Henry Hains ^62,63

  General Notes:

Will abstract by Clyde W. Downing:

Pg. 185, 8 May 1791, The LWT of Henry Hains of Knowlton. He names his wife Margaret. He mentions his mill and buildings thereto, 1/2 to be sold if Johnathan Hill and Joseph Hill pay for the other half, otherwise all to be sold. He gives ?10 to the Dutch Meeting House to make a stone wall around the burying ground in Greenwich, and ?50 to a school near Johnathan Hills' bridge. The said ?50 shall be laid at interest and the interest shall be paid to the poor children for books and learning. I give to my Grand son Henry Deets son of Christopher Deets ?5 and to my Godson Henry Welch ?10. Wife Margaret to live in my dwelling house and her sister's girl Dorothea which she and I brought up from a little child shall stay with my wife on my place and if she should marry a Godfreed Clines my sisters son William or any other son of my sisters from that time Dorothea and her husband and that must be one of my sister's sons shall have my plantation. I am the Executor of my Father Peter Hain's dec'd estate of ?460 and my mother Margaret Hains lives with me now. And after I and my mother die the money shall be divided into six equal shares. One to each of my deceased sister Mary (her children?); one to each of my sister Margaret's children; one to my sister Elizabeth or their children and one share to my sister Catherine but if she should die without heirs and one to my sister Christina and one to my wife Margaret except the money my wife brought with her from her father's estate. (Mentions his wife Margaret's Brothers and Sisters). Godson Henry Bidleman ?25 and to Jacob Rope son of my wife's brother ?10. He names friend David Kerr and my brother-in-law John Brown, Black Smith as Executors. He signed. Witnesses: Jacob Kerr, Jacob Welsh and Jacob Highsmith (?).

  Research Notes:

Deed: 24 April 1788, James Beard of Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Penn. Yeoman an Isabella his wife to Henry Haynes of Greenwich, Yeoman. L 1000... 2 parcels of land in Knowlton. Lot #1 ... on North side of Paulins Kill corner to William Yard and Miss ? Coxe, line of Joseph Pancoast & John Jenkings ... 97-3/4 acres which Ebenezer Cowell of Trenton, Hunterdon County sold to William Nyce and Dortha his wife on 10 January 1770 and Nyce sold to James Beard on 24 April 1779. Lot #2 6-1/4 acres on north bank of Paulins Kill in Knowlton which Andrews Wagner of Knowlton sold to James Beard on 5 March 1784, being part of a parcel of land which Joseph Yard, suriving Executor of LWT of William Yard dec'd sold on 6 Demember 1769 to Thomas Blair whol sold on 7 June 1778 to Andrew Wagner. Signed by James and Isabella Beard. Witnesses: Andrew Mallick and Robert Trail. On 10 May 1789 James Beard gave deposition to Judge Robert Hoops Esq. (p. 315)

26 March 1797, David Kern and John Brown, Executors of LWT of Henry Haynes late of Knowlton, dec'd to Jonathan Hill of same place. Whereas William Henry Haynes by LWT dated 8 April 1791 did order the Executors to sell certain tracts of land. Now for L 705 they sell a certain moeity or half part of a plantation and mills in Knowlton...on North side of Paulins Kill...104 acres which Henry purchased on 4 April 1788 from James Beard. Both signed. Wits: Benjamin Fortner and Samuel Brown. On 12 July 1797 Benjamin Fortner gave deposition to Judge Samuel Kennedy. ⁶⁴

Henry married Margaretha Raub, daughter of Hans Jerg Raub and Maria Barbara Acker (Eckert). (Margaretha Raub was born on 3 May 1747 in Williams Twp., Northampton Co., PA ^62,63 and died in 1829 in Greenwich Twp., Sussex Co., NJ ⁶².)