Generation 1

EDWARD HEATH (d. 1593) of Ware

Parents: Unknown

Edward Heath was buried on 8 Mar 1592/3 in Ware. [Ref] He married Alice Unknown. [Ref] She was buried on 24 Dec 1593 in Ware. [Ref]

Edward lived in Little Amwell in the parish of Ware. [Ref]

Edward signed his will on 6 Mar 1592/3; it was proved on 23 Mar 1592/3. [Ref] In his will, Edward calls himself a collarmaker. He names his wife Alice; his unmarried daughters Ellen and Katherine; his son William and his children; his daughter Johan and her son; his daughter Elizabeth and her children John and Margaret; his son Thomas; his son John; his daughter Margaret's children; his son Robert and his children. [Ref]

Children of Edward Heath and Alice Unknown (order unknown):

1. Margaret Heath probably died before 6 Mar 1592/3, when her father refered to her children, but not her in his will.
2. William Heath was buried on 7 Jan 1624/5 in Ware. He married Agnes Cheney.
3. Robert Heath was living on 6 Mar 1592/3 and had children.
4. Joan Heath was living on 6 Mar 1592/3 and had children.
5. Elizabeth Heath was living on 6 Mar 1592/3 and had children. She married John King on 3 Dec 1582 in Ware. [Ref]
6. Thomas Heath was probably the Thomas who was buried on 19 Oct 1616 in Ware. [Ref] He married Agnes Woodburne on 29 Nov 1599 in Ware. [Ref]
   Thomas's daughter Martha Heath was baptised on 12 Dec 1602 in Ware and died on 1 Aug 1686 in Roxbury. [Ref] She married George Brand on 24 Jul 1643 in Roxbury. [Ref] She had no children. [Ref] She emigrated to New England with her cousin Elder Isaac Heath in 1635. [Ref]
7. James Heath was baptised on 9 Mar 1560/1 in Ware. [Ref] He was buried there on 21 Sep 1562. [Ref]
8. John Heath was baptised on 9 Mar 1560/1 in Ware. [Ref] He was living on 6 Mar 1592/3.
9. Ellen Heath was baptised on 9 Jul 1565 in Ware. [Ref] She was living and unmarried on 6 Mar 1592/3.
10. Katherine Heath (twin) was baptised on 20 Aug 1568 in Ware. [Ref] She was living and unmarried on 6 Mar 1592/3. [Ref]
11. Richard Heath (twin) was baptised on 20 Aug 1568 in Ware. [Ref] He probably died before 6 Mar 1592/3.
12. Alice Heath (possible daughter) was buried on 7 Jun 1571 in Great Amwell. [Ref]

Generation 2

WILLIAM HEATH (d. 1625) of Ware

Parents: Edward Heath and Alice Unknown [Ref]

William Heath was buried on 7 Jan 1624/5 in Ware. He married Agnes Cheney. [NEHGR 149:173-86, this issue is not yet available online.].

William, Robert or John could have been the father of the Heath children baptised in Ware in the 1680s and 1690s. However, Richardson [Ref] makes two arguments for William being the father. First, the roughly every two year spacing suggests that there was just one family. In 1604 the father's name is included: Thomas is the son of William. No more children are listed for William after Thomas. Second, Edward left his son William his house, suggesting that William was well established in Ware by Mar 1592/3. [Ref]

Children of William Heath and Agnes Cheney:

