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2 NAME Ancestry Family Tree
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1 DATE 27 APR 2003
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0 @I1827@ INDI
1 NAME Richard /French/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 18 AUG 1676
2 PLAC Topsfield,Essex.,Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1757
2 PLAC Enfield,Hartford,Connecticut
1 BURI
2 DATE 1757
2 PLAC Enfield Street Cem.,Enfield,Hartford,CT.
1 IDNO 1827
1 FAMC @F694@
1 WILL
2 DATE 24 MAY 1745
2 PLAC Date will was written
1 WILL
2 DATE 5 JUL 1757
2 PLAC Date will was presented
1 OCCU
2 PLAC Husbandman & Yeoman
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Cousin, Cousine - Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, MA, 
2 CONC and others; Updated: Tue Apr 1 07:05:39 2003;  Contact: Jim French - 
2 CONC AROID@RCI.RUTGERS.EDU
2 CONT "ID: I18513 
2 CONT Name: Richard French 
2 CONT Sex: M 
2 CONT Birth: 18 AUG 1676 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, ref. 9] 
2 CONT Death: 13 MAR 1757 in Enfield, CT [HDF] [Enfield Street cem. Enfield, CT. 
2 CONC p. 38] 
2 CONT Note: 
2 CONT HDF: See Commem. Biog. Rec. of Tolland, and Windham Co., CT, p. 427, 8
2 CONT Carrie Edgett: Called husbandman and yeoman in deeds, removed to Enfield, 
2 CONC CT as early as 1699. He held no office in Topsfield, but his name occurs 
2 CONC frequently on the Enfield records. He was chosen fence viewer, surveyor 
2 CONC of highways, allower of town debts, tythingman, assessor, constable. His 
2 CONC will, dated May 24, 1745, presented July 5, 1757, mentions his wife, not 
2 CONC named, children Elizabeth, Experience, Alice, Ephraim, Richard and John, 
2 CONC and makes the three sons executors.
2 CONT XXXXXXXXXX
2 CONT 
2 CONT 6. Richard French, born in Topsfield, Aug. 18, 1676, called husbandman 
2 CONC and yeoman in deeds, removed to Enfield, Connecticut, as early as 1699. 
2 CONC He held no office in Topsfield, but his name occurs frequently on the 
2 CONC Enfield records. He was chosen fence viewer, three times, surveyor of 
2 CONC highways, three times, allower of town debts, twice, tythingman, four 
2 CONC times, assessor, once, constable, once, and served on different 
2 CONC committees a number of times. March 21, 1739, he was on a "Comtee to 
2 CONC Dignify ye Seats in ye meeting house according to the rules following: i. 
2 CONC e. they shall adjust age usefullness Quallification and offices with the 
2 CONC Last three years Lists" (History of Enfield, vol. 1, p. 388). He was also 
2 CONC an "Alower of Society debts, May 12, 1632" (Church Records, vol. 2). He 
2 CONC was called Corporal, Dec. 15, 1730, and "Sargeant," March 10, 1734/5.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Some time after removing to Enfield, June 7, 1711, he sold to Ebenezer 
2 CONC Averill of Topsfield a tract of upland in Topsfield, twenty acres more or 
2 CONC less, "a good perfect and Absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple," 
2 CONC for ¶20 (Essex Deeds, 25 : 76).
2 CONT 
2 CONT On June 5, 1699, Ephraim French conveyed by deed of gift to his "cousin" 
2 CONC (i. e. nephew), Richard French, "all my housings and lands at Enfield 
2 CONC after my death... He to live with me and maintain me." (Hist. of Enfield, 
2 CONC vol. 3, p. 1973.) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ephraim French, who had been in Enfield as early as 1687, died there in 
