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William Keyes 1738–1819 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1738

Birth Location: Prescot, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 22 Dec 1819

Death Location: RETTENDON, ESSEX

Father: Ambrose Keyes

Mother: Dorothy Brett

Spouse(s): Sarah Haws

Children(s): Richard KEY

In 1738, William Keyes entered the world in Prescot, Lancashire, England, born to Ambrose Keyes And Dorothy Brett. William Keyes married Sarah Haws, and had children including Richard Key. William Keyes passed away in 1819 in RETTENDON, ESSEX.

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Biography

  • In 1738, William Keyes entered the world in Prescot, Lancashire, England, born to Ambrose Keyes And Dorothy Brett.
  • William Keyes married Sarah Haws, and had children including Richard Key.
  • William Keyes passed away in 1819 in RETTENDON, ESSEX.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Keyes's Ancestors

Self
William Keyes
1738–1819
Birth Place: Prescot, Lancashire, England
Parents
Ambrose Keyes
1699–1769
Epping Essex England
Dorothy Brett
1703–
Westminster, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Edward Keyes
1661–1735
Essex England
Katherine Gilderson
1664–1711
Epping Upland, Essex, England
Henry Brett
1682–
London, Middlesex
Anne Allen
1680–
Soham, Cambridge, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Keyes
1635–
Sarah Keyes
1640–
Ambrose Gilderson
–1667
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Gilderson
–1660

William Keyes's Descendants

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William Keyes (1738–22 Dec 1819) m. Sarah Haws (1738–4 July 1823)
  1. 1. Richard KEY 1776–1808 m. Sarah (Dudley) BRIGHT 1776–1859
    1. 1. Thomas Key 1814–1873 m. Maria Garnish 1821–1857
      1. 1. Susannah (Garnish) Key 1844–1930 m. William Waby 1840–1917
        1. 1. HERBERT (Walter) Waby 1879–1917 m. Lizzie Stanton 1880–1938

William Keyes's Timeline

2 Records

1738
1738
Birth of William Keyes in Prescot, Lancashire, England
Prescot, Lancashire, England
1819
22 Dec 1819
Age 81
Death of William Keyes in RETTENDON, ESSEX
RETTENDON, ESSEX

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1738
    Event Place: Prescot, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1819
    Event Place: RETTENDON, ESSEX

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