Samuel Andrew

Rev Samuel Andrews 1688 - 1728

Biography

SAMUEL ANDREW (or Andrews) was born September 1688 [1] and baptized 14 October 1688[2] in Milford, Connecticut, the son of Reverend Samuel Andrew and Abigail Treat. He died 26 April 1728 in Milford of a fever.[3][4]
On 9 December 1719 in Milford he married EUNICE HALL.[1][4] EUNICE HALL was born 7 March 1700 in Wallingford, Connecticut the daughter of John and Mary (Lyman) Hall.[5][6] After his death she remarried to second to Governor Jonathan Law and third to Col. Joseph Pitkin of New Haven.[4] She died 2 June 1774 in New Haven.[7]
He was a graduate of Yale, Class of 1711, but took his AM in 1714 at Harvard, an interesting commentary on his father's views about Yale's prospects.[4] After graduating he was a successful merchant in Milford. Samuel left no will. Administration of his estate was given to Eunice Andrew with John Hall paying bond on 10 June 1728.[4][8]

Children:

1. EUNICE5, b. 16 August 1720 in Milford. m. JONATHAN LAW.[4]
2. SAMUEL, b. 25 February 1721/2 in Milford. m. ELIZABETH HARPIN.[4]
3. ABIGAIL, b. 6 February 1723/4 in Milford. bp. 9 February 1723/4. m. WILLIAM RUSSELL.[4]
4. SARAH, b. 27 March 1726 and bp. the same day in Milford. m. STEPHEN ALLING.[4]
5. Note some histories include a son David but no record of him has been found.

Burial: Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven CountyConnecticut.[3]

Inscription: Here lyes buried the body of Mr. Samuel Andrew Jun'r who de'd Apr. 26th Anno Dom 1728 in ye 40th year of his age.

Sources

• 1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) , Milford Vital Records 1640-1850 p 4-5
• 2. ↑ Transcript of Records of Milford First Church, at the Connecticut State Library.
• 3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 N.G. Pond, Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, [New Haven, 1889]
• 4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Craig Partridge, The Descendants of William Andrew of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Palo Alto, California : C. Partridge, 1995)PDF version available via this link
• 5. ↑ Barbour, Wallingford Vital Records
• 6. ↑ James Shepard, John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., (New Britain, 1902) p 50 link
• 7. ↑ D.L. Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, (New York, 1923) Vol 3 p 702 link
• 8. ↑ New Haven Probate, 277