James Andrews, Sr.

James Andrews [b] b 1625, Saco, York, ME, d 5 May 1704, ME.

He md

• [1] Dorcas abt 1654. Dorcas was b abt 1638, d bef Aug 1696.
• [2] Margaret Phipps 6 Aug 1696, Boston, Suffolk, MA.

Children of James Andrews and Dorcas were:

1. James Andrews b abt 1655.
2. Rebecca Andrews; md Jonathan Adams.
3. Samuel Andrews.
4. Lieut. Elisha Andrews, d bef 1705/06; md Eleanor Brackett.
5. Josiah Andrews.
6. Dorcas Andrews b 1663, of Falmouth, Cumberland, ME; md Ebebezer Davenport.
7. Jane Andrews b abt 1665, of Falmouth, Cumberland, ME; md [1] Andrew Alger 1684, and [2] Robert Davis 19 Feb 1692.

notes

b. A yeoman and mariner, he was "long the leading citizen of Falmouth Foreside." He was a juryman 1666 and 1674, and served on the grand jury in 1675. First wife Dorcas died sometime before 6 Aug 1696, the date on which he secondly married Margaret (Phipps) Halsey. All children were by his first marriage. His will was dated 4 Jan 1698/99. He was aged 79 years at his death.

From savage

JAMES, Saco, son of Samuel of the same, removed with his mother on her second marriage to Falmouth, married Sarah, daughter of Michael Mitton, had Elisha, who was a Lieut. so early as 1689, under Church in his campaign against the E. Indians and probably James and Joshua that both died before the father. He abandoned Falmouth in the war, and died at Boston 1704, leaving widow Margaret, whose surname is not seen, the son Elisha, and three daughters, Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Adams, of Boston; Dorcas, wife of Ebenezer Davenport, of Dorchester; and Jane, wife of Robert Davis, but perhaps she had former husband.

comments

From Perry Streeter's Post'Em

• Michael-1 & Elizabeth (CLEEVE) MITTON had no daughter named Dorcas.
• The origins of Dorcas, wife of James-2 ANDREWS (Samuel-1), are unknown.

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References

• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. “Samuel Andrews.” Page 56 - 59. AncestryImage
• http://www.geneajourney.com/andrews.html
• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
• Find A Grave Memorial# 19813235