Andrew Heath I (bef. 1667 - 1720)

Born before 14 Apr 1667 in Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Barrett) Heath — married about 1690 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 20 Dec 1720 after age 53 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, Province of New Jersey

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Biography

This biography is a collaborative work in progress.

The U.S. and International Marriage Records listing of his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett estimates his birth year as 1654. (This would have made him 28 years old on his arrival.) ^[1]

He is believed to be the son of Roger and Jane (Silcox) Heath, christened 14 April 1667 in Burslem, Staffordshire, England. (If he was christened as an infant, this would have made him age 15 on his arrival.) ^[2][3][4][5]

Andrew Heath arrived in the ship Friends Adventure on the 28th of the 7th month of 1682. The servant of William Yardley, he was to serve four years ending 29th of the 7th month of 1686. ^[6][7]

Andrew Heath came to America in 1682 on the ship "Friend's Adventure" as a bonded servant to William and Jane (Heath) Yardley of Staffordshire, England, who was possibly his uncle. They settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania where Andrew was released from his indenture on 29 July 1686 and given 50 acres of land plus wages. He moved to New Jersey about 1699, where deed books list that he purchased 420 acres of land near the Falls of Delaware on February 4, 1699, which is present day Trenton, NJ and 1700 acres of land in Burlington County in 1711, which became Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He helped to establish the Hopewell Episcopal Church in 1703, in 1705 four of his children were baptized there, Andrew, Elizabeth, John & Sarah. [source citation needed]

Andrew is identified as the same may who arrived in 1682 as the bonded servant to William Yardley; possibly Yardley's nephew. Baldwin states that "they came from Staffordshire in England and settled in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. On July 29, 1686, Andrew was released after four years of bonded service. Andrew Heath moved to New Jersey in 1699 when he bought 420 acres of land near present-day Trenton. About 1703 he helped established the Hopewell Church, on of the first Episcopal Churches in the area. And in 1705 four of Andrew's children were baptized there: Andrew, Elizabeth, John, and Sarah. [source citation needed]

Andrew married Elizabeth widow of William Venables and Lawrence Banner. ^[8]

Elizabeth had married first William Venables who is also found as a passenger on the same ship as the one Andrew Heath and the Yardleys arrived on. Venables died leaving his widow and two daughters Joyce and Frances. Elizabeth remarried to a Lawrence Bannor. She married Andrew Heath after 1688 and died by 1699 when Andrew and his step-daughter Joyce leave an instrument conveying land. [source citation needed]

Andrew was an interpreter for West Jersey Proprietors while they negotiated with the Lenni-Lenape Indians. He was Assessor in 1701 at Hopewell Township and held sessions of the Court in his Hopewell home. He owned an Inn, served as a Burlington County judge where meetings of the Court of Common Please and the Quarterly Sessions were held at his Hopewell home. He also farmed. [source citation needed]

Andrew was arrested and plead guilty to committing adultery with his daughter-in-law Francis Venables. He was sentenced 21 Feb 1701/02 to pay ten pounds plus costs. ^[9]

Probably a vestryman of the Hopewell Church in 1705, he is mentioned in the deed for the Hopewell Church property as one of those to whom the land was deeded. ^[10]

Dated 3 Jan 1716-17, Andrew Heath, yeoman of Hopewell Township, filed his will. It lists wife Hannah, children: Martha (under 18), John, Elizabeth, Andrew, Sarah (under 21) and Richard; grandchildren: Elizabeth, Abigail and Andrew Peittet and John Heath; son-in-law Nathaniel Pettet; and wife’s children: Daniel, Samuel and Hannah Clark.

He mentions his children as follows:

1. Elizabeth Heath, who married Nathaniel Pettit II. She had had her portion.

2. John Heath, who had had his portion. (no known issue)

3. Andrew Heath, Jr., "who received land up at Malazadok." He or his father, with Charles Wolverton, was a witness 7 November 1727 to the Will of Richard Ceane of Amwell and, with George Fox, inventoried his estate 24 November 1727.

