Zephaniah Andrews (1760 - 1823)

Born 1760 in Raynham, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hepzibah (Luscomb) Andrews — married 20 Jul 1788 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1823 at about age 63 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Zephaniah Andrews is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A002752.

Birth

Zephaniah was born in 1760. Zephaniah Andrews ... He passed away in 1804. ^[1]

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Military Service

Name: Zephaniah Andrews Age: 20 Birth Year (Estimated): 1760 Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 10 Jul 1780 Event Place: Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Raynham, Massachusetts. [5]

Personal Life

Zephaniah Andrews married Hepzibah Luscomb on July 20, 17 88 at Taunton, Briston County, Massachusetts. They had seven children. [2] [3] [4]

Death

Zephaniah Andrews died on September 20, 1823. He was buried at True Cemetery, South Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine. [2]

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Zephaniah Andrews. He was the son of Henry Andrews and Mehitable (Shelley) Andrews of Raynham, Massachusetts; Henry names him as a son in his will, made in 1775.^[2] Based on his age of 63 at his death in September 1823, from his gravestone, he was born about 1760.^[3]

Marriage

On 30 May 1788, Zephaniah Andrews of Raynham, Massachusetts, and Hepzibah Luscombe of Taunton, Massachusetts, published at Raynham their intention to marry.^[4] They were married on 20 Jul 1788 at Taunton.^[5]

Also see the Research Note below.

Residences

After their marriage, Zephaniah and Hepzibah Andrews settled at Raynham, Massachusetts, where they recorded seven children between 1788 and 1804.^[6] At some point, the Andrews family moved to Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts); the first record of a member of the Zephaniah Andrews family there is the birth of a child to Lucius Andrews and his wife Olive on 14 Jul 1811.^[7]

Death

Zephaniah Andrews died on 23 Sep 1823, and he is buried at the True Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, where his gravestone shows his age at his death as 63.^[3]

Research Note

Hepzibah (Luscombe) Andrews died in 1815. In Augusf 1820, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine, certified that "intentions of marriage between Mr. Zephaniah Andrews & Miss Serena Byram of Livermore hath been entered & and published in the Town of Livermore as the Law directs,"^[8] and they married at Livermore later that year.^[9] Whether this is a second marriage for Zephaniah or a marriage of his son Zephaniah Andrews (born in 1800) has not been determined,

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Richard Hall, Friday, August 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org), case 717, page 5 (subscription required)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Photo of gravestone of Zephaniah Andrews (Find A Grave: Memorial #40173479)
4. ↑ Margaret Harris Stover, compiler, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts (Plymouth, Mass., 1997). Hannah's last name is missing but is known from the marriage record at Taunton.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (three volumes, Boston, 1928), volume 2, page 23
6. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Raynham > Births, Marriages and Deaths, unpaginated > image 304 of 989 (subcription required)
7. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 195; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 129 of 718
8. ↑ Marriage intention of Zephaniah Andrews and Serena Byram, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 343 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332. The date is illegible, but it appears between intentions dates 16 Aug 1820 and 20 Aug 1820.
9. ↑ Marriage record of Zephaniah Andrews and Serena Byram, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 346 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332. The date is missing but it appears to be sometime in 1820.

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• [2] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40173479/zephaniah-andrews: accessed 9 October 2022), memorial page for Zephaniah Andrews (5 Jun 1760–20 Sep 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40173479, citing True Cemetery, South Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320) .

• [3] Family Tree, database and images, FamilySearch.org, record for Zephaniah Andrews, ID KNZG-D42. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/KNZG-D42

• [4] "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5Z1-682 : 28 July 2021), Zaphaniah Andrews, 1788.

• [5] "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDX-CG5C : 19 February 2021), Zephaniah Andrews, 10 Jul 1780; citing Military Service, Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• [6] "Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5WM-X9NH : 3 September 2019), Zephaniah Andrews, 20 Sep 1823; citing Death, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 101180677.

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