Simon son of John Andrews and Rebekah Wines, one of at least two of their children to have left England, Simon for New Zealand and William to Canada..
There is a rumour that another of his siblings also emigrated, possibly to Australia but the family story may be confusing which side of William's family the Australian emigration was for.
From the son of a weaver in Somerset, to a nursery man in Taranaki, living through rather turbulent times.
Born
abt Jul 1814
Martock, Somerset, England
NB the second son of this name born to John & Rebekah
Cert. No 56. shows Groom: Simon, labourer, bachelor, s/o John Andrews, labourer. Bride: Jane Gibson, spinster, (no father/occupation shown) both of full age and of Henton (now called Bower Hinton, a district south of Martock adjacent to Hurst). Signed by X, mark of Simon Andrews, Jane Gibson Witnesses: James Barbor (or poss. Parker? who also signed the cert. above), X mark of Jas Ralph (possibly a paternal relation of Simon's?) Minister I Lakes [1][2]
Buried
14 Jan 1900
Huirangi Cem., nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
Lived
1841
Martock, Somerset, England
Note: ANDREWS: Simon 25, weaver; Jane 25; Sarah 4 mths, all b Cty (3 hseholds away from Simon's parents John & Rebecca) [3]
yDNA
Haplogroup I-M253
(from descendant of son Fred)
atDNA
See above ANDREWS page for summary of which descendants of John and Rebekah (WINES) ANDREWS have atDNA tests.
Blogpost about atDNA matches between descendant of Simon's brother William, and descendants of Simon
Sources
↑ Source #S1: Marr. 18 (sic) Apr 1840 Simon s/o John ANDREWS & Jane GIBSON, copy of certified copy from Leslie R, rcvd Aug 1993
↑ Somerset Parish Registers:
Marr. 19 Apr 1840 Simon s/o John ANDREWS; Jane GIBSON no father shown, Martock Parish Church, Somerset, scan of original held
Original Data Somerset Archives & Local Studies, index and Images on Ancestry.com
↑ Source #S200: Martock, Frome Martock Hundred, SOM HO107/951/1 Reg Dist Yeovil Sub Dist Martock ED 2 Folio 25 Pg 6, hsehold of Simon & Jane ANDREWS
WikiTree profile Andrews-1788 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
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Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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