When Frances Rebecca Key was born on 6 May 1751, in King George, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Capt. Richard Ward Key, was 27 and her mother, Rebecca Hammond, was 26. She married Edward Dobyns on 19 January 1770, in King George, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 29 January 1821, in Mason, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 69.
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English, Irish, and German: variant of Kay .
Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Keij, from the personal name Kei(je), possibly a vernacular form of Cornelius , Nicolas or Gerrit (see Gerrits ). Compare De Kay .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 祁, see Qi 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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