Biography:
1. John Haynes was described as an "Occasional Labourer" in Supply 5/212 dated the 27th November 1788. During August and September 1789, he was "setting & drawing stoves and sundries in various parts of the Manufactory" earning 1/6d per day (Supply 5/213).
2. Supply 5/214 dated September 1789 recorded that he was 36 years' old, and was employed in the punts to convey powder from the Mills to the Corning House, and drawing and setting stoves.
3. Supply 5/214 dated March 1790 and Supply 5/215 dated August 1790, both confirm the information given in Note 2.
4. Haynes was working in the Corning House from April to June 1791, according to Supply 5/215 dated 16th April 1791.
5. Returns dated 31st January 1792 (Supply 5/215) and 28th February 1793 (Supply 5/216) both record that John Haynes was a Millman.
6. Robert Coleman, Clerk of the Cheque, stated in his Minute Book on the 11th April 1793, that several men had reported that they had seen Haynes put coal in his pocket while at the Watch House; evidence was given by Ben Wall, Snr. and C. Edwards, who claimed to have seen him do this, and others who gave evidence were A. Gordon, J. Ferguson, W. Dugard and J. Cass. Haynes denied the offence and said that he only took them to admire them. Nevertheless, he was discharged on the 11th November 1793, and replaced by Mr. B. Camp (Winters, op.city.p.38).
