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THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Our name originates from the Welsh name, Einws.

Vortigern was King of the Brittons at the time of the Roman

occupation of Britton. He married Sevira Serena, daughter of

Magmus Maximus, Roman governor of Britton and granddaughter

of Holy Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. Together they had

a son named Catigern.

Brochwel Yschithrog, King of Powys, the central part of Wales,

AD 607 was the direct descendant of Catigern. Brochwel's direct

descendant, Einion had a son, also named Einion, but after Welsh

custom he was familiarly called by the diminutive Einws,

pronounced Eins. Einws had a son named John, know as John

Einws, which was sometimes written as Eines or Eynes. John

Eines lived in Bawsley, a town in the parish of Alderbury, which

was partly in Shropshire and partly in Montgomeryshire. From him

descended a flourishing family using the name Heynes, and later

Haynes, that spread over Shropshire and Montgomeryshire.

A member of this family, Richard Heynes relocated Charlebury,

Oxfordshire and eventually to Reading, Berkshire. He had four

sons including Nicholas Haynes of Hackney, Middlesex. Nicholas

was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth I and

the Coat of arms on the cover was confirmed to him by Queen

Elizabeth I on June 10, 1578.

John Haynes of Messing, Essex, a hot bed of Puritan activity, was

the grandson of Nicholas Haynes. At the request of John

Winthrope, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John

Haynes immigrated to America in 1633. He became the 5th

Governor of that colony and later went on to help found the colony

of Connecticut and become its first governor.

THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY

Richard Haines of Aynhoe, Northamptonshire was the grandson of

John Haynes and his first wife Mary Thorton (direct descendent of

Edward III). He and his wife Margaret Leeds were the immediate

progenitors of the branch of the Haines family known as the New

Jersey branch.

Before leaving England, Richard Haines purchased two grants of

land, each of one hundred acres in the new colony of West Jersey,

which at the time was still a wilderness inhabited by Native

American tribes. The family was coming to America to join their

eldest son John who had left for the new colony of West Jersey in

1680. The girl he loved had left the year before separating the

young couple and John had tearfully promised to follow. John

spent the first winter in a cave along the Rancocas creek. And the

following year built a house below Lumberton. Richard and his

family, including wife Margaret, children Richard, William,

Thomas and Mary set sail from the port of Downs on board the

ship “Amity”. In those days the voyage could take up to three

months, and conditions on board the ship were crude and

unhealthy. As fate would have it soon after leaving port the ship

was hit by a large storm and thrown off course. As the weeks

passed provisions began to run low and the captain ordered that

food and water be rationed, with women and children receiving

first priority. Richard slowly began to weaken and grow sick and

eventually took to his bed. With his family gathered around him

Richard Haines died on April 23, 1682, and was buried at sea. The

loss of one family member was balanced by the birth at sea of

another and just days after Richard’s passing his son Joseph Haines

was born.

The Haines family landed in Burlington, New Jersey in the fall of

1682. The six children of Richard Haines were John, Richard,

William, Thomas, Mary and Joseph. Together they were among

the first settlers of the new colony of West Jersey. They died

owning large tracts of land in Burlington County and elsewhere

and left to their decedents an enduring legacy of faith and courage.

Charles Bozarth Haines was the 7th generation great grandson of

Richard Haines.THE ORIGINS OF THE HAINES FAMILY