2nd Great Grandparents
William Ashley Haines
5 Jan 1821 - 24 Oct 1904
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Elizabeth L Pettit
abt 1828 - 9 Aug 1898
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Their Parents
Jonathan Haines
18 Apr 1785 - abt 1865 and Ann Bradley Harvey abt 1787 - 6 Jul 1869 |
Unknown
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William
William
was born the youngest child and third son of Jonathan Haines and Ann
Bradley Harvey in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Unfortunately not much else can be found about William's family except
that he was born and raised on a farm in Evesham Township. It's unknown whether his parents were still members of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Elizabeth
There are plenty of Pettit families in Burlington, Salem, Hunderdon, Cumberland, and Gloucester Counties in this time period. There are even families right in Medford and Evesham. I'm searching for the definitive link for Elizabeth. This surname is also deeply rooted in the part of New Jersey's history.
Their Life Together
They married in 1847, when he was 26 and she was 19 and settled in Medford. In 1850, they have their first child, 2 year old Joseph, and William is working as a "Turner," a lathe worker. The family moved around quite a bit so it would seem to indicate that either William's skills as a turner were in demand or keeping a job was a problem for some reason.
Ten years and six more children later (1860), the family is living in Southampton Township, with William still working as a Turner. His net worth is declared as $50.
The couple didn't stay there long however, because in 1870, we find them in Upper Pittsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, where William is once again employed as a Turner, and their son G. Harvey is 12 and William 6. Ida, their 17 year old daughter is recorded on the census as being Ida Smith, married, and mother to a 3-week old baby named Mary J Smith. There is no Mr. Smith living with them.
In 1880 we find the family in Booneville, Oneida County, New York with William still working as a Turner, Elizabeth still "keeping house" and their son Willam, now the last of their children living with them, working as a "boatman." Their neighbors in New York are the Dare Family, their daughter Ida and Isaiah Dare. By 1890, the family is back in Southampton Township in New Jersey. Their son Filmore marries Emiline Dare later.
Elizabeth died prior to the June 8, 1900 census (9 Aug 1898). William, as a 79 yr old widower in June 1900, is living with Harvey and Lillian and their five children in Medford Township. William died on October 24, 1904, as is recorded in the November 2, 1904 New Jersey Daily Mirror (pg 2, col 6). He was 83 years old. William worked until the day of his death due to heart failure and even constructed his own coffin! See article below.
(As a side note, their next door neighbors are Sam Adams and the Adams Family - no, not THE Sam Adams.)
Ten years and six more children later (1860), the family is living in Southampton Township, with William still working as a Turner. His net worth is declared as $50.
The couple didn't stay there long however, because in 1870, we find them in Upper Pittsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey, where William is once again employed as a Turner, and their son G. Harvey is 12 and William 6. Ida, their 17 year old daughter is recorded on the census as being Ida Smith, married, and mother to a 3-week old baby named Mary J Smith. There is no Mr. Smith living with them.
In 1880 we find the family in Booneville, Oneida County, New York with William still working as a Turner, Elizabeth still "keeping house" and their son Willam, now the last of their children living with them, working as a "boatman." Their neighbors in New York are the Dare Family, their daughter Ida and Isaiah Dare. By 1890, the family is back in Southampton Township in New Jersey. Their son Filmore marries Emiline Dare later.
Elizabeth died prior to the June 8, 1900 census (9 Aug 1898). William, as a 79 yr old widower in June 1900, is living with Harvey and Lillian and their five children in Medford Township. William died on October 24, 1904, as is recorded in the November 2, 1904 New Jersey Daily Mirror (pg 2, col 6). He was 83 years old. William worked until the day of his death due to heart failure and even constructed his own coffin! See article below.
(As a side note, their next door neighbors are Sam Adams and the Adams Family - no, not THE Sam Adams.)
The Death of William Ashley Haines
Nov 3, 1904 Philadelphia Inquirer
DATE: Thursday, November 3, 1904
PAPER: Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelpha, PA
Volume: 151
Issue: 126
Page: 3
BURIED IN COFFIN OF HIS OWN MAKE
Did Odd Jobs, But Never Gave Up Work Until the Day of His Death
Special to the Inquirer
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Nov 2 -- It was odd jobs that engaged the attention of William Haines, of Medford. up to the day of his death. He was 83 years old. Specimens of his handicraf were stored away in his work house, and it was not long ago that he confided to members of his family that he had constructed and finished his own coffin, and in this he was buried a few days ago, from the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Howard Braddock.
Mr. Haines had been in poor health for some time, due to his advanced age, but he never gave up until the day of his death, which was due to heart failure.
PAPER: Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelpha, PA
Volume: 151
Issue: 126
Page: 3
BURIED IN COFFIN OF HIS OWN MAKE
Did Odd Jobs, But Never Gave Up Work Until the Day of His Death
Special to the Inquirer
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Nov 2 -- It was odd jobs that engaged the attention of William Haines, of Medford. up to the day of his death. He was 83 years old. Specimens of his handicraf were stored away in his work house, and it was not long ago that he confided to members of his family that he had constructed and finished his own coffin, and in this he was buried a few days ago, from the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Howard Braddock.
Mr. Haines had been in poor health for some time, due to his advanced age, but he never gave up until the day of his death, which was due to heart failure.
Their Children
- Joseph Haines - 1848 - ?
marries a German girl, Wilhemina, and they had 9 children. They lived on a farm on Haines Road in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. - Filmore S Haines, 7 Feb 1851 - abt 1877
married Emiline Dare, unknown amount of children. Filmore died at 26 years of age. - Ida A Haines - abt 1851 - 25 May 1903
At least one daughter from a Mr. Smith and a daughter Mary born in 1870. Married Isaiah Dare and had three children, Loretta, Elizabeth and Sarah Ellen. Baby Mary does not show up in later records other than the 1870 census at 3 weeks old. - Martha W Haines - 7 Jul 1854 - ?
died somewhere between 1860 and 1870. - Gabriel "Harvey" Haines - 6 Aug 1856 - 30 Mar 1946
married Lillian L Turner, they have 11 children including two adopted daughters - Mary Haines - 23 Jan 1856 - ?
unknown marriage/children. - Jonathan Haines - 11 Sep 1859 - ?
unknown marriage/children. - Walter William Haines - 13 Dec 1863 - ?
Was born William Walter but went by Walter William. Married Anna E Fish and had three children, Elwood B, Reba E and Elsie G. They lived in East Rockhill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.