Haines of Burlington County, New Jersey

Ezra Adams (1768-1824) and Hannah Haines (1771-1824) were my fifth great grandparents. Ezra purchased several parcels of land in what is now Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey, but was called Nottingham, Burlington County during Ezra's life. Ezra purchased tracts from some of his siblings that were inherited from their father, Alexander Adams. When Ezra died, his seven children inherited partitions of his land. Hannah, widow of Ezra, died four months after him; however, she was not mentioned in his estate papers.

I've been trying to connect Hannah to her parents. Ancestry suggests Jacob Haines and Sarah Austin.

Hannah Haines in my family tree.
Ancestry proposed parents: Jacob Haines and Sarah Austin.

Jacob Haines and Sarah Austin were Quakers. They were disowned, thereby falling off the extensive record-keeping.

Quaker Meeting Records of Shrewbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Children of Jonathan Haines and Hannah Sharp.
Jacob Haines, born August 24, 1745; married Sarah Austin.
DISOWNED.

People researched and wrote about the Haines of Burlington County. Jacob Haines and Sarah Austin had a daughter named Hannah Haines, but her birthdate was around 1787, which is later than my ancestor Hannah. Plus, this Hannah married Jonathan Austin, not Ezra Adams.

Excerpt of family history book by John Wesley Haines

I'm not writing that these books about Haines are correct about Hannah, but these are the records that Ancestry is citing for support that Hannah Haines, daughter of Jacob Haines and Sarah Austin, married Ezra Adams. People attached these records into their trees in support of the union of Hannah Haines and Ezra Adams, even though these records contradict this claim.

Jacob Haines' land holdings in Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey were partitioned in 1799 among his five children: Rebeccah, Jacob, Jeremiah, Jonathan, and Hannah. Rebeccah's husband, Caleb Haines, was named. No husband was listed for Hannah, which is consistent with her being too young to be married in 1799 and inconsistent with my Hannah, who was already married to Ezra Adams and with children by 1799.

1799 Petition to divide real estate of Jacob Haines, late of the County of Burlington County, New Jersey.
Viewable at Ancestry.

Jacob's estate papers include a diagram of the land division. Evesham still exists as a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, but it is much smaller today than it was in 1799. These parcels of land were bordered on the east by the Rancocas Creek. I tilted the image of Jacob's land to align north upwards to line up with our modern maps.

Diagram of Jacob Haines' partitioned land.
Viewable at Ancestry.

I think I found the land! See what you think. The parcels may not be privately occupied. They are east of the Flying W Airport and Resort in Medford.

Modern map of Medford, Burlington County, New Jersey
that might coincide with Jacob Haines' land that was divided
in 1799.

Modern map showing location of the land of Jacob Haines, deceased around 1799
in Evesham (now Medford), Burlington County, New Jersey.

I'm changing Hannah Haines' name in my tree to Hannah Unknown. Her children's records mostly do not name their parents, but when Hannah is mentioned, she is "Hannah" or "Hannah Adams." I have yet to find a record of marriage for Ezra Adams to anyone in the late 1780s or early 1790s.