Jonah Heaton1

b. 1788, d. 27 March 1829
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel (#1)
Descendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel (#2)
Father*Jonah Heaton1 b. 1747, d. bt 1812 - 1827
Birth*1788Jonah Heaton was born in 1788, probably in Berkeley County, Virginia.1 
Marriage*8 November 1808He married his 2nd cousin Lydia Heaton, daughter of John Heaton and Sarah Warden, on 8 November 1808 in Greene County, Ohio.2,3 
Relocation*Soon after their marriage Jonah and Lydia moved west to Randolph County, Indiana.1 
War of 1812*1812Jonah served in the War of 1812. It is told that he had a tintype picture of his wife in his pocket which was struck by a bullet, the bullet then traveling through his ribs and chest. Although wounded, and probably in terrible and ongoing pain, he survived for more than 15 years.1 
Death*27 March 1829He died from his wounds at about age 41 on 27 March 1829 in Randolph County, Indiana.1 

Family

 Lydia Heaton b. 1790, d. 23 Oct 1856

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 9, page 332. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 332, noting, we believe correctly, the date of their marriage as 08 November 1808.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 5, pages 167-168, copying the date of their marriage, we believe in error, as 26 November 1804, which was the date of her older sister Sarah's marriage.

Jonah Heaton1,2

b. 1747, d. between 1812 and 1827
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Daniel Heaton2 b. 2 Apr 1717, d. 1796
Mother*Ruth Wadsworth3 d. 1800
Birth*1747Jonah Heaton was born in 1747 in Morris County, New Jersey.2 
Occupation*He was an excellent gunsmith and is credited by some with making the first gun in the west.2,4 
Biographical Info*Our source, Heaton Families II, described Jonah as a very interesting character, and a widely traveled, true pioneer. He was in the west long before most Americans and developing wide tracts of land in western Kentucky with or before Daniel Boone. In the early 1760s, with at least two of his brothers, Jonah was blazing trails in Berkeley and Rockingham counties in Virginia.2 
Biographical Info Heaton Families II reported some of the contents of a long article that appeared in the Miami Valley, Ohio newspaper in 1889 in celebration of the pioneer reunion of that year. The accuracy of the information has not been verified. From Heaton Families II:


"The article was about Jonah Heaton who was the area's first pioneer. The article states that he was born in 1735 and he was a child when his family moved to central Pennsylvania. In 1750 he was captured by the Indians while on a hunting party. The Indians took him to Prosaue Island on Lake Erie. Jonah was with the Indians when General Braddock lost the battle against the French in 1755. He was again with the Indians in 1758 at the battle of Fort McQuense. He was adopted by a chief of the Shawnee tribe and was given the name of Red Hawk. He remained with the Indians until 1764 when he returned to civilized life at Fort Pitt. After fighting in the Battle of Point Pleasant with Governor Dunmore (in) 1774, he went to Kentucky to guide for John Bowman (in) the expedition against the Indians on the little Miami River. In 1880 (sic) he served as a guide to George Rogers Clark against the Indians. He roamed over Kentucky and Ohio acting as an interpreter with the Indians. In 1786 and 7 he surveyed the southwestern portion of Ohio which was known as the Virginia Military Reservation. For his efforts he was award(ed) land there. In 1788 he is reported to have woman troubles in Louisville and therefore settled on the land he was given in Caesar's Creek where he lived in seclusion until 1802. The area was named for him and called Jonah's Run."5,6 
Biographical Info Jonah does seem to have experienced what today we would think of as a truly frontier life. The following was taken from a longer article by Karen Campbell, the genealogy librarian at The Mary L. Cook Public Library in Waynesville, Ohio:

"Jonah's Run Creek is named after the earliest known white resident in the Warren Co.-Clinton Co. area, Jonah Eaton. For ten years he lived on the north bank of Jonah's Run Creek about half a mile from Caesar Creek in a living tree house; literally in its hollow trunk, which was big enough for a room. The interior was said to have been 10' X 7' and high enough for a man to stand in. At a certain point he added on a porch before the entrance. The site of his unique house is now covered by the waters of Caesars Creek Lake.

Jonah Eaton was captured by Iroquois Indians when he was fifteen while on a hunting trip in Pennsylvania. He was taken to Presque Island in Lake Erie and was adopted into the tribe. He was eventually taken by the Shawnee to central and southern Ohio. He was adopted by the Shawnee Principal Chief, Red Hawk. After the victory of General Bouquet in 1764, he was returned to the whites. Because of a murder of a friend by an Indian, Eaton happily returned to white culture and went on to fight with General Dunsmore's forces at the Battle of Pt. Pleasant in 1774 and was a scout for Colonel John Bowman in his campaign against the Indians at Old Town. He was also a scout for General George Rogers Clark in his attack against Piqua in 1780. He was an interpreter at the Treaty of Fort Stanwick and at the Treaty of Fort Finney. After the signing of the Northwest Ordinance of 1784, he was hired by Colonel Richard Anderson of Louisville, Ky. to survey the Little Miami Valley. Eaton traversed what is now Warren, Greene and Clinton counties for 14 months making crude maps of the area.

Even though he received land as compensation for his surveying, as he grew older and the population increased, he decided to go find his kin back in the east. At the age of 67 years, in 1802, he left and returned to Pennsylvania. None-the-less, an image of this formidable frontiersman carrying his famous long rifle called the "Great Goose-Gun" striding to his tree-truck home is conjured up whenever anyone drives over or past Jonah's Run Creek.7 
Marriage*He married first Elizabeth __?__. Her surname may have been GUM or GUN.2 
Court Action*In 1776, Jonah had claimed title to 1,000 acres of land in what would become Louisville, Kentucky. On 22 April 1780 a Court held by the Commissioners of the Kentucky District for Adjusting Titles of unpatented lands issued a certificate to Jonah for his 1,000 acres. Then, during Jonah's several years' absence from the area, the name of the place changed and was no longer known as Heaton's Creek, and William Oldham, in 1788, claimed Jonah's 1,000 acres as his own. Jonah sued Oldham in court to recover his parcel of land, with his brother David Heaton from Berkeley County, Virginia acting as his attorney. We've not yet learned the resolution of the case.2,8 
(Head of Household) Research Notes1790The names of the heads of household on the 1790 Census taken in Washington County, Pennsylvania, were not later alphabetized so it's possible to get a feel for relatives and other neighbors who probably lived nearby. On page 170, Daniel Heaton is near the top of the census page, and his son David is across from him on page 171. William Heaton is next to David. Near the bottom of page 170, Isaac Heaton is listed between his sons John and Henry. Jonah "Eaton" appears a short distance above them on the same page. John Heaton and William "Eaton" appear near the top and bottom of page 159, another Isaac Heaton is on page 160, Miles Heaton on page 169, John "Hitton" on page 183, Ebenezer Heaton on page 192 and another John Heaton on page 199.

Jonah's household consisted of eight people, 1 free white male aged 16 and over, 5 free white males under the age of 16, and 2 free white females.9,10,11,12,13,14 
(Husband) DeathJonah became a widower when Elizabeth (__?__) Heaton died.2 
Marriage*He married Margaret __?__.2 
Death*between 1812 and 1827He died between 1812 and 1827 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.15,16 

Family 1

 Elizabeth __?__
Children 1.John Heaton+17 b. 18 Jan 1779, d. 22 Nov 1861
 2.Sarah Heaton18 b. 21 Oct 1782, d. 1 Feb 1859
 3.William Heaton19 b. 3 Mar 1789, d. 12 Sep 1849

Family 2
Child 1.Jonah Heaton1 b. 1788, d. 27 Mar 1829

Family 3

 Margaret __?__
Children 1.Elizabeth Heaton20 b. 18 Apr 1795
 2.Mary Heaton21 b. 19 Aug 1797, d. 15 Jul 1843

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 9, page 332. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 328.
  3. [S1443] U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, online at www.ancestry.com, Volume 17, 12 April 1890 application of James Heaton Baker, a great grandson of David's. Note: Although some of the information in the application may not be accurate, unless it disagrees with the Heaton II source and our own research, we have accepted it. The application stated that David was the son of Daniel Heaton and Ruth Wadsworth of Connecticut and that Daniel had been a Baptist minister. It stated that Hannah W. (Heaton) Baker, the applicant's mother, was the daughter of James Heaton and Phoebe Johnson and that James Heaton was the son of the applicant's great grandfather David. Hereinafter cited as Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
  4. [S1594] James Hughes, A Report of the Causes determined by the late Supreme Court of the District of Kentucky, and by the Court of Appeals, in which Titles of Land were in Dispute, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869), May Term 1780, Mesheck Carter vs. Samuel Oldham, pages 345-368. Hereinafter cited as Causes determined by the late Supreme Court of the District of Kentucky, and by the Court of Appeals, in which Titles of Land were in Dispute.
  5. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 328, our research notes: "Prosaue Island" probably refers to Presque Isle; we have capitalized "Indians"; Fort McQuense should probably be Fort Duquesne.
  6. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pleasant, reporting that " the Battle of Point Pleasant , known as the Battle of Kanawha in some older accounts, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, primarily between Virginia militia and Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes". Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  7. [S1596] Jonah's Run Baptist Church and Cemetery, online at http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/08/…. Hereinafter cited as Jonah's Run Baptist Church and Cemetery.
  8. [S1593] Kentucky Historical Society, The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Frankfort, Kentucky: The State Journal Company, September 1923, Supplement, Volume 21, Number 23), pages 303-304. Hereinafter cited as The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society.
  9. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, households of Isaac Heaton, John Heaton, Henry Heaton, Jonah "Eaton", Daniel Heaton and David Heaton, Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 170; Image: 100; Family History Library Film: 0568149. Hereinafter cited as 1790 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, households of John Heaton and William "Eaton", Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 158; Image: 94; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
  11. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaac Heaton, Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 160; Image: 95; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
  12. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Miles Heaton, Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 168; Image: 99; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
  13. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ebenezer Heaton, Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 192; Image: 111; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
  14. [S466] 1790 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Heaton, Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 198; Image: 114; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
  15. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 328, noting his death as "about 1812."
  16. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, pages 122-123, noting the year of his death as "1827."
  17. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 343.
  18. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 339.
  19. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, pages 328-329.
  20. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Chapter 9, page 339.
  21. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, pages 330-331.

Jonah Heaton1

b. 1841, d. 8 October 1883
Family
Relationship8th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William H. Heaton1 b. bt 1813 - 1814, d. 1866
Mother*Hannah L. Campbell1 b. 8 Dec 1814, d. 22 Jul 1889
Birth*1841Jonah Heaton was born about 1841 in Clark County, Ohio.2,3,4 
(Nephew) Census US 185024 September 1850After their father was institutionalized with mental illness, Jonah and his brother Thomas went to live with their aunt and uncle, Harriet and Abraham Heaton, where they both appeared on the 1850 census taken on 24 September 1850 in Harmony, Clark County, Ohio. Jonah was 9 and Thomas 7. The boys' mother was enumerated alone in her own household nearby and, also nearby, was the household of their grandparents John and Margaret Heaton where the boys' two other brothers, Francis and Amos, were living. In another nearby household was their uncle David Heaton with his family.5 
(Son) Census US 186018 July 1860Jonah appeared on the 1860 census taken on 18 July 1860 in the household of his mother in Harmony, Clark County, Ohio. He was 20 years old.6 
Civil War (U.S.)*1863Jonah Heaton was 23 years old, born in Ohio, single and a farmer whose residence was in the township of Harmony, Clark County, Ohio, when he was listed in 1863 in the Civil War Draft Registration records as being in the military service of the United States. He was reported as having had former military service in the 5th Ohio Artillery Regiment.7 
Marriage*1 November 1866He married Artimessa Johnson, daughter of Robert Preston Johnson and Mary Elledge, on 1 November 1866 in Douglas County, Illinois.8 
Census US 1870*20 August 1870Arta and Jonah Heaton were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 20 August 1870 in Bowdre, Douglas County, Illinois. Jonah was 29 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $700. Artimessa was 20. The couple's 2-year-old daughter Laura Ellen lived with her parents.9 
Illness* Not long after their marriage Jonah began to suffer from the same mental illness that had afflicted his father, also at a young age. Jonah, like his father, was institutionalized.8 
Census US 1880*21 June 1880Jonah Heaton appeared on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in the Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane, Anna, Union County, Illinois. He was recorded as married, about 35 years of age, a farmer who had not worked for 15 months. He was reported to be sick with insanity and insane as well as maimed, crippled or bedridden.10 
Death*8 October 1883He died on 8 October 1883 in Anna, Union County.11,12 

Family

 Artimessa Johnson b. Jul 1850, d. 11 Nov 1929

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 9, page 358. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Abraham Heaton, Harmony, Clark, Ohio; Roll: M432_666; Page: 14A; Image: 31, Jonah, his name transcribed by ancestry.com as "Jereah" was 9 years old. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 358, noting his birth in 1840.
  4. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, pages 358-359, noting his birth about 1840.
  5. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Abraham Heaton, Harmony, Clark, Ohio; Roll: M432_666; Page: 13B; Image: 31, Jonah's name was transcribed by ancestry.com as "Jereah."
  6. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Hannah L. "Eaton", Harmony, Clark, Ohio; Roll: M653_943; Page: 82; Family History Library Film: 803943. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S1588] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865.
  8. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, pages 358-359.
  9. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonah and Artimessa Heaton, Bowdre, Douglas, Illinois; Roll: M593_216; Page: 250B; Family History Library Film: 545715. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane, Anna, Union, Illinois; Roll: 254; Family History Film: 1254254; Page: 21C; Enumeration District: 113. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, page 358, noting his date of death as 7 October 1883.
  12. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 9, pages 358-359, noting his date of death as 8 October 1883.

