Record of the family of Zebulon Heston and his wife Dorothy Heston : who settled in America about the year 1684, embracing also the lineage of the children of I. Morris and Anna P. Heston, and other descendants of Zebulon and Dorothy

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RECORD OF THE FAMILY

ZEBULON HESTON

AND Hm W.1KK

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DOROTHY FIESTON.

Who Settled m America aoout the Year 1684^

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MoRRiS AND Anna P. Heston,

1ND t>TH;-:K DKsCENnAST"; <iK /.K'ULns AND nMJiOTH-.',

P'irited fo- Circulation amon^ Members o^ the Family.

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HESTON FAMILY.

\T a public meeting held in Wash-
ington, D. C on December 22d,
1845, in commemoration of the
landine of the Pilcrrim Fathers. Dan-
iel Webster made a speech, in which
he said: " Men who are regardless of
their ancestors and of their posterity
are apt to be regardless of themselves.
Our ancestors belong to us by affec-
tionate reti-ospect ; our descendants
by affectionate anticipation." Another
man once said that " he who careth not
whence he came, careth little whither
he goeth." This is a bold assertion
for anyone to make, and, like many
other trite aphorisms, is one in
which truth and strict propriety are
sacrificed to epigrammatic force. ?vIost
people are not indifferent to the origin
ot their fam.ily, for the pride of ances-
V ";^ tr)' seems to be innate in almost e\-ery
one.

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4 HK.-n >\ KAM!1A .

The orii^in of Htstoji as a patn:)-
n\'mic is not a matter tor conjectun'.
It doubtless comes from the villaLre oj
Heston. which i- partly in the j;arish
of Heslon and partly in the parish 6\
j Islesworth. in Middlesex connty. ling-

! land, twelve miles west ot" London and

I about the same diistance east <j1 Wind-

sor CastUi.
i It is well known that centuries a^-o-

I the i^aeat majority of our ancestors had

i only one name at first — commonl\

I called the Christim name — bu.t atter-

i wards, in the course ot trien- live^.

! either at cjuite an earl\- stai^e ot tlvjir

I manhood, v;r subsequentU'. they ad.()j)t-

I ed or were _L,dven ancjther name, which.

i in the course of time, became the sur-

name. This sec.md name was de-
I rived from man\- ditVerent >(iurces.

I such as occupation, estate, business.

j personal appearance, detects or ad-

I vanta^^res, place of residence, or som<.'

{ particular thini; or event relatinL^- to

j the person. 'Fhus John, the smith,

j became [chn Smith; Karl Non n^v;

\ bur'.^. Cliarles Xev, l;ury; d om u' Lin-

! coin, 'lorn or Thomas Lincoln. Ld-

■ ilE^ToX FAMILY.

I niiind Ironsides was SO called either i^^n

j ' account of his great strength or the

I armor uhicli he wore. It can be

I easily seen, therefore, how fohn of

I Heston became. b\' ellipsis, John

I Heston. It was not until the fifteentii

I centnry that surnames became gen-

1 eral in England.

I The name H'^ston is doubtless oi

Anglo-Saxon origin — ton being the

I ■ Anglo-Saxon for village or town, and

I es or hes meaning east, from oast or

j est. Thus we have Heston or Flast-

I town, and so also we have Weston or

1 West-town. l"wo parts of a town or

(>[ a l';>ng, straggling village might ha\"e

I been na.ned. respecti\'ely. Heston and

I Weston, just as there were in England

! in King Alfred's time, certainly in

• ^'^''"'.^' Egbert's, who preceded him not

i many years, the divisions called Essex

I and Wessex.

j fiverything that is Saxon or Anglo-

\ Saxon in origin, of course, is (ierman

j, • or High Deutsche in derivation. The

I name of Heston may date from the

S:.:.(.'n invasion *jt I'ritain Iw ihc ■ .■.r\y

I part of the fifth centun,-, when ■" the

!IFST»')N' FAMII V

j three tribes of (Senriany," the Jutes.

\ the Angles and the Saxons, under

i Heni^ist and Fiorsa. invaded Britain.

I subdued the Celts and estabhshed per-

j nianent colonies on the island, hrsi

I X along the coast and afterwards in the

I interior.

I It Avas near tlie villa or parish oi

j lieston, at Kingston-on-Thames, that

I the coronation of the Saxon kings was

t ■ held. The stone on which they were

' • 1 • •

I crowned is preserved with religious

! care ir. the principal thoroughfare.

I .At Richpnond. still nearer, is the site

I of a royal palace, of which now only

I tlie gateway and a cluster of buildings

I remain.

The locality has most interesting

I reminiscences of historic importance

i concerninLT the Wars of the Roses and

j -^ .....

i the Cix'il War. It was in the vicinity oi

i Heston that Kdmund Ironsides de-

I feated the Danes under Canute in

I io: 6. after expelling them trom Lon-

I d<)n. and it was here that six martyrs

l were l.-urned at the stake in is^<'^. In

i - i6v2 the R('\'ali-^ts, under Prince Ku-

I pert, defeated the Parliam.entarians,

HTSTriN F.\MII,V. '

under Mollis, on the green I'-etwefn
Heston and Islesworth. 'I he autiior
of "Suburban Homes ot London,"
writing; of this neighborhood, says:
" As you gaze upon or wander al;out
the place, C). what past stor)" rises to
the mind ! The whole localit)- is t( r
the exercise of contemplation and ru-
mination; and there is scarcel) a phase
of character prominent in Englisli his-
tory, political, domestic or social, that
has not its intense associations with
that spot." Near by tlows the Thames,
and the same author says : •' The char-
acter of the scenery can ne\er 1;.e ex-
haustively described." The neighbor-
hood has been famous for its fruit
trees from the earliest times. The
old maps of Hounslow and Hestun are
covered with the sur\'e\"ors" technical
signs of fruit. .Such is the histor\"
and such are the surroundings of the
place in "old England" whence came
the family name of lieston. It has
been said that there is still to be seen
near the banks of the Thames, n■■^t far
ironi London, the ruins '■!" :. L^stle
known as " Heston's Castle." There

s HESrnx FAMH.V.

ma)' have been such a castle at one
time, but Mr. |. ^hlrshalh pro})rict<)r
of the Heston mills. Middlesex. sa\ •>
that he nex'er lieard ot it, and tliat no
such ruins are to be tound near then-
no w. He adds : " Heston i.-, a \ery old
villa;^e, and is probabK' the place
where the founder of the Heston fam-
ily once lived."

Among those who voluntarily lett
England chiring the last halt oi
the seventeent^i century, to seek an
asylum in the wilds ol America, was
Zebulon Heston. primogenitor ol tlie
Heston f^mil\- in .\nierica. The time
of his arrival has never been definitel\"
ascertained, though tradition places it
at 1684, one \'ear previous to the
death of the intolerant Cb.arles 11.
The same fallible authorit)- also in-
forms us that he first settled at r)arn-
stable Bay, Massachusetts. In sup-
port of this, the writer, has in his
possession an old famih' parchment.
containinor the record of Zebulon Hes-
ton and his immediate family, as well
as tiiat of later generatior,s. I oljow-
ing the record of Zebulon and his

\ HF.STOX FAMILY. !•

I

I older children is this note ; '"'Iheaboxe

\ cop}' was taken out ol the Hook ot

I Records in Eastham. In the province

[ ot Massachusetts, Barnstable Way. in

I New England, 5th month 31st. 1715.

I by John Paine. Town Clerk. Emi-

! grated in the year i0(S4."
I Admitting that Zebulon rieston lo-

j Gated first in the province oi Massa-

I chusetts. it is evident that lie did not

\ remain there long. From Da\is' " His-

I tory ot Ihicks count)', ,Pa.." we learn

1 that he settled at W'rightstown. Ikicks

I county, in 171 i. hie first removed

I from Xew jerse\' l<< Falls, a township

I some tew miles south of Wrii^htstown,

I in the same county, where his three

I youngest children were born. There

I is other evidence that he lived in Xew

Jersey before settling in Pennsylvania.

I According to Raum's " Fiistor\' of Xew

I Jersey," (page 317) and Rev. Dr.

Hall's •' History of the First Presb\-te-

1 rian Church of Trenton," he was a

I prominent freeholder in the townsiiip

I ol Hopewell, in what is now Mercer

? count)', in ^703. and soi-;! his omo-rt)-

i there tc Isaac Reeder in 1707. He

iO HESTOX FAMILY.

was one of the four trustees of the
first meeting house erected in Hope-
well. It was about 1707, probably,
that he removed to Falls town,ship.
Bucks count)', whence he removed to
Wrighstown in 171 1.

The records in the Secretar\- ot
State's office, at Trenton, bear witness
to the fact that he was a resident ot
Hopewell, and a prominent citizen.
On page 1 14. AAA, folio 105. the fol-
lowing instrument is recorded :

"John Hutchinson, of Hopewell.
County of Burlington, &c.. to Andrew
Heath, Richard Ayre, Abiel Davis and
Zebulon Heston, of the same county.
&c., hath granted to the said Andrew
Heath. &c., a piece of land on the
easterly side of the highway leadin-
between the house of the said John
Hutchinson and Andrew Heath, &c..
containing two acres, in trust tor the
inhabitants of the said towhship ot
Hopewell and their successors, inhab-
iting and dwelling within the said
townsh'p, forever, for the public and
comir.on use and benefit of 'I:-- whole
township, for the erecting and build-

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ing a public meeting-house thereon,
and also for the place of burial, and
for no other use, intent, or purpose
whatsoever."

This lot was sold some years ago,
by the trustees of Episcopal church in
Trenton, to Ralph Lanning. It lies
I on an eminence about thirty rods north-

I east from his dwelling, and north of

I the New Jersey .State Lunatic Asylum,

i The meeting-house was probably the

f first one erected in the township of

j Hopewell and for Trenton, and. as far

I ' as can be ascertained, the first in the

I state, except that of the Quakers. I:

I was occupied by the Episcopalians

I until their church was built in IVenton,

and occasionall)- for man\- \-ears after-
I wards. .A portion of the foundatiof:

I is still standing. It thus appears that

I . Zebulon Heston was an Episcopalian
I at the time he lived in New Jersey.

[ and that he did not identify him.self

I with the Friends or Quakers until

I after his removal from Trenton. John

I O. Raum. in his " History of Trenton,"'

' sa)s Zebulon He-;ton li\'ed nn the

f place owned by the late Amos Reeder,

1-J HKSrON FAMILY.

which was bought by Isaac Reeder ot
Mr. Heston in 1707. The same au-
thority, says most of the EpiscopaHans
lived in the vicinit\- of the church they
buih on the grounds of the Hutchin-
son family.

