Person:Phebe Keyes (1)
Phebe Keyes
b.17 Jun 1639 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.13 May 1701 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Apr 1632
  1. Sergeant Solomon Keyes1632/33 - 1702
  2. Sarah Keyes1634 - Aft 1700
  3. Peter KeyesAbt 1635 -
  4. Rebecca Keyes1637/38 - 1696
  5. Phebe Keyes1639 - 1701
  6. Mary Keyes1641/42 - 1642
  7. Elias Keyes1643 -
  8. Mary Keyes1645 - 1668
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1663
  1. Mary FrenchEst 1663 - 1730
  2. Sarah French1664/65 - 1761
  3. Phebe French1667 - 1718
  4. Martha French1669 - Aft 1707
  5. John French1671 - 1730
  6. Lydia French1674 - 1746
  7. Sergeant Richard French1676 - 1757
  8. Hepzebah French1678/79 - Aft 1707
  9. Patience French1681 - 1750
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Phebe Keyes
Alt Name[1] Mary Keyes
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 17 Jun 1639 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1663 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Corporal John French
Death[3] 13 May 1701 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Death[3] 14 May 1701 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Cause of Death[3] Drowned herself.
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Mary/Phebe Keyes

"The daughter born at Watertown on 17 June 1639 is given in both the town and county copies of the vital records as Mary, but this may have been the record for the birth of Phebe. Note first that another Mary was the next child born to this family, and a date of death is given for her, but not for the earlier Mary. Robert and Sarah Keyes had a daughter Phebe who had married John French no later than 1664; unless she is an unrecorded daughter born in Newbury about 1647, there is no other spot to place her in the family. There may be some other resolution to this problem, but we suggest here that the Mary born 17 June 1639 was actually Phebe."[1]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robert Keyes, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    2:1129.

    'MARY [PHEBE], b. Watertown 17 June 1639 [WaVR ]; m. about 1664 John French of Topsfield (eldest child b. Topsfield 1 March 1664/5).'

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records, 1630-1851. (Microfilm of manuscript at Watertown Town Hall: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970)
    1:7.

    "1639 … phebe keyes the Daughter of Robert and Sary keyes borne - ye - 17e - 4m [June 17, 1639]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903, 1916)
    1:221.

    "French, Phebe, [died] May 14, 1701 (church record.)"
    "French, _____, w. John, 'drownd herself,' May 13, 1701 (church record.)"

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