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[edit] Immigrant by 1776; with family about 1800

The name "Hines" is sometimes seen spelled "Hinds", see Source Notes section below.

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 Generation 6             Generation 7        Generation 8
 
                                          +-- [unknown]
                                          |   (????-????)
                      +-- Richard Hines --+
                      |   (1751-1854)     |
 Richard Hines, Jr. --+                   +-- [unknown]
 (1782-1876)          |                       (????-????)
                      |
 Elizabeth Hines -----+
 (~1793-1882)         |
                      +-- Jane [unknown]
                          (????-????)

Sources: ^{[6][7][9][10]}

[edit] Children

(all children with Jane Unknown )

[edit] Places of Residence

[edit] Photos

Gravestone of Richard and Jane Hines, and 4 of their children, Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp Butler Co PA

Richard Hines Family Plot

In the Hines family plot in 1996: the large 4-sided stone was broken; the long obelisk section lying to the right of the large marker belongs on top of it, and the smaller finial , atop of the large stone in the photo, belongs at the apex. Both the rounded stones to left and right are inscribed "J. H.", perhaps for Jane Hines, mother and daughter. Two additional small stones to the right are illegible.
In 2007 the obelisk and finial sections had been totally removed.

[edit] Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States federal Census, Muddycreek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 6. Family of Richard Hines: 1 male 16-25, 1 male >44, 3 females 16-25, 1 female >44.
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA. Pg.49. *Household of Richard Hines: 1 male age 30-40, 1 male age 70-80, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 70-80.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA. (Ancestry.com pg.1). *Household of Richard Hine: 1 male age 10-15, 2 males age 15-20, 1 male age 20-30, 1 male age 50-60, 1 male 80-90, 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 80-90. Corresponds to the family of Richard Hines Jr.: sons Isiah, Elijah & George, Thomas, (Alexander absent);Richard Hines Jr.; daughters Mary E., Eleanor,& an unknown female age 20-30; wife Elizabeth Brandon. The older couple ages 80-90 are perhaps the Brannans (William Brannan & wife Susanna, parents of Elizabeth Brandon.) (Richard Hines, Sr. appears to be living with his unmarried children, George, Jane & Eleanor Hines,in 1840. See 1840 census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA, below)
4	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA, (Ancestry.com pg. 13). Household of a George Hines: 1 male age 50-60, 1 male 80-90, 2 females 30-40, 1 female 80-90. These ages correspond to Richard Hines Sr. & his unmarried children, George, Jane & Eleanor.
5	1850_United_States_Federal_Census, Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA dw 162-168. Ln 12-15 Richard Hines age 100, farmer, real estate value $3000, blind and insane; children: Alexander, age 70, farmer; George, age 60, farmer; Eleanor, age 54. All born Ireland. Date of census: 16 Aug. 1850
6	Will of Richard Hines, 19 Nov. 1832, Butler Co. PA. Lists son Alexander Hines, dau. Mary Hines McCracken, dau. Susana Hines Gibson, son Richard Hines, Elizabeth Hines Wimer, son George Hins, daughter Jane, daughter Elinor Hines, wife Jane Hins. Executors son George Hines and dau. Eleanor Hines. Witnesses Andrew Glenn and George A. Kirkpatrick. Proven 10 Mar. 1854. George Heines renounced role as executor, and granted sole executor status to Eleanor Hines.	(complete transcription)
7	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895pg. 1244 Richard Hines came to America in 1800 with his wife and five of his children: Richard, George, Eleanor, Betty, and Jane. He left two children behind in Ireland: Alexander and Susan. Both of these children later immigrated; Alexander died at the home of his parents, and Susan Hines Gibson resided in Worth Twp. Richard Jr. settled in Brady Twp. and married Betsy Brandon. Two of his children were named Eli and Mrs. Mary Gibson.	(See complete text)
8	History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895 pg. 1240 Christopher Wimer came from Adams Co., PA, to Butler Co., PA in 1798 and settled in Worth Twp. He married Miss Snyder of Adams Co., and together they had seven children named Samuel, John, Peter, Jonathan, William, Isaac, and Rebecca. Rebecca married Thomas Kelly. Christopher's son Samuel Wimer was born in Adams Co. in 1792. He died in 1873. He married Elizabeth Hines, daughter of Richard Hines, and had four children: Samuel of Worth Twp., Mary J., deceased wife of James Abinett, Abner, and George. At the time of this publication (1895), Samuel Jr. was living with his brother George on the 210 acre farm they inherited from Samuel Sr.	transcript
9	Gravestone of Richard & Jane Hines at Wolf Creek Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. Transcriptions by E. W. Williams 1991-2006: The main Hines plot is dominated by a large four-sided stone with inscriptions on all sides. Side 1: Richard Hines died (Feb. 7?) 1854 aged 103 yrs. Jane Hines died Mar. 25, 1843 aged 87 yrs. Side 2: Jane Hines died Jan. 1, (1843?) aged 47 yrs. Eleanor Hines died June 3, 1878 aged 82 yrs. Side 3: George Hines died April 22, 1861 aged 76 yrs. Side 4: Alexander Hines died Oct. 15, 1862 aged 90 yrs. Additional transcriptions from Butler Co. Cemetery Inventory vol. 2: Hines, Richard died 2-21-1854 aged 103 y Hines, Jane died 3-25-1843, aged 87y Hines, George died 4-22-1861 aged 76 y Hines, Jane died 1-01-1843, aged 47 y. Hines, Eleanor died 6-3-1878, aged 82 y Hines, Alexander died 10-15-1862, aged 90 y
