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Robert Keyes

Male Abt 1606 - 1647  (~ 41 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Keyes was born about 1606; died on 16 Jul 1647 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Arrived in 1637; first at Watertown, then Newbury in 1644.

    He was long thought to have arrived earlier, in about 1632, based on a Watertown record assigning a birth date of 26 May 1633 to his daughter Sarah. In 2022, Randy A. West, Robert Battle, and Robert Charles Anderson (citation details below) showed that his daughter Sarah was actually baptized in New Buckenham, Norfolk on 29 Jun 1634, and put forth a convincing explanation for the evidently erroneous Watertown record.

    Robert married Sarah Swett on 8 Apr 1632 in New Buckenham, Norfolk, England. Sarah (daughter of John Swett and Phebe Benton) was born before 6 May 1610; was christened on 6 May 1610 in New Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 7 Jul 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Phebe Keyes  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 May 1701 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Phebe Keyes Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 17 Jun 1639 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 May 1701 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 14 May 1701, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    There are two entries of her death in the Topsfield town records: "John French his wife drownd herself may 13, 1701" and "Phebe French dyed on ye 14th of may 1701."

    Phebe married John French about 1664. John (son of Ensign Thomas French and Mary) was born about 1635 in of Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jan 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah French  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1665 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 20 Jan 1713.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Sarah French Descendancy chart to this point (2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born on 1 Mar 1665 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died after 20 Jan 1713.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 1 Mar 1664, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    She may have been the Sarah Towne, "an aged woman," who died at Topsfield 1 Nov 1761.

    Sarah married Thomas Towne on 17 Mar 1685. Thomas (son of Sgt. Edmund Towne and Mary Browning) was born in 1655 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 20 Jan 1720 and 7 Mar 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Richard Towne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jul 1700 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1765 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Richard Towne Descendancy chart to this point (3.Sarah3, 2.Phebe2, 1.Robert1) was born on 16 Jul 1700 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1765 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Bixby. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Bixby and Mary) was born on 10 Nov 1697 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Towne  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Feb 1728 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 21 May 1816.


 

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