When Catherine Heath was born in 1736, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Andrew Heath Jr, was 41 and her mother, Mary Pettit Horseman, was 36.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) heath’ (Middle English he(a)th, Old English hǣth) or else a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin, Ireland, since the late 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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