John Andrews Jr. (1679 - 1728)

Born 24 Oct 1679 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor Hellynah (Burr) Andrews — married about 1706 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Husband of Abigail (Sturges) Andrews — married after 1720 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1728 at age 49 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

John Andrews was born 24 October 1679 in Fairfield, Connecticut and was the son of John Andrews, SR. and Bethia Kirby. ^[1][2]

He married first, Eleanor (various spellings of her first name: Helen, Ellin, Hellynah) Burr about 1708, the daughter of Daniel Burr and Abigail Glover. They had the following children:

1. John Andrews, b. 6 Aug. 1707 Fairfield, Connecticut
2. Abigail (Andrews) Hill Rowland b. 17 June 1709 Fairfield, Connecticut
3. Eleanor (Andrews) Bixby b. 9 Oct. 1711 Fairfield, Connecticut
4. Daniel Andrews b. 20 Feb. 1714 Fairfield, Connecticut
5. Abraham, b. 21 July 1717, d. y. Fairfield, Connecticut
6. Ebenezer Andrews b. 12 May 1720 Fairfield, Connecticut^[3][4]

He married second Abigail Sturges widow of Simon Couch and daughter of John Sturges and Deborah Barlow.

He was an Ensign in the West Parish Company, May 1715.^[2]

His son from first marriage, Deacon John Andrews married the daughter of Simon Couch and Abigail Strurges, Sarah Couch (his step-sister). Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield Compiled and Edited (Fairfield, Connecticut: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930).

His inventory was taken on 11 December 1728 and recorded at Fairfield. It included an enslaved boy who is not named but presented to the appraisers by John Andrews one of the administrators.^[5]

Note

Note: Ref. Vol I, p. 20-21 Fairfield Families, (((find original copy, mine is cut off and I cannot tell what the next line says.))): He was an Ensign in the West Parish Company May 1715

It continues below, "Born at Fairfield, 24 Oct. 1670, d there in 1728

Married (1) Eleanor Burr, dau, of Daniel, b 26 Oct. 1680" ^[2]

he was born at Fairfield, he died at Fairfield in 1728. He married first Elinor Burr, dau of Daniel. (b. 26, Oct. 1680) He married second, Abigail Sturgis, widow of Simon Couch (who died 14 Sept. 1730)

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} At Family Search Books. Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1 (Morehouse & Taylor Company. Connecticut 1930). Volume 1, p 20.
3. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930, Volume 1, page 21
4. ↑ Abraham is not contained in this list of children. Charles Burr Todd. A General History of the Burr Family: With a Genealogical Record from 1193 to 1902 author, 1902 , page 134
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2WH  : 2 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627301, image 554-556, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 183-186.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Pages 20- 21.[1]
• Dwight, Melatiah Everett. The Kirbys of New England (Trow Print, New York, 1898) Page 27