Andrew was born about 1771. He is the son of Elizabeth Abel.
In August 1777 the six year old "mulatto" bastard of Betty Abel was ordered bound to William Bryan to be a shoemaker.
Sources
Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to about 1820. 5th Edition. Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield Company, 2005. Volume 1, page 31.
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