William Haynes was born on June 24, 1624
in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. At the age of 10 years he
arrived in New England on September 18, 1634 at Boston, MA on the ship
"Griffin". In his company was brother Richard Haynes, also from
Dunstable. William and Richard settled in Salem, Massachusetts and
are seen as associates in several legal documents. They were brothers,and
this relationship is established by deeds executed in 1679 between Thomas
Haynes and "his uncle Richard Haynes". Charles W.
Upham suggested in his book, Salem Witchcraft, that because of the great
purchasing power of William and Richard Haynes, and the respect
demonstrated toward them, they were persons of great means and
influence. Sometime prior to July 1644, William Haynes married
Sarah Ingersoll, a daughter of Richard Ingersoll, his
partner in the Weston Grant purchase. William died in
1651.
Jonathan Haynes, son of William was baptised on June 11,
1648. In 1669 Jonathan Haynes apparently
contemplated moving to East New Jersey, and is seen in New Jersey deed
records dated 1673, along with several other Newbury men, as purchasing
land in Woodbridge, East New Jersey. It is not known if he actually went
to New Jersey or not; several of the Newbury men did eventually settle
there, but at any rate, Jonathan was in Newbury on 30 December 1674 to
marry Sarah Moulton. She was a daughter of William Moulton
and Margaret Page.Some histories state that Jonathan had married shortly
before to a sister, Mary Moulton, but many people now believe that an
error had been made in the recording of the marriage since Mary Moulton is
recorded in the Moulton family as dying in 1664. Sometime between
1684 and 1687, Jonathan moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts where he and
four of his children were captured by Indians in 1696. The Indians
took them to Penacook (Concord) New Hampshire,where they divided. One
group of Indians took the elder Jonathan and Thomas to Maine, where they
escaped. Mary, Jonathan and Joseph were taken to Canada and were sold to
the French. Mary was redeemed for one hundred pounds of tobacco carried up
on a hand sled, but her two brothers, Jonathan and Joseph remained in
Canada, married there, and became wealthy farmers. Jonathan and his
son, Thomas returned to Haverhill, but on February 22, 1698, Jonathan
Haynes was killed by the Indians.
Mary Haynes, daughter of Jonathan was born on March 3rd, 1687 in
Haverhil, MA. When she was a child, she was captured by Indians and
taken to Canada. She was ransomed for 100 lbs of tobacco. She
married John Preston on January 17, 1707, the son of
Samuel Preston
and Susannah Gutterson. I descend from their daughter Susanna
Preston who
married Richard Adams. This history has been compiled from :
 The
New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus (1949)
Patrick
McDonald Rootsweb
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