Haines Genealogy

Jonathan Haines resided in Newbury, Mass., where by wife Sarah he had seven children born, and in 1686 removed to Haverhill, where they had five more added. He was born in 1646, possibly in Salem. He may have been the son of one Richard Haines who, with a brother William, were among the earliest settlers of Salem, at a period so early that the records of the allotments of land are very indistinct or silent. They, among others, had quite large tracts of land which was given them or that they purchased when their names first appear in the records. They sold to Mr. Porter two-thirds of one hundred and eighty acres of land, of which tract Simon Bradstreet of Andover held the other one-third.

William Haines married Sarah, daughter of Richard and Ann Ingersoll of Salem. Wm. Haines died in 1651; his widow Sarah married Joseph Holton, who settled her former husband's estate, by which we learn that there was an elder son, Joseph Haines, and "two young children," one of which probably was Thomas Haines ; who in later years and in deeds called Richard Haines his "uncle;" and Richard Haines speaks of Thomas as his "beloved nephew," on the occasion in 1679-So, when Richard gave his property (chiefly land) to Thomas, upon the condition that the latter should support him the remainder of his life; the land being in Salem, where they both resided.

Jonathan Haines' name first appears in the records as a witness to a deed, or power of attorney made by John Knight, Sen., of Newbury, and wife Ann, who was the widow of Richard Ingersoll, the mother-in-law of William Haines before mentioned. Jonathan was then, 1668,22 years of age, and residing in Newbury. His occupation was that of brickmaker. The deed referred to was the transference of 8o acres of land to John and Nathaniel Ingersoll two of the sons of Ann and Richard, her former husband, by way of the settlement of the estate.

Richard Ingersoll, the first husband of Ann, in a will, names his children, among others, his sons-in-law, Wm. Haines, and Richard Pettengill, who married Joanna, and daughter Bathsheba (who afterwards married John Knight, Jr. as her mother, widow Ann, had married John Knight, Sen.).

By his will Richard gave to his son Nathaniel a legacy of land "which was to be to him and his children begotten of his own body; if no children, then the legacy to go to son John and sons-in-law, Haines and Pettengill," upon Nathaniel's death. Dea. Nathaniel Ingersoll did not die until 1719, when so much time had elapsed that there had come to be a misunderstanding as to the true situation of things, and a consequent resort to the courts, in which the heirs of William Haines, Thomas particularly, appeared among the others, with which in no way or time was Jonathan's name included, nor was Richard Haines or heirs mentioned, who was the "uncle" of Thomas. The details of the trial it is not necessary to state here.

In 1679 Jonathan Haines bought of Joshua Brown and Sarah, his wife, a parcel of land in Newbury containing 6 acres more or less. Deed Witnessed by Anthony Somerby and James Bradding. Sept. 9, 1656, Jonathan, with the consent of his wife Sarah, sold this land, with dwelling house and outhouses thereon, for 120 pounds, and other merchandise to Hugh March of Newbury; this marks the period when Jonathan removed to Haverhill.

There was recorded the 20 May, 1681, in the Registry of Essex Co., a "protest" or caution from Jonathan Haines, setting forth the fact that widow Mary Parker had promised to sell to him, Jonathan Haines, her -"house and y acre of land for 70 pounds, to be paid in goods . . . a "certain part when Mary, her child, shall be 15 years old . . . and 15 pounds when she shall be 20 years old, sells : "that house and 3 acre of land that is now in Jonathan Haines, his possession, which she sells to him," and he was to have five acres of meadow for four years as a part of the bargain, and Jonathan did engage for security to pay his 5 or 6 acres of land that he purchased of Joshua Brown, and did engage it, the meadow, that Jonathan should have as much as any other will pay, and she appointed a bill of sale to be written, and a time to seal it. But after she said that she would go to Beverly before she would confirm it." This was witnessed by Anthony Somerby and James Bradding. Peter Hale swore that he heard Mary Parker say that she had sold the house and land to Jonathan Haines that he now liveth in, for 7o pounds. John Smith can testify to what is above written. This was recorded to save his interest 20 May, 1681.

