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Sarah Jane Key 1699 – 1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1699

Birth Location: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England

Death Date: 1759

Death Location: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States

Father: William Key

Mother: Dorothy Lowe

Spouse(s): Benjamin Bridwell

Children(s): George Birdwell

Sarah Jane Key was born in 1699 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of William Key and Dorothy Anna Lowe. Sarah Jane Key married Benjamin W Bridwell, and had children including George Washington Birdwell. Sarah Jane Key passed away in 1759 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Sarah Jane Key was born in 1699 in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England, the child of William Key and Dorothy Anna Lowe.
  • Sarah Jane Key married Benjamin W Bridwell, and had children including George Washington Birdwell.
  • Sarah Jane Key passed away in 1759 in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Key
1671 – 1715
Birth Location: Orston, Nottinghamshire, England
WK
Dorothy Lowe
1664 – 1730
Birth Location: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England
DL

Spouses(s)

Benjamin Bridwell
1691 – 1781
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
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Children(s)

George Birdwell
1721 – 1780
Birth Location: Stafford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
GB

Sarah Key's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Key
1699 – 1759
Birth Place: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
Parents
William Key
1671 – 1715
Orston, Nottinghamshire, England
Dorothy (Anna) Lowe
1664 – 1730
Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John (Andrew) Key
1653 – 1669
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Ann Holmes
1634 – 1703
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
John Lowe
1650 – 1728
Denby, Derbyshire, England
Mary Stead
1647 – 1709
St Botolph, , , England
Great-Grandparents
John Keye
1639 – 1671
Mary Pomfrett
1630 – 1653
Francis Holmes
1599 – 1675
Ann Greenwood
1605 – 1777
John Lowe
1616 – 1658
Prudence
1628 – 1690
John Stead
1628 – 1698
Ann Atkinson
1628 – 1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Key
1603 – 1675
Ellen Atkinson
1605 – 1687
Abraham Pomfret
1608 – 1630
Sara Petitjean
1610 – 1645
John Holmes
1567 – 1618
Katherine Warde
1575 – 1612
Thomas Greenwood
1575 –
Sir Lowe
1594 – 1640
Anne Cavendish
1599 – 1661
Anthony Stead
1600 – 1675
Elizabeth Herring
1600 – 1645
Thomas Atkinson
1602 – 1666
Anne Farrowe
1603 – 1676

Sarah Key's Descendants

1.
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Sarah (Jane) Key (15 Feb 1699 – 1759) m. Benjamin (W) Bridwell (1691 – 1781)
  1. 1. George (Washington) Birdwell (1721 – 1780) m. Mary (Margaret "Besty") Looney (1740 – 1781)
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Birdwell (1 Jun 1764 – 9 Feb 1843) m. John (L.) Cottrell (2 JUL 1740 – 1796)
      1. 1. Pryor (Pierce) Cottrell (1776 – Feb 18, 1859) m. Tabitha (Ann) Kittrell (Abt. 1817 – 1871)
        1. 1. Telitha ('Aletha') Cantrell (abt 1812 – 1879) m. Benjamin (F.) Aaron (abt 1801 – 14 Jun 1880)

Sarah Key's Timeline

11 Records

1699
15 Feb 1699
Birth of Sarah Jane Key in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
1699
15 Feb 1699
Birth of Sarah Jane Key in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
1699
15 Feb 1699
Sarah Jane Key was baptized in Gedling, Nottingham, England
Gedling, Nottingham, England
1700
15 Feb 1700
Age 1
Birth of Sarah Jane Key in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1702
28 Oct 1702
Age 3
Sarah Jane Key was baptized in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
1728
22 Apr 1728
Age 29
Sarah Jane Key was married
None
1759
1759
Age 60
Death of Sarah Jane Key in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
1759
1759
Age 60
Death of Sarah Jane Key in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA
1759
1759
Age 60
Death of Sarah Jane Key in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
1779
25 Jun 1779
Age 80
Sarah Jane Key was baptized in Eccleshall, Stafford, England
Eccleshall, Stafford, England
1796
16 Jul 1796
Age 97
Death of Sarah Jane Key in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1699
    Event Place: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1700
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1699
    Event Place: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, , England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1699
    Event Place: Gedling, Nottingham, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1702
    Event Place: Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 25 Jun 1779
    Event Place: Eccleshall, Stafford, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 22 Apr 1728

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire: - Register of Marriages, 1559-1812

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hampstead, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 849

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1796
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1759
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1759
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1759
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
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