Jonathan Heaton1

b. circa 1722, d. 1723
Family
RelationshipGreat-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*John Heaton1 b. 1690, d. Sep 1762
Mother*Sarah Roberts1 d. 1731
Birth*circa 1722Jonathan Heaton was born circa 1722 in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey,1 
Death*1723 and died in Crosswicks, "about the year 1723, being a little more than a year old."1 

Citations

  1. [S1399] Heaton. A well-researched and partially documented work on the earliest Heaton immigrants to Pennsylvania, from Yorkshire, England, in 1682. Some of the information from the website is presented here in acknowledgement that not all of the early Heatons to America were "our" Heatons, and specifically to remind us of the reasons for the confusion expressed by our Heaton family researchers over the years as they tried to distinguish between the Lincolnshire John Heaton and the Yorkshire John Heaton, the two John Heatons of Loudon County, Virginia. Online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/…, MJP Grundy (email: e-mail address); viewed on 7 July 2015, citing records in the DAR archives, "Ohio DAR GRC report, s1 v535: records of Pennsylvania families whose descendants came to Ohio / Cuyahoga Portage Chapter."

Jonathan Heaton1

b. 17 July 1762, d. 1829
Family
Relationship2nd great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Benjamin Heaton1 b. 18 May 1726, d. 12 Apr 1790
Mother*Rebecca Doan1 b. 1724, d. 25 Dec 1792
Birth*17 July 1762Jonathan Heaton was born on 17 July 1762 in Hardwick, Warren County, New Jersey.1,2 
Marriage*15 June 1791He married Anne Ware, daughter of John Ware and Grace Stackhouse, on 15 June 1791 in Sussex County, New Jersey.2 
Occupation*Jonathan was a farmer in Sussex County and owned land in Warren County, New Jersey.2 
Death*1829He died about 1829 in Sussex County.1,2 

Family

 Anne Ware b. 9 Jan 1771, d. 7 Oct 1841

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 19, page 686. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 19, page 692.

Jonathan Heaton1

b. November 1860, d. 7 September 1931
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Thomas Heaton1 b. 19 May 1823, d. 19 Apr 1890
Mother*Eliza Ann Marsh1 b. 23 Feb 1829, d. 20 Apr 1921
Birth*November 1860Jonathan Heaton was born in November 1860 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.2,1,3 
(Son) Census US 187021 July 1870Jonathan was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 21 July 1870 in the household of his parents in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was 9 years old and attending school.4 
(Son) Census US 18804 June 1880Jonathan was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 4 June 1880 in the household of his parents in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was 19 years old and at school.5 
Relocation*1900 By 1900, Jonathan had moved across the country to the state of Washington.2 
Census US 1900*11 June 1900Jonathan Heaton was enumerated as a lodger on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 at 923 4th Avenue, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. He was single, 39 years of age, and worked as a bookkeeper.2 
Death*7 September 1931He died on 7 September 1931 in Spokane at age 70.1,6 
Burial*He was buried with his parents and other unmarried siblings in Section B, Plot 221 of Hatboro Cemetery, Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.7 

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 654. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, Johnathan Heaton, lodger, Spokane Ward 2, Spokane, Washington; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0065; FHL microfilm: 1241751. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas and Eliza A. Heaton, Mooreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1158; Page: 341A; Enumeration District: 017. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas and Eliza A. Heaton, Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1377; Page: 617A; Family History Library Film: 552876. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas and Eliza A. Heaton, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Heston"), Mooreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1158; Page: 341A; Enumeration District: 017.
  6. [S1742] Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Jonathan Heaton on 7 September 1931, in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, age 70, born about 1861, parents Thomas Heaton and Eliza A Marsh. Hereinafter cited as Washington, U.S., Death Records, 1883-1960.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Heaton, Memorial# 20712260. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Jonathan Heaton1

b. 10 March 1836, d. 11 January 1901
Family
Relationship4th great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*William Heaton1 b. 31 May 1799, d. 26 Sep 1874
Mother*Elizabeth Stockdale1 b. 1801, d. 7 May 1874
Birth*10 March 1836Jonathan Heaton was born on 10 March 1836 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3 
(Son) Census US 185025 August 1850Jonathan was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 25 August 1850 in the household of his parents in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was 14 years old and attending school.4 
Marriage*10 January 1877He married Sarah Jane Clayton, daughter of Abram Clayton and Mary Hogeland, on 10 January 1877 in Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.5,6,7 
Census US 1880*11 June 1880Sarah Jane and Jonathan Heaton were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 10 and 11 June 1880 in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Jonathan was 44 years of age and a farmer, and Sarah Jane was 36 years of age and keeping house. Their baby boy, Harry C., was one year old. Jonathan's sister, Mary, and her husband, John A. Leedom, were enumerated in the preceding household on the census page.8 
Census US 1900*1 June 1900Sarah J. and Jonathan Heaton were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 1 June 1900 in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Johnathan was 64 years of age and a farmer, and Sarah J. was 57 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 24 years, and Sarah had given birth to two children, both of whom were enumerated with their parents in 1900. Harry was 21 years old and Walter was age 18, and both were attending school. Also residing in the household was Jonathan's nephew, Grant Heaton, son Jonathan's brother George, who was deceased. Grant was single, 27 years of age and worked as a laborer on his uncle's farm. A second farm laborer, Joseph Lynch, was 63 years of age, born in Ireland, and recorded as a boarder; and Lillian Freeman, who was recorded as Black, born in Virginia, and 19 years old, worked for the family as a servant.9 
Death*11 January 1901He died on 11 January 1901 at age 641,2 
Burial* and was buried in Section B, Plot 219 of Hatboro Cemetery, Hatboro, Montgomery County.2 

Family

 Sarah Jane Clayton b. 11 Sep 1842, d. 4 Dec 1908
Children 1.Harry Clayton Heaton3 b. Jul 1878, d. 1937
 2.Walter Yerkes Heaton3 b. 13 Nov 1881, d. 9 Jun 1952

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 652-653. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Heaton, Memorial# 20712246. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 661-662.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Elizabeth Heaton, Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 800; Page: 388b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S1847] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online at www.ancestry.com citing original data from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 546 and Methodist Church Records. Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Eastern Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Commission on Archives and History; marriage of Jonathan Heaton and Sarah J Clayton on 10 January 1877 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, at Zion Protestant Episcopal Church, referencing Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Reel# 978. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sarah J Heaton, Memorial# 20712283.
  7. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Sarah Jane Heaton, certificate# 121368, age 65, widow, born on 10 September 1843 in Pennsylvania, died on 15 December 1908 in Rockledge, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, parents Abram Clayton and Mary Hogeland, burial 7 December 1908. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972.
  8. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan and Sarah Jane Heaton, Mooreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1158; Page: 338A; Enumeration District: 017. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan and Sarah J. Heaton, Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0227; FHL microfilm: 1241443. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Jonathan Heaton1,2,3,4

b. 31 July 1762, d. 9 January 1819
Family
Relationship2nd great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Davis Heaton1,3,4 b. 1737, d. 18 Jun 1778
Mother*Susannah Jones1,3,4 b. 1743, d. 17 Jan 1827
Birth*31 July 1762Jonathan Heaton was born on 31 July 1762 in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.5 
Name VariationThe source reported his name as Jonathan D. Heaton.1 
(Son) Death18 June 1778Jonathan was 15 years old when his father died on 18 June 1778 at about age 40.1,2 
(Son) Marriage11 December 1779When he was 17 years old, on 11 December 1779, Jonathan's mother married a second time to Joseph Morris in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. It may not have been a happy marriage, as Joseph was described as a self-indulgent man, "a noisy fellow who never did much good, and was no credit to the name of Morris."6,7,8,3,4,9 
Administration*9 December 1783When Jonathan reached the age of 21 years, he was appointed Administrator for the estate of his father Davis Heaton, late of Hilltown Township, Bucks County, yeoman, deceased. As Administrator, Jonathan petitioned the Orphans' Court of Bucks County on 9 December 1783 to audit and settle the estate's account and also to appoint guardians for his minor siblings. Stating he had received and discharged several sums of money due to, and from, the said estate, by reason of the several contracts defending, he therefor prayed his Worships to appoint suitable men to audit and settle the same and make a report thereof the next Term. And likewise, to appoint guardians over his siblings, Robert, Jesse, Mary and Thomas Heaton, who were all minors under fourteen years of age.

Upon considering the prayers in the petition submitted by the Administrator, Jonathan Heaton, son of the deceased Davis Heaton, the court appointed Cadwallader Morris, John Kelly and Ebenezer Owen to settle the accounts of his Administration and make a report thereof. Cadwallader Morris was an older brother of Joseph Morris, who would later marry Jonathan's widowed mother, Susannah (Jones) Heaton.2 
Guardianship*9 December 1783On the same date of 9 December 1783, in response to the petition by Jonathan Heaton, Administrator of his deceased father's estate, regarding his siblings, the Orphans' Court of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, appointed their uncle, Thomas Jones, guardian for the deceased's and Susannah (Jones) Heaton's minor children, all under the age of 14 years, Robert, Jesse, Mary and Thomas Heaton, to take care of them, and their estate.10,2 
Auditors' Report*4 December 1784Cadwallader Morris, John Kelly and Ebenezer Owen, who were appointed on 9 December 1783 by the Orphans' Court of Bucks County to audit and settle the accounts of Jonathan Heaton, Administrator for the estate of Davis Heaton, late of Hilltown in the county aforesaid, made their report to the court on 4 December 1784. Stating that in obedience of the said order, they had met and examined the accounts exhibited by the Administrator, and presented to the court their itemized list of assets and debts of the estate of Davis Heaton, deceased. The written report they submitted and signed identified debts of the estate exceeding assets by more than £200.11 
Estate*13 December 1784Jonathan again petitioned the Orphans' Court after receiving a copy of the auditors' report listing the assets and liabilities of his father's estate. He stated that the debts against the Estate amounted to upwards of £200 more than the personal estate would discharge, as appeared by the settlement of the estate by the auditors, and accordingly requested the court to grant an order to sell the real estate of the deceased consisting of 100 acres of land situate in Hilltown Township in order to enable him to discharge the said debts. The court approved the request on 13 December 1784, to allow the sale of the said real estate by the Administrator, according to Law, and to discharge the debts in the petition mentioned and make a report thereof to the next Orphans' Court.12 
Marriage*1785He married Rachel Lewis, daughter of Zachariah Lewis and Sarah __?__, about 1785.13,14 
Occupation*Jonathan and Rachel were farmers, and remained in Bucks County their entire lives.15 
Death*9 January 1819He died on 9 January 1819 in New Britain, Bucks County, at age 5616,17,18,19 
Burial* and was buried in Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery Upper, Perkasie, Bucks County.17,20 

Family

 Rachel Lewis
Children 1.Mary Heaton15 b. 14 Sep 1787, d. 30 Sep 1823
 2.Thomas Heaton15 b. 10 May 1790, d. 22 May 1827
 3.Sarah Heaton+15 b. 8 Jul 1793, d. 25 Apr 1875
 4.Lewis Heaton+15 b. 6 Sep 1795, d. 25 Dec 1831
 5.William Heaton+15 b. 31 May 1799, d. 26 Sep 1874
 6.Elizabeth Heaton+15 b. 27 May 1803, d. 1877

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 649. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S2036] Bucks County Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Orphans' court records, 1683-1866; General index to the Orphans' Court records, 1683-1958. Microfilm of the original records at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on 16 microfilm reels; (Volume 13 is missing.) Digital Collection available online: Film# 172917, Volume B, page 233, image 140 of 287, Estate of Davis Heaton #794, Petition for Audit and Guardians; viewed online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans' court records, 1683-1866.
  3. [S2025] Joy Heaton Tucci, "Heaton Researcher Joy Heaton Tucci Email Messages," online at e-mail address to LHB, multiple dates, with an attachment of one page believed to be from An Historical Account of Some of the Welsh Settlers of Hilltown and New Britain by Reverend Joseph Mathias with Additional Facts by Edward Mathews made in 1876 found on the Turner-Toce Ancestry Tree published by Marianna Toce. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Researcher Email Messages."
  4. [S2040] An Historical Account of some of the Welsh Settlers of Hilltown and New Britain by Rev. Joseph Mathias with Additional Facts by Edward Mathews made in 1876, online at https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/12624405/…. It was found as a one-page hand-written fragment attached to an Ancestry tree. It is not known if the original source was hand-written, and the page copied directly from it, or if the page is a hand-written transcription. Therefore, the information may or may not be correct and should be questioned until further information becomes available. Hereinafter cited as An Historical Account of some of the Welsh Settlers of Hilltown and New Britain.
  5. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 649-650.
  6. [S1913] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Joseph Morris and Susannah "Eaton" on 11 December 1779 in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.
  7. [S2037] Edward Mathews, The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Landsdale, Pennsylvania: Arthur K. Thomas, 1884), Chapter XVI. The children of Gwently Thomas, page 66, Joseph Morris. Hereinafter cited as The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a.
  8. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 649, reporting his name as Cadwallander Morris.
  9. [S2025] Joy Heaton Tucci, "Heaton Researcher Email Messages", with an attachment of two screen shots, one from an Ancestry Tree of an indexed record, and the second of the indexed page, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1743-1970, marriage of Susannah "Eaton" and Joseph Morris on 11 December 1779 in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
  10. [S2025] Joy Heaton Tucci, "Heaton Researcher Email Messages", with an attachment from www.familysearch.org, Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Bucks County Orphans' Court Records, 1776-1787, Volume B, 1784, image#140 of 287, listing the names of Davis Heaton's minor children.
  11. [S2036] Bucks County Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans' court records, 1683-1866: Film# 172917, Volume B, page 312, image 184 of 287, Estate of Davis Heaton, deceased #794, Report of Auditors.
  12. [S2036] Bucks County Pennsylvania Orphans' Court, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphans' court records, 1683-1866: Film# 172917, Volume B, page 302, image 178 of 287, Estate of Davis Heaton, deceased #794, Petition for Sale.
  13. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 650, reporting her surname as either Lewis or Rutherford.
  14. [S1614] Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, Bucks, Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825, image# 561 of 713, abstract#2007, referencing page 209, Zachariah Lewis of Warrington Township, yeoman, will dated 4 June 1809 and proved on 31 May 1811. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993.
  15. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 650.
  16. [S2025] Joy Heaton Tucci, "Heaton Researcher Email Messages", with an attachment of Jonathan Heaton's death notice from the Correspondent, and Farmers' Advertiser, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday Morning, 26 January 1919, page 1: Died "in New Britain Township, on the 9th instant, Mr. Jonathan Heaton, aged about 45 years."
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathon Heaton, Memorial# 55715078. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  18. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 649, reporting his death on 9 January 1819.
  19. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 650, reporting his death on 8 January 1849.
  20. [S2025] Joy Heaton Tucci, "Heaton Researcher Email Messages", with an attachment of a screen shot from www.findagrave.com of the record for Jonathan Heaton ID# 55715078.