Thomas Browne, a weaver, came to Newbury in 1635, from Malford, Wilts Co., England, with wife Mary. They had born to them in 1635, in Newbury, a daughter, Mary, who was the first English child born in Newbury. Her brother Isaac married Rebecca Bayly, oldest daughter and child of John Bayly, of Salisbury and Newbury. Francis Browne, another brother, married Mary Johnson, of Newbury, and of their seven children, the second, Mary, born in 1657, married Nathan Parker, Jun. The fourth child being John Browne, born May 13, 1665, who married Ruth Huse. Coffin, in his history of Newbury, says: "Oct. 7, 1695, on the afternoon of this day, five Indians attacked and plundered the house of John Browne, who lived on the westerly side of Turkey Hill, and captured nine persons ; one only of the family escaped to tell the tale." All these were recaptured except one boy, who was killed ; but they were all deliberately wounded by the Indians upon parting with them. Among these captives was Mary Parker, the daughter of  "Widow Parker"; she was now about 18 years of age; she was born July 16, 1678, and was but two or-three years old at the time of the proposed sale by her mother to Jon. Haines. This daughter, Mary Parker, died about four months after, the result of her wounds. In the settlement of the estate of her husband Parker, deceased, the widow then residing, it is thought, at Andover, mentions in her account the expense of five journeys to visit her daughter while ill, and the expense of constant attendance of a nurse for 13 weeks, and the funeral expenses. It is to be noted that she had not sold her house and land, as the expense of its maintenance was included in her account. She had in the meantime married one Mr. Elliot, probably of Beverly. When Widow Mary Parker intended to sell her house to Jonathan Haines, it was found that the title to her land was not quite clear, whereupon the same Anthony Somerby and James Bradding, witnessed that Alice Long, wife of Robert Long, confirmed what before her husband had sold to Nathan Parker. Nathan Parker while living was a carpenter, and had built a house for John Knight, Jun., who had married Bathsheba Ingersoll. At this time there was due to Parker, deceased, 25 pounds, whereupon Bathsheba, for her husband's estate, sold to Widow Mary a piece of land in Salisbury.

If these selections from the records do not show the parentage of Jonathan Haines, they show his place in the history of Newbury to the time when he removed to Haverhill.

Jonathan Haines born 1646, married January 1, 1674, Mary Moulton, who died in a few months, and he married 2d, Dec. 30, 1674, Sarah Moulton, daughter of William of Hampton, born in Hampton 17 Dec., 1656.

Their children were:

1. MARY, b. Nov. 14, 1675.
2. MARY, b. Oct. 2, 1677.
3. HANNAH, b. (probably) about 1678-9, who m. Dec. 16, 1697, John³ Heath (Josiah², John¹).
4. THOMAS, b. May 14, 1680, m. in Haverhill, Dec. 22, 1703, Hannah Harriman. He always lived, and died in Haverhill.
5. MARGARET, b. 1683, d. Feb. 10, 1753, in Windham, Conn., m. Nov. 26, 1706, Thomas³ Kingsbury (Samuel², Henry¹)
6. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 3, 1684, was taken a prisoner by the Indians to Canada, and there remained.
7. SARAH, b. , m. Jan. 29, 1702-3 Thomas Kingsbury (Henry¹) as his 2d wife. Thomas Kingsbury d., and widow Sarah m. 2d, William Corbet of Lebanon, Conn.
8. MARY, b. March 3, 1686-7; their first child in Haverhill. She m. John³ Preston (Samuel², Roger¹).
9. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 4, 1689, was taken by the Indians to Canada with his brother Jonathan, and there remained.
10. RUTH, b. Feb. 10, 1691-2, m. 1711, John³ Corliss (John², George¹), b. March 4, 1686.
11. ABIGAIL, bapt. March 10, 1694, m. Jacob Warner.
12. ELIZABETH, b. March 22, 1696-7, m. Isaac Spaulding.

We have no particular account of Jonathan Haines and children for the next ten years after his departure from Newbury, 1686. It is a matter well known in the history of Haverhill and vicinity, that Aug. 15, 1696, while Jonathan Haines, the father, and four of his children, Thomas, aged 16, Jonathan, 12, Mary, 10, Joseph, 9, were in a field near Bradley's Mills, the children picking beans, and the father in a field near by reaping, were all captured by a party of Indians, who immediately started with their captives for Penacook (Concord, N. H.), where they divided their prisoners, and the two parties separated; one party with the father and Thomas, went on their way to their home in Maine, from which place the captives soon found an opportunity to escape. When, after traveling two or three days, with great fatigue, and hunger, and discouragement, they found themselves in the vicinity of Saco, Maine, attracted and cheered by the familiar sounds of a distant sawmill. The other party, with the three other children, Mary, Jonathan and Joseph, went to Canada, where they were sold to the French. Mary was redeemed the following winter,. it is said, with 100 pounds of tobacco. This is briefly stated, but history says nothing about the necessary negotiations or intermediate participants required to bring the exchange about. The boys remained in Canada so long that they made new friendships, became contented, married, and became Canadian farmers.

