Person:John Haines (38)

Childhood

John Haines was baptised on 22nd October 1815 at Buckland in Gloucestershire, son of Elizabeth Haines, formerly King, and her husband Thomas Haines, a shop keeper and butcher. John appears to have been the eldest of four children, all born in the hamlet of Laverton in the parish of Buckland. Both Laverton and Buckland lie within the Cotswolds.

John’s mother died in 1825, when John was only nine years old. John’s father married again two years later and had a son named Thomas with his second wife in 1830.

Adulthood

John’s father Thomas died in 1838, when John was 22. As the eldest child, he appears to have taken responsibility for some of his younger siblings: his brother Joseph and half-brother Thomas were both living with him in the 1841 census, as was a three year old niece called Jane Haines.

In March 1839 John gave evidence in a court case following a fight he had witnessed in the nearby village of Broadway.

Later in 1839, John had a daughter named Ellen Lucretia with a woman called Susanna Worvell. Susanna was from the village of Stanway, about three miles south of Buckland. Ellen was born in the spring and baptised in July, before John and Susanna finally got round to getting married on 17th August 1839. Why they did not marry before her birth is unclear. At the time of their marriage, they were both 23 years old. John was described as a cow doctor at the time of their marriage.

After their marriage John and Susanna went on to have a son named John Thomas in 1841, a daughter named Ann in 1844 and a son called William Thomas in 1847, all born at Laverton. The 1851 census finds John and Susanna living with their four children in the parish of Buckland (probably still at Laverton, but the census that year doesn’t record addresses within Buckland parish). Their niece Jane was also still with them, suggesting they brought her up too.

Two more children followed the 1851 census: Violante Susannah in 1852 and Frederick Francis in 1856. In total, John and Susanna had six children between 1839 and 1856.

John died in 1857, aged 41. He was buried at Buckland on 22nd January 1857. He and Susanna had been married for seventeen years. Susanna was then left with six children aged between seventeen and less than a year old. Susanna would survive John by some 49 years. For a time after his death she stayed in Laverton, supporting herself by working as a gloveress and taking in lodgers. Five years after his death she remarried and moved away from the area. Most of John and Susanna’s children stayed relatively close to Laverton, with John’s eldest son, John Thomas, becoming a veterinary surgeon, following John’s profession.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Buckland Parish Registers, 1539-2000. (Gloucester: Gloucestershire Archives).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Buckland in the County of Gloucester in the Year 1815
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   30	October 22d	John Son of	Thomas & Elizabeth	Haines	Laverton	Shopkeeper	D. Davies, Curate

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 360; Book 2; Folio 7; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Laverton, Buckland, Gloucestershire
   John Haynes, male, 25 [1811-16], Cow Doctor, born in county
   Susanna Haynes, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Joseph Haynes, male, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   Thomas Haynes, male, 11 [1829/30], born in county
   Eleanor Haynes, female, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Jane Haynes, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1971; Folio 14; Page 224, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Buckland, Gloucestershire
   John Haines, head, married, male, 35 [1815/6], Horse and Cattle Doctor, b. Laverton, Gloucestershire
   Susana Haines, wife, married, female, 36 [1814/5], b. Stanway, Gloucestershire
   John Haines, son, male, 9 [1841/2], b. Laverton, Gloucestershire
   Ellen Haines, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], b. Laverton, Gloucestershire
   Jane Haines, niece, female, 12 [1838/9], b. Laverton, Gloucestershire
   Ann Haines, daughter, female, 7 [1843/4], b. Laverton, Gloucestershire
   William Haines, son, male, 3 [1847/8], b. Laverton, Gloucestershire

4.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. John HAINES, March Quarter 1857, Winchcomb Registration District, Volume 6a, page 245, aged 42 [1814/15]

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Buckland Parish Registers, 1539-2000. (Gloucester: Gloucestershire Archives).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Buckland in the County of Gloucester in the Year 1857
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   284	John Haynes	Laverton Cow Leech	Jan[ua]ry 22	42 y[ea]rs [1814/15]	W. Phillipps Rector

