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Mrs. Lane is a descendant of the author of the "Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key. Her book traces Key's ancestry back to the American immigrant, Philip Key of London, who settled in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1720, and forward to a number of Key lines in the U.S. of her own era.
The first part of this work is the Quit Rent Roll of 1704, for the fourteen counties that paid tribute to the King, while the remainder is the list of those in the Northern Neck area who were granted lands by the Lords Proprietors. Over 6,000 individuals are listed alphabetically, and for each is given the county of residence and the acreage owned.