Godfrey Haines Sr. (abt. 1675 - abt. 1768)

Born about 1675 in Hamburg, Germany

Husband of Ann (Unknown) Haines — married 1720 in Rye, Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died about 22 Jul 1768 at about age 93 in Rye, Westchester, New York

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Biography

"Gottfir. or Gottfrie Hans, or Hanes, from Holland to Westchester County, N. Y., before 1710, lived at Rye, a rope-maker. His wife, Anne, was of the town of Maroaroneck. In the cemetery near Milton, N. Y., are the following described monuments. 'In memory of Godfrey Hains, who departed this life July 22, 1768, aged 93 years.' 'In memory of Anne, wife of Godfrey Hains, who departed this life Feb. 19, 1758, aged 68.' Bairds History of Rye, Godfrey Hains, Jr., went to Nova Scotia."^[1]

"Godfret or Godfrey Hanse, or Hains (1), first mentioned 1717, came over from Germany about that time, and settled on the lower part of Budd's Neck. He was a rope-maker by trade, like many of his descendants, whose 'topr-walks' were numerous in that part of the town. He died July 22, 1768, aged ninety-three. (Milton Cemetery.) Godfrey, junior, was his son, and probably Joseph and Solomon."^[2]

Occupation

"...A sailor, he was captured by Turks in the Mediterranean Sea and they took him as far as Jerusalem and then released him. He returned to Germany and went to sea again, this time as part of a fleet bound for South America. He was shipwrecked and rescued by a English warship. The English pressed him into the Royal Navy and then he learned he would be required to fight against his own country (England was almost constantly at war with Europe in those years). When the ship arrived at Kip's Bay, New York, he slipped into the water and swam ashore. He made contact with Mr. DeLancey (a prominent colonist) who found use for his knowledge of ship's rigging and ropemaking. Col. Caleb Heathcote backed his ropemaking business. He became very prosperous and settled in Mamoroneck in 1709."^[3]

Note: A similar story about jumping off an English Warship has been published about Godfrey's son, Matthew.

Marriage and Children

Wife 1?: Anne, born about 1690,and died on 19 Feb 1758 in Rye, Westchester Co. New York, and was buried in Blind Brook Cemetery, Rye Neck, New York.

Wife 2?:: Amy Lyon - Born in Rye, Westchester, New York, USA on 1702 to Joseph , Lyon and Sarah. Amy married Godfrey Haines and had 6 children. She passed away on 1783."^[4]

Children were: (Note: History of Rye mentions only Joseph, Solomon and Godfrey Jr.)

1. Godfrey Haines II (born about 1695 - died on 1 Jul 1766 in New York Harbour (Drowned))
2. Matthew HAINES (born about 1700 - died in 1791 in Bedford, Westchester Co. New York)
3. Joseph HAINS (born in 1710 in Westchester Co., New York - died in 1783)
4. James HAINES (born in Rye, Westchester Co. New York - died in Sep 1780 in Rye, Westchester Co. New York)
5. Eleanor HAINES
6. Mollie HAINES
7. Soloman HAINES (died in 1781)
8. Tamar HAINES
9. Daniel HAINES (born about 1735 in Rye, Westchester Co. New York - died before 29 Sep 1776 in Rye, Westchester Co. New York).

Burial

Milton Cemetery

Rye, Westchester, New York, USA

Inscription:

"In Memory of Godfrey Hains who departed this Life July 22, 1768, aged 93 years"^[5]

Probable Family Members Buried in Blind Brook cemetery-Rye, Westchester, NY:

1. Mr. Joseph Lyon, who died Feb. 21, 1761, in the 84th year of his age. [1678-1761]
2. Sarah Lyon, wife of Joseph Lyon, died Jan. 26, 1769 in the 90th year of her age. b.cal.1680
3. Elisha Budd, who died Sept. ye 21st 1765 in the 60th year of his age.
4. Anne Budd, wife of Mr. Elisha Budd, who died Dec. 6th, 1760.
5. Godfrey Hains who departed this Life July 22, 1768, aged 93 years
6. Anne, wife of Godfrey Hains who departed this Life Feb'ry 19, 1758, aged 68 years."

Sources

1. ↑ A genealogy and history of the Chute family, p. lxxvii, https://archive.org/stream/agenealogyandhi00chutgoog#page/n342/mode/2up
2. ↑ History of Rye... http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/rye5.htm
3. ↑ Estelle Hobby Haines, "The Haines Family of Rye and Bedford," The Westchester County Historical Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 1949), pp. 45-55.
4. ↑ http://records.ancestry.com/amy_lyon_records.ashx?pid=34248215
5. ↑ Find a grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6018373&ref=acom

• A genealogy and history of the Chute family, p. lxxvii, https://archive.org/stream/agenealogyandhi00chutgoog#page/n342/mode/2up
• Find a grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6018373&ref=acom
• New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, Letters of Administration (New York County, New York), 1743-1866; Index, 1743-1910; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (New York County); Probate Place: New York, New York, Ancestry.com.
• http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/rye5.htm
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. :Hanson, Godfrey, Annotation: Date granted letter of denization and place of residence (pp. 1-11), date and place of naturalization (pp. 12-75), or date and place where oath of allegiance was sworn (pp. 76-100, indexers assumed that person was an immigrant... Source Bibliography: SCOTT, KENNETH, and KENN STRYKER-RODDA. Denizations, Naturalizations, and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. 120 p. 33.
• Baird, Charles W., Chronicle of a Border Town (Anson D.F. Randolph and Co., New York, 1871) Page 196