Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-10
From The dainc Farmer.
First Set, err i'm Ran, ford.

early settlement of that town. There is
no date 10 the paper, but IL IS time
su intd and Worn, and some portions of
are so lad, d ont rs to render il diff
cult 10 decipher The writing. Mr. Keys
was a insiice OF the peace. and promi
nent among the early settlers OF New
PenuacOuk, and paper leii b. him upon
subjects with which he YVES familiar,
should DC entitled To confidence.
lie was young man when his fl.hel
moved to Rumlord. He Subsequent y
married Dolly. daughter OF josiah
Bean, formerly of Standisb, then OF
Bethel. One OF his daughters. BORN in
1893. was the first wife OF tie late Peter
c. Vrgiu, Esq. of Rumlord. and the
mother OF Hon. William Writ Virgin OF
the Supreme Court OF this State. The
Keys family was prominent in Slr0ws
bury and Marlboro, Massachusetts for
macy years. Tue first ol the psr Who
settled Ia the former town ,.a> JUhu.
WHO WAS there rs early 1886. An
olher John, vino w,~ there in 1928. Is
spoken -! IN the records ~ 1.-THE famous
Maior john Keys" He(Maior Johr)
died in Snrewshucy in l16S, aged 50
Years, and his widow Mary 10 l772 aged
% years They had lived together in
the marriage state sevenly-,wO years
Toe Keys family OF New E1glsud de-
seconded from Robert ksYes. Keys, or
keies. who with his wife Sarah was a.
Waicrlown, Mass. in 1893. ard in 1917
at Newbury. where he died HIS ION
Elias settled in Sudbury, John in Spring
led, and Solomon remained in New
bury. The first John Keys OF Sorews-
bury j. supposed 10 have been The son
OF k'ias, Of Sudbury, whO married, Sept.
II, 1868, Sarah B.aulosd. and had sever
a children -EJea,z.r kJs. he iirs'
settler oil Rlmiord, born Nov. I. 1893, Is
supposed 10 be the son of Eb.ntz.r
k'ls. who married, jug 81 1926 Tamsr,
daughter OF Dea. Samuel Nhoelock OF
Shrewsbury, aud lived in the North
Parish Of that town. For ~ long time
the name OF keys was common IN Mari
noTu, Shrewsbury and Princeton, bat i0r
several years it has been eN'inc, in each
oi those towns. The following is copy
OF the paper referred to:
This town New Pcrnscook) was
granted Feb. 3, l154 10 Timothy Walker
....,, - On lit, - siv voor.
/ The record bong lost. the grant was re-
ncwed April -. 1919. and the lime
m,9f five vcars frnm that limo. The
first urorri1tor,, ncriinp was held Al the
l.nsn 81 Copt D,nicI Tradbnry in II,y-
,rhi,l in Massachusetts, with leave 10
adjourn and hold future meetings in any
,n,yn in This Su.io and if more conveE-
ieni in erv town in Now HAMPSHIRE.
S,ii mccting was sl.iorrncd - Concord.
IL I. and IN tho snbseoucn, meetings.
we're hold thor, with hut ore adjourn.
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sudbury Cauata(BeihoD and to- some
prisoners, aud killed two men in Pea
oody's Patent (Gi.cad) Not considering
1t safe TO continue here We moved on on
the oh OF The same month ara did not
return until the spring OF 1893. ana ot-
IAN our settlement anew, July - 1853.
voted 10 lay out 1874 one hundred acre
,J,s and give thirty OF tbs first settlers
heir pick out Of the whole OF them. Ia
he spTiog o! 1854. Philip Abbott. Jacob
T. ,stmau and Daniel ) ickney had begun
actual settlements May 9. 1888. john
Stevens .gas chosen agent 10 petition
Tor a longer time Tor settling said t1wn,
and obtained two years from the 9Th OF
June I7s5 January ,, l7S6. voted
that John Stevens, jonathan Eastman
and Timothy Wslicr, be 4 committee 10