John Andrews, Sr.

JOHN ANDREWS / 1632 - 1679

Reputably born in Wales in 1620 or 1632.

John Andrews married Hannah Jackson, 2ndly. Based on the birth date of their eldest child, a marriage year of 1655 or 1666 is suggested............

John and Hannah (Jackson) Andrews were parents to eight children, all of whom were born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony ---

• 1.) Hannah Andrews / born February 20, 1657,
• 2.) Susannah Andrews / born August 12, 1659,
• 3.) Martha Andrews / born December 5, 1660,
• 4.) Mary Andrews / born February 6, 1662,
• 5.) John Andrews / born September 20, 1662,
• 6.) Edmond Andrews / born November 4, 1665,
• 7.) James Andrews / born March 17, 1666, and
• 8.) Samuel Andrews / born May 18, 1668.

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GEDCOM Note

Biography==John Andrews, a cooper by trade, was said to be from Wales according to a bible record referenced by Lieut. George Andrews in the Andrews Genealogy.<ref>Hitchcock, Russell Snow, Ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchcock, 1620-1947; the ancestral lines of Hitchcock, Andrews, Snow,Russell, Bardwell, Warriner, Pepper and their allied lines, published 1947. Reference page 90</ref>

Origin==It has been suggested that John Andrews was in Charleston Massachusetts Bay Colony 1637<ref>Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown (D. Clapp, Boston, 1879) Reference Page 21</ref><ref>Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, published 1900. Reference page 18</ref> this puts John's birth year to about 1616, perhaps in Wales which may be a little early. Anderson does not list John in the Great Migration Directory and Savage's entry for John begins with the death of his wife Lucy in 1653<ref>Savage,James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862) vol 1 page 54</ref> this suggests that John was born closer to 1630 somewhere in England or Wales.

Second Marriage and Life in Boston==John moves to Boston by 1656<ref name=Andrews>Andrews, George. Genealogy of the Andrews Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1847-) volume 40 page 21</ref><ref>The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11664/21/241573744</ref><ref name=Cutter/> His parents are unknown but he shows up in Boston, Massachusetts around 1656. John married first to Lucy before 1653 when Lucy died and he married second to Hannah Jackson by 1656 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. <ref name="H"> Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) volume 1 page 36 </ref> He died in Boston, June 25, 1679, and the inventory of his effects includes "tooles and cooper's stuffe," dwelling house and ground, and household effects.<ref name=Andrews/><ref name=Cutter>#Cutter: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. On GoogleBooks</ref><ref>Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (ThwingCollection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/i/14226/1717/260078150</ref><ref>Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/1103-co3/69449601</ref>. John Andrews of Boston, cooper, on the 13th of the 3rd month of 1657 (May 13, 1657), and his wife, Hannah, acknowledged the sale of a house and land in Charlestown to John Knight. In the document John said he purchased the property from James Mirick Cooper and his wife Marguerite. The record does not say when the property was purchased.<ref>"Charlestown Land Records", pages 141-2. Note: see Research Notes section for full citation and online access</ref> James Mirick was apparently born in Wales in 1612 (where John Andrews was also reportedly from), andwas in Charlestown by 1636;<ref>Merrick, George Byron, Genealogy ofthe Merrick-Mirick-Myrick family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902, published 1902. Reference page 143</ref> perhaps they were acquainted before arriving in Charlestown.

Research Notes==In Charlestown, Massachusetts, March 6, 1637, "The first Division of Lands one Mistick side 10 acres to A house: wher of five were again resigned for the accomodatting of After comers". Mr Andrews was assigned Lot 28 in this land division.<ref name=charlestown>"Charlestown Land Records" Report of the record commissioners of the city of Boston, published 1876-1898. Reference Volume 3, page 73</ref> There is nothing in this record to indicate that it pertains to this particularJohn Andrews, although it is possible.

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Notes==*The descendants of Henry Andrews-82 of Taunton are often confused with descendants of John Andrews-843 of Boston (this profile). The situation is likely made worse by the fact that the two lines intersect, atleast, with Ebenezer Andrews-5208, son of Samuel Andrews-5207 (a descendant of John) and Mary Pitts-1969 (a descendant of Henry).