2 CONC September, 1716. Under date of August 29, 1720, the records state that 
2 CONC Richard French is "possessed of a parcel of upland that Came to him by 
2 CONC right of his uncle Ephraim French." In 1731 he conveyed to John Meacham 
2 CONC fifty acres "originally belonging to the Grant of my uncil Ephraim French 
2 CONC decd.(*)
2 CONT 
2 CONT Richard French's wife's name was Elizabeth (???), She was born about 
2 CONC 1680, according te her gravestone inscription, --"Here lies the Body | of 
2 CONC Mrs Elizabeth | French wife of Mr Richard French | who Departed this life 
2 CONC April the 30th | 1752 in ye 73d Year | of her age."
2 CONT (*)History of Enfield (vol. 1, p. 27), makes Richard French son of 
2 CONC Ephraim, but this is surely incorrect.
2 CONT 
2 CONT His gravestone inscription reads as follows: "Here lies Interd | the Body 
2 CONC of Mr | Richard French | he died March | ye 13th 1757 in ye | 82nd Year 
2 CONC of his Age." His will, dated May 24, 1745, presented July 5, 1757, 
2 CONC mentions his wife, not named, children: Elizabeth, Experience, Alice, 
2 CONC Ephraim, Richard, and John, and makes the three sons executors.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Father: John French b: ABT. 1637 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [3] 
2 CONT Mother: Phebe Keyes b: 17 JUN 1639 in Newbury, Essex, MA
2 CONT Marriage 1 Elizabeth b: 18 AUG 1676 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT Married: 1699 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [AF]
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  Amy French b: 6 MAY 1700 in Enfield, Hartford, CT [Carrie Edgett 
2 CONC article] [film 183514]
2 CONT  Elizabeth French b: 3 AUG 1702 in Enfield, CT [Carrie Edgett article]
2 CONT  Phebe French b: 20 DEC 1704 in Enfield, CT [Carrie Edgett article]
2 CONT  Phebe French b: 16 MAR 1706/07 in Enfield, CT [9]
2 CONT  Ephraim French b: 15 MAY 1708 in Enfield, CT [HDF] [Carrie Edgett 
2 CONC article]
2 CONT  Experience French b: 3 AUG 1710 in Enfield, CT [9]Clark B. Darst FFA 
2 CONC line, Mildred F. Wogan line FFA
2 CONT  Richard French b: 18 SEP 1712 in Enfield, CT [9]
2 CONT  Hepzibath French b: 9 DEC 1714 in [HDF]
2 CONT  John French b: 30 MAR 1716 in Enfield, Hartford, CT [9][Eleanor Dillon 
2 CONC FFA line]
2 CONT  Alice French b: 30 APR 1720 in of Enfield, Hartford, CT DAR Patriot 
2 CONC index, index to wives"
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:44
0 @I1829@ INDI
1 NAME John /French/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1633
2 PLAC Ipswich,Essex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1705
2 PLAC Topsfield,Essex Co.,MA.  (1705/06)
1 BURI
2 DATE 1705
1 IDNO 1829
1 FAMS @F694@
1 NOTE 1  BIRT 
2 CONT 2  DATE ABT 1635
2 CONT 2  PLAC Ipswich, Essex, MA.
2 CONT 1  BIRT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 1637
2 CONT 2  PLAC MA.
2 CONT 1  BIRT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 1639
2 CONT 2  PLAC MA.
2 CONT 1  BIRT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 1642
2 CONT 2  PLAC MA.
2 CONT 1  DEAT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 1706
2 CONT 2  PLAC Topsfield, Essex Co., MA. (1706/1707)
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (1)  SOURCE:  Cousin, Cousine - Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, 
2 CONC MA, and others; Updated: Tue Apr 1 07:05:39 2003; Contact: Jim French - 
2 CONC aroid@rci.rutgers.edu
2 CONT "ID: I19988 
2 CONT Name: John French 
2 CONT Sex: M 
2 CONT Birth: ABT. 1637 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [3] 
2 CONT Death: ABT. 1706 in Topsfield, MA [Carrie Edget article-ref-9--: 
2 CONC Topsfield Hist. Soc., 1908] 
2 CONT Note: 
2 CONT He was a tailor, moved to Topsfield, MA, about 1664, and was admitted a 
2 CONC commoner there in 1675. He took the oath of allegiance and fidelity 1678. 
2 CONC Servedas a corporal and clerk of hte local military company. He served as 
2 CONC a grand juror and also on trial juries of the town. --HDF
2 CONT 
2 CONT Carrie C. Edgett article: A tailor, was living in Topsfield as early as 
2 CONC March 1, 1664/5, when a daughter born there, first mentioned in town 
2 CONC records on Dec 31, 1667, when land was laid out to John How, "next John 
2 CONC ffrench bordering upon the Common", from that time until 1697 his name is 
2 CONC found frequently. He was chosen surveyor of highways, or fences, or both, 
2 CONC seven times, tythingman, three tiems, on jury at Ipswich, three times, 
2 CONC grand juryman, three times, and commissioner on special errands to the 
2 CONC "sheare Towne," twice. He built a one story house about 1675, which 
2 CONC before 1798 was raised to two stories and enlarged. This is still 
2 CONC standing, and is known as the "French-Andrews" house, located on Howlett 
2 CONC St., near the Dry Bridge [Topsfield Hist. Coll., vol. 8. p. 22, vol. 6, 
2 CONC p. 47]
2 CONT A few years before his death he deeded his homestead to his son John, by 
2 CONC the following instrument, dated Dec. 2, 1701...quoted in article...
2 CONT 
2 CONT John French and his wife were both members of the church in Topsfield, in 
2 CONC a list dated 1684. There are two stories of her death: "John French his 
2 CONC wife drown herself May 13, 1701." "Phebe French dyed on ye 14th of May 
2 CONC 1701."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frenchline, vol 4, no. 1, p. 201: The French-Andrews house, The oldest 
2 CONC House owned by a French in the US. As far as we know, this is the oldest 
2 CONC house still standing that was built or occupied by a French. This house, 
2 CONC built by John French in 1675, stands near the Topsfield, MA, town common. 
2 CONC John French was the son of Thomas French of Ipswich, the first person in 
2 CONC the US with the name French.....This house is now owned and being 
2 CONC restored by Peter Clemsey, who is keeping as much original as possible.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Father: Thomas French , Jr. b: BEF. 27 NOV 1608 in Assington, Suffolk, 
2 CONC England [Parish Record} 
2 CONT Mother: Mary Scudamore b: ABT. 1612 in Gloustershire, England
2 CONT 
2 CONT Marriage 1 Phebe Keyes b: 17 JUN 1639 in Newbury, Essex, MA
2 CONT Married: 29 FEB 1659/60 in Ipswich, Essex, MA [IGI
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  Mary French b: ABT. 1662 in Of Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, ref. 