Jonathan Heaton1

b. 10 December 1750, d. 17 July 1837
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Seth Heaton1 b. 3 Feb 1710/11, d. 3 Jun 1797
Mother*Thankful Field1 b. 1717, d. 16 Feb 1792
(Son) Relocation1734Before he was born, and while his father was still in his early 20s, he was one of the seven proprietors who arrived in Upper Ashuelot, Keene’s original name, to open the dense forest for settlement. It was at Heaton’s log cabin where three of the settlers made the first attempt to winter in the area. Threat of starvation, however, made the venture unsuccessful. By February they were forced to return to Massachusetts to await warmer weather.2 
(Son) Research Notes We note that several of births of the children of Thankful and Seth Heaton were recorded in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire which makes it difficult to accurately determine their actual places of birth. We add to this our suspicion regarding the date of 1749 reported in the "Oldest house" article as Seth Heaton's second arrival and his family's subsequent residence in Upper Ashuelot, which later became Keene, New Hampshire. Our conclusion is that the dates don't actually matter. It all happened a long time ago, and Seth and his family were very early pioneers to the area. Their story -- and their house is a wonderful thing for the descendants of Seth and Thankful (Field) Heaton to know, and also for the town of Keene, New Hampshire, to celebrate.2 
(Son) ResidenceAfter Indian hostilities lessened, his father returned to Upper Ashuelot and found charred ruins where his log cabin and small orchard once stood. On land across the pathway from his first home he built the low-framed farmhouse that, although extensively remodeled, still stands at 500 Marlboro Street.

Four of Seth and Thankful's children served in the Revolutionary War. At the time of his death in 1797, he owned several hundred acres of land in the Beech Hill area, all of which he willed to his children. Remarkably, descendants of Seth and Thankful Heaton lived in the house until 1962, when the property was sold.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, hobos, who were usually penniless migrant workers, “rode the rails” into Cheshire County during warm weather months looking for any kind of work. The Cheshire Railroad tracks ran behind the Heaton backyard. Freight trains coming into Keene from the south had to slow down for the Eastern Avenue crossing. Stories were told that hobos would jump off the train onto the Heaton backyard and knock on the back door. They would offer to mow the lawn, split firewood or do other chores in exchange for a hearty meal that the residents were known to provide as compensation.

Although the house has been extensively remodeled through the years, it continues to capture the interest of historically minded citizens as “the oldest house in Keene,” so designated by the Ashuelot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Clicking the camera icon will take you to the Heaton house as it was in years past.2
Birth*10 December 1750Jonathan Heaton was born on 10 December 1750 in Keene, New Hampshire.1,3,4 
Marriage*22 October 1780He married, as her second husband, Thankful (Sawyer) Clark, daughter of Nathaniel Sawyer and Mary Houghton, on 22 October 1780 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.5,6 
(Son) Will8 January 1793When Jonathan's father, Seth Heaton of Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, prepared his will dated 8 January 1793, he named his four older sons, David Heaton, William Heaton, Jonathan Heaton and Luther Heaton, his two deceased daughters, Huldah Butterfield and Anna Griggs, his daughter, Susanna Mann, and his youngest son, Samuel Heaton, whom he also appointed as his Executor. To his beloved son Jonathan Heaton, he gave and bequeathed Twenty-three pounds Lawful money to be paid unto him by his Executor out of his estate in one year after his decease.7 
(Husband) Death15 August 1835Jonathan became a widower when Thankful (Sawyer) Heaton died on 15 August 1835 at age 82.5,8 
Death*17 July 1837He died on 17 July 1837 in Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, at age 861,4 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Four Corners Cemetery, Sullivan.5 

Family

 Thankful Sawyer b. 8 Oct 1752, d. 15 Aug 1835

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 2, page 22. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S3051] The Way We Were: Oldest House in Keene, article dated 26 August 2008 by Marjorie Whalen Smith for the Heritage Commission of Keene, New Hampshire, and posted to Ancestry by Judy Martin Hindes on 25 October 2020, originally published by the Heritage Commission of the City of Keene, New Hampshire, online at https://keenenh.gov/. Hereinafter cited as The Way We Were: Oldest House in Keene.
  3. [S2588] New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Jonathan Heaton, son of Seth Heaton and Thankful Field, on 10 December 1750 in Keene, New Hampshire, USA, citing Birth Certificates, 1631-1919; Archive: New Hampshire Department of State; Location: Concord, New Hampshire; Credit: The Original Document May Be Seen At the New Hampshire Department of State. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Heaton, Memorial# 32114981. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 2, page 23.
  6. [S2593] New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Jonathan Heaton of Keene, New Hampshire and Thankful Clark of Lancaster, Massachusetts on 22 October 1780 in Keene, New Hampshire, referencing Box# 659 and citing New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971.
  7. [S2592] New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, online at www.ancestry.com, probate for Seth Heaton opened on 3 July 1797 in Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA, his will dated 8 January 1793, Case# 85, referencing Estate Files, H64-H135, 1792-1806, and citing Probate Estate Files, 1769-1885; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County); Probate Place: Cheshire, New Hampshire. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thankful (Sawyer) Heaton, Memorial# 32115959.

Joseph Heaton1

b. 1788, d. 12 November 1873
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel (#1)
Descendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel (#2)
Father*John Heaton1 b. b 1756, d. 1823
Mother*Sarah Warden1 b. 2 Feb 1763
Birth*1788Joseph Heaton was born in 1788 in Berkeley County, Virginia.1 
Relocation*He spent his early years in Fayette County and Greene County, Pennsylvania, and then moved with his parents to Greene County, Ohio.2,3 
War of 1812*While living near Xenia, Greene County, Joseph Heaton served in the War of 1812 under Captain Martin Shuey.4 
Marriage*He married his 2nd cousin Nancy Heaton, daughter of Henry Heaton and Martha Morgan.5,1 
Residence*After their marriage, Nancy and Joseph Heaton lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.4 
(Husband) Death6 January 1858Joseph became a widower when Nancy (Heaton) Heaton died in 6 January 1858.5 
Death*12 November 1873He died on 12 November 18736,7 
Burial* and was buried in what is now called the Tent Presbyterian Cemetery, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.7 

Family

 Nancy Heaton b. 1792, d. 6 Jan 1858

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 5, pages 167-168. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 5, page 168.
  3. [S1569] George F. Robinson, History of Greene County, Ohio : embracing the organization of the county, its division into townships, sketches of local interest gleaned from the pioneers from 1803 to 1840, together with a roster of the Revolution and the War of 1812 who were residing in the county; also a roster of ten thousand of the early settlers from 1803-1840, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Includes index. (Tucson, Arizona: W.C. & Cox Co, 1974; Microfilm of original published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1902), John Heaton Sr., pages 66-67. Hereinafter cited as History of Greene County, Ohio.
  4. [S1569] George F. Robinson, History of Greene County, Ohio, page 253.
  5. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 7, pages 264-267.
  6. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 5, pages 167-168, noting his date of death as October 1873.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph Heaton, Memorial# 61447618. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Joseph Heaton1

b. 11 October 1821, d. 9 September 1862
Family
Relationship3rd great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*William Heaton1 b. 1764, d. bt 1842 - 1843
Mother*Mary Barton1 b. 1 Jan 1788, d. 29 Mar 1867
Birth*11 October 1821Joseph Heaton was born on 11 October 1821 near Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland.1 
Marriage*25 November 1847He married Catherine Weldon on 25 November 1847 in Meigs County, Ohio.1 
Religion*Joseph and Catherine were tireless church workers.1 
Death*9 September 1862He died on 9 September 1862 in Meigs County, Ohio, at just 40 years of age.1 

Family

 Catherine Weldon b. 1819, d. 12 Sep 1878

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume II, Chapter 20, pages 796-797. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Joseph Gilman Heaton1,2

b. 6 September 1794, d. August 1869
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William Heaton1 b. 7 Feb 1746/47
Mother*Elizabeth McNeil1
(Uncle) Vocation1880In the last decade of his life, beginning about 1880, Gilman's nephew, Grove L. Heaton, son of Gilman's brother, Luther Heaton, wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York. His articles were published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. They were transcribed by Douglas Shepard in 2014, and we found them at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/Hanover_Heaton_Stories.htm on the Chautauqua County GenWeb site. Also included are Heaton's letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad and background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which contained his writings. People featured in his stories who are also in our Heaton Project include the author's father, Luther Heaton, his uncles, Gilman Heaton, Cyrus Heaton and Nehemiah Heaton and Nehemiah's brother-in-law, Asa Gage Jr.3,4,5,6,7 
Birth*6 September 1794Gilman Heaton was born on 6 September 1794 in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont.1,2 
Name VariationThe Heaton Families II source reported that his full name was Gilman Heaton, although "almost all records listed him as Gilman". We also note that his name on the record of his birth was Gilman.1,2 
(Brother) DeathDecember 1815 In December 1815, his brother, Nehemiah, who was about 30 years of age, drowned in Lake Erie near Buffalo, Erie County, New York. He had been rowing to Buffalo to pay for his mill machinery. The Chautauqua County, New York source reported his death in the Spring of 1816 and his Find a Grave memorial reported it in December 1815. The published writings of Nehemiah's nephew, Grove L. Heaton, contained the sad story of Nehemiah's tragic death. Douglas Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article follows:

"Up to that time the winter had been very open, and there had no ice formed in the lake. Heaton took his man, John Johnson, and another young man by the name of Williams, whom he also had in his employ, and with a yawl-boat started for Buffalo. They left the mouth of Silver Creek soon as it was light enough for them to see clearly, expecting, if they had good weather, to reach Buffalo by nightfall. Johnson and Williams each applied themselves to rowing the boat, while Heaton sat in the stern steering. About an hour after leaving, and when about off the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek there came up one of those sudden windstorms accompanied with snow, that this climate is noted for. The first gust of wind took Heaton’s hat into the lake, and on his making a sudden spring to recover it, he lost his balance and went into the lake head foremost. When he arose to the surface, he was out of reach of the boat or anything to assist himself with.

"He probably realized his situation, and sung out to the men in the boat to throw him an oar. In the excitement of the moment both men threw their oars, neither of which came within Mr. Heaton’s reach. After throwing both oars, the men were left in the boat perfectly powerless to assist their employer, who in a short time disappeared beneath the angry waves. Mr. Heaton was an expert swimmer, but being encumbered with a heavy overcoat with a large cape, or series of capes, such as they wore in those days, and the water being very cold, he was only able to support himself above water a short time. The wind and snow was increasing fearfully, and the men, Johnson and Williams, were in the boat entirely helpless and at the mercy of the waves. The boat drifted to the shore, reaching the beach about a mile below Cattaraugus Creek. The men were enabled to land with no further injury to themselves than a thorough wetting. Their lot was very different from that of their employer. He who had left his home in the prime of manhood, so full of life, and hope, and [?] was then a lifeless corpse at the bottom of Lake Erie. The two men returned home the same evening, and when the sad intelligencewas spread among the community it cast a great gloom over them all.

"Although Mr. Heaton had been a resident here but about a year, he had become generally known through this section of the county, and was looked upon as one of the most enterprising and valuable citizens in the county. The friends immediately offered a reward for the recovery of the body, but it was not until the first week in June following, when a party of four of the Indians from the Cattaraugus reservation, who had assisted in building the dam, were on their way to the mouth of Eighteen-mile Creek on a fishing expedition, while walking along the beach, a short distance from above Sturgeon Point, they discovered the body partly covered in the sand. They recognized the body at once; and, while two of them came here to notify the friends, the other two remained watching the body until their companions with others returned.

"What speaks well for the honesty of the Indians, Mr. H. was on his way to Buffalo to settle up for the machinery and supplies they had purchased through the past summer for their mills, and had a large sum of money, which was in bank-bills, with him. The money was in a package in the breast pocket of the inside coat. When the friends reached the body, they found the coats—both coats—snugly buttoned as they were at the time he was drowned, and the money had not been disturbed. The coats had burst open along the back by the bloating of the body.