The purchase of Pennsylvania and
West jerse)- b)- Penn and others,
and the liberal form of government
under which those provinces were
placed, opened an asylum to such as-
were under the bans of persecution,
either in the European countries or
the colonies. This fact no doubt in-
duced Zebulon Heston to remove
from Massachusetts to a more con-
genial locality in the neighborhood or
the Delaware.

It has generally been supposed, how-
ever, that at the time of his emigration
to Am.erica Zebulon Heston was a
believer in the religious doctrines of
the Friends, and that he suffered per-
secution in common with man\ others
of that- faith. The early P>iends or
Quakers suffered as much from perse-
cution as any other class or denomi-
nation in Ene^land, during the last half

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I of the seventeenth century. Thou-

I sands were constantly confined in jails,

{ whose dark and loathsome dungeons

\ were filthy beyond description ; and

I yet there were very few of the

I Quakers who did not prefer the worst

\ punishments that religious hate could

j indict upon them, rather than by the

I slightest prevarication or denial prove

untrue to their faith. These persecu-
tions, comniencing before the ele\'a-
tion of Cromwell, extended through
the protectorate and the reign of
Charles II. and were not arrested until
William Penn, throucrh his influence
with Janies II, Charles's successor, suc-
ceeded in breaking up the vile system.
Unfortunately all efforts to trace the
lineage of the family beyond the At-
lantic have thus far pro\'ed futile, al-
though it is definitely settled that Zeb-
ulon canie to America towards the
close of the seventeenth centur)-. very
probably unmarried at the time. Ef-
forts have also been made to trace out
the progenitor of the familv in Massa-
cliu'^ett-^, but without success. The
minutes of P^alls and Middletown

H HESTON FAMILY.

( Hucks county) Monthly Meetino-s of
Friends inform us that Zebulon Kes-
ton obtained a certificate of removal
from the former to the latter in i 7 i i .
At about this time (1711) he pur-
chased 224 acres of land within a mile
of Wrightstown monthly meeting-
house, on which he afterwards lived
and died. The original will of Zebu-
lon Heston is now in the possession of
Thomas Warner, of WTightstown, Pa.,
and is dated the 20th of 2d month.
1720. Dorothy, his wife, andJiis par-
ticular friend, John Rutledge, v/ere left
executors. They sold the property tc--
Jane Preston, of .Abington. .Dorothy
outlived Zebulon several years and
was married again to Thomas Stack-
house in 172S. Many of the descend-
ants of Zebulon and Dorothy are liv-
ing in Bucks county. Pa., and (Others
are living in \-arious parts of the coun-
try*— especially in Ohio, Indiana. Ken-
tucky and Alissouri. A number of
them went to Washington and F"ayette
counties, I^a., between 1700 and 1706.

!s5aHfSlll!iJllvS!irotJ|lj|5l91l.

I RACHEL, born Septembc^r 29,
1699. Married John Lace\' in
1718 and died .Alarch 6. 1761.

I'heir Siiii John'.> x)ii, < leiier.il Juhr. I..icey. was Ilri^adie'-' i'-r.cral
of c):e renn>yh:Hni?. Milltn\ during t'.c R..-'..-'li:t!OM. i.Snx Ehivi^'-
Historj' nf ^»llc^> County, i'a., p. ?H:-..}

2 HANNAH, born October i6. 1701.
Died in December tollowincr.

3 ZEBULON, born November 4,
1702. Married Elizabeth Buck-
man and died March 12. 1776.

He wai a m:in ufijon^nier-iblo acxouiu in ir.e rfli'^.n..- Aorld. and
b<;!ong<?d to V.'ri4ht.>lowi-i Monthly Meeting of Fncnd^. NViien iLi^mii
29 years ofp:;: Sc felt :: <'esire to a;.i>t.-;ir in the mini>try . Hi- i.e.tih-
cate from the Wri^htstowr* incttinu reads a.-, folio* s^

''\)b..\K Frikn!;S: In tl;.it love in w hicli tli* Churi.h is ctlifici ;<nd
.Siut -1^ ill C-.iiii jcMis, do we s;iii:tt: >rni iniii.ive yoJ'-) ■.'^.■■^r-■Tal..!
tii.it our frierid, /..biiloii H<: '"n. r ,.;:;.:^i-.; . f -i .<;ca ':.•:= y .v . y
oi' certificate to you, iht '^u irleriy Mect;!r^, ■..;nccr!!ir.^ :tui '.ir.ity
«*-ith hiai ir. liic niinis'.rj."

16 HESTON FAMILY.

He traveled m.ir.y miles in the -ervic= of the truth. \\";-.e;i _no;ir!y
70 ye.irs of age, accomocinieci by his nepnew, .-iltensaros 1 Jeueral
John [.3cey, he paid a reii-ious visit to the Deiauare Ir.._iuir.^ we-st-
ward of Pennsylvania, and '.vas very cordially recci\ed. At a meet-
ing for worship held on thi Muskinzuni river, Captain White Kyes,
one of the Indian Chiefs, made a speech and presented him with a
belt of wampum, thus sho.vin; their regard for hini and i-.s- prea^;h-
ing. A memorial was prepared by the Wrishtstovvii meeting alter
his death on March 12, 1776.

4 JOHN, born May 25. 1705.

5 JEMIMA, born September 24, i 707.

Died F'ebruapy' 14. 1724.

6 STEPHEN, born November;,! 710.

7 JAC'OI^.. born May 20. 17 13. Mar-

ried Mar\- Warner.

lacoh and Mary Heston had at least three snns^'l'hi'inas. l-.Jwar.i
andje:sc. Thomas was a C&Ionel during the Re\oIutl)n. He wa~
born April +, 1753, ^"d .married Hannah Clayton t)n June ::5. 177?-
In or about 1781. in connection with Thomas Cirpeute:. ^ranitather
of the late Jud:;e Thomas P. Carpenter, of Caind::'!. X. J., he pur-
chased of the .-tanjecr Brothers the allies .v -irks which they had estab-
lished in 1775. ! he placi uas known as Heston'^ 1 r;.-!-s> Wfj'-k^
until >ome vcars after, .vhen. at the sa;^e-:ion .>f a menii>er of the
celebrated C'oucester Fj\ Huntin.i Cluo, on the ncca-ion 01 a > 'in-
viva! t'a-heriii:; It Co!:)ne! He-tons lion ^e, after a hunt an'^ capture
of rcynard, it was named Gia---b<^ro. ar.a has e\er sin e b'lrn t!i:'t
name. The works are still in the p-issessLin of Colonel Heston'> fie-
jcendants — the Whitney ■;, his daughter Bathsheba ha\inj married
Captain Ebe.T Whitney. It is related of Captain Whitney -rat hev.a..
ca>t ashore v.ith his vtsse! at or near Cape .May. an 1 in pa.^sin^
£hroj'4h the i,ei;;hborh'«j<l of tiie i;l;»ss works, on his way ;.• I'hiladel-
phia, he saw and became enanio-.ed of Colonel He>ion\ daushter
fc-athsheha. He marri^i this lady and settled there, en^-a^in;; in tlic
::;iass bu-^incss .^itb. his father-in-law. The Whitney brothers
(Ihoin.'S Hc'itop. and Samuel A.,; son.s of Cap::iin hbirr, Whitney,
became proprietors of the wurlis in 1837, an-J they have carried on
the busii.e.s s.|-xcsifi.r.v ever sir.ce. i" hey are n'^sv the '.ir_-e.st .:;a>^
»..:;'lc? in the countr>-. 1 ."ic v.-t. ir pr .pr.c;; r, \": < ..:■ Hs-.ton Wh.;-
ney, c'td on May 4, i3i2, ai;ed o-j. Kca rr.en led j, more ac.ivr b.i..i-

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i--.> life lli;in l':i..r..-.^ r!e>ti<n Whitney, .ii.i.i ii..i-,e i..r>k .1 --.^ •'•e iMriie>t
.ir.d p.TIrii'tu; iiUcru^t ill [hi. CMti •crns of the i:ti\::Ury. ■'■.«'. .ihboi^^h
t;"..ipp()iiited in his porifical a>;f)iratioiis — ti,i\ini; bcci: I'ctcUe.l :i^ liw
W hi^ raiidiil.\t<' iiir Ciiiurcss by Hon Naihaii '1 . >tr,i;*..r'. in .Sv' —
he iie\cr laheti;'! ir. Iii>luse !ur his political priiicip.e^. and uii'-:i
trc:<si>ii striic's at the life of :he nation l^e gave iibe::.!ly "f his abun-
liani means u< the cause of the Union and ni sup;, u of the old tlai;.
( )thers may I:a\e Ijeen m irc ostentatious, hiu in er^'eLtne, c:iri'.cst
v.ork Mr. Whitney s:.><>J pre-eminent. He was a;.: .•i;:te<l t.i r<;pr.j-
sent New Jersey on tlic Centennial Connnissi.vn in 1 5;- . -it de Infi
;!ie honor. His son, John )'. \\ hiirxy, is :iou :r, ;' e rci .f tl.e ^!a^s
AOrks, at < Ilissboro, N. I.

Edward W. He.ston, son of J.,.*,;, ,7^ and brother !.. rhon.as, wi.
also a Ke\o!Tition:iry p.ilriot. luildu:;,' a !iei;tena:ii--; ilo:'el'.-. eonin.is-
s-.n. He foiuKlei! the \illa^< of Hesto-.n ii!e. no .v ■■•.. !;,.!.,d '.vilhin the
corporate limits of t'hil ideiph.i.i. '1 he old H'estoii ni.n,s:o:i. in w 'M..h
he ii\ed for sixty years, was situated in the \ieinn\' of (.leor.;e's Hid,
Ka-rmonnt F'.irk. It v.vis lo'-n down about 1077 Kdward W. Hes-
t n) was a member of ti'.e Pennsylvania I.eyislaturc, an^l lor ei^ht
years w.as a State -Senator. He was also appointe-d a. Indye of the
Court of Co:nnion I'Icas. ol Philadelphia. ,in:l served ;e> -lii.h for lor.r
years. I'he origin;:! town plot of Hc^tonville iijif.prised a'.iput :■-»>
a-jres, and pre\ ioii-s to Its con.soiidarion with Phiiadelphia fornitd a
part of lU'ickity township. 1 he ground has almost '.luireiv pass>.d
out of the possession of the Helton f-in.jly ar.d is, in u'cit iiieastire,
built up. Kd'.vaid W. l.'eston d.ied in zS^^, ai;ed 7.'. He was the
1 ilher of iourte>.n children, ele\cn of wh..in were li\ni.; at '.lie tn..- of
ins death, but osily oiic is now li\ in.;. Mrs. j.i.uisa I'.i\-.on, now ni
her 3ist year. There are about tsienty-hve ;.;-a;..t-. hiMren o'' the
f'/under of Hestonville living at the present tmie.

