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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

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

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

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)