Samuel Andrews, of London & Saco

Samuel Andrews [a] b abt 1598, of London, Middlesex, England, d abt 1636, Biddeford, York, ME. He md Jane abt 1623. She was b abt 1605, d bef 24 Oct 1676, Boston, Suffolk, MA.; married Arthur Mackworth 2nd.

Children of Samuel Andrews and Jane were:

1. James Andrews b ABT 1625 in London, Middlesex, England. Married Dorcas.
2. Jane Andrews b BET 7 MAR 1628/29 AND 1630 in London, Middlesex, England; md Francis Neale.
3. Elizabeth Andrews b 1633, London, Middlesex, England; md [1] Richard Pike, [2] Thomas Purchase, and [3] John Blaney.
4. Philippe Andrews b b: 1632 in London, Middlesex, England md George Felt.
5. Samuel Andrews b: ABT 1636 in Casco, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME

notes

From the Great Migration Project:

Samuel Andrews was called "citizen of London" by George Cleeve ‎[GDMNH 65]‎, which may have been true, but also may have been a product of Cleeve's fertile imagination.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The most comprehensive treatment of this extended family was published in 1982 by Robert J. Dunkle ‎[TG 3:45-95]‎. This article was motivated by the entries in an old family Bible, which provided much information not available elsewhere.

From Andrews of London, England and Falmouth, Maine

a. He arrived on the Increase 14 Apr 1635, shown as age 37, with wife Jane, age 30, children Jane, age 3, and Elizabeth, age 2, and a servant, Elen Lougie. Son James was born later that year in Saco. Samuel is said to have "quickly went to Biddeford, built a house, and died". His widow, Jane, soon remarried Arthur Mackworth. Her will was written 20 May 1676, and probated in Boston 24 Oct following.

From Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England who came Before May 1692 Author: James Savage Page: vol.1

Jane wife of Samuel Andrews (16), called with husband citizen of London by George Cleeve, came in - THE INCREASE - 14 Apr. 1635, he aged 37, wife Jane 30 and children (James not mentioned, presumably with them F. P.) Jane and Elizabeth, 3 and 2; and servant Elen Lougie, 20. He quickly went to Biddeford, (List 242), built a house and died. His widow soon married Mr. Arthur Mackworth. His nuncupative (oral) will was testified to by Rev. Robert Jordan 17 Aug. 1660, all the property to go to his wife to distribute equally among her chldren, those whom she had by her first husband Andrews to have the advantage, if any. Mrs. Mackworth (Lists 221(2), 222b) obviously an intelligent and just woman, made various grants to children and in her will, 20 May, inventory 25 May 1676, gave all her lands and houses at Casco Bay to her sons-in-law Abraham Adams and William Rogers, executors, her clothes to her four daughters, small articles to daughters Rebecca Rogers, Sarah Adams and (Elizabeth) Purchase. A codicil provided that the children Rebecca Rogers had by Nathaniel Wharfe and that Sarah had by her now husband were to inherit as heirs. "John" M., witnessed with Francis Neale in 1660 (Y. D. 12.191) is probably in error for Jane. Her will, refugee at Boston, 20 May - 24 Oct. 1676.

From the bearth of all my Children was . . . (Andrews—Mackworth)

Samuel Andrews, a draper, of London, and his wife Jane, came to New England in 1634, and settled at Saco, Maine, with their children. After Samuel’s death Jane married Arthur Mackworth of Saco and Falmouth, and had two more daughters with him. The bible records the first four of Jane and Samuel’s children, born in London before their emigration. It does not record Samuel and Jane’s later two children, Samuel (b. and d. in London) or Philippa (b. probably about 1636, probably at Saco, Maine); nor does it include Jane’s children by her second husband Arthur Mackworth.

From Kinsley/Vaughn/Fiske/Smith & Family Line Rootsweb database

Mention of Arthur Mackworth's widow, Jane, their descendants, as well as Jane's children from her first marriage. Also mention of their contemporary associates (Extracts from: English Beachheads, in Seventeenth-Century Maine by Edwin A. Churchill) (Chapter 3):

As early Maine towns stabilized in political, economic, and religious matters, they exhibited another characteristic of social maturation: institutionalized class differences. Class stratification reflected divergent levels of economic success, transmitted across generations by family or financial connections. In Falmouth, as in other Maine towns, class divisions were evident in landownership patterns as early as the 1660s and 1670s. Groups of substantial land holders were tied directly to Falmouth's early proprietors. The Jane Macworth-James Andrews clan, for instance, retained a large original grant on the northeast side of the Presumpscot River. Marrying into the clan, Francis Neale and George Felt contributed a two-thirds share in a giant Indian grant on the upper Presumpscot. The George Cleeve, Michael Mitton, and Robert Jordan clans similarly acquired large tracts. Poorer citizens seemed to show little such accumulation. Generally farmers and artisans, these middle-class residents lived out their lives on their original holdings. At the bottom of the social scale were a number of landless inhabitants. Some were young men in their twenties waiting for an inheritance, but most were involved in unremunerative occupations working as laborers or fishermen. They and their families rarely experienced much prosperity and often lived in truly destitute circumstances. ....

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• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. “Samuel Andrews.” Page 56 - 59. AncestryImage