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Samuel Andrews

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Death: January 29, 1712 (66)
Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Andrews, of Hartford and Abigail Barding
Husband of Elizabeth Andrews
Father of Elizabeth Day; Nathaniel Andrews; Thomas Andrews, I; Abigail Stedman and John Andrews
Brother of John Andrews, of Hartford; Abigail Andrews; Elizabeth Grannis; Thomas Andrews, of Middletown; Esther Spencer and 1 other

Managed by: Janet Anne Petrak (Crawford) R1B
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About Samuel Andrews, of Hartford


Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40627083/samuel_andrews

The son of William & Abigail Andrews, Samuel Andrews (1645-1712) married Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas & Sarah (Bearding) Spencer.

Their children:

  • 1. Samuel bpt. Nov. 14, 1686, perhaps the Samuel killed by Indians near Deerfield 1712 (Savage)
  • 2. Thomas m (1) Mary Ensign (2) Susanna Ellis
  • 3. John m. Lydia Ensign July 17, 1717
  • 4. Abigail m. John Stedman
  • 5. Elizabeth d. Nov. 23, 1772 bur Center Church Graveyard, m. William Day.

"Samuel Andrews of Hartford left will (page 100 Vol. 8)"; mentions wife, Elizabeth, sons: Nathaniel, John, Thomas & Samuel & daughters: Abigail Stedman & Elizabeth Andrews. Will dated Jan. 1, 1711-2" Harford Times, June 8, 1903

(Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, p. 11)

According to Wayne Andrews, their first-born child was Nathaniel Andrews who married Mary Mason (daughter of John and Hannah Mason. Nathaniel died 1745 in Hartford and deeded his land to William Andrews & his son.


Will

  • A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 1710 to 1715.
  • Page 100 Name: Samuel Andrews Location: Hartford
  • Invt. £414-07-00. Taken 29 January, 1711-12, by Garrard Spencer, Sen., and Gershom Sexton. Will dated 1st January, 1711-12:
  • I, Samuel Andrews of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament:
  • I give to my wife Elizabeth the whole use of my estate during her natural life for her subsistence. And when the oxen are put off or otherwise made use of, I do order that my wife Elizabeth shall have 1-3 part of them, or their price, or anything of the estate that is moveable.
  • I give to my three eldest sons my lands that I bought of Mr. John Haynes, to be equally divided among them.
  • I also give to my son Nathaniel Andrews my now dwelling house and his part of the land lying next to the aforementioned house.
  • I give to my son John Andrews my barn standing near my son John's house, provided that that part of the above-named that I have already given by deed of guift to my son Thomas Andrews shall be part of his third part of the land already specified to be divided to him.
  • I give to my son Samuel Andrews, my younger son, my lot that I bought of John Skinner, which was sometime Mr. Stone's land, abutting on Mr. Thomas Hooker's land west, on my own land east, on the Mill River south, and on Jonathan Ashley's land north.
  • I order that my daughter Abigail Stedman and my daughter Elizabeth Andrews shall have my moveable household goods.
  • Also, I give my daughter Abigail 1 cow and 6 sheep.
  • Unto my daughter Elizabeth I give 2 cows and 6 sheep.
  • I do further order that my son Samuel Andrews shall have £3 of money after my wife Elizabeth's decease.
  • My will is that my son John Andrews shall have the use of my team in consideration of finding his mother (my wife) her fire-wood if she see cause.
  • I appoint my wife Elizabeth executrix.
  • Witness: Garrard Spencer, George Sexton.
  • Samuel Andrews, ls.
  • Court Record, Page 52--5 February, 1711-12: Will proven.

References

  1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L18L-PCM
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Samuel Andrews, of Hartford's Timeline

1645
October 20, 1645
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1674
July 17, 1674
1676
1676
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
1686
June 1686
Milford Twp., New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1686
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
1690
1690
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonail America
1712
January 29, 1712
Age 66
Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
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Ancient Cemetery, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States