2 CONC 9]
2 CONT  Sarah FRENCH b: 1 MAR 1664/65 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  Phebe FRENCH b: 8 MAY 1667 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts [3]
2 CONT  Martha French b: 9 AUG 1669 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  John French II b: 26 AUG 1671 in Topsfield, MA [Carrie C. Edget]
2 CONT  Lydia FRENCH b: 17 MAY 1674 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  Richard French b: 18 AUG 1676 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, 
2 CONC ref. 9]
2 CONT  Hepzibah French b: 2 FEB 1678/79 in Topsfield, Essex, MA
2 CONT  Patience FRENCH b: 23 AUG 1681 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]"
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:44
0 @I1830@ INDI
1 NAME Phebe (Mary) /Keyes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1639
2 PLAC Watertown,Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1701
2 PLAC Topsfield,Essex Co.,Massachusetts
1 BURI
2 DATE 1701
1 IDNO 1830
1 FAMS @F694@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE 1  DEAT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 1716
2 CONT 2  PLAC Topsfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT 
2 CONT (3)  SOURCE:  New England Families; Updated: Mon Apr 22 09:05:19 2002; 
2 CONC Contact: Crandall Family Association; eperry@yahoo.com; Home Page: New 
2 CONC England Families - http://www.geocities.com/~wyatt1599/new_eng.html
2 CONT 
2 CONT (4)  SOURCE:  Cousin, Cousine - Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, 
2 CONC MA, and others; Updated: Tue Apr 1 07:05:39 2003; Contact: Jim French - 
2 CONC aroid@rci.rutgers.edu
2 CONT "ID: I27569 
2 CONT Name: Phebe Keyes 
2 CONT Sex: F 
2 CONT Birth: 17 JUN 1639 in Newbury, Essex, MA 
2 CONT Death: 14 MAY 1701 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, ref. 9] 
2 CONT Note: Phebe committed suicide by drowning in May, 1701--HDF
2 CONT Father: Robert KEYES b: BET. 1602 - 1603 in Of, Watertown, Middlesex, 
2 CONC Mass 
2 CONT Mother: Sarah b: 1611 in Of, Newbury, Essex, Mass
2 CONT Marriage 1 John French b: ABT. 1637 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts [3]
2 CONT Married: 29 FEB 1659/60 in Ipswich, Essex, MA [IGI
2 CONT Children
2 CONT  Mary French b: ABT. 1662 in Of Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, ref. 
2 CONC 9]
2 CONT  Sarah FRENCH b: 1 MAR 1664/65 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  Phebe FRENCH b: 8 MAY 1667 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts [3]
2 CONT  Martha French b: 9 AUG 1669 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  John French II b: 26 AUG 1671 in Topsfield, MA [Carrie C. Edget]
2 CONT  Lydia FRENCH b: 17 MAY 1674 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT  Richard French b: 18 AUG 1676 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [Carrie Edget, 
2 CONC ref. 9]
2 CONT  Hepzibah French b: 2 FEB 1678/79 in Topsfield, Essex, MA"
2 CONT  Patience FRENCH b: 23 AUG 1681 in Topsfield, Essex, MA [3]
2 CONT Marriage 2 John GAGE
2 CONT Married: BEF. 1701 in Massachusetts"
2 CONT MY NOTE:  Is the 2nd husband of Phebe Keyes French --- John Gage --- her 
2 CONC stepbrother???????  vlww
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:44
0 @I1831@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE BET 1602 AND 1603
