Elijah Heath

Notes:

Elijah was the youngest son; he served in the 1792 Amwell militia. In his will of 12 April 1830 he mentioned his wife Catherine and his nine children. In 1850 Catherine was living next to Charlotte Heath and Garret Bellis in Delaware Township.

Elijah married Catherine Kemple on 17 Sep 1797. Catherine was born on 7 Oct 1776; died about 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Amwell Township tax rolls of 1780 and 1786 list John as owning thirty-six improved acres. Of John's eleven children,the first eight settled in Kentucky and Virginia. It was John's proud boast that he had seven sons that served in the Revolutionary War. John died intestate and the inventory of his estate was filed 18 March 1819.

REFERENCES; Family Record of Edward Mason Heath, Locktown

Recollections of Baptistown & Vicinity- J. Bellis, pg. 24
Hunterdon County Historical Society Library

Revolutionary Census of New Jersey
K. Stryker-Rodda- Part II, pg. 95

John married Mary (..) Heath, Mrs about 1743. Mary was born about 1723; died about 1806 in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Andrew had land at Malazadock and was living in Amwell Township as early as the first of March 1724/25 when he was appointed administrator of his brother John's estate. On 9 October 1738 Andrew's name appears on the poll of freeholders to select a representative to serve in the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey. Andrew's will named his wife Mary, executrix;she was given the use of one-third of his estate during her lifetime. Andrew and Mary had four daughters and five sons, the later all under the age of 21 at the time of Andrew's death.
REFERENCES; History of Hunterdon & Somerset Counties;, New Jersey
Snell, pgs; 192,371

Wills of New Jersey, Liber 5; pg 209
Liber 18; pg. 606

Early Germans of New Jersey
Chambers, pgs; 398-400

DAR Patriot Index, pg 319

Andrew married Mary (..) Heath about 1720. Mary was born about 1700; died after 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]