Thomas Haines (abt. 1746 - aft. 1788)

Born about 1746 in Evesham Township, Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Died after 1788 after about age 42 in Back Creek, Frederick, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas was a Friend (Quaker)

Thomas was born about 1746,^[1] most likely in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey (where his parents resided). He was the son of Abraham Haines and Sarah (Ellis) Cattell.

On 12 November 1766, Thomas married Mary Cattell,^[2] the daughter of James and Ann Cattell. Mary was Thomas's step-sister, and she was underage at the time of their marriage. Her father, James, was required to give written consent to the marriage. In order to remain in good standing at the Evesham Monthly Meeting,^[3] on February 4, 1768 Thomas was required to acknowledge that he and Mary had had "unchaste freedom before marriage." Thomas's acknowledgement was accepted by the Evesham Monthly Meeting on May 5, 1768. However, Thomas was later disowned, on April 4, 1776. for serving in the military during the Revolutionary War.^[4][5]

Thomas and Mary had two known children: Joshua (b. 1767) and Ann (d. 1850).

Thomas inherited land in Back Creek, Virginia^[6] and was apparently in Virginia at the time of his daughter Ann's marriage in 1788.^[7] Nothing further is known of Thomas.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "163 M i Thomas HAINES was born about 1746." (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~eastozarka/haynes/hayg07.html )
2. ↑ "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3QMH : 22 July 2021), Thomas Haines and Mary Cattell, 12 Nov 1766; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719781.
3. ↑ Evesham Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Minutes. Book 1, Pages 163, 173, 175, 176, 329, 330.
4. ↑ 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. Volume II, p. 72.
5. ↑ Stryker, William S., Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution. Trenton, NJ: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co. 1872. Page 614."HAINES, THOMAS, Burlington; Also Continental Army."
6. ↑ Honeyman, A. Van Doren, editor. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Somerville, NJ: The Unionist Gazette Association. 1924. Volume III. Page 136. "1758, May 12. Haines, Abraham. ...Son, Thomas, to have my part of a tract devised to me and brother Isaac by my father in Virginia, in Frederick Co., on Back Creek, when Thomas is 21."
7. ↑ "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2FQ : 20 January 2020), Thomas Haines in entry for Francis Boggs, 1788.
8. ↑ 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. Volume II, pp. 72.

• 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. Volume II, pp. 71-73.
• Stryker, William S., Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolution. Trenton, NJ: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co. 1872. Page 614.
• Evesham Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Minutes. Book 1, Pages 163, 173, 175, 176, 329, 330.
• Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Minutes. Book 3, Page 150.
• Honeyman, A. Van Doren, editor. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc. Somerville, NJ: The Unionist Gazette Association. 1924. Volume III. Page 136.
• New Jersey Marriage Licenses and Bonds. Book C, No. 413 1/2; Book H. No. 372.
• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3QMH : 22 July 2021), Thomas Haines and Mary Cattell, 12 Nov 1766; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719781.
• "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2FQ : 20 January 2020), Thomas Haines in entry for Francis Boggs, 1788.