John HAYNE

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Biography of Governors - Commonwealth of Massachusets (Online)
Ancestry World Tree, Jul 2007
Frederick Calvin Norton, Governors of Connecticut 1905, (Ancestry) Article included in notes
Mrs. Robert E. Baldry, Genealogy and History of Some New Jersey Colonists 1922
Internet IGI (Jul 2007)
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestral File, Version 4.19

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Original spelling of the name was Haynes. Was not known for sure when t he spelling was changed.Born at Codicott, Hertford, England. Sailed to America on the Griffin i n 1633 with 160 head of cattle, 8,000 pounds in money, and a yearly income of 1,000 pounds to establish with Hooker and other English settlers t he colony of Connecticut--then a wildnerness. He became the governor o f MassacusettsBay Colony and in 1639 the first Governor of Connecticut , which he was re-elected every other year until his death in Hartford i n 1654.



      John Haynes (b. May 01, 1594, d. date unknown)
John Haynes (son of John Haynes ) was born May 01, 1594 in Boxgrove, Sussex, England, and died date unknown. Notes for John Haynes:Born: 1 May 1594, Essex, EnglandCollege: NonePolitical Party: NoneOffices: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1635Assistant, General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1634, 1636Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649,1651, 1653Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1640, 1644, 1646, 1650Assistant, General Court of Connecticut 1637, 1638, 1642, 1648Connecticut Commissioner to the United Colonies 1643, 1646Magistrate, Connecticut Particular Court,1639-46, 1648-49Died: Early in January 1653/54 in Hartford, CTJohn Haynes was born May 1, 1594, the son of John and Mary (Michel) Haynes of Great Hadham and Codicote, Hartford and Old Holt, Messing, Essex, England. A Puritan and a man of wealth in England, he married Mary Thornton, daughter of Robert and Ann (Smith) Thornton. They had six children. Mary died after 1624. Leaving his properties andchildren in the care of others, in July, 1633 he sailed on the ship Griffin with Thomas Hooker and Cotton Mather, arriving in Massachusetts Bay on September 3.He settled at Newtown, Massachusetts and later sent for his children. In Newtown, he married by 1636 Mabel Harlakenden, with whom he had five more children.Hewas elected as an Assistant to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colonyin 1634, and in 1635 was chosen governor. Increased immigration during 1635 placed a serious strain on the Massachusetts Bay Colony food supply, and some religious and political differences had arisen among the colonists. These conditionscaused him to support Thomas Hooker's plan to lead a group of settlers to Connecticut in 1636. Governors were only allowed to serve terms of one year at that time, so in 1636 he was again an Assistant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He last attended court on March 7, 1636/7 and apparently soon thereafter took his family to join Thomas Hooker's group in Hartford. He quickly became active in the government of the Colony of Connecticut. During the Pequot War (1636-1638), Hayneswas sent with Roger Ludlow to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to explore the possibility of an alliance between the two colonies in fighting the Indians. He was against the killing of Pequot women and children, a liberal stance for the time.He helped negotiate and was a signer of the 1638 treaty between the Narragansett's, Mohegans, and the Colony of Connecticut.Formal government of the Colony of Connecticut was instituted with the adoption of the Fundamental Orders on January14, 1638/9. The Fundamental Orders consisted of a preamble declaring the townsof Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield associated and conjoined "to be as one Public State or Commonwealth" and eleven "orders" for governing the Colony including the provision for a General Court with "the supreme power of the Commonwealth" and the election of magistrates and other public officers. Haynes' service asgovernor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony no doubt influenced the Colony of Connecticut to elect him as its first governor on April 11, 1639. Connecticut, like the Bay Colony, only elected a governor for a term of one year, and did not allowhim to serve a second term in succession. John Haynes was so popular with the colonists that he served alternately as governor and often as deputy governor from 1639 to his death in 1653. Haynes had been known as a strict ruler in Massachusetts and helped expel Roger Williams from that colony. However, he became moretolerant in Connecticut and was friendly towards Williams, who had gone to RhodeIsland.John Haynes and others had begun working for an alliance of the New England colonies as early as 1637, and in 1643 their work resulted in the formationof the New England Confederation, whose purpose was to protect the colonies fromIndian attacks and from settlement and attacks by non-English settlers. At thesame time, as a loyal English subject, he supported English settlers who tried to encroach onto
