Jonathan HAINES

Abt 1646 - 1698  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Jonathan HAINES
  Birth	Abt 1646	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  	tombstone
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	11 Jun 1648	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  	at age 2 with sister Sarah, also age 2
  Residence	Salem, Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts
  Residence	Abt 1684-1697	Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Death	22 Feb 1697/98	Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
  	Cause: Slain by Indians
  	tombstone
  Notes	A thorough analysis of Jonathan Haines' parentage was given in TAG Vol. 27, pages 129-134. When he moved from Newbury to Haverhill between 1684 and 1687, based on the birthplaces of his children, he settled in the West Parish on the River or Hawkes Meadow Road. Captured by Indians with four of his children on 15 Aug 1696, or possibly 1697, while reaping in his field near Bradley's Mills within sight of his house. The children captured were Mary (age 19), Thomas (age 16), Jonathan (age 12), and Joseph (age 7). They were taken to Penacook (Concord, NH) where they were divided into two groups. One group took Jonathan and Thomas to Maine, where they escaped (See Chase, The History of Haverhill for details). The other children were sold to the French in Canada. Mary was redeemed for 100 pounds of tobacco, carried up on a hand sled, but her two brothers remained in Canada where they married and became wealthy farmers. Two years later, on 22 Feb 1698, When Jonathan Haynes was 82 [sic] years of age, he and a neighbor were killed by the Indians (see Chase, The History of Haverhill for details). Thomas, then aged 18 was again captured by the Indians, again going to Penacook, but was redeemed a year later and given a fine cane by the Indian chief as a token of respect for good conduct as a prisoner. Guy C. Haynes recorded in 1855 that the cane was in the possession of a grandson. It is said to be in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. From the "History of Haverhill": "On the 22 February [1697/98], a party of Indians fell upon Andover, killed five of the inhabitants, and captured as many more. On their return past Haverhill the same party killed Johnathon Haynes and Samuel Ladd, capturing a son of each. Haynes and Ladd, who lived in the western part of the town, had started that morning, with their teams,consisting of a yoke of oxen and a horse each, and accompanied bytheir eldest sons, Thomas (or Joseph ?) and Daniel, to bring home some of their hay,which had been cut and stacked the preceding summer, in their meadow in the extreme western part of town. While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present danger, they suddenly found themselves in the bushes on each side of their path. There were seven on each side. With guns presented and cocked. The fathers seeing that it was impossible to escape, begged for 'quarter'. To this the Indians twice replied 'boon quarter, boon quarter' (good quarter). Young Ladd, who did not relish the idea of being quietly taken prisoner, told his father that he would mount the horse and endeavour to escape. But the old man forbid him to make the attempt, telling him it was better to risk remaining a prisoner. Daniel then cut his father's horse loose and giving him the lash, the horse started off at full speed. Though repeatedly fired at by the Indians, succeeded in reaching home and was the means of giving an immediate and general alarm. Two of the Indians then stepped behind the fathers and dealt them a heavy blow upon the head. Mr. Haynes who was quite aged, instantly fell but Ladd did not. Another of the savages then stepped before Samuel and raised his hatchet as if to strike. Samuel closed his eyes, expecting the blowwould fall--but it came not-and when he again opened his eyes, he saw the Indian laughing and mocking at his fears. Another immediately stepped behind him and felled him at a blow. The Indians on being asked why they killed the old men said that they killed Haynes becausehe was 'so old he no go with us' and they killed Ladd who was a fierce, stern looking man because 'he so sour'." Thomas Haynes and Daniel Ladd where taken to Penacook by the Indians. When Thomas was redeemed, nearly a year later, the Indian chief gave him his best cane, as a token of respect for good behavior. The cane is about 3 1/2 feet long, the top being round and the rest of the cane was eight-sided. Each side is ornamented with figures (some diamond-shaped, others square or diagonal) all neatly cut with a penknife. There is an iron ferule and a spur at the end. This cane was in the possession of a grandson in 1855. [2, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I1650	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F11007

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• Headstones

  Memorial Stone for Jonathan Haynes

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 109, p. 162 (Reliability: 3). [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 9, p. 349 (Reliability: 3). [S173] TAG, 27: 129-134 (Reliability: 3). [S173] TAG, 27: 133 (Reliability: 3). [S159] Vital Records, Salem 1:416 (Reliability: 3). [S40] Chase, George Wingate, Chase -- Haverhill History, (Haverhill, Published by the Author, 1861). [S30] NEHGR, Vol. 109, p. 163 (Reliability: 3). [S173] TAG, 27:129-134 (Reliability: 3).