The Family of Captain Henry Key of Virginia/South Carolina is a two volume set. The index for both volumes is in volume two. This work lists the ancestors of Henry Key who was the grandson of John and Martha Tandy Key. It also lists the origin of the Key Family in England as well as listing the descendants of Henry and Mary Clark Key.

The Family of Captain Henry Key of Virginia/South Carolina lists the ancestors of Henry Key and seeks to find the origin of his family in England. This genealogy also seeks to list his descendants. This is a two volume set and the index for both volumes is in volume two.

Henry Key, son of John Key and Waller, was born in 1730 in Albermarle County, Virginia. He married Mary Clark in 1754 in Amherst County, Virginia. They had ten children. He died in 1776 in South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

This work concentrates upon families with a strong connection to Virginia and Kentucky, most of which are traced forward from the eighteenth, if not the seventeenth, century. The compiler makes ample use of published sources some extent original records, and the recollections of the oldest living members of a number of the families covered. Finally. The essays reflect a balanced mixture of genealogy and biography, which makes for interesting reading and a substantial number of linkages between as many as six generations of family members.

Henry Key 1730 - 1776 The Key Family of Colonial Virginia lists his Colonial Ancestors. It also includes several pictures that relate to him. The land holdings of Henry Key are also listed.

William Hampton (ca. 1592-1652) immigrated from Middlesex, England to Virginia in 1620. His wife, Joanne and their three children arrived in 1621. One more son was born in Virginia. Descendants scattered into North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, California, Texas and elsewhere.