Daniel Andrews (1647 - 1682)

Husband of Mary (Harlakenden) Andrews — married about May 1672 in London St Giles without Cripplegate, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Alternative spelling Androwes, Androws.

Daniel was born about 1650.

Marriage License: Andrews, Daniel (Androse), bachelor, 25, son of Daniel Androse, of St. Stephen, Walbrook, London, esq., and Mary Harlakenden, 19, daughter of Mary Collier, of St. Foster, London, widow, who consents—at St. Giles, Cripplegate, St. Sepulchre, or St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street, London. 15 May, 1672. F. Page n43^[1]

He was a gentleman of some standing and she was an heiress of substance.

By June 1676, they had 3 daughters Ann the eldest then Mary and Dorothy.^[2]

A memorial is inscribed on the south wall of the chancel of Earls Colne church above which arms in a quarterly of four : Harlakenden, Willis, Londenoys and Oxenbridge.

The inscription reads

“the adjoining monum^t of the Harlakendens repaired, and the inscription made perfect (from the books of the Herald’s office, wherein the inscription was entered at a Visitation before he had suffered any decay), at the charge of Mary Androwes, relict of Daniel Androwes, of Low Layton, in the county of Essex Esq.

In pious memory of that ancient family of which she is the only child of the last heir male. Sept. The 30^th, anno d’ni 1729.

Underneath interr’d lye the remains of Daniel Androwes Esq, who died January 26, 1681. And of Mary, his relict, who followed him to rest Octo^br the 26, 1729. After near 48 years widowhood, employed in a religious and unaffected piety to God; a prudent care of her children; a frugal managem^t of her estate; a constant beneficence to her friends; a ready usefulness to her neighbours, and an extensive charity to the poor; adorned wth knowledge uncommon to her sex, and candour rare among men. This inscription added in filial piety by Richard Androwes their surviving son.”^[3]

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His life is also recorded, in part, by the wider Earls Colne Project he is Person A348

Note

All Dates are New Style.

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Sources

1. ↑ London marriage licences, 1521-1869 by Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905; Dean, John Ward, 1815-1902 Publication date 1887
2. ↑ Earls Colne Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr80)
3. ↑ The topographer and genealogist volume 1. Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873. Note that Richard erroneously substituted for Roger when the monument was repaired in 1729.??