My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameThomas Haynes
Birth Dateabt 1650
Birth PlaceSalem, Essex Co., MA
Death Datebef 14 May 1709 Age: 59
Death PlaceSalem Co., NJ
FatherWilliam Haynes (~1623-<1649)
MotherSarah Sara Ingersoll (1627-1719)
Misc. Notes
Born shortly after his father died. During the summer of 1675, the Indians of New England, united with Chief Philip of Rhode Island in attacking the English settlements. In an effort to curtail the attacks, several companies of soldiers and several thousand men were "pressed" into service to search out and destroy the Indian camps and villages. On 17 January 1675/1676, Joshua Ray made a petition to the General Court stating that his son had been in Newbury on business with Thomas Haynes, and both had been impressed into service. The intention of the petition was that his son be discharged from service because Joshua had only this one son to help carry on the affairs of three families that were under his care. It seems Joshua's son-in-law, Samuel Stevens, and brother-in-law, Captain Lathrop, had been killed on an expedition to Deerfield the previous September, and the care of their families has been taken over by him. Joshua Ray also stated in his petition that Thomas Haynes was equally burdened with concerns of his brother who then lay wounded at Rhode Island and also a neighbor and friend who lay in the garrison at Hadley. Joshua also brought to the attention of the court that Thomas Haynes, being a maltster, had a great quantity of malt under hand which would spoil if he were forced to leave. The request for their release from service was granted the next day. In the History of Salem, it is stated Thomas Haynes removed to Salem, in West New Jersey. He sold his house and land in Salem Village to John Allen in March 1704. His will was dated 21 April 1709 and an inventory of his property was taken 14 May 1709, in 1709 in Salem County, New Jersey.