The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05

E.July is, 1924 Sir robert 1i[ enth w" !l
\ r,noi,,ted BY King james rs or e. Or nc
or Virginia to receive ,t IN
Air, 1, Arg A senls and letters OF tho VIE s.
,,l,,ia Company nnd attend to the /, az
Snir - "a tlleg Colony He was q kn1ght
AMI y solicitor general. He was formerly
Recorder OF London, f'ut VII on IL, y,
General Of England Fcbrun ~ 10, lSs ss
IL few weelos after LORD A Baiti1nores ~
turn 81. Ma asked for himself and assoc
eintss THAT two degrees OF land upon il
which to settle a colony at thor own ~,
nypensc,,' etc, be given, and charter
WIS granted April s16, 1850, tho Pro-
prietor was Informed that those WHO
settled in that country must nckno wledgo
tho Church Of England. Fhis plan SWnn
not then carried out, and N lS'l. ti 70
charter was modified, Therein \ Sir 10 o.
.crt Heath Is referred to In these words: \
nIIc being about to lend thither colony.
of men 4 large and plentiful lprofessinE
to the, true Religion, sed lously and In n
dustriously applying themselves ~ to Il the
culture &of We snyd land, !; and ITO merri
5cfandising. to be performed by industryo
at his own charges, and others by his
example, by this instrument he was
made "soe Lord SProprietoraln Chiefly
knights service, and by paving for i,
tobus, our heirs and successors, Il our CIR
Gle Of Gold In the fashion OF q crown,
of the weight OF 20 ounces, with tho IN
scription upon It Deus Coronet opus
SUM. 't'''55 (sde Virginia Carolorum''53l Ivy
Edward D. Neill) AZ ss .l $8s
AK query might be placed here: Was
the husband OF Mrs Mary Heath, &execu-
trix and daughter Of Captain william
Lee {son OF Colonel Richard Lee and
Lee, Secretary OF the Colony OF Viz
ginin, 1869; one OF the Kings PrIvy
Council. a son Of Sir Robert Heath. anu
what was his name :? Their son, Thomas
Heath married Winifred, daughter Of
Robert Jones, Jr., and wife, Sarah Car
lington (wtdow OF Thomas Salisbury w1o
died 172o, daughter OF Christopher AMI
Margaret Darlington, all Of Mort humber-
land coun ty. " lralnla. w Mary Heath.
daughter 81 Thomas ana wlnifred Zones,
Heath. married William Miller; and their
daughter, Mary Miller. married John
Woodson; their daughter. Anne Wood
son, married Warham Ensley; their
daughter, Judith Easlcy. married James
strother Gaines. and their son, John
Strother Gaines. was the father OF tho
writer's mother. ;S
is believed to bc the correct tracing Can
any reader give proof that It Is, or, 4 e
not, correct this line Cor extend any OF
the branches named) OF the descent from
Mrs. Mary d.ee) Heath? BY doing SO
the writer Will esteem It a favor 8 sS
MRS, s, IL. c. b.
Aiken. s. G.
Noting the above query, the editor Of
this column will say:
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor Is right in her
article on General r. H. Lees Ancestora
and Time They Lived, ~ In Frank Leslie's
Monthly, Trebr1ary. 1895, when ahe says
William Leo left no heirs yet this
Elizabeth Miller, daughter OF William
Miller and Mary Heath, may have de-
sccnded from an Indirect line OF the Ice
family lSce Mead g Chronological His
tory OF Leo Family" 1868. This work
shows that no mention Is made OF the
& The Heath family was OF great promi..
nence in England. aB the above letter
shows. The family OF America is descend
ed from Sir Robert Heath, already mem
toned, Lord Chief Justice. OF Exeter.
England, who was the ascestor OF a ma
jority OF the Heaths who came toaAneri-
ca. Il, ii iis5 III
The eminent historical writer, James
Heath, during tho reigns OF Charles and
Charles II. whose many works aro still
preserved IN England, was son Of Sir
Robert. He died In 1854,
n The arms az presented for Heath are