Deacon Samuel Haines
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DEACON SAMUEL HAINES Of Westbury, Wiltshire, England, and HIS DESCENDANTS IN AMERICA 1635-1901 CONTAINING THE ORIGIN OF THE NAllfE OF THE SHROPSHIRE FAJIILY, THE COAT-OF-.·1R.IIS. AJVCIENT WILLS AJ\iD OTHER RECORDS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ,lf.-IPS, PICTllRES, ETC. THE EARLIER RF.CORDS <.:OLI.F.CTF.n r.v ANDREW MACK HAINES, GENEALOGIST THE LATER RECORDS ANll EDITORIAi. WORK IIV THOMAS VANBUREN HAINES "7:l\?I numctantut a\?orum" 1()02 NORTH HAMPTON, N. H. Slllnbopc l)rCH P. ti. f~I LS11S (·11:1,1 rASY 1:c•~Tos, 1•.~ • . \, .,&,,w _ ~=,,_ ~~- L,,_~ ?r~; ~ /4 ~ ~~L'7L/~ tfrL -L. %°7~ ~j /JvL COAT OF ARMS. { Haines. Shropshire Family of Haynes. ERRATA. Page lOi. L" nder family ?'3 the numher (28) should be (27). " 188. The family number ~08 should be _opposite 2. " 190. Under family U'i8, :!, in second li;e, also fourth line. reacl· 1rm, for is. " 231. Under family ~a:i. 1 (2), for .Alice )farine rea.-1 .Alio,t' )lariou. " 2mi. Under family ~68b the number (147) should re:11l (15'1). " :,m.t. Under ~,;enth Generation, 76. :1, for Da.vi1l .J. read Daniel J. " 360. Under Eighth Generation, spell Leonora. for Lenora. " ~6. Spell Oakes for Oaks. TO MR. JOH:S cmuIL-;Gs HAYNES, OF BOSTO:S, l\lAflS., WHOSE E:NCOtJRAGI:SG WORDS A:SD Fl:SA:SCI.AL AID HAVE BEE.'{ A.-. DiSl'Il"\TlO:S, TllIS VOLIDIE IS CHEERFULLY li)c4'1catc4'. "For we are tlie sa.m.e a.• our .fatl1Pr.• have been; We see tlie s<tme sigltts 011r Jitt/,.ers lwve seen; We drink tlte .<am.e .<fream, ,re den• tlw same sun, And run tlie sauie cour.<e our father.• /11we ruu." WILLIAM Kxo:r. ---~-.---;- •\.· . , ,:' • j • ...__"!-... THE SPRING from which Deacon Samuel Ha1nea obtained water. It la 1/tuated about twent11 rod• dow11 the hi/I from where hi11 houae ,tood. It la unfailing with a copious flow. PREF ACE. So:m; one has said that man is a quotation from a.II his ancestors. Our inherited ch:i.rncteristics are the background of ourselves, and happy the man where it glows ,vith the light of purity and honesty. The knowledge of a noble ancestry awakens a feeling of emulation in us; and we thus put into life a diviner purpose, ancl make a hap pier impression upon the world around us. It is wise to keep in mind the best qualities which our fathers possessed; for by such we shall be inspired to become stronger and better than they were, because with the advantages of our day we act unworthily unless we rise to a higher degree of life than was possible for them. In these pages it will be discovered that we have but little to be ashamed of, and niuch for gratitude, in the lives of those of our family who planned antl toiled during the early history of this country. Few of their deeds have been put upon marble slabs or gr.mite columns, but here may be found some things which they did, and when and where they Jived; and with these few facts our imagination can fill out the picture of their lives, so that we may think their thoughts, witness their deeds, and dwell in their world of action. ,Vhatever may be our attainments, we owe much to our inher itance. With a different ancestry our lives would run in a different groove. Had they been more noble we should stand a better chance for att:iining greater heights in the world; had they been less noble we might have occupied a lower plane in life. It makes a differ ence whether we have iron or water in the bloo<l; and the iron or water in the blood in some degree determines the social position we occupy. Now, it is an encouragement that we can trace the iron in the lives of our fathers. One of the marked characteristics of the earlier families was their size, varying all the way from six and eight to seventeen children. It is also noticeable that the present average number in ti PJ:EFACE. the family is not more than half what it formerly was, and that some families ha\·e become extinct. Our early ancestors were all farmers to some extent, and the farm afforded room for many children. In the ·' halcyon days of eld" lie was l1onored who had many "oli1·e-plants around his table." There was ample room without touching elbows; the question for a livelihood was not so serious, and competition was scarcely known. In tracing down the generations. it becomes apparent that more and more left the farm and entered the professions, or engaged in manufacture and trade, so that