Two days before the finding of the remains of Mr. H., his wife died, but had not yet been interred. The funerals of the two were held at the same time, and their remains lay side by side in Hanover Center cemetery."4,8,9,10 
(Brother) OccupationJune 1825 By June 1825, thinking he could be more prosperous as a merchant than in the wagon and carriage business, Gilman's brother, Luther, opened the first grocery store in the town of Hanover. Its location was almost directly across the street from where the big black walnut tree, which had blown down in April 1822, lay upon the ground. The published writings of Luther's son, Grove L. Heaton, contained a fascinating story of the multiple lives of that famous black walnut tree. Transcriber, Douglas H. Shepard, in his 2014 "Background Information", noted that, "one of the notable aspects of Grove Heaton’s earlier writings was his formal style, always referring to himself with the editorial “we,” and when writing about his father, always referring to him distantly as “Mr. Heaton" or "Mr. H." We also note that in Grove's article about the tree, his father, Luther Heaton, has a starring role, and two of his father's older brothers, Nehemiah and Gilman, are also mentioned, although Gilman's name is spelled "Gilham". Nehemiah's brother-in-law, Asa Gage Jr., is also mentioned. Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article about the famous tree follows:

"We must also diverge from our biography of Mr. Heaton and give a history of the Big Black Walnut Tree, which was without doubt by far the largest tree that has ever been found east of the Rocky Mountains. Young’s History of Chautauqua Co. underrates this tree as to size. A section of thirteen feet of this tree was cut off and after the bark was taken from it was measured with a cord or small rope and found to be 31 feet in circumference, and after all the decayed wood was hewn and cut away it left a shell of very uniform thickness of about four inches and it was over 10 feet in diameter. This tree grew partly in the highway, or rather when the highway was surveyed the line took in about one-half the tree, the other half standing on the Fayette mill property.

"When the administrators of Nehemiah Heaton’s estate and Mr. Thomas Kidder sold the Fayette mill property to Platt and Levi Rogers they reserved all their rights and interest in the big black walnut with the privilege of its standing or if it fell down remaining until they were ready to remove it. Very soon after Mr. Heaton got his grocery store under way, he conceived the idea of utilizing a portion of this tree as an annex to his grocery. Up to that time the tree lay just as it fell when blown down some three years previous. There had not been a move made to improve it or remove it as far as any one knew any talk about it. Luther Heaton obtained from Mr. Kidder and the administrators the right and privilege of cutting off a portion of it and using it as previously stated. If at any time they had an opportunity of disposing of it at a suitable price he was to surrender it by their paying him the expense of his improvements after deducting a reasonable compensation for rent [?]

"Mr. Heaton employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk, the father of Mr. Russel Fisk, now residing in Forestville, to superintend the cutting of the tree and making all necessary improvements. When this section was cut off free from the roots and the other portion of the body, it required four yokes of oxen and the assistance of about a dozen oxen (?) to roll it out into the street where it could be conveniently worked around. It was after this was accomplished that the bark was taken off and the decayed wood was hewn and cut away. This required the services of three or four men 4 or 5 days and when completed Mr. Gilham Heaton, “another member of the brotherhood of Heatons” who just then rode up on horseback got off his horse and led the animal through the shell, then mounted the horse and rode him through by laying his head down along side the horse's neck. It was said the horse was quite a large one.

"The next operation was to cut a doorway through. This was done by sawing or cutting out a strip thirty inches wide and eight feet high. When the shell was up this door was hung with some strap hinges made by Asa Gage from large bar iron and firmly bolted with three-fourth inch bolts running through the wood. This shell was found to be knotty and curly, almost as hard as lignum vitae. When these improvements were complete the shell was rolled across the street to a spot that had been prepared for it alongside the grocery building and placed up on end with the door fronting the street. This again required the assistance of about the same number of men that it would to raise a large barn.

"After it was in position the next move was to put on a roof and put down a floor. Mr. Heaton also had a seat put inside commencing at one side of the door and running around to the other side which gave a seating capacity of the entire shell except the doorway. It has been stated that twenty full grown persons were comfortably seated in this shell at one time. Mr. H. had a round table made which was some four feet across the top and placed in the center of the shell. At that early period it was the custom for nearly all merchants and grocery keepers as well as taverns and inns to sell liquor and Mr. H. among the others practiced that, but during the time he was running this grocery an incident occurred which we shall speak of hereafter that caused him to become one of the most ultra total abstinence men of that or any other age.

"Mr. Heaton kept several bottles of liquor, a pitcher of water, crackers and cheese and other edibles on the round table. At that time there were large numbers daily of foot travelers, many times as high as twenty to twenty-five, also large numbers of teams, people moving west, nearly all of whom gave the big black walnut tree a call and took a drink or sat down and rested from their long walk. From this it acquired the title of a grocery being kept in a tree.

"Mr. H. had not had the tree in occupancy but a short time before it was whispered that others aspired to become its owners. It was also stated that the highway commissioners laid claim to it or a portion of it. Finally two people, one by the name of Roberts, residing near Fredonia, the other Stearns, residing in Hanover, purchased the interest of the town in the shell for a nominal sum and were about to take legal steps to gain possession of it when the other parties interested thought advisable to avoid a long and perhaps expensive litigation and disposed of their interest to the other parties. But Mr. Heaton was a loser in the operation of nearly the whole amount of the expense he had been at in fitting it up. Had not Mr. H. taken the matter in hand and had that portion of the tree cut off and fitted up it is probable that it would have remained where it lay until it was burned up to get it out the way as was done with a large portion of the remainder.

"Mr. Heaton gave the purchasers of the tree possession of it the first week of September 1825. They immediately set themselves to work to get it to Buffalo. They arranged with (one informant was not quite sure but felt positive) Walter Smith, a merchant of Dunkirk, who was the owner of a small schooner known as the Dunkirk Packet, to tow the shell to Buffalo. The size prohibited it from being taken on board any vessel on the lake at that time. The new owner employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk to superintend taking the shell to the lake and launching it. Mr. Fisk had a sort of carriage of trucks constructed by sawing off the ends of the largest sugar maple logs he could find. These were eight or ten inches through. They were trimmed into truck wheels with axles long enough so the shell could lay between the wheels. This truck was complete and the shell loaded upon it ready to be started on a Saturday noon.

"The schooner in the meantime had come from Dunkirk and lay off the mouth of Silver Creek at anchor waiting. They hitched two strings of five yoke of oxen in each to the trucks and in the first start the reach gave way and the forward trucks pulled from under the load. This required rolling off the shell and repairing the trucks which took until late Saturday night. Very early on Sunday morning they made a new start and this time were more successful. They hauled it down through Main street of this village. The writer, although then a young boy of five years of age, remembers well of being called up early that Sunday morning to take a last look of the big black walnut, as it passed his father’s residence. They crossed Silver Creek at what is now known as Howard Street Crossing (that was long previous to the opening of Dunkirk street) then down through Newbury street to the lake where it was launched into Lake Erie and the vessel succeeded in making fast to it and got under way the same afternoon.

"They were fortunate in having good weather and reached Buffalo the next a.m. The proprietors had a rough board shanty erected near where Pratt & Co’s Hardware store is now situated, and as soon as they could do so they got their White Elephant (for such it proved to be to them) on shore and inside the shanty ready for exhibition. Up to this time their expenses had been far greater than they anticipated and it was said their funds ran short before their tree was taken on shore and they were compelled to borrow and pledge their property for security. It was not long after they were ready for exhibition before bad wet weather came on which continued nearly all that fall and their receipts did but little more than meet their daily expenses.

"Our informant was unable to state positively but was of the opinion that late in the fall the owners abandoned the tree and let it go into the hands of the parties from whom they borrowed money. This much is certain, the next Spring the tree had new owners who as soon as the canal opened made preparations to take it to New York. When they came to take measurement they found they would be unable to get it into an open canal boat even and have it pass under many of the bridges between Buffalo and Albany; they were compelled to resort to sawing it longitudinally into two parts and placing them into an open boat. On arrival at New York they were taken out and set up in a rough board shanty in the vicinity of where the City Hall now stands. The two parts were held together by strips of bar iron riveted or bolted through the timber. They were put together quite neatly so that a person that did not know would not imagine that they ever were separate parts.

"The proprietors had some other minor attractions but the tree itself drew immense crowds and the receipts in New York were as much greater than expected as they were less in Buffalo. It soon became the great attraction of the city and was visited by not only all the prominent officials of the city but by the Governor and other prominent men of the state. It was sold three times during its stay in New York. The proprietors of the museum paying $1,500 for it and in the winter or late in the fall of 1827 sold it for $2,000 to go to London. It was exhibited at four or five different points in London during the first three years it was there but was finally purchased by a museum company, who were compelled to take out a part of the wall or side of their building in order to get it inside and there it remained until the building with the tree in it was destroyed by fire some 20 or 25 years ago, which was the end of the Big Black Walnut from the town of Hanover."3,5 
Marriage*1827He married Anna Mosher about 1827 in New York.11,1 
Census US 1850*17 September 1850Ann and Joseph G. Heaton, their surname spelled "Eaton" by the census taker, were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 17 September 1850 in Granby, Oswego County, New York. Joseph was 56 years of age and a laborer with real estate valued at $100, and Ann was 45 years of age. Their six unmarried children were enumerated with them in 1850. James, Charles and Calvin were ages 22, 20 and 18 years, respectively, and all were working as boatmen; Chauncy, Martha and Lafayette were ages 13, 10, and 7 years, respectively, and had all attended school within the census year. The couple's married daughter, Caroline, with her husband, Lawrence Churchill, and their three young children were enumerated nearby in 1850, in the last household at the bottom of the same census page.12,13 
Census US 1860*13 June 1860Gilman Heaton was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 13 June 1860 in the household of Joel and Arvillah Pagin in Frankville, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Gilman had been born in Vermont, was 66 years of age and was working as a farm laborer.14 
Death*August 1869He died of consumption in August 1869 in Union Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois, at age 74. His name was recorded as Joseph Heaton.15 

Family

 Anna Mosher b. 1805
Children 1.Caroline Heaton+16,17 b. 30 Jun 1820, d. 15 Sep 1906
 2.James Andrew Heaton+1 b. Oct 1829, d. 4 Sep 1903
 3.Charles H. Heaton1 b. 1832
 4.Calvin L. Heaton1 b. 1834
 5.Chauncey L. Heaton1 b. 1838, d. 24 Apr 1899
 6.Martha Ann Heaton+1 b. 30 May 1840, d. 28 Oct 1916
 7.Lafayette H. Heaton1 b. 8 Jul 1843

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 2, page 33. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S1683] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Gilman Heaton on 6 September 1794 in Grafton, Vermont, USA, son of William Heaton and Elizabeth Heaton, referencing New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. Hereinafter cited as Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908.
  3. [S2609] Grove L. Heaton, "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…; contains articles by Grove L. Heaton on the early history of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. The articles were transcribed by Douglas Shepard who also wrote a substantial introduction. Copied and pasted into a Word document, so we could study it, the website page grew to 95 pages. Shepard's introduction follows:
    Grove L. Heaton (1820 – 1890) and his accounts of Early Hanover, New York By Douglas H. Shepard, 2014
    "In the last decade of his life, Grove L. Heaton wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in early Hanover. Those stories are transcribed herein as FC 1 through FC 15, and as SCN1 through SCN5. Also included as FC16 is Heaton’s letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad. The transcriptions are preceded by background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which featured his writings. In the transcriptions, most of Heaton’s spelling, punctuation, and syntax have been preserved. Where changes were required for clarity, they are noted by brackets. In many cases, paragraph separation has been added for readability"; Background Information by Douglas H. Shepard, 2014. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton.
  4. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC3, The Fredonia Censor 20 February 1884, More Early History of the Town of Hanover.
  5. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC6, The Fredonia Censor 19 March 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  6. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC7, The Fredonia Censor 2 April 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  7. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, The Fredonia Censor 17 March 1886, On The Underground Railroad.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Nehemiah Heaton, Memorial# 67688770, reporting his drowning death in December of 1815. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  9. [S2604] Frederick Ward Kates, compiler, Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York (Jamestown, New York: The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the America Revolution, 1981), Asa Gage, Town of Hanover, Smith Mills Cemetery, pages 163-166, reporting Nehemiah's death by drowning in the spring of 1816. Hereinafter cited as Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York.
  10. [S2607] Marion Thomas, "Once Upon A Time", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/Once/Once1.htm. Hereinafter cited as "Once Upon A Time" by Marion Thomas.
  11. [S2122] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1943, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Charles Hy Heaton, age 65, born in Morpeth, Ontario, son of Joseph G Heaton and Annie Moncher Heaton, married Nellie Nicholls, age 30, born in England, daughter of Joseph Prior and Annie Mead, on 19 September 1896 in Essex, Ontario, Canada, referencing Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928, Reel# 88. Hereinafter cited as Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1943.
  12. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph G. and Ann "Eaton", The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Granby, Oswego, New York; Roll: 576; Page: 23a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lawrence and Caroline Churchill, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Granby, Oswego, New York; Roll: 576; Pages: 23a-23b.
  14. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of Gilman Heaton as a farm laborer in the household of Joel and Arvillah Pagin, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Frankville, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: M653_345; Page: 665; Family History Library Film: 803345. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  15. [S1691] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Joseph Heaton from Consumption in August 1869, age 76, Married, carpenter, died in Union Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois, born about 1793 in Vermont, USA, referencing the 1870 Mortality Census for Channahon, Will, Illinois, USA, Line 5, citing the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C., Archive Collection: T1133, Roll Number: 60, census year 1869, Channahon, Will, Illinois. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Caroline (Heaton) Churchel, Memorial# 31282587.
  17. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 15 September 1906 in Union Township, Whitley County, Indiana, USA, of Caroline Churchill, age 86, Widow of Lawrence Churchill, born 30 June 1820 to Joseph Heaton and Annie Mosher in New York, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1906; Roll: 15. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.

