Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 75

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986

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John Haynes, born 1684, is

HAYNES said to have left an account of the families of his great- grandparents, Walter Haynes and Peter Noyes, who came to this country together and located in Sudbury, Massachusetts. This ac- count was written later than 1772, since it gives that date, and was probably prepared when the writer was nearly ninety years old. Copies of the original document have been handed down to the present generation.

(I) Walter Haynes was born in England in 1583, in the town of Sutton, Mandeville, in the county of Wilts. He also owned a house and outbuildings in the village of 'Shaston, situated in the Island of Purbeck, in the southeastern part of Dorsetshire. He came to Massachusetts in the ship "Confidence" from Southampton, in 1638, being then of the age of fifty-five years. He brought with him his wife, sons, Thomas, John and Josias, all under sixteen years of age, and daughters Suffrance and Mary. He also brought three servants, John Blanford, John Riddel and Richard Bildcombe. Walter Haynes was a linen weaver. About a year after his arrival he, with others, removed from Watertown, having obtained a grant for a township named Sudbury, where they settled Decem- ber 22, 1639. He was made a freeman in 1640, was representative in the years 1641- 4-4-48-51, and was one of the select- men of Sudbury for ten years. He died Feb- ruary 14, 1665, aged eighty-two. Nothing is known of his wife Elizabeth. They had chil- dren (date and order of birth unknown) : Thomas, John, Josiah, Suffrance, Mary, and another, name unknown, who remained in England.

(II) Josiah, son of Walter and Elizabeth Haynes, was born in England and came with his father's family on their removal to Massa- chusetts. He married, November 13. 1646, Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Peter Noyes, and widow of John Freeman. Peter Noyes came from England in 1638, in the same ship with Walter Haynes, bringing with him three sons and three daughters, Thomas, Peter, Josephus, Dorothy, Elizabeth and Abigail. The children of Josiah and Elizabeth ( Noyes) ( Freeman) Haynes were: Josiah, Caleb, Joshua, Deborah and Abigail.

(111) Josiah (2), eldest son of Josiah (I) and Elizabeth ( Noyes) (Freeman) Haynes, was born April 27, 1655, died in 1743. He married, about 1685, Abigail Stark, and they

had Josiah, Caleb, and a son and a daugh- ter, names not given.

(IV) Josiah (3), eldest child of Josiah (2) and Abigail (Stark) Haynes, was born in 1685. He had two sons, Joshua and Jason.

(V) Joshua, eldest son of Josiah (3) Haynes, was born in 1707, and had children : Joshua, Rachel, Dorothy, John, Susannah and Silas.

(VI) John, second son of Joshua Haynes, was born in 1762. He had children : Sally, Tilly, Reuben, Stephen, John, David, and Ly- man, next mentioned.

(VII) Lyman, youngest child of John Haynes, was born in Sudbury, October 13, 1803, died in Billerica, December 21, 1869. He was born and spent his early life on a farm. For about six years before and after his marriage he was engaged in brickmaking and farming. The new railroad from Boston to Lowell was being built in 1832, when Mr. Haynes and a friend went over to Billerica to see what the possibilities were for getting contracts to construct road-bed. Before go- ing to the scene of operations, Mr. Haynes stopped at the hotel for dinner, and then looked at the railroad work, with which he was not pleased. He then returned to the hotel and leased it and began business as a hotel man in 1832, this was known as the Corner. Later he bought on the corner of Andover street, where he remained until 1842. In that year he exchanged the hotel for a farm in Billerica. There he lived in the village, and forming a partnership with An- thony Jones and Dudley Foster, engaged in real estate business, owning various farms in the vicinity. This business was carried on for eight or ten years. This was the last of his active life. The farm on which he lived was devoted largely to the culture of fruit, peaches, of which he had a large orchard, being a specialty. In politics he was a Whig till the rise of the Republican party, and from that time he was a supporter of its principles and candidate. He married, May 28, 1826, at Sudbury, Caroline Hunt (see Hunt VIII), who was born in Sudbury, June 9, 1808, and clied at the United States Hotel in Boston, June 8 1882. She was the daughter of William and Thankful ( Wheeler ) Hunt. She survived her husband twenty-three years, and a large part of that time she was a resident of Spring- field, where she bought a lot and built a house at 50 St. James avenue, where several of her children have since lived. The chil-