S ISAAC, born May 17, 171^ Died
July 19. 1729.

g rHOM.\S. born Au^Li;^t 3, 1718.

Ikki li tkMl i. Mn.

k

10 ELIZABETH, born April 30,

1727. Married Titus Fell.

11 JEMIMA, born August 27, 172S.

Married Jonathan Kinsey, ist;
Benjamin Doan, 2d.

12 REBECCA, born May 3, 1730.

13 RACHEL, born November 30,

173 1. Married Samuel Mer-
rick. Died Februar)- I 2, 1826,
acred 94. Interred in the
Wrightstown Bur}'ing (jround.

14 ZEBULON, born November 18,

^733- Married Sarah Burges.

He hid at id-jt one sufi u^n-ucd jij.ai. Thi> iinw h -li a v.i ;i.)ai-ii
Zebulon. who in i863 *is living m Indiana, st' n vivau ;ed a^c.

IIF.STON FAMILY. 1J>

15 MARY, born April 23, 1737. Mai-
ried John Hurst. ^

16 WILLAM. born May 7, i73g.
Marrie^d Mercv Cutler.

17 JOHN, born Ma\- 15. 1742. Mar
ried Hannah Jarrctt.

18 ISAIAH, born .August 20. 1 74-I.
Married Anne Leonard at
Friends' ^Meeting, Wrights-
town, June. 10. 1767. Died
September 7, 1785, aged 41.
-Anne Leonard was born De-
cember 3d, 1742. and died
June 22, 1814.

19 DAVID, born September 30. i 748.
Married Rachel Briggs, 1st;
Rachel Hough, 2d; and Phcebe
Smith. 3d. Died October 16,

iS2i, a"'ed 7^ \'e.T.rs and :6
. davs.

■20 IIKS'R'N FAMIi.V.

The issue of the nrst David hiestori
(ig) was a/, follows:

I. _1AMK> H1>1()X, h.,rn Ai.r;! ;.i772: .iieci J iiiv 2j. i ;-;,

II. AMo^ UK- TON. U.ni A.-.i-t 2r. 1774; ..i-d July -'^, t;:-

m. I'At \" Hl.-roX. bn-n f>.j,:ember if. 17" -. Jl-rd June .-:.
I---,. M.irr-e.l l,.';ii> ■^uici.llcy. •if Xe-.v-piirt' iiic. lv,:^:'r.* > ounty . FV.

IV. I'AVlIi KK.-"n)X. r,,,rn A-.rii ; . 1779-. .ilej I V,-..-'iibt;r -.
1S57. Mnrno.i .\;iu.i ['..v^jn. ■'■..\:iizr:er n{ yioic^ Fa\so;i.

V. RA(, HF.t, Hh>r()X b.rn .Iir.cb. 17;-;: ; .':•-.'. M:>y !o, iS.--
Marrifi: nvv.rtii! >i!I rir-!. Kohtrt lihiv^ciii second.

V[. KLIZAHKTH HF.-<roX. b.m Aucu^i 24- K=-- M->'n^'i
Hii^h '■n'.iih and reiria\cd l.i Iiii'iiana.

VII MAKV HK^TOX. l-rn I:inuar^- J. 17X.. \I.i-rie.I 1 >:ir:!r!
l.<.vctt. of t.f.j...T M.l.ehel.l lou n.-jhif.. Racks coi:nty. P.i.

Vin. 11 '-'^K UK.- i(»X. b:irTi M.irch ;o. :7/J. Med October i-,
18-V,.

IX. CHAKI.l.- MK.-IOX. K-.m Kmc -i, iSo;: dicJ ^c[.tc:u-.cr
a. tS:.!.

The issue of the second David Mes-
ton. born April i, 1779. "^vas as
follows :

K MAK\ HK.^IOS. born March ii. iS.r,j,-. d:e,'. Oct .b.ir i;, iSi, .

il \SIl,i.iA.\! HK.-roX. horn October 14. -.Zii. ,'aetl A,i-.>:
17. i»!?.

HI. HF{KHK ANX h'K>roX. bc.ru O.to'jer .i';, :Si4. M.irnti!
M.ihlon S. KIrkbriiie. r,f iJri-toI. l'.-..

IV, RKliKCCA HK>-n')X. b-rn Au-a.t t,. ;S2i

V. KUZW.r.TH HKSIOX, bom Ap.nl 5, i3:4.

V!. li\\ III HKSTOX.bora A-.,nl .-, i5c-/. ' .\!.'.^-ri.; 1 .\l.i.-%- K,...'.-
.Icr.t,,:-. •..u.^-i;.;rof Jol.n I' K.,: 'cr.f'n. am: iK^..^ ,'. f-:,nl^r..r-'.
! ..: ..'cC.^i 1 Ht: ii prop'i'-t re; -.cc I r.iicu .M .'-^ i.. Ijc! r'r;n;:nv
iVori-LN, ara". a riuii,ter in thr .'^o.icty uf friends. Orlh'xJtjx )

HKSTiiN FA>[II.V

;i

The is^ue of tht^ third David li^s-
ton, born iS.-?;. is as tohows;

iS;". M.irricJ > U'

m

I. CHXKLI'..^ '". Hr,>TiiX. S.-.rn \I;iv 7. iS;'..

n. WII.i.lAM HIS 1' )\. Sorn >ei te r.iicr 4. i!:;--.
Ml. Jl>HN i;. Hr>'10N. '.. rn A|.ril J7. 1S5S.
\V. AN\A m. -IDN.hom May 17. lor-.

{o^f{)li Ficsion. who was l)orn
Ihicks county, i'a., in 17S3. was, ac-
corthn^ to tiic rf^cord trom which wc-
copw the son of /o:\-p/i and Phtd.xi
(Smith) H('ston. of that count)-. Th^'
elder Josf|jh"s sons were Joseph. Jr.,
and -Samuel h\ hrst \\\U', and Charles
and William. b\- second wite. Samuel
settled at Wabash. Indiana, leavin--
several children, including Edward
hbjston, now uf .Sorini^boro. Olho, and
Joseph Mestcm. H\in<^^ near Wabash.

The first named Joseph Heston.
(born in 1783) was a miller by trade
at Catonsville, Maryland, near Haiti-
more, tie- married Ann Kvans, daugh-
ter of John an.d Letitia Evans, on Jan-
uary I. 1S06. In 1S27 they removetl
to P.atavia. X. V.. vdiere Mr. Heston
pa^-sed the balance of his life as a^^en-
tleniaiTlariii'^-r, ruid di'd [.)(->s^e--^ed <>;
conslde-rable uropertx . iJiAli iie anci

■2: IIF.STON FAMILY.

his wife were memb(*rs ot the Society
of Friends, and were attached to the
Orthodox Friends' Meeting at Flba.
in Genesee count)-, N. \. He was a
man of sterhns^r integrity and was h(dil
in ver\ hii^li esteem in the community.
Charles \V. Evans, of Ikiffalo, \. V..
in his •• Biographical and Historica'i
Accounts of the Fox, Fllicott and
Evans families," referring t(^ josej.'h
Heston, who was connected witli the,
Evans family by marriage, sa\s : " The
family reside-nce-, four miles west (^t
the villaL'c* of l>atavia, is one ot the
inost pleasant places in that section ot
country, and the hospitable and kinci
manner in which they entertained m.em-
bers and ministers of the Societ\- ot
Friends, and their own friends and rel-
atives, made a visit to them agreeable
and pleasant."

Joseph Heston survived his wife,
Ann, and continued to reside on the
farm near liatavia. with his daughters
Letitia and Rachel, and died May 19,
1864. aged eighty-one years. Joseph
and \:^. n (Ev;ins) Heston had; '.leven
children, namelv :

HKSroN lAMlI.V

I. rJtp-.r.E >.Mi ra h'EsroN, Mr.-. Novembjr .7, r-. m..,-

ri-.-ii Ahrnhani M, rnderiilll. Sei.!..-m'r^r ir-. iiy'>. .i^^.t < >. ;, '-cr _-i.
/?53. Shi; left no .'hildren.

II. I.F.Tri!A KVANS HF,->ll>X. 'x.rii Jinuiry .-?. iS-'j; .i.o!
•_ niia rrlet! , lur-e 15, liyS.

III. .=^AMrK.l. HK>1()N, b...r:. Xovcnibcr ,^, t'?!., M i.rlc.i.
5.rst. Sarah (.\,iii^toi.'li, thcTi Chli«; (..'oni^trHk, ihtn .Mr-, \1 iry
(r)air.:haday) ( Mx-vdrich. Ht died J>:r,i: lo. iS8r.

IV. LKW!-; KVANS HK.vrON, !)oni N.\eniV-. ., ; m /. .Mai-
r:ed F.ll/abctli M.i.soii; died Juuc o. 1S4J.

V. Wll I.IAM KVANS hi:.- TON. b..!T. \u^nv. .i. ..?i=. Mar-
ri<;d Lynthui P.ir->ii-,: dici.1 I-^Iti ary ;. iSSo.

VI MARTHA ANN H V.> K >N. '..,rii M ■> : ■, iSir \!.irr:ol
V.illiam H. Huttor.