2 PLAC Of,Watertown,Middlesex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 JUL 1647
2 PLAC Sudbury,Massachusetts
1 BURI
2 DATE 1647
1 IDNO 1831
1 FAMS @F696@
1 FAMC @F697@
1 IMMI
2 DATE UNKNOWN
2 PLAC In Watertown,MA. bef. or in 1633
1 RESI
2 DATE 1633
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 RESI
2 DATE BET 1643 AND 1645
2 PLAC Newbury,MA.
1 RESI
2 DATE 16 JUN 1645
2 PLAC Sudbury,MA.
1 RESI
2 DATE 16 JUL 1647
2 PLAC Sudbury,MA.
1 NOTE 1  DEAT 
2 CONT 2  DATE 16 JUL 1647
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT "Robert Keyes, the immigrant ancestor, settled in Watertown, 
2 CONC Massachusetts, before or in the year 1633.  The records there say that he 
2 CONC moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 16, 1645, and died there in 1647, 
2 CONC while another record gives his death as July 16, 1647.  His death was 
2 CONC recorded in Watertown, Newbury, Plymouth and Sudbury.  He seems to have 
2 CONC been in Watertown in 1633 or earlier, to have moved to Newbury between 
2 CONC 1643 and 1645, and Sudbury in 1645.  His widow married, in 1658, John 
2 CONC Gage (in Nobember, 1664, according to Plymouth record.)  Children, 
2 CONC recorded at Watertown, except Peter and the second Mary, born in 
2 CONC Newbury:"
2 CONT Sarah     born May 26, 1633        Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Peter     (probably son of Robert) Newbury, Massachusetts
2 CONT Rebecca   March 17, 1637      Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Phebe     June 17, 1639       Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Mary 1641, died 1642          Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Elias     May 20, 1643        Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Mary June 16, 1645       Newbury, Massachusetts
