UPDATE: Another Branch of the Haines Family

Here is something interesting: a line of four gravestones all with identical willow trees. You can see another willow tree on the right behind the stone of Peter Ferris. Obviously these stones were produced in the same workshop around the same time. How are the people to whom they belong related? Well, to begin with, the people are (according to the transcriptions):

Matthew Hains
Died December 11, 1830, age 37

Sarah, wife of Levi Foshay
Died March 5, 1841, age 45

Jerusha, wife of Nehemiah M. Hains
Died March 19, 1849, age 45

Solomon S., son of N[ehemiah] Merritt and Jerusha Hains
Died July 9, 1849, age 19

Peter N. Ferris
Died April 16, 1845, age 56

Since they all died before 1850 (the year when the census first listed all people, as opposed to just the householder), the relationships are a little harder to work out, but it's still possible to make some determinations. It was very useful that I discovered this transcription of the 1845 will of Solomon Hains. This is not the Solomon S. Hains who died in 1849, but rather his grandfather.

The will mentions Solomon's sons Godfrey, Nehemiah, and Joseph Hains, and his daughter Phebe Hains, who was unmarried. Solomon wrote that he hoped that Phebe's brothers would take care of her. He also mentions the four children of his son Matthew Hains, the implication being that Matthew was already dead (in fact, he is the owner of the left-most grave, and died in 1830).

Solomon Hains (1766-1845) and his wife Hannah (1766-1817) are in fact buried in the cemetery, although their stones aren't shown in the photo above. So is their daughter Phebe E. Hains (1796-1860). Although Nehemiah's wife Jerusha (1804-1849) and son Solomon are buried in the cemetery, he is not. Nor are his brothers Godfrey and Joseph Hains.

Solomon S. Hains died of consumption, according to the 1850 mortality schedules. At the time he was living in Seneca County, New York.

I have yet to work out how Sarah Foshay and Peter Ferris are related to the Hainses.

Godfrey Hains was a farmer, and he and his wife Ann had at least three children (Phebe, Matthew, and Abraham). The couple was still living in 1880.

Could Alexander Haines, the husband of Martha Dingee, have been the brother of Solomon Hains (1766-1845)? It seems possible: Alexander was born in 1762. His grave spells the surname "Hains" (as opposed to the family monument which spells it "Haines"). But Alexander isn't mentioned in Solomon Hains's will. Of course, it's still possible that this Solomon Hains isn't the father of the Solomon Hains (1766-1845) buried in the cemetery. Interestingly, on the 1851 map, Martha Dingee Haines and Godfrey Hains are neighbors.

UPDATE: Indeed, Alexander and Solomon Hains were brothers. They were the sons of Matthew Haines, a ropemaker, and Sarah Miller. I've updated the family tree below using information taken from "The Haines Family of Rye and Bedford" by Estelle Hobby Haines, published in The Westchester County Historical Bulletin. Estelle was married to Edward Haines, a descendant of Solomon Haines (1766-1845). Thanks to Dick and Laurie for getting the article for me. I have also added information from the article to the post on the Alexander Haines family.

1. Matthew Haines (d. 1801) m. Sarah Miller
1. Alexander Haines (1764-1821) m. Martha Dingee (1774-1861)
1. Amy Haines (1798-1877)
2. Sarah Haines (1800-1892)
3. John D. Haines (1804-1879)
4. Lyon Miller Haines (1808-1835)
2. Solomon Haines (1766-1845) m. (1) Hannah Merritt (1766-1817); (2) Catherine (1783-1824)
1. Matthew Haines (1793-1830) m. Elizabeth Sutton
1. Hannah Haines 
2. Mary E. Haines
3. Samuel P. Haines
2.  Phebe E. Haines (1796-1860)
3. Godfrey Hains (1798-) m. Ann M. Powell (1796-)
1. Phebe E. Haines (1829-)
2. Matthew S. Haines (1831-)
3. Abraham Haines (1839-1920)
4.  Nehemiah Merritt Haines m. Jerusha (1804-1849) 
1. Solomon S. Haines (1830-1849) 
5. Peter Haines (1806-1842)
6. Joseph Haines (1806-1888) m. Elizabeth Powell