VII. JO.-I.rH Kl.l.irori HKSniN, bon. J':"<^ -". '^■'■■■- i!i<--''
Ai'-^ii-s! 27, i?24.

VIII. KMU.V HK-^rON. h.<rn '-ay o, 181..: died A;.ni r;, 183J.

IX. JOHN KVANS HKST<^N. I. .r:i F^hruary --. i3:'i. Mar-
ried Kliz-al^lh .\I. Cnn'Dy.

X. ANN AllifSlW HK->ll»N. horn July i.. i.^j;; .iic! Sep-
tember ig, iSjO.

XI. RACHKI. I,')(UIIS HKSIMN, ^.m -e^neuher 11. £S2y
Married John I'lcr^on,

Samuel and Sarah (Cunistock) Hus-
ton had two children, n.atneh' :

I. MARIA L. HKSION, ',orn M ,y .-■. lijv

II. I.KTITIA K. HKSION. lv,rn Jme . j. . n - Married J-
Marsderi Picr~>n. June 17, I'i','.'.

Samuel Fleston's children h)' his sec-
ond wife were ;

I. JOSKPH HK.SrON. h.rn DecciuS-.r -4. 1344. died unm irned.
.August 26, i3rv6.

II. NATHANC HK.SrON, l...rr. Deieiubcr 4. :34'..
HI. LKSVIS J. HKSTON, aicd ui ii.faiiLy.

IV. KDWARfiM. HKSION, born May i,. iS^o.
\\ SARAH f'.K-.!'ON, b— :■ ^eV-.-ndx^r ;, iS-,>. \!:.rr..:d Hroi.
K:::j.:n i^.lird, j.iy O., 1 ^74
VI. MAK'lHAANN HK-roN.V>rii May i, ii;5, dioJ yooiig.

■2i IIKSlMN KAMIIA.

Lewis }\. and I'J.i/ahcth (Ma-^'MT)
Heston lived at first on his tarni, tuur
miles west of Batavia, near that (if h.i-
father; but atterward removed tc> .\la-
bama, in the same count}-, where he
had an excellent tarm. Their children
were :

I. AUOL'STA HKSTON. b.rn M.irvh 3;. i-'^v >
H. Chase, Octob.-r D. 1364.

II. EI.lZABEl'H HF.^TON'. burn Aii-u^: -2. i3-
cicn R. B.iiicy and died Juiy ^5, i ';:".

III. AN'X E. HF.STON, bor,, i.Vt .her .'-,. i3v..
Hotor .\I. \Vi,e, October 6. 1375.

William K. and C\nthia (Parson>)
Heston li\-ed on his farm, lour miles
west of Batavia, adjoininj^ that o\ his
father. He afterwards remox'cd to
Clinton, New York, and die<l ther<-
February 3, 18S0. He was huric'l in
the family burial If>t iii Batavia. Their
children were :

I. WILLIAM P. HESTON, b..rii May ;i. i^,;- ^!••rriL-,I ( icr-
trude May, December 26, 1872.

II. SAMUEL CARV HESToX. horn April 14, ii5_;.
HI. LEWIS E. HESTON, born Februiry 14. i 3; •
IV. LETITLV HESTON, b.5hi April 0, 1364.

The Messrs. Helton (\\'i!'!;nn P..
Samuel C. and Lewis E., comprising-

HESTON FAMILY. 2.3

the firm of William P. Heston & Co.)
are largely engaged in the wholesale
tea, syrup and molasbes business, at
58 Summit street, Toledo, Ohio. Wil-
liam P. Heston graduated from Piam-
ilton College, (Jlinton, N. Y., on July
15. 1869.

John E. and Elizabeth (Canby)
Heston, after their marriage, removed
to his farm at Alabama. Genesee
county, New York, adioining that of
his brother, Lewis E. Heston. and
afterwards removed to Mount Pleasant,
Henry county, Iowa. Their children
were :

I. CANBY HESTON', born August 39, 1S51.

II. EVANS HE.'^TON, born December 13, 1S53, died Decem-
ber 24, 1S53.

III. RACHEL L. HESTON, bom April 13, 1835.

IV. MARY HESTON, bom August 3, 1857.

V. ESTHER E. HESTON, bom November lo, 1859.

VI. LETITIA E. HESTON, bora October 3, 1861.

VII. GEORGE HESTON, born November 3, 13-53.

VIII. ELIZABETH M. HESTON, born June 21, 1869.

26 HESTON FAMILY.

The children of Wilham Parsons
and Gertrude (May) Heston, of To-
ledo, Ohio, are as follows :

I. LUCRETIA HESTON, born March 13, i;74-

II. MARY MAY HESTOX, bom ?^Iay 31, 1S76.

III. GERTRUDE MAY HESTON, bora April 25, iSSi.

l5;ii;il! d liiiif fniiiiiri! festeii.

20 JOSHUA, born at Wrightstown.
August 26. 1768. Married
Margaret Dean, and died Oc-
tober 30, 1S34. They had
issue as follows :

I. CYRUS HE5T0X, lived to manhood and married.

II. MAR'i HESTON', died February 15, 1S3;. -

III. ELTZ.VI'FTH HESTON, ~?.rr:ed Joseph Reader.

IV. I.-^^AIAH KESTON, msrrie '. Margaret Reetler.

V. AMY HESTOX, married Asa Atkinson.

Isaiah and Margaret (Reeder) Hes-
ton had five children, namely :

ANN,
RANDOLPH.

. LAFAYETTE, (born Januar>- 14, 1334, died Janaan-':?, iSf;,)
SALLY,
ELLA.

Asa and Amy (Heston) Atkinson
had five children, namely :

LETITIA,

ANN.

BENJAMIN FRANKLLV.

MARY ELiZ.^i F,TH.

V,iI.MEi<,

ASA.

2S HESTOX FAMILY.

2 1 SILAS, born at Wrightstown, Aug-
gust II, 1770, died at Litch-
field, Kentucky. June 2, 1S5S.

When a young man he removed to
Virgfinia, where he married Miss SalHe
Lewis, of Danville, \'a. He first saw
her through one of the windows of her
home in Danville, as he was driving
along- one of the streets of that citv.
She was dressed for a ball, which he
attended, with the determination of
meeting the fair unknown. It was a
genuine case of " love at first sight."
They were married in Charlotte count}".
Virginia, in 1S06, and removed to
Kentucky in 1S37.

Silas Heston died at the advanced
age of eighty-eight, in the lull posses-
sion of his faculties. With the excep-
tion of his younger brother. Isaiah,
who died at the age of ninety-two. he
was the longest lived of the tive chil-
dren of Isaiah and Anne (Leonard)
Heston. Being a true type of man,
he devoted himself to his family and
was never happier than v/hen in tlie
society of those he loved. He was a

HESTOX FAMILY. 2J)

professed Christian, and died in the
hope o( a blessed immortaHt) , after an
ilhiess of four da\s. Under date ol
September 9, i S49, when he beheved he
was nearing the end of his Hfe. lie thus
closed a letter to his brother Isaiah,
then living in Chester X'alley, Pa. :

'■ L)ear Krother : I am old and you are ^ettti-g alon^ in years,
and perha&s we shall not >ee ta',h other again in ihis si.orld. O, lei
us endea^o^ to walk so uprightly that we may meet in that world
where there is no partin:; .May Ckid, in his mercy bless you and
your family

Silas Heston outlived his wife.
They had eight children, namely :

I. ISAIAH HESTON', born May. iSoS, in Charlotte county,

Va., die'! at Hardingsburg, Ry., m 1364. He was a farmer.

n. KOWELL LEWIS HESTON'. born November 12, i3ro. in
Charlotte county, Va. He is a farmer in Missouri, now (1S83) living
at Carroiiion, the county seat of C.-vrroll county. He was married in
Carroll county, M"., to Miss Estht;r E. .Austin, of Bedford county,
Va., on November 14, 1843.

III. M.\RV ANN HESTON, K..rn in 1S12, in Charlotte county,
Va., died in :32g, aged seventeen.

IV. D.ANIEL PRICE HESTON, bom mCam.pbell county, Va.
ir. i3i5. He lived a bachelor at Hardingsburg, Ky., where he died
on September 2, 1S74.

V. \VILl,I.\M HE.STON, bom in liiy. married .Miss Emily
Heard, of Breckinndse county, Ky., in 1Z4;. and died at Cloverport,
Ky., in September, 1040 of cholera, '.hi-, wife and son dyin^ a tew
days afterA-ards of the same di.sease.)

VI. SII A.S HESTON, JR., born in September, 1819, in Camp-
bell countv, Va., married -Mrs. Catherine Jennings (formerly >Iiss
Moorman; of H.irdins-burs, Ky. He died at H." rding-burg on >op-
tember 19, 1840, of cholera, contracted while attending his brother
Willia.Tn.

VII. ROBERT LEONARD HESTON, born in M.ay, i322.
He is a physician in Litchfield, Ky., .-.tiU living. He m-Tried Mi-s
Martha Ihomas, of Litchfield, about i3;i.

V U I . S AR.A.H H ESTON , l«jrn about 1 824, died in her second year.

?.0 IIESTOX FAMILY.

The children oi' Isaiah Heston, of
Hardingsburcr, Ky., by hi> first wHe.
were as tollows :

I. .-ILAS HE.S'l OX, a ph\ s;c;a;\ .r. HarUingibiJr-. Ky . . married
a Mis? (jardritr. They '.ase four children.

!I. MARV L. HESTOX, married a Dr. Pulllam. oi' Hardinj--
bar^. They h.i-. e --.i.\- children.

HI. [,UCY HESTl^N, died in childhood.

Isaiah Heston's children by his sec-
ond wite v/ere :

I. IDA HESTOX, married E. L. M:lier.
IL MIRA HESTOX.

The children of Howell L. and
Esther (Austin) Heston were as fol-
io ws :

I. HOWEEL EEV.T.S HESTOX, bo-n Aususi 2, 1541. marr.ed
Mi.-,s Jennie 'I'hcrp. ofGreenton Valley. Mo., on December 2.;. iS;^.
She d:cd iii P.Tjr'jon county, Kar^-.'s. on Eebrunr\- i3, i^/a, leavin-
one child, Mary Lizzie, who v.as born Jnly 20, iS;-, in La!ayet:e
county, Mo. He is now jjroprietor of a .stock farm about ^ix mile^
from Carrciitcn, Mo.

IE SALLY DAXIEL KESTOX.h.-rn March .-,, 1352. Xow
livin.; V. ith her parent.i at C-rroiiion, M.i.

in. ROBERT WILLIAM HESTOX, born July 15. i^.(. Ke
was a hcrse and n".iile deaier in Colorad.o, and was murdered by hich-
v.aymen on X"o-. ember to, loSa, while on his way from Irwin.
Colorado, to lii^ ranche m Xew Me.xico, v. ith stock v. hich he had re-
centi> purchased. He was accompanied by another n-...n, and the
fvko were follo.vcd by highwaymen and attacked in a lonely part c{
the mountains. His copipanion Red with the only Z'tn they had,
leaving him to battle alone with noti.inij but his rcM-lvcrs. In the
fi.;ht he vas killed and. his body left unburled until December u — a
full month — but, beini; frozen, '.■.•a> well preserved and perfectly re:-
r..iiii':i!.Ie. GeiT.;--- D. .J. \VU:ia,Ti-, .> ''rioi-^d in ( ;t:;,- ',.. 1, :-.,:■ miici

i.".e b.' .y iiecenc b.irial. The inuideiera e.>caLed witri t.*ieir victim'.-.
money and valuable.s.

