General Notes

He came from England to Salem, Massachusetts
about 1636. He married Sarah Ingersol, and their children were as
follows:
John, who was baptized in 1639; James, in 1641; Benjamin, in 1643;
Mary, in 1646; James, in 1647; Jonathan, in 1648; Sarah, in 1648;
Sarah, in 1648 (typist may have repeated); and Thomas. The last named
was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1651, and married on the 15th of
December 1676, to Sarah Ray, of Salem. Their children were: John,
who was born 1678; William, in 1680; Sarah, in 1681; Joseph, in 1683;
Benjamin, September 21, 1685; Daniel, who was born in 1687 and died in
1689; Hannah, born in 1689; and Thomas, born in 1696.
This family all removed to Salem County, New Jersey, about 1697, and
were in Mannington and Pilesgrove in 1731. Benjamin Haines, of this
family was born September 21, 1685 and died in Salem County, New
Jersey in 1733.
There is record of a "power of attorney" made by Joseph Haines, Jr.,
and Thomas Haines, a "plantation man"; Daniel Haines, a carpenter of
Mannington, N. Jersey; and Roger Haggins and his wife, Sarah, of Piles
Grove, New Jersey giving their brother, Benjamin Haines, a "weaver",
also of Mannington, power to sell certain lands in Salem
Massachusetts, which formerly belonged to their father, Thomas Haines,
which said Thomas received by will from his father, William Haines,
and the latter received by will from his father-in-law, Richard
Ingersoll, this documented being dated September 20, 1731.
There is a copy of the will of this Benjamin Haines, to whom was given
the power of attorney. The will was made January 15, 1723 and was
approved June 2, 1733.
In this mention is made of his wife, Ann, and the following children:
Joseph, Benjamin, John, Mary, Ann and Hannah. (All the ancestors
above mentioned write the name Haines.) In this family John Haines
(who dropped the i from the name), born about the year 1720, and his
wife Rebecca, two sons; Joseph and John. The latter was born May 12,
1747, and by his wife, Margaret, had six children: John, born April
9, 1791; Edward, born September 24, 1792; Thomas, born June 16, 1794;
Mary; Rebecca; and Catherine who became Mrs. Eastlack and died in
Wabash, Indiana.
John Haines, the father of these children, was a native of Mannington
township, Salem County, and passed his entire life in that locality.
He was a mechanic and was dominated by the same industrious and
practical traits of character noticeable in his posterity. His son
Edward was born in the same township, September 24, 1792, and on the
12th of March, 1814 married Esther Mullica. Three years later, in
1817, he came to Eldridge Hill, where his descendants have dwelt ever
since. He inherited the talent for mechanics that his father had
before him, and to his aid and influence was due in large measure the
establishment of the foundry here, which has been in successful
operation for so many decades.
When the agitation pro and contra slavery was waxing fiercer and
fiercer he became a staunch Abolitionist and took great interest in
the emancipation of slaves. A few years prior to his death he joined
the Society of Friends, and was loved and highly honored in their
ranks.
Death released him from the toils and sorrows of this life September
23, 1880. He had one brother, John, who was born April 9, 1891
(certainly a typing error). His sister Rebecca, married Israel
Eastlake, November 16, 1820, and another sister, Catherine, became the
wife of Samuel Eastlake, February 11, 1824.
Of the children born to Edward and Esther Haines (Hanes) only two are
now living; Thomas, to whom reference is made later; and Miss Emily
who was born at Eldridge Hill in 1824, and whose entire life has been
spent in this immediately locality, where she is loved and respected
by a large circle of old friends and old associates. Her brothers,
Edward, William, Samuel and John, and her sisters Margaret and Rhoda
have one by one passed to a better