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dren of Lyman and Caroline (Hunt) Haynes were: Tilly. Theodore L., Cyrus H., Charles R .. William H., Caroline, John and Adeline. The sons are severally mentioned below. Car- oline, born in Billerica, January 26, 1841, married (first) in Billerica, November 25, 1863, Henry M. Jenkins, of Concord, who died in Panama, July 12, 1866. She married (second) Daniel Webb. She is now pro- prietor of the Broadway Central Hotel, New York City, which was given to her by her brother Tilly. Adeline, born in Billerica, May 28, 1849, married, in Boston, July 13. 1885, James G. Hickey. She is manager of the United States Hotel in Boston through the will of her brother Tilly.

(VIII) Tilly, eldest child of Lyman and Caroline (Hunt) Haynes, was born in Sudbury. February 13, 1828, died in Boston, August 10, 1901. He resided with his parents in Billerica until 1842, when they re- moved from the hotel to the farm. Tilly at- tended the sessions of the common school un- til the family settled on the farm, and then thoughts of a more congenial life filled his mind, for he did not like to live on a farm. He was a bright pupil in school and never re- quired much time to learn his lessons. His spare time while in school and on the farm, he spent drawing pictures of buildings and the like. After one particularly hard day's work on the farm the young man decided to leave, and with his father's help secured a place as clerk in a general store in North Reading in 1842. He was then fourteen years old. He seemed to like the work, for a short time af- ter entering upon the duties of the place one of his brothers offered him a yoke of oxen if he would return to the farm. The offer was promptly refused. After a year in North Reading, and a short time in Methuen, now a part of Lawrence, he went to work in a dry goods store in Waltham. He soon proved his worth, and the proprietor sent him to Saco, Maine, with a small stock of "odds and ends." While there Mr. Haynes caught a severe cold and was forced to return to his home to recover. After three months' rest he entered the employ of George W. Sim- mons in the well known Oak Hall establish- ment in Boston. There he was given a sub- ordinate position, having charge of the oil- skins and such rainy-weather goods sold to sailors. Mr. Simmons had a branch store in Sprinfield at that time, and was complaining to one of his men that it was not paying. The man replied "There's that young Tilly

Haines back there, why don't you send him out to run the store?" "Why," replied the proprietor, "he's only a boy." It was urged that the boy be given a trial, and Mr. Haynes went to Springfield in 1849. He took hold of the business with much energy, and in three months decided there was money enough in it to buy out his Boston employer. He visited his parents in Billerica and explaining the possibilities, asked his father to take his note for $500. His father was unwilling, saying "What's the use? It would only mean that I would have to give you the money." The mother, as usual, was persuasive and confid- ing, and in the morning Tilly departed for Springfield with his money. He succeeded so well in the business that he paid back the money in about three months. This begin- ning was made in a little store twenty by thirty feet in size, located second from the corner of Maine and State streets where the institution for savings now stands. In 1851 Tilly's next brother, Theodore L., began as a clerk in the store. In 1852 Mr. Haynes rented the next store on the north side, which had just been vacated by Gunn & Company. The new quarters extended through from State to Market street, and until a short time be- fore Mr. Haynes's death a sign marked "Tilly Haynes" hung on the Market-street end. The clothing store now boasted three numbers, and on the second floor Mr. Haynes opened a cus- tom department. The opening of the custom department started Mr. Haynes off on an- other enterprise. He was dissatisfied with the kind of sewing machine he bought for mak- ing custom goods, and for about two years he devoted his spare time and money to experi- menting with new inventions intended to be improvements. The venture did not pay, however. He sold his clothing business in 1855 to his brother Theodore L., then begin- ning his successes in this line, the new firm be- ing Alley. Haynes & Company. Tilly Haynes devoted himself to his outside interests, and in 1854 built the large double brick house now occupied by D. Frank Hale, on State street, opposite Merrick park, where he lived for a few years. In 1856 he bought the prop- erty on the southwest corner of Maine and Pynchon streets and at once began the erec- tion of a block that was to contain several stores and a music hall. This was the pres- ent site of the new Gilmore theater building. and the second building erected for business purposes above Court Square. Colonel Ho- mer Foot, when he learned that Mr. Haynes

