Abigail Andrews

Abigail married David Hill. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married Henry Rowland est 1739. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Click Here to View Information about John Andrews, son of Francis Andrews, and his namesake descendants named John. Clarification of which John is which, and of known and/or obvious errors in genealogy and history resource compilations, giving appropriate birth, marriage and death information as available for each with source citations for each piece of data provided. There were five generations of John Andrews as a continuous lineage.

John married Eleanor Burr. Eleanor was born on 26 Oct 1680. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
History of Fairfield, V2, Genealogical, p.441

Name:
Click Here to View Information about John Andrews, son of Francis Andrews, and his namesake descendants named John. Clarification of which John is which, and of known and/or obvious errors in genealogy and history resource compilations, giving appropriate birth, marriage and death information as available for each with source citations for each piece of data provided. There were five generations of John Andrews as a continuous lineage.

John married Bethiah Kirby. Bethiah (daughter of John Kirby and Elizabeth) was born on 14 Feb 1657/58 in Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT; died in 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Bithia Kirby, daughter of John & Elizabeth Kirby, born 14 Feb 1658, Mattabeset, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Middletown Township, Middlesex, Connecticut)

Notes:

Married:
View Information on Spouse Error in Historical-Genealogical Resource

"John Andrews i. b. in Essex, England, was a s. of Francis Andrews i. of Hartford & later of Fairfield, did not marry Sarah d. of Simon Couch of Fairfield as stated in Vol. L p. 350; but according to the town records of Middletown, Conn., he m. Bethiah Kirby b. Feb. 14. 1658 d. of John Kirby of Middletown. John Kirby, the father was b. in 1623 & d. in 1677. In the distribution of the estate of John Kirby by his widow Elizabeth, John Andrews of Fairfield was deeded, 'in right of his wife's interest in her father's estate,' her portion of his estate."—History of Fairfield, (Genealogical) Vol. 2, by Schenck, p.441
View Additional Clarification on the Successive Lineage of John Andrews I-V

Notes:

Found on the list of Origianal Hartford Founders - A list of those settlers who came to Hartford before February, 1640 He is listed as: Francis Andrews

list found online at:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ct/hartford/towns/hartford/prop001a.txt

"Francis Andrews purchased before 1640 the north part of Richard Buttler's lot on the corner of the present elm and Trinity Streets. Died in Fairfield. Will dated June 6, 1662; proved March 5, 1993." From Families of Early Hartford, CT page 10

Sources:
Abbrev: Families of Early Hartford, CT
Author: Lucius Barnes Barbour
Publication: Baltimore, Genealogical Publications, 1982
Repository:
Name: GenealogyLibrary.com (Family Tree Maker)

Page: 10
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Families of Early Hartford, CT
Author: Lucius Barnes Barbour
Publication: Baltimore, Genealogical Publications, 1982
Repository:
Name: GenealogyLibrary.com (Family Tree Maker)

Page: 10
Quality: 3
Text: d. 1662-3, died in Fairfield

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copy of family group web page data: [bracketed comments added]

First Generation
1. Francis1 Andrus was born in England about 1620. Francis died 1662/1663 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, at 43 years of age. He married Anna Smith. Francis Andrews purchased before 1640, the north part of Richard Butler's lot on the corner of the present Elm & Trinity streets. He removed to Fairfield where he was an early member of the 1st Congregational Church. His name appears on the founders monument in Fairfield.

His will is dated 6 June 1662, proved 5 March 1663. Anna, late wife of Francis Andrews dec'd, sold to [!son-in-law] Simon Couch, 14 Mar 1663/4; and on 28 Feb 1673/4 Couch had land entered which he had purchased of Ann Smith, Exec'x of the will of Francis Andrews. Francis may have been the brother of William of Hartford and John of Farmington. It is at least worth to note that John (son of Francis) and Thomas (son of William) m. sisters, daus. of John Kirby of Middletown; while Thomas (son of Francis) and Abraham (son of John) also m. sisters, daus. of Robert Porter of Farmington.