HESTOX FAMILY. 31

The childrc^n of William and Emily
(Beard) Hesion, ot" Cloverport, Ky.,
are as follows :

I. CHARLES .McCarthy HESTOX, m?.rrn:d -Misb Lu.y
>u:h. Thev have six chiliren.

I!. ADA HESTON. married a Mr. Olzy. Thjy have or

hild, Leonard, born about ;S;o.

in. MARY HELEN HE5T(^.\, married H. N. Adam.-.

Silas Heston, jr.. of Hardingsburg,
Ky., left one son, namely:

LAXLiON HESTC^X. He wai sle^pin- car cmductor betueen
Memphis and Little P.ock, and a mei:;'jer of the Southern E.xpre;;
Company, at the lime of his death, ofycliow fevo-r, on Novembers,
1S73, a;cd t'.venty-?eve:i. He died in Memphis and hi.s remains u-tre
placed in a vault by the Knij;hts of Py:h;as, until it was thought
prudent to remove them to Xash'.ille, which was not until the lollow-
inc; February. What the X:-.»h\ ille papers described as " the largest
funeral procession ever seen in X'ash^'ille " foUov/ed his remains to
the cemeterv.

The children of Dr. Robert L.
Heston, of Litchfield, Ky., are as fol-
lows :

I. .SARAH E. HESTdX.

n. .-^H.A.- .MORRI^ HKSTOX.

HL MARY GOLD3.MITH HESTOX.

:« HESTON FAMILY.

2 2 SAMUEL, born at Wrig-htstown.
September 19, 1773, and mar-
ried Mary Price. Issue :

I. WILLIAM HLSTOX, born i7.}6. married Letitia Dubre.

II. AMOS HF.STOX, born 17^0, married Letitia Ha^eman.

III. LETITIA HE>TOX. bom iSoi, married Phineas Trego.

IV. Ml 'RR[? HESTON, born i?o3, died 1S19.

V. JOSHUA HESTt^N. born 1S06, m. Cornelia McMascers.

VI. SILAS HESTON, born i3oo, died 1S15.

VII. JOHN HESTON', born i8to, married Catherine Nelson.
Vlil. ANN HESTON, born 1313, married Ralph T'.vining.

IX. SAMUEL HESTON, born 1 2io, married Hannah Heaton.

William and Letitia (Dubre) Heston
had chiidren as follows :

I. ELIZAPETH HESTON, bom 1825, married David
Good'.vin.

II- SARAH HESTON, born 1322, married Herbert Norcro.^s.

III. ADALINE HESTON, born 1333.

IV. C\THERIXE HELTON, V-rn :335.

V. GEORGE W. HESTON, born 1337.

David and Elizabeth (Heston")
Goodwin had children as follows :

MARY,

WILLIAM, rbom i343„>

LUCAS,

SAMUEL.

Amos and Letitia (Hageman) Hes-
ton had issue as follows :

JOHN,

JESSE,

JENKS,

MARV ANN.

SALLY,

WATSON,

SAMUEL.

HESTON FAMILY 33

Joshua and Cornelia (McMasters)
Heston had issue as follows :

BURROUGHS,

JOSEPH,

STORY,

NELSON.

ANN ELIZABETH,
MARY,

HOWARD,

REBECCA.

John and Catherine (Nelson) Hes-
ton had issue as follows :

ANNA NL\RL\,

ELIZABETH,

LYDIA T.,
ELLIS.

MARTIN,

LETITIA,

JOHN,

WILLIAM.

Burroughs and Harriet (Merrick)
Heston have children as follows :

JOSEPHINE,

MERCY ANN,

JANE,

ELIZA.

23 MORRIS, born at Wrightstown,

September 6, 1775, married

Patience Gilbert, and died at

Wrightstown. They had issue as

follows :

GILBERT, b^im 1S02, studied medicim; and becimc a physician in

New York City, and died of cholera in that city in 184^.
PATIENCE, born 1807, married Benjamin Worthington.
MORRIS,

ELMIRA,

ELIZABETH,

WATSON W.,

LYDIA,

.MARY,

ELiWIN.

S4 HESTOX FAMILY.

24 ISAIAH, born at Wrightstown
March 19, 1778, and died in
Chester Valley, Pa., at the res-
idence of his son-in-law, John
Todd, on May 13, 1870, aged
ninety-tvvo.

He married Mar}- Miller, daughter
of Robert and Martha Miller, of i\Iid-
dletown, Delaware county. Pa., on
March 3, 1S07. Mary Miller was
born June 12, 17S3, and died May 5,
1880, aged ninety-six years and eleven
months.

Isaiah Heston was a tailor by trade
and carried on business in Philadel-
phia when a young man. Subse-
quently he engaged in farming in
Chester Valley, Pa., where most of his
children were born. Later in life he
returned to Philadelphia and engaged
in the flour and feed business with his
son Miller Heston, and afterwards in
the umbrella business with his son
Morris. He was buried in the Friends'
bur^qng ground, East Whiteland,
Chester county. Pa.

15fi8095

HE-ION FAMILY.

The tollowiny obituar)- was pub-
lished in the Bridgeton (X. J.) Chroji-
iclc, of Ma)- 2 1, I S So:

. HESTO.V. — In Chestei Valicv. Pa., at the re^idciiL-e oi' h'jr son-Ln-
Ja'.v, J.ihn T., Jj, on M.iv .^tn. iS? j, Mr-.. Mary He?lor.. rcUct ot" tl'.c
l.Uc !sai,i;i lle.-tun, aged n!iier>--ii.\ ye.ir.i a!ivl eleven months.

_ Mri Mary Hc.-ton was known to a few of the older resident.-; of
i-airtielu toivn-hip. by reas-,.ii of occa.^iona! visits to the home of her
^on-iii-l I'.v, Rev. Charles F. Dive-, some years ago. wh'ic he was
pasiur of wi-..xt v/as then known as the New School Pre.--hyterian
C'.'urch, of ijedi'-rville. Having; lived to enjoy a bright and serene
<-ld age, Mrs. Heston entered p-jacefi'.iiy into 'her re.-,t on W'ednesdav
morning, May 5th. She had nearly completed her ninety-seventh
year, and but fur a painful accicent wnich l;efel heraboi;i three year-
ago. she might have lived to be a centenarian Her husband. Isaiah
Heatoii, died e.vactly ten ycar.^ ago, m hi.-, ninety-third vcar. retainini:
his mental faculties to the hi^t. He was a boy- of eleven when W'a.^h-
mgLon was rirst chii-.en Pre.-ident, and voted for J.^hn Adar.is in tS:-o.
He wassucccs.-ively a Federalist, a Whig and an enthuMa-t;c Repub-
lican, casting his la.-.i vcte \:>r Abrr.ham Lincoln. Mrs. Heston wa>
buried ni the old Presbyterian burying ground at Mi.'. '.letovvn, Del-
aware c.>unty, Pa., under the same row ot S.i - •nsvorx! trec-> beneiLh
which she had played when a child, nearly a e.itury bc.bre. ."she
was a air> s:e:u a.emi.ji- ..f i.''c i re.-<byrerian Cliiirjh for over eighrv
year>, ha-, nig connected herself with the .\!idd!e',own Church when
in her 'leens. She uas born in 17J3 and married in 1807. She was
but four years younger than Commodore Stephen Decatur, and en-
joyed an intimate person.ii acquaintance with that courageous and
once d,.-,ti:igiii3hed naval officer. She often, lamented his sad taking
off in rl.c memorable duel which he fough.t v, ith Comnv>dore P.arron
in 1820 r'uring her long and eventful life .Mrs. Heston never neg-
lected her Christian duties, and as ;ige came up.:-.n her, her religion
was her sole support. Notv. iihs;anding her remarkable ionggvitv.^hc
retained her faculties to the last, and enjoye.l telling of things which
happened ir. the hng ago. She often e.\pie.s-.ed a desire todie, and.
during the two days be.ore her death she said re.neatedly, "I want to
go home." In her latter years the deceased derived al'most her sole
comfort fioin the Bible and hymn book, and -.he would cfien repeat
familiar hymns and portions of scripture from memorj'. Her pa>;or.
Rev. :sanu:el F'jlion; who had frequent interviews with her said he
had never known any one at her great age to have so bright a mem-
ory. Les-; than a week before her death she repeated t.i him .-some of
the passages which to her seemed most precious. For the in^-st part,
the chddren of Mrs. He>ton,of si h ,m -;he had nine, twodying m chiM
hood, became acti-.x- and u>eful members of the l'rc.-byt«rian Church.
Besides the daughter, wh') married Rev. Mr. fliver, two of her sons
became ruling eUers, her only surviving son being now an elder of
one of thie churches in San Fr.incisco, and two of her riniir.'hiers mar-

Isaiah He.ston (i8j, father of the

r.6 HESTON FAMILY.

foregoing, was wounded at the battle
of Monmouth, June 28, ijj^, remain-
ed a cripple for nearly eight \-ear-^.
and died from the eftects of his wounds
on Septemh.er 7, 1785, aged forty-one.
He was buried at W'rightstown. His
wife, Anne (Leonard) Heston. was
the granddaughter of Xathaniel L'jon-
ard. who, witn his father, Henr\", and
brothers, came from ;dassachu setts
and settled in New Jersey in the latter
part of the s-^venteenth century, es-
tablishing the first iron works or
bloomery in New Jersew ?ienry
Leonard had three sons, Sauuiel, Na-
thaniel and Thom.as. who became
leading citizens of New Jersey.
Thomas Leoiiard was the distin-
guished Jiidgo Leonard, •':>f Prince-
ton, who donated a portion ot the
land attached to the College of
New Jersey ; was one of three to sub-
scribe ^1000 in support of the college,
and was one of the founders of
that institution, being chairman ol the
building commdttee and one of the
hrst board oi tru:;tee^. bfe b.vl t'lvt
corner stone of the building in 1754,

■ HESTOX FAMILY. 37

and superintended its erection. He
was also a member of Governor
Belcher's Council. (See McLean's
Histors' of the College of New Jersey,
pp. 105, 146.)

