Grace (Hollingshead) Haines (abt. 1700 - 1769)

Born about 1700 in Rancocas Creek, Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Abram Haines — married 14 May 1719 in Chester Monthly Meeting (MM), Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1769 at about age 69 in Evesham Township, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Grace was a Friend (Quaker)

Grace Hollingshead Haines was born about 1700. She is the daughter of John and Agnes (Hackney) Hollingshead. According to The American Historical Register, Grace is also the descendant of John Fenwick who, in June 1675, founded the first English colony on the Delaware River. John was elected the first governor of the colony in West Jersey (in June 1676). Prior to coming to America, John Fenwick was a major in Cromwell's army and "was present and in command" at the execution of Charles I.

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From "History of Delran Township:"

"The other early colonists on the scene at this period were English Quakers and French Huguenots. Among them were at least four families who could be considered the pioneers of the Delran region.

One of these was the family of John and Grace Hollinshead, who came to this country in 1678. Land was surveyed for them to the extent of at least 1150 acres, comprising part of present Delran at a point about 1 ½ miles upstream from present-day Bridgeboro. The tract fronted on the Rancocas and extended deep inland to the junction of the Borton’s Landing and Mount Holly Roads. Across the Hollinshead land, the original Salem Road was laid out, and the family operated a ferry from the Hollinshead dock for many years.

A neighbor on the Rancocas to the east was Thomas Hackney, whose daughter Agnes married John Hollinshead, Jr.; and another neighbor was Thomas Hooton, a tallow chandler of Blackfriars, England, who took up 500 acres very near the present site of Bridgeboro in 1682."

https://www.delrantownship.org/history-of-delran/

Father: John HOLLINGSHEAD b: 1645 in St. Clement Parish, Kent, England Mother: Grace SCOTT b: 1648 in St. Clement Parish, Kent, England

Marriage 1 Agnes HACKNEY b: ABT 1672 in London, England

Married: 4 DEC 1693 in Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey

Children

• Grace HOLLINGSHEAD b: 1700 in Rancocas Creek, Burlington, New Jersey

Thomas HOLLINGSHEAD b: 28 MAY 1695 in Burlington County, New Jersey

John HOLLINGSHEAD b: 5 SEP 1696 in Burlington County, New Jersey

William HOLLINGSHEAD b: 24 MAY 1699 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Hugh HOLLINGSHEAD b: 22 APR 1708 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Joseph HOLLINGSHEAD b: 1710 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Edward HOLLINGSHEAD b: 1712 in Burlington County, New Jersey

Agnes HOLLINGSHEAD b: ABT 1704 in Burlington County, New Jersey."

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Grace's will was made on 8/26/1766; it was inventoried on 7/31/1769 and probated on 11/17/1769.^[1]

Sources

• Haines, John W. "Richard Haines and His Descendants. A Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey Since 1682." Boyce, VA, Carr Publishing Company, Inc., 1961. Vol I, pp. 85-87.

• Haines, Richard. "Haines Ancestry," pp. 31, 424.

• Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. III, p. 137; Vol. IV, pp. 169, 170.

• Haddonfield MM, N.J. Records, p. 156.

• Virginia Land Office Records - Northern Neck Grants, Bk. H, p. 480.

• The American Historical Register and Monthly Gazette of the Historic, Military and Patriotic-hereditary Societies of the United States of America, Volume 3, p. 221.

• Griscom, Lloyd S., "THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DELRAN TOWNSHIP." p.2.

• "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/X9Q : 20 January 2020), Grace Hollingshead in entry for Abram Haines, 1719.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Joann H..

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Joann H. for starting this profile.

• Hollingshead-200 was created by Eric Evans through the import of Evans.ged on Apr 23, 2014.