The Stovers came from Suffolk, England to America in the early seventeenth century and settled in York, Maine, in the southwestern corne of the state. Deborah's parents, Mary and Isaac Stover, were first cousins whose fathers were brothers.
Deborah married Peter Heal whose father had settled in New England, and according to some, under mysterious circumstances. Perhaps he was shipwrecked off the coast, perhaps he was escaping from France and using an alias. There also was a Peter Heal on a ship's passenger list bound for Virginia from England.
In the vital records of York,
"Mr. Peter Heall resident of York and Deborah Stover . . . married May 11, 1752 by the Rev. Mr. Issac Lyman."
They had six children, born in Georgetown, Maine, east of York but still on the southern end of Maine. Son Isaac named his daughter Deborah Heal, and her son named his daughter Deborah Young, and she was our first ancestor on the Heal/Stover branch to marry and live in Scott County, Indiana.
Apparently Deborah died in her forties and her husband married again.
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I find it strange that with Deborah such a strong name I this line, we've had no Deborah's in recent memory. It is still a popular name at least in my generation. Jude
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