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT ORIGIN: Unknown
2 CONT MIGRATION: 1633
2 CONT FIRST RESIDENCE: Watertown
2 CONT REMOVES: Newbury 1644
2 CONT EDUCATION: The inventory of the estate of the widow Sarah Gage (formerly 
2 CONC wife of Robert Keyes) included a Bible, valued at 3s.
2 CONT ESTATE: In Watertown composite land inventory of 1644 held a three acre 
2 CONC homestall, which he had acquired from William Woolcocks [ WaBOP 50, 135]. 
2 CONC Had also held two acres of Remote Meadows, which he had sold to Nicholas 
2 CONC Guy [WaBOP 21].
2 CONT    On 23 November 1647 William Aspinwall testified to a copy of a bill of 
2 CONC exchange for £10 drawn by "Rich: Denny" upon "Mr. Robert Keyes of 
2 CONC Newbery," dated 7 May 1647 [two months before the death of Keyes], to be 
2 CONC paid to Mr. Richard Scott. Scott assigned the bill to Edward Hutchinson 
2 CONC of Boston, and the widow Sarah Keyes answered for the bill [ Aspinwall 
2 CONC 112].
2 CONT    Administration on the estate of Sarah Gage, widow of John Gage, 
2 CONC intestate, was granted on 29 March 1681 [sic] to John French and William 
2 CONC Smith, two of her sons-in-law. The inventory was taken 14 July 1681, and 
2 CONC totalled £28 2s., consisting entirely of household goods. On 27 September 
2 CONC 1681 the court ordered "that the estate be equally divided to the three 
2 CONC daughters, namely, the wives of Wm. Smith, John French and Samuel 
2 CONC Buswell" [EPR 3:412-13]. (The death date of Sarah Gage is given in her 
2 CONC inventory and in the town records as 7 July 1681, so the date of the 
2 CONC grant of administration must be in error.)
2 CONT BIRTH: By about 1606 based on estimated date of birth of eldest child.
2 CONT DEATH: Newbury 16 July 1647.
2 CONT MARRIAGE: By 1633 (and probably by 1631) Sarah _____ (she is named in the 
2 CONC records of all children born at Watertown). She married (2) at Ipswich 7 
2 CONC November 1658 JOHN GAGE and died at Newbury 7 July 1681.
2 CONT CHILDREN:
2 CONT         i   SOLOMON, b. say 1631; m. Newbury 2 October 1653 Frances 
2 CONC Grant.
2 CONT         ii   SARAH, b. Watertown 26 May 1633 [ WaVR 3]; m. Salisbury 8 
2 CONC July 1656 Samuel Buswell.
2 CONT         iii   (prob.) PETER, b. ca. 1635; m. by 1667 Elizabeth _____ 
2 CONC (child b. Sudbury 12 February 1667).
2 CONT         iv   REBECCA, b. Watertown 17 March 1637/8 [WaVR 6]; m. Topsfield 
2 CONC 6 July 1657 William Smith.
2 CONT         v   MARY [PHEBE], b. Watertown 17 June 1639 [WaVR ]; m. about 
2 CONC 1664 John French of Topsfield (eldest child b. Topsfield 1 March 1664/5).
2 CONT         vi   MARY, b. Watertown February 1641/2; bur. there 20 July 1642 
2 CONC [WaVR 10].
2 CONT         vii   ELIAS, b. Watertown 20 May 1643 [WaVR 11]; m. Sudbury 11 
2 CONC September 1665 Sarah Blanford.
2 CONT         viii   MARY, b. Newbury 16 June 1645; m. Andover 16 February 
2 CONC 1663/4 Benjamin Gage [miscalled Cady by Savage], her stepbrother; she had 
2 CONC died by 11 October 1671, when Benjamin remarried.
2 CONT COMMENTS: An English origin for Robert Keyes was proposed in 1970, but 
2 CONC has more recently been shown to be incorrect [TAG 46:150-54, 65:12].
2 CONT    The arrangement of the children given here follows that in J. Gardner 
2 CONC Bartlett, The Ancestry of Daniel Bushnell (Boston 1918), p. 31. Bartlett 
2 CONC does not present his reasoning for this arrangement, and the following 
2 CONC paragraphs are an attempt to recreate what that reasoning might have 
2 CONC been.
2 CONT    1) There are no birth records for the proposed sons Solomon and Peter, 
2 CONC but there are reasons for including them in this family. Solomon married 
2 CONC in Newbury six years after the death of Robert, at a time when his widow 
2 CONC Sarah, as yet not remarried to John Gage, was evidently still living in 
2 CONC that town. Given his marriage in 1653, Solomon must have been born before 
2 CONC 1633, when the birth of Sarah, daughter of Robert Keyes, took place in 
2 CONC Watertown. In his will of 9 April of an uncertain year in the reign of 
2 CONC William III (1694-1702), Samuel Buswell of Bradford, who had married 
2 CONC Sarah Keyes, daughter of Robert, named as one of his overseers "my 
2 CONC brother-in-law Solomon Keys of Chelmsford" [EPR 308:250-51].
2 CONT    2) Peter first appears in Sudbury, and he was married by about 1664. 
2 CONC Elias Keyes, known to be a son of Robert, also married and lived in 
2 CONC Sudbury, and thus provides the link to Peter. Given the approximate date 
2 CONC of his marriage, Peter cannot fit into the family any later than 1635, 
2 CONC when there is a gap in the births of children to this family in the 
2 CONC Watertown records.
2 CONT    3) The daughter born at Watertown on 17 June 1639 is given in both the 
2 CONC town and county copies of the vital records as Mary, but this may have 
2 CONC been the record for the birth of Phebe. Note first that another Mary was 
2 CONC the next child born to this family, and a date of death is given for her, 
2 CONC but not for the earlier Mary. Robert and Sarah Keyes had a daughter Phebe 
2 CONC who had married John French no later than 1664; unless she is an 
2 CONC unrecorded daughter born in Newbury about 1647, about the time of her 
2 CONC father's death, there is no other spot to place her in the family. There 
2 CONC may be some other resolution to this problem, but we suggest here that 
2 CONC the Mary born 17 June 1639 was actually Phebe.
2 CONT    There are a number of features of this family that are unusual and 
2 CONC await explanation. Part of the story is told by the early Watertown vital 
2 CONC records. As with the other Massachusetts Bay towns, these records were 
2 CONC gathered in 1643 or 1644, and include vital events only for those 
2 CONC families resident in Watertown at the time of gathering, and only those 
2 CONC events which occurred when the family was resident in Watertown.
2 CONT    Since the first event recorded was the birth of daughter Sarah in May 
2 CONC of 1633, we can be certain that Robert Keyes was in New England by that 
2 CONC year, and, given that the birth was so early in the year, the family may 
2 CONC have come in 1632. On the other hand, if Solomon Keyes is correctly 
2 CONC placed in this family we can say that he was not born in Watertown, and 
2 CONC that the marriage of Robert to Sarah, and the birth of this eldest child, 
2 CONC probably took place in England.
2 CONT    If Peter was also a son of Robert, and if he does fit chronologically 
2 CONC as being born in 1635, then the family could not have been resident in 
2 CONC Watertown in 1635, and perhaps not in 1634 and 1636. Where the family 
2 CONC might have been in this brief period is unknown, for he does not appear 
2 CONC in any New England records for these years. The Keyes family may have 
2 CONC resided briefly in some other town, or may have returned to England for a 
2 CONC year or two.
2 CONT    This absence from Watertown, if it really happened, may explain 
2 CONC another curiosity about this family. Since Robert Keyes was married and 
