The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29

Mn reply I 3 w Il query 81 ii, r. w. some
time since for something OF tho ancestry,
!. 81 John Heath member of%tlle Third and
Fourth Congress-. from Virginia, wosise
son. James Il. Heath, was nudito OF INC :'
State. 1866. We oW 81 what we hnve
gathered OF this interesting family Bwnlch
Has been so we'll known in Richmond for
many generations. N 5siS & s3
4 The Heath family has been ono OF great
prominence inS Eng land, for as early as
1924, n Sir Robert Heath was honored by
King James rs onetof the commission rs
Sof Virginia to receive the charters, seals
and letters OF the Virginia Company, and
to attend to the affairs Of Tho colony.
1T ~ from Ills sir Robert Heath that tho
family II III America d re / dcsce nded me
eminent historical WRIT James u eath
who lived during the rcig1ts of Charles ].
and Charles II. and whose many w orlss
arc still highly priced In England 81 was
one Of the sons OF Sir ebert. " no the
first e,nigrant Ito Virginia, was or W heti
he first settled here, is not 5eXac thy knoyyr,
but II lis presumed he was ell ther&one OF
the sons or granlsotls Of Sir re bert.Fsst1t
IL recorded that lie was living In the cot
5tyR Of Northumberland prior to 1886, that
being tile date Of the probate OF tho will
OF Captain liam ~ Lee, the father Ct
Mrs. 3$ Mary scliriver, the 81 mother OF
THOMAS Heath by her first husband. ------
Heath, whose Christian 3nano Is surround
ed by dense haze. THIS Thomas Heath.
was the great-great grandfather Of e the
$late Hon. James Heath 4 o. & Richmond, and
the ancestor OF most Of the Il il eaths In
Virginia. The Hon. j ohm 4 cath s an ces-
tors lived iii Northumberland county prior
TO Ibis birth, which occurred there In
8175s, ana thus the family must have, set
tied In Virginia prior to those In Mary
OF the family was the, Hon. John Heath,
who represented Virginia In the Congress
$of 1888 to 1897, Il he great grand father Of
the eminent Slawyer of New orlt, Y Mr..
James II. Heath son the State audi tor
of 1876, ii Ricllmo md, va
Who the wife Of y ohm Hea III was Is not
stated, but he left many sons and dangh-
tiers, one of whom,3th the Hon|J ames G II ath,s
who was so we'll known as a fine writer
and 3Sab les public officer, during the 4o's
and most active In the building and st,s-
GtainIng Of tile old Monumental Church,;
oneS OF his daughters. Ellen Maria Fl cath.
married tho talented writer, Yirgirlus
Dabney, and their son. Richard IIcatn
sDabney,Sllas been Professor ut the Uni-}
3versity Of virginia since 1896
There were other Heaths, who Settled
in the North, and may have been some
what connected with the Yirglnln family.
though their arms III re d5 SON eSNha DIFF
Eferent from those we here give for sir
Roberts family:
81 II n II Burke's Genealog icnl Armory, ell.
8tion Of 1914, and H Le N eve's SPedlgrees OF
tho Knights'' (Hnrleman Soc. Publ cations),
the arms for Sir Robert d are thus dc. q
scribed: !" On a. shield cross cngra!led
between twelve blllets, gules, Crest-a
wolf s head erased per pale, sable and
or. ducall goyged, re-, folding in the
mouth a. broken spear OF tho second.
headed Of the third There Is no motto.
Mr.. James E. & Heath, or New Y ork.
has in preparation. a full pedigree OF the
family in Virginia and distant descend-,
ants. which will be very ncceptableg&
the many who bear the name or have
with them, and information
from any OF them will BIO thankfully res
5ccived, ! sent to this column. hi