1. John Heath was baptised on 6 Aug 1581 in Ware. [Ref] He probably died before 25 Jul 1591, when a younger son was named John.
2. Alice Heath was baptisesd on 22 1583 in Ware. [Ref] She was buried on 10 Oct 1640 in Great Amwell. [Ref] She was probably the Alice who maried Nathaniel Lark of Great Amwell. [Ref] Nathaniel was buried on 24 Feb 1648/9 in Great Amwell. [Ref] He married second Annis Unknown. [Ref]
   Nathaniel witnessed the will of Thomas Johnson of Ware, dated 13 Aug 1639 and proveddd 9 Feb 1640. [Ref]
3. Elder Isaac Heath was baptisessd on 13 Feb 1586/7 in Ware. [Ref]He died on 21 Jan 1660/1 in Roxbury. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Miller on 14 Jan 1628/9. [Ref] Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Miller, gentleman, and his wife Agnes. [Ref] She was baptised on 3 Mar 1593/4 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. [Ref] She was buried on 14 Jan 1664/5 in Roxbury. [Ref] Her sisters Agnes, wife of Robert Burnap, and Margaret, wife of Thomas Waterman, also emigrated to New England. [Ref]
   Isaac came to New England on the Hopewell in 1635. [Ref] He on the 25 May 1636 list of freemen. [Ref] He was deputy for Roxbury in 1637 and 1638. [Ref] He was chosen ruling elder of the Roxbury church in 1637.
   Isaac Heath names three kin in his will dated 19 Jan 1660/1: cousin Martha [Heath] Brand, Mary Mory [the daughter of John Johnson] and Edward Morris. [Ref]
4. George Heath was baptised on 4 Aug 1588 in Ware. [Ref] There is no further record of him. [Ref]
5. William Heath was buried on 30 May 1652 in Roxbury. [Ref] He married first Mary Crampthorne on 10 Feb 1616/7 in Great Amwell. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Lyndesell) Crampthorne of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. [Ref] She was baptised on 16 Jan 1592 in Sawbridgeworth. [Ref] She was buried on 24 Nov 1621 in Great Amwell. [Ref] William married second Mary Perry on 22 Jan 1622/3 in Gilston, Hertfordshire. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of John and Annes (Peerce) Perry. [Ref] She was baptised on 27 Jun 1602 in Sawbridgeworth. [Ref] She was buried on 15 Dec 1659 in Roxbury. [Ref]
   William lived in Nazeing, Essex. The minister there was Rev. John Eliot. [Ref]
   William emigrated to New England on the Lyon in 1632. [Ref] He is on the 4 Mar 1632/3 list of freemen. [Ref] He was deputy for Roxbury in 1634, 1637, 1639 and 1640-2. [Ref] He had 256 acres in Roxbury in 1634/43. [Ref]
   William signed his will on 28 May 1652; it was proved on 21 (8) 1652. [Ref] He refered to Elder Heath as his brother. [Ref]
6. John Heath was baptised on 25 Jul 1591 in Ware. [Ref] He was probably the John buried there on 20 Jan 1594/5. [Ref]
   
7. Mary Heath was baptised on 24 Mar 1593/4 in Ware. She was buried on 15 May 1629 in Ware. She married John Johnson.
8. Prudence Heath was baptised on 6 Nov 1597 in Ware. [Ref] She married Edward Morrison of Ware on 25 Oct 1622 in St. Mary Mounthaw, London. [Ref] Edward Morrison was buried on 22 Jun 1631 in Great Amwell.
   Edward was a bargeman. [Ref]
   Edward and Prudence's daughter Elizabeth was baptised on 11 Feb 1623/4 in Great Amwell. [Ref] She died on 6 Oct 1673 in Roxbury. [Ref] She married Edward Cartwright, marriner of Boston. [Ref] She is "almost certainly" the Elizabeth Morrison, age 12, who came to New England on the Planter as a servant of George Giddings. [Ref] Edward and Prudence's son Edward was baptised on 22 Jan 1631/2 in Great Amwell and died shortly before 27 Oct 1690 in Woodstock, CT. [Ref]
   
9. Thomas Heath was baptised on 1 Oct 1603 in Ware. [Ref] He is probably the Thomas who was buried there on 5 Oct 1603. [Ref]
10. Thomas Heath was baptisesd on 30 Sep 1604 in Ware. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Mumford on 9 Apr 1627 in Great Amwell. [Ref] They had five children. [Ref]
    Thomas and Elizabeth lived in Great Amwell, Ware and Watton at Stone Hertfordshire. [Ref]

MARY HEATH (bp. 1594 - 1629)

Parents: William Heath [Ref] and Agnes Cheney

Mary Heath was baptisesd on 24 Mar 1593/4 in Ware. [Ref] She was buried on 15 May 1629 in Ware. [Ref][Ref, pp. 1105-10] She married John Johnson on 21 Sep 1613 in Ware. [Ref][Ref, pp. 1105-10]

References:

Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.

Richardson, Douglas, "The Heath Connection: The English Origins of Isaac and William Heath of Roxbury, Massachusetts, John Johnson, Edward Morris, and Elizabeth (Morris) Cartwright," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 146 (1992), 261 - 278.

Trask, William, "Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, various issues.