Rev. Walter Haines, Jr.

Biography

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Walter was born in Renhold on 5th February 1608, the eldest son of Walter Haynes and Mary Watford. who had married at All Saints Church on 27th April 1607. Walter was admitted to Queens College, Cambridge Easter Term 1626 as Walter Haines of Bedfordshire and graduated BA 1629/30 and MA 1633. He probably did not become Vicar of Renhold until 1630, following a long inter regnum, but there are no records to confirm the actual date. Walter’s parents had eight children born in Renhold, two of whom and younger brothers of the Rev. Walter Haynes, emigrated to America. The brothers were Richard, baptised on 18th November 1621 and William, baptised on 6th January 1624. They were aged respectively 12 and 10, and sailed on the “Griffin” arriving in Boston, Massachusetts, on 14th September 1634. On arrival they went to live with the Ingersoll family from Sandy, Bedfordshire, who had emigrated in 1629 and whom the boys and their family must have known in England; the family settled in Haverhill, Massachusetts. William married Sarah Ingersoll in 1644. The descendants of William and Sarah Haynes had incredible adventures with Indians in their early days in America and branches of the family are still there in Canada and the USA. Rev. Walter Haynes sadly died at the early age of 30 and was buried in Renhold churchyard on 28th April 1638. 1