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had bought the property, remonstrated with him for buying so far up town. However, Mr. Haynes built the block which was finish- ed in 1857. It contained two stores and the music hall. The latter was, according to the orthodox people, a serious inroad upon the morals of the place. It aroused strong op- position, even the newspapers criticising it. The house was formally opened, however, in November, 1857, by W. J. Fletcher, who play- ed for three weeks, and in fact, gave most of the entertainment during the winter. Mr. Haynes increased his real estate interests in 1862 by buying lots fronting on Main and Pychon streets, opposite the music hall. He had one hundred feet frontage on Main street, and a large frontage on the side street. He erected two large stores, four stories high, that now form a part of the Haynes block. On the night of July 24, 1864, a disastrous fire swept through the block between Court and Pychon streets. The fire destroyed the thea- ter and left Mr. Haynes without income and without insurance. At this time P. T. Bar- num, with whom Mr. Haynes had already had some successful speculations, offered him the management and an equal interest in his New York property. While clearing up the ruins and considering Mr. Barnum's proposi- tion, "Uncle" Ben Day, who was the president of the Springfield Institution for Savings, came along and asked how much money he needed to begin again. Mr. Haynes replied that he could begin with $100,000. This was a large sum at that time, and Mr. Day walked away, but within half an hour came along, and before he reached Mr. Haynes, called out, "Go to work; we will give you $60,000, and Henry Fuller will give you $40,000." And so Mr. Haynes began the hall and the Haynes hotel on the opposite corner, and both were successfully opened within the next twelve months. The new theater was com- pleted in a year, and on July 24, 1865, Mr. Haynes was presented with a handsome clock "by a few personal friends on the completion of his buildings." He then began his active hotel life, assuming the management of the Haynes Hotel, which he continued until the (leath of his wife, in 1876, when he leased to Curtis & Bowman, and later Goodman and Gaylord received the property. Mr. Haynes then retired from active hotel life until 1880, when he was induced to remove to Boston to take charge of the United States Hotel, which was not a profitable investment at the time. He assumed the personal management of the

hotel, and by his liberal and up-to-date meth- ods soon built up a large business which steadily increased. Some years later he took charge of the Broadway Central Hotel in New York City, and built up a reputation there that was envied throughout the country. He adopted common sense methods and al- lowed no one to impose upon him or to be imposed upon in his hotel. He said he al- lowed no feeing by guests. He paid his help good wages and expected good service. Loaf- ers were not seen about his hotels, but he had a lively contest to rid his New York hotel of these pests. He watched for some time and discovered that about two hundred men were utilizing the accommodations of the hotel who did not spend a cent there at any time. As soon as he was sure of his men he gave them emphatic notice to leave. The result was that the privileges of the hotel were always se- cured to the guests, and the change was ap- preciated.

Mr. Haynes held important public offices and served the city of Springfield and the state with credit. He was a member of the common council in 1864 and again in 1871. He was a member of the house of representatives in 1868-70, the senate in 1875-77, of the execu- tive council in 1878-79. During his first term in the legislature he was chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the rebuilding of the state house. In 1876 he was chairman of the rail- road committee, and at other times held the chairmanship of various other committees, both in the house and senate, council and city government. In 1892 he was appointed a member of the Metropolitan sewerage commis- sion, of which he was a member until its exist- ence was terminated by the consolidation of the board with the Metropolitan water board, according to the recommendation of Governor Crane. He was an original Daniel Webster Whig, and later, with Wilson, Phillips and the old leaders of the progressive elements joined the Republican party at its birth, and was al- ways identified with whatever was best in national state and municipal affairs. He left to the city of Springfield ten thousand dollars for the improvement of the river front and ex- tension of Court Square.

He married, in Billerica, July 16, 1852, Martha C. Eaton, born in Salisbury, died in Springfield, March 6, 1876. They had no chil- dren. Mr. Haynes has been spoken of as "bluff, genial, kindly Tilly Haynes," and the expression described the man. His warm heart and ready hand were minute-men in the ser-

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vice of humanity. His words, fitly spoken, were like "apples of gold in pictures of silver." His speech was appointed and incisive. The inspiration of his life seemed to be drawn from the fountain of right and not from that of ex- pediency. The Golden rule was far from be- ing a dead letter with him. He died at the United States Hotel in Boston, and was buried in Springfield.

