Maj.
Peleg
Heath
II
Born in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Peleg Heath
and Jerusha (Peck) Bicknell
Brother of
Mary (Heath) Paine [half], Peleg Heath [half], Peleg Heath [half], Nathaniel Heath [half], Joshua Bicknell [half] and Joseph Bicknell [half]
Husband of
Annar (Kent) Heath
— married
about 1769 in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Heath and
Mary (Heath) Carpenter
Died in Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island
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Biography
This Peleg shares his first name with two half-brothers who died young.[1]
Peleg was born in 1747 at Warren, Rhode Island, the son of Peleg and Jerusha (Peck) Heath.[2]
Peleg married Anna (Kent?) in around 1769, and they lived at Barrington.
He passed away in 1786 at Barrington.[3][4]
Research Notes
Peleg appears as head of household in Barrington in the 1774 census of Rhode Island[5]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are
- one white male over 16: Peleg
- two white males under 16: son Peleg and perhaps Joseph
- one white female over 16: wife Anna
- two white females under 16: unknown
Sources
- ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Vol. 16, Pt. 2: Family of John Alden, Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie), "Alden Silver Book," Book by Woodworth-Barnes, Esther Littleford, 2002 edition, Page 27
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Births, Page 71
- ↑ Arnold: Vol. 13, Page 475
- ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Comission, image and grave information online
- ↑ 1774 Census
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
- 1774 Rhode Island Census, Barrington, Page 2, Entry 19 -- Peleg Hath; citing transcription by Annie Austin in Rhode Island Roots 33 p.91, June 2007.
- Ancestry-Jarvis. Many sources.
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