Person:Rebecca Keyes (1)
Rebecca Keyes
b.17 Mar 1637/38 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.7 Sep 1696 Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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. 6 Jul 1657
  1. Benjamin Smith1667/68 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Mar 1693
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Facts and Events
Name Rebecca Keyes
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 17 Mar 1637/38 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 6 Jul 1657 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USAto William Smith
Marriage 29 Mar 1693 Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, USAto Daniel Killam
Death[3][4][5][6] 7 Sep 1696 Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
References
  1. ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
    1:6.

    '1638. ...
    Rebecca keyes the Daughter of Robert and Sary keyes borne [th]e --- 17d --- 1m'

  2. ↑ entry for 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.

    'REBECCA, b. Watertown 17 March 1637/8 [WaVR 6]; m. Topsfield 6 July 1657 William Smith.'

  3. ↑ Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c2003)
    page 239.

    'SMITH, William (c1632- ) & Rebecca2 KEYES (1637/8-1696); m2 Daniel KILLUM; m Topsfield 6 July 1657 [50 GMC; GMB 2:1129]'

  4. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963)
    page 437.

    'KILLUM, Daniel2 (1620-1699/1700) & 3/wf Rebecca/?Mary SMITH (-1696, Wenham); 29 Mar 1693; Topsfield'

    My assumption is that Rebecca/?Mary SMITH is Rebecca (Keyes) Smith, as supported by the supplement to Torrey.

  5. ↑ Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Wenham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1904)
    page 205, Deaths.

    'KELLUM (see also Killam), ...
    Mary Smith, w. Daniel, Sept. 7, 1696.'

    See other citations for confusion about her name.

  6. ↑ William Smith & Rebecca Keyes, in Threlfall, John B. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1990)
    395.

    Rebecca remarried 29 March 1693 at Topsfield to Daniel Killum of Wenham. She died on 7 September 1696 in Wenham and Daniel died there 21 March 1699/1700. She is incorrectly called Mary in the death record.

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