Isaac Heath (abt. 1586 - 1660)

Born about 13 Feb 1586 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Miller) Heath — married 14 Jun 1629 in Bishop's, Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1660 at about age 73 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Isaac Heath migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 3, p. 299) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

On 22 Dec. 1630, Isaac Heath witnessed the will of Agnes Porter, widow, of Ware, whose stepson, Edward Porter, and stepdaughter, Elizabeth Porter (later wife of Heath's nephew, Isaac Johnson of Roxbury, Mass.), immigrated to New England

Isaac Heath came to New England in 1635 on the ship Hopewell, aged 50, with his wife Elizabeth 40, one child 5, and a cousin, Martha Heath 30. Upon landing, he proceeded to Roxbury where William Heath was already settled. He was freeman 25 May 1636, represented the town in the General Court in 1637 and 1638. In 1637 he was chosen Ruling Elder of the Roxbury church, and held that position until his death. He was one of the founders of the Roxbury free school in 1645. His will, made two days before his death, names his niece Martha Brand, wife of George, Edward Morris, and Mary Morey, as his kin, besides John, Elizabeth, and Mary, children of John Bowles who married his only child, Elizabeth, and he gave the larger portion to his son-in-law John Bowles

Birth

13 Feb 1586/1587

Sources

• Thwing, Walter Eliot. History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 (W.A. Butterfield, Boston, 1908) Page 42