Descendants of Robert Keyes, Watertown, Mass. (1633) Clyde Vanderbrouk
Source Medium: Electronic The following information has been gathered from Genealogy, Robert Keyes of Watertown, Mass., 1633, and Solomon Keyes of Newbury & Chelmsford, Mass., 1653, and their Descendants, by Asa Keyes, Brattleboro, VT, 1880, and updated with information gathered from public records and other sources. The middle English for quay and key was "key(e)", or "kay". Thus, a likely meaning for Keyes (and other variations; Kay, Kaye, Key, Keys, etc) is from residence near or employment at a wharf or quay; key-bearer is a possible meaning for all variations (A Dictionary of British Surnames, by P. H. Reaney , 1958).}
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