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SGT Solomon Keyes

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SGT Solomon Keyes

Birth
England
Death
28 Mar 1702 (aged 69–70)
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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SOLOMON, eldest known child of Robert & Sarah Keyes, was born say 1631. He married at Newbury 2 October 1653 Frances Grant.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Newly published in NEHGS The Register Vol 176, No 1 - Winter 2022: " The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury Mass and John Swett of Newbury" by Randy A. West, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson. The family arrived later than thought, and the early Watertown records were written much later, and are in error concerning the Keyes and Swett families. Solomon was baptised 23 Mar 1632/33 in New Buckenham, Norfolk, England and arrived prob in 1637.

He and his wife Frances, appear to be the first permanent settlers of the town of Westford, Middlesex, MA, and his family was the oldest in town. History of the town of Westford in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts : 1659-1883, pg 5
SOLOMON, eldest known child of Robert & Sarah Keyes, was born say 1631. He married at Newbury 2 October 1653 Frances Grant.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.
Newly published in NEHGS The Register Vol 176, No 1 - Winter 2022: " The English Connection of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury Mass and John Swett of Newbury" by Randy A. West, Robert Battle and Robert Charles Anderson. The family arrived later than thought, and the early Watertown records were written much later, and are in error concerning the Keyes and Swett families. Solomon was baptised 23 Mar 1632/33 in New Buckenham, Norfolk, England and arrived prob in 1637.

He and his wife Frances, appear to be the first permanent settlers of the town of Westford, Middlesex, MA, and his family was the oldest in town. History of the town of Westford in the county of Middlesex, Massachusetts : 1659-1883, pg 5


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