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
19 Oct 1775 in Frederick, Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Charlton Key,
Francis Scott Key,
Catherine Charlton Key and
Anne Arnold Phoebe Charlton (Key) Taney
Died
at age 77
in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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| Created 15 Nov 2008
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Biography
John Key is Notable.
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
- "Biography of John Ross Key (1754-1821)" Papenfuse, Edward C. et. al. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. (Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, 1979) Maryland Archives Online, pdf
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Veronica (Coat) Williams
Veronica (Coat) Williams
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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Rejected matches › John Samuel Key (1857-1951)
John is 19 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 21 degrees from David Attenborough, 22 degrees from Bill Bryson, 18 degrees from Richard Dawkins, 28 degrees from Bengt Feldreich, 29 degrees from Ruth Gates, 23 degrees from Stephen Hawking, 28 degrees from Julius Miller, 19 degrees from Bill Nye, 21 degrees from Magnus Pyke, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan and 16 degrees from David Randall on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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