Henry Leonard, above mentioned,
was a brother of James Leonard, born
in England about 1618, v/ho settled
io Taunton, Mass-., and. v/ith Henry,
established the first American iron
works at Taunton, in 1652. James
died in Taunton in 1691. One of his
descendants, Daniel Leonard, was
born at Norton, nearTa^mton. in 1740,
and became an eminent lawyer. In
the discussions preceding the Revo-
lution he was a staunch Whig, but
when the war broke out he espoused
the royal cause, sacrificing in conse-
quence a considerable estate. His
defense of the English government,
written in reply to John Adams, dis-
played great abilitv He retired from
Boston with the British forces in 1776,
resided somie time in London, and was
afterwards Chief Justice of Bermuda.
He died in London in 1829.

The Leonards were among the lirst

3S HESTON FAMILY.

settlers of Taunton, and Thomas
Leonard in particular disting;uishcd
himself by his friendliness towards the
Indians. It is an historical fact that
during King Philip's war Taunton was
protected from harm b}' the King's
friendliness for Thomas Leonard,
King Philip's favorite hunting grounds
were around launton, and Philip and
the Leonards were on such friendly
terms that as soon as the war of
1675 broke out. which ended in the
death of the King, and in the ruin of
his tribe, he issued strict orders to all
his Indians "never to hurt the Leon-
ards." (Morse's American Gazetteer.)

Nathaniel Leonard left a vast landed
estate, comprising in part a large por-
tion of the land on which the present
city of Trenton is built. His will is
dated September i 1, ;727. and he ap-
points as his executors his brothers,
Thomas and James, and his '* good
friend" David Howell, blacksmith, of
Trenton. The children mentioned in
his will are Saiiiuel. Thomas, Nathan-
iel, Maurice, Alar\- and Anne.

Judge Thomas Leonard went to

HESTON FAMILY. :i9

Princeton about 1710 and was one of
the corporators of Princeton College.
He filled a number of important public
offices. In his history of Princeton
Collei^e, Rev. Dr. McLean says the
Leonards came from " Raynham,"
Mass., where they set up the first
forge in America. They were " re-
markable for their attachment to the
manufacture of iron and their kindness
to the Indians." " For six generations
in this country there had been a forge
in the tamily."

Quite a number of Leonards — de-
scendants of Henry Leonard — were
ardent patriots during the Revolution.
Striker's " Men of Xew Jersey in the
Revolution " gives the names of a
score or more who were members ot
the Continental army.

Judge John E. Leonard, of Louis-
iana, who died in New Orleans about
"1878, was a descendant of Nathaniel.
He was born in Chester county, Pa.,
and orraduated at Harvard in 1S66,
subsequently studying civil law in
Germany and receiving the degree ot
LL.D.'from the University of Heidel-

40 HESTOX FAMILY.

berg-. He settled in Louisiana, was
made district attorney and afterwards
appointed a judge of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana. He was an earn-
est Republican and was elected to
Congress in 1S76.

Samuel Leonard, a prominent resi-
dent of Juniata county, Pa., is a de-
scendant of XathanieJ Leonard His
father was Thomas Leonard, and his
grandfather Samuel Leonard. Other
descendants of Nathaniel settled in
Lawrence county, Pa. One Thomas
Leonard moved there many years ago
and died there about 1840. leaving
sons and daughters. His brother
Nathaniel moved to Indiana, and
there died, leaving sons and daugluers
and considerable property.

iijiali aiiil jiliii illilkr ijdu.

25 ANNE, born in Philadelphia, Feb-
ruary' 9, 1808, married Thomas
Hutchison March 6, 1836, and
lived in Bucyrus, Ohio, where
she died, January 22, 1S75.
Thomas Hutchison was born
May 18, 1795, and died June
23, 1 866. They had six chil-
dren, namely :

_ I. CHARLES HUTCHISON", bom February 12, iSs;, nov
living in Tolcuo, Ohio.

H. ROBERT MORRIS HUTCHISON, born June 23. 1S38,
died at Bucyrus, Ohio, April 12, 1875.

III. ALBERT BARNES HUTCHISON, bom Ausust 9, 1840.
He was a soldier in the Union army curing the Rebellion, and
died in the militr.ry hospital, at Fort Dennison, Ohio, April 26, 1S64.

IV. WILLIAM MILLER HUTCH!S(^N, bom March 6, 1842-
He was a soldier in the Union army and was killed on the field of
battle at FranVclm, lenn., November 30. 1364. His body was never
re';overed.

y. MARTHA HUTCHISUN, born October 20, 1844, and
died April 13, 1S70.

42 HE>TON FAMILY

VI. HF.STON TODD HUTCHIStjX, born Au.i;ii>t
and died August 17, i34j.

26 MARTHA, born December 5.
1810, in Uwchland township,
Chester county. Pa., and mar-
ried John Todd, farmer, ot
Chester \^alley, Pa. F^xjth are
still livincr. They had children
as follows :

I. DA\'1D loIiD. ijorn in 183+. died .it \.\\c College, Xc
Haven, December 30, 1857, aged 23.

II I. HE.>TO\ TODD, n-i.v a lime merchant v. P,,rt Kennedy.
Montgomer\- county, Pa., r.inrriecl Mi.-;.s Jennie Kobb, nov. deceased,
danshter of J"hn Robb.

III. GH.BER-f HK>TOX TODD, married Mi.--^ M;.an Eiet!<
and nOA !>.inu ia St. I,.iui<, Mii.^ouri.

IV MAKGAKKT ToDD, livn,- with her j.ucnt.^ in Lhe-ter
V.dley.

V. MARV I.OUI.SA TODD, married Joseph Mei.ki.is. a larmcr.
of Chesrer V:dley, in iSSo. Ihcv have no children.

VI. CHARLOTTK TOIH), born in 1S47, d.ie'. in March, 187c.

The children of I. Meston and Jen-
nie (Robb) Todd are as follows : .

T. CliAkl.KS V. ToI'D.D.rn M.r.h 1 <:•■;.
' U. HLLKN W. Todd, born June 5, t36j.

HESTOX FAMILY. 4:?

I I I. h iHN KOBB T(3DD, born May 19, 1S74.

IV. JdSEPH HK>T<.>N' TODD, born March S, iS?/. died
Aii-:\isv, iS-;.

The children of Gilbert H. and Sue
( Bietler) Todd are as follows :

I. WH.I.IAM A. T(^DD, born November, 1867.

II. MARV B. TODD.

III. -MATTIF. .H. TODD.

IV. CHARIOTTK TO[)D.

27 MILLER, born in Uwchland town-

ship, Pa.. January i, 1814, car-
ried on milling at Chatham. 111.,
and died unm.arried on June
16, 1872.

28 MARV JOXES, born in Uwchland

township. Pa., januar)' i, 1S14,
married Rev. Charles F. Diver,
who tor several \ears was pas-
tor of the New .School Presby-
terian Church, of Cedarville,
X. J. She died September 7,
1856. Mr. Diver is still living
in Philadelphia. The\' h.ad
children as follows ;

ii HESTON FAMILY.

I. JOSEPH HE>TON DIVER, narried December 23, iS;;, to
MibS Emnut L. KoM^r. dnii^rnier of GcMv-e A. Koh'.er, 01 Ph;;..'.iel-
phia, and died in Philadelphia on December 17, li-j.

II. MARY DIVER, living with her father in Philadelphia.

ni._ EUPHE.MIA ORAXT DIVER, living with her lather in
Philadelphia.

^IV. CHARLES DIVER, married in Chicago on Xo%ember 22.
iSj7, to .\Iir.s Anna R. Cook, daughter of Dr. Ge ir-e A. Cti'k, of
C'-.icago, and now cn-^aged in turniinT at Neosho E.i'.l>, Kansas.
Their chiidren are Euphemia M. and Walter 'Lourie.

V. WALTER LOURIE DIVER, born at Cedr.r.iUo, X. J., in
1855. r^nri now a member of the firni ol I )>born & Diver, merchant
tailors, 136 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

29 JOSEPH FAIRLAMB. born No-

vember II, 18 1 S, in East
Whitelancl township, Chester
county. Pa., removed to San
Francisco, CaHfornia, in 1S49.
where he now carries on the
businessof carpenter and build-
er and architect. He was mar-
ried in December, 18S2, at
Milton, Pa.

30 ISAIAH MORRIS, born in East

Whiteland township, Pa., Jan-
uar}' I, 1S21.

He was married by Rev. Dr. Grant,
of the Presbyterian Church, Philadel-

HESTOX FAMILY. 4.3

phia, to Miss Anna Patton. of Phila-
delphia, daughter of Walter and Eliza-
beth Patton, on April 17, 1S45. He
died at W'illiamstown. i\. J., on Ma)- 1 1,
1S62, aged 41 )'ears, 5 months and 11
days.

He was engaged in umbrella mak-
ing in Philadelphia for a while, but
about 1852 removed to W'illiamstown,
N. J., where he engaged in farming.
While in the pursuit of this vocation
he received a blow^ upon the hip. which
caused a cancerous tumor and neces-
sitated the amputation of the limb at
the hip joint. This operation was
performed by the late Professor Jos-
eph Pancoast, of Philadelphia, on
June 12, 1S60, and it happened that
the Japanese Embassy was visiting in
Philadelphia at die time. The Phila-
delphia Iiiquircr of June 13, i860,
thus refers to the operation :

" While the Japanese princes were at tlie mint yesterday, their
princip.-il phy.^ician was not ie-s prorttably employed. He was visiting
at the Pennsylvania Hospital, where the limb of a man, upon which
was a malignant tumor, involving fully one third of the entire thi.;h,
was amp'iMicd at the hip Joinu Th'j'patiunt had suffered torments
ijnutter.ib!'.-, ruid thou;;ii warned that the '.h.-'nces for hi> life v. ere
five t'j one a;^ainst h::n, he be;;.5ed to be |;ermitteJ to pass tr.ror.uh
lac orJcal. Lxtended upon a cushioned table wa.s tb.e .jtifwrtunate
{jaticiit, with bared limb, awaiting the knife. The Japanese physi-

HKSroX I-A.MIl.V.

CMP \v.i< ?c.-.;t;.' ■_:o-.o !o :!k- opcrnior. Pr.jl'essor l'ri:i.:or,~!. A -ptiiijie
s-Kiirilei ill ctrer «■.^^• hel.l la the r..>>e of the patient, the tnurni'inct
-ijj^i'.ic.! ;m v.;-;,-:. -a ,:f r-iilnt;: ill -.r. t'lc linil), r.nj in .i mcinR-nt the
^',;ttcrin_' stce! of ilic ■ipcrnlir v/a-; incising its « av throii-h the H.csh.