2 CONC had begun his family when he first appeared in Watertown in 1633, he 
2 CONC certainly would have been eligible to receive a grant of a houselot, and 
2 CONC become a proprietor of the town, with all the grants that would ensue 
2 CONC from that. Since Keyes is not in any of the lists of town grants, and 
2 CONC since his holdings in the various inventories of 1644 are so small, and 
2 CONC clearly acquired by purchase, he must not have attained the status of 
2 CONC proprietor in Watertown.
2 CONT    In some ways, then, Robert Keyes looks like a typical member of the 
2 CONC Great Migration: a solid married man with a family in progress, who is in 
2 CONC a record made just before his death called "Mr." But in other ways he 
2 CONC does not fit the mold; he did not become a town proprietor, he did not 
2 CONC become a freeman, and he does not appear to have left any estate at his 
2 CONC death. Perhaps the discovery of his English origin, when it is made, will 
2 CONC throw some light on these irregularities in the brief New England career 
2 CONC of Robert Keyes.
2 CONT    5 June 1638: "John Leg bound in £40, & Willi: Edmonds bound in £40, to 
2 CONC carry their wives to Salem Court, & Rob[e]rt Keyes bound in £20 to 
2 CONC appear" [ MBCR 1:234].
2 CONT    26 June 1638: "Robt. Key for unseemly behavior toward Goody Newell to 
2 CONC sit in stocks at Lynn one hour with her, and one hour at Cambridge before 
2 CONC Lecture on 4th day of next month" [ EQC 1:8].
2 CONT INTERNAL SOURCES FOR ABOVE: 
2 CONT 1]   WaBOP - "Lands, Grants, Divisions, Allotments, Possessions and 
2 CONC Proprietors' Book," Section Two in Watertown Records Comprising the First 
2 CONC and Second Books of Town Proceedings ... (Watertown 1894)
2 CONT 2]  Aspinwall - "A Volume Relating to the Early History of Boston 
2 CONC Containing the Aspinwall Notarial Records from 1644 to 1651," in Reports 
2 CONC of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Volume 32 (Boston 
2 CONC 1903)
2 CONT 3]  EPR - The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635-1681, 
2 CONC 3 volumes (Salem 1916-1920; rpt. Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1988). 
2 CONC Citations to the unpublished probate records are to case numbers, or to 
2 CONC register volumes (which begin with volume 301).
2 CONT 4]  WaVR - "Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages - First Book and 
2 CONC Supplement," Section Three in Watertown Records Comprising the First and 
2 CONC Second Books of Town Proceedings ... (Watertown 1894)
2 CONT 5]  TAG - The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+)
2 CONT 6]  MBCR - Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay 
2 CONC in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 
2 CONC (Boston 1853-1854)
2 CONT 7]  Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, 
2 CONC Massachusetts, 1636-1686, 9 volumes (Salem 1911-1975)
1 SOUR @S529@
2 PAGE Volume I, Pages 193-194
1 SOUR @S530@
2 PAGE vols. 1-3
2 DATA
3 TEXT [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:44
0 @I1832@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /(Keyes)/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1606
2 PLAC Of Newbury,Essex,MA. (estimate by birth date of eldest child)
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 JUL 1681
2 PLAC Newbury,Essex,MA.
1 BURI
2 DATE 1681
2 PLAC Probably Newbury,Essex,MA.
1 IDNO 1832
1 FAMS @F696@
1 NOTE Estate equally divided to the three daughters
2 CONT 
2 CONT Inventory taken of estate
2 CONT 
2 CONT (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT "Robert Keyes, the immigrant ancestor, settled in Watertown, 
2 CONC Massachusetts, before or in the year 1633.  The records there say that he 
2 CONC moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 16, 1645, and died there in 1647, 
2 CONC while another record gives his death as July 16, 1647.  His death was 
2 CONC recorded in Watertown, Newbury, Plymouth and Sudbury.  He seems to have 
2 CONC been in Watertown in 1633 or earlier, to have moved to Newbury between 
2 CONC 1643 and 1645, and Sudbury in 1645.  His widow married, in 1658, John 
2 CONC Gage (in Nobember, 1664, according to Plymouth record.)  Children, 
2 CONC recorded at Watertown, except Peter and the second Mary, born in 
2 CONC Newbury:"
2 CONT 
2 CONT Sarah     born May 26, 1633        Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Peter     (probably son of Robert) Newbury, Massachusetts
2 CONT Rebecca   March 17, 1637      Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Phebe     June 17, 1639       Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Mary 1641, died 1642          Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Elias     May 20, 1643        Watertown, Massachusetts
2 CONT Mary June 16, 1645       Newbury, Massachusetts
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT ".................   Administration on the estate of Sarah Gage, widow of 
2 CONC John Gage, intestate, was granted on 29 March 1681 [sic] to John French 
2 CONC and William Smith, two of her sons-in-law. The inventory was taken 14 
2 CONC July 1681, and totalled £28 2s., consisting entirely of household goods. 
2 CONC On 27 September 1681 the court ordered "that the estate be equally 
2 CONC divided to the three daughters, namely, the wives of Wm. Smith, John 
2 CONC French and Samuel Buswell" [EPR 3:412-13]. (The death date of Sarah Gage 
2 CONC is given in her inventory and in the town records as 7 July 1681, so the 
2 CONC date of the grant of administration must be in error.)
2 CONT BIRTH: By about 1606 based on estimated date of birth of eldest child.
2 CONT DEATH: Newbury 16 July 1647.
2 CONT MARRIAGE: By 1633 (and probably by 1631) Sarah _____ (she is named in the 
2 CONC records of all children born at Watertown). She married (2) at Ipswich 7 
2 CONC November 1658 JOHN GAGE and died at Newbury 7 July 1681."
2 CONT INTERNAL SOURCES:
2 CONT EPR:   The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1635-1681, 3 
2 CONC volumes (Salem 1916-1920; rpt. Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1988). 
2 CONC Citations to the unpublished probate records are to case numbers, or to 
2 CONC register volumes (which begin with volume 301).
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:44
0 @I2723@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Keyes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1633
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 2723
1 FAMS @F942@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2724@ INDI
1 NAME Peter /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
2 PLAC Newbury,MA. (born ca. 1635)
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 2724
1 FAMS @F943@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE It is stated in "New England Families" Volume I, Pages 193-194 that Peter 
2 CONC Keyes is PROBABLY the son of Robert Keyes the immigrant.  Therefore, it 
2 CONC has NOT been proven.  vlww
2 CONT 
2 CONT (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT "  1) There are no birth records for the proposed sons Solomon and Peter, 
