Thomas Keyes was born at Westminster, Mass. January 20, 1767, and died at West Boylston, June, 25, 1856, in the ninetieth year of his age. He was the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Keyes, who had settled in Westminster, but removed to the north-west part of Shrewsbury, afterwards Boylston, and now West Boylston, about, six weeks after his birth. Thomas Keyes was married to Lydia, daughter of Micah Harthan, of Boylston, May 26, 1791. She was born Feb. 18, 1765, and died Oct. 25th, 1824, in the sixtieth year of her age. They had six children, three sons and three daughters, viz.:
- Benjamin Franklin Keyes, born April 15, 1793.
- Polly Keyes, born Jan. 13, 1795, died Sep. 18, 1800.
- Betsey Keyes, born Nov. 17, 1796, died May 11, 1839.
- Sally Keyes, born March 2, 1799, died Sep. 18, 1800.
- Thomas Keyes, born April 20, 1802, died Oct. 30, 1831.
- Jonathan Keyes, born Nov. 17, 1808, died Aug. 12, 1813.
Source
A Brief Notice of the Late Thomas Keyes, of West Boylston : together with a short historical account of his descendants and also of his ancestry; with some incidents and crcumstances connected therewith, Worcester : Henry J. Howland, printer, 1857.