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Immigrant 1800

Ancestry chart segment

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

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Children

(all children with Jane Unknown )

Places of Residence

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, the large 4-sided stone is 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. Credits:
Richard & Jane Hines gravestone photo by Elizabeth Wilson Williams, Oct. 2006
Hines Family Plot photo by Helen McCandless Staiger 1988

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Slippery Rock Twp., Butler Co. PA. (Ancestry.com pg.1). *Household of Richard Hines: 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 Richard Hines Jr. household: Isiah, Elijah & George, Thomas, (Alexander married, absent), father Richard Hines Jr., grandfather Richard Hines Sr., Mary E., Eleanor, unknown female age 20-30, mother Elizabeth Brandon, grandmother Jane (Hines).
2	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
3	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)
4	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)
5	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
6	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
7	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."
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson.	N/A

Source notes

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 is usual for the parents of children to be buried together, when there is more than one spouse.
  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.

• 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.

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