Abraham Andrews (1772 - 1845)

Born 25 Jan 1772 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Chandler) Andrews — married 14 Oct 1794 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Died 23 Mar 1845 at age 73 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

ABRAHAM ANDREWS, b. at Hillsborough, 25 Jan 1772 son of Isaac Andrews and Lucy Perkins;^[1] Abraham d. at Concord, NH, 23 Mar 1845;^[2] m. at Hillsborough, 14 Oct 1794,^[3] MARY “POLLY” CHANDLER, baptized at Andover, 28 Nov 1773^[4] daughter of Isaac Chandler and Hannah Ballard;^[5] Mary d. at Worcester, MA, 16 Jun 1850.^[6]

Mary and Abraham Andrews resided in Hillsborough until late in their lives when they relocated to Concord where Abraham died. Mary died in Worcester. Abraham and Mary kept a farm and Abraham was a pump maker.^[7] Abraham was for many years High Sheriff of Hillsborough County.^[8]

In 1810, the household of Abraham Andrews was six persons at Hillsborough: one male 26 to 44, one female 26 to 44, three females under 10, and one female 10 to 15.^[9] His household was seven persons in 1820: one male 45 and over, one female 45 and over, one male under 10, one female under 10, one female 10 to 15, one female 16 to 25, and one female 26 to 44.^[10]

On 12 March 1816, Abraham Andrews of Hillsborough purchased a piece of land leading from Bible Hill in Hillsborough from Isaac Andrews (likely Abraham’s brother) with wife Rebecca for payment of fifty dollars. On 26 March 1833, Abraham sold this same property to Isaac Andrews 2nd of Andover, Massachusetts for payment of fifty dollars.^[11]

Children

Abraham Andrews and Mary Chandler were parents of five children born at Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

i MARY ANDREWS, b. 1 Jan 1796; d. at New Boston, NH, 1 May 1873; m. 22 Nov 1825, as his second wife, EDWARD HERRICK, b. at Wilton, 29 Dec 1785 son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick; Edward d. at Wilton, 9 Dec 1873. Edward was first married to Nancy Barrett.

ii HANNAH ANDREWS, b. 1805; d. at Pelham, NH, 30 Mar 1877; m. at Hillsborough, 31 Jul 1828, CALVIN POND RUGGLES, b. at Wrentham, MA, 15 Apr 1801 son of Joel and Elona (Pond) Rogers; Calvin d. at Lowell, MA, 17 Feb 1853.

iii BETSEY P. ANDREWS, b. 10 Jul 1808 (Danforth genealogy); d. at Concord, NH, 17 Oct 1882;^[12] m. 29 Jun 1830, JOEL CROSBY DANFORTH, b. at Milford, NH, 14 Jun 1809 son of Timothy and Bridget (Blanchard) Danforth;^[13] Joel d. at Concord, NH, 18 Sep 1882.

iv ISAAC ANDREWS, b. 1810; d. at Alstead, NH, 28 Dec 1850; m. at Troy, NH, 14 Jun 1836, SOPHRONIA TOLMAN, b. about 1812; Sophronia d. after 1850 when living at Nashua, NH.

v CLARISSA B. ANDREWS, b. 14 Apr 1812; d. at Concord, NH, 16 Dec 1884; m. 25 Feb 1834, SAMUEL JARVIS EMERSON, b. about 1810 son of Nathaniel Emerson; Samuel d. at Concord, 14 Dec 1869.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2B-WHW : 21 October 2022), Abraham Andrews, ; citing Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ Chandler, The Chandler Family, p 619
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX7-7CN : 1 August 2022), Abraham Andrews and Polly Chandler, 1794.
4. ↑ Chandler, Mary, d. Isaac, bp. Nov. 28, 1773. Andover Vital Records; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/Images/Andover_B099.shtml
5. ↑ Chandler, The Chandler Family, p 619
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB191/i/8858/158/120860556
7. ↑ Chandler, The Chandler Family, p 619
8. ↑ Browne, The History of Hillsborough, Volume 2, p 23
9. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: 24; Page: 585; Image: Nhm252_24-0160; FHL Roll: 0218685
10. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Page: 639; NARA Roll: M33_61; Image: 56
11. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Hillsborough County, 171:497
12. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSKR-7PK : 22 February 2021), Abraham Andrews in entry for Betsy P Danforth, 17 Oct 1882; citing Concord, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,072.
13. ↑ May, Danforth Genealogy, p 315

• Browne, George Waldo. 1921-22. The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921. Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke.

• Chandler, George. 1883. The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler who Settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637. Worcester: Press of C. Hamilton.

• May, John Joseph. 1902. Danforth Genealogy: Nicholas Danforth and William Danforth. Boston, MA: Charles H. Pope.