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Richard E Keyes AKA Key 1550–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Essex,County England

Death Date: 31 Aug 1593

Death Location: London, England

Father: Thomas Keyes

Mother: Lady Hall

Spouse(s): Lady Benson, Lady Key)

Children(s): Thomas Keys,, Mary Keyes, Richard Keyes, Anne Keyes, John Keyes, Isabel Hoyt, William Key, Lady Seymour, Baseline Keyes, Rev Keys, Rev Keys, Rev Keys, Richard Keys

In 1550, Richard E Keyes AKA Key entered the world in Essex,County England, born to Thomas Martin Key Keyes And Lady Marie Mary Crouchback Mary Grey Lady Of Beldgate Hall. Richard E Keyes AKA Key married Lady Anne Benson, Lady Anne Benson Keyes Key, Marger Harewoode, and had children including Anne Keyes, Baseline Keyes, Catherine Keys, Isabel Keyes Hoyt, John Keyes, Lady Jane Seymour, Mary Keyes, Rev William Thomas Keys, Richard Keyes, Richard Keys, Thomas Martin Keys, William Thomas Key. Richard E Keyes AKA Key passed away in 1593 in London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1550, Richard E Keyes AKA Key entered the world in Essex,County England, born to Thomas Martin Key Keyes And Lady Marie Mary Crouchback Mary Grey Lady Of Beldgate Hall.
  • Richard E Keyes AKA Key married Lady Anne Benson, Lady Anne Benson Keyes Key, Marger Harewoode, and had children including Anne Keyes, Baseline Keyes, Catherine Keys, Isabel Keyes Hoyt, John Keyes, Lady Jane Seymour, Mary Keyes, Rev William Thomas Keys, Richard Keyes, Richard Keys, Thomas Martin Keys, William Thomas Key.
  • Richard E Keyes AKA Key passed away in 1593 in London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Richard Key's Ancestors

Self
Richard Key
1550–1593
Birth Place: Essex,County England
Parents
Thomas Martin Key Keyes
1523–1571
Westminister, London, London, England
Lady (Marie "Mary" “Crouchback Mary” Grey, Lady of Beldgate) Hall
1545–1578
Beldgate Hall, Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Richard Keys
1500–1546
Lewisham, London, England
Mildred Scott
1504–1578
Scotts Hall, Brabourne, Kent, England
Henry Grey
1517–1554
Bradgate House, Dorset, England
Lady (Frances Brandon, Lady of Hatfield & Grey, Baroness Ferrers of Groby, Countess of Suffolk, Marchioness of Dorset, 1st Duchess of) Suffolk
1517–1559
Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Keyes
1478–1524
Agnes Saunders
1486–1530
Sir II
1477–
Lady Dorset
1486–1535
Sir Suffolk
1500–1545
Mary Tudor
1496–1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Saunders
1455–1518
Joan Lepton
1464–1519
Sir Dorset)
1457–1501
Cecily Bonvill
1460–1529

Richard Key's Descendants

1.
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Richard (E Keyes AKA) Key (1550–31 Aug 1593) m. Lady (Anne) Benson (1550–1600) m. Lady (Anne Benson (Keyes) Key) (1550–1600)
  1. 1. Thomas (Martin) Keys, 1570–1636 m. Martha Rice 1570–1640 m. Absolon (Herbert) Keyes\Key 1530–1640
    1. 1. John (Keyes or) Kaye 1585–1641 m. Susan Nawe 1585–1632 m. Amee (Wilford) Gage 1615–1658
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Keyes 1607–1647 m. Sarah (Keyes) Gage 1611–1681 m. Frances GRANT 1634–1708
        1. 1. Elias Keyes 1643–1690 m. Sarah Blandford 1642–1724
        2. 2. Rebecca Keyes 1637–1753
        3. 3. Mary Keyes 1641–1642
        4. 4. Peter Keyes 1635–
        5. 5. Sgt (Solomon Keyes) Sr 1632–1702
        6. 6. Phebe Keyes 1639–1701
        7. 7. Mary Keyes 1645–1668
        8. 8. Sarah Keyes 1633–1707
        9. 9. Joseph KEYES 1632–1727
        10. 10. Robert Keyes 1633–
    2. 2. Racheal ("Rachel" Keys, "Immigrant 1617-Early Jamestown Settler, Ancient) Planter" 1585–1633 m. John (James IM) Davis 1582–1679 m. Gov. (James I "Immigrant" Davis, Gentleman, Ship's Captain, Mariner, Captain of Fort Sagadahoc (Maine), Writer, Early Jamestown Settler, Original Settler of Maine, Ancient Planter, Governor of the Jamestown) Colony 1575–1623
      1. 1. Thomas (Watts) Davis 1613–1683
      2. 2. John Davis 1619–1665
      3. 3. William Davis –1692
      4. 4. James Davis –1792
    3. 3. Isabelle Keyes 1630–1667
    4. 4. Rachael Keyes 1590–1633
    5. 5. Margaret Keyes 1590–1590
    6. 6. Margaret (Rice,\ Rhys) Jordan 1585–1633
    7. 7. Martin Keyes 1598–
    8. 8. Thomas (II Keyes) Ii 1594–1603
  2. 2. Mary Keyes 1573–1714
  3. 3. Richard Keyes 1580–1669
  4. 4. Anne Keyes 1578–1651
  5. 5. John Keyes 1570–1630
  6. 6. Isabel (Keyes) Hoyt 1565–1593
  7. 7. William (Thomas) Key 1565–1583
  8. 8. Lady (Jane) Seymour 1560–1560
  9. 9. Baseline Keyes 1550–1610
  10. 10. Rev (William Thomas) Keys 1565–1583
  11. 11. Rev (William Thomas) Keys 1570–1583
  12. 12. Rev (William Thomas) Keys 1565–1583
  13. 13. Richard Keys 1575–1675

Richard Key's Timeline

6 Records

1550
1550
Birth of Richard E Keyes AKA Key in Essex,County England
Essex,County England
1593
31 Aug 1593
Age 43
Burial of Richard E Keyes AKA Key in London, England
London, England
1603
23 May 1603
Age 53
Richard E Keyes AKA Key was married in Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1610
1610
Age 60
Death of Richard E Keyes AKA Key in Alton Priors, Marlborough Wiltshire, England
Alton Priors, Marlborough Wiltshire, England
1651
23 Nov 1651
Age 101
Richard E Keyes AKA Key was baptized in Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
1839
October 1839
Age 289
Richard E Keyes AKA Key was married in Rochford, Essex
Rochford, Essex

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Essex,County England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1651
    Event Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Manchester, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 23 May 1603
    Event Place: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: October 1839
    Event Place: Rochford, Essex

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1610
    Event Place: Alton Priors, Marlborough Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1593
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69GREA001MS10231
    [2] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers

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