Russell Andrews

Russell J. Andrews married Mary/Maria Hemmenway Jan. 24, 1822 at Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut. (Connecticut Vital records prior to 1850). Afterward, they must have moved to Onondaga Co., New York. Rev. Charles C. Hemenway was pastor of the nearby Methodist church at Auburn, New York. It was originally organized as the Washington Congregational Religious Society of Otisco organized 1804 by Rev. Hugh Wallace.

Russell is found living at Stephentown, Rensselaer New York in 1840. Daughter Calista was born at Stephentown in 1825.

From 1818 to 1939, nearby Auburn was home to Auburn Theological Seminary, once one of the preeminent theological seminaries in the United States providing missionaries and clergymen to towns all over the burgeoning west.

Living in Otisco, Onondaga, New York by 1830.

Living in Otisco, Onondaga, New York 1840.

Background:

Lineage from the Bigelow Society:

341. Thomas6 ANDREWS (Bartholomew5, Elisha4, Samuel3, Samuel2, WILLIAM1) was born May 17, 1762 in Wallingford, CT, and died Bef. 1815.

The Andrews family, originally from either Wallingford or Meriden/Cheshire Connecticut,( also pioneered Vermont and Maine), frequently spelled their name "Andrus" "Andross" "Andruss" , Andreus or "Andrews". Russell always spells his name "Andrews" and is always born in CT. At the time of the Revolution, some of the Andrews family went to Canda. Some returned.

In 1830 Russell is enumerated at Otisco, Onondaga, New York. (Eber and Rys Gaylord, Miles and Julius Bishop, Levi Deming, Uriah Fish(Fiske) and Josiah Hall the 2nd are allied families). He is a member of the Congregational Church of Otisco where his children are baptised.

In 1840, Russell is enumerated on the Elijah Rust parcel. Elijah Rust, son of the first settler of the area, Chauncey Rust who came from Northhampton, Mass. Other first settlers were Johnathan B. Nichols, Oliver and Daniel Tuttle, Tyler Frisbie, Alpheus Boutelle. Johnathan B. Nichols, Charles and Benoni Merriman, Solomon Judd, Josiah Clark, Daniel Bennett, Elias and Jared Thayer, Samuel Elethrop, Samuel, Ebenezer and Luther French, Otis Baker, Nathaniel Parsons, Erastus Clapp.

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Death 1850:

It appears there may have been some kind of disease outbreak in Otisco in 1849-1850, as many residents and their children appear on the burial records. An Oscar E. Andrews, age 24 is also reported dying in March 1850, immediately after Russell's entry; probabaly he was Russell's son, as no other Andrews family is found as early settlers. Also, Russell was just enumerated living in Ashford, N. Y. the same year, so he may have been visiting when he died.

Russell is found in the 1840 census in Otisco, Onondaga County, New York. ( One female 40-50, one female under 5, one male 40-50, two males 5-10, and one under 5 are living with him.) He is living next or near allied families of William Gaylord, Appolas King, Levi Deming, Isaac Bennett, Lucius Graves and George and Julius A Bishop, all whose ancestors lived in Vermont. There are a total of 32 families in Otisco at this time.

Russell Andrews is found in the 1850 census living next to Ezra Bigelow ( who later marries his daughter Calista) in Ashford, Cattaraugus, N.Y., and is married to a " Sally" Andrews. He states his age as 52 and birth in Connecticut and he is a farmer. They were enumerated at Ashford, Cattaraugus, New York. Calista, his daughter, is listed in his household). He is listed with who appears a wife " Sally " Andrews, age 51 and child Henry. Henry is 8 years old and listed as born in Pennsylvania, so the child's parents must have moved from Pennsylvania, possibly from Crawford County where his sister Ruby was living, to Ashford sometime in 1843-1850. Russell dies in 1850 at Otisco.

"United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YK-29G : 6 November 2014), Russell Andrews, Onondaga county, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing line 23, NARA microfilm publication T655 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,415,129.