4. Sarah Heath, who was to have £50 at age 21.

5. Richard Heath, who received six hundred acres in New Jersey on the Musconetcong River.

6. Martha Heath, who was bequeathed £20 when 18 years old and £20 more when 21 years old."

The executors were Thomas Lambard and Reborth Heaton (Eatton) a tailor. Witnessed by John Plumley and Nathaniel Pettit. Inventory listing Batholomew Thather, Daniel Bleuer, Nath’l Peit, John Jones, Silvanus Sikes, William Wardell, Benjamin Warton, John Pidcoks, William Paulet, Richard Horton, John Ashmore, John Muirheide, Wm. Lander, Ambris Burris, Jeremiah Scife, Timothy Baker, John Gerish, Joseph Britian, and Wm. Hickey was made by Daniel Howell and Alexander Lockhart on 3 Oct 1720. It was proven 29 Dec1720. ^[11]

Find A Grave lists his death date as 20 Dec 1720 which is the date his will was proven. ^[12]

Facts

Names Listed:

• Andrew Heath ^{[2][3][4][10][11][8][6][7][1][12]}

Birth:

• 1654 ^[1]
• 14 Apr 1667 [sic] ^[12]

Christening:

• 14 Apr 1667, Burslem, Staffordshire, England ^[3][4]
• 18 Apr 1667, Burslem, Staffordshire, England ^[2]

Marriage:

• Elizabeth ^[8]
• Elizabeth Barrett ^[1]
• Hannah Clark ^[11]

Arrival:

• 1682 ^[6][7]

Residence:

• 1705, Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey ^[10]

Will:

• 3 Jan 1716-17, Hunterdon, New Jersey; proven 29 Dec 1720 ^[11]

Death:

• bef 3 Oct 1720 ^[11]
• 20 Dec 1720 [sic] ^[12]

Research Notes

• The Early Germans of New Jersey lists an Andrew Heath. That in 1703, he is listed as an interpreter for the Indians in South Jersey. Tradition states there were four brothers, one killed at Trenton and one removed to Canada. That Richard of Bethlehem and Andrew of Amwell were voters in Hunterdon county in 1738. However, they also list his will as dated 17 Dec 1745 which indicates that they include facts for more than one Andrew. The brothers may have been his sons but proof is needed. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [1]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. Detail: Source number: 12440.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [2]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission. Detail: 18 Apr 1667
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [3]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Detail: FHL Film Number: 0096876-78
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1839 Ancestry.com. Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1839 [4]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2017. Original data: Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records. Detail: 14 Apr 1667
5. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 FamilySearch. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [5] Detail: (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NG-Q14 : 21 March 2020), Andreas Heath, 1667.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Ancestry.com. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Battle, J. H.. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : including an account of its original exploration, its relation to the settlements of New Jersey and Delaware, its erection into a separate county, and its subsequent growth and development, with sketches of its historic and interesting localities, and biographies of many of its representative citizens. Philadelphia, Chicago; A. Warner, 1887. Detail: (1) Chapter XI. The Makefields, Page 440 [6]; (2) Chapter XXIV. Appendix, Page 672 [7].
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 Ancestry.com. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 [8]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr., comp. Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. Detail: Section: Passengers on the Friends' Adventure and the Endeavor, Page 177
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye Families Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [9].Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the Province of West Jersey 1678-1683 with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America, Reuben Pownall Ely, Warren Smedley Ely & Daniel Brittian Ely; Fleming H Revell Co, 1910. Detail: Page 160.
9. ↑ The Burlington court book : a record of Quaker jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709 Ancestry.com. The Burlington court book : a record of Quaker jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: The Burlington court book : a record of Quaker jurisprudence in West New Jersey, 1680-1709. Washington, D.C.: American Historical Association, 1944. Detail: Page 261-262.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} A history of St. Michael's Church, Trenton Familysearch.org. [10]. Original data: Schuyler, Hamilton,. A history of St. Michael's Church, Trenton : in the diocese of New Jersey from its foundation in the year of our Lord, 1703 to 1726, Hamilton Schuyler, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1926. Detail: Section: Appendix H. Sketches of founders and benefactors of the Hopewell Church, Page 336
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [11]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Detail: Volume XXIII, Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1730, Page 219
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Find A Grave Find A Grave. [12] Detail: 126208374
13. ↑ The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies Archive.org. The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies [13]. The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies, Theodore Frelinghuysen Chambers, Dover Printing Company, Dover, NJ, 1895. Detail: Page 398-399.

Acknowledgements

• Descendants of Roger Heath, compiled by Janice Mauldin Castleman, 1997 [14]
• Andrew Heath profile by Jenny Warden, 2019 [15]
• Andrew Heath profile, McCarthy-Anderson Genealogy [16]