Francis [!Andrews] Andrus and Anna Smith had the following children:

2 i. Hannah2 Andrus. She married John Crampton. John was "of Norwalk".

3 ii. Elizabeth Andrus.

4 iii. Ruth Andrus.

5 iv. Jeremiah Andrus. He removed to Bedford.

6 v. Hester Andrus.

7 vi. Rebecca Andrus. She married Samuel Benedict 7 July 1678. Samuel was "of Norwalk".

8 vii. Mary Andrus [!Mary Frances Andrews]. Mary died 1671. She married Simon Couch. Simon died 1688.

9 viii. John Andrus was born in Hartford, Hartford, CT 1646. John died 1683 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, at 37 years of age. He was christened 27 September 1646 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.

10 ix. Thomas Andrus was born in Hartford, Hartford, CT 1647. He was christened 2 January 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.
+ 11 x. Abraham Andrus was born about 1652.

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Francis married Anna SMITH in 1641 in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT. Anna (daughter of Giles SMITH and Mary WHEELER) was born in 1625 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 5 Mar 1661/62 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/allyn.htm
possible other spouse:
Col. John Allyn - was born on 11 Nov 1696 in Hartford, Ct.. He is the son of Matthew Allyn and Margaret Wyatt.
Col. John married Anna Smith. Anna was born on 9 Nov 1640 in England. She is the daughter of Henry Smith and Ann Pynchon.

John married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

LINEAGE WARNING FLAG!!!

Giles Smith's lineage is also in question. Rather than being the son of Thomas Smith and Frances Sanford, he is more likely the son of Henry Smith and Anne Pynchon. Frances Smith then, would be his grandmother, but there is some lack of clarity in this lineage as well. I have no documentation for either lineage.

Records of Tom Forsythe 2008 at...
http://www.rumblefische.com/ancestors/chap0015.html#I882
It is unknown who his [Giles'] parents were. He could not have been the son of Judge Henry Smith and Ann Pynchon as some genealogies show, because that couple did not get married until aft 1637, whereas Giles was born in 1603 according to the "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 2 ". According to "The Planters of the Commonwealth, 1620-1640 ", Ann immigrated with her parents in 1630 indicating that she was not married and was therefore probably not born before 1610. According to the "National Genalogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85 " Henry did not immigrate until April of 1637 so it stands to reason they married after this date. Also Giles is listed in the "Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Supplement Number Two" as immigrating in 1634. I have found no Genealogical source that claims Giles is their son.

The above conclusions only hold true if the dates obtained are correct. Below is another view, and yet, neither is substantiated.

Rational Giles as son of Henry Smith and Anne Pynchon:
re Thomas Holcombe of CT at
http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p41.htm
Of the children of Thomas Sr. by his second wife, Isaac is correctly married to Elizabeth Jackson, who is correctly made daughter of John Jackson by Elizabeth Smith, but the said Elizabeth Smith is then called the daughter of Henry and Ann (Pynchon) Smith. Mr. Henry Smith of Springfield, as is well known, returned to England, and is will, made in 1681, refers to his daughter "Elizabeth Smith, not yet disposed of in marriage" [Waters, Gen. Gleanings in England, 1:723]. But John Jackson had children born 1662 to 1677; and the chief evidence for identifying his wife Elizabeth as a Smith is the fact that the will of Giles smith of Fairfield in 1669 names his daughter Elizabeth Jackson, and no other Fairfield Jackson of that period is known to have had a wife Elizabeth!

Giles married Mary WHEELER in 1623 in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT. Mary (daughter of Thomas WHEELER and Ann HALSEY) was born on 20 Oct 1615 in Bourne End, Bedfordshire, England; was christened on 20 Oct 1615 in Bourne End, Bedfordshire, England; died after 1654 in CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mary Wheeler listed as Giles Smith's 2nd wife.

Either lineage or date problems exist related to Mary Wheeler's ancestor-parents. For Mary to be the daughter of Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey, according to the current dates, Mary would be born when Ann is 10 years old, and Ann would be married when 8 years old.

