10 STORIES OF CHILDREN OF WINGATE AND MARY HAINES WITHOUT PROGENY
Of the 17 children born to Joseph Wingate and Mary Briggs Haines, eight did not produce children or children that survived very long. Information about these children follows.
HENRY HAINES
Mary’s third child, Henry, was born in Hallowell, Maine, on June 29, 1831, and died three months later on September 29. 1831.
JOSEPH WINGATE HAINES
The child who would have been “junior” was born on November 5, 1834, and died after one month, on January 11, 1835.
MARY ELIZABETH HAINES
Mary was born on January 29, 1836, in Hallowell and died in Easton, Maine, at age 27 on September 25, 1863. Mary married Augustus Rackliff (1829-1904), a farmer from Easton. Three children were born to them: Everard, George and Frederick. Mary and her three sons died within a few weeks of each other in 1863. Likely, their deaths were due to a contagious disease. Their remains are buried in Haines Maple Grove Cemetery.
