Clergyman: born in
Aberdeen, Scotland, about 1645; belonged to the Society of Friends: came to
East Jersey; was surveyor-general in 1682; and in 1689 taught school in
Philadelphia.
He wrote and spoke much in favor of the Quakers, and visited
New England in their interest; but about 1691 he established a sect who called themselves “Christian Quakers.”
Keith was irritable, quarrelsome, and imperious.
He finally left the Quakers altogether; took orders in the
Church of
England; and died rector of Edburiton.
Sussex.
England, in 1715.
