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Early Suffolk Wills, p. 255
Nathaniel Heaton---Boston, Feb. 1st, 1664. In Answer to the petition of nathaniell Heaton, of Dedham, & Elisabeth Heaton, of Boston, Power of Administration to the Estate of Nathaniell Heaton, Long since Deceased, is graunted to Mr. Wm. Parkes & Ensighne Daniell Fisher. Inventorye of the Estate prised by Edward Ransford, Jacob Elliott, Theophilus Frary. Amt. L 139.17.02, Given to Cornelius Fisher wife Leah, L 10.
Mr. Wm Parkes, of Roxburye, & Ensighne Daniell Fisher, of Dedham, deposed, Feb. 1st, 1664.
For the setlinge of the abouvesaid estate, Betweene the Widow of the said Heaton & Her Children by the said Heaton, The Court doth order that the Widow shall have one full third part of the whole, & that the Eldest sonne shall have a Double portion of the remainder, & the Rest of the Children shall have the remainder equally Departed among them; & In Case that any persons possessed of any part of the said Estate refuse to render the same to the order of the courte, the Administrators are Impowered to make Legail proceeds against the with Holders.   Edward Rawson, Recorder

Genealogical Guide To The Early Settlers Of America, by Henry Whittemore, Batimore, MD 1967
Cornelius Fisher, born in England, son of the first Anthony; freem 1629, married 1653, Leah, perhaps, daughter of Nathaniel Heaton; had Leah, born 1656; Experience, 1658; Cornelius, 1660; Ann, 1661; Eleazer, 1663; his wife died same year. He married 1663, Sarah, daughter of Richard Everett, who died 1676; had Dorothy, 1667; Sarah, 1668, and Jonathan, 1671, died young; was representative under the new charter, 1692, died 1699, it is said, "the first head of a family who died in the town in a natural way for 30 years."