Haynes family of Foston, Lincolnshire

Date: 1600 to 1800
Location: Foston, Lincolnshire, England
Surname/tag: Haynes, Foston

This space was created to hold information about the various strands of the Haines family who lived in Foston or Long Bennington through the 17th and 18th centuries. As the relationships become clear the information will be transferred into individual profiles.

There are various versions of the Haines surname; these are ones found to date: Haynes, Haines, Hayns, Hains, Haine, and possibly Hayes. Common males names were Edward and William.

Foston is a small village about six miles northwest of Grantham. It was part of the manor of Long Bennington, and many of the church records appear in the Long Bennington registers. In the IGI set it is very common to see duplicate entries, one for Foston and one for Long Bennington. The parish register for burials and baptisms begins in 1626; marriages were included in the Long Bennington register until 1766.

The first profile created for this family was Mary Haines. Although she and her siblings were born in Colsterworth, her father, Edward, was born in 1693 in Foston and he married Anne Chambers in Long Bennington in 1719. Mary's siblings were Edward b1721, Anne b1725, and Robert b1730. The parents of Edward senior were Edward and Ann, and he had two sisters - Ellinor b1686 and Ann b1692.

There are two wills for Edward, one from 1723 and one from 1734, both of Foston. Unfortunately, neither of them relate to the Edwards above.

The will for 1723 belongs to Edward, husband of Elizabeth Browne, married 1686 in Long Bennington. Edward was probably born in 1640 in Long Bennington to Thomas and Helen. His will mentions the following children, all of whom have IGI christening records - Elizabeth Warinton b1687, William b1690, George b1693, and Mary Francis b1700. There was another daughter, Bridget, b1692 and d1693. William married Lydia in 1719 and died in Foston in 1738 leaving a will. In this will he mentions his three living siblings, except that Elizabeth is now married to William Ellit(???). Mary married William Francis in 1720 in Lavington.

The will for 1734 belongs to Edward, husband of Mary Harvey, married 1700 in Foston. His will mentions the following children, all of whom have IGI christening records - Elizabeth b1702, Alice b1704, Ann b1706, Thomas 1708, William b1711, and John b1713. It also mentions William Randale the husband of Alice, and their son Thomas, a Mary Randale, and grandson Edward the son of William.