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John Key, Jr/Sr
Male 1716 - 1780

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  • Suffix  Jr/Sr 
    Birth  1716  , King William, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  1780  , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3835  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
     
    Father  John Key, Sr,   b. 1696, New Kent, Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1764 and 1765, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Martha Tandy,   b. Abt 1690, , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1742, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1712  , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F638  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Waller,   b. Abt 1716,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  Abt 1731 
    Children 
    >1. John Key, Jr, III,   b. 1731, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
    Family ID  F639  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Susannah Watts,   b. Abt 1716,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married  Abt 1735 
    Children 
     1. George Key,   b. Abt 1737,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Judith Key,   b. Abt 1738,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joseph Key,   b. Abt 1740,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mildred Key,   b. Abt 1745,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Martin Key,   b. Abt 1750,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. William Waller Key, Sr,   b. Abt 1755, , Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1820, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Dabney Key,   b. 1757, , Amherst, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Thomas Key,   b. 1758,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Elizabeth Key,   b. 1760,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Barbara Ann Key,   b. 1766,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Effey Key,   b. 1768,   d. 27 Jan 1857, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Omey Key,   b. 1770, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  14 Aug 2005 
    Family ID  F640  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • He served in the French and Indian War. John died in Albemarle County, Virginia about 1780. After John's death, Susannah lived in Amherst Co., Va., as shown in the 1795 census.

      The first record of John Key, Jr/Sr., in Amherst County, Virginia, was in 1768, when Henry Key undertook (acted as surety) for him in a lawsuit. Also in 1768, he deeded his personal estate to his "present wife Susannah" and her children, which indicated that he had been married previously. Amherst County records show that John Key, Sr., and the two witnesses to his 1768 deed poll were closely associated with Henry Key and John Key, Jr. One of the witnesses, William Hansbrough, lived near Henry Key, John Key, Jr. and James Nevill, in the Glades of old Amherst County and was the father-in-law of William Key, a witness with Henry Key and John Key, Jr. to Amherst County deeds in 1770 and 1772. The last record of John Key, Sr., was in 1769 when he initiated a lawsuit in Amherst County Chancery Court. James Nevill was re appointed sheriff in Amherst County in 1765.

      Susannah Key paid taxes on 100 acres in Amherst County, Virginia in 1783 and 1787. She is listed in the enumerations of Amherst County for 1783 and 1785 as the head of a family of nine and in the personal property tax lists for the Amherst District. The personal property tax lists for 1788 and 1794 show that she was the mother of Dabney and Thomas Key. Dabney was probably born about 1767, based on his first Talley in the "over 21" column of the tax lists.

      Susannah Key's maiden name is said to have been Watts - - possibly the Watts family of Spotsylvania and Albemarle counties, which has many gaps in its genealogy. Edward Watts (ca. 1675 - ca. 1750) patented land in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, 1728, and left issue: Thomas (1695 - 1749), Edward (ca. 1698 - ca. 1760), David (1702 - 1767), William (1704 - 1760), and John (1710 - 1765). David Watts was a neighbor of John Key, Sr. of Albemarle County and owned adjoining land in that part of Louisa County which became Albemarle in 1761.

      Source: The Va. Gen., Vol. 18, No. 2, April - June 1974. Pg. 97 - 99, by Marcus M. Key, Rhoda (Freer) Newman and Helen (Kay) Yates; Va. Gen. Vol. 8, Jul-Sep 1964, pg. 118 & 119; Va. Gen. Vol. 29, Jul-Sep 1985, pg. 203; Va. Gen. Vol. 24, Jul-Sep. 1980, pg. 199-200.
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      John Key's will was probated on Oct. 3, 1768 and is recorded in Albemarle County Deed Book 2, pg. 378: John Key, Sr. to wife, Susannah and the children lawfully born of her body and now living.
      Source: The Keys of Albemarle/Leonard Owens
     
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