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Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key 1559–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Dec 1559

Birth Location: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1641

Death Location: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Baronet Esq

Mother: Dorothea Mauleverer

Spouse(s): Beatrice\Katherine? *

Children(s): John Key

In 1559, Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key entered the world in Woburn Sands, BuckinghamshireBedfordshire, England, born to Baronet John Lister Kaye Of Woodsome Hall Heir To Arthur Kay Esq And Dorothea Dorothy Johanna Mauleverer. Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key married Beatrice Katherine Barnes Lady, and had children including John Blanford Nawe Keyes Key. Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key/ passed away in 1641 in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1559, Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key entered the world in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England, born to Baronet John Lister Kaye Of Woodsome Hall Heir To Arthur Kay Esq And Dorothea Dorothy Johanna Mauleverer.
  • Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key married Beatrice Katherine Barnes Lady, and had children including John Blanford Nawe Keyes Key.
  • Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key passed away in 1641 in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Baronet Esq
1528–1594
Birth Location: Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
BE
Dorothea Mauleverer
1528–1624
Birth Location: Almondbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
DM

Spouses(s)

Beatrice\Katherine? *
1563–1642
Birth Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, England
B*

Children(s)

John Key
1581–1647
Birth Location: Woburn, Bedfordshire, or North Yorkshire, ? England
JK

Sir Key's Ancestors

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Sir Key
1559–1641
Birth Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Baronet John Lister Kaye, of Woodsome Hall. Heir to Arthur Kay Esq
1528–1594
Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
Dorothea ('Dorothy" Johanna) Mauleverer
1528–1624
Almondbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Arthur Kaye) [GP]
1500–1571
Wodersome, Yorks, England
Beatrice (M.) Wentworth
1505–1574
West Bretton, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Sir (Robert) Mauleverer
1502–1541
Wothersome Hall, Woodsome, Yorkshire, England
Alice (Markenfield 19th) MGGM
1506–1553
Woodsome Hall, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
George Key)
1459–1515
Margaret Radcliffe
1465–1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Key)
1425–

Sir Key's Descendants

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Sir (Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or) Key (09 Dec 1559–1641) m. Beatrice\Katherine? (Barnes, Lady ?) * (1563–Apr 1642)
  1. 1. John (Blanford Nawe Keyes) Key 1581–1647 m. Susan Muse 1585–1632
    1. 1. Robert Keyes 1610–1647 m. Sarah (Keyes) Gage 1611–1680
      1. 1. Sergeant (Solomon Keyes I) (Sr.) 1628–1702 m. Francois (‘Frances’) Grant 1634–1708
        1. 1. JOHN (MAJOR) KEYES 1674–1768 m. Mary (Gershom) Eames 1677–1772 m. Sarah Prescott 1700– m. Mary Eames 1676–1772
        2. 2. HANNAH KEYES 1654–1717
        3. 3. Jane Keyes 1660–1681
        4. 4. Ruth Keyes 1669–1671
        5. 5. Joseph Keyes 1667–1757
        6. 6. JUDITH KEYES 1662–1681
        7. 7. MOSES KEYES 1671–1746
        8. 8. SARAH KEYES 1656–1717
        9. 9. Solomon (II Keyes) II 1665–1709
        10. 10. Mary Keyes 1658–1777
        11. 11. Sally Keyes 1658–1681
      2. 2. Peter Keyes 1629–1702
      3. 3. Joseph Keyes 1632–1727
      4. 4. Sarah Keyes 1633–1707
      5. 5. Robert Keyes 1633–
      6. 6. Rebecca Keyes 1638–1753
      7. 7. Phebe Keyes 1639–1701
      8. 8. Mary Keyes 1641–1642
      9. 9. Elias Keyes 1643–1690
    2. 2. John Keyes –1732

Sir Key's Timeline

2 Records

1559
09 Dec 1559
Birth of Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England
1641
1641
Age 82
Death of Sir Peter (Petrus) Keyes or Kaye or Key in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England
Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Dec 1559
    Event Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire, England
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