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THE ANCESTRY OF EDWARD HEATH
1 Sir Edward Richard George Heath
b 9 Jul 1916, Broadstairs, Kent
d 17 Jul 2005, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Parents
2 William George Heath, carpenter
b 11 Oct 1888, Ramsgate, Kent
d 15 Oct 1976, Broadstairs
m 10 May 1913, St Peter’s, Kent
3 Edith Annie Pantony
b 6 Jun 1888, St Peter’s
d 16 Oct 1951, Broadstairs
Grandparents
4 Stephen
Richard Heath of Broadstairs, railway porter
b 21 Apr 1865, Ramsgate
d 27 Apr 1944, Ealing
m 25 Dec 1886, Ramsgate
5 Julia Louisa Hobday
b 27 Apr 1865, Ramsgate
d 1 Jul 1951, St Peter’s
6 Edward Pantony of St Peter’s, farm labourer
b 14 Sep 1855, St Peter’s
bur 5 Nov 1936, St
Peter’s
Not married to Emily Harvey
7 Emily Harvey
b 16 Nov 1859, Littlebourne, Kent
d 25 Jan 1917, Broadstairs
Great-grandparents
8 George
Waymouth Heath of Ramsgate,
seaman
b
St Marychurch, Devon, bap 19 Apr
1830, St Marychurch
d 10 Dec 1899, Ramsgate
m 15 Jan 1860, Sandwich, Kent
9 Elizabeth Arnold Newing
b
27 Jun 1838, Sandwich, Kent
d 27 Aug 1915, Chartham
10 John William Hobday of
Ramsgate, greengrocer
b
Ramsgate, bap 26 Feb 1837,
Ramsgate
d 12 Nov 1915, Ramsgate
m 30 Aug 1857, Ramsgate
11 Hannah Eliza Pitcher
b
Ramsgate, bap 10 Jul 1836, Ramsgate
d 9 Oct 1891, Ramsgate
12 Richard Pantony of St
Peter’s, agricultural labourer
b
Minster, Kent, bap 21 Sep 1817,
Minster
d 14 Nov 1887, St Peter’s
m 12 Oct 1844, St Peter’s
13 Susannah Thompsett
b Deal, Kent, bap 27 Jul
1821, Deal
d 14 Feb 1908
14 John Harvey of St Peter’s,
labourer
b Reculver, Kent, bap 15
May 1814, Reculver
d 25 Feb 1897, Margate, Kent
m 1 Feb 1840, Chislet, Kent
15 Esther Sayer
b Chislet, bap 27 Sep
1818, Chislet
d 31 Oct 1884, St Peter’s
Great-great-grandparents
16 Richard Heath, coast guard
b
6 Aug 1797, Cockington, Devon
d 1 Dec 1863, Birchington, Kent
m 23 Feb 1824, St Marychurch
17 Susannah Waymouth
b
St Marychurch, bap 2 Jul 1801, St
Marychurch
d
18 Stephen Newing of
Sandwich, coal porter
b 20 Oct 1806, Sandwich
d 24 Apr 1865, Sandwich
m 3 Nov 1828, Ash-next-Sandwich
19 Frances Ann Kingsford
b ca 1808, Ash-next-Sandwich
d
20 John Hobday of Ramsgate,
greengrocer
b
3 Jul 1810, Ramsgate
bur 26 Jun 1859,
Ramsgate
m 28 Apr 1831, Ramsgate
21 Susanna Jull
b
1 Nov 1811, Chislet
d 28 Mar 1879, Ramsgate
22 William Pitcher of
Ramsgate, bricklayer
b
d
m 28 Nov 1835, Ramsgate
23 Hannah Goldsmith
b
ca 1812, Ramsgate
d 23 Feb 1895, Ramsgate
24 John Pantony of Minster
and St Peter’s, labourer
b 7 Jan 1785, St Lawrence in Thanet
bur 21 Dec 1870,
St Peter’s
m 15 Sep 1816, Minster
25 Ann Hindes
b ca 1793, Waltham
bur 22 Jan 1857,
St Peter’s
26 William Thompsett of Deal,
mariner
b
ca 1793
bur 17 Dec 1831,
Deal
m 2 Nov 1815, Deal
27 Elizabeth Terry
b Deal, bap 4 Sep 1795, Deal
d 28 Aug 1866, Deal
28 William Harvey of
Reculver, labourer
b ca 1788
bur 26 May 1829,
St Nicholas at Wade
m 14 Oct 1811, St Nicholas at
Wade
29 Sarah Impett
b Stourmouth, bap 8 Mar 1789, Stourmouth
d 11 Mar 1871, Herne
30 John Sayer of Chislet,
labourer
b ca 1770
bur 1 Apr 1824,
Chislet
m 18 Aug 1793, Chislet
31 Ann Barnett
b Chislet, bap 30 Apr 1775, Chislet
bur 23 Sep 1856,
Chislet
Sources
C.R. Humphery-Smith and Michael G. Heenan, “The Ancestry of Mr Edward
Heath”, Family History,
4(1966):3-12, 114
Edward J. Davies, “The Grandmothers of Sir
Edward Heath”, Genealogists’ Magazine, 30(2010-12):55-57
Douglas
Hurd, “Heath, Sir Edward Richard George (1916–2005)”, Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography, online ed., Jan 2009 (www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95228)
Marriage
certificate for Richard Pantony and Susannah Thompsett
Death
certificate for Sarah (Impett) (Harvey) Johncock
Death
certificate for Elizabeth (Terry) Thompsett
Death
certificate for Elizabeth Arnold (Newing) Heath
Death
certificate for Hannah (Goldsmith) Pitcher
St
Marychurch parish register transcript (Society of Genealogists, DE/R114)
Ramsgate
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Chislet
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Ash-next-Sandwich
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St
Peter’s parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Sandwich
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
St
Lawrence in Thanet parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Deal
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Reculver
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
Stourmouth
parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
1851
census returns, Ramsgate (National Archives, HO 107/1630, fol. 448)
1851
census returns, Sandwich (National Archives, HO 107/1631, fol. 91)
1851
census returns, Broadstairs (National Archives, HO 107/1630, fol. 83)
1851
census returns, Chislet (National Archives, HO 107/1625, fol. 236)
1851
census returns, Deal (National Archives, HO 107/1631, fol. 709)
1851
census returns, Reculver (National Archives, HO 107/1625, fol. 267)
1861
census returns, Ramsgate (National Archives, RG 9/537, fol. 116)
1891
census returns, Ramsgate (National Archives, RG 12/731, fol. 50)
National
probate calendars
The Times, 16 Oct 1976, 18 Oct 1976
The
Thanet Advertiser,
19 Nov 1887, 16 Dec 1899
Kentish
Gazette, 8 Dec
1863, 2 May 1865
Advertiser
and Echo, 10 Nov
1936
The
East Kent Times,
10 May 1944, 20 Oct 1951
Kent
Burials (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)
England
Marriages, 1538–1973 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNHZ-1XT)