Robert Heaton
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Robert Heaton (1637 - 1717)

Robert Heaton
Born in Clapham, Yorkshire, Englandmap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 3 Dec 1671 in Carleton in Craven, West Riding, Yorkshire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvaniamap
Profile last modified | Created 22 Apr 2014
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Biography

Birth

Born June 2, 1637 in Yorkshire, England[1]

Marriage

Robert was married to Alice Ricroft on 3 December 1671 in St. Mary's Church in Carleton in Craven, the marriage was recorded in the Parish Register.[2][3]

The marriage record can be viewed on Ancestry[4]

Source Information Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812

Arrival

Robert Heaton was a William Penn fleet passenger.

1683 in Pennsylvania on board the Lamb with wife Alice and children: Ephraim, Agnes, Grace, James, Robert Jr.[5][6]

Residence

1683 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania[7] A certificate of removal from the Settle Monthly Meeting in England was recorded by the Middletown Monthly Meeting, dated 4th month (June) 7th 1682. The children of Robert and Alice were not recorded on the certificate.

Death

Jul. 7, 1717[8] The will of Robert Heaton was pr. Jul 16 1717. He named his wife Alice, sons Robert, James and Ephraim, sons-in-law Thomas Stackhouse, and Henry Comely.[9]

Sources

  1. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Heaton II. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=1170375&indiv=try
  2. 1671 marriage entry: County: Yorkshire, West Riding, Place: Carleton in Craven, Church name: St Mary, Register type: Parish Register, Marriage date 03 Dec 1671, Groom forename: Robert, Groom surname: HEATON, Bride forename: Allice, Bride surname: RICROFT, Transcribed by: Sharron Murray, File line number: 262. "entry: Robert Heaton and Alice Ricroft." FreeReg.org.uk. Accessed 31 August 2019 by SJ Baty.
  3. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), www.ancestry.com, Source number: 6991.013; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Record for Robert Heaton. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=556246&indiv=try
  4. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP18/3 Ancestry Record 2256 #9661085
  5. SHEPPARD, WALTER LEE, JR., compiler and editor. Passengers and Ships prior to 1684. (Publications of the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, 1.) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970. 245p. Reprinted by Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1985. pg 53
  6. Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), www.ancestry.com, Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1682; Page Number: 53. Record for Alice Heaton. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=3058539&indiv=try
  7. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry. Operations, Inc., 2014), Ancestry, Record for Robert Heaton.[ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=QuakerMeetMins&h=99997350&indiv=try]
  8. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Heaton II. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveGlobal&h=1170375&indiv=try
  9. Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825; Probate Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 Ancestry Record 8802 #16280




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There appears in Bucks County Deed Book 1, p. 22, an Indenture dated May 19, 1686 from Robert Holgate, Planter, in the County of Sussex, in the Territories belonging to the Province of Pennsylvania, conveying all of his right, title and interest in a Letters Patent from Wm. Penn and the Proprietors dated May 18, 1686 for 250 acres along Neshmainy Creek, to Robert Heaton, Planter, of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. available here
posted by Bob Pickering
edited by Bob Pickering
The Middletown Monthly Meeting, Bucks, Pennsylvania, contains a Certificate from the Settle MM, Yorkshire, England to our Friends in Pennsylvania dated 5th Month 2nd, 1699. Available here
posted by Bob Pickering
edited by Bob Pickering
I have started a discussion regading the merge of Alice Rycroft Heaton and Alice Alis Heaton:

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/896202/is-alice-heatons-maiden-name-rycroft

posted by SJ Baty
This couple may be Robert Heaton-542 & Alice Rycroft-13
posted by Andrea Powell
Heaton-631 and Heaton-542 appear to represent the same person because: both sons of Robert & Hester (Pearson); husband of Grace Stackhouse
posted by Andrea Powell

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