Abraham
"Cooper"
Andrews
aka Andrus
Born about in Connecticut Colony
Son of Francis Andrews
and Ann (Unknown) Smith
Brother of
Elizabeth (Andrews) Gibbs, Hannah (Andrews) Crampton, Jeremiah Andrews, Mary (Andrews) Couch, John Andrews Sr., Thomas Andrews, Esther Andrews, Rebecca (Andrews) Benedict and Ruth Andrews
Husband of
Sarah (Porter) Benedict
— married
1682 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 41
in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
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Biography
"In 1672 he was one of the 84 proprietors of the divisions of land in Farmington and had 8th of Jan, 1673, 35 acres divided to him by the proprietors. In Oct 1673, he was one of the petitioners to the General Court of Connecticut Colony to have Mattatuck or Waterbury made a plantation. He removed there 1678 and is on their record called Cooper from his trade and to distinguish him from Abraham, son of Francis Andrews, who came there from and is supposed to be a first cousin. His house lot of two acres where the center of the present city 1871 is visible corner of Main and Bank streets.[1]
Nickname "Cooper" from his trade and to distinguish him from another Abraham Andrews, son of John.[1]
Birth
Abraham Andrews, son of Frances and Ann, was born say between 1652 and 1662.[2] He has in the past been confused with Abraham Andrews, son of John, born in 1648.
Marriage
- Sarah Porter[3][4] about 1682, a child was baptized in 1683.
Sarah Andrews, daughter of Robert Porter and wife of Abraham Andrews was admitted to the Farmington Church 15 July 1683. [5]
Death
Abraham Andrews died May 3, 1693, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony. An inventory was taken 5 Sep 1693, which states the date of his death. The names of the children are also listed: Sarah, Abraham, Mary & Benjamin. [6] Administration was given to the widow to improve to her advantage. "she being with child by the sayd Andrews" the court waited to distribute the estate. [7]
Sarah married 2nd of March, 1707 James Benedict, of Danbury Connecticut."[1]
Children
- Sarah Andrews, daughter of Abraham, by his wife Sarah, daughter to Robert Porter was baptized 9 March 1683 at Farmington;[5] married Thomas Raymond of Norwalk
- Abraham, baptized 17th July 1687 at Farmington[5]
- Mary, born baptized 18th May 1689 at Farmington; note the index says "Mary, s. Benjamin, son-in-law to Robert Porter, bp. May 18, 1689 "or thereabouts".[5] (Is this perhaps Benjamin's bpt also? She married James Benedict
- Benjamin, born
- Robert, born 1693 being posthumous, married 1720 Anna Olmsted
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews, who Settled in Farmington
- ↑ Hinman, Barry E. Untangling the Ancestry of the Two Men Named Abraham Andrews in Waterbury, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 2015) Vol. 169, Page 13.
- ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. I, p. 34. ANDREWS/ANDRUS, Abraham (1648-1693) & Sarah [PORTER](1657-), ?m/2 James BENEDICT 1707; ca 1676?, 1682?; Farmingtin, CT/Waterbury, CT.
- ↑ The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, Edition: 2d ed. rev. and enl. 1969 by Elwyn Ellsworth Benedict, Volumes: 2 vols. Abbreviation: Benedict Genealogy Author: Benedict, Henry Marvin (Joel Munsell, Albany, 1870)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Farmington [ry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0323-00009 children Sarah & Mary bpt and mother Sarah admitted p 6]; Abraham bpt https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0323-00006 p. 3]
- ↑ Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut Probate Packets, Anderson, H-Antizel, 1641-1880 Abraham Andrews Waterbury, 1693 #142. Hartford prob. dist. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- ↑ Connecticut: Early Probate Records, 1635-1730. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006-2019), (A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W. Manwaring, R. S. Peck & Co. Printers, Hartford, CT, 1904.). Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
See Also:
- "The Andrews Families of Western Connecticut" by Donald Lines Jacobus, TAG, vol 35, 1958, pg 83-91
- A Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Url: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage, James Savage (Boston, 1860-1862)
- Andrews, Alfred (1872) Genealogical history of John and Mary Andrews. Chicago, Ill. : A.H. Andrews & Co. p. 52 & 57
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8/10/19 Following up on the 23 June comment from Christine. I am going to interchange parents of This Abraham and Andrews-1659 Objections?
The 1681 will of John names a grandchild, Abraham, son of Abraham and Mary's 1683 will mention's the two eldest daughters of son Abraham. This profile shows that this Abraham did not have a first child until 1683 and no Abraham until 1687.
See the 2015 NEHGS article called UNTANGLING THE TWO MEN NAMED ABRAHAM ANDREWS OF WATERBURY CT. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?pageName=13&volumeId=37757&rId=59764363
In the will of father John Andrews, he mentions his son Abraham and his grandson Abraham. So Abraham Andrews must have had a grandson Abraham born before Nov 1681, date of will. The Abraham who married Rebecca did (b. 1680) but the Abraham Andrews who married Sarah Porter did not have an Abraham until 1687. She also removed to Fairfield County after the death of Abraham where she remarried and her kids married in Fairfield County.
Abraham Andrews - 4th son of Francis Andrews of Hartford/Fairfield.
Abrraham then married about 1681-1682 to Sarah Porter, and she was mother of the other children.
Same wife and daughter (Mary, married James Benedict). The sources given on both records give the Andrus spelling of the surname. Whichever direction the merge is ultimately done in, the alternate spelling should be added to Other Last Names, to make it searchable under either spelling.