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RESULTS OF ME. HP:ATHs MINISTRY. 217 north of Princes Hill. The balance of power was held in that section and the people used it to their own advantage and to the neglect of their brethren on the lower neck. The union of the people in a common cause against the tyranny of the mother country was the first strong influence to reunite the people and cause them to forget their differ- ences and divisions of the generation earlier. Mr. Heath continued a resident of Barrington, after re- tiring from the pulpit. He was a useful citizen and held offices of trust in the town, as evidence of the true respect of the people for their pastor who during the trying period of the life of the town and the Church labored to the best of his ability to preserve the dignity and honor of both. Mr. Heath married Miss Sarah Richmond, daughter of Col. Sylvester Richmond. She died in 1739 ^^ ^^"^^ ^©^ of twenty-eight. His second v/ife was Miss Bethiah Peck, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah Peck, who died in 1740, aged twenty-three. His third wife was Jerusha Peck, who survived her husband, and afterwards married Joshua Bicknell. Mr. Heath died in 1748, m the 49th year of his age, and was buried at Princes Hill. In his will, the following books are named as a part of his library : Small Bible, large Bible, preaching Bible, Manadril's Travels, Calvin's Institu- tions, Horneck's Sermons, Lebtoon's Geography, William Pemble upon Justification, Marden's Geography, Dr. Ames's Marrow of Divinity, Doctor Preston's Works. His son, Major Peleg Heath, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his descendants have been and are still among the most respected citizens of the town and State. His grandson, Mr. Jabez Heath, died in 1870, at the ripe age of ninety years. The results of Mr. Heath's ministry may be seen in part from the following records of baptisms, admissions to the Covenant and to full communion in the Church from 1728 to 1740 :