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John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key 1581–1647 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1581

Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 16 Jul 1647

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Peter Key

Mother: Beatrice Barnes

Spouse(s): Lady (Nawe?)

Children(s): John Keyes, Mary Keyes, Ellen Key, Beatrice Keyes, Margaret 1614, Sarah Keyes, Elizabeth Key, Elizabeth Key, Three KEYES, Sarah Gage, ROBERT KeyeS

In 1581, John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key entered the world in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Peter Key And Beatrice Barnes. John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key married Lady Susan Mewes Nawe, and had children including Beatrice Keyes, Elizabeth Key, Ellen Key, John Keyes, Margaret Key 1614, Mary Keyes, Robert Keyes, Sarah Bickford Keyes Gage, Sarah Keyes, Three Keyes. John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key passed away in 1647 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1581, John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key entered the world in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Peter Key And Beatrice Barnes.
  • John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key married Lady Susan Mewes Nawe, and had children including Beatrice Keyes, Elizabeth Key, Ellen Key, John Keyes, Margaret Key 1614, Mary Keyes, Robert Keyes, Sarah Bickford Keyes Gage, Sarah Keyes, Three Keyes.
  • John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key passed away in 1647 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Peter Key
1559–1641
Birth Location: Woburn, , , England
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Beatrice Barnes
1563–1642
Birth Location: Woburn, , , England
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Spouses(s)

Lady (Nawe?)
1585–1632
Birth Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, , England
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Children(s)

John Keyes
1603–1732
Birth Location: –
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Mary Keyes
1605–1662
Birth Location: Newberry, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Ellen Key
1609–1653
Birth Location: , , , England
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Beatrice Keyes
–1670
Birth Location: –
BK
Margaret 1614
1614–1643
Birth Location: Surrey, England
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Sarah Keyes
1600–1681
Birth Location: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
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Elizabeth Key
1609–1670
Birth Location: , , , England
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Elizabeth Key
–1670
Birth Location: –
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Three KEYES
1605–1662
Birth Location: Newberry, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Gage
1633–1707
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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ROBERT KeyeS
1602–1647
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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John Key's Ancestors

Self
John Key
1581–1647
Birth Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Peter Key
1559–1641
Woburn, , , England
Beatrice Barnes
1563–1642
Woburn, , , England
Grandparents
John (Lister Baronet) Kaye
1520–1594
Woodsome, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorothea (Dorothy) Mauleverer
1528–1624
Almondbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Barnes
1533–1574
Woburn, Bedshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Dorothy) Bigod
1529–1573
Settrington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Arthur Kaye
1498–1574
Beatrici Lockwodde
1500–1563
Sir Mauleverer
1502–1541
Alice Markenfield
1506–1553
Lord Settrington
1507–1537
Lady Conyers
1510–1566
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jane Conyers
1470–1546
Joan Yorkshua
1479–1546

John Key's Descendants

1.
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John (Blanford (Nawe) Keyes) Key (1581–16 Jul 1647) m. Lady (Susan Mewes) (Nawe?) (1585–May 1632)
  1. 1. John Keyes 1603–1732
  2. 2. Mary Keyes 1605–1662
  3. 3. Ellen Key 1609–1653
  4. 4. Beatrice Keyes –1670
  5. 5. Margaret (Key -) 1614 1614–1643
  6. 6. Sarah Keyes 1600–1681
  7. 7. Elizabeth Key 1609–1670
  8. 8. Elizabeth Key –1670
  9. 9. Three KEYES 1605–1662
  10. 10. Sarah (Bickford Keyes) Gage 1633–1707 m. Samuel Buswell 1628–1704
    1. 1. John Buswell 1659–1740 m. Elizabeth Stiles 1662–1740
      1. 1. Daughter Buswell 1701–
      2. 2. Daughter Buswell 1701–
      3. 3. John Buswell 1703–1751
      4. 4. Lydia Buswell 1701–
      5. 5. Miss Buswell 1701–
      6. 6. Sarah Buswell 1707–
    2. 2. Isaac Buswell 1657–1709
  11. 11. ROBERT KeyeS 1602–1647 m. Sarah (Gage\Swett) ? 1611–1680
    1. 1. Peter Keyes 1629–1702
    2. 2. Joseph Keyes 1632–
    3. 3. Robert Keyes 1633–
    4. 4. John Key 1630–1671
    5. 5. John Pomfrett 1627–1671
    6. 6. Edmund (Andrais) Key 1627–1687
    7. 7. Mary Keyes 1645–1668
    8. 8. Solomon Keyes 1628–1702
    9. 9. Phebe Keyes 1639–1701 m. John French 1635–1706 m. JOHN (FrencH) Sr 1635–1707
      1. 1. James French 1686–1741
      2. 2. Hepsibah French 1678–
      3. 3. Patience French 1681–1750
      4. 4. Hepzebah French 1678–1773
      5. 5. Richard French 1676–1757
      6. 6. Lydia French 1674–1746
      7. 7. John French 1671–1730
      8. 8. Martha French 1669–1764
      9. 9. Sarah French 1664–1761
      10. 10. Phebe French 1667–1718 m. STEPHEN PearsoN 1662–1730
      11. 11. Mary Freuab 1659–1730 m. STEPHEN PearsoN 1662–1730
        1. 1. Hepzibah Pearson 1699–
        2. 2. Hephsibah Pearson 1699–1771
        3. 3. Patience Pearson 1697–1773
        4. 4. Jonathan Pearson 1693–1693
        5. 5. Mary Pearson 1691–1726
        6. 6. Martha Pearson 1689–1752
        7. 7. Stephen Pearson 1687–1772
        8. 8. ELIZABETH PearsoN 1685–1746 m. AARON PengrY 1683–1770
    10. 10. REBECCA KeyeS 1638–1753 m. William (Newton) Smith 1634–1693
      1. 1. SARAH SmitH 1675–1723 m. JONATHAN BixbY 1667–1717
        1. 1. Susannah Bixby 1713–1779
        2. 2. Elias Bixby 1706–1724
        3. 3. Ruth Bixby 1699–1769
        4. 4. LYDIA BixbY 1694–1781 m. THOMAS PagE 1693–1771

John Key's Timeline

9 Records

1581
1581
Birth of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts,USA
Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts,USA
1581
1581
Birth of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1585
9 December 1585
Age 4
Birth of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1585
9 Dec 1585
Age 4
Birth of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
1585
9 Dec 1585
Age 4
Birth of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Woburn, Bedfordshire, , England
Woburn, Bedfordshire, , England
1585
9 Dec 1585
Age 4
John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key was christened in Woburn, Beds, England
Woburn, Beds, England
1641
1641
Age 60
Death of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1641
1641
Age 60
Death of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1647
16 Jul 1647
Age 66
Death of John Blanford (Nawe) Keyes Key in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 December 1585
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1585
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1585
    Event Place: Woburn, Bedfordshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts,USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1585
    Event Place: Woburn, Beds, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1647
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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