Thomas Andrews

THOMAS ANDREWS (c. 1645–1718), son of Robert Andrews and Grace Unknown

REBECCA UNKNOWN (d. 1724)

Thomas Andrews, the son of Robert and Grace Andrews, was born bout 1645. [1] He died in 1718. [2] He married first Martha Antram on 22 June 1670 in Topsfield. [3] Martha was the widow of Obadiah Antram of Ipswich. [1] He married second Rebecca Unknown.

Rebecca died on 1 April 1724. [2]

Savage says about Obadiah Antram: [4]

ANTRAM, OBADIAH, Salem, s. of Thomas of the same, left good est. to w. Martha, of wh. no ch. is ment. when he was lost at sea on voyage to Nevis or other W.I. island.

Thomas Andrews, husbandman of Boxford, disposed of his property on 3 October 1716. He gave it to his son Thomas in return for Thomas supporting him and his wife Rebecca and making his bequests. He confirmed the land that he had given Timothy Foster as part of Timothy's wife's portion and asked Thomas to making bequests to his daughters Elizabeth Wilson, Martha Fifield, Sarah Swett, Foster (no first name), Patience Andrews and Hester. [5]

Thomas was on several committees in Boxford to settle boundary lines. He was "sealer of weights and measures for many years. He was selectman in 1688, 1691 and 1696 and constable in 1698. [6]

Children of Thomas Andrews and Martha Antram:

i. Elizabeth Andrews was born on 16 January 1671/2 in Topsfield. [3] Elizabeth of Boxford married William Wilson of Ipswich on 19 April 1693 in Topsfield. [3] She may have married second Nathaniel Lovejoy (link to Colby family website). [7]

ii. Martha Andrews was born on 25 December 1673 in Topsfield. [3] Martha Fifield died on 12 May 1716 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [8] She married, as his second wife, Ensign John Fifield about 1709. [9] John, the son of Benjamin and Mary (Colcord) Fifield, was born on 21: 9m. 1671 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [9][10] John married first Abigail Unknown. He married second Mary Webster on 16 August 1716. [9] Mary, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Webster of Kingston, was born on 19 May 1696. [9]

iii. Sarah Andrews was born say 1675. She died between 13 December 1743, when she made her will, and 30 October 1745, when it was proved. [11] She married first as his second wife Captain Joseph Swett of Hampton on 20 November 1701 in Topsfield. [12] Joseph was the son of Benjamin and Hester (Weare) Swett. [11] He died between 29 September 1720, when he signed his will, and Jan 1721/2, when it was proved. [11] He married first Hannah Unknown. Hannah, the wife of Lieutenant Joseph Swett died on 14 August 1701 in Hampton. [10] Sarah married second Charles Treadwell on 1 January 1723. [11]

iv. Ruth Andrews was born say 1677. She married Timothy Foster as his second wife on 29 March 1715 in Boxford. [12] Timothy, the son of William Foster and Mary Foster, was born in 1672 in Boxford. [13] He died in 1751. [13] He married first Mary Dorman. [13] Mary was the daughter of Ephraim and Martha Dorman. [13]

Children of Thomas and Rebecca Andrews:

v. Robert Andrews died on 16 May 168_ in Boxford. [12]

Perley [6] says that he was born on 16 May 168_ and died on 14 April 1751 and that he married Deborah Frye of Andover on 10 March 1719/20. [1] This seems unlikely as his father did not mention him when he made bequests.

iv. Rebecca Andrews was born on 14 April 1686 in Boxford. [12] She died on 21 May 168_ in Boxford. [12]

v. Lilburn Andrews was probably the son who was born on 1 October 1687/8 in Topsfield. He was baptized on 7 October 1688 in Topsfield. [3] He died on 23 May 168[9?] in Boxford [12]

vi. Patience Andrews was probably the daughter who was born on 29 March 1690/1 in Boxford. She was baptized on 6 April 1690 in Topsfield. She married John Andrews.

vii. Esther Andrews was born on 16 February 1692/3. [1] She was baptized on 26 March 1693 in Topsfield. [3] She married John Bixby of Boxford on 8 May 1722. [2] John, the son of Joseph and Sarah Bixby, was born on 26 July 1692 in Topsfield. [3] He was baptized on 28 August 1692 in Topsfield. [3]

viii. Thomas Andrews was born on 18 December 1694 (or 6!) in Boxford. [12] He was baptized on 24 February 1694/5 in Topsfield. [3] He married first Ruth Bixby on 1 March 1721/2 in Boxford. [12]

ix. Unknown daughter Andrews was born on 16 February 1694/5 in Boxford. [12] She is perhaps the Hannah who died on 24 April 1702–4 in Boxford. [12]

References

1. Sidney Perley, The History of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts (Boxford: The author, 1880), 26.

2. "Descendants of Robert Andrews of Rowley Village (Boxford)," Essex Antiquarian 3, 1899, 113–119.

3. Vital Records Topsfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903), 7–9 (births), 116 (marriages), 14, 16 (John Bixby).

4. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, 4 vols., (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1860–1862), vol. 1, 60.

5. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620–1986," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2106411) > Essex > Deeds 1716–1717, vol. 30–31, images 157–8, from records supplied by country courthouses and offices.

6. Perley, History of Boxford, 108–9, 112, 116, 117, 127, 373.

7. Joseph Dow, History of Hampton, vol. 2 (Salem: Salem Press, 1893), 1044.

8. "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654–1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS29-62R).

9. Walter Lee Sheppard, "The Descendants of William Fifield," The American Genealogist 15 (1938), 218–27, specifically 221.

10. "Hampton, New Hampshire: Vital Records to 1900," database with images, AmericanAncestors, vol. 1: 103, 120.

11. Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, Swett Genealogy: Descendants of John Swett of Newbury, Mass. (Lewiston, Me.: Journal Printshop, 1913?), 9–11.

12.Vital Records of Boxford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1905), 8–10 (births, children of Thomas and Rebecca), 110–2 (marriages), 222 (deaths, children of Thomas and Rebecca).

13. Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, an Early Inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England (Chicago, F.C. Pierce, 1899), 135.

14.Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1911), vol. 1,, 502.

last revised 25-Dec-2022