Mary's husband, Giles Smith's lineage is also in question. Rather than being the son of Thomas Smith and Frances Sanford, he is more likely the son of Henry Smith and Anne Pynchon. Frances Smith then, would be his grandmother, but there is some lack of clarity in this lineage as well. I have no documentation for either lineage.

Henry married Anne PYNCHON in 1638 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co, MA. Anne (daughter of Hon. Col. William PYNCHON and Anne Agnes ANDREW) was born in 1620 in Dorchester, Dorset, England; died in in USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

the children listed with Henry and Anne cannot all be children to that union. Giles is born when his mother would be 14...possible, but the last four children were all born after Henry's death.

a Frances Sanford 1567 is also said to be Henry's wife. There were apparently several Frances Sanfords in that time and place, and I have no documentation of any of these relationships, which would have Giles born when she was 37, much more likely

at least two marriages makes more sense

Thomas married Ann HALSEY on 5 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Ann (daughter of Robert HALSEY and Ellen ALLEY) was born on 30 May 1591 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died on 6 Mar 1685/86 in Stonington, New London, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Some sources list Ann as the daughter of Thomas Halsey and his wife Phebe. [Rootsweb WorldConnect Sutton Folk Family Tree]


Birth:
Listed in source as Bedford rather than Bedfordshire.

Notes:

Additional children (Ackley & Bosworth): Alice, Ann, Anna, additional Sarah.

Alice died after all children born, DOB not given.

Ann buried same year as Mary's DOB.

Anna's DOB around the time which could be Hannah.

First Sarah after John, and indicates died (est) at or before 2 years old.

Second Sarah DOB (est) same as first Sarah's (est) death.
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Married:
Age at marriage calculated as 11 years old.

married Frances SANFORD. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 - October 29, 1662) was a colonial assistant treasurer and original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He led the 1635 settlement of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, which was named after his home village, now a suburb of Chelmsford in Essex, England.

Pynchon was a theologian; he expressed his views in The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption (1650). Officials of the colony ordered this book burned and demanded that he retract its argument, which was contrary to the colony's official Calvinism. Instead of retracting, he returned to England in 1652, where he remained for the rest of his life. Pynchon built a trading post at Enfield Falls, which would become Springfield, Massachusetts from which he exported between 4,000 to 6,000 beaver pelts a year between 1636 and 1652. The profits enabled him to retire to England as a wealthy man.

William married Anne Agnes ANDREW in 1618 in Springfield, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of William Andrew and Bridget Rysley) was born in 1595 in Triwell, Northampton, England; died on 30 Aug 1630 in Roxbury, Norfolk Co, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

very mixed up lineage of descendants given, including at least Anne, Ann, John, Mary, Margaret, Col. John.

unlinked from Anne Pynchon, as Anna is born 15193 and Anne 1590

George married Katherine SAYRE. Katherine was born in 1572 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died on 3 May 1653 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 3 May 1653 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed as Robert Halsey alias Chambers. Lived in Holtsmere End, Flamstead, Hertfordshie, England.

Robert married Ellen ALLEY on 28 Jul 1577 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England. Ellen (daughter of John ALLEY and Isabel) was born about 1558 in Holismerend, England; died in in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed as Ellen Alley alias Cooke.

Birth:
alt year 1559

John married Frances BRETT on 3 Oct 1588 in Springfield, Essex, England. Frances (daughter of Thomas BRETT and Jane) was born between 1568 and 1570 in Terling, Essex, England; died in 1675/76. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

children
William
Peter
'Nues
Annes
Frances
Jane
Alice
Isabel
Sussanah

William married Bridget Rysley. Bridget (daughter of John Risley and Elizabeth Scrimshire) was born in 1574 in Oundle, Northampton, England. [Group Sheet]

John married Alice SAYRE. Alice (daughter of William SAYRE and Alice SQUIRE) was born about 1541 in Bedfordshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed as Thomas Halsey alias Chambers.

Thomas married Margaret. Margaret was born about 1523; died on 13 Jan 1600/1 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

John married Isabel in 1554. Isabel died about 1579; was buried on 8 Jan 1579. [Group Sheet]