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professing to the true Religion, sedulously and industriously applying themselves to the culture of ye sayd land, and to mer chandising, to be performed by industrye at his own charges, and others by his exam ple.” By this instrument he was made “Sole Lord Proprietor in Chiefly Knight's service, and by paying for it, to us, our heirs and successors, our circle of Gold in the fashion of a crown, of the weight of 20 ounces, with the inscription upon it: ‘Deus Coronet opus suum. (See “Virginia Carolorum,” by Edward D. Neill.) A query might be placed here. Was the husband of Mrs. Mary Heath, executrix and daughter of Capt. William Lee (son of Col. Richard Lee and Anne his wife; said Col. Richard Lee, Secretary of the Colony of Virginia, 1659; one of the King’s Nravy Council), a son of Sir Robert Heath, and what was his name? Their son, Thomas Heath, married Winifred, daughter of Rob ert Jones, Jr. and wife, Sarah Garlington (widow of Thomas Salsbury), who died In 1720, daughter of Christopher and Marga ret Garlington, all of Northumberland coun ty, Virginia. Mary Heath, daughter of Thomas and Winifred (Jones) Heath, mar ried William Miller; and their daughter, Mary Miller, married John Woodson ; their daughter, Anne Woodson, married Warham Easley ; their daughter, Judith Easley, mar ried James Strother Gaines, and their son, John Strother Gaines, was the father of the writer’s mother. From all the information gathered this is believed to be the correct tracing. Can any reader give proof that it is, or, if not, correct this line (or extend any of the branches named) of the descent from Mrs. Mary (Lee) Heath? By doing so the writer will esteem it a favor. Mra. 8. L. C. Aiken, 8. C. Noting the above query, the editor of this column will say: Mrs. Roger A. Pryor is right in her arti cle on “Gen. R. EK. Lee’s Ancestors and Time They Lived,” in Frank Leslie's Monthly, February, 1806, when she says “William Lee left no heirs,” yet this Elizabeth Mil ler, daughter of William Miller and Mary Heath, may have descended from an indi rect line of the Lee family. (See Mead's “Genealogical History of Lee Family,” 1868.) This work shows that no mention is made of the Heath connection. The Heath family was of great promi nence in England, as the above letter shows. The family of America is descend ed from Sir Robert Heath, already men tioned, Lord Chief Justice, of Exeter, Eng land, who was the ancestor of a majority of the Heaths who came to America. The eminent historical writer, James Heath, during the reigns of Charles I and Charles 11, whose many works are still pre served in England, was a son of Sir Robert. He died in 1664. ‘The arms as presented for Heath are pe culiar, being a shield, quarterly, in dexter a chevron and sinister a cross, with crest of an eagle's head with wings expanded, above which a rising sun; underneath the whole shield the sun rising upon the world. The motto and coloring are wanting, and are desired. The first of the family to emigrate to Virginia is not known. The presumption is that they landed first in Maryland and then went to Virginia. The first we find in Virginia is John Heath, a Representative in Congress from 1793 to 1797. He left sev eral sons and daughters, among whom was the late Lion. James B. Heath, who in 1845- 46 was Auditor of Public Accounts and in 1850 Commissioner of Pensions, which of fice he held until 1853. He lived in Richmond and was one of its most influential and valued citizens He and his wife were connected with old Monumental Church. He was one of the subscribers for its building after the burn ing of the theatre in 1811. One of his daughters, Ellen Maria Heath, married Vir ginius Dabney, the brilliant author, of Gloucester county, and their son, Richard Heath Dabney, has been professor of his tory at the University of Virginia since 1896. Mr. Heath was a fine writer, a quaint humorist and a most courtly Virginia gen tileman of the “old school.” The writer has in his possession one of his humorous letters of a trip up the “raging canawl.” ‘Henry Howe, the celebrated historian, was so charmed with him that he presented him a copy of his “History of New Jersey,” the w were just completed, writing in it his pro found respects and autograph signature. A book is valued by the writer, for, with Howe's “History of Virginia’ and other State histories, it i now consid ered by all genealogists as invaluable, for they cannot now be purchased. oe Be Rees Peene ot the Virginia branch of Heath cannot be more distinctly defined. It is to the Mary land descendants, who are now more numer ous, to whom we must look for further sta tistics. James P. Heath (born in Delaware in 1777) settled in Maryland and was Regis ter in Chancery at Annapolis at the begin ning of the War of 1812. He served through the entire war as aid-de-camp to General From him most of the Maryland branch de scend. His son, UptonS. Heath, was a most eminent lawyer, and for many years was United States Judge for the District of Maryland, part of the tract of Blenheim, the seat of Howard Carter, was given to his son Robert, whose descendants still own it. It is one of the handsomest resi dences In the county. Our correspondent has got the Carters mixed. Hon. Hill Carter was the great grandson of Robert “King” Carter, of the Colony (1721). EB. C. M. To “C. 8. Baltimore, will say that we are gradually working from the upper counties to the lower counties, on the East ern Shore of Virginia, and hope to embrace all the most prominent families in our “Vir ginia Heraldry. E. C. M. The Venable family is an old and aristo cratic one of Virginia, and will be given as soon as possible, but the writer would pre fer having as a basis more data as to some of its branches. EB. C. M.
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