henry Carey was born in 1687 
  
 
Carey, Henry (d.1743), poet and musician is said to have been an illegitimate son of George Savile, the famous marquis of Halifax, who died in 1895.  Carey, in the preface to his first volume of poems, in 1713, speaks of himself as still very young.  His mother probably was a schoolmistres, as a 'Pastoral Eclogue' in that volume is described as 'performed at Mrs. Carey's school by several of her scholars'.  He afterwards taught music in boarding schools...

source:
Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. Volumes 1–22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922
Volume: Vol 03; Page: 980.

 
  

Death: 
Henry Carey died on 5 October 1743 at age 56 years 
 . 
 




Child of Henry Carey









Mary Ann Phipps


ID# 20880, b. between 1739 and 1741


Pedigree




Charts
Henry Carey  (c.1687-)








From about August 1760, her married name was Carey.






  

Birth: 
Mary Ann Phipps was born between 1739 and 1741 
 . 
 
 
  
Residence: 
 in July 1760 Mary Ann Phipps lived at St. Dunstan in the West, London, England, 
  
 
In the early 19th century the medieval church of St Dunstan was removed to allow the widening of Fleet Street and a new church was built on its burial ground.

 
  

Marriage: 
Mary Ann Phipps married George Savile Carey, son of Henry Carey, about August 1760 at St. Dunstan in the West, London, England, 
  
 
Marriage Bond Date: 5 Jul 1760
George Saville Carey; Bachelor of St Dunstan In The West Parish
Mary Ann Phipps; age over 19 and under 21; Spinster of St Dunstan In The West Parish
Mother's Name:      Elizabeth Phipps, Widow of St Dunstan In The West Parish

In the early 19th century the medieval church of St Dunstan was removed to allow the widening of Fleet Street and a new church was built on its burial ground.





Children of Mary Ann Phipps and George Savile Carey