When Richard Heath was born on 27 December 1701, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Bartholomew Heath, was 34 and his mother, Mary Bradley, was 34. He married Miriam Hoyt on 9 April 1730, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in July 1767, in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 65, and was buried in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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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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