Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Cyprian Keyes Jr
and Martha (Bush) Keyes
Sister of
Cyprian Keyes III, Israel Keyes, Peabody Keyes, Levinah Keyes, Betty (Keyes) Cheever and David Keyes
Wife of
Amos Bennett
— married
1783 in Locke, Montgomery, New York, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
George Washington Bennett
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Polly Keyes was born June 1, 1768, in Shrewsbury, Worcester county, Massachusetts, a daughter of Cyprian Keyes, Jr. and Martha Bush. [1] See researchers Notes
Mary Keyes was the second wife of Amos Bennett, born March 26, 1739, in Fifeshire, Scotland. Amos immigrated to America and was a Private in the 14th Regiment of the Albany County, New York Militia. Amos is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A009170. (His first wife was Jane Shaw) [2]
Researchers Notes
December 31, 2022. I changed her date of birth from February 4, 1762 as was found on http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=47537595&pid=235 Polly had an older sister named "Patta" born on that date: ("Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NK-XHC : 20 May 2022), Patta Keyes, 4 Feb 1762; citing Birth, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011135) died in 1781 and her headstone calls her "Patty" : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8029677/patty-keyes
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K4BJ-VZ8: According to FamilySearch.org, Amos had 12 children with his first wife and 8 children with Mary, whom he married in 1783. This requires further research. His Find A Grave memorial is not attached to either wife: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86512335/amos-bennett
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on 13 March 2011
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCRZ-1BC : 15 January 2020), Polly Keyes, 1768
- ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A009170
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