Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Keyes was born on 13 October 1765, in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Keyes Jr, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Taylor, was 41. He married Dolly Bean on 7 February 1791, in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 16 August 1832, in Maine, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Rumford Corner, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Francis Keyes, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Francis Keyes, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Francis Keyes, "Find a Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English, Irish and Scottish: variant of Kay , of various origins, mostly, with excrescent -s.
English (of Norman origin): in some cases, possibly a variant of Guise, a habitational name from Guise in Aisne, Picardy.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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