John Ross Key (1754 - 1831)
John
Ross
Key
Born in Redland, Frederick, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Key
and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key
Brother of
Philip Barton Key Sr and Elizabeth Scott (Key) Maynadier
Husband of
Ann Phoebe Penn (Charlton) Key
— married
in Frederick, Maryland
Descendants
Father of
Francis Scott Key and
Anne Arnold Phoebe Charlton (Key) Taney
Died in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Categories: American Revolution | American Revolution Army Officers.
Biography
John Key born on 19 Sep 1754 Redland, Frederick, Maryland, son of Francis & Ann Arnold (Ross) Key [1][2]
John served as an American Revolutionary Captain with the Army.
Occupation - Lawyer.
He married Ann Phoebe Charlton on 19 Oct 1775 Frederick, Maryland by Rev Bartholomew Booth, an Anglican clergyman who had no official authority to perform marriages. [3]
Children:
- a daughter died an infant
- Francis Scott Key b Aug 1779
- Catherine b 15 Dec 1781 died July 1782
- Ann Phoebe Charlton Key born 13 June 1783 married Roger Brooke Taney [p 65]
- John Alfred Key died at Edgefield, South Carolina
John Key died on 11 OCT 1821 in Frederick city, Maryland, USA
Sources
- ↑ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ross_Key
- ↑ In 1776 Frederick county was subdivided in smaller counties, Redland is now in Montgomery county.
- ↑ "The Lost World of Francis Scott Key" by Sina Dubovoy publ 2014 p 43
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On 24 Jul 2014 at 21:53 GMT Veronica (Coat) Williams wrote:
Wikipedia shows another generation between parents. They suggest these parents are actually his grandparents. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key. Click the Show button beneath the box labeled “Ancestors of Francis Scott Key” to show the pedigree.
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