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From: Linnea Miller< >
Subject: Re: Matlack Family.
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 22:54:31 -0500 (EST)


I'm responding to this part of your post:

> Maybe some day all of us Haines researchers will get together.
>I'll volunteer my house as a meeting place...I live in _Haines_port,
>Burlington Co., NJ, just a hop, skip and jump away from the Friendship
>Farm bought by John, Richard and other brothers back in the 1690's and
>early 1700s.
>
> Have you ever been here? John's house still stands, on 8 of the
>original 2200 acres, and in fact is inhabited by a Haines descendant. The
>Haines Mill still stands also, though it is now called "Kirby's" Mill
>after the man who bought it from the Haines. It's in the process of being
>restored, almost finished now.
>

That's so neat that this land is still in the family!!! Talk about a legacy
to future generations!!! As well as a tribute to early American settlers!

Linnea Miller - Annville PA


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