Andrew Main I (1723 - 1802)

Born 5 Aug 1723 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Fear (Holmes) Main — married 5 Jan 1744 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1802 at age 78 in Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States

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Private Andrew Main I served with 6th Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Andrew Main I is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A073160.

Andrew Main I is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-240800
Rank: Private, Connecticut Line 6th Regiment

Biography

Andrew MAIN I was born 05 Aug 1723 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. ^{[1] [2]} His father was Thomas Main ^[3] and Annah Brown ^{[4] [5]}He was the second child of Annah (Brown) Main (1700-1766) & Thomas Main I (1700-1771).

Andrew married Fear Holmes ^[4] on Jan 5 1743/44 in Stonington, Connecticut. Fear was born Jul 8 1722 and was the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Richardson) Holmes ^[5].

Andrew and Fear (Holmes) Main had children, including the following: ^[6]

1. Bethiah, b Apr 6 1745
2. Fear, b Aug 13 1747
3. Anne, b Nov 18 1748
4. Andrew, b Jul 6 1749
5. Ruth, b Sep 23 1750
6. Rachel, b Jan 8 1753
7. Molly, b Aug 6 1755

In the Revolutionary War, he served in Col Parson's Connecticut Provincial Sixth Regiment (1775), in the 3rd Company, enlisted May 8th, 1775, and discharged Dec 1775. ^[7]

Andrew Main died ^[8] 18 Apr 1802 in Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

He is buried in Village Hill Cemetery, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut: Find A Grave: Memorial #27786326^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77G-Q95 : 7 January 2020), Fear Main, 1747.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F743-HQT : 3 December 2014), Andrew Maine, 05 Aug 1723; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ Beers: Page 339 III Deacon Thomas
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Brown: Vol 1 Page 113 #805 Andrew
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} BrownCH: Page 50 # 276 Andrew
6. ↑ BrownCH: Page 52 # # 276 Andrew
7. ↑ Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923 (compiler). Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War, Connecticut Adjutant-General's Office, Hartford, CT: 1889), page 74 center column
8. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72S-C2F : 3 December 2014), Andrew Main, 18 Apr 1802; citing Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, reference p 1; FHL microfilm 1,376,042.
9. ↑ Burial site of Andrew Main, Find A Grave: Memorial #27786326Village Hill Cemetery, Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-84D : accessed 5 May 2017), Andrew Mane, Willington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 203, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 17, 2017), "Record of Andrew Maine", Ancestor # A073160.

• Beers, J. H. Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut (J.H. Beers & Co., 1905)

• Brown, Cyrus Henry. Genealogical record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Issac Miner, Ezekiel Main (The Everett Press, Boston, 1909); no. 276: https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalreco00brow5#page/50/mode/1up

• Brown, Cyrus. Brown Genealogy of Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, and Eleazer Brown (The Everett Press Co., Boston, 1907-1915)

• Cutter, Richard William. 1912. Genealogical and Family History of Central New York. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, pg 180 ff [Note: This is an unreliable reference.]

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Volume: 199; SAR Membership Number: 39735. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com

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