Here is my little contribution to the HERITAGE input for tonight. I never thought to look up that name. You will enjoy this from p. 724 of George Reeser rowell's History of Camden County NJ 1886... Richard Heritage was one of the proprietors of the town of Gloucester when it was laid out, in 1686. He owned lots in the original town, and was one of the signers of the memorandum made by the proprietors as to the division of lots. He was the first who bore the name in West Jersey, and came from Warwickshire, England. He purchased rights of Edward Byllinge and his trustees in 1684, and made a location of land on the north side of Pensaukin Creek, in Burlington County, and called the place "Hatten New Garden." He purchased other rights and located other lands in this township. He died in 1702, without a will, and most of his land passed to his heir-at-law, his eldest son, John. In 1705 he sold to William Matlack one thousand acres of land in Waterford township. John married Sarah Slocum in 1706. To his son Joseph he conveyed considerable land. Much of this land he sold. It lay on both sides of the creek and now embraces several valuable farms. Samuel Burrough purchased a art of this tract in 1698. Joseph Heritage died in 1756, leaving six children.--Richard, who married Sarah Whitall and Sarah Tindall; Joseph, who married Ruth Haines; Benjamin, who married Keziah matlack; John, who married Sarah Hugg; mary, who married John Gill and John Thorne; and Hannah, who married Mr. Rogers. It was from Joseph Heritage and his children that many of the early settlers purchased land, and, although the family apears to have been a large one, yet the name is now unknown among the residents of the township, although some remain within the present limits of Waterford township and still hold a small portion of the land. A couple of notes here, folks... First, the two paragraphs above are from the chapter entitled "THE TOWNSHSIP OF DELAWARE." 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? Vince