6.   Berrow's Worcester Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 6, Thursday 14 Mar 1839.

   WORCESTERSHIRE LENT ASSIZES…
   CIVIL SIDE…
   FRIDAY…
   AVERILL v. STANLEY.
   Mr. Serg. TALFOURD (with whom was Mr. Godson), said that this was an action for an assault committed on the 28th of June. It would appear that the plaintiff was a person who lived on his own property at Broadway; the defendant being a timber merchant in the same town, and the assault having taken place on the coronation day. It would be proved that the plaintiff having won a small bet of the defendant asked him for it, calling his (as was the custom which prevailed in Broadway), not by his name of baptism, or by any name that he would sign to bond, bill, or acquittance, but by a nick name – the name was Booker, a name perfectly harmless in itself; but the defendant came across the road and knocked the plaintiff down; the plaintiff got up and took refuge at the house of a person name Andrews, but there the defendant followed him and knocked him down again.
   John Haynes. – I reside at Buckland; I was at Broadway on the coronation day, between 6 and 7 o’clock; I was at the house of Mrs. Meadows, at which the plaintiff lodges; he is not in any business; the plaintiff was outside of the house; the defendant lives opposite, and is a timber merchant; I saw him at his own gate, and heard the plaintiff say “Booker, pay me that quart of ale you owe me.” The plaintiff repeated this several times; the defendant crossed the road with his fist clenched and said “what do you want with Booker?” The plaintiff replied, “that quart of ale you owe me.” The defendant knocked the plaintiff down on some low sharp-pointed palings which enclose the gardens; it was a violent blow of the fist; a very hard blow; the plaintiff got up and went to Mrs. Andrew’s house, the defendant following him; as soon as the plaintiff got to the door the defendant gave him another blow and knocked him over Mrs. Andrews’s ‘silk concern,’ and knocked it all to pieces! (a laugh.) Mrs. Andrews works in the silk trade; the defendant then went away shaking his fist and saying “you may go to law, or justice, or what like.” I picked up the plaintiff; he appeared insensible for a little while; the plaintiff is a heavy man; the defendant is a desperate tall stout man of about 60; the plaintiff is between 50 and 60.
   Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW. – The plaintiff had a stick, but I did not see him strike the defendant across the face with it. The plaintiff was rather in liquor; he could walk; I do not consider a man drunk as long as he can walk (a laugh); as long as he can walk pretty upright, he is only fresh; the defendant was sober.
   Mr. Henry Pulling. – I live at Broadway, and am a cooper; I heard the plaintiff call to the defendant by the name of Booker; I had often heard him called by that name before without taking offence at it; I saw the blow given which knocked the plaintiff on to the pales, and I saw him try to escape into Andrews’s house, and I then saw another blow given, and he fell into Andrews’s house. I head Mrs. Andrew say she would make the defendant pay for breaking the silk machinery, and the defendant said she might go to law or a justice if she chose. I mended the silk tackle, and the next day the defendant came up, and I asked if he would pay for it; he said he would not, and that the plaintiff must, and he would knock the plaintiff’s old brains out some day or other.
   Mary Andrews. – I am a silk winder; my house is under the same roof as Mrs. Meadow’s; I saw the defendant leave his own gate and cross the road, and shortly after the plaintiff walked backwards into my house, and the defendant followed him and knocked him down over my things; Haynes picked the plaintiff up and led him out of my house.
   Mr. Sergant LUDLOW (with whom was Mr. Selfe) addressed the jury in mitigation of damages.
   William Young. – I am a shoemaker at Broadway; I was on the coronation day in Pullen’s shop; the plaintiff at first insulted me and then called out “Booker – Booker – Booker, you d__d old rogue, come out – who stole the tree?” The defendant came out and said, “Is it me that you want?” The plaintiff said, “It is.” The defendant said, “Call me Booker again, and I will give you something.” The plaintiff called “Booker” again, and the defendant struck him. The plaintiff then struck the defendant on the ear with his stick. I have frequently heard the plaintiff call the defendant “Booker” before, and the defendant was annoyed by it.
   Cross-examined by Mr. Serg. TALFOURD. – I have been twice in prison for fighting, once was because I would not pay money, that was 15 years ago; I have skirmished with the defendant often; I have called the defendant “Booker,” and he is often called so; I have a nickname; I am called “Cocky;” there is hardly any one in the town who has not a nickname; I knew nothing of the bet about the ale.
   Re-examined. – I was imprisoned for an assault; a woman fell upon me; I told her I would not hit her, but I would kick her. (A laugh.)
   Benjamin Smith – I am a maltster; my nickname is Sneakby, I live opposite the defendant; I heard the plaintiff use language that would aggravate any gentleman in this company; he called “Booker” twenty or thirty times, and said “Come out you old rogue;” it was enough to make the stones rise up under one’s feet. (A laugh.) I saw the defendant come out, and the plaintiff said, “You d__d rogue why did you not come out and answer for yourself?” I have heard the plaintiff on many occasions go in front of the defendant’s house at all hours by day and night, and call out; I have taken him to task for it.
   Cross-examined by Mr. GODSON. – Whenever the plaintiff got some liquor he was always sure to be on.
   Josiah Stanley. – I am the son of the defendant; on the Coronation day I heard the plaintiff call to the d__d old rogue Booker to come out and answer for himself like man; this continued for a good part of half an hour; he went in and out of a public-house and repeated these callings; my father’s feelings were much hurt at being abused, and he went out; these callings had occurred several times before; if the plaintiff had got beer he was sure to be calling.
   Cross-examined. – For the last half year before this occurred the parties had been on speaking terms; my father has been called Booker 8 or 9 years.
   Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD replied.
   Mr. Justice ERSKINE left the case to the Jury to determine what damages the plaintiff was entitled to. – Verdict for the plaintiff. Damages 40s.

7.   Worcestershire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 2, Wednesday 20 Feb 1856.

   BUCKLAND. – TIMBER STEALING. – The search for Mr. Butler’s timber, which we last week said had been stolen, resulted in part of it being found on the premises of the Rev. – Faulkner, of Buckland and Mr. John Haines, of Laverton, both of whom had purchased it of one Faulkner, a sawyer, an athletic and powerful fellow, who, when P.C. Dance, of Stanton, attempted to apprehend him, escaped. While leaping a hedge in pursuit the policeman had to encounter a savage dog, and after coming up with the runaway, was obliged under threat of being stabbed to relinquish his attempt. He has left a wife and five children chargeable to the parish.