Joseph W. Heaton1,2

b. 6 June 1806, d. 25 May 1872
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Ebenezer Heaton1 b. 18 Jun 1750, d. 12 Jan 1837
Mother*Joannah Sutton1 b. 21 May 1761, d. Apr 1837
Birth*6 June 1806Joseph W. Heaton was born on 6 June 1806 in Preble County, Ohio.1,3,4 
Name VariationHe was called Joe.2 
Marriage*16 August 1827He married Edy Peppers on 16 August 1827 in Fayette County, Indiana.5,6 
Occupation*Joe was a farmer in Henry County, Indiana.2 
Census US 1850*26 August 1850Edith and Joseph Heaton were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 26 August 1850 in Wayne, Henry County, Indiana. Joseph was a farmer, 44 years of age with real estate valued at $1,000. Edith was 43. The three youngest of the couple's surviving children lived with their parents in 1850. Joannah was 16, Eli was 14 and Marietta was 6. All three of the children, born in Indiana, had attended school within the year.7 
Taxation*between 1863 and 1866 During the Civil War, when the first Federal income tax was levied to help pay for the Union war effort, Joseph was taxed in Henry County, Indiana, on both his income and also on his horse and carriage. In 1863, in Wayne Township, he was taxed $1.75 on his income and on 1 horse and carriage; in 1864, in Wayne, he was taxed $2.31 on his occupation as a physician; in 1865, in Knightstown, he was taxed $1.70 for his carriage, but not for his income, and in 1866 in Knightstown he was taxed $1.00 for his carriage.8 
Death*25 May 1872He died on 25 May 1872 in Wayne, Henry County, Indiana, at age 651,2,9 
Burial* and was buried in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County. The transcription on his gravestone gave his age as 65 years, 11 months and 19 days.9 

Family

 Edith Peppers b. 1807, d. 16 Oct 1873

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 10, page 380. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 10, page 383.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 10, page 383, noting his date of birth as 6 Jun 1806 in Warren or Butler County, Ohio.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph W. Heaton, Memorial# 46896102, reporting his birth as 6 June 1806 in Preble County, Ohio. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 10, page 383, noting the marriage date as 15 August 1827.
  6. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, FHL Film Number: 469764, Reference ID: page 41, recording their marriage date as 16 August 1827. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  7. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph Heaton, Wayne, Henry, Indiana; Roll: M432_151; Page: 289A; Image: 241. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S1575] U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph W. Heaton, Memorial# 46896102.

Josephine Heaton1

b. 10 February 1839, d. 6 December 1860
Family
Relationship4th great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Owen Heaton1 b. 1 Nov 1800, d. 28 Nov 1877
Mother*Penninnah Hinds1 b. 13 Apr 1801, d. 28 Nov 1854
Birth*10 February 1839Josephine Heaton was born on 10 February 1839 in Pennsylvania.1,2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 185011 September 1850Josephine was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 11 September 1850 in the household of her parents in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was 12 years old and had attended school within the census year.4 
Marriage*She married Joel E. Bitting.1,2 
Census US 1860*20 July 1860Josephine and Joel E. Bitting were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 20 July 1860 in Warrington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Joel was 29 years of age and a school teacher with real estate valued at $200 and a personal estate valued at $100, and Josephine was 22 years of age.3 
Death*6 December 1860She died on 6 December 1860 at age 211 
Burial* and was buried with her parents in Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery Upper, Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1 

Family

 Joel E. Bitting b. 1831
Child 1.Edmund E. Bitting5 b. 1860

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Josephine (Heaton) Bitting, Memorial# 55714941. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 651. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joel E. and Josephine Bitting, Warrington, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Page: 792; Family History Library Film: 805083. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Owen and Penna Heaton, Hilltown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 758; Page: 281B. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Owen and Nennetta Heaton, Hilltown, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1313; Page: 304B; Family History Library Film: 552812. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

King Heaton1

b. 4 June 1769, d. 30 August 1854
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William Heaton2 b. 1 Jul 1732, d. 15 Mar 1814
Mother*Irene King2 b. 23 Sep 1730, d. 13 Apr 1811
Birth*4 June 1769King Heaton was born on 4 June 1769 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.1 
Occupation*He was raised in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, and spent the rest of his life there as a farmer.1 
Marriage*6 December 1792He married first Merriam Moore on 6 December 1792.1,3 
(Husband) Death21 July 1793King became a widower when Merriam (Moore) Heaton died on 21 July 1793, the same day as the birth of the couple's first child.1,3 
Marriage*He married second Nancy Heath.1 
Death*30 August 1854He died on 30 August 1854 in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont, at age 85.1 

Family 1

 Merriam Moore d. 21 Jul 1793
Child 1.Alva Heaton1 b. 21 Jul 1793

Family 2

 Nancy Heath b. 1778
Children 1.Malinda Heaton1 b. 29 Oct 1795
 2.King Cyrus Heaton+1 b. 2 Aug 1798, d. 1859

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 3, page 74. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 3, page 67.
  3. [S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America. Contains index. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in this work often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (111 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21202: Gateway Press, Inc., 1982), Chapter 3, page 50. Hereinafter cited as The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America.

King Cyrus Heaton1

b. 2 August 1798, d. 1859
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*King Heaton1 b. 4 Jun 1769, d. 30 Aug 1854
Mother*Nancy Heath1 b. 1778
Birth*2 August 1798King Cyrus Heaton was born on 2 August 1798 in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont.1,2 
Occupation*He lived his entire life in Thetford and was a farmer.1 
Marriage*He married Abigail Page, daughter of Barker Page.1 
Census US 1850*3 October 1850Abigail and King Cyrus Heaton were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 3 October 1850 in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont. King was 51 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $2200. Abigail was 44 years of age. The couple lived with their six children, and everyone in the family had been born in Vermont. Miriam was 21 years of age, Charles was age 18 and worked as a farmer, Nany was 16, the twins, Martha and Mary, were 10, and George was 2 years old. Charles, Nany, Martha and Mary had all attended school within the year.3 
Death*1859He died in 1859 in Thetford1 
Burial* and was buried in his Heaton Family Plot in East Thetford Cemetery, East Thetford.2 

Family

 Abigail Page b. 1805, d. 1 Oct 1862
Children 1.Miriam M. Heaton3 b. 1828, d. 1901
 2.Charles C. Heaton3 b. 1832, d. 1912
 3.Nancy A. Heaton3 b. 1834
 4.Martha Heaton3 b. 1839
 5.Mary Heaton3 b. 1839, d. 1916
 6.George Heaton3 b. 1849, d. 1916

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 3, page 74. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, King Cyrus Heaton, Memorial# 79915137. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of King C. Heaton, Thetford, Orange, Vermont; Roll: M432_926; Page: 30B; Image: 67. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Lafayette H. Heaton1

b. 8 July 1843
Family
Relationship7th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Joseph Gilman Heaton1 b. 6 Sep 1794, d. Aug 1869
Mother*Anna Mosher1 b. 1805
Birth*8 July 1843Lafayette H. Heaton was born on 8 July 1843 in Oswego County, New York.2,3,4 
Name VariationHis full name was Lafayette Hamilton Heaton.5 
(Son) Census US 185017 September 1850Lafayette was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 17 September 1850 in the household of his parents in Granby, Oswego County, New York. He was 7 years old and had attended school within the census year.6,7 
(Son) Census State NY 185530 June 1855Lafayette was enumerated on the 1855 New York state census taken on 30 June 1855 in the household of his mother in Granby, Oswego County, New York. He was 12 years old.8,9 
(Brother) Census US 186018 July 1860Lafayette H. was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 18 July 1860 in the household of his brother, Calvin L. Heaton, in Richland, Whitley County, Indiana. Lafayette was 18 years old.10,11 
Marriage*1 July 1869He married Caroline E. Fisher on 1 July 1869 in Elkhart County, Indiana.12,1 

Family

 Caroline E. Fisher

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 2, page 33. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 2, page 33, reporting Lafayette's place of birth as Cayuga County, New York.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lafayette Hamilton Heaton, Memorial# 93615790, recording his place of birth as Cayuga County, New York. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S2488] New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna Heaton, wife, Granby, Oswego County, New York, New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Census of the state of New York, 1855, reporting Lafayette's place of birth as Oswego County, New York. Hereinafter cited as New York, U.S., State Census, 1855.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lafayette Hamilton Heaton, Memorial# 93615790.
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph G. and Ann "Eaton", The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Granby, Oswego, New York; Roll: 576; Page: 23a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lawrence and Caroline Churchill, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Granby, Oswego, New York; Roll: 576; Pages: 23a-23b.
  8. [S2488] New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Anna Heaton, wife, Granby, Oswego County, New York, New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Census of the state of New York, 1855.
  9. [S2488] New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Lawrence and Caroline Churchill, Granby, Oswego County, New York, New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Census of the state of New York, 1855.
  10. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Calvin L. Heaton, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Richland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M653_307; Page: 863; Family History Library Film: 803307. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James and Esther A. Heaton, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Richland, Whitley, Indiana; Roll: M653_307; Page: 863; Family History Library Film: 803307.
  12. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 July 1869 in Elkhart County, Indiana, of Lafayette H. Heaton and Caroline E. Fisher, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Elkhart County, Indiana; index to Marriage Records 1850 - 1920 Inclusive Volumes, Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Goshen, Indiana; Book: 3; Page: 317. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.

Leah Heaton1,2,3

b. 13 April 1634, d. 12 January 1663/64
Family
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Nathaniel Heaton1,2,4 b. 22 Dec 1602, d. b 1650
Mother*Elizabeth Wight1,2,4 b. 2 Nov 1606
Baptism*13 April 1634Leah Heaton was baptized on 13 April 1634 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England.1,2,3 
(Daughter) Immigration18 September 1634Leah immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England), with her parents and siblings in 1634. The family sailed aboard the ship Griffin, leaving England on 01 August 1634 and arriving in Boston on 18 September 1634 with about one hundred passengers and livestock.5,6,2 
Marriage*22 February 1652/53She married, as his first wife, Cornelius Fisher, son of Anthony Fisher and Mary __?__, on 22 February 1652/53 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,7,8,9 
Death*12 January 1663/64She died on 12 January 1663/64 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England), at age 29.10,11,7,9 

Family

 Cornelius Fisher b. c 1628, d. 2 Jan 1699/0
Children 1.Elizabeth Fisher12 b. 20 Jun 1654, d. 14 Sep 1665
 2.Leah Fisher12 b. 5 May 1656, d. 10 Sep 1720
 3.Experience Fisher12 b. 10 Jan 1658, d. c 1700
 4.Cornelius Fisher+13,14,12 b. 8 Feb 1659/60, d. 6 Jun 1743
 5.Ann Fisher12 b. 22 Aug 1661, d. c 1712
 6.Eleazer Fisher15 b. 8 Jul 1663

Citations

  1. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "English Ancestry of Nathaniel Heaton of Boston, Mass., and his Nephew, James Heaton of New Haven, Conn.", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 152, pages 430-452, (October 1998): page 451. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry."
  2. [S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America. Contains index. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in this work often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (111 Water Street, Baltimore, MD 21202: Gateway Press, Inc., 1982), Chapter 1, pages 2-3. Hereinafter cited as The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America.
  3. [S44] Roy Henry Heaton, (Miles City, Montana). "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - Eleven Generations", prepared by hand in 1941. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, some of the information and the dates, particularly, in this pedigree chart often prove to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented was a good place for us to start, and has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton Family Pedigree Chart - 1941."
  4. [S1255] Philip A. Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy : record of the descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1636-1640, downloaded from Google Books at www.google.com. (Everett, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Publishing Company, 1898), pages 21-22. Hereinafter cited as The Fisher Genealogy.
  5. [S1366] The Griffin: Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, online at http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/…. Hereinafter cited as The Griffin: Immigrant Ships.
  6. [S1367] The Griffin: courtesy of Anne Stevens of packrat-pro.com, online at http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/griffin.htm. Hereinafter cited as The Griffin: courtesy of Anne Stevens.
  7. [S43] Dean Heaton, The Heaton Families: 350 Years in America, Chapter 1, page 3.
  8. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 126, the date written as "the 22 of the 12 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was February, not December. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  9. [S1255] Philip A. Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy, pages 21-22, noting date as "Feb. 23, 1653."
  10. [S46] Dean Crawford Smith C.G. and Douglas Richardson, "Heaton, Nathaniel and James Ancestry", page 451.
  11. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 9.
  12. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 1, page 4. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  13. [S1255] Philip A. Fisher, The Fisher Genealogy, pages 34-35.
  14. [S287] George Henry Partridge, Partridge Genealogy, Descendants of George Partridge of Duxbury, Massachusetts, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Norwood, Massachusetts: Plimpton Press, 1915), pages 1-5. Hereinafter cited as George Partridge Genealogy and Descendants.
  15. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 1, page 4, spelling his name "Eleazor."