10	Hines Genealogies 1751-1941 by Mrs. W. R. Hines. "Richard Hines ...came to this country about the time the Revolutionary War began. He gave his service to this new country and in return received a grant of a tract of land of 500 acres lying mostly in Brady township, Butler Co. PA...He was a private soldier, serving from March 28, 1777 through April 1778. He served in Captain Sylvanus Shaw's and Captain Wm. Humphrey's Companies...He died at age 103 years. He had been blind for a number of years and met his tragic death by falling into an open fire. He is buried in the Wolf Creek Cemetery...the stone was bought and the record furnished by Eleanor (Nellie) Hines.The children of Richard Hines born Feb 21, 1751-1854, and Jane Hines born May 25, 1756-1843, were: 1) Alexander Hines born Oct. 15, 1772-1862. 2) Mollie Hines born 1774 - (1939 has been added to margin). 3)Susan Hines born 1776 married Thomas Brandon. 4) Elizabeth Hines born 1780 married James Taggart. They came to Butler County, about 1800 and made the first settlement the land now owned by Samuel N. Taggart. Their son John married Mary McDonald. Their son John W. married Martha Hogue. Their son Samuel... married Mary Dennison whose daughter is Ida May wife of Warren William McDeavitt. 5) Richard Hines, Jr. born Oct 2, 1782-1876, married Elizabeth Brandon. 6)George Hines, born Apr. 22, 1785-1861. 7)Betsy Hines, born 1790 - 1882, married Samuel Wimer. 8) Jane Hines born Jan. 1, 1795-1843. 9) Eleanor (Nellie) Hines, born June 3, 1796-1878.
11	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A
12	Manuscript of John T. Wilson researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan.
13	20th Century History of Butler & Butler County PA1909, by James McKee, pp. 861-862, biographical sketch of George W. Hines, gives his grandparents Richard Hines (born Ireland, veteran of Rev. War, received 500 acres in Brady Twp.) and Elizabeth Brandon; George W. Hines' parents William Hines and Margaret Robison, dau. of James Robison. Lists ten children of Wm. & Margaret. See Source Notes	(Complete text)
14	Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 2 North Central Townships. Wolf Creek U. P. Cemetery pg. 8. Location: Worth Twp., Rt. 108, 3mi. west of town of Slippery Rock. Hines Family Plot Hines, George d. 04-22-1861, age 76 Hines, Jane d. 01-01-1843, age 47. Hines, Eleanor d. 06-03-1878, age 82. Hines, Richard d. 02-21-1854, age 103. Hines, Jane d. 03-25-1843, age 87. Hines, Alexander d. 10-15-1862, age 90. 2nd Hines Family Plot Hines, George H. d. 07-31-1893 age 70 Hines, Thomas d.11-24-1862, age 41/10/18 Hines, Elizabeth d. 10-13-1879, age 87/1/19, wife of Richard Hines. Hines, Isaiah d.04....1836, age 3/_/16, son of R. & E. Hines. Additional Hines Family Graves Hines, Richard d. 10-26-1873, age 35 Hines (also Hinds) Richard b. 05-26-1782, d. 10-02-1876; 138 Pa. Mil. War of 1812. Hines, William B., d. 03-31-1878, age 65 Barron, Robert d. 02-01-1864
15	Moon Family of Western Pennsylvania website on Family Tree Maker, author Robert Gregg Moon, with 8 generations of the descendants of Richard Hines.This site suggests "from unconfirmed source" that Richard Hines' wife was Jane Morrison. Site lists end notes & sources. Lists daughter Susan Hines as wife of Thomas Brandon, & says that "all of her children were born in Muddy Creek Twp. except James, born in KY". Doesn't seem to list the other children. We question accuracy of this marriage; please see Conjecture section, below. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/o/Robert-G-Moon/GENE6-0001.html
16	1860 United States Federal Census, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 14. Census dated 7 July, 1860. Lines 5-13: Robert Barron, 30, farmer, $2300 real/$558 personal property, b. Ireland; Mary, 39, b. PA; Nancy, 11, b. PA, attended school; Joseph, 7, b. PA, attended school; Catherine, 5, b. PA, attended school; James, 3, b. PA; Sussanna Gibson, 86, b. Ireland; William Gibson, 21, plasterer, b. PA; Samuel Martin, 14, b. PA
17	1870 United States Federal Census, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 22. Census dated 28 June, 1870. Lines 5-10: Robert Barren, 38, farmer, $11250 real/$1000 personal property, b. Ireland, parents foriegn born; Mary, 42, keeping house, b. PA; Joseph, 16, assists on farm; Mary, 14; Elizabeth, 11; Elverda, 8. All children b. PA, with a fororiegn b. parent, all attended school.
18	1880 United States Federal Census, District 58, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 3. Census dated 2-3 June, 1880. Lines 4-7: Robert Barron, 46, farmer, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland; Mary, 57, wife, b. PA, parents b. PA; Lizie J., 19, dau., at home, b. PA, father b. Ireland, mother b. PA; Ella E., 17, dau., at home, b. PA, father b. Ireland, mother b. PA, attended school.
19	1900 United States Federal Census, District 92, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 3. Census dated 5 June, 1900. Lines 2-4: Robert Barron, 67, b. Sept 1832, married 46 years, farmer, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland, immigrated 1851, naturalized, lived in US 47 years, owns farm, no mortgage, can read, write and speak English; Mary, 80, wife, b May 1820, married 46 years, 7 children born, 5 living, b. PA, parents b. PA, farm laborer, can read, write and speak English; John Hutton, servant, 16, b. June 1884, single, b. PA, father b. Scotland, mother b. PA, farm laboerer, attended school 5 months, can read, write and speak English.
20	1910 United States Federal Census, District 108, Worth Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 4. Census dated 20 April, 1910. Lines 51-53: Robert Barron, 76, married (1st) 56 years, farmer, general farming, b. Ireland, parents b. Ireland, immigrated 1850, naturalized, owns farm, no mortgage, can read, write and speak English; Mary, 91, wife, married (2nd) 46 years, 7 children born, 5 living, b. PA, father b. Ohio, mother b. PA, can read, write and speak English; William Gibson, 11, hired hand, chore boy, home farm, b. PA, parents b. PA, attended school, can read, write and speak English.

