Nathan Key Sr. (1769 - 1850)

Born 1769 in Province of South Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Martha (Roberts) Key — married 23 Jan 1798 in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1850 at about age 81 in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas

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Biography

Nathan Key Sr. was a South Carolina colonist.

Nathan Key Sr. is part of a Bahamian family.

Nathan Key, Sr. was born 6 Dec 1769 in South Carolina. He was also known as Nathon Key.

He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the American Revolution. He migrated to the Bahamas from Saint Augustine, Florida about 1783.

He married Martha Roberts on 23 Jan 1798, probably in Hope Town, Abaco. In 1807 he received a 22 acre land grant [BK-K-145], and on 8 Mar 1812 he received 220 acres in Marsh Harbour (known today as the Key Tract) for 18 shillings and four pence quit rents, from King George III [Bk-L-30]. He died 20 Oct 1850 in Marsh Harbour. ^[1]

Nathan Key ... ^[2]

DNA Information

Paternal 3rd Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 115663

Paternal 3rd Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 107928

Paternal 3rd Great Grandfather of Y-DNA kit 107202

Sources

1. ↑ McAleer, J. J., Key, Alice Slocum, and Lombardi, Oreste. The Genealogy of NATHAN KEY Early Settler of Abaco, Bahamas 1st ed. (Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2000). p. 1.
2. ↑ Entered by Victoria Malyurek, Jan 26, 2013

See also:

Bahamas National Archives, Nassau, Bahamas. Harbour Island Marriages, 1796 - 1907, compiled by Stephen Smollett.

Bahamas DNA Project, Direct Paternal Line Descendant Charts https://genealogy.hopetownmuseum.com/bahamasdnaproject/bahydna.htm

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Victoria Malyurek for starting this profile.