Leah Heaton1

b. 8 December 1825, d. 16 October 1901
Family
Relationship3rd great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Thomas Heaton1,2 b. 1776, d. 25 Mar 1853
Mother*Mary Haldeman1,3 b. 1782, d. 25 Oct 1868
Birth*8 December 1825Leah Heaton was born on 8 December 1825.1 
Marriage*4 July 1846She married Joshua James Boone, son of James Boone and Rebecca Thomas, on 4 July 1846 in Columbiana County, Ohio.4,5,1 
(Wife) Death25 December 1895Leah became a widow when Joshua James Boone died on 25 December 1895 at age 75.5 
Death*16 October 1901She died on 16 October 1901 at age 751 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Section 2, Row 19, of Hope Cemetery, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio.1 

Family

 Joshua James Boone b. 10 Feb 1820, d. 25 Dec 1895

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Leah (Heaton) Boone, Memorial# 116245521. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Thomas Heaton, Memorial# 90308485.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary (Haldeman) Heaton, Memorial# 90308595.
  4. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Leah Heaton and Joshua J. Boone on 4 July 1846 in Columbiana County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000927766. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joshua James Boone, Memorial# 116245497.

Leota Heaton1

b. 14 November 1875
Family
Relationship5th great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Daniel L. Heaton1 b. 3 Dec 1846, d. 14 Feb 1927
Mother*Samantha Carns1 b. 1851, d. Feb 1900
Birth*14 November 1875Leota Heaton was born on 14 November 1875 in Ohio.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18803 June 1880Leota was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 3 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Mission, Shawnee County, Kansas. She was 4 years old and at home.2 

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 668. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of D. L. and Samantha Heaton, Mission, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: 397; Page: 220C; Enumeration District: 014. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Levi Heaton1

b. before 1750, d. 1798
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Samuel Heaton1 b. 18 Nov 1711, d. 26 Sep 1777
Mother*Abigail Tuttle2 b. 1720, d. 10 Aug 1777
Birth*before 1750Levi Heaton was born before 1750, probably in New Jersey.1 
Occupation*Levi was a schoolmaster and surveyor in Cumberland County.3 
(Child) Will16 September 1777Levi was named in his father's will dated 16 September 1777 in Downe Township, Cumberland County.4 
Marriage*19 November 1777He married, as her first husband, Phebe Cook, daughter of Eldad Cook and Deborah Bowen, on 19 November 1777 in Cumberland County.3,5 
Revolutionary War*1793Levi was very likely a veteran of the Revolutionary War and was in command of the militia in 1793.3 
Death*1798He died in 1798 in Cumberland County.2 

Family

 Phebe Cook b. 1748, d. 7 Oct 1822

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 4, pages 118-120, noting he was born before 1750. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, pages 118-120.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 4, page 120.
  4. [S1599] H. Stanley Craig, Genealogical Data from Cumberland County, New Jersey Wills, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Includes index of "Persons whose Surnames are Different from that of the Testators." -- P. 139. Arranged in alphabetical order by surname. (Merchantville, New Jersey: H. Stanley Craig, 193_), Heaton, Samuel, page 68. Hereinafter cited as Genealogical Data from Cumberland County Wills.
  5. [S1595] New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802, online at www.ancestry.com, Marriage Licenses, page 177. Hereinafter cited as New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802.

Lewis Heaton1

b. 1797, d. 19 April 1843
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*James Heaton1 b. 2 Feb 1771, d. 6 Dec 1857
Mother*Margaret Williams1 b. 24 May 1771, d. 15 Feb 1823
Birth*1797Lewis Heaton was born in 1797 in Greene County, Pennsylvania.1 
Death*19 April 1843He died on 19 April 1843 in Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio.1,2 

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 7, pages 246-247. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 7, page 248.

Lewis Heaton1

b. 6 September 1795, d. 25 December 1831
Family
Relationship3rd great-grandson of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Jonathan Heaton1 b. 31 Jul 1762, d. 9 Jan 1819
Mother*Rachel Lewis1
Birth*6 September 1795Lewis Heaton was born on 6 September 1795 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1,2 
Relocation*1820Lewis settled in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the mid-1820s.2 
Marriage*3 May 1825He married Rachel Benner on 3 May 1825 in the Presbyterian Church, Abington, Montgomery County.3,4 
Death*25 December 1831He died on 25 December 1831 in Moreland at age 36.1,2,5 

Family

 Rachel Benner b. 1800
Child 1.Jacob B. Heaton+2,5 b. 8 Aug 1827, d. 26 Apr 1900

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 650. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 663.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 663, reporting his wife's surname as "Bauer."
  4. [S1756] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Lewis Heaton and Rachel Benner on 3 May 1825 in the Presbyterian Church, Abington, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907, citing VAULT BX 9211.P49001 P71 v.1. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970.
  5. [S2026] This volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Cumberland County, New Jersey, online at www.ancestry.com, pages 500-501, images 494-495 of 552, Harry Terlander Heaton. Hereinafter cited as Biographical sketches of leading citizens of Cumberland County, New Jersey.

Lizette Heaton1

b. 10 April 1848, d. 1886
Family
Relationship4th great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Jacob Heaton1 b. 23 Feb 1809, d. 25 Mar 1888
Mother*Elizabeth Potts Weaver1 b. 13 Mar 1809, d. 30 Jul 1892
Birth*10 April 1848Lizette Heaton was born on 10 April 1848 in Ohio.1,2 
Marriage*5 June 1873She married J. Loring Brooke on 5 June 1873.1 
Death*1886She died in 1886 at about age 383 
Burial* and was buried in Old Oak, Block 20, Lot 3, Space 4, of Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa.3 

Family

 J. Loring Brooke b. 1846, d. 1902

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 665. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jacob and Elizabeth P. Heaton, Perry, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: 669; Page: 26A. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lissette H Brooke, Memorial# 108438631. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.

Lucy Heaton1

b. 22 April 1759
Family
Relationship5th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William Heaton1 b. 1 Jul 1732, d. 15 Mar 1814
Mother*Irene King1 b. 23 Sep 1730, d. 13 Apr 1811
Birth*22 April 1759Lucy Heaton was born on 22 April 1759 in Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.1 

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 3, page 67. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Lucy Heaton1

b. 18 April 1899
Family
Relationship5th great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*James Heaton1 b. 20 Dec 1839, d. 15 Sep 1919
Mother*Mahalia Catherine Hall1 b. Dec 1859, d. 1931
Birth*18 April 1899Lucy Heaton was born on 18 April 1899 of 18 May 1899 in Audrain County, Missouri.2 
Relationship Note*Lucy and Edwin Howard Heaton were twins.3 

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume II, Chapter 31, pages 1352-1353. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume II, Chapter 31, pages 1352-1353. reporting her date of birth as 18 April1899, and also reporting brother Edwin's birthday as 18 May 1899.
  3. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume II, Chapter 31, pages 1352-1353. reporting Lucy's date of birth as 18 April1899, and also reporting her brother Edwin's date of birth as 18 May 1899.

Lucy Heaton1

b. 25 September 1863, d. 16 October 1914
Family
Relationship5th great-granddaughter of Robert Heaton
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*George Heaton1 b. 3 Oct 1828, d. Jul 1891
Mother*Maria Jane Banes1 b. 1835, d. 26 Sep 1874
Birth*25 September 1863Lucy Heaton was born on 25 September 1863 in Maryland.2,1,3 
(Daughter) Census US 187012 July 1870Lucy was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 12 July 1870 in the household of her parents in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 6 years old. While everyone on the census page was recorded as having been born in Pennsylvania, we've learned that, at least with the Heaton family, the first five of their children, including Lucy, were born in Maryland. It also appears that the census taker mixed up the names and ages of two of the middle daughters, Lucy and Lizzie, when he copied the information to his form later in the day, because Lucy, who was 6 years old, was recorded with her sister Lizzie's age of 2.4 
(Daughter) Death26 September 1874Lucy was 10 years old when her mother died on 26 September 1874 at about age 39, leaving her father with eight children ranging in ages from 17 to 2 years old.5 
(Daughter) Census US 188021 June 1880Lucy was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 21 June 1880 in the household of her widowed father in Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She was 16 years old and attending school.3,6 
Marriage*17 January 1906She married, as his second wife, Walter W. Allison, son of Thomas Allison and Mary Forsburg, on 17 January 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.7,8,9 
Census US 1910*18 April 1910Lucy H. and Walter W. Allison were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 18 April 1910 at 12 West Rockland Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Walter was 54 years of age and worked as a salesman of teas and coffees, and Lucy was 46 years of age. They had been married for five years and Lucy had given birth to no children. They owned their home, which was a house, with a mortgage.10 
Death*16 October 1914She died at age 51 on 16 October 1914 of an abdominal carcinoma involving her uterus, kidneys and liver, in her home at 12 West Rockland Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,2,8 
Burial* and was buried in Hatboro Cemetery, Hatboro, Montgomery County. A gravestone in the cemetery memorializes Walter Allison and his three wives, Hannah McDonald, Lucy Heaton and Anna Bird.8 

Family

 Walter W. Allison b. 1 May 1855, d. 27 May 1934

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 654. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S1814] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1973, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Lucy H Allison of 12 Rockland Street, Philadelphia, certificate# 102667, age 51, married, born on 25 September 1863 in USA, died on 16 October 1914 at home in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA, parents George Heaton and Maria Jane Banes, informant Walter W. Allison of 12 West Rockland Street, Philadelphia. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George Heaton, Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1158; Page: 328A; Enumeration District: 017. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Maria Heaton, Philadelphia Ward 23 District 76, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1410; Page: 242A; Family History Library Film: 552909. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Maria Jane (Banes) Heaton, Memorial# 20712269. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Daniel and Emily Yerkes, Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1107; Page: 106D; Enumeration District: 166.
  7. [S1816] Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Lucy Heaton and Walter W Allison on 17 January 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, referencing Film# 001276782. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucy (Heaton) Allison, Memorial# 18489895, with a photo of the gravestone memorializing her husband and his three wives, Hannah, Lucy and Anna.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Walter W Allison, Memorial# 18489909, with a photo of the gravestone memorializing him and his three wives, Hannah, Lucy and Anna.
  10. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Walter W. and Lucy H. Allison, Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1396; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0454; FHL microfilm: 1375409. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

Lucy Chapman Heaton1

b. 10 March 1809
Family
Relationship6th great-granddaughter of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William Heaton1 b. 12 Jan 1767, d. 7 Mar 1849
Mother*Martha Jane Child1 b. 2 Nov 1777, d. 29 Mar 1860
Birth*10 March 1809Lucy Chapman Heaton was born on 10 March 1809 in Thetford, Orange County, Vermont.1 
Research Notes*Lucy was her parents' first daughter and, as was a custom at the time, was named after her father's first wife, Lucy Chapman, who had died, without children, shortly after their marriage.2,3,4,1 

Citations

  1. [S1683] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Lucey Chapman Heaton on 10 March 1809 in Thetford, Vermont, USA, daughter of William Heaton and Patty Heaton, referencing New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. Hereinafter cited as Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908.
  2. [S2615] Elias Child, Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe families : of the past and present in the United States and the Canadas from 1630 to 1881, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Includes indexes. Includes Barber, May, Morse, Perry, Walker, West and related families. Ephraim Child (1593-1663) and his nephew, Benjamin Child (d.1678), immigrated in 1630 to Watertown, Massachusetts. Ephraim left no progeny, but Benjamin settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and left twelve children. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and elsewhere. Some descendants became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Utah and elsewhere. Other descendants immigrated to Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. Includes some Child ancestry and genealogical data in England. Also available on microfilm and digital images. (Utica, New York: Curtiss & Childs, 1881), Watertown Branch, Chapter VIII. William Child, Heaton Family, pages 531-535. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe families.
  3. [S2593] New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William Heaton Jr. of Thetford, Vermont and Lucy Chapman of Keene, New Hampshire on 12 November 1795 in Keene, New Hampshire, referencing Box# 659 and citing New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services; Concord, NH, USA; New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1700-1969. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971.
  4. [S1683] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, death of The Wife of William Heaton Jr. on 31 March 1800 in Thetford, Vermont, USA, son of and , referencing New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870.

Luther Heaton1

b. 29 March 1756, d. 8 November 1840
Family
Relationship5th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*Seth Heaton1 b. 3 Feb 1710/11, d. 3 Jun 1797
Mother*Thankful Field1 b. 1717, d. 16 Feb 1792
(Son) Relocation1734Before he was born, and while his father was still in his early 20s, he was one of the seven proprietors who arrived in Upper Ashuelot, Keene’s original name, to open the dense forest for settlement. It was at Heaton’s log cabin where three of the settlers made the first attempt to winter in the area. Threat of starvation, however, made the venture unsuccessful. By February they were forced to return to Massachusetts to await warmer weather.2 
(Son) Research Notes We note that several of births of the children of Thankful and Seth Heaton were recorded in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire which makes it difficult to accurately determine their actual places of birth. We add to this our suspicion regarding the date of 1749 reported in the "Oldest house" article as Seth Heaton's second arrival and his family's subsequent residence in Upper Ashuelot, which later became Keene, New Hampshire. Our conclusion is that the dates don't actually matter. It all happened a long time ago, and Seth and his family were very early pioneers to the area. Their story -- and their house is a wonderful thing for the descendants of Seth and Thankful (Field) Heaton to know, and also for the town of Keene, New Hampshire, to celebrate.2 
(Son) ResidenceAfter Indian hostilities lessened, his father returned to Upper Ashuelot and found charred ruins where his log cabin and small orchard once stood. On land across the pathway from his first home he built the low-framed farmhouse that, although extensively remodeled, still stands at 500 Marlboro Street.

Four of Seth and Thankful's children served in the Revolutionary War. At the time of his death in 1797, he owned several hundred acres of land in the Beech Hill area, all of which he willed to his children. Remarkably, descendants of Seth and Thankful Heaton lived in the house until 1962, when the property was sold.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, hobos, who were usually penniless migrant workers, “rode the rails” into Cheshire County during warm weather months looking for any kind of work. The Cheshire Railroad tracks ran behind the Heaton backyard. Freight trains coming into Keene from the south had to slow down for the Eastern Avenue crossing. Stories were told that hobos would jump off the train onto the Heaton backyard and knock on the back door. They would offer to mow the lawn, split firewood or do other chores in exchange for a hearty meal that the residents were known to provide as compensation.