Ijic patitnt \v.i> M4 iriscii.--i'M.^ to -■'.] ?.r.,-;;iKi him as' a bV^jk of nmrbie.

! he ..pt-raii :n 'v:i> ;. terrible .^nc. 'I'hc limb was viisjointed ;it t!)e hip.
hurally q':; rt-.-rin- the p-itient. O^e- --f the :-;ini! hrvc Umi follow ed
h_v reci.ven-. li;:i they are few I'.v.i fir between. Tlic process v^as
\Mti;e-sc-i by the .Ir>pancse phy>Ici'.n uith an appreciative eve. He
naj n ;vcr s-vn r v.- like before. Jap.i:;e>e siirgen,- esicTHls not hevond
iiiinor .j;j.jriL;M-.>. ~.:u1 this fairly -laajered others besides the Mon-
iolicci. Ir. s-. fe-.v iiiiii-.ites that the reader will scaroeU" credit it. the
.•inib •vas .-c:nr.-.ed. the stump .;o-. e-ed. the •:res>ina^ aliplied. and the
D;:i.--a re.,i..\e i to his uard to be s,, bruited to the care nf the best
.■uir.,es in the h .sp:tal. If anythi.rj c:<r[My can s.-,ve him he nil! re-
oivej. hi^ •;":i\ -.l^scf lice wo-ld be the brightest i;^urel in the
Ar.-.r.ii .>! any prCcs^.ii,- .-■ir.;eoii in the coiuitrj'.''

A lew (-!rt)s later tlie Inquirtr thus
rfjrcrre.l to thi.s remarkable case:

Cvn\cr.>a:

a very nneuortny person

nc patieni who i::;dcrwer;l amputation of the hip joint,
i_ St, i;. the ; rescp. .e "t the s:iri;ic.i! lelea.ition co!n-

• Uc ve~-. '
-Morris He^io .
,.v F^..lc^-.^ i'

prisLn^; part of ihej :tp.iii.;se Kuoa-sv. The operation was only t''
tnir,! succe-v ,i .,ne ever p-r:or -c-i * * * We witne,^c ! tile
iirir.; pie,.e u- -:.r,-cry at tie true. With a .-.hndiler at its ~nn.;ninnrv
cn.ir ict.er. ;iii : •.. ere never m..re.^.:-. ;.ri~e<i than at the a!iility to re-
cord tne entire .; ■•.-.v li^i.scence '-.f the ■ .r.ient. 'I'he eflect of the ethe'
iipjinhi- I.,,;.:.:;..-.- »•. i^ dcs.-ribed to ms hv the patient in a very in-
tcliiiujle mii.n.T. 'A e >a\v the -:■ oa ;e ul.iced over his month ami
rv.se. the en r •^, •^.,.^-.,-. ,, t ... i -evened as f,-t as i: ev.,.. .rate.!.
A«s.jwihe e::=-is ot ;hc ui.r.y:!- ^■.idnally o\ erconiins; tlr-1 iiis
>eiisa^io:!s .-a:.: r.er. las app;-e!ic.i-:"ns. i.ntil. with eve.-^ closed a'ul
nreithuiL:. s,.ir..ely i>cr. e:cihle. he l;.y witli all the fa'cidties in sii-
jensi in, e.\cr: t -espira'.i in an''. ;he i:[r.:;d ition. Kven v. ith the li^ht
pressure '.; the onirr,ii]i;et he .sanh into insensibility, and, v..',s [ai;>
J-cvt nj-.-.d. ,- .1 i ..'.i :s .ils' iin:e I at ne'^ table, a lin.h was -c%ered
:r.,,M the tr.:.i:-:. Ihere n.is little or n-. ih.'.i- of blo.Ki. and not until
the ircSMn.^. «v;:e . applied! wis the nian aroiis,-d ;,, con--cioi:sn<:-.>.
A c s ip;«,s,;d. th.at thcie w.>s some se:;se of pain attenrani; the oix-r i-
riMi -that f'e sc.i^itivene.-sof the He.'- t.. pain coul.i never be .vh-lly
suspended, estiecially as the patiei::. dttrin- the fi}«ration. was in :i
jir ..us-: pcrspi-au •;,. W^; learn fr .;■; him. however, tha.t theei'fe.-t of
t.ae ether pr..d.; e i entire .and drcande-s sleep, and that the peri...! in
.vhich nc l.-.y i;:, ■:: .he ta:-!e. .fter :: c ..-ther tools eiTect, wa. a perfect
blank. His re ,■ ery. in \ iew ..f ti.e d.niL'er of the operati.n was
'-'* ' '■ ■''■ ' ■' •'■ ■■■^■_ <^^'--^ ;. -i ^-■■. H.nh .as removed i;t or l,.r to

reni"

p:-.irciii t.re:err..

■ ■ i:nt:an.e ,,t - iic'i;!..;. We !.. :: -.: liiat ive J.r; .■r- .^^r -.;r,eon
/k his he.M. A hen the operation wa-, performed, and evi Icntly liad

HKSTON FAMILY. , -IT

l.ot t'lx l-j.ot eviivccl.ition ihai a r^,■J'>^en.• c n!d er.>'''.-, 'I'i'.crt: were
■jther> who >|-ian;d ihat Ji'.crediilitx', i"t bv ii.n a t'ca .\I. Ik's the
operatiiin i> ic:_,-:»rdoi as impraclicnb'c. " ■* * * l:i a few ij;iv-
in..rt; the v..-if,..T.! will ic:i\c the hnspir.il. a happy th.-iiiiih a niuiil.tte.i
man, with a'l the Icc'iju.^ 'jf one who has ca^cn a new lea>.j ..f hie."

The paticiU ];\-ed until Ma\- ii. 1S62
— near])- two \car.s after the operation
was pertornu'd — his dtath being- in-
t-iireccK- the resuh of the orjrration.
He died as he had lived — a true
Christian, liax-ing a firm trust in his
Saviour and tlie hope of a blessed im-
mortalit}-. For a number of )-ears he
was an elder in the Preslw terian church
at W'illiamstown, X. ]., and showed bv
his lile that he was an '"ensamplc to
the flock." He was buried in the Pres-
byterian !L(ra\-e\-ard at W'illiamstown.
In Deceml^er, 1S63, his v.-idow married v
Benjamin IJeckett. grain merchaiit, of
Philadelphia, who died P"ebruary ij,
1S69. ^^^^ i^ -"^till living.

31 CHARLP:S, born in East White-

land, Febniar)- 22, 1823. and
died June i, 1829.

32 MIRA. born in East Whiteland.,

June I I, 1820. and iiow l{\i.ig
in Philadelphia, unmarried.

48 HESTOX FAMILY.

2>3 CHARLES LEONARD, born in
East Wliiteland, Pa.. December
31, 1829, and died February
20, 1832.

' ' - "I - ■!

IJImyiiillioPiitlaiiilstD!!.

34 SPENCER PATTON. born in
West Philadelphia, July ii,
1848, married on October 13,
1870, by Rev. F". L. Robbins.
of the Oxford Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, to Theo-
dosia Lippincott Haines, daugh-
ter of Anna and the late
Thomas Haines, of Philadel-
phia.

He is now engaged in the whole-
sale grain business at 3 19 North Front
street, Philadelphia, his home being
near Camden, N. J. Their children
are :

I. ALFRED CLARENCE HESTON, bora in PhilaJelphia,
Aujiust 25, i£7i.

IL NORMAN SPENCER HESTON, bom in Camdsn, N. J.,
Sepiember 12, 1373.

•50 HESTOX FAMILY.

35 ISAIAH MORRIS, born in West

Philadelphia. May ii. 1S51,
and married Miss Lizzie Heppe,
of Philadelphia. May 30. 1S83.
He is a paper hanger in
Philadelphia.

36 ALFRED MILLER, born at

Williamstown. N. J., April :;o,
1S54, removed to Philadelphia
when nine years of age, married
in Camden. X. [., on December
30, 1875. by Rev. L. C. P,aker.
of the Second Presbyterian
church, to Miss Abbie L.
Mitchell, only daughter of
Benjamin K. and Jessie H.
Mitchell, of Camden. Abbie
L. Mitchell was born at ()Iou-
cester. N. J., on October 21.

A. M. Heston learned the printincr
trade in the ofhce of the Prcsbylcrian,
of Philadelphia, and West' Jersey
Press, of Camden. X. \. In Mav, 1.S74.
he wa.-. made local editor of liuj // 'est
jersey I^ress, which position he held

HESTON FAMILY. 51

until August, 1S7S. when he was made
editor and manager of the National
Stajidard, a Repubhcan newspaper, of
Salem, N. J. On October i. 1S79, he
purchased the Bridgcton Chronicle, a
Republican newspaper, of Bridgeton,
N. J., which paper he still owns and
edits.

il(iTilll;iiiilillifj|trlifllft'){flii.

2,^ HELEN LOUISE, born Septem-
ber 20, 1S77, in Camden. X. J.
She was baptised on Sunday,
January 27, 1S7S, by Rev. L.
C Baker, in the Second Pres-
byterian church, Camden. X. J.

2,^ JESSIE AXXA.born Eebruary 4.
18S0, in Camden, X. J. She
was baptised on Sunda\'. Sep-
tember 5 . I S80, by Rev. J . Allen
jMaxweH, in the First Presby-
terian church, Bridgeton X. J.

ADDENDA.

Since the foregoing was put in t)pe
and printed the compiler has received
from W'iHiam P. Heston, of Toledo.
Ohio, a list of some of the descendants
of Zebulon and Sarah ( Burges) Hes-
ton, mention of whom is first made on
page 1 8. Their children were ;

I. ZKBUr.UN" HF.5TON'. died at Wllli^imsp-art, Pa., where
some of hl> descend-iat^ were living a tew years a^ro.

n. JOSKPH HKSTOX, b..rn December 14, 175^, married Phebe
Smitli in 1700, and died in F'ebniary. iSj^i. (I'his i< the Jri^c,)h
Heston referred to on pa»e 21, who was the father of Joseph Heaton,
2d, born in I7;3.

III. f P.KK HE.'-TON, married Ann .'^picer in '.733.

IV. .M.\HLON HE.STON, married Jane Smith in 1783.

V. 3.\RAH HESTON,

VI. ABNER HESTON.

^ li. ji )HN HLSTON. m.xrrlcd Eli."l^th Randall for Brdsford.)
VIII. TITUS HESTON, married Sarah R.^adall in 1754

r.4 HESTOX FAMILY.