There are many traditional sayings attached to the known facts, but the most of them are not worth repeating. A Mr. Haines, a descendant from Thomas, the son here mentioned, was enthusiastic in a search he made, in recent years, through the records, and traditions prevailing, and seemed to believe many of them. It is probable that he had the belief, from a deposition, that Jonathan the father was much older than he really was, and as some of the stories speaking of him as an old man, confirmed him in his belief; and also that there was a third Mary, he did not seem to know. The Mary who was taken prisoner was to years old. The first two children, Mary's, both dying, left the Mary of 1656 with the name.

According to a deposition before the court in Salem, Jonathan and his wife Sarah (Moulton) Haines, both gave their ages, Sarah's age agreeing with the town record of birth, and Jonathan's age given makes him to have been born in x646; the last is repeated by still another deposition.

Two years later than this capture of himself and children, when he and Samuel Ladd were killed, he was 52 and Ladd 49 years of age. The main details of this event are: On Feb. 22, 1698, Samuel Ladd, with his son Daniel (aged 22), and Jonathan Haines, with his son Thomas (aged 18), who lived in the west part of the town, started that morning with a yoke of oxen and one horse each to bring some hay that had been cut and stacked the preceding summer in their meadow at the extreme western part of the town. On the way home they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians concealed in the bushes on each side of the path. Seeing that it was impossible to escape, they asked for quarter, but not before young Ladd had cut one of the horses loose, which escaped to the town and was the means of giving a general alarm. What soon followed was that Ladd and Haines (the fathers) were killed by blows on their heads by the Indians. The Indians carried the boys prisoners to Pennacook. Their subsequent movements are not stated, but tradition says it was some years before Daniel Ladd could escape and return home. He (married Nov., 1701) "was much disfigured by slashing of his face and the insertion of gunpowder in the wounds; as a punishment for attempting to escape soon after capture." It is probable that Thomas Haines soon escaped or his freedom by some means bought.

Mary Haines at the time of the death of her father was 12 years of age, and had not been much more than a year at home when her brother Thomas had a new share of captivity. Eight years after these events, at the age of 20, Mary married John Presson of Andover, when they departed for the peaceful solitudes of the new town of Killingly, Conn., and were at last free from the attacks of the Indians from the north in the valley of the Merrimac River.

There was recorded in the Registry of Essex Co., Sept. 17, 1731, the following deed: I, Samuel Ingersoll of Salem, in the County of Essex, cooper, sell to Thomas Haines of Haverhill, Mass., and to Jonathan Haines and Joseph Haines now at Canada, William Corbett and Sarah his wife of Lebanon, Conn, John Heath of Norwich, Conn., and Hannah his wife, Thomas Kingsbury of Windham and Margaret his wife, John Preston of Windham and Mary his wife, John Corliss of Haverhill and Ruth his wife, and the heirs of Jacob Warren and Abigail his wife, since deceased, and to Isaac Spaulding and Elizabeth his wife, of Plainfield, all brothers and sisters of the said Thomas, and tenants in common, all my right, title and interest in the one-sixth part of several tracts of land situated in Salem, etc. Signed SAMUEL INGERSOLL.

July 6, 1733, Thomas Haines of Haverhill for self and as attorney for Jonathan and Joseph Haines, and the others mentioned above, with Isaac Spaulding and his wife omitted, sells the samel and to Richard Ingersoll of Salem- Signed THOMAS HAINES.

Why this transfer of land to and fro does not appear; but it strengthens the supposition of some relationship between Jonathan, the father, and those at Salem, possibly with Richard Haines; something which was the foundation of a continued acquaintance with his children.

These deeds serve to show where the brothers and sisters of Mary Preston were at this time, 1731, residing. Of the seven sons of Samuel Ladd, who was killed when Jonathan Haines was, three of them settled in Connecticut, so of a large portion of the Kingsburys.

Thomas¹ Haines, Jonathan's oldest son, married Hannah Harriman. Of his eight children, the fifth, Jonathan, born Oct. 25, 1712, married Elizabeth Kingsbury, "and about 1750 removed to Norwich, Conn., and about 1771 to Bennington, Vt. Of his children or grandchildren, one settled in Middletown, Vt., of which Dr. Bachus Haines of Rutland, Vt. was a descendant."- Guy C. Haines.