The Hayth Family  The Hayth family of Virginia has many honored
and pretigous ancestors. The name Hayth was originally Heath.
The surname has been spelled Hayth and Haythe.  It is believed
that one early ancestor, Sir Robert Heath (born about 1575) was
given the land now known as North Carolina by King Charles I.
Later, in 1758, John Heath, Jr. was born. John, Jr. became a
U.S. Congressman, among other things, and the town of
Heathsville, Virginia is named after him.  In the 1860's, Edward
Pendleton Hayth became 2nd Lieutenent for the 2nd Virginia
Cavalry during the War Between the States.