John Heath (1676 - abt. 1729)

Born 29 Mar 1676 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Haines) Heath — married 16 Dec 1697 in Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1729 at about age 52 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

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Note: this John Heath is different from John Heath Jr of Haverhill (son of John Heath, Sr.) who married Frances Hutchins.

Biography

John Heath, son of Josiah Heath and Mary (Davis) Heath, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on March 29, 1676,^[1]

John married Hannah Haines in Haverhill on December 16, 1697.^[2] John and Hannah had the following children, all of whom were born in Haverhill except for Robert:

1. Mehetabel, b. October 31, 1698,^[1] d. May __, 1699^[3]
2. David (triplet), b. November 24, 1699,^[1] d. November 25, 1699^[3]
3. John (triplet), b. November 24, 1699,^[1] d. November 25, 1699^[3]
4. Jonathan (triplet), b. November 24, 1699,^[1] d. November 25, 1699^[3]
5. Obadiah, b. January 24, 1700/1^[1]
6. John, b. July 6, 1702^[1]
7. Abigall, b. January 6, 1703-04^[1]
8. Jonathan, b. November 21, 1706^[1]
9. Mehetabel, b. November 19, 1708^[1]
10. Bartholomew, b. October 1, 1710^[1]
11. Thomas, b. July 25, 1712^[1]
12. Josiah, b. August 20, 1715^[1]
13. Hannah, b. February 25, 1716/7^[1]
14. Joseph, b. December 9, 1718 in Norwich, Connecticut^[4]

According to Lincoln's A Modern History of Windam County Connecticut, John and Hannah Heath were early settlers of Norwich, Connecticut.^[5] They appear to have visited Norwich at least once before settling there, as Josiah was baptized in Norwich on October 4, 1715,^[6] while Hannah's birth is recorded in Haverhill the following year.

By 1718, John and his family may have moved to Norwich permanently, as daughter Hannah was baptized there on November 23, 1718^[6] and son Joseph was born there on December 9, 1718.

John Heath died in Norwich in 1720.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Vital Records of Haverhill, MA the end of the year 1849 - Births
2. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, MA the end of the year 1849 - Marriages
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Vital Records of Haverhill, MA the end of the year 1849 - Deaths
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-ZFN : accessed 8 May 2015), Joseph Heath, 09 Dec 1718; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ Lincoln, Allen B. "A Modern History of Windham County Connecticut, Volume II. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920. p 1794
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: 2013.
7. ↑ Need source.

See also:

• Georgi, Valerie Dyer. "Bartholomew Heath of Haverhill, Massachusetts." 1994.