IX. F.I.I2AP.F.1H HF.-~li>N.

X. HAWAII HK-TmX.

Ihe marriage certificate ot Joseph
and Phebe (Smith) Heston, which is
still in existence, says they were mar-
ried in Friends' Meeting, at Wrights-
town. Bucks county. Pa., in 17S0.
Phebe Smith was born February 24.
1760. She died October S, 17S7.
Their children were :

r >A.\irKI. [iF>li 'X, '.--Til Aucu>t :!7, 17S1.
!l. Ji i->Ki'fI H f-.-- r< IX. Ij'irn J.i!-.iia.->- 14, 1753.
!1F J.A.XK Hl^-l'i )X, iiorn .^cptenber i-4, 17S4, Jie.i luuuarricd.

IV. PHKP.K HKS'rciX, ;«.rn May 26. i-So, m.qrnfd Allen
Wright, line* ..lie' .\Iar.h ^. :So-. Their ;hil.iren ucre J')->:pli
\V'ri;;ht, b irn .-VuuMisl i2, 1:04 ; Joci Wright, l>>m Septt-mber 10, ii.-j6.

V. AMi.>^ [^KST( .X, b-jTM n.;K.'.cr 4. 17:7, .ii-.-d Febn:.-.ry 4,
•7V' ■

Joseph Heston married tor his' sec-
ontl wife Ann Thomas, who was born
November 23, 1768. Their children
were :

I. IKIITIA M. HESToX. born Jani:ory i, 17^1, P-.arned
7,.\i:h:'.ri:\h l,r'."n, •111. i ditd cmI.Ic^s.

li. \VI).i,iA%? 1 HK.-n )X, b'Tii .\lr,,-.;.T 2t, i:„:.

HI. CHAKI.ES FIE.^ruX, bom i^tobcr ;8, iZci.

HESTON FAMILY. 55

Isaac Heston was the son of Jacob
and Mary Warner Heston, (see p. i6)
and brother to Colonels Thomas and
Edward W. Heston. He was born
October 30, 1 746, in Bucks county,
and married Catherine Clinton, daugh-
ter of William Clinton, of Dublin, She
was born in 1755 and died November
4, 1807. Isaac Heston was exten-
sively engaged in the plumbing busi-
ness in Philadelphia, in connection
with his brother Thomas, at the break-
ing out of the Revolution, but when
the British army, under command of
General Fiowe, took possession of
Philadelphia :n September, 1777,
everything w^as lost : their furniture
and other property was confiscated —
"scattered to the four winds," as our
informant says. Isaac Heston, refus-
ing to .swear allegiance to the King,
was compelled to tiee from the city,
and pretending to take a walk with his
vouno; wife and two small children, he
managed to Lfet to Bucks countv,
where they lived in a school house for
a season. He joined the Continental
army, and was a member of the Silk

56 HESTON FAMILY.

Stocking Company, or sect of Free
Quakers, to which other members oi
the Heston family belonged. After
the war he was actively engaged in
pohtics, being several times elected to
the Legislature, then sitting at Lan-
caster. He had seven children :

I. MARV HESTOX, born April 6, 17-5. dic^! May t3, 1791.

II. JACOB HESTON, born September 27, 1776, died October
15, i3o4. on the Island ry' Martinica, West Indie.-. He uas a por-
trait painter ot"so:v.e prominence.

III. WILLIAM HESTON. horn }>l.~-v 4. K74, 'i'^d -M-T-ch --.
1835.

IV. THOMAS J. HE,-5TOX, b';'rn December 3. 1732, died June

V. ISAAC HESTOX.born February t, 1753. died November
13, 17S8.

VI. ESTHER HEST'JN, born February 23, 17.^1, died Fcbruarj-
23, 1791.

VII. SUSANNAH HESTON, born August n, 17.J4, died Octo-
.cr 6, 1794.

Thomas J. Heston, fourth chud of Isaar and Catherine Heston,
mirried his cousin, M.uiida Hoton, daughter o\ Colonel Thoma-,
HestOD, of Gla=sboro, N. J., by uhom he hud ten children, four of
whom are stil! iivinj, nairely Juii.i He^^ton Kecjh, wiuovv of John
Keech. Caroline Heston, Jane Heston ruid Atr.jr.da Heston. Walter
D. Heston. a S'^n of William C. Heatoii, dceascd. and qrand--on :.f
Thomaj J. Heston, is a civil engineer in \\'e>t Fhil.adelphia.

Thomas J. Heiion was in public life for .^l:lny year-, being .i mem-
ber of the State Legislature for eictht successive ye;.rs. He -.va- ;.ls;->
in the Ca;ioa H -u^c i;i I'hii.ii'.elphia, and ■•'. ,- i ' . ■ ly A.udi'-r f:;r .«

where hiS children -.vcre all born and where l:i-:iz cn'ridj-areuts liV'.i
and died.

NOTES.

S\MUEL CARV HKSTON, ^^h,.-sc nnr.ie nppenrs i" '^«
record on p.i-e 24. «a, married on May ^ iSS;. in ■loled.. Oh.o.
to Eugenia Capitola Coder, dau-hicr nl Jo.v.i V. and Isad.^re L.'O.cr
of Toledo.

Fl'.EN WHITVEV, wh.. ni.irricd I'.arhsheb.i He-ton, dau^hicr of
ColonorThoma.-. He<n.n. .Seep, i' '.vas de-.-eiuied/roni an anoicnt
family. The l.ate Hon. Tli..,na. He-t.in \\>.itney ^cit a oarcUilly pre-
pared genealogy of the Whitney t:,:m!y. rnnnin-; ;.a..k to :o_,4 m thi^
country and to the Nor:nan i;i.niiue.-t 111 l.:u;,uiil.

JoHN 'I'Ol'li, -.vli.. married Marth.n Hest.^a '>ec p 42) i> '^l
the .ame family of lodd... 10 v. Inch the .M'.e of P.'-:Mi'.ent l.m-:o!n pe-
longed, --ihe beinu the dau,.^hter of R.Aer: loila. of l.e\in^ton, jsy.
The latter wa> the .-on of .\hijor-General I.e'.i l-.";d. who -.vas l.ici:-
tenant in Clark's camprii-n in .h.- 05nqnest m| lianvi.-, in ;77=. Ih--
branch of the To<':d familv removed froai t'ennsylv.inia to Kentucky
tow.ird the >.lo^e of the la-t century. .\ con-.uletc hi.-,tcry 01 ine loi^rt
family i> in prep.iration by a half -i-ter of Mr.-. Linciln, n .>'.v 1;vut_
in .^t. Loui-s, Mo.

H()\ EDW \R|) ^V. Hl>r()N. 01 He-to::\i!le ;«.'-■ p. !-, v.i.^. a
man of prominence in hi.- .lay .and ,:ei!c:ra;;on, and at the tin;e ot -i:s
d.?th, in i3r4, «a- one of the fe'.v rei-.amin- wortrue^ ■'! t.^c Revolu-
tion. A lensthvobituary wa- puhli-he 1 uithe >.\ti>Mj.v,- _E\ b.siM..
Post, of S'hiiadelphia, February 2:, :?-4. Hi-_ pi.b.i.. ..teniay'e
found in the " .\meri..an r.io«rai.hy oi t.he I mtol :~ia:cs, r.>
'I'homas R. Kodgers.

THE I.l-(>N.\RI) K.\MILV, to which ..ne branch ..f the Hc-:oii
faiiiiy IS allied by niarria-e. i.s of WcKii e-araction. I wo broihci--.
Henry- and J.uues. came to .Mas.sachusetts from Pontypi>.-l. County <^.
.Monmouth, Wales, in i6-c. ihey .-ettled fir.-t at I.ynn, .md tne T!e;t
year (ir.,-;) went to Kaynham, near '['.-•rnton. An !nv.-c--.u;.: am e
or the Cf -.nnrd-., bv Kdwiii S liter, '.va- pai,.i-r..:,: u; t:;c .-l- •• ^
Iv., :kki. ..r Fi..eb-;d, :;. j., Juae ::.-, .ci: ". !■• -•■ .' ' •
?Uuiirield, .<. 1., bas laade a carefid inveitij,ati .■;! ol the e;ir y rcn. -
ol the I.c'mard' Uniiy, and to nim we are indebted for the tobjwiii,.;
record of the proi;e:utor5 of the family in America:

n6 (^^ HESTOX FAMILY.

Thomas Leonard, of Encland.

I

Jp.me^, d. 1691. Henry, b. 1620. Philip, d. 17:8.

Thomas, Samuel, ") These three brothers moved

b. 1641 ; d. 1713. b. 1^48. I to New Jersey ;ib.i'.u if 74, with

James, Nathaniel, 1 their father, t )ne of the three

b. 1643: d. 1726. b. 1651. f may have been the t'ather ot"

Abigail, Thiimas, j Juc^e Thomas Leonard and

b. I': 33. J brothers.
Rebecca, Henry,

b. 1656: d. 1657.
Joseph, Sarah

b. 1655; d. iC'92. b. it'?3.

Benjamin, Marv,

b. 1666; d. i6c'7.
Hannah, v

Uriah, b. 1662; d i6£5.

The fore;;oine is only a partial list of the descendants of Zebulon
and Dorothy He.-.ton. progenitors of the Heston fanuiy 1:1 America.
Their p<"isteri;y is now so numerous and so wideiy scattered that it
would be impovsible to i;ive a complete list, even if th.it were desira-
ble. .\ limited numb<;r of copies of this papiphiet have beer; printed
ior private circul.ation among members of the fam.ily, and th.e aim has.
been to give merely a record of one branch of the !am:iy, fr.)m the
earliest to the latest ^jcncration. It may prove usefiii 10 some into
whose hands it n.ay fali, and perhaps enable them to '.rr-xe out their
own line of descent. It i> r.c-igned to publish, in ;hc co;:r-e ■ f a fe'v
years, a complete history of the Hest.m f.miiiy. .ind tho>e i;:!ere5ied
into whose hards a copy of this pam[ih!et may cf^ance to fali are re-
quesced to examine ihe records carefully, and if -ciny mis'r^kcs .ij.pear,
or if a faryily record is incomplete or wholly v.ar.tm;:, intimation
thereof will be thankfully received by ihe undersigned.

ALFRED M HF..ST<.'N.

Bridgeton, N'. J.

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