{{Short description|American politician (1744–1812)}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Job Haines | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | alongside = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1744|8|26}} | birth_place = Rising Sun, Province of Maryland | death_date = {{death date and age|1812|10|4|1744|8|26}} | death_place = Rising Sun, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = | party = | spouse = {{marriage|Esther Kirk|1766}} | children = 12 | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Job Haines''' (August 26, 1744 – October 4, 1812) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
==Early life== Job Haines was born on August 26, 1744, in Rising Sun, Maryland, to Elizabeth (née Thomas) and Joseph Haines. His father was justice of the peace in Chester County, Pennsylvania.<ref name="bio">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalgene01runk/page/1232/mode/2up |title=Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware |year=1899 |pages=658–659 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-10-24}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="portrait">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph00chap_5/page/n511/mode/2up |title=Portrait and Biographical Record of Harford and Cecil Counties, Maryland |year=1897 |pages=314–315 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-10-24}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== Haines owned and farmed tracts of land in Cecil County.<ref name="bio"/> In 1781, he hosted Marquis de Lafayette at his home as Lafayette traveled to Yorktown.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="portrait"/>
Haines served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.<ref name="bio"/>
==Personal life== In 1766, Haines married Esther Kirk, daughter of Ann Gatchell and Timothy Haines.<ref name="bio"/> They had 12 children, Jacon, Timothy, Isaac, Reuben, Joseph, Eli, Job, Lewis, Elizabeth, Esther, Elisha and Nathan.<ref name="bio"/> His grandson L. Marshall Haines was a politician and lawyer.<ref name="portrait"/>
Haines died on October 4, 1812, in Rising Sun.<ref name="bio"/>
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