Prescott
Keyes
Born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Alice (Reynolds) Keyes
— married
6 Jul 1881 in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA USA
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 84
in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Apr 2017
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Biography
Alice Reynolds, 25, and law student Prescott Keyes, 23, were married by her father Rev. Grindall Reynolds in Concord MA. Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA USA. The Keyes family of Concord, Massachusetts was descended from Westford storekeeper Joseph Keyes (1746-1823) John Keyes (1787-1844), son of Joseph and his second wife Sarah Boyden Keyes, moved to Concord in 1811. John Keyes was a lawyer, and served as Postmaster, Middlesex County Treasurer, Massachusetts Representative and Senator. He was the first in a line of prominent Concord citizens. John Keyes married Ann Stow Shepard in 1815. Their children included John Shepard (1821-1910) and George (1832-1893). John Shepard Keyes was a lawyer and served as a Massachusetts Senator, Sheriff of Middlesex County, U. S. Marshal, and District Court Judge. He married Martha Lawrence Prescott in 1844.
Their children were: Annie S. Keyes (1847-1928; Mrs. Edward Waldo Emerson); Florence (1851-1877; Mrs. Charles Walcott); Prescott Keyes (1858-1943), who married Alice Reynolds (daughter of Rev Grindall Reynolds) in 1881; and Alicia M. Keyes (1855-1924). George Keyes, (son of John, brother of John Shepard) married Mary E. Brown (1831-1886) in 1854. She was the daughter of New England Farmer editor Simon Brown (1802-1873) and Ann Caroline French Brown (1808-1898; sister of Judge Henry Flagg French and aunt of Daniel Chester French). The children of George and Mary Keyes included: Marion Brown Keyes (born 1860); Grace B. Keyes (born 1866); and George Shepard (1869-1942), who was married to Alice M. Brown (1879-1963). Both John S. Keyes and George S. Keyes were members of the Emerson Statue Committee (1896-1914).
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #28900360 Prescott Keys. Citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by cap624 (contributor 47007905).
- Keyes-Brown Family Papers, 1834-1932.https://concordlibrary.org/special-collections/fin_aids/Keyes-Brown
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