Robert Andrews

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Biography

Robert Andrews was born about 1651 in Boxford, Berkshire, England. Heemigrated to New England as a small boy. He fought in King Philip's War in 1675 and was killed during the Great Swamp Massacre. He was unmarried.

Birth

Robert Andrews was born in 1651 in Boxford, Bershire, England to Robert and Grace Andrews. <ref name=homes>Ellery Bicknell Crane, HistoricHomes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, pg 325</ref> <ref>Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011</ref>

Death

Robert died from injuries suffered during the Great Swamp Massacre during King Philip's War. He served in Captain Garner's company. He waskilled once inside the Narragansett fort. This fort was located in modern day Rhode Island. His will was dated 6 December 1675 <ref name=will>Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Original data: Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts</ref> and probated 28 March 1676 in Essex, Massachusetts. <ref name=will /> There is no evidence that he ever married.

Sources ==* Hammatt, Abraham. The Hammatt Papers (Ipswich Antiqurian Papers, 1880) No. 1, Page 11

• Ancestry Family Trees, online publication, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operation, Inc., Original data: Family Tree files submittedby Ancestry members.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R), Family History Library, Address: 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.* Great Swamp Fight-Regiments

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