Dorothy (Unknown) Heald

Born [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died about 29 Oct 1694 in Dedham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Dorothy (Unknown) Heald migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Newly discovered baptisms for the three oldest children of John Heald, the immigrant, (ie. John 1633, Timothy 1636, and Anna/Hannah 1639) places their births in the parish of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. A marriage in the nearby town of Sandal Magna, Yorkshire, in 1631 for John Heald and Vnica [Eunice] Blackeburne, provides the mother of these oldest children.^[1]

Since the marriage of Johannes Heald & Dorothea Royle, took place in 1636, in Alderley, Cheshire, England, they were an entirely different couple.^[2].^[3]

Dorothie/Dority (_____) Held was named at the births of John's children in Concord, Massachusetts, beginning in 1645.

26 Dec 1666,^[4] Widow Heald held 6 parcels of land, 161 acres and resided north of Joshua Buttrick.^[5][6] The widow had (1) seven acre houselot, (2) twelve acres of first division and two acres of second division, (3) four acres of meadow, (4) one hundred acres, another one hundred acres, unrecorded, (her son is to have 33.5 acres of this), and (5) five acres in the great meadow.^[3][7]

Dorothy may have been living 2 Feb 1691/2 when she was listed as an abutter to land sold by Samuel Hunt.^[8] A Dorothy Heall died 29 Oct 1694 in Dedham. There were Heales and Healeys in Dedham but Torrey had found no connection between the deceased Dorothy and the other Dedham families.^[3]

Find a grave has her buried Old Hill Burying Ground Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. However there is no source for this burial ^[9]

Children^[10]

• Doras [Dorcas] Held, dtr of John & Dorothie Held was b.22: 3m: 1645. (22 May 1645) at Concord;^[11] Dorcas died 1. 3m. 1650 (1 May 1650.)^[11]
• Gershum Held was b. 23: 1m: 1647. (23 Mar 1646/7);^[11] died 13 May 1717 Springfield; m. 6 May 1673 Ann Vinton,^[11] dtr of John and Ann. She was b. 4 Apr 1656 Lynn.
• Dorothy Held was b. 16: 8m: 1649. (16 Oct 1649) Concord;^[11] m. Lancaster 3 Aug 1670 Jonathan Prescott
• Isaac, b. say 1657 (assuming age 25 at marriage), d. between 1 June 1717 and 9 July 1717 (will executed and proved);[29] m. by 1682 (birth of eldest known child), Elizabeth _____.[1]
• Child: perhaps who died before 1662
• Israel Held. b. 30 Jul 1660;^[11] d. 8 Sep 1738 ae 78; m. Martha Wright d/o Edward and Elizabeth.

Unconfirmed children: Amos, Ebenezer,

Torrey: "The compiler of this family history does not accept the theory that Timothy Hale of Windsor, Conn., and Suffield, Conn., and Thomas Hale of Enfield, Conn, were sons of John Heald of Concord.^[3]

Threllfall lists an additional son, Thomas [Heald]: Thomas b. 19 Jan 1651/2; d. 22 Apr 1725, Enfield; m. (1) 18 Nov 1675, Enfield, Connecticut, Priscilla Markham; m. (2) 17 Dec 1713 Enfield Widow (Sarah (Patch) Osborn.^[10] However according to Torrey and Jacobus (both cited by Anderson), this Thomas' last name was Hale (Thomas Hale Jr (bef.1651-1725)}, and he was a son of Thomas Hale Sr (abt.1610-bef.1679). See Research Notes section. Thomas Heald (abt.1650-) has been disconnected as John and Dorothy's son.

Sources

1. ↑ West, Randy A, "The Correct English Origin of John1 Heald of Concord, Massachusetts" NEHGR Vol 177, (Winter 2023), p. 86; digital images; American Ancestors;
2. ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7YN-LJC : 12 February 2018), Johannes Heald and Dorothea Royle, 03 Dec 1636, Marriage; citing ,Alderley, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,147,305.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Torrey, Clarence Almon. The Heald-Hale Genealogy. John Heald of Concord Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants (Six Generations). (Boston: typescript 1940) D.L Jacobus in Hale, House and Related Families refers to this work as "A very good account of this family"
4. ↑ The process whereby lands were recorded in a "new" book began in 1663. Referring to Shattuck's History the actual list is on pages headed 1666. Hudson's history implies 1663. Torrey gives a very specific 1666 date, and had no reason to fabricate this date, so it probably came forom the actual records.
5. ↑ Shattuck, Lemuel, A history of the town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts : from its earliest settlement to 1832; and of the adjoining towns, Bedford, Acton, Lincoln, and Carlisle; containing various notices of county and state history not before published.(Russell, Odiorne and company; Concorde, J. Stacy, 1835) p. 37 has a 1666 list of landholders Widow Heald has 6 lots 161 acres, resides North of Joshua Buttrick. John (the son) has 4 parcels containing 86 acres.
6. ↑ Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The history of Concord, Massachusetts. v. 1- (Concord, Mass., Erudite Press, 1904) p. 65 p. 287 contains a 1663 list of landholders.
7. ↑ Note: This doesn't add to 161 acres and Torrey has listed it as five items, two of which, #2 and #4, could be two separate parcels.
8. ↑ Middlesex Deeds vol 10 p 297
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2020), memorial page for Dorothy Royle Heald (3 Sep 1615–29 Oct 1694), Find A Grave: Memorial #82079286, citing Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bushnell (contributor 47234417). No gravestone. No other sources.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Threllfall, John Brooks. Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin, 1990)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5} Tolman, George, (ed) Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston, T.Todd, printer, 1895) births pp 4, 5, 9; marriages Gershom p. 17, John p. 10 ; deaths Dorcas p. 6, John p. 55 Israel p 9

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6W-FRF : 10 February 2018), Dorothie in entry for Doras Or Dorcas Held, 22 May 1645; citing CONCORD,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823762 IT 1.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ64-3RN : 10 February 2018), Dorithy in entry for Gershum Held, 23 Mar 1647; citing CONCORD,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823762 IT 1.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6W-G3Y : 10 February 2018), Dorithy in entry for Dorithy Held, 16 Oct 1649; citing CONCORD,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823762 IT 1.
• The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650