Joseph Andrews

CAPTAIN JOSEPH ANDREWS (1657 – 1732), son of Robert Andrews and Grace Unknown

SARAH PERLEY (d. 1693), daughter of Samuel Perley and Ruth Trumble

Joseph, the son of Robert Andrews, was born on 18 September 1657 in Topsfield. [1] He died on 28 July 1732, age 74, in Salem. [2] He married first Sarah Perley on 1 February 1681 in Topsfield. [1] Joseph of Boxford married [second] Mary Dickenson of Rowley on 30 March 1696 in Rowley. [3] Mary, the daughter of James Dickenson, was born on 14 November 1675 in Rowley. [3] Mary, the wife of Joseph died on 25 February 1700/1 in Boxford. [5, there is a question mark by the year] Joseph of Topsfield married [third] Mrs. Abigail (Grafton) Walker on 2 November 1704 in Salem. [6, "Walk"][6] Abigail, the daughter of John and Seeth[!] Grafton, was born on 12 August 1667 in Salem. [7]

Sarah Perley was born on 7 June 1665 in Ipswich. [8] Sarah, the wife of Joseph, died on 15 January 1693 in Boxford. [4]

Joseph was the ancestor of John Albion Andrews, Governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War. [9]

John was unmarried when his father made his will; he was to have land in Topsfield bought from John Wilde's son. [10]

Joseph was a house carpenter. [6][11] He was a surveyor of highways in Boxford in 1687. He was a selectman in 1689, 1697, 1700 and 1704. He was a constable in 1692. He was appointed to a committee to finish the meeting house on 3 February 1698/9. [12]

Joseph was among those who opposed the witchcraft delusion. He signed the petition supporting John Proctor and his wife. [11]

Joseph signed his will on 13 April 1731; it was proved on 4 September 1732. [6] He mentioned his wife Abigail; sons Joseph, John, Nathaniel and Jonathan; daughters Sarah, wife of Paul Averill, Hephzibah, wife of Abraham How, Lydia Webster and Mary Creecy; his daughter-in-law Abigail Osgood. [11] He left his homestead to his sons Nathaniel and Jonathan. [6]

Children of Joseph Andrews and Sarah Perley:

i. Sarah Andrews was born on 20 August 1683 in Topsfield. [1] She married Paul Averell on 27 March 1706 in Topsfield. [1] Paul, the son of William and Hannah Averell, was born on 21 June 1677 in Topsfield. [13]

ii. Joseph Andrews was born on 13 March 1686 in Boxford. [14] He died on 22 April 1756 in Topsfield. [15] He married Hephzibah Porter on 7 June 1711 in Salem. [5] Hephzibah, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Porter, was born on 11: 2m: 1678 in Salem. [21] Hephzibah, the wife of Joseph, died on 12 April 1756 in Topsfield. [15]

iii. John Andrews is probably the son born 13 September 1687/8 in Boxford. married Patience Andrews.

iv. Hephzibah Andrews was baptized on 5 July 1691 in Topsfield. [1] Hephzibah, the wife of Lieutenant Abraham How died on 13 April 1753, age 62, in Ipswich. [16] She married Abraham How after 31 January 1712 (intention) in Ipswich. [17] Abraham, the son of Abraham and Sarah (Peabody) How, was born on 27 June 1686 in Ipswich. [17][18] Lieutenant Abraham How died on 6 March 1770, age 84, in Ipswich. [16]

Children of Joseph Andrews and Mary Dickenson:

v. Lydia Andrews was born on 3 September 1697 in Boxford. [14] She was baptized on 5 September 1697 in Topsfield. [1] She married William Webster on 24 May 1722. [6]

vi. Mary Andrews was born on 19 April 1699 in Boxford. [14] She married Samuel Creasie on 7 October 1725 in Rowley. [19] Samuel might be the son of William and Ann Creasy, born on 23 July 1704 in Rowley. [20]

Children of Joseph Andrews and Abigail Grafton:

v. Nathaniel Andrews was baptized on 23 September 1705 in Topsfield. [1] He died on 4 February 1762, age 56, in Salem. [2] He married Mary Higgenson on 19 September 1729 in Salem. [5] Mary, the daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Garrish) Higgenson, was born on 14 October 1708 in Salem. [22] Mary, the wife of Nathaniel, died on 3 October 1747, age 38, in Salem. [2]

vi. Jonathan Andrews was a mariner and lived in Salem. [6] He signed his will on 8 Nov 1734, when he was about to go on a voyage; it was proved on 8 Jul 1737. [6] He must have been the son who married Abigail Osgood.

References

1.Vital Records Topsfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903), 7–9 (births of Joseph, d. Sarah and baptisms of ch. Hephzibah, Lydia and Nathaniel), 116 (marriage of Joseph and Sarah and d. Sarah).

2.Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1916, 1918, 1924, 1925), vol. 5: 47–48.

3.Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the year 1849, vol. 1 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1928), 61.

4.Vital Records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1905), 222.

5.Vital Records of Salem, vol. 3: 53.

6. Editors, "Descendants of Robert Andrews of Rowley Village (Boxford)," Essex Antiquarian 3 (1899): 113–9.

7.Vital Records of Salem, vol. 1: 377.

8.Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, 2 vols. (Salem: Essex Institute, 1910), vol. 1: 291–2.

9. Richard LeBaron Bower, "The Mother of Christopher Helme," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 98, 1944, 11.

10. Samuel Burnham, "John Albion Andrews," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 23, 1869, 1–12.

11. Juliet Porter A Porter Pedigree: Being an Account of the Ancestry and Descendant of Samuel and Martha (Perley) Porter of Chester, N.H. (Worcester, Massachusetts: n.p., 1907), 95.

12. Sidney Perley, The History of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Boxford: The author, 1880), 116–7, 127, 373–4.

13. Vital Records of Topsfield, 1: 2.

14. Vital Records of Boxford, 8–10. These records must have been damaged as some appear to be fragments.

15. Vital Records of Topsfield, 207–8.

16. Vital Records of Ipswich, vol. 2: 591.

17. Vital Records of Ipswich, 2: 231.

18. Vital Records of Ipswich, 1: 197.

19. Vital Records of Rowley, 242.

20. Vital Records of Rowley 1: 57.

21.Vital Records of Salem, vol. 2: 188.

22.Vital Records of Salem, vol. 1: 430.

last revised 25-Dec-2022