2 CONC but there are reasons for including them in this family.  
2 CONC ......................
2 CONT    2) Peter first appears in Sudbury, and he was married by about 1664. 
2 CONC Elias Keyes, known to be a son of Robert, also married and lived in 
2 CONC Sudbury, and thus provides the link to Peter. Given the approximate date 
2 CONC of his marriage, Peter cannot fit into the family any later than 1635, 
2 CONC when there is a gap in the births of children to this family in the 
2 CONC Watertown records."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2725@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Keyes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1636/1637
2 PLAC Watertown,MIddlesex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 2725
1 FAMS @F944@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2726@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Keyes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1641
2 PLAC Watertown,Middlesex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1642
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 BURI
2 DATE 20 JUL 1642
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 IDNO 2726
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2727@ INDI
1 NAME Elias /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 MAY 1643
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 2727
1 FAMS @F945@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 RESI
2 DATE 1643
2 PLAC Watertown,MA.
1 RESI
2 PLAC Sudbury,MA.
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT "Elias, son of Robert Keyes, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 
2 CONC 20, 1643.  He married, September 11, 1665, Sarah, daughter of John 
2 CONC Blanford, or Blanchard.  Children, born in Sudbury:"
2 CONT 1]  Elias - Born November 15, 1666
2 CONT 2]  John - Born probably, 1668, supposed son of Elias
2 CONT 3]  James, Born September 13, 1670 - Died at Bolton, Massachusetts, 
2 CONC September 25, 1746.
2 CONT 4]  Sarah - April 9, 1673
2 CONT 5]  Thomas - February 8, 1674
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2728@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Keyes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 JUN 1645
2 PLAC Newbury,Essex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 11 OCT 1671
1 IDNO 2728
1 FAMS @F946@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT "  viii    MARY, b. Newbury 16 June 1645; m. Andover 16 February 1663/4 
2 CONC Benjamin Gage [miscalled Cady by Savage], her stepbrother; she had died 
2 CONC by 11 October 1671, when Benjamin remarried."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I2729@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah (Blanchard) /Blanford/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 2729
1 FAMS @F945@
1 NOTE (1)  SOURCE:  "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record 
2 CONC of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
2 CONT "Elias, son of Robert Keyes, was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 
2 CONC 20, 1643.  He married, September 11, 1665, Sarah, daughter of John 
2 CONC Blanford, or Blanchard.  Children, born in Sudbury:"
2 CONT 1]  Elias - Born November 15, 1666
2 CONT 2]  John - Born probably, 1668, supposed son of Elias
2 CONT 3]  James, Born September 13, 1670 - Died at Bolton, Massachusetts, 
2 CONC September 25, 1746.
2 CONT 4]  Sarah - April 9, 1673
2 CONT 5]  Thomas - February 8, 1674
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT (2)  SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: 
2 CONC Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great 
2 CONC Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. 
2 CONC Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:48
0 @I3073@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /(Keyes)/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3073
1 FAMS @F943@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3074@ INDI
1 NAME Child /Keyes/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 FEB 1666/1667
2 PLAC Sudbury,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3074
1 FAMC @F943@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3075@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Buswell/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3075
1 FAMS @F942@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3076@ INDI
1 NAME Solomon /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE BET 1629 AND 1630
2 PLAC Of Newbury,Essex,MA.
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3076
1 FAMS @F1023@
1 FAMC @F696@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT "  1) There are no birth records for the proposed sons Solomon and Peter, 
2 CONC but there are reasons for including them in this family. Solomon married 
2 CONC in Newbury six years after the death of Robert, at a time when his widow 
2 CONC Sarah, as yet not remarried to John Gage, was evidently still living in 
2 CONC that town. Given his marriage in 1653, Solomon must have been born before 
2 CONC 1633, when the birth of Sarah, daughter of Robert Keyes, took place in 
2 CONC Watertown. In his will of 9 April of an uncertain year in the reign of 
2 CONC William III (1694-1702), Samuel Buswell of Bradford, who had married 
2 CONC Sarah Keyes, daughter of Robert, named as one of his overseers "my 
2 CONC brother-in-law Solomon Keys of Chelmsford" [EPR 308:250-51]."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3077@ INDI
1 NAME Francis /Grant/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3077
1 FAMS @F1023@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3079@ INDI
1 NAME John /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 DEC 1585
2 PLAC Woburn,Bedshire,England
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1641
1 IDNO 3079
1 FAMS @F697@
1 FAMC @F1024@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  "Cousin, Cousine", Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, MA., 
2 CONC and others - by Jim French (aroid@rci.rutgers.edu)
2 CONT April 1, 2003
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3080@ INDI
1 NAME Susan /Nawe/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1585
2 PLAC Woburn,Bedshire,England
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3080
1 FAMS @F697@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  "Cousin, Cousine", Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, MA., 
2 CONC and others - by Jim French (aroid@rci.rutgers.edu)
2 CONT April 1, 2003
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3081@ INDI
1 NAME Peter /Keyes/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1559
2 PLAC Woburn,Bedshire,England
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1641
2 PLAC England
1 IDNO 3081
1 FAMS @F1024@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  "Cousin, Cousine", Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, MA., 
2 CONC and others - by Jim French (aroid@rci.rutgers.edu)
2 CONT April 1, 2003
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3082@ INDI
1 NAME Beatrice /Barnes/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1563
2 PLAC Woburn,Bedshire,England
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1642
2 PLAC England,Will Proved
1 IDNO 3082
1 FAMS @F1024@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  "Cousin, Cousine", Descendants of Thomas French of Ipswich, MA., 
2 CONC and others - by Jim French (aroid@rci.rutgers.edu)
2 CONT April 1, 2003
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3102@ INDI
1 NAME William /Smith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3102
1 FAMS @F944@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @I3103@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin /Gage/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 DEAT
