Francis Scott Key
American
Lineage
- Father John Ross Key
- Sister: Anne Key Taney
- Daughter: Maria Key Steele
- Daughter: Elizabeth Key Howard
- Daughter: Mary Key Pendleton
- Son: Philip Barton Key II
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1779/08/01 | Ann Phoebe Dagworthy Charlton, wife of John Ross Key, gives birth to a son, Francis Scott Key, at Terra Rubra. | Born | Terra Rubra | Keysville | |||
| 1789/00/00 | Mrs Elizabeth Ross Scott brings her great-nephew, Francis Scott Key, a student at St John's, to Belvoir to see his great-grandmother. | Family | Belvoir | Crownsville | |||
| 1790/00/00 | During the seven years that Francis Scott Key, a great-nephew of Mrs Scott, attends St John's College and Preparatory School, he lives at the Scott House. | Home | Upton Scott House | Annapolis, MD | |||
| 1802/01/01 | Mary Tayloe Lloyd marries Francis Scott Key at the father of the brides residence in Annapolis, Maryland. | Groom | Chase-Lloyd House | Annapolis, MD | Marriage of Mary Tayloe Lloyd and Francis Scott Key | ||
| 1803/00/00 | Francis Scott Key home 1803-1833 | Home | Francis Scott Key Park | Washington, DC | |||
| 1814/09/07 | Francis Key and fellow lawyer working for the State Department, John Stuart Skinner, board the Tonnant in Chesapeake Bay. | Negotiator | Arrest of Dr William Beanes | ||||
| 1814/09/10 | Under British guard, Dr Beanes, John Skinner and Francis Key return to the Minden, tied to a British ship floating on Chesapeake Bay, 8 miles off shore from Fort McHenry. | Negotiator | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine | Baltimore, MD | Arrest of Dr William Beanes | ||
| 1814/09/14 | Seeing that the American flag was still flying over Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key writes the lines of an untitled poem on the back of a envelope he pulled from his pocket. The poem eventually became "The Star-Spangled Banner". | Lyricist | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine | Baltimore, MD | Arrest of Dr William Beanes | ||
| 1838/00/00 | In the early 1800s, local community leaders help to re-open the doors of Fall Church for worship, including Francis Scott Key, who was a lay reader, and Henry Fairfax, who used his own funds to restore the building. | Member | The Falls Church | Falls Church | |||
| 1843/01/11 | Francis Scott Key dies from pleurisy at his daughter's home in Baltimore. Key will be buried in the vault of John Eager Howard at Old St Paul's Church in Baltimore. | Died | St Paul's Cemetery | Baltimore, MD | |||
| 1866/00/00 | The remains of Francis Scott Key are moved to his family plot at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. | In Memoriam | |||||
| 1898/08/00 | The mortal remains of Francis Scott Key are relocated from the Key family plot to a dedicated crypt in Mount Olivet Cemetery. | In Memoriam | Francis Scott Key Tomb | Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick |
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