at the present time we have many merchants, lawyers, physicians, and teachers, with a spicing of clergymen. There have been many military men in our great family. We furnished some for the French and Indian wars; dur ing the Re\·olutionary ,var we were well represented; some of our fathers eng-.i.ged in the War of 1812; a few of our brothers were in the :Mexican War; and a large number volunteered for the de ft.use of our liberties during the great Rebellion; while we had br:n-c men who l1eld honorable positions in the war with Spain. To the third generation the descendants of Deacon Samuel Haines made their home in Greenland. The oldest great-grandson, whose name was Samuel, was the first to go into the wilderness. Soon :.fter 1730 he bought five hundred and ninety-two acres of Janel in York County, and remo\·ed to what is now Scarboro, 1\Ie. Soon after other families took up wild land in Exeter, Epsom, Deerfield, ""o!fboro, and Rumney, X.H., as well as in different places in )faine and Yermont. Following generations scattered more widely, until at present we have representatives in almost every State in the Union, as well as in the newly acquired island territories. It gives me great pleasure to speak of the work which the late lamented Andrew 1\Iack Haines '>f Galena. Ill., has done for our branch of the Haines (Haynes) family. In 1848, when quite a young man, he commenced lookin:; up the record of our ancestors, and continued his researeh until a few :·ears before his death, caus ing records and documents, not only in this country but also in England, to be searched with the view· of tracing back the line as far as possible. He gave mueh time and expended· thousands of dollars in that effort, being painstaking and conscientious. As he was stricken with blindness he could not complete the work, which, because of ha\·ing some leisure days, I have been able to do; not, l'Uf.'F.-1 CF.. 7 perhaps, with that nicety which it ought to receive, but with some degree of satisfaction. I wish to gratefully acknowledge the rour tesy of those who have aided me by extended research. Espceially am I under obligation to l\[r. John C. Haynes of Hoston, }l:.u;s., l\Ir. Ashley D. Haynes of Deerfield, X.H., }[r. ,John Haines of lValtham, :;\[ass., l\rr. Augustine R. Ayers of Boscawen, N.H., l\lrs. Wi111fred S. :Murphy of Boston, .Mass., aud )riss Harriot l'. Haines of Farmington, N.H., together with others without whose aid it would have been impossible to approach the prt•sent com pleteness of this work. But even after the most diligent inriuiry there are omissions, noticeable to no one more distinctly than to the compiler. The biographical sketches form a unique portion of the work, which will be read with interest. They woultl have been ex tended if more data along that line had been sent in. Four thousand two hundred and forty-three names have been indexed, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four of which are Haines or Haynes. As far as the record reveals, up to the sixth generation, with one exception, all ·the members of our family wrote the name Haines. Since then a considerable number of families, and indi vidual members of other families, have written it Haynes. The Christian names have been spelled as they have been sent in to me, unless there was an obvious error; and some of the early names as I suppose they were spelled by those who bore them. The oldest n1ember by the name of Haines recorded in this book is l\fehitable, daughter of Joshua Haines. She was born in Green land, lii;:;, and died in Wolfboro, N.H., at the age of ninety-five years, se\·en months, and ci~hteen days. The oldest male member is Thomas Jefferson Haines, my father, who was born 1804, in Loudon, XH., and died in New }Iarket, Sept. 1,, 1896, at the age of ninety-two years, four months, and three days. If this work affords pleasure and profit to the living, it is my desire that it be handed down to the coming generations, and that they will pass it on to those who may follow, so that the character and life of Deacon Samuel Haines shall be potent for good to all the unborn members of the family. THOMAS VA.-.BUREX HAT:S-t:.~. NoRTU H.u11'Tox, N.H., Oct. 1, 1001. CONTENTS. PA.OE OUIGIN OF TIIE FAlnLY NAME • 1:1 TUE lIAIXES ,\u;us • l i FmsT A.. ,m SEC0SD GE..'1ERATI0NS 19 TlllltP GESEIL\TION 24 Fot"RTII GE:S£1UTIO:S 2i FU'TU GE.'1ER,\TION • 34 SIXTII GE..'1EltATIO:S.