'Key1'
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Families covered: Key of Fulford, Key of Leadenham, Kaye of Lewisham, Key of London
| BP1870 identifies the arms of this family as "Per chevron, dovetail, erm. and gu., three keys, erect, the wards upwards, and to the sinister, or". | |||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Key of Newport (surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Millard (dau of Rev. W. Millard of Great Ness) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Jonathan Key of London (bpt 03.08.1701, d 1736, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jonathan Key of London & Hampstead | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.01.1765) Elizabeth Garrett (dau/heir of John Garrett of Weston (son of Samuel, archdeacon of Salop) by Elizabeth Tamer) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Key of Denmark Hill, Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marian Jones (dau of Bluet Jones of Iron Acton, great-grandson of Sir Garret Smith, of Long Ashton, Bart (?)) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Key, Lord Mayor of London, 1st Bart (b 16.08.1794, d 15.07.1858) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1814) Charlotte Green (d 15.12.1866, dau of Francis Green of Dorking & Denmark Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Susannah Key (d 1889) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Gay (b 1800) | |||||||||||||||
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| Maddison identifies the arms of this family as "Per bend or and argent two bendlets ermine". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Key of Long Leadenham, Lincolnshire (a 1519, d by 1551) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Key (a 01.1538-9, bur 23.07.1575) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 names Thomas's wife as Eleanor but Maddison identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Slatter (d by 1539, dau of John Slatter of Stragglethorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Key of Leadenham (d before 01.02.1581-2) generation given by Maddison but omitted by BLG1952 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Annable (a 1581) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Key of Leadenham (d 1581, d after 21.04.1616) generation given by Maddison but omitted by BLG1952 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor (Endberge?) (a 1616) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Key of Leadenham (d after 09.02.1666-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Challner of Weston | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Key of Leadenham (b 1644-5, a 01.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.04.1678) Mary (or Anne) Ellis (b 1686, d 1765, dau of Thomas Ellis of Wellingore, sister/coheir of Edmund) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Ellis Key (bpt 27.06.1682, bur 12.02.1723-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Stoner (b 1665-6, bur 17.06.1765, dau of Edward Storer of Buckminster) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Key of Leadenham, Sheriff of Lincolndshire (b 1723, d unm 01.04.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Jane Key of Leadenham (b 1716, d 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.09.1738) William Reeve of Melton Mowbray (bur 18.06.1791) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue (d infant) - John, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Key (bpt 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jane Key | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Rawlins | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Jane Rawlins | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Rawlins | ||||||||||||||
| m. Stephen Dodson | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Key of Nottingam (b 1687-8, d 05.1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (bur 21.10.1729) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Ellis Key of Fulford, Yorkshire (d 25.12.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Key of Fulford (d unm 1778/1798) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1714-5, d 30.08.1730),, Katherine (d 13.03.1799), Mary (d 1718), daughter | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Key (a 1712, d before 1718?) | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Katherine Key (bpt 24.07.1680) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Markhall of Brant Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Key in Coleby (b 1652, a 04.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1678) Ann Kent of Lincoln | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Key (b 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1711-2) Anne Redford of Lincoln | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Key (b 1692, d 1753/1763, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cowlam (b c1694, d 1761) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Key (b 19.08.1716, d 27.02.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Hill | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Key of Fulford (b 18.12.1757, d 05.1838, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Samuel Key (b 11.04.1763, d 18.01.1835, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1952 suggests that Samuel (d 1838) inherited Fulford from his brother Thomas but the dates given by Maddison suggest otherwise. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Cundell of the Minories, London | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Thomas Key of Fulford (b 14.09.1787, d 16.06.1850) had issue (but dspms?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1813) Jane Toovey | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Samuel Key of Fulford (b 16.11.1806, d 05.10.1863, cleric, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.11.1839) Harriet Lumb (dau of William Lumg of Meadow House in Whitehaven) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3 ))+ | other issue - Thomas John (d 1798), Dorothy, Frances, Anne, Catherine, Eleanor, Maria, Elizzaeth, Mary Harriet | ||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - William (b 03.12.1754, d 1788), John (b 26.02.1759, dsp 03.1814), Ellis 'of Leadenham' of Partney (b 14.07.1760, dsp bur 19.02.1799) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Key (b 21.02.1719/20, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Susannah Key (b 25.11.1717, d 1790) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Thompson | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Martha Key (b 1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Cliffe of Lincoln | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Edwad (b 1688), Anne (b 1682), Elizabeth (b 1684), Mary (b 1694), Frances (b 1697) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Key (a 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c06.1626) Richard Inkersoll of Brant Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| a.+c | other issue (a 1616) - Winifred, Susannah | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Key (a 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Alexander (bpt 1579?, a 1603), Eleanor (a 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Thomas Key (a 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edward Key (a 1538) | ||||||||||||||
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| 'The Pedigree Register' notes that this family's surname is variously given as Kees, Kaes, Keyse, Kays and Keys but titles the pedigree 'Keyes' and starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Gilbert Kaye of Lewisham, Kent | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Kaye of Lewisham (d 1525) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard Keys of Brockley & Greenwich a 1545, (Sergeant-at arms for Hemry VIII, Captain of Sandgate Castle) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mildred Scott (dau of Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall, widow of John Diggs) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Keys (d 1571, Sergeant Porter to Queens Mary & Elizabeth, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Keys (a 1571) | ||||||||||||||
| b | Isabel Keys | ||||||||||||||
| m. William St. Leger (son/heir of Sir Anthony St. Leger) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1565) Mary Grey (b 1545, dsp 20.4.1578, dau of Henry, Duke of Suffolk by Frances Brandon) | |||||||||||||||
| 'The Pedigree Register' (p198) reports that "most of the Pedigrees give the name of Martin Keys as the husband of Lady Mary Grey; this however is manifestly an error". | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - William (a 1546), Edward (a 1565), Reginald (a 1574, Lt. of Sandgate Castle), Sibbell (a 1546), daughter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (originally uploaded 29.01.14 into KZmisc01) : BP1870 ('Key')
(2) For middle section : Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1903, 'Key of Leadenham, and Water Fulford, co. York')
(3) For lower section : 'The Pedigree Register' (edited by George Sherwood, vol 1, No. 7 (December 1908), 'Keyes', p196+)
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