William E Haines (abt. 1808 - 1882)

Born about 1808 in Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Died 29 Jan 1882 at about age 74 in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

William was a Friend (Quaker)

William was born about 1808^[1] in Burlington County, New Jersey. William's FamilySearch profile gives his birth date as January 30th, but no explanation or corroborating source is given. Find a Grave cites the same date for William's birth, but again, no source is given. I have not included the Find a Grave memorial as a source, because there is no photo of a gravesite, no biography, and no sources cited.

William was the son of Jonathan Haines and Mary Haines.^[2] His parents were 3rd cousins, once removed. William is descended from the immigrant Richard's sons John and Richard.

In about 1833 (FamilySearch gives the date as 14 November 1833), William married Sarah B Haines. They were 4th cousins, once removed. William and Sarah had four children who were:

• Mary A (b. 1834), m. Henry Israel Deacon;
• Abigail E (1837-1881), m. Isaac H Wills;
• William C (1845-1898), m. Hester Ann Garwood; and
• Margaret Bisbin (1848-1906).

William was a farmer in Medford Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He died on 29 January 1882. He is most likely buried at the Medford Friends Meeting Cemetery, also known as the Union Street Friends Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census records for the years 1860, 1870, and 1880.
2. ↑ See Ancestry of the Haines cited below.

• Haines, George M.D. and Richard Haines, compilers Ancestry of the Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickett, Eves, Evans, Moore, Trooth, Borton, and Engle Families (copyright 1902 by Sinnickson, Chew & Sons Company, Printers, Camden, N.J.) Pages 85, 95, 110, 140, 141, 151, 174, 205.
• Haines, John Wesley (comp.) Richard Haines and His Descendants: a Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey Since 1682. (Boyce, Virginia: Carr Pub. Co., 1961-1966). Page 41.

1848 - Cited in the birth record of daughter, Margaret B Haines, born in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey on 23 October 1848:

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6V-3YT : 14 February 2020), William E. Haines in entry for Margaret B. Haines, 1848.

1850 - Census, 40 years old, farmer with property valued at $8,000, living in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey with wife, Sarah B (36), children, Abigail E (13), William C (5), and Margaret B (1 yr, 11 mo.), and James H Hughes (10) - relationship unexplained, Charles Still (30) - Black Laborer, and Sarah Jane Lake (19) - Mulatto. Note: Since the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Society of Friends banned ownership of slaves in 1776, I take the hopeful view that Charles Still was a paid laborer and that Sarah Jane was either a relation of Charles Still or in some way a friend of the Haines family (the census taker does not indicate her position in the family).

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MZ-G8N : 23 December 2020), William E Haines, Medford, Burlington, New Jersey, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1860 - Census, 52 years old, farmer with property valued at $15,000, living in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey with wife, Sarah B (45), children, William C (15), and Margaret B (12), and Hannah Roberts (12), who is Black. See note above.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFCW-KBR : 18 February 2021), William E Haines, 1860.

1870 - Census, 62 years old, retired farmer with property valued at $12,375, living in Medford Township, Burlington, New Jersey with wife, Sarah (56), and daughter Maggie (22):

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MND4-4VG : 29 May 2021), William E Haines, 1870.

1880 - Census, 72 years old, listed under disabled (hard to read, but it may be "softening of brain"), living in Medford, Burlington, New Jersey with wife, Sarah B (65), daughter Maggie (31), son-in-law Newton Gaskill (31), grandson Herbert N Gaskill (3), and servant Lydia (16):

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZL-YGY : 14 January 2022), William E. Haines, Medford, Burlington, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

1882 - Death, aged 75, in Medford, Burlington, New Jersey on 29 January 1882:

• "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6Q-VYK : 19 January 2020), Wm. E. Haines, 1882.

1906 - Cited in the death certificate of daughter, Margaret Bisbin Haines Gaskill, who died at 2333 N 20th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 28 June 1906:

• "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK9Z-1VW : 18 February 2021), Wm. E. Haines in entry for Margaret Bisbin Haines Gaskill, 28 Jun 1906; citing cn 16547, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,319,452.