Henry ANDREWS

Male Abt 1630 - Abt 1676  (46 years)


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  • Name Henry ANDREWS  [1, 2, 3
    • Henry Andrews served on a coroner's jury in 1651; was named in the list of those who took the oath of Fidelity in 1657; in 1659, he and John Macomber were authorized to erect a sawmill on Mill River, "if it be not found hurtful to the grist mill"; was one of the grantees of the North Purchase in 1668; and one of the grantees of the South Purchase in 1672; and was returned among the "Heads of Families" in 1675.

      It has been said that he was a soldier in "King Philip's war," but the statement may have grown out of the fact that he was killed by the Indians in the spring of 1676, according to Gov. Winslow's letter while at work on his farm in Taunton. The exact date of his death has not been preserved. He acknowledged a deed the "fifth of the first month, 1676". He also joined with his wife in a deed dated April 7, 1676, which his wife (Mary) acknowledged "ye 5th of 6th month 1676", "in behalf of herself and her husband." (Plym. Rec. Bk. 5, p. 285). His death must have occurred soon after the date of this deed.

      The inventory of his estate was returned November 29, 1676. John Richmond said in a deposition given October 9, 1697, that he left "his wife a widow and many small children." If Gov. Winslow was accurate in his statement that the four persons killed that spring left thirty "orphaned children," Andrews must have left seven; but when his estate was settled, Mary 28, 1677, one third was decreed to his widow, a double share of the balance yo his son Henry, and one share to each of five daughters, not named. (Plym. Prob. Rec., Vil. 3, part II., p. 66). [1]
    Birth Abt 1630  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt May 1676  Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I02213  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2022 

    Father Henry ANDREWS,   b. 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1653/4, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary ?,   b. 1611, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1655, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1629-1631  [3
    Family ID F09618  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary WADSWORTH,   b. Abt 1640, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1693/4, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage 1659  [2
    Children 
     1. Hannah ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1659, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Henry ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1660, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 30 May and 18 Sep1733, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Grace ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1666, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1709 (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Mary ANDREWS   d. Aft 14 Feb 1737  [Birth]
    +5. Abigail ANDREWS   d. 1741  [Birth]
     6. Mehitable ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1671, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 14 May 1704 (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F09616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2022 

  • Sources 
    1. [S13171] Hon. Josiah H. Drummond, of Portland, Maine, Henry ANDREWS of Taunton.

    2. [S04348] Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).

    3. [S9347] New England Marriages Prior to 1700.