Haynes family

Biography
Gov. Col. John Haynes was born on 1 May 1594 in Old Holt, Messing, County Essex, England to John Haynes ( - ) and Mary Mitchell ( - ) and died on 1 Mar 1654 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, North America. He married first in about 1636 in North America to Mabel Harlakenden (1614 - 1655), who is a descendant of Edward III of England, and married second to Mary Thornton ( - ). He is buried at Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.

Facts and Occupation
He made a voyage in 1646 to England, came back and died in Hartford, Connecticut, North America; was one of the five men that drafted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: the first constitution of Connecticut; proprietor in England, owner of Copford Hall Manor and of Fenny Compton Manor; an original proprietor in Connecticut, “owned a lot on main Street, opposite the meeting-house yard, but previous to February, 1639 he purchased from Richard Webb the lot on the corner of Front and Arch Street;” was part of the trial that banished Roger Williams (c.1603 - 1683), founder of Providence Rhode Island, which John Haynes regretted later on.

He was Lord of the Manor of Gourney in England; Haynes was admitted to the church of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, North America prior to 14 May 1634; admitted a Freeman on 14 May 1634; admirer of Thomas Hooker; was on 3 Feb 1634- 1635 selectmen for Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; on the committee to oversee military matters; was the Committee on boundary between Boston and Charlestown on 4 Mar 1634 and 1635; was selectmen of Cambridge between 3 Feb 1634 and 1635; was appointed on 25 Sep 1634 to “oversee the ammunition house to be built at New Town; appointed on 13 Dec 1636 colonel of regiment for Charlestown, Watertown, Cambridge, Concord, and Dedham, Massachusetts; Assistant to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634 and 1636; Magistrate of the courts of Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Medford, and Concord, Massachusetts, North America; 5th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1635 to 1646; Assistant to the Court of Connecticut 1637, 1638, 1642, and 1648;  Magistrate to the Connecticut Particular Court, 1693-46 and 1648-49; 1st Governor to the Colony of Connecticut, 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649, 1651, and 1653; Deputy Governor to the Colony of Connecticut, 1640, 1644, 1650; Connecticut Commissioner to the United