Ancestry of
Francis Scott Key

Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”

Henry Howard

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• • 11th Generation — 8th Great-grandfather of Francis Scott Key
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1526 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Howard   
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Stafford   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1517 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jan 1547 
  • Death Location:
  • Tower Hill, London, England 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Framlingham, Suffolk, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Frances de Vere
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  • Child:

  Catherine Howard (Ahnentafel No:763 )

  • Notes: 

  • Earl of Surrey who was executed for treason.

• Sources for Henry Howard

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1996, Vol. 13, p. 207, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham , Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study i n Colonial & Medieval Families, 2nd Edition , Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011) , Vol. 2, p. 276.
  • ³ Rietwiesner, William Addams, comp. and Christopher Challender Child, et. al. , The Ancestry of Catherine Middl eton , Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2011) , 96.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia , "Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey" , (accessed 11/19/2012).