Person:Solomon Keyes (1)

Origin

"Solomon Keyes was born in England. Asa Keyes, author of 'Robert & Solomon Keyes' in 1880 left it for later generations to prove whose son Solomon was. Across the title page of his book in the Congressional Library is written, 'Since publication of Asa Keyes' book it has been established beyond doubt that Solomon Keyes was Robert's son by the finding of a Will, recorded in Mass. Hon. Wade Keyes, Tremont Bldg., 73 Tremont St. Boston, a lawyer, can give account.' (Written before 1928.)

This was accepted by the National Society of New England Women when Mrs. Dale of Cincinnati became a member.

However Chas. C. White was unable to find trace of Hon. Wade Keyes. He did however obtain from another Boston lawyer, Henry W. Keyes (son of authoress Frances Parkinson Keyes) the result of his brother, John Parkinson Keyes' research in England.

He found that Solomon Keyes was Baptised on Feb. 6, 1623-4 at St. Thomas the Apostle, London, the son of Ralph and Maria (Wood) Keyes. Ralph was a haberdasher of London who was married at St. Olave's, Hart Street, London, on July 19, 1612. Died May 28 1659. This line he traced back thru two more Ralphs, Edward, Ralph, Gilbert to John Keyes of Horsley, County Derby born 1350."^[2]

"In his will of 9 April of an uncertain year in the reign of William III (1694-1702), Samuel Buswell of Bradford, who had married Sarah Keyes, daughter of Robert, named as one of his overseers "my brother-in-law Solomon Keys of Chelmsford" [EPR 308:250-51].^[1]

Apparently the will referred to in the Thomas White genealogy^[2] is that cited by Robert Charles Anderson^[1], and confirms that Solomon Keyes of Newbury and Chelmsford was son of Robert Keyes of Watertown and Newbury. This being the case, the London baptism of one Solomon Keyes in 1624 does not apply to this man.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} West, Randy A.; Robert Battle; and Robert Charles Anderson. The English Connection of Robert¹ Keyes of Watertown and Newbury, Massachusetts, and John¹ Swett of Newbury. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Winter 2022)
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   "Children of Robert¹ and Sarah (Swett) Keyes; (1) Solomon² Keyes, bp. New Buckenham 23 March 1632/3; m. Newbury 2 Oct. 1653, Frances Grant; …"
   
   The authors determined that the Watertown VR entry for his sister Sarah's birth was both after the fact and inaccurate. The baptisms at New Buckenham for Soloman and Sarah are cited in this article.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} White, Charles C, and Thelma L. McKibben Weinstock. The Descendants of Captain Thomas White, 1754-1839. (Marietta, Ohio: Thelma L. McKibben Weinstock, 1998)
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3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
   408.

   Keyes, Solomon, Serg., (died) Mar. 28, 1702.