Samuel Andrews (abt. 1777 - 1838)

Descendants

Died Dec 1838 at about age 61 in St Marylebone Workhouse, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

The family of Samuel and Sarah ANDREWS and their descendants are of great interest to M.Lohmeyer, who is researching this branch of the ANDREWS line. If you are descendant of this couple of have additional information about other members of the family, please send me a note.

Samuel's Timeline

Detailed sources for timeline records are given in the relevant records of the individuals included and/or in the 'Story' section below.

ca.1777 : Birth details to be discovered.

18?? : Marriage to Sarah (unknown maiden name) some time prior to 1813.

1813 : Possible birth of son James Andrews (27 May) at St. Mary-le-Bone workhouse in Middlesex, London.

1814 : Birth of daughter Jane Andrews (27 May) at St. Mary-le-Bone workhouse in Middlesex, London.

1816 : Birth of son Henry Andrews (29 Apr) at St. Mary-le-Bone workhouse in Middlesex, London.

1819 : Birth of son William Andrews (2 Jan) at St. Mary-le-Bone workhouse in Middlesex, London.

1832 : Emigration of daughter Jane to Australia (7 Jun).

1838 : Death at St. Mary-le-Bone Workhouse.

The fate of his wife Sarah and their other children James, Henry, William (and others?) is unknown.

Samuel's Story

Based on his recorded age at death, Samuel ANDREWS was born ca. 1777.

Samuel and his wife Sarah were long-term inmates at the St. Mary-le-Bone workhouse in Middlesex, London from at least 1813 to 1832. As workhouses were funded through donations and a levy on local businesses, access to the workhouse was usually open only to the poor of the local parish. It is therefore likely that Samuel and Sarah were originally of the Marylebone or an adjoining parish.

Whilst resident at the Workhouse, Samuel and Sarah had three, possibly four children:

• James (b. 27 May 1813, his identity is doubtful and requires confirmation)
• Jane (27 May 1814)
• Henry (29 Apr 1816)
• William (2 Jan 1819).

In 1832, their daughter Jane emigrated to Australia in search of a new start and a better life. She became the foundress of a large clan of ANDREWS and GOULD families. The fate of her family back in Marylebone is unknown.

Samuel ANDREWS died in late Dec 1838 and was buried on 26 Dec 1838 in St.Marylebone. His burial record records his age as '61' and notes that he was a workhouse inmate.^[1]

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Open Questions & Research Notes

Workhouse Records

I'd love to take look at the Parish records, including the archive of the Workhouse records to study the origin and fate of the ANDREWS family, but alas, these are in London and I'm in Sydney...

Similar records

There is another Samuel Andrews: Samuel Andrews (b.1782) who was baptised in Finsbury in 1782, son of Samuel and Sarah Andrews. He is probably the same person as the Samuel Andrews who died at St. Mary Newington, Surrey in 1839 (Samuel ANDREWS, b. ca. 1783, d. Jan 1839, bur. 9 Jan 1839 in St.Mary, Newington, aged 55, workhouse inmate).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for Samuel Andrews: Westminster, St Marylebone, 1838, scanpage 155 of 158 as available via Ancestry.com on 27 Feb 2024.
2. ↑ London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003 for Samuel Andrews: Southwark, St Mary, Newington, 1837-1951, scanpage 61 of 478 as available via Ancestry.com on 27 Feb 2024.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to all the many researchers who have helped me compile this data. There are far too many to single out, but you know who you are - thank you!