Edward Heath
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1525 - of Little Amwell, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial: 8 Mar 1592-8 Mar 1593 - Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Cause of Death:
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Parents
Father: Robert Heath ( - )
Mother:
Spouses and Children
1. *Alice ( - 24 Dec 1593)
Marriage: Abt 1550
Status:
Children:
1. William Heath (Abt 1550-1624)
2. Margaret Heath ( - )
3. Robert Heath ( - )
4. Joan Heath ( - )
5. Elizabeth Heath ( - )
6. Thomas Heath ( - )
7. James Heath (1560-1562)
8. John Heath (1563- )
9. Ellen Heath (1565- )
10. Katherine Heath (1568- )
11. Richard Heath (1568- )
12. Alice Heath ( -1571)
Notes
General:
Collarmaker in Little Amwell in the parish of Ware.
In his will, dated 6 march 1592/3 and proved 23 March 1592/3, witnessed by Wilm Nycoil and George Bearstolke (Essex Record Office, Chelmsford), Edward Heath of Ware... "Coilermaker sycke in bodie", asked to be buried in the churchyard of Ware and made bequests as follows:
...unto Alyce my wyff xi 5 a yere duryng her lyff. And her dwellyng in my howse, that ys to saye the chamber that she nowe useth to lie yn withall moveables of household stuff nowe thereyn, the kytchen & the Buttrye, with ffree egresse ingresse & regresse into the same & easyaments in the basksyde duryng her naturall lyff/ And A table with a ffourme in the hall/ Provided, alwayes and my wyll ys that two of my daugthers Elen & Kateryn shall have all the aforeseid houshold Stuff after my wyffs decesase equallie to be divided betwene them by the Disrecon of my sonn Willm/... to my said two daughters Elen & Kateryn xxs a pece to be payd to them At the daye of their Maryage/ .. to Johan my daughter xj a viij d to be payd to her within one yere after my decease .. to eyther of her children John & Mararett vj s viij of a pece. At their Age of xv yeres... to Thomas my sonn xi s whereof xx s to be payd within one yere after my decease And the other xx s within the next yere then next ffolowyng... to my sonn John xx s to be payd hym within the next yere then next fflolowyng ... to my daughter Margaretts children now Alysve v s a pece to be payd At their Age of xv yeres after my decease... to my sonn Wilm all that my nowe dwelling house wthall the edifice yards gardens wthall the Appurtenances thereunto belongyng scituat in lytle Amwell in the countie of Herf to hym & his heyres for ever. And all the residue of my goods & movebales unbequeathed ... to my sonne Wilm his children nowe Alve vj s viij of Apece At their Age of xjiij yeres/ All wch severall somes of money to be payd by my sonn Willm whom I do ordeyene & make my sole Executor of this my last Wyll & Testament. (The following bequest is written on the left margin, evidently intended to be part of the main body of the will:) Itm I geve unto my sonn Robt xl s whereof xx s wthin one yere after my decease adn the other xx s within the yere then ffolowyng. And all my apparell/ Itm I geve unto everie of my sonn Robert his children v s A pece to be payd to them at the Age of xv Age/ Md that Robt his gyft was entred befroe the ensealng herof.
Elder Isaac Heath and brother William Heath were joined in New England by various relatives. These included their brother in law John Johnson of Roxbury, widower of their sister Mary Heath, and their nephew and niece, Edward Morris of Roxbury, and Elizabeth (Morris)Cartwright of Boston.
Edward Morris and Elizabetn (Morris)Cartwright may have taken another sibling, Isaac Morris, aged 9, who was on the opewell in 1635 in the company of John and arbara Ruggles of Nazing, Essex, probably same as Isaac Morrison baptized at Great Amwell 3 Feb 1625/6. He may have died young as no further record of him.