Elizabeth (Strickland) Andrews (1715 - 1805)

Born 14 Oct 1715 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Died 6 Aug 1805 at age 89 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Strickland, daughter of Benjamin Strickland married Charles Andrews, son of Stephen Andrews 10 June 1740 at Glastonbury, CT ^[1]

Elizabeth Strickland is a 2nd cousin to her patriotic husband Charles Andrews Sr. Charles Andrews Sr signed the Oath of Fidelity, Glastonbury, Connecticut in 1779. ^[2]

Elizabeth is the granddaughter of John Strickland; Charles is the grandson of Elizabeth Strickland. Their grandparents: John Strickland & his sister Elizabeth Strickland are both children of Thwait Strickland.

Children:^[3]

1. Nehemiah b 28 Feb 1741 died 25 Dec 1741
2. Solomon b 5 Nov 1742
3. Charles jr b 11 Aug 1744 married 27 Apr 1769 to Anne Fox, daughter of William
4. Nehemiah b 28 May 1746
5. John b 12 Aug 1748
6. Benjamin b 16 Aug 1750
7. Sarah b 28 July 1752
8. David b 7 Nov 1754 married 19 Oct 1775 to Rebecca Stratton, daughter of John deceased
9. Prudence b 1 Sep 1758
10. Elizabeth b 30 Oct 1762

Elizabeth (Strickland) Andrews died 6 Aug 1805 in 90th year (gravestone) Eastbury Cemetery ^{[4] [5]}

"Elizabeth Strickland daughter of Benjamin, of the same town [East Glastonbury] ... Her estate distributed by Howel Strickland and David Waters 21st Sep 1805" ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Glastonbury Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p 121-123 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 7Sep2021), "Record of Charles Andrews Sr", Ancestor # A002587.
3. ↑ Glastonbury Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. p 2-5 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
4. ↑ Eastbury Cemetery: An Outdoor Museum by Frederick and Jessica Sawyer publ 1988 http://findingaids.library.umass.edu/ead/murb004
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7365734/elizabeth-andrews
6. ↑ "Genealogical History of John and Mary Andrews who settled in Farmington, Conn, 1640" by Alfred Andrews publ 1872, p 76 https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00andr#page/76/mode/1up

See also:

• "The Andrews Families of Western Connecticut, John Andrews of Farmington" by Donald Lines Jacobus, TAG, vol 35, 1958, pg 83-91

• Glastonbury town records, Barbour Collection

• "Eastbury Cemetery: An Outdoor Museum" by Frederick & Jessica Sawyer, publ 1988, F104.G5S29

• "Glastonbury for 200 Years", by Rev. Alonzo B. Chapin, D.D., p 99