William Haynes, of Salem

William Haynes

• Birth: Baptized on June 6, 1624 in Renhold, Bedfordshire County, England
• Death: Prior to Nov 13 1651 - in Salem Village, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Parents:Walter Haynes, Mary Watford
• Wife: Sarah Ingersoll, married circa 1644

Children:

1. Jonathan HAYNES b: ABT 1646 in Salem, Essex, MA U. S. A. c: 11 JAN 1647/8 in Salem, Essex, MA. Married Sarah Moulton.
2. Sarah HAYNES b: ABT 1650 in Salem, Essex, MA. Married Moses Eborne.
3. Thomas HAYNES b: ABT APR 1651. Married Sarah Ray.

WILLIAM, Salem 1644, perhaps br. of James, or Richard, but not of Gov. John in my opin. m. Sarah, d. of Richard Ingersoll, had Thomas, and perhaps other ch. His wid. m. Joseph Houlton."

-- Savage

notes

William and Richard Haynes emigrated as two orphan boys age 10 and 13 on the ship "Griffin" in 1634 and were destined to join the Ingersoll family in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Their parents had both died in 1632.

As noted in letter to H. W. Haynes, Bennington, Vermont from The First Church in Salem, Massachusetts, dated 28 September 1964; William Haynes was listed as a full communicant of the First Church of Salem on 19 September 1647 and his wife, Sarah, was received in full "comunyon" on 4 January 1649.

It is believed that William Haynes died in the early part of the year 1651 or if it occurred before 25th March, according to the old calendar, it would be in the year 1650.

Sources

1. Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the ..., Volume 4 By William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams PG.2631-2633

Links

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WILLIAM HAYNES of Salem, Mass. married there about 1643 Sarah Ingersoll (born in England, daughter of Richard and Ann (Langley) Ingersoll). Their children were William, Jonathan, Sarah and Thomas. The last entry concerning the father is in an Essex County deed on file in Salem. William and Richard Haynes (surmised to have been brothers) sold their two-thirds part of the farm which was lately Mr. Bishop's, about one hundred and fourscore acres, to John Porter, 14th day of the 9th month (Nov.) 1649. William's widow married Joseph Houlton November 13, 1651.

Source: The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus by Mary E. N. Backus (1949)

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William Haines was baptized on June 6, 1624, at All Saints Church in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. William Haines and his older brother, Richard Haines, arrived as Puritans on September 18, 1634, at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on the Ship "Griffin". They were orphan sons of Walter Haines and Mary Watford, who died in 1632/1633. Two notable and controversial religious nonconformists, Rev. John Lothrop and Anne Hutchinson, were transported to New England on the ship with William and Richard Haines. William Haines settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in Salem Town with the family of Richard Ingersoll. He married Sarah Ingersoll, daughter of Richard Ingersoll and Ann Langley, circa 1644. The Ingersoll family arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on June 29,1629, on board one of the six ships of the Higginson Fleet. Sarah Ingersoll was baptized on July 1,1627, at Sutton Parish in Bedfordshire County, England. Prior to July 1644, William Haines purchased jointly with Richard Ingersoll, the Weston Grant from John Pease. He and his brother, Richard Haines, had earlier purchased a portion of the Townsend Bishop Grant of 540 acres in the northern end of the Salem Town boundary territory. William and Richard Haines sold one third of their Townsend Bishop Grant Land to Abraham Page in 1647, who in turn sold it to their neighbor, Simon Bradstreet, the last Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. On November 14, 1649, William and Richard Haines sold the other two-thirds share of the Townsend Bishop Grant land to John Porter, who also bought the other third from Simon Bradstreet. On July 7, 1644, William Haines was appointed at a General Town Meeting to patrol the settlement each Sabbath Day and take note of Sabbath breakers and report their names to the authorities. William and Richard Haines were held equally responsible in a 1647 Court case involving the death of two cows belonging to their adjacent neighbor, the Honorable Simon Bradstreet. Charles W. Upham suggested in his book, Salem Witchcraft, that “because of the great purchasing power of William and Richard Haines, and the respect demonstrated toward them, they were persons of great means and influence.” In the will of Richard Ingersoll dated July 21,1644, William Haines was designated as a son-in-law. William Haines was listed as a full communicant of the First Church of Salem in 1647. Records indicate that William and Sarah Haines had only three children and because of the short length of William and Sarah's marriage, it is unlikely there were more. Jonathan Haines was born in 1646 and Sarah Haines and Thomas Haines were born circa 1650/1651. Jonathan, Sarah, and Thomas are the only proven children of William Haines as shown in documents executed by the descendants of Richard Ingersoll to sell the parcel of land in Salem Village conditionally bequeathed to William Haines, John Ingersoll, and Richard Pettingell in the will of Richard Ingersoll. William Haines died prior to November 1651, in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Submitted by James F. Haynes.