Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSgt. Solomon Keyes 
BirthBET 1629 AND 1630, Of Newbury, Essex, Ma.
Death28 Mar 1702, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma., @ abt. age 72 yrs.
Burialp n/k
Misc. Notes
Sources & Information:
A tradition prevailed among the earlier descendants of Solomon, and is now current among the older members of the Keyes family that two brothers from England settled in this country and were the ancestors of all of the name in America. Various names have been ascribed to the brothers, and different ports have been mentioned as their place of landing, but I find no record relating to either of them, than that of the marriage of Solomon Keyes and Frances Grant at Newbury, Mass., October 2, 1653.
The birth of the five elder children is recorded at Newbury.
In 1664 and 1665 Solomon and Joseph Keyes took up land in Chelmsford, Mass., and in that town is recorded the birth of the other children of Solomon and Frances.
There appears to be no record of the marriage of Joseph, supposed to be the brother of Solomon, or of the birth of children. He might have had children born in England or before he came to this country.
Solomon was town clerk and tithing man in Chelmsford, and seems to have been a man of influence in those early days.
The old Keyes homestead, par excellence, a roomy, two story white house, now more than two hundred years old, stands in the town of Westford, and incorporated in 1729, and most of the families of the name in that vicinity, are now said to be of Westford. The village according to an old writer is handsomely situated on a swell of fine land, commanding a beautiful prospect of great extent, and contains an academy of ancient date and respectable standing.
There are beautiful views of the Monadnock mountain from certain points in the town, and a fair amount of summer visitors, gives variety to the society, while the academy gives to it a tone of unusual intelligence.
In the old town book of Chelmsford we find the following: "Sergeant Solomon Keyes, died Mar. 28, 1701." His wife Frances, died 1708.
The name is spelled Keyes in the Newbury records, with one exception, when the second (e) is omitted, probably by mistake. At Chelmsford the records make it Keies, generally, during the life of Solomon, although during the few years preceding, as in the record of his death, we find it sometimes Keyes.
Robert Keyes of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1633. Solomon Keyes of Newbury & Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1653 and their descendants also others of the name by Asa Keyes., Geo. E. Selleck, Printer, Brattleboro, Vt., 1880, Thomas Keyes.
Solomon Keyes and descendants found under: Lieut. Phhraim Keyes as follows:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/keyes/messages/595.html
Posting by Chris Shattuck, April 24, 2001.
Family Group Record: Solomon Keyes, wife Frances Grant, births, christened, Deaths, Buried, marriage, children and parents of both.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/family_g....asp?familyid=174445
A tradition prevailed among the earlier descendants of Solomon, and is now current among the older members of the Keyes family that two brothers from England settled in this country and were the ancestors of all of the name in America. Various names have been ascribed to the brothers, and different ports have been mentioned as their place of landing, but I find no record relating to either of them, than that of the marriage of Solomon Keyes and Frances Grant at Newbury, Mass., October 2, 1653.
The birth of the five elder children is recorded at Newbury.
In 1664 and 1665 Solomon and Joseph Keyes took up land in Chelmsford, Mass., and in that town is recorded the birth of the other children of Solomon and Frances.
There appears to be no record of the marriage of Joseph, supposed to be the brother of Solomon, or of the birth of children. He might have had children born in England or before he came to this country.
Solomon was town clerk and tithing man in Chelmsford, and seems to have been a man of influence in those early days.
The old Keyes homestead, par excellence, a roomy, two story white house, now more than two hundred years old, stands in the town of Westford, and incorporated in 1729, and most of the families of the name in that vicinity, are now said to be of Westford. The village according to an old writer is handsomely situated on a swell of fine land, commanding a beautiful prospect of great extent, and contains an academy of ancient date and respectable standing.
There are beautiful views of the Monadnock mountain from certain points in the town, and a fair amount of summer visitors, gives variety to the society, while the academy gives to it a tone of unusual intelligence.
In the old town book of Chelmsford we find the following: "Sergeant Solomon Keyes, died Mar. 28, 1701." His wife Frances, died 1708.
The name is spelled Keyes in the Newbury records, with one exception, when the second (e) is omitted, probably by mistake. At Chelmsford the records make it Keies, generally, during the life of Solomon, although during the few years preceding, as in the record of his death, we find it sometimes Keyes.
Robert Keyes of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1633. Solomon Keyes of Newbury & Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 1653 and their descendants also others of the name by Asa Keyes., Geo. E. Selleck, Printer, Brattleboro, Vt., 1880, Thomas Keyes.
Solomon Keyes and descendants found under: Lieut. Phhraim Keyes as follows:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/keyes/messages/595.html
Posting by Chris Shattuck, April 24, 2001.
Family Group Record: Solomon Keyes, wife Frances Grant, births, christened, Deaths, Buried, marriage, children and parents of both.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/family_g....asp?familyid=174445
Spouses
Birth12 Jun 1634, Cottingham, Yorks, England
Death1708, Rowley, Essex, Ma., @ abt. age 74 yrs.
BurialChelmsford, Middlesex, Ma.
FatherThomas Grant
MotherJane Haburne
Marriage2 Oct 1653, Newbury, Essex, Ma.