Surname Saturday - HEALD (England to Colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1157 who is Dorothy HEALD (1649-1674) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this HEALD family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zavhariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

144.  Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784)
145.  Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812)

288.  James Hildreth (1698-1761)
289.  Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774)

578.  Samuel Prescott (1674-1758)
579.  Esther Wheeler (1678-1756)

1156.  Jonathan Prescott, born 1646 in probably Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 December 1721 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2312. John Prescott and 2313. Mary Gawkroger.  He married 03 August 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1157.  Dorothy Heald, born 16 October 1649 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 08 October 1674 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Jonathan Prescott and Dorothy Heald are:
*  child Prescott (1671-1671).
*  Jonathan Prescott (1672-1672)
*  Samuel Prescott (1674-1758), married 1698 Esther Wheeler (1678-1756).

2314.  John Heald, born about 1611 in probably Cheshire, England; died 24 May 1662 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 03 December 1636 in Alderley, Cheshire, England.
2315.  Dorothy Royle, born before 03 September 1615 in Lancashire, England; died 29 October 1694 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Heald and Dorothy Royle are:
*  John Heald (1637-1689), married 1661 Sarah Dean (1640-1689).
*  Hannah Heald (1639-1689), married 1658 John Spalding (1632-1721).
*  Timothy Heald (1641-1689), married 1663 Sarah Barber (1646-????).
*  Dorcas Heald (1645-1650).
*  Gershom Heald (1647-1717), married 1673 Ann Vinton (1656-1698).
*  Dorothy Heald (1649-1674), married 1670 Jonathan Prescott (1646-1721)
* Thomas Heald (1652-1725), married (1) 1675 Priscilla Markham (????-1712); (2) 1713 Sarah Patch.
*  Isaac Heald (1656-1717), married 1678 Elizabeth (1660-????).
*  Israel Heald (1660-1738), married 1686 Martha Wright (1659-1746).

Information about this Heald family was obtained from:

*  Clarence Almon Torrey, The Heald-Hale Genealogy : John Heald of Concord, Massachusetts, and some of his descendants (six generations) (Boston, Mass. : C.A. Torrey, 1940).   

*  John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins (Baltimore, Md. : Heritage Books, 1992), provides an excellent sketch of the life of John Heald.

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