Individual Details
Robert KEYES
(By Abt 1606 - 12 Jul 1647)
Events
| Birth | By Abt 1606 | (based on estimated date of birth of first child) - England |  |  | |
| Residence | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Apr 1632 | New Buckenham, Norfolk, England - Sarah SWETT | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1633 | in Watertown or Newbury - Sarah SWETT | | ||
| Marriage | By 1633 | (and probably by 1631) - Sarah SWETT | | ||
| Arrival | By 1633 | | |||
| Arrival | 1637 | Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1643 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Residence (family) | Bef 1644 | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Sarah SWETT | | ||
| Removed | 1644 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 12 Jul 1647 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 16 Jul 1647 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Burial | (There is no headstone. All information comes from other sources.) - Newbury Neck Cemetery, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | |||
| Education | apparently literate as his widow's estate included a Bible. | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah SWETT (1605 - 1681) |
| Child | Solomon KEYES (1631 - 1702) |
| Child | Joseph KEYES (1634 - ) |
| Child | Sarah KEYES (1633 - ) |
| Child | Peter KEYES (1635 - ) |
| Child | Rebecca KEYES (1637 - ) |
| Child | Phebe KEYES (1639 - 1701) |
| Child | Mary KEYES (1641 - ) |
| Child | Elias KEYES (1643 - ) |
| Child | Mary KEYES (1645 - 1671) |
Notes
Birth
GMB: An English ancestry for Robert was proposed but since shown to be incorrect. [TAG 46:150-54, 65:12]Residence
This seems highly unlikely.Endnotes
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2. L. Bertrand Smith, Jesse Smith, his ancestors and descendants (New York: F. Allaben Genealogical Co., 1909), p. 133, #439 Keyes; indexed page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/24303/ : accessed 22 May 2024). https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/24303/images/dvm_GenMono006022-00121-0.
3. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 10-17, Genealogical Summary; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).
4. "Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61045/: accessed 11 May 2024) > Norfolk > New Buckenham > 1538-1694, image 47 of 103, Sarah Swet, Robert Keyes, m. 8 Apr 1632, New Buckenham; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61045/images/61043_b936784-00046 ); citing Church of England Parish Registers. Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
5. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 12 May 2024), > "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", image 450 of 1022 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0451 ).
6. " U.S., New England Marriages prior to 1700," database index with page images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3824/: accessed 12 May 2024), > "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", image 450 of 1022 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3824/images/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0451 ).
7. "New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635," database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2496/: accessed 13 May 2024), image of p. 1128 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2496/images/42521_b158319-00453 ).
8. Joshua Coffin, A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845 (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845), p. 307, Keyes, Solomon and Robert; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/sketchofhistoryo00coffrich/ : accessed 15 May 2024). Also available at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/19318/images/dvm_LocHist005924-00174-1.
9. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 7, 9; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).
10. Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., "William Godfrey and Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., and Elsewhere," The American Genealogist 45:150-54, specifically pp. 153-4; online archive, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12132/150/23905945 : accessed 14 May 2024).
11. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 6-7; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).
12. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 6-7; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).
13. L. Bertrand Smith, Jesse Smith, his ancestors and descendants (New York: F. Allaben Genealogical Co., 1909), p. 133, #439 Keyes; indexed page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/24303/ : accessed 22 May 2024). https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/24303/images/dvm_GenMono006022-00121-0.
14. Randy A. /West/, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John Swett of Newbury," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176:1 (Winter 2022):pp. 5-17, specifically pp. 10-17, Genealogical Summary; online archives, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/nehgr-2022-1-winter-v2.pdf : accessed 11 May 2024).
15. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," database index of page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2495/: accessed 12 May 2024) > Newbury > Births, Marriages and Death, image 3 of 2384, (top left) "Robert keyes dyed 16th of July 1647"; ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40143_269047__0155-00002 ); citing Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
16. "New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635," database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2496/: accessed 13 May 2024), image of p. 1128 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2496/images/42521_b158319-00453 ).
17. Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., "William Godfrey and Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., and Elsewhere," The American Genealogist 45:150-54, specifically pp. 153-4; online archive, AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/12132/150/23905945 : accessed 14 May 2024).
18. Joshua Coffin, A sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport, and West Newbury, from 1635 to 1845 (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845), p. 307, Keyes, Solomon and Robert; page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/sketchofhistoryo00coffrich/ : accessed 15 May 2024). Also available at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/19318/images/dvm_LocHist005924-00174-1.
19. Find a Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com : transcribed 13 May 2024), Robert Keyes, memorial #21421031; ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21421031/robert-keyes ) .
20. "New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635," database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2496/: accessed 13 May 2024), image of p. 1128 ( https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2496/images/42521_b158319-00453 ).