JOSEPH HAYNES, born September 14, 1695, was the eldest child and only surviving son of Judge John Haynes (Harv. 1689), of Hartford, Connecticut, who was the only son of the Rev. Joseph Haynes (Harv. 1658), who was the son of Governor John Haynes. The mother of our graduate was Mary, youngest daughter of the Rev. Pelatiah Glover, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
He was intended for the profession of the law, but his health failed soon after graduation, and he died unmarried, in Jamaica, September 14 (or 15), 1716, aged 21. Administration on his estate was granted to his mother, February 16, 1716–17. He was the first graduate of the College to die.
As his father died before him (November 27, 1713), the line of male descendants of Governor Haynes in this country ended with him. His sister Mary was successively the wife of Elisha Lord (Y. C. 1718), Rosewell Saltonstall (Harv. 1720), and President Thomas Clap.