He is also living next door to Silas Moon and family and appear to have a familial relationship with them as well.

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPJ-H9C : 18 August 2015), Russel Andrews, Otisco, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing 336, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 100; FHL microfilm 17,160.

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTW-L9K : 24 August 2015), Russell Andrews, Otisco, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing p. 268, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 317; FHL microfilm 17,200.

Birth: Circa 1798 - of Wallingford, New Haven, Conn. Parents: Thomas Andrews, Abigail Andrews (born Stork) Wife: Mary Andrews (born Hemmingway or Hemenway) Daughter: Calista Bigelow (born Andrews) Siblings: Orrin Andrews, Eunice Andrews, William Andrews, Ruby Andrews, Betsey Andrews, Naomi Andrews, Ruby (Roby) Andrews

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Sources: Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, who Settled in Farmington ...

By Alfred Andrews Page 37

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341. Thomas6 ANDREWS (Bartholomew5, Elisha4, Samuel3, Samuel2, WILLIAM1) was born May 17, 1762 in Wallingford, CT, and died Bef. 1815. http://reocities.com/Colosseum/court/8705/andrews2.htm#Thomas341 http://www.geocities.ws/ckhansgw/andidx.htm

341. Thomas6 ANDREWS (Bartholomew5, Elisha4, Samuel3, Samuel2, WILLIAM1) was born May 17, 1762 in Wallingford, CT, and died Bef. 1815. Children of Thomas ANDREWS are:

Naomi ANDREWS. Betsey ANDREWS. Ruby ANDREWS. William ANDREWS. Eunice ANDREWS. Russell ANDREWS. Orrin ANDREWS. Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett (1880). History of Rensselaer Co., New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. OCLC 3496287.

Weise, Arthur James (1880). History of the Seventeen Towns of Rensselaer County from the Colonization of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck to the Present Time. Troy, New York: J. M. Francis & Tucker. OCLC 6637788.

Notes on Freedom New York Soldiers of War of 1812:

Higby, Daniel 1780-1859 Lived in Lyndon, NY. Soldier of War 1812. Brother to Patsy Mills Higby (?) http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/phgs1812sold.html

Leonard, Elisha 1780-1852 Lived in Freedom (same) Lewis, Leban Settler of Freedom in 1832. Died in 1861. Packard, Benjamin 1789-1869 Buried in Yorkshire Center Cemetery. Russel, Benedict Lived in Leon. Enlsited in Capt. William Pennock's Company from Monroe County. Was at the burning of Buffalo. Was given bounty land. Smith, Alva Lived in Leon. Died in 1842.

Smith, Amassa Settled in Mansfield in 1828.

Smith, Gideon Lived in Leon, service could not be proven.

Snow, Nathan Captain from Conn. Came to Conewango in 1828. Was at the burning of Buffalo in 1814. White, George 1778-1850 Lived in Ischua. Wright, Abraham Came from Washington in 1819. Lived in Great Valley. A musician. Son of Deacon Abraham Wright. Was born in Cambridge, NY, 1778. Deacon had a son John G. who came to Great Valley in 1819.

Metcalf, Jothan Buried in East Randolph Cemetery. Knight, Andrew 1775-1850 Lived in Freedom.

Knight, Gorton 1775-1851 Lived in Freedom. Served to close of the war. Settler in 1827. Hollister, Josiah R. Jr. Died in Mansfield, NY. Hall, Joel 1792-1875 Lived in Napoli, NY.

Hall, William Lived in Dayton, NY. Served a few days in Capt. John Moss' Company Gould, John Buried in Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, NY. Frary, John 1785-1843 Lived in Lyndon, NY. Cole, Benjamin 1769-1858 Lived in Humphrey, NY. buried in Cole Cemeter Clark, Frank 1797-1867 Lived in Franklinville, NY. Case, William 1795-1881 Lived in Napoli, NY. Austin, Benjamin Came from Washington County in 1830. Lived in Otto, NY. Died April 14, 1852, age 87.

