William Heath and Agnes Cheney
Husband William Heath
Born: Abt 1550-1555 - Little Amwell, Ware, Hertfordshire, England Christened: Died: Buried: 7 Jan 1624-7 Jan 1625
Father: Edward Heath (Abt 1525-1592) Mother: Alice ( -1593)
Marriage: 9 Jun 1580 - Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
Wife Agnes Cheney
Born: Abt 1560 - Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Robert Cheney (Abt 1520-Bef 1567) Mother: Joan Harrison (Abt 1525-1597)
Children
1 F Mary Heath
Born: 19 Jun 1600 - from Nazeing, Essex, England Christened: Died: 1655 - Roxbury, Massachusetts Buried: 15 May 1629 - Ware, Hertfordshire, EnglandSpouse: John JOHNSON (1588-1659) 1 Marr: 21 Sep 1613 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
2 M William Heath
Born: Christened: Died: 29 May 1652 - Roxbury, Massachusetts Buried:Spouse: Mary Crampthorne ( -1621) Marr: 1617 - Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, EnglandSpouse: Mary Perry ( - ) Marr: 22 Jan 1622-22 Jan 1623 - Gilston, Hertordshire, England
3 M Isaac Heath
Born: Christened: 13 Feb 1585-13 Feb 1586 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: 21 Jan 1660-21 Jan 1661 - Roxbury, Massachusetts Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Miller (1593-1664) Marr: 14 Jan 1628-14 Jan 1629 - Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
4 M John Heath
Born: Christened: 5 Aug 1581 - Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Died: Bef 25 Jul 1591 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Buried:
5 F Alice Heath
Born: Christened: 22 Dec 1583 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried: 10 Oct 1640 - Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England
6 M George Heath
Born: Christened: 4 Aug 1588 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried:
7 M John Heath
Born: Christened: 25 Jul 1591 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried: 20 Jan 1594-20 Jan 1595 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
8 F Prudence Heath
Born: Christened: 6 Nov 1597 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried:Spouse: Edward Morrison ( - ) Marr: 25 Oct 1622 - St. Mary Mounthaw, London, England
9 M Thomas Heath
Born: Christened: 1 Oct 1603 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried: 5 Oct 1603 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
10 M Thomas Heath
Born: Christened: 30 Sep 1604 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England Died: Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
Douglas Richardson, The Heath Connection, English origins of Isaac and William Heath of Roxburgy, Massachusetts, John Johnson, Edward Morris, and Eizabeth (Morris) Cartwright. NEHGR, 2992, 271-278: "American genealogists have been aware for some time that hte immigrant John Johnson (ca 1590-1659) of Salem and Roxbury, Massachusetts, was related in some way to Elder Isaac and William Heath of Roxbury, and that the Heaths were also kin somehow to the immigrant, Edward Morris, and to Morris's sister, Elizabeth (Morris) Cartwright. Such kinship is proved by a series of Johnson, Heath and Morris Wills, reviewed by Reay G. Hurlburt in Capt Johnson Nd his wife, Margery of Roxbury - Who were They?" in TAG, 22 (1945-6); 47-49.
John Johnson in his will proved in 1659 called Ellder Isaac Heath his loving brother, and named him overseer in his will. Elder Isaac Heath's will dated 10- Jan 1660/1 referred to three knfolk; cousin Martha Brand, whose maiden name was known to be Heath, kinswoman Mary Mory *John Johnson's daughter(, and kinsman Edward Morris. Isaac Heath's widow Elizabeth in her will proved in 1664 naemd 'my cousin Capt Johnson. Isaac Heath's widow Elizabeth in her will dated 26 Sep 1673, named her cousin Isaac Johnson, cousin, Pepper (a Johnson son in law), cousin Bowen, cousin Bartholomew, and cousin Nathaniel Johnson's wife. All of these relatives can be identified as children and grandildren of the immigrant John Johnson.
It looked as though John Johnson was married to a sister of Elder Isaac and William Heath, adn that Edward Morris and his sister Elizabeth were the nephew and niece of Johnson's wife and of the Heath brothers.
In 1978 Peter Walne, County Archivist of Hertfordshire, published evidence which proved that the immigrant Heath brotehrs had their origins in hte adjacent parishes of Ware and Great Amwell (NEHGR, 132 [ 1978]: 20-21. He did not mention Johnson or Morris.
Richardson used Family History Library films of parish registers of Ware and Great Amwell to search for all entries for Johnson, Heath and Morris. John Johnson's wife and the mother of Edward Morris and his sster were Heath's. Further, the Heath brothers were first cousins to Martha Heath, wife of George Brand of Roxbury.
The family tree I have put together here is from these articles.
1992 NEHGS article says that the name of William's wife has not been found. However, apparently her father and uncle named her in their wills.
That William and not either of his brothers Robert or John, was the father of the next generation, is strongly suggested by the fact that he inherited his father's house there, to the exclusion of his brothers. He was probably established there already. The Ware parish registers do not name the father of children baptized there between 1581 and 1604, but the spacing of baptism suggests that there was only one Heath family having children in this period of time. Beginning 8n 1604, the registers include the father's name, and that year William's son Thomas was baptized. This was probably his last child. No further children for this William appear in the registers of Ware or Great Amwell.
From Douglas Richard, update:
New evidence on the Heath line has confirmed that William Heath, Sr., of Ware was the father of the immigrants Isaac and William. An inquisition taken at Ware, Hertfordshire, 20 June 1628, mentions an earlier indenture dated 20 March 1612/13 where by Humphrey Spenser of Ware, gentleman, citizen, and haberdasher of London, and John Thorowgood of Ware, yeoman, acting as trustees, conveyed various properties to a large number of inhabitants of Ware, among them William Heath and Isaac his son .
General Notes (Wife)
She is not identified in the 1992 NEHGR article on the Heath's, but according to http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/heath.htm#RCheney, Alice was named in the wills of her father and her Uncle William HARRISON. Daughter of Robert CHENEY and Joan HARRISON.
From http://www.mindfreedom.net/gen/t-s-p/p78.htm:
Agnes was named in her father's will and in 1594 was named in the will of her uncle. William Harrison.
HEATH JOHNSON MORRIS UPDATE: THE ANCESTRY OF AGNES (CHENEY) HEATH Douglas Richardson In 1992, the present author published evidence that the immigrants Elder Isaac Heath and William Heath of Roxbury, Massachusetts, were sons of an earlier William Heath, Sr. (ca. 1555-1625) of Ware, Hertfordshire. Following publication of tha t ar ticle, the marriage of William Heth [sic] of Ware was found, in the parish of Waltham Abbey, Essex, on 9 June 1580, to Agnes Cheney. Subsequent research produced probate records identifying Agnes as the daughter of Robert and Joan (Harrison) Cheney, and making it possible to develop her ancestry in both paternal and mhternal lines.
A number of Cheney's from Waltham Abbey were early settlers in Massachusetts - seemingly atleast three of them. I didn't learn more details. I found several versions of Dick Cheney's ancestry - one to Massachusetts, but with no origin in England, and one to Maryland in the 17th century. And another who said to ask him privately. Is this the Vice President's ideaof how to be assigned quasi-divine status?
1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) (July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996).
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