John Haynes Esq. (1594 - abt. 1654)

Born 1 May 1594 in Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Thornton) Haynes — married 11 Apr 1616 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

Husband of Mabel (Harlakenden) Eaton — married about 1636 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 9 Jan 1654 at about age 59 in Hartford, Connecticut, New England

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John Haynes Esq. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 893) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

John Haynes Esq. is Notable.

Birth

John Haynes,^[1] son of John and Mary (Michel) Haynes, was born 1 May 1594^[2] (an inquisition post mortem on his father's death, gave the son's age as eleven years, eleven months and twenty-one days on 22 Apr 1606).^[3]

Marriages

He married first in Hingham, Norfolk, England on 11 Apr 1616 Mary Thornton, daughter of Robert and Anne (Smith) Thornton.^[2] Mary was buried in Hingham, Norfolk on 18 June 1627.^[2] The couple had six children: John (b. 1617), Robert (b. 1618), Mary (b. 1619), Hezekiah Haynes (d. 1693), dep. major-general for the Commonwealth, Anne (b. 1623), and Elizabeth (b. 1624).^[4]

John's second marriage took place after his immigration. By about 1636, he married Mabel Harlakenden. She was the daughter of Richard Harlakenden, baptized Earl's Colne, Essex, 27 December 1614.^[5] She migrated on the Defense with her brother Roger in 1635, at age age 21.^[6] Mabel and John Haynes had five children: Ruth (b. c.1636), John (b. c.1638), Roger (b. 1640), Joseph (b. 1642), and Mabel (b. 1646). Mabel m(2) in New Haven 17 Nov 1654 Samuel Eaton. She and her second husband died in the summer of 1655 among a large number who succumbed to an epidemic.^[7]

Immigration

He emigrated in 1633, on board the Griffin which arrived in Boston on 4 Sept. 1633.^[8] He settled initially in Cambridge, where he married his second wife, Mabel, in 1636.^[1]

Massachusetts

1 April 1634, John Haynes, Esq., received a grant for 1000 acres of land "above the falls easterly side of Charles Riiver" In addition, by 1635, he owned at least five parcels: a house in town, six acres in the West End, a large lot in the Neck of Land and land in the Great Marsh.^[1]

He became a freeman in Massachusetts, 14 May 1634,^[9] and immediately began his New England career as a public official, chosen to serve as Assistant on the same day.

He held the following offices while he resided in Massachusetts: the third Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635, assistant again in 1636, magistrate of the Particular Court for Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Medford and Concord in 1636, was on a committee to set the boundary between Boston and Charleston. He was appointed to oversee the building of a munitions house in New Town, and he was appointed colonel of regiment for Charlestown, Watertown, Cambridge, Concord and Dedham 13 Dec 1636.^[9] In addition he was the selectman in Cambridge 1635.^[10]

Founders Monument

Connecticut

John and his family left Massachusetts for Hartford, Connecticut, in 1637, where he continued to serve in the highest offices of the Colony. He was the first Governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649, 1651, 1653; Deputy Governor, in 1640, 1644 1646, and 1650; Assistant 1637, 168, 1642, 1648; Connecticut Commissioner to the United Colonies, 1643, 1646;^[11] and Magistrate for the Connecticut Particular Court 1639-46, 1648-49. .^[12] He also served as Commissioner to Saybrook during the Pequot War 1637.^[11]

The land inventory of Feb 1639/40 recorded eleven parcels belonging to Mr. John Hayns. These included a house lot with various buildings and gardens, meadow, pasture, swampland, and upland. ^[13] He had lot #55 (see the map) near the meeting house but sold it and moved to lot #4 near the river crossing place.

Death and Probate

John made a return visit to England after 27 Oct 1646, and took that occasion to write his will.

Will dated 27 Oct 1646; proved 11 Jul 1654

"John Haynes of Hartford... Esqr.... called to the undertaking of a voyage into my native country of England and duly weighing according to my measure the difficulties and hardships I am liable and exposed to therein, especially in these declining days of mine when my son cannot be far from setting' bequeathed to "Mabell my dear loving wife" my mansion in Hartford... after her decease to "John my eldest son by my wife Mabell Haynes..." then to "roger my second son betwixt us"... to "Joseph my youngest son... and to my son Mr. Nathaniel Eldred... the lease of my lands in England made unto my brother... my two daughters Ruth and Mabell..." [and if any of the children had with (2nd) wife Mabel die... then "their portion divided among the other children...: Before the magistrates it was communicated that "a little before the testator departed this life he agreed for the marriaige portion of his daughter Mrs. Ruth with Mr. Willis different from his provision for her in his will... ^{[14] [15]}