Austin, William Sr. 1793-1886 Lived in Franklinville, NY.

Austin, William Settled in Farmersville in 1827 and died there in 1884, age 89. Buried in Farmersville, NY. Married Rebecca Dowd in Pittsford, NY. She died in 1843. They had 8 children.

History of Otisco: These early settlers came "with the Bible in one hand and the spelling book in the other," and laid the foundations for the development of a virtuous and vigorous people. The first religious meeting held in the town was at the house of Chauncey Rust in September, 1801, and from that time they were steadily maintained, and on the 9th of May, 1808, Rev. Hugh Wallis, of Pompey, presiding, Charles Merriman, Rachel Merriman, Samuel French, Benjamin Cowles, Phineas Sparks, Oliver Tuttle, Abigail Tuttle, Ebenezer French, jr., Amos Cowles, Luther French, and Solomon Judd, organized the Congregational church of Otisco, and the society adopted as it (sic) name, "The Washington Religious Society of Otisco." Its first church edifice was a frame structure standing on the farm now owned by Irving W. Bardwell, a short distance north of Otisco Center. The only means for heating this building during the whole time it was used for worship was by the use of little foot stoves brought thither from the scattered homes of the congregation. In the year 1816 a larger church was built in the center of the village on a desirable site which the society still retains. From the building of the second church down to 1855 it would be difficult to find a rural community more general in attendance at church, a larger and better trained choir, a more generally attended Sunday school, or a larger or more intelligent society of young people. In the fall of 1805 Rev. George Colton was called as their first minister, but he remained only a few months. December 9, 1807, Rev. William J. Wilcox, of Sandisfield, Mass., was invited to the pastorate which he accepted and continued until March 15, 1821. The subsequent pastors of the church have been Revs. Charles Johnson, July 19, 1821, to September 3, 1823. Richard S. Corning, November 15, 1824, for nine succeeding years. Levi Parsons, May 1, 1834, supply one year. Levi Griswold, stated supply nearly a year and pastor two years. Sidney Mills, stated supply two years from April 1, 1839. Thaddeus Pomeroy, two years from December 14, 1841. Clement Lewis, stated supply two years. Addison K. Strong, supply in June, 1846, and pastor nine years. Levi Parsons (son of the before mentioned pastor of that name), two years. Medad Pomeroy, five years from 1858, succeeded in the following order by J. M. Jenks, Alvin Baker, James S. Baker, Isaac O. Best, R. C. Allison, Edward Strong, John Brash, Henry B. Hudson, J. J Munro, J. E. Beecher, F. B. Fraser and Addison K. Strong again, who returned to the church early in 1894 and remained until his death. The present church was built in 1892. The membership is 110.

Other early religious socities located at Otisco were:

In 1824, meeting at the Lake House, owned by David Moore, a religious society named The Amber Religious society formed, which was non-denominational. Miles Bishop, Barber Kenyon, and Samuel Kenyon were chosen to head the building committee. Robert Kenyon and Isaac Briggs joined with the building committee to form the trustees. Only the Methodists kept regular services.

In 1832, a class of 28 people formed a church called the Maple Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, organized by Peres Case, a local preacher. The site for their church was donated by Amos Abbot. They worshipped at the Seeley schoolhouse until 1850, when a church was erected. Warner Abbott, Lewis Pickett, and John Case trustees.

In 1870, St. Patrick's church was a mission church in Otisco Village.

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Children?

1. Allen S Andrews, b. 4 Nov 1828, Otisco, Onondaga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 18 Dec 1875, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) [natural]

	2. Abigail Andrews,   b. 24 Oct 1824,   d. Ostico, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]

	3. Abram S. Andrews,   b. 11 Feb 1826, Otisco Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1834, Ostico, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)  [natural]

	4. Hiram Andrews,   b. 14 Mar 1831, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]

	5. Lindsley Russell Andrews,   b. 7 Feb 1833, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1878, La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)  [natural]

	6. Henrietta Andrews,   b. 26 Apr 1836, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]