Individual Details
Lt. Ephraim Keyes
(4 Jul 1715 - 6 Sep 1802)
Ephraim Keyes (1715-1804) served as private in Capt. Isaac Fry's company from Acworth, N. H. He was a signer of the Association Test.
Marriage 1. 1738 in Ashford, Windham, Conn. Sarah WADKINS b: 9 AUG 1718 in Ashford, Windham, CT
Marriage 2. widow [GLAZIER] Married: AFT 1790
DAR Patriot Index, page 384. Lt. Ephraim Keyes
The birth of Ephraim Keyes, Sr. is recorded both in Chelmsford, MA and Ashford, CT. The Ashford, Connecticut date is given as 4 July 1715.
Died 6 Sept 1802 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire
DAR Patriot Index lists death date as 15 Dec 1804 in New Hampshire.
Please note: both dates are listed in the DAR Book.
Genealogy of Keyes families: "Portrait and Biographical Record of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois"
DAR Library record:
KEYES, EPHRAIM Ancestor #: A065380
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 7-4-1715 ASHFORD HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT
Death: 09-06-1802 ACWORTH CHESHIRE CO NEW HAMPSHIRE
Service Source:
BATCHELLOR, MISC REV DOCS OF NH, STATE PAPERS, VOL 30, P 2
Service Description:
1) SIGNED ASSOCIATION TEST
Events
| Birth | 4 Jul 1715 | Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Marriage | 22 Jun 1737 | Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut - Sarah Watkins | | ||
| Death | 6 Sep 1802 | Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire | |||
| Burial | Batchelder-Nye Road Cemetery, Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire | | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Watkins (1718 - 1790) |
| Child | Ephraim Keyes (1737 - 1774) |
| Child | Capt. William Keyes (1739 - 1813) |
| Child | Asa Keyes (1742 - 1742) |
| Child | Miriam Keyes (1743 - 1753) |
| Child | Edward Keyes (1745 - 1823) |
| Child | Jonah Keyes (1748 - 1820) |
| Child | Hannah Keyes (1754 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Keyes (1755 - ) |
| Child | Frederick Keyes (1756 - 1785) |
| Child | Henry Keyes (1758 - 1792) |
| Child | Amos Keyes (1761 - 1820) |
| Child | Avis Keyes (1764 - ) |
| Father | Elias Keyes (1692 - 1767) |
| Mother | Mary Wheelock (1706 - 1753) |
| Sibling | Capt. Stephen Elnathan Keyes (1717 - 1788) |
| Sibling | Samson Keyes (1719 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Mary Elizabeth Keyes (1722 - 1802) |
| Sibling | Zachariah Keyes (1723 - 1753) |
| Sibling | Solomon Keyes (1728 - 1791) |
Notes
Birth
Ephriam KeyesEvent Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 Jul 1715
Event Place: Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Elias Keyes
Mother's Name: Mary Keyes
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Epherem Kyes
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 04 Jul 1715
Birthplace: ASHFORD TWP, WINDHAM, CONNETICUT
Father's Name: Elias Kyes
Mother's Name: Mary
The Ephraim Keyes born in Chelmsford in 1715 may be the same one who married Rebecca Townsend in that town in 1751.
Possible birth record:
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74S-23P : 11 February 2018), Epherem Kyes, 04 Jul 1715; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
Marriage
Ashford Vital Records, Vol. 1, page 57:KYE, Epherem
m. Sarah Wadkin, June 22, 1737, by Rev. Mr. Hale
Burial
Ephraim Keyes, tombstone inscription. Photograph of tombstone clearly shows:"Ephraim Keyes Lt.
died Sep. 6,
1802, in the 89
year of his age."
Citation: Charles H. Spofford, Inscriptions from the Ancient Gravestones of Acworth, N.H. (Claremont, N.H.: E.L. Elliott, 1908), 12.
Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2W-JQ7 : accessed 22 September 2015), Ephraim Keyes, 05 Jul 1715; citing CHELMSFORD,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0962548 IT 1..
2. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGV-3MN : accessed 22 September 2015), Ephriam Keyes, 05 Jul 1715; citing Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Roll 4966 P13 R13; FHL microfilm 868,434..
3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YX66 : 3 November 2017), Ephriam Keyes, 05 Jul 1715; citing Birth, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 868,434..
4. Find A Grave Memorial# 29980579.