He died in Hartford shortly before 9 January 1653/4. A letter to John Winthrop Jr. dated 9 and 10 Jan 1653/4 described his recent death.^[16] A table stone in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford erroneously gives his death date as 1 Mar 1654.^[17]

Children

(1-6 by first wife (baptized in Hingham, Norfolk, England); 7-11 by second wife):^[1]

1. John, bp 21 Aug 1617; no further record
2. Robert bp 10 Sep 1618; d in England 1659, unmarried.
3. Mary, bp 4 Oct 1619; either she or her sister Ann became the wife of Nathaniel Eldred. (In his will John Haynes makes a bequest to "my son Mr. Nathaniel Eldred
4. Hezekiah, bp 16 Aug 1621; m. Anne Smithsby and remained in England.
5. Ann, bp 28 Feb 1622/3; no further record (unless she was the daughter who m. Nathaniel Eldred)
6. Elizabeth, bpt Hingham 19 Oct 1624; m by 1643 Joseph Cooke
7. Ruth, by second wife was b. say 1636; m shortly before Mar 1653/4 Samuel Willis
   
8. John, b say 1638; Harvard 1656; returned to England where he married and left issue.
   
9. Roger, b say 1640; returned to England and died soon, perhaps on the voyage.
   
10. Joseph, b 1642; harvard 1658; m in Hartford by 1669 Sarah Lord, daughter of Richard Lord
    
11. Mabel, b Hartford 19 Mar 1645/6; m by 1665 James Russell of Charlestown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Begins, Boston, MA: NEHGS 1995, pp 893-897 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, pages 274-275, HAYNES 20, Mary Thornton.
3. ↑ Anderson citing [NEHGR 49:310], [NEHGR 148:258]
4. ↑ Anderson citing [NEHGR 148:249-58]
5. ↑ Anderson citing [NEHGR 120:246]
6. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. (London: John Camden Hotten, 1874.) p. 100
7. ↑ Anderson citing [NHVR 3], [Eliot 197]
8. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/A_Genealogical_Dictionary_of_the_First_Settlers_of_New_England
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Vol 1 1628-1641 (William White, Boston, 1853) freeman p. 368; Assistant 1634 p. 118; Governor p. 145; Assistant 1636 p. 174; magistrate p. 175; boundary committee p. 139; overseer p 129; colonel 187
10. ↑ Anderson citing CaTR11
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Jacobus, Donald L. List of Officials Military and Civil. New Haven 1927. pdf download New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Vol 4 Reprint as Families of Ancient New Haven p. 983. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
12. ↑ Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987) various pages
13. ↑ Vol. 14 Original Distribution of The Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers 1639. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society and the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford 1912) pp 3-5
14. ↑ Anderson citing NEHGR 16:167-69 and Manwaring;
15. ↑ Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.Volume 1. Hartford District 1635-1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904.) p 124/5
16. ↑ Anderson citing Winthrop Papers 6: 354-356
17. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15029454 Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

See also:

• Harry M. Ward. "Haynes, John" American National Biography Online Feb. 2000.
• John Hoyt Lockwood, Westfield and its Historic Influences, 1669-1919... volume 1, 1922, p 161; Digital version.
• Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1982, pp.297
• Wikipedia article, "John Haynes."
• Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. IV
• http://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/crestfinder-crest.aspx?id=180313&name=Haynes
• "Motto: Velis et remis, With sails and oars. Arms: ar. three crescents, paly of six, gzu. and az. Crest: a stork, wings displayed ppr. in the beak a serpent of the last."
• The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842. p. 473
• A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
• English Surnames; C.M. Matthews - 1966.
• A Dictionary of English Surnames; P.H. Reaney - 1958.
• http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=76
• The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 1, Page 27 April 11, 1639. "Jno. Haynes Esqr., was chosen Governor for the y[eare ensueing] and vntill a new be chosen."
• Moore, Jacob Bailey. Lives of the Governors of New Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay (C. D. Strong, Boston, 1851) Page 297-312
• Haines, A. M., Pedigree of the Family of Haynes of Copford Hall, Co. Essex, England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1878) Vol. 32, Page 310.
• Darling, Charles William. Memorial To My Honored Kindred (Fierstine & Gifford, Utica, N.Y., 1888) Page 45-6
• Porter, William. Historical Notices of Connecticut (Connecticut Historical Society, 1842) Page 6
• Wikipedia John Haynes