Hi, Vince, While I do not subscribe to the [email protected] list, a listmember knew of my descent from Richard Heritage and thought I might be interested in your posting of 99-06-10 22:57:25 EDT. I was! In your posting, you said: << Second, it seems likely to me that Richard was not the son of Joseph, but of John. It was John who was the father of Joseph, according to this article. What are your comments on this? >> Here are my comments, if you are interested: Richard Heritage of Sutton-Under-Brailes, Warwickshire, England, who secured in 1684 a grant from "Edward Byllynge of London, Gentman" for 100 acres of land within the Province of West New Jersey (Gloucester Book of Deeds, No. 2, page 60) had the following children by wife Mary Timms (although not perhaps in this order), according to several different sources: Mary (b. 28 Apr 1666 ?) m. William Clark John (b. 7 Mar 1669, d. 1716 ?) m. Sarah Slocum Joseph (b. 22 Apr 1675, d. 13 Nov 1756 ?) m. Hannah Allen Sarah By the way, according to a deed dated 8 mo 9, 1689 in which he bought a second 100 acres of land, Richard Heritage was of Sutton-New-Garden (rather than "Hatten New Garden" as the Prowell text calls it.) John Heritage, who administered the estate of his father Richard Heritage when Richard died without a will in 1702, himself died in 1716 at about 43 years of age, leaving two daughters: Mary who married Hasker Newberry, and Naomi who moved to Blanden County, North Carolina. Joseph Heritage administered the estate of his brother John, rendering an account on 4-9-1718. Joseph and his wife Hannah Allen were married 26 Jan 1697 and had the following children (info per the Heritage Family Index compiled by John O. Heritage, found at the Gloucester County Historical Society and other sources, not verified by me): Mary, b. 1698?, d 1775 Richard, b. 1700?, d 10 Jan 1768 Joseph, b. 1704?, d 1752? John, b. 1710?, d. 30 Nov 1761 Hannah, b. 1712?, d. 19 Aug 1759 Benjamin, b. 9 Apr 1715, d. 5 Sept 1763 Elizabeth, b. 12 Aug 1716, d. 1723 Martha, b. 23 Feb 1721 Ephraim, b. 30 Apr 1726, d 1731 I don't think that the article is saying that Joseph was the son of John...Perhaps the author intended it to read that when Richard Heritage died without a will, most of his land passed to his heir-at-law, John, but that Richard had before his death conveyed considerable land to his son Joseph? In actuality, Richard Heritage _had_ conveyed for natural affection the Sutton-New-Garden homestead to his son John BEFORE his death, and had also (on 10-6-1696) conveyed 237 acres adjoining the homestead to his son Joseph. One more note: John Heritage, the son of Joseph and grandson of Richard, married ANN Hugg, not Sarah Hugg as Prowell has it. (License dated 22 August 1741, per the book "Documents of Colonial History of the State of New Jersey", Marriage License, page 208). I am descended from John Heritage and his wife Ann Hugg, through their son John and his wife Susannah Marple. John Heritage Jr and Susannah had four children (that I know of): Joseph, Ann, Priscilla and Samuel. My line comes through daughter Ann, who married Samuel Redfield. I would be glad to correspond with any Heritage researchers. I am especially interested in proving the truth (or untruth) of the family story which claims that the younger John Heritage (husband of Susannah and father of Ann) was a prisoner on board the old "Jersey" prison ship during the American Revolution. It was printed as a footnote in the "Genealogical History of the Redfield Family in the United States" by John Howard Redfield, published in 1860. The story was obviously believed by members of the family at that time, but I have been unable to find any documentation of it. Thanks for your time and attention in reading this long email! Sincerely, Lynn Marshall [email protected]