[edit] Source notes

• The name "Hines" is sometimes seen spelled "Hinds", as on the civilian gravestone for Richard's son, Richard Hines, Jr.; also in the will of James Hoge, were it is stated that land of James Hoge borders the land of Richard Hinds. (James Hoge's dates are 1766-1840, so the reference could be to Richard Hines (1751-1854), or Richard Hines, Jr. (1782-1876))
• In Hines Genealogies, and on p. 862 of 20th Century History of Butler & Butler Co. it is stated that Richard Hines served in the Revolutionary War, from March 1777 to April 1778 per the Hines Genealogies. If this is true, he came to America alone, fought in the war, and then returned to Ireland for a number of years, if we are to believe the report in The Wimer Family, the 1895 History of Butler County, and the 1850 US Census that his children were all born in Ireland. Richard Hines' children were born in 1772, '74, '76, 1780, and later. He could have been absent from Ireland in 1777-78.
• 20th Century History of Butler & Butler County PA by McKee, pg. 861 re. George W. Hines makes a generational error: George W. Hines was a great-grandson of Richard Hines & Elizabeth Brandon. He was a grandson of Richard Hines, Jr. This calls into question which Richard Hines (Sr. or Jr.) is referred to as the veteran of the Revolutionary War. We know however that Richard Hines, Jr. served in the War of 1812. His gravestone makes no mention of the Revolutionary War. Presumably the Revolutionary War reference is meant to be Richard Sr., husband of Elizabeth Brandon.