Dutch territory.Disputes between Native American tribes and between Native Americans and Europeans took up much of John Haynes' time during his eight terms as governor. In addition, he helped prosecute citizens of the Colony of Connecticutthat were accused of witchcraft. He and two other magistrates found a Goody ("goodwife" or "Mrs.") Bassett of Stratford guilty of witchcraft in 1651.John Haynesreturned to England in 1647 to sell his estate there, which was then worth about 8,000 pounds in English money. Six years later, on his death, his estate was worth only 1,500 pounds, as Haynes had willingly used his own funds to help Connecticut become an independent colony.John Haynes died in Hartford, Connecticut early in January of 1653, at the age of 58. He is buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground and his name appears on the Founders Monument. A statue was placed on the north facade of Connecticut's State Capitol building in his honor. HaynesStreet in Hartford is named after him.BibliographyJohn HaynesFrom: The Governersof ConnecticutBy: Frederick Calvin NortonPublished: 1905THE first governor of Connecticut was John Haynes, who had previously held the same office in the neighboring colony of Massachusetts. He was the oldest son of John Haynes ofCocidicot, County of Hertford, England, and was born in 1594. The Haynes flimily was oldand wealthy, and besides other valuable property they owned Copford Hall, a finecountry-seat which furnished a large income. The father of Governor Haynes,in his will dated October 20, 1605, describes lands owned by him in the countiesof Hartford and Essex.Governor John Haynes became an admirer of Thomas Hooker and emigrated with him to America. They sailed from England in the Griffin in 1633, and in the party, besides Haynes and Hooker, were John Cotton, the eminent divine, and Samuel Stone, who was destined to take so important a part in the early history of Hartford. They landed in Massachusetts, September 3, 1633. Haynes was made a freeman May 14, 1634. He was chosen an assistant, and finally governor, in 1635. The next year he was made an assistant again; but in May 1637, he, with others, removed to Hartford where he was to be one of the foremost men in theinfant colony. Hartford, at that time, had a population of eight hundred persons, of which two hundred and fifty were adult men.Haynes was an original proprietor and owned a lot on the main Street, opposite the meeting-house yard, but previous to February, 1639, he purchased from Richard Webb the lot on the corner of Front and Arch Streets. In November, 1637, Haynes presided over the session of the General Court and continued in that position two years.The first election of officers of the Connecticut colony, under the Constitution, was held April11, 1639. John Haynes was elected governor and Roger Ludlow deputy governor. Hewas so satisfactory as chief magistrate of the colony that he was elected to that high office every alternate year until bis death. Haynes was deputy governorin 1640, 44, 46, 50 and 52, interchanging with Edward Hopkins. Originally no one was to be chosen governor two years in succession; but in 166o thisrestriction was abolished by the freemen. Governor Haynes career in Hartfordwas eminently distinguished. He was one of the five who prepared the first Constitution of Connecticut, which embodies the main part of all subsequent state constitutions, and of the Federal Constitution.In 1646 Governor Haynes made a voyage to England. He died at Hartford, on March 1, 1653~4.* His will, dated 1646, brought to light the fact that his residence in Connecticut caused a serious shrinkage in his property, the estate inventorying only 1540 pounds. General Hezekiah Haynes, his son, wrote in 1675 of his father. It is sufficiently knowne howchargeable the government was to the magistrates in that first planting whereinmy father bore a considerable part to the almost ruin of his family or he has transmitted into these parts between 7000 and 8ooo pounds. Governor Haynes isdescribed as d
arger affections, and dear to the people by his benevolent virtues and disinterested conduct. He WflS probably the best representative of the republicanism of the period which Coleridge termed "the religious and moral aristocracy. Hissecond wife was Mabel Harlakenden of prominent family and royal descent.* NOTE:Genealogists in recording the death of Governor Haynes use both 1653 and 1654;therefore in such cases both dates are used throughout these biographies. The apparent conflict of dates arises many times from a misuse of the years as computed old style and the reformed system. The old style was in use previous to 1752.In instances where the two methods are combined in this book the old style willbe given first, followed by the new- Author