Although the house has been extensively remodeled through the years, it continues to capture the interest of historically minded citizens as “the oldest house in Keene,” so designated by the Ashuelot Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Clicking the camera icon will take you to the Heaton house as it was in years past.2
Birth*29 March 1756Luther Heaton was born on 29 March 1756 in Keene, New Hampshire.1,3,4 
Marriage*He married Joanna Kidder, daughter of Captain Aaron Kidder and Rachel Bush.1,5,4,6 
(Son) Will8 January 1793When Luther's father, Seth Heaton of Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, prepared his will dated 8 January 1793, he named his four older sons, David Heaton, William Heaton, Jonathan Heaton and Luther Heaton, his two deceased daughters, Huldah Butterfield and Anna Griggs, his daughter, Susanna Mann, and his youngest son, Samuel Heaton, whom he also appointed as his Executor. To his beloved son Luther Heaton, he gave and bequeathed Five pounds Lawful money to be paid unto him by his Executor out of his estate in one year after his decease.7 
Death*8 November 1840He probably died on 8 November 1840 in Roxbury, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, at age 848,9,10 
Burial* and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Roxbury Center, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.4 

Family

 Joanna Kidder b. 19 Oct 1752, d. 27 Nov 1844

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 2, pages 21-22. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S3051] The Way We Were: Oldest House in Keene, article dated 26 August 2008 by Marjorie Whalen Smith for the Heritage Commission of Keene, New Hampshire, and posted to Ancestry by Judy Martin Hindes on 25 October 2020, originally published by the Heritage Commission of the City of Keene, New Hampshire, online at https://keenenh.gov/. Hereinafter cited as The Way We Were: Oldest House in Keene.
  3. [S2588] New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Luther Heaton, son of Seth Heaton and Thankful Field, on 29 March 1756 in Keene, New Hampshire, USA, citing Birth Certificates, 1631-1919; Archive: New Hampshire Department of State; Location: Concord, New Hampshire; Credit: The Original Document May Be Seen At the New Hampshire Department of State. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Capt Luther Heaton, Memorial# 102228849. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joanna (Kidder) Heaton, Memorial# 102228773.
  6. [S2595] A genealogy of the Kidder family : comprising the descendants in the male line of Ensign James Kidder, 1626-1676, of Cambridge, online at www.ancestry.com, #38. Capt Aaron Kidder, pages 37-38, images 80-81 of 797. Hereinafter cited as A genealogy of the Kidder family : comprising the descendants in the male line of Ensign James Kidder, 1626-1676, or Cambridge.
  7. [S2592] New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982, online at www.ancestry.com, probate for Seth Heaton opened on 3 July 1797 in Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA, his will dated 8 January 1793, Case# 85, referencing Estate Files, H64-H135, 1792-1806, and citing Probate Estate Files, 1769-1885; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Cheshire County); Probate Place: Cheshire, New Hampshire. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982.
  8. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 2, pages 21-22, reporting his death on 1 April 1840.
  9. [S2590] New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Luther Heaton, age 85, born about 1755, died on 8 November 1840 in Roxbury, New Hampshire, USA, referencing Box# 0987, New Hampshire Archives and Records Management; Concord, New Hampshire; New Hampshire Death Records, 1650-1969. Hereinafter cited as New Hampshire, U.S., Death Records, 1650-1969.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Capt Luther Heaton, Memorial# 102228849, reporting his date of death as 8 December 1840 in Keene, New Hampshire.

Luther Heaton1

b. 7 September 1796, d. 15 March 1842
Family
Relationship6th great-grandson of John Heaton
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*William Heaton1 b. 7 Feb 1746/47
Mother*Elizabeth McNeil1,2
(Father) Vocation1880In the last decade of his life, beginning about 1880, Luther's son, Grove L. Heaton, wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York. His articles were published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. They were transcribed by Douglas Shepard in 2014, and we found them at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/Hanover_Heaton_Stories.htm on the Chautauqua County GenWeb site. Also included are Heaton's letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad and background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which contained his writings. People featured in his stories who are also in our Heaton Project include the author's father, Luther Heaton, his uncles, Gilman Heaton, Cyrus Heaton and Nehemiah Heaton and Nehemiah's brother-in-law, Asa Gage Jr.3,4,5,6,7 
Birth*7 September 1796Luther Heaton was born on 6 or 7 September 1796 in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont.1,8,9 
OccupationHe was initially trained as a carriage maker.3 
(Brother) RelocationDecember 1814The published writings of Luther's son, Grove, contained a report of the move of Luther's brother, Nehemiah Heaton and his party in December 1814, from Windham County, Vermont to Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York. Douglas Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article follows:

"Nehemiah Heaton, Thomas Kidder, Elijah Holt and Isaac Gage left the town of Jamaica, county of Windham, State of Vermont, in the month of December, 1814, for the town of Hanover. All of these parties, except Isaac Gage, had families and brought them with them. Mr. Heaton also brought a young man by the name of John Johnson with him, who was engaged to work at a certain price per month for not a less period than one year. Elijah Holt had visited the town of Hanover the summer previous and then became acquainted with the water power now owned by Wilson and Joseph Andrus. On his return to Vermont, he gave such a glowing account of the country generally and this water power in particular that he induced Kidder (who was his brother-in-law) and Heaton to dispose of their farms and come to this county.

"Isaac Gage was a brother-in-law of Heaton’s, being a brother of his (Heaton’s) wife. Heaton and Kidder at once purchased the water power jointly, and Kidder articled the farm now owned by Joseph Andrus. Heaton was possessed of some $5,000, with which he decided to improve the water power and erect both grist and saw mills. Kidder was to be a joint owner in the operation. They employed all the help that could be obtained, among them quite a number of Indians from the Cattaraugus reservation, who at that time were willing to work when they felt [left?] some of their money at the end of the week. As much of the work had to be done in the water in constructing the dam, the Indians did better than white men would have been willing to do, notwithstanding the water was quite cold, it being the last of winter. The Indians did not object to work in it providing they were furnished with plenty of rations of whisky.

"Heaton & Kidder not only succeeded in getting their dam well advanced, but they also got all the timber on the ground for their mills before the breaking up of winter. With plenty of help, which they easily obtained as they paid cash for everything, they had their dam up and their buildings ready to be enclosed on the first day of June, 1815. A short time after this they had their saw mill running, cutting out lumber for the completion of their buildings. They purchased the two millstones, worked out of granite by Dickinson & Cleveland, which they intended to use for a while for grinding corn. They also purchased and utilized all other parts of the Dickinson & Cleveland mills that were of any advantage to them. They were compelled to go to Buffalo, which was then just getting started again from its conflagration cause by the British and Indians, for all the most important parts of their machinery and for a set of burr mill-stones, which they succeeded in obtaining after waiting more than two months for them to be drawn from Albany to Buffalo by teams. They were able to start their grist mill and grind wheat on the first day of December, a little less than a year from the day they started from Vermont –on the fourteenth day of December."4,10 
(Brother) DeathDecember 1815 In December 1815, his brother, Nehemiah, who was about 30 years of age, drowned in Lake Erie near Buffalo, Erie County, New York. He had been rowing to Buffalo to pay for his mill machinery. The Chautauqua County, New York source reported his death in the Spring of 1816 and his Find a Grave memorial reported it in December 1815. The published writings of Nehemiah's nephew, Grove L. Heaton, contained the sad story of Nehemiah's tragic death. Douglas Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article follows:

"Up to that time the winter had been very open, and there had no ice formed in the lake. Heaton took his man, John Johnson, and another young man by the name of Williams, whom he also had in his employ, and with a yawl-boat started for Buffalo. They left the mouth of Silver Creek soon as it was light enough for them to see clearly, expecting, if they had good weather, to reach Buffalo by nightfall. Johnson and Williams each applied themselves to rowing the boat, while Heaton sat in the stern steering. About an hour after leaving, and when about off the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek there came up one of those sudden windstorms accompanied with snow, that this climate is noted for. The first gust of wind took Heaton’s hat into the lake, and on his making a sudden spring to recover it, he lost his balance and went into the lake head foremost. When he arose to the surface, he was out of reach of the boat or anything to assist himself with.

"He probably realized his situation, and sung out to the men in the boat to throw him an oar. In the excitement of the moment both men threw their oars, neither of which came within Mr. Heaton’s reach. After throwing both oars, the men were left in the boat perfectly powerless to assist their employer, who in a short time disappeared beneath the angry waves. Mr. Heaton was an expert swimmer, but being encumbered with a heavy overcoat with a large cape, or series of capes, such as they wore in those days, and the water being very cold, he was only able to support himself above water a short time. The wind and snow was increasing fearfully, and the men, Johnson and Williams, were in the boat entirely helpless and at the mercy of the waves. The boat drifted to the shore, reaching the beach about a mile below Cattaraugus Creek. The men were enabled to land with no further injury to themselves than a thorough wetting. Their lot was very different from that of their employer. He who had left his home in the prime of manhood, so full of life, and hope, and [?] was then a lifeless corpse at the bottom of Lake Erie. The two men returned home the same evening, and when the sad intelligencewas spread among the community it cast a great gloom over them all.

"Although Mr. Heaton had been a resident here but about a year, he had become generally known through this section of the county, and was looked upon as one of the most enterprising and valuable citizens in the county. The friends immediately offered a reward for the recovery of the body, but it was not until the first week in June following, when a party of four of the Indians from the Cattaraugus reservation, who had assisted in building the dam, were on their way to the mouth of Eighteen-mile Creek on a fishing expedition, while walking along the beach, a short distance from above Sturgeon Point, they discovered the body partly covered in the sand. They recognized the body at once; and, while two of them came here to notify the friends, the other two remained watching the body until their companions with others returned.

"What speaks well for the honesty of the Indians, Mr. H. was on his way to Buffalo to settle up for the machinery and supplies they had purchased through the past summer for their mills, and had a large sum of money, which was in bank-bills, with him. The money was in a package in the breast pocket of the inside coat. When the friends reached the body, they found the coats—both coats—snugly buttoned as they were at the time he was drowned, and the money had not been disturbed. The coats had burst open along the back by the bloating of the body.

Two days before the finding of the remains of Mr. H., his wife died, but had not yet been interred. The funerals of the two were held at the same time, and their remains lay side by side in Hanover Center cemetery."4,11,12,13 
RelocationSeptember 1816The published writings of Luther's son, Grove, included a brief paragraph describing how Grove's parents came to meet and marry. Douglas Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article is the basis for our description: Following his older brothers, Nehemiah and Cyrus, Luther left Vermont in September 1816 for Chautauqua County, New York. Upon his arrival in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York, he stayed to visit a sister who lived there and, before he was ready to resume his journey, he developed a serious illness which kept him confined to his room for six weeks. When he was well again, he was offered a position in a carriage maker's business. He decided to accept and to remain in Camillus until at least the spring. When spring came, he stayed longer after he was offered an equal interest in his employer's business. The business was prosperous5 
Marriage*1 December 1818 and on 1 December 1818, Luther married, as his first wife, Roxy Seaver, daughter of Luther Seaver, in Onondaga County, New York. Grove Heaton wrote of his mother's father, that he was from "one of the old and highly respectable families formerly of the Mohawk Valley", and that her grandfather "was one of the first settlers of Montgomery county," New York.3,5 
Relocation*June 1824 In the spring of 1824, Luther sold his interest in the carriage business at Camillus to his partner, and the family moved from Onondaga County, reaching the town of Hanover, Chautauqua County, the first week of June 1824.3 
OccupationJune 1825 By June 1825, thinking he could be more prosperous as a merchant than in the wagon and carriage business, Luther opened the first grocery store in the town of Hanover. Its location was almost directly across the street from where the big black walnut tree, which had blown down in April 1822, lay upon the ground. The published writings of Luther's son, Grove L. Heaton, contained a fascinating story of the multiple lives of that famous black walnut tree. Transcriber, Douglas H. Shepard, in his 2014 "Background Information", noted that, "one of the notable aspects of Grove Heaton’s earlier writings was his formal style, always referring to himself with the editorial “we,” and when writing about his father, always referring to him distantly as “Mr. Heaton" or "Mr. H." We also note that in Grove's article about the tree, his father, Luther Heaton, has a starring role, and two of his father's older brothers, Nehemiah and Gilman, are also mentioned, although Gilman's name is spelled "Gilham". Nehemiah's brother-in-law, Asa Gage Jr., is also mentioned. Shepard's transcription of that portion of Grove's article about the famous tree follows:

"We must also diverge from our biography of Mr. Heaton and give a history of the Big Black Walnut Tree, which was without doubt by far the largest tree that has ever been found east of the Rocky Mountains. Young’s History of Chautauqua Co. underrates this tree as to size. A section of thirteen feet of this tree was cut off and after the bark was taken from it was measured with a cord or small rope and found to be 31 feet in circumference, and after all the decayed wood was hewn and cut away it left a shell of very uniform thickness of about four inches and it was over 10 feet in diameter. This tree grew partly in the highway, or rather when the highway was surveyed the line took in about one-half the tree, the other half standing on the Fayette mill property.

