A guided tour through the four towns of Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Chapel and Heaton Norris, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.
A guided tour through the four towns of Heaton Moor, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Chapel and Heaton Norris, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.
Robert Heaton (before 1595-after 1667) of Wharfe, Yorkshire, England, married three times and was the father of thirteen children, 1615-ca. 1655. His son, Robert Heaton (ca. 1641-1717), joined the Society of Friends, ca. 1667 and became a member of the Settle, Yorkshire Meeing. He and his wife, Alice, had at least five children, 1667-1679, bornat Wharfe. The family immigrated to America in 1682 and settled in Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Their grandson, John Heaton (1690-1762), was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of James and Mary Scope Heaton. He married twice and was the father of twelve children, 1724-1750. The family migrated to Hardwick, Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1743. Descendants listed lived in New Jersey, Illinois and elsewhere.