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Jane Buffum Keys 1650 – 1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1650

Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Sep 1740

Death Location: Perthshire, Scotland

Father: John Keys

Mother: Margaret Barr

Spouse(s): William Starret, Benjamin Sterrett, William Sterrett

Children(s): Benjamin Starritt, John Sterrett

In 1650, Jane Buffum Keys entered the world in Perthshire, Scotland, born to John Findlay Keys and Margaret Barr. Jane Buffum Keys married William James Starret, Benjamin Sterrett, William Sterrett, and had children including Benjamin Starritt, John Keys Sterrett. Jane Buffum Keys passed away in 1740 in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1650, Jane Buffum Keys entered the world in Perthshire, Scotland, born to John Findlay Keys and Margaret Barr.
  • Jane Buffum Keys married William James Starret, Benjamin Sterrett, William Sterrett, and had children including Benjamin Starritt, John Keys Sterrett.
  • Jane Buffum Keys passed away in 1740 in Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Keys
1630 – 1720
Birth Location: Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Barr
1632 – 1700
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

William Starret
1650 – 1724
Birth Location: Scotland
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Benjamin Sterrett
Birth Location: –
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William Sterrett
1646 – 1740
Birth Location: Scotland
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Children(s)

Benjamin Starritt
1670 – 1739
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
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John Sterrett
Birth Location: –
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Jane Keys's Ancestors

Self
Jane Keys
1650 – 1740
Birth Place: Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
John Findlay Keys
1630 – 1720
Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Barr
1632 – 1700
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jane Keys's Descendants

1.
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Jane (Buffum) Keys (1650 – 25 Sep 1740) m. William (James) Starret (25 Feb 1650 – 22 Jun 1724) m. Benjamin Sterrett m. William Sterrett (1646 – 22 Jun 1740)
  1. 1. Benjamin Starritt (1670 – 21 Nov 1739) m. Isabella (Mayes 9th) GGM (1675 – 17 Mar 1738)
    1. 1. John (A.) Sterrett (1695 – 5 Apr 1748)
    2. 2. Samuel (Jackson) Sterrett (1698 – Mar 1776)
    3. 3. Robert Sterrett (1700 – Apr 1777)
    4. 4. James Sterrett (1705 – 1761)
    5. 5. Miriam Sterrett (4 Apr 1705 – 9 Apr 1770) m. Alexander (Work) (Wark) (11 Feb 1702 – 17 March 1749)
      1. 1. Elizabeth McNute (1720 – )
      2. 2. Henry (II) WORK (1725 – 1795)
      3. 3. SAMUEL (EBENEZER FERGUSON) WORK (1727 – 1790)
      4. 4. Henry Work (1730 – WFT Est 1731-1820)
      5. 5. John (Alexander) Work (16 Sep 1734 – 1782) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792) m. Margaret Cunningham (12 Aug 1747 – 16 Aug 1792)
        1. 1. Sarah (Dorothy) Work (1763 – 1850)
      6. 6. JAMES (B) WORK (16 Sep 1734 – 3 August 1783) m. Letitia Scott (7 Jul 1732 – 1790)
        1. 1. MARGARET WORK (1755 – 1792)
        2. 2. William Work (21 Feb 1760 – 1 Aug 1828)
        3. 3. JOHN (HENRY) WORK* (1762 – 7 March 1809)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Work (1763 – 1764)
        5. 5. Alexander Work (1765 – 24 Apr 1822)
        6. 6. James Work (31 Dec 1768 – 26 Nov 1842) m. Margaret Orr (31 October 1775 – 17 Dec 1858)
        7. 7. Susannah Work (1770 – )
        8. 8. Letitia Work (1775 – 17 Aug 1838)
      7. 7. John (Alexander) Work (16 Sept 1734 – 11 Sept 1782)
      8. 8. Martha Work (ABT 1737 – WFT Est 1751-1831)
      9. 9. Hannah Work (1741 – 1810)
      10. 10. Elizabeth Work (ABT 1741 – WFT Est 1742-1835)
      11. 11. ALEXANDER (J) WORK (11 Feb 1745 – 7 May 1800)
      12. 12. Elizabeth Work (1748 – 28 February 1791)
      13. 13. Sarah (Jean) Work (1750 – 01 Jan 1779)
    6. 6. Benjamin Sterrett (1707 – 17 Mar 1739)
    7. 7. Samuel Sterrett (1708 – Mar 1776)
    8. 8. Robert Sterrett (1712 – Apr 1777)
    9. 9. Mary Sterrett (1712 – 1789)
    10. 10. James Sterrett (1719 – 5 Apr 1748)
    11. 11. Cairns ((Kern)) Sterrett (1721 – 28 Mar 1798)
    12. 12. Mary Sterrett (1723 – 1789)
    13. 13. Mary (Maria) Sterrett (1735 – 1789)
    14. 14. James Sterrett (1735 – 26 Mar 1759)
    15. 15. Alexander Starrett (1738 – )
    16. 16. Thomas Sterrett
    17. 17. Isabella Sterrett
  2. 2. John (Keys) Sterrett

Jane Keys's Timeline

2 Records

1650
1650
Birth of Jane Buffum Keys in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland
1740
25 Sep 1740
Age 90
Death of Jane Buffum Keys in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1650
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1740
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland
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