Heath, William
soldier, statesman, was born March 7, 1737, in Roxbury, Mass.
He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1761 and 1771-74. He was a member of the committee of safety; and a delegate to the provincial congress in 1774-75. He rendered great service in the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of major-general in the army. He was a state senator in 1791-92; and judge of probate in 1793. He published a volume of Memoirs. He died Jan. 24, 1814, in Roxbury, Mass.