was established in 1783. After the war, Heath was a member of the Massachusetts Convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. He served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1791 to 1792, and as a probate court judge. In 1806 he was elected the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, but declined the office. He died at home in Roxbury on January 24, 1814, and was buried nearby in Forest Hills Cemetery. The town of Heath, Massachusetts, is named in his honor. References Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. Revised ed. New York: McKay, 1974. . External links Online Memoirs of Major General Heath @ Google Books The Society of the Cincinnati The American Revolution Institute 1737 births 1814 deaths Continental Army generals Continental Army officers from Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts Massachusetts state senators People from Jamaica Plain