(VIII) Theodore L., brother of the preced- ing, was born in Sudbury, April 2, 1830, died in Springfield, December 29, 1906. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Billerica. March 2, 1851, he accepted a posi- tion in his brother Tilly's store in Springfield, receiving at first his board and clothes for his services. His advancement was rapid, and at length he and Messrs. Alley and Miller bought an interest in the firm, which then became known as Alley, Haynes & Miller. A few years later Theodore L. Haynes bought out the interests of Alley and Miller and assumed the management of the business with his brother as a silent partner. In 1857 the business had increased to such an extent that it became necessary to find larger quarters, and in the midst of a period of financial depression the Haynes Brothers erected a new and much larger building. In the new quarters and un- der Theodore L. Haynes's conservative man- agement the extent and prosperity of the bus- iness increased rapidly. In July, 1864, their building, together with a large part of the stock. was destroyed by fire and for a time there was no Haynes clothing store in Spring- field. Tilly Haynes, with characteristic enter- prise, almost immediately began the erection of a new building upon the ruins of the old, and in October, 1865, the store was again opened in better quarters than before. At this time Theodore I .. bought Tilly's interest and be- came the sole owner. Later he admitted his brother John into the firm. John Haynes was endowed with a large amount of business fore- sight and was highly progressive, traits that were perhaps necessary in order to offset the almost ultra-conservative nature of Theodore L. The combination proved successful almost from the start, and the business made more rapid advances than before. at the same time being firmly grounded. Owing to the rapid advance in the volume of trade on several dif- ferent occasions, it became necessary to add more space. In 1875 the business was moved to the Massachusetts Mutual Building, where it remained only two years, and was then re- moved to the present location on Main street.

When the business was first moved to the pres- cnt site only the first floor was occupied. In the early eighties it was considerably extended, and in 1901 the entire block was taken over and a new front built. The business now re- quires the services of one hundred employees, and this is one of the largest firms carrying nothing but men's furnishings in New Eng- land. Mr. Haynes was always proud of the city, in which his firm played so active a part, and any project which had in view the better- ment of Springfield or its people was sure of his cordial support. For many years he was active in the work of the board of trade, and supplied the early office of the board in his building. Mr. Haynes was probably the orig- inator of the plan which led to the development of what is now known as the McKnight dis- trict. The possibilities which lay in this tract of land early attracted Mr. Haynes's attention and in 1871 he invested some surplus capital in twenty acres of land bordering upon Thomp- son and State streets, and at the same time in- duccd J. D. McKnight to join him in the pro- ject. Mr. McKnight at once became enthusi- astic, and with his brother, William H. Mc- Knight, took up the plan and carried out to a successful completion. He was known as the generous hearted man and the full extent of his benefactions will never be known. He was one of the instigators of the movement which led to the establishment of the home for friendless women and children, and he gave two lots which comprised the site of the Buck- ingham street home. The range . of Mr. Haynes's activities and interests also included politics, in which he was always an active sup- porter of the Republican party. He never held any office, but was considered one of the strong men of his party, consistently loyal and ready to work for the principles for which it stands. He was a member of Hope Church, and for many years one of the church commit- tee. His labors in the church were as active and enthusiastic as in other lines. Such pro- jects as the Court Squarc extension and the more recent river front agitation attracted Mr. Haynes's interest and support from the start. He gave five thousand dollars to the Court Square extension and had contributed to the river front project indirectly. Theodore L. Haynes married (first) in Cambridge, Febru- ary 28, 1865, Jennie Lewis, of Utica, New York, who died in Billerica, June 3, 1867. He married (second) Laura A., daughter of John K. and Mary Stanford, and widow of Thomas Blanchard, of Boston, the distinguished inven-

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tor. She died in 1905. There was born of the second wife one child, Stanford L., October 3, 1869, who became a member of the firm about 1890. He married Emily R. Leonard, born 1865. Children: Laurance, Theodosia and Emily.