"When the administrators of Nehemiah Heaton’s estate and Mr. Thomas Kidder sold the Fayette mill property to Platt and Levi Rogers they reserved all their rights and interest in the big black walnut with the privilege of its standing or if it fell down remaining until they were ready to remove it. Very soon after Mr. Heaton got his grocery store under way, he conceived the idea of utilizing a portion of this tree as an annex to his grocery. Up to that time the tree lay just as it fell when blown down some three years previous. There had not been a move made to improve it or remove it as far as any one knew any talk about it. Luther Heaton obtained from Mr. Kidder and the administrators the right and privilege of cutting off a portion of it and using it as previously stated. If at any time they had an opportunity of disposing of it at a suitable price he was to surrender it by their paying him the expense of his improvements after deducting a reasonable compensation for rent [?]

"Mr. Heaton employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk, the father of Mr. Russel Fisk, now residing in Forestville, to superintend the cutting of the tree and making all necessary improvements. When this section was cut off free from the roots and the other portion of the body, it required four yokes of oxen and the assistance of about a dozen oxen (?) to roll it out into the street where it could be conveniently worked around. It was after this was accomplished that the bark was taken off and the decayed wood was hewn and cut away. This required the services of three or four men 4 or 5 days and when completed Mr. Gilham Heaton, “another member of the brotherhood of Heatons” who just then rode up on horseback got off his horse and led the animal through the shell, then mounted the horse and rode him through by laying his head down along side the horse's neck. It was said the horse was quite a large one.

"The next operation was to cut a doorway through. This was done by sawing or cutting out a strip thirty inches wide and eight feet high. When the shell was up this door was hung with some strap hinges made by Asa Gage from large bar iron and firmly bolted with three-fourth inch bolts running through the wood. This shell was found to be knotty and curly, almost as hard as lignum vitae. When these improvements were complete the shell was rolled across the street to a spot that had been prepared for it alongside the grocery building and placed up on end with the door fronting the street. This again required the assistance of about the same number of men that it would to raise a large barn.

"After it was in position the next move was to put on a roof and put down a floor. Mr. Heaton also had a seat put inside commencing at one side of the door and running around to the other side which gave a seating capacity of the entire shell except the doorway. It has been stated that twenty full grown persons were comfortably seated in this shell at one time. Mr. H. had a round table made which was some four feet across the top and placed in the center of the shell. At that early period it was the custom for nearly all merchants and grocery keepers as well as taverns and inns to sell liquor and Mr. H. among the others practiced that, but during the time he was running this grocery an incident occurred which we shall speak of hereafter that caused him to become one of the most ultra total abstinence men of that or any other age.

"Mr. Heaton kept several bottles of liquor, a pitcher of water, crackers and cheese and other edibles on the round table. At that time there were large numbers daily of foot travelers, many times as high as twenty to twenty-five, also large numbers of teams, people moving west, nearly all of whom gave the big black walnut tree a call and took a drink or sat down and rested from their long walk. From this it acquired the title of a grocery being kept in a tree.

"Mr. H. had not had the tree in occupancy but a short time before it was whispered that others aspired to become its owners. It was also stated that the highway commissioners laid claim to it or a portion of it. Finally two people, one by the name of Roberts, residing near Fredonia, the other Stearns, residing in Hanover, purchased the interest of the town in the shell for a nominal sum and were about to take legal steps to gain possession of it when the other parties interested thought advisable to avoid a long and perhaps expensive litigation and disposed of their interest to the other parties. But Mr. Heaton was a loser in the operation of nearly the whole amount of the expense he had been at in fitting it up. Had not Mr. H. taken the matter in hand and had that portion of the tree cut off and fitted up it is probable that it would have remained where it lay until it was burned up to get it out the way as was done with a large portion of the remainder.

"Mr. Heaton gave the purchasers of the tree possession of it the first week of September 1825. They immediately set themselves to work to get it to Buffalo. They arranged with (one informant was not quite sure but felt positive) Walter Smith, a merchant of Dunkirk, who was the owner of a small schooner known as the Dunkirk Packet, to tow the shell to Buffalo. The size prohibited it from being taken on board any vessel on the lake at that time. The new owner employed Mr. Hezekiah Fisk to superintend taking the shell to the lake and launching it. Mr. Fisk had a sort of carriage of trucks constructed by sawing off the ends of the largest sugar maple logs he could find. These were eight or ten inches through. They were trimmed into truck wheels with axles long enough so the shell could lay between the wheels. This truck was complete and the shell loaded upon it ready to be started on a Saturday noon.

"The schooner in the meantime had come from Dunkirk and lay off the mouth of Silver Creek at anchor waiting. They hitched two strings of five yoke of oxen in each to the trucks and in the first start the reach gave way and the forward trucks pulled from under the load. This required rolling off the shell and repairing the trucks which took until late Saturday night. Very early on Sunday morning they made a new start and this time were more successful. They hauled it down through Main street of this village. The writer, although then a young boy of five years of age, remembers well of being called up early that Sunday morning to take a last look of the big black walnut, as it passed his father’s residence. They crossed Silver Creek at what is now known as Howard Street Crossing (that was long previous to the opening of Dunkirk street) then down through Newbury street to the lake where it was launched into Lake Erie and the vessel succeeded in making fast to it and got under way the same afternoon.

"They were fortunate in having good weather and reached Buffalo the next a.m. The proprietors had a rough board shanty erected near where Pratt & Co’s Hardware store is now situated, and as soon as they could do so they got their White Elephant (for such it proved to be to them) on shore and inside the shanty ready for exhibition. Up to this time their expenses had been far greater than they anticipated and it was said their funds ran short before their tree was taken on shore and they were compelled to borrow and pledge their property for security. It was not long after they were ready for exhibition before bad wet weather came on which continued nearly all that fall and their receipts did but little more than meet their daily expenses.

"Our informant was unable to state positively but was of the opinion that late in the fall the owners abandoned the tree and let it go into the hands of the parties from whom they borrowed money. This much is certain, the next Spring the tree had new owners who as soon as the canal opened made preparations to take it to New York. When they came to take measurement they found they would be unable to get it into an open canal boat even and have it pass under many of the bridges between Buffalo and Albany; they were compelled to resort to sawing it longitudinally into two parts and placing them into an open boat. On arrival at New York they were taken out and set up in a rough board shanty in the vicinity of where the City Hall now stands. The two parts were held together by strips of bar iron riveted or bolted through the timber. They were put together quite neatly so that a person that did not know would not imagine that they ever were separate parts.

"The proprietors had some other minor attractions but the tree itself drew immense crowds and the receipts in New York were as much greater than expected as they were less in Buffalo. It soon became the great attraction of the city and was visited by not only all the prominent officials of the city but by the Governor and other prominent men of the state. It was sold three times during its stay in New York. The proprietors of the museum paying $1,500 for it and in the winter or late in the fall of 1827 sold it for $2,000 to go to London. It was exhibited at four or five different points in London during the first three years it was there but was finally purchased by a museum company, who were compelled to take out a part of the wall or side of their building in order to get it inside and there it remained until the building with the tree in it was destroyed by fire some 20 or 25 years ago, which was the end of the Big Black Walnut from the town of Hanover."3,5 
Residence*1832He was listed as Luther Heaton, a wagon maker residing on Franklin Street, in the 1832 City Directory for Buffalo, New York. And also, while residing in Buffalo, he worked for a time in the lake shipping industry.14 
(Husband) DeathApril 1832Luther became a widower when Roxy (Seaver) Heaton died, probably of cholera, in April 1832.3 
Children*His wife's death left Luther with six young children, and with the exception of Grove and Nehemiah, we don't know their names. Their youngest son, only three weeks old when his mother died, and Nehemiah, who was about 8 years old, "survived their mother but a few months. Soon after this the cholera became epidemic in Buffalo."6 
(Father) Death8 July 1832His son, Nehemiah, accidentally drowned on Sunday, 8 July 1832, at about age 9. He had fallen into the canal near the City Hotel in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.15 
Relocation*He left Buffalo with his surviving children and returned to Silver Creek6 
Occupation and "resumed his old business of wagon and carriage making, which he continued for some years". During that time, he apprenticed several young men, teaching them the business, and one of them was still there, in the business, after 50 years as Grove was writing about him, "A half century is a long time for a man to remain in one business in the same village where he learned his trade."6 
Marriage*December 1832He married second Roxana Badger of Buffalo, daughter of Asher Badger and Polly Goodhill, in December 1832 in Buffalo, Erie County.16,17 
Inheritance*1839 In 1839, he inherited some property in Eden Valley, Erie County,3,6 
Relocation1840 and moved there in the summer of 1840.6 
Marriage*He married third Louisa __?__.18 
Death*15 March 1842He died intestate on 15 March 1842 in Eden Valley, Erie County, New York, at age 452,6 
Burial* and was buried in Eden Valley Cemetery, Eden, Erie County, New York.2 
Probate13 April 1842On 13 April 1842, Louisa Heaton, writing to the Probate County in Erie County, New York, that she was the widow of Luther Heaton, deceased, renounced all her claim and right to Letters of Administration on the estate of her deceased husband.18 
Probate*21 April 1842Letters of Administration were issued on 21 April 1842 in Erie County, New York, to his son, Grove L. Heaton, as Administrator for his estate.18 

Family 1

 Roxy Seaver d. Apr 1832
Children 1.Grove L. Heaton+3 b. 1820, d. 11 Sep 1890
 2.Nehemiah Heaton15 b. 1824, d. 8 Jul 1832

Family 2

 Roxana Badger b. 13 Dec 1796

Family 3

 Louisa __?__

Citations

  1. [S1683] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Luther Heaton on 7 September 1796 in Grafton, Vermont, USA, son of William Heaton and Elizabeth Heaton, referencing New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. Hereinafter cited as Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Luther Heaton, Memorial# 73346288. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S2609] Grove L. Heaton, "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…; contains articles by Grove L. Heaton on the early history of Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York published in the Fredonia Censor and Silver Creek News in 1884 and later. The articles were transcribed by Douglas Shepard who also wrote a substantial introduction. Copied and pasted into a Word document, so we could study it, the website page grew to 95 pages. Shepard's introduction follows:
    Grove L. Heaton (1820 – 1890) and his accounts of Early Hanover, New York By Douglas H. Shepard, 2014
    "In the last decade of his life, Grove L. Heaton wrote at least twenty stories about the pioneer days in early Hanover. Those stories are transcribed herein as FC 1 through FC 15, and as SCN1 through SCN5. Also included as FC16 is Heaton’s letter explaining his involvement in the Underground Railroad. The transcriptions are preceded by background information regarding Heaton, his family, and the various publications which featured his writings. In the transcriptions, most of Heaton’s spelling, punctuation, and syntax have been preserved. Where changes were required for clarity, they are noted by brackets. In many cases, paragraph separation has been added for readability"; Background Information by Douglas H. Shepard, 2014. Hereinafter cited as "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton.
  4. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC3, The Fredonia Censor 20 February 1884, More Early History of the Town of Hanover.
  5. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC6, The Fredonia Censor 19 March 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  6. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, FC7, The Fredonia Censor 2 April 1884, Early History of Hanover, Continued.
  7. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, The Fredonia Censor 17 March 1886, On The Underground Railroad.
  8. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 2, page 33, reporting his date of birth as 6 September 1796. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Luther Heaton, Memorial# 73346288, reporting his date of birth as 6 September 1796.
  10. [S2604] Frederick Ward Kates, compiler, Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York (Jamestown, New York: The Jamestown Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the America Revolution, 1981), Asa Gage, Town of Hanover, Smith Mills Cemetery, pages 163-166, reporting the date of their relocation from Vermont to Hanover as early 1815. Hereinafter cited as Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Nehemiah Heaton, Memorial# 67688770, reporting his drowning death in December of 1815.
  12. [S2604] Frederick Ward Kates, Patriot-Soldiers of 1775-1783 : The Veterans of the War for American Independence of Chautauqua County, New York, Asa Gage, Town of Hanover, Smith Mills Cemetery, pages 163-166, reporting Nehemiah's death by drowning in the spring of 1816.
  13. [S2607] Marion Thomas, "Once Upon A Time", online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/Once/Once1.htm. Hereinafter cited as "Once Upon A Time" by Marion Thomas.
  14. [S3041] Buffalo, Erie County, New York Directory, 1832, online at www.ancestry.com, listing in 1832 for Luther Heaton, Wagon Maker, residence on Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York, USA. Hereinafter cited as Buffalo, Erie County, New York Directory, 1832.
  15. [S3042] New York, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current, online at www.ancestry.com, Buffalo Patriot and Commercial Advertiser, Buffalo, New York, Tuesday, July 10, 1832, Page 3, reporting the death of Nehemiah Heaton, aged about 9 years, son of Luther Heaton, on Sunday, July 8; that he had accidently fallen into the canal near the City Hotel in Buffalo. Hereinafter cited as New York, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current.
  16. [S2609] "Heaton's Writings About Early Hanover" by Grove L. Heaton, online at http://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/…, Background Information by Douglas H. Shepard, 2014, reporting the date of their marriage as 16 Dec 1832.
  17. [S2610] Janet Wethy Foley, "Marriage Records" copied from Buffalo Newspapers, published through the courtesy of the Buffalo Historical Society, Early Settlers of New York State and Their Ancestors and Descendants, published monthly by Thomas J. Foley, Akron, New York, Volume II, No. 12 (June 1936); digitized and downloaded from the Family History Library, www.familysearch.org: page 190, reporting their marriage date as 9 December 1832. Hereinafter cited as "Marriage Records" copied from Buffalo Newspapers, published through the courtesy of the Buffalo Historical Society.
  18. [S2605] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, online at www.ancestry.com, Erie County, Letters of Administration, Vol 0003-0004, 1841-1867, Luther Heaton, image# 11 of 683. Hereinafter cited as New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999.