[edit] Conjecture

• Is Susan Hines Gibson also Susannah Hines Brannan? From the biographical sketch of Robert Barron, (p. 1244, 1895 Hist. of Butler Co.) grandson of Susan Hines, it is apparent that all of the children of Richard Hines eventually immigrated to America. Susan Hines was married in Ireland to James Gibson, and their daughter Margaret Gibson married David Barron. David left wife Margaret and son Robert Barron in Ireland, came to the U.S. and died in Steubenville, OH. Margaret remarried to George Dixon. Robert Barron came to the U.S. when age 17, (so, about 1849), and shortly went to live with his grandmother Susan Gibson of Worth Twp., Butler Co. Therefore, Susan must have immigrated before 1849. As the biography does not mention his grandfather, it is possible that Susan Hines Gibson immigrated after her husband James Gibson died in Ireland (or,that Robert Barron came to live with her after James Gibson died in the U.S.). In any case, she appears to be a widow.
  Our ancestor William Brannan married a Susanna Hines, and the question remains whether she was the daughter of Richard Hines. If so, it would be her second marriage. Born in 1776, she would be aged about 73 in 1849, although she may have immigrated much earlier. Was she the 2nd wife of Wm. Brannan and not the father of his children, of did William marry a different Susannah Hines? William and Susanna Brannan are buried together at Wolf Creek cemetery. As it is usual for the father to be buried with the mother of his children when there is more than one spouse, we conclude that Susanna Hines was the mother of the children of William Brannan, but probably not the same person as Susanna Hines, daughter of Richard Hines.
  The Wm. Brannan and Richard Hines families do have the connection that Elizabeth Brandon, daughter of Wm. Brannan, married Richard Hines, Jr. If Susannah were a daughter of Richard Hines, then Elizabeth Brandon would be marrying her uncle, which is extremely unlikely. We conclude that this Susannah Hines is not the daughter of Richard, but expect some relationship not yet established.
• Was Richard Hines a veteran of the Revolution? Two of our sources ("Hines Genealogies", and "20th Century History Butler Co." ) say that Richard Hines was a veteran of the Revolution, although he had 6 children born in Ireland after 1780. One question that arose is whether his land in Brady Twp. lay north of the boundary between Donation Lands (to Veterans) and Depreciation Lands (sold to anyone, to raise funds to repay veterans paid with depreciated dollars). The land of Richard Hines on Muddy Creek,(now Lake Arthur) Brady Twp., appears to lay in District 1 of Donation Land, suggesting that he was indeed a veteran.
  See:http://www.usgwarchives.org/maps/pa/county/donation.jpg
  See also: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pabutler/1883/83-03.htm for description of Donation lands, and http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pabutler/1883/img/83p024a.jpg for Butler Co. map of Donation and Depreciation lands.

• Census searches for Richard Hines in the 1810 and 1800 census data on Ancestry.com yielded no viable candidates. In 1810, there were Richard Hines heads of household in VA and NC, and a Richard Hins in SC, but none had a male over 45. Richard Hines should be nearly 60. A search of Muddy Creek and Slipperyrock Twps gave no Hines families, but there were two listed as Mires (or Mirer). One had a male >45. This household was headed by a J.(?) Mires. The penmanship is not totally clear, but the script differs from H's elsewhere in that document. The only Hines family in PA that had both male and female individuals old enough to be Richard and his wife was headed by a "John Hines" and was in Dauphin Co. Several Hines household in PA had males >45 in the 1800 census, but none was particularly well placed to match our previous information. It is unclear from previous data that Richard was "in country" at the time of this census.

• Was George Hines a bachelor or married? From the fact of his gravestone inscription being on the marker shared with his parents, brother & 2 unmarried sisters, we assume he never married. However, there is an 1820 census, Slippery Rock Twp. Butler Co. PA for a George Hinds age 45 or over with 1 male age 10-16, 1 female age 45 or over, & marked "foreigners not naturalized". If George was born in 1785 as we believe, he would have been only 35 in 1820, so perhaps this is an uncle, or unrelated.

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