(VIII) Cyrus H., brother of the preceding, was born in Billerica, July 8, 1833, and passed all his early life there, going to Springfield in 1852 to enter the employ of his brother Tilly. He remained in that employ until the store was burned in 1864, when he went to Boston to work, but remained only a few months. When Tilly again opened his store Cyrus H. went in with him. After another period he again left his brother's establishment and entered the em- ploy of Charles E. Maxfield, the furniture dealer. Later he returned to Haynes & Com- pany, and has since been with them. He mar- ried, in Billerica, May 28, 1856, Harriet Brown born in Billerica, daughter of Colonel Sumner and Issamiah ( Page) Brown. On May 28, 1906, they celebrated their golden wedding an- niversary. They have five sons: Clifford C., Nathaniel L., Philip L., Caleb S. and Otis B.

(VIII) Charles Robbins, brother of the preceding, was born in Billerica, April 17, 1836, died in Springfield, January 24, 1906. He went to Springfield in 1856 and became a clerk for Haynes & Company, remaining with the firm, of which his brother Theodore L. was the head, until the outbreak of the civil war, when he enlisted in the Thirty-third Massachusetts Infantry and went to the front. His active service covered a number of im- portant campaigns. He was with General Jo- seph Hooker's corps at the battle of Lookout Mountain, and as he was climbing up the steep side of the mountain he was shot through the fleshy part of the neck, the bullet piercing the shoulders. After the wound had mended he continued in the service until nearly the close of the war, when his term of service having expired, he was honorably discharged and re- turned home. He next went to work for the government in the post office department, as a mail clerk, covering a route from Boston to New York for twenty-one years. He retired from active work about 1890, and went to live with his sisters at the family home on St. James avente, where he died. Mr. Haynes had some interesting traveling experiences. He made a voyage from New York to Yokahama, Japan, on the R. D. Rice oil ship in 1899. He was the only passenger on the ship and took the trip for pleasure. It lasted from August 19, 1899. until January 12, 1900, a period of

one hundred and forty-seven days. He visited several places in Japan, and returned on a pas- senger steamer. On the return voyage the boat encountered a severe storm, a long account of which Mr. Haynes wrote. This was published in the Springfield Republican. He also made trips to Jamaica and Cuba, and had an inter- esting collection of antiques. He was of a quiet, philanthropic nature, and was always ready to help along a good cause. This was especially noticeable of him as a member of St. Peter's Church, of whose new building committee he was a valuable member. He gave generously to the church work and also for the new building, in the planning of which and in its progress of erection he was much inter- ested. He never married.

(VIII) William H., brother of the preced- ing, was born in Billerica, April 21, 1838, was educated in the public schools. At fifteen years of age he went to Springfield where he spent a part of each year until he was twenty years old, returning to Billerica to attend school a part of the year and assist his father. He was first in the employ of Tilly Haynes and later of his brother Theodore L., and finally became a partner in business with the latter. In 1902 he sold his interest and has since lived at lei- sure, residing in the family mansionn on St. James avenue. He is somewhat of a traveler and has visited California, Florida, the cities of Nassau and Havana and other points of in- terest. He is unmarried.

(VIII) John, brother of the preceding, was born in Billerica, September 18, 1846. He was engaged in clothing business in Spring- field, now in business with Paul Cramer under the Massasoit House, and for a time resided in Pasadena, California. He married, in Salem, August 2, 1869, Elizabeth Wiggin, of Tamworth, New Hampshire, who died in Springfield, Massachusetts, April 13, 1875. He married (second) at Salem, September 18, 1890, Abbie Herrick.

(The Ilunt Line).

This is an ancient occupative surname and is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word Hunta, signifying a hunter. Among the many pioneer settlers of New England of this surname were: Edmund of Cambridge, 1634, and Duxbury, 1637; Robert, of Charlestown and Sudbury, 1638: Bartholomew, of Dover, 1640; Enoch, of Weymouth, 1640: William, of Concord, 1641 : Peter, of Rehoboth, 1644. Among the hunts of England who have at- tained distinction are: William Hunt, land-

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scape painter, born 1830: Arabella Hunt, mu- sician and vocalist, born 1705: George W. Hunt, member of Parliament ; Robert Hunt, author and philosopher, born 1807: William H. Hunt, historical painter, born 1827; and James H. L. Hunt, popular poet and littera- teur, intimate of Byron, Moore, Shelley and Keats. In America Thomas Sterry Hunt, born 1826, and Edward B. Hunt, born 1822. attained eminence, the first as a chemist and geologist. the other as a military engineer.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 75

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 986

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986