2 DATE UNKNOWN
1 IDNO 3103
1 FAMS @F946@
1 NOTE SOURCE:  Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants 
2 CONC to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 
2 CONC 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: 
2 CONC Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England 
2 CONC Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
2 CONT ROBERT KEYES
2 CONT "  viii    MARY, b. Newbury 16 June 1645; m. Andover 16 February 1663/4 
2 CONC Benjamin Gage [miscalled Cady by Savage], her stepbrother; she had died 
2 CONC by 11 October 1671, when Benjamin remarried."
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 APR 2003
3 TIME 13:37:49
0 @F694@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1829@
1 WIFE @I1830@
1 CHIL @I1827@
1 MARR
2 DATE 1661
2 PLAC Topsfield,Essex Co.,Massachusetts (1661/1662)
1 NOTE 1  REFN 47845
0 @F696@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1831@
1 WIFE @I1832@
1 CHIL @I1830@
1 CHIL @I2723@
1 CHIL @I2724@
1 CHIL @I2725@
1 CHIL @I2726@
1 CHIL @I2727@
1 CHIL @I2728@
1 CHIL @I3076@
1 MARR
2 DATE BET 1625 AND 1631
2 PLAC Newbury,Essex,MA. or Watertown,Middlesex, MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 47907
0 @F697@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3079@
1 WIFE @I3080@
1 CHIL @I1831@
1 MARR
2 DATE 22 MAY 1609
1 NOTE 1  REFN 47938
0 @F942@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3075@
1 WIFE @I2723@
1 MARR
2 DATE 8 JUL 1656
2 PLAC Salisbury,MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 58266
0 @F943@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2724@
1 WIFE @I3073@
1 CHIL @I3074@
1 MARR
2 DATE Abt 1667
2 PLAC Possibly Sudbury,MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 58272
0 @F944@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3102@
1 WIFE @I2725@
1 MARR
2 DATE 6 JUL 1657
2 PLAC Topsfield,Essex,Massachusetts
1 NOTE 1  REFN 58278
0 @F945@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2727@
1 WIFE @I2729@
1 MARR
2 DATE 11 SEP 1665
2 PLAC Sudbury,MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 58312
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT SOURCE:
2 CONT "NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES" Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record of the 
2 CONC Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation'.  Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of 
2 CONC William Richard Cutter, A.M. (corresponding secretary and historian of 
2 CONC the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of 
2 CONC Woburn Public Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of 
2 CONC Arlington," Etc.); Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield 
2 CONC Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 
2 CONC 1994,1995; ISBN # 0-8063-4537-3; Volume I, Pages 193-194.
0 @F946@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3103@
1 WIFE @I2728@
1 MARR
2 DATE 16 FEB 1663/1664
2 PLAC Andover,MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 58319
0 @F1023@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3076@
1 WIFE @I3077@
1 MARR
2 DATE 2 OCT 1653
2 PLAC Newbury,Essex,MA.
1 NOTE 1  REFN 60291
0 @F1024@ FAM
1 HUSB @I3081@
1 WIFE @I3082@
1 CHIL @I3079@
1 MARR
2 DATE 25 JUN 1582
2 PLAC Woburn,Bedshire,England
1 NOTE 1  REFN 60322
0 @S529@ SOUR
1 REPO @REPO1@
1 TITL New England Families Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record of the 
2 CONC Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the 
2 CONC Founding of a Nation
1 AUTH Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M. 
2 CONC (corresponding secretary and historian of the New England 
2 CONC Historic-Genealogical Society; Librarian Emeritus of Woburn Public 
2 CONC Library; Author of "The Cutter Family," "History of Arlin
1 PUBL Originally published 1913; Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by 
2 CONC Genealogical Publishin Co., Inc. Balitimore, Maryland 1994,1995; ISBN # 
2 CONC 0-8063-4537-3
1 ABBR New England Families Genealogical And Memorial 'A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation
1 NOTE NS60483
2 CONT 
2 CONT Source Media Type: Book
1 _MASTER Y
0 @S530@ SOUR
1 REPO @REPO1@
1 TITL The Great Migration Begins:  Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
1 AUTH Robert Charles Anderson
1 PUBL Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995
1 ABBR The Great Migration Begins:  Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
1 NOTE Source Media Type: Book
1 _MASTER Y
0 @REPO1@ REPO
0 TRLR