John Key, of Albemarle County

Biography

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John Key was born about 1696 in King and Queen, Virginia, son of Martin Key (1670 - <1705) and Elizabeth (Ford) Key (1675 - ~1706).

John married Martha Ann Tandy (~1692 - ~1742) in 1713 in Virginia Colony. [citation needed]

Their known children were:

1. Martin Tandy Key
2. John Waller Key Jr.
3. Mary Margaret (Key) Peery
4. Jacob Key
5. Henry Key
6. Mary (Key) Dalton
7. Henry Key Sr.
8. George Key.

John died about 1764 in Albemarle County, Virginia Colony. [citation needed]

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM:

http://www.pcahs.com/pcaolr/database/acdpcd-p/p92.htm#i5647

John Key (M)
b. 1696, d. 1764, #5665

John Key was born in 1696 at King and Queen County, VA. [One source has the date as 1691.].

He was the son of Martin Key I and Elizabeth Ford.

John Key married Martha Tandy, daughter of Henry Tandy II and Priscilla Watson, at VA.

"John Key was one of the pioneers who fixed their abodes within the present limits of the county. He made his first entry of land in 1732, and up to 1741 had obtained patents for nearly twelve hundred acres on the west side of the South West Mountain.

His home was where William W. Minor now resides. His children were Martin, John, and Mary, the wife of a Dalton. Martin succeeded to the home and estate of his father, and by repeated purchases became the owner of all the land reaching from Edgemont, the place of the late Henry Magruder, down to the bend of the river on the farm of the late R. F. Omohundro.

He died in 1791. He and his wife Ann had twelve children, Thomas, John, Martin, Tandy, Joshua, William Bibb, Henry, Jesse, James, Walter, Elizabeth, the wife of James Daniel, and Martha, the wife of John White.

Each of the sons was comfortably provided for by their father's will, though intimations are there given that the habits of some unfitted them for the proper management of their affairs.

"Within the first score of years in the present century, the members of this household were for the most part scattered over the South and West.

Thomas removed to South Carolina, where he invented some contrivance for the more effective action of water wheels.

The families of John, James and Martha emigrated to Kentucky and Tennessee, and that of Elizabeth, to North Carolina.

Tandy lived for many years in the southern part of the county near Covesville, but is said to have removed eventually to Fluvanna County.

Jesse P., a son of Tandy, married Sarah, daughter of the younger William Woods, of Beaver Creek, and lived for some time near Mechum's Depot.

William Bibb married Mourning, daughter of Christopher Clark, and went to Elbert County, Georgia.

Henry settled in Bedford County, and Jesse died in Richmond in 1826.

Walter appears to have been the only one who spent his whole life in the county, and his death occurred in 1834.

John, Tandy and Joshua were all magistrates of the county, and Walter was appointed to the office, but declined to accept.

John served as Sheriff in 1795, and Tandy in 1809.

John was an Ensign in the Eighth Virginia, and Henry a soldier in the army of the Revolution.",

~Albemarle County in Virginia by Rev. Edgar Woods, The Michie Company, Printers, Charlottesville, Va, 1901, pg. 245.

"Key And Allied Families lists Henry Key as the son of John and Martha Tandy Key.

There is, however, compelling evidence which suggests that he is the son of John Key [born 1716] and his first wife [_____ Waller]. This would mean that Henry would have been John Key's first child and that John was about 15 - 16 when Henry was born.", Dr. Gene C. Key.

"Feby. 9, 1727. John Waller of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Gentl., to Richard Fitzwilliam of the city of Williamsburg in the County of York. £100 curr., 1000 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., where John Key now lives--by pat. granted the sd. Waller June 5, 1722. Witnesses: Z. Lewis, John Key, Jno. Waller, junr. Rec. Oct. 1, 1728. Dorothy Waller, wife of John Waller, acknowledged her dower in the sd. land, etc. "; Spotsylvania County Records; Author: William Armstrong Crozier; Call Number: F225.V57x vol.1.

    John was granted a patent on 350 acres of new land in Spotsylvania County, Saint George's Parish, Virginia beginning at Colonel John Waller's on the east side of a branch of Duglass' Run to John Taylor's land on September 28, 1728. Recorded in Patent Book 12 on page 328.

"April 1, 1729. James Taylor of Drysdale Par., Caroline Co., to Jo?? Holloday of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. £36 curr., 260 a. on the E. side?? East North East River, part of pat. granted sd. Taylor July 21, 1722,?? St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Witnesses: John Key, Samuel Ellis, George Taylor. Rec. April 1, 1729. " ; Spotsylvania County Records;Author: William Armstrong Crozier; Call Number: F225.V57x vol.1.
"July 7, 1731. John Key of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to Henry Lewis of same Par. and County. £35 curr., 350 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.--granted sd. Key by pat. Sept. 28, 1728. Charles Barrett, William Taylor, William Wombwell Cliff. Octr. 5, 1731. Martha, wife of John Key, acknowledged her dower." ; Spotsylvania County Records;Author: William Armstrong Crozier; Call Number: F225.V57x vol.1.
Guardian Bond recorded: "£50 John Key, guard. to James Lee, orph, of John Lee, with Zachary Taylor, sec. Oct. 5, 1731. "; Spotsylvania County Records; Author: William Armstrong Crozier; Call Number: F225.V57x vol.1. John Key died in 1764 at Albemarle County, VA.
"Oct. 16, 1787. Henry Lewis and Ann, his wife, of Culpeper Co. to Robt. Hart of Spots. Co. £230. 350 a. in Spots. Co., purchased by Henry Lewis, the elder, of Jno. Key, who patented same in 1728, and descended to the sd. Henry Lewis, party to these presents, as heir at law of his father, Henry Lewis, the elder, decd., etc., etc. Witnesses, R. Brooke, Robt. Taylor, Jno. Minor. Feby. 6, 1787.";; Spotsylvania County Records;Author: William Armstrong Crozier; Call Number: F225.V57x vol.1.
Children of John Key and Martha Tandy:
Martin Key+ b. 1715, d. April 14, 1791
John Key II+ b. 1716, d. 1780
Mary Key+ b. circa 1720, d. January 28, 1779
Henry Key+ b. 1730, d. 1778
George Key+ b. 1733, d. 1799
===NOTES++++===

1. RESIDENCE: Spotsylvania & Albemarle Cos. VA
2. BIRTH: ABT 1696, Spotsylvania Co. Virginia
3. DEATH: AFT 1764, Albemarle Co. Virginia