Joseph Andrews (abt. 1657 - 1724)

Born about 1657 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Rindge) Andrews — married 16 Feb 1680 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died Feb 1724 at about age 67 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Chebacco Parish, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Joseph Andrews was born about 1657 to John Andrews and Jane Jordan.^[1]

Joseph is mentioned in the will of his father, Lieut. John Andrews, in 1705. He released any interest in his father's estate in 1716-1717.

He married Sarah Ring on 16 Feb 1680 under the name of Joseph Andrews, Sen. of Chebacco, in Ipswich, yeoman.^[2][3] On 13 Feb 1724/25, he made the will which was proved on 5 March 1725, naming his children. His sons, John and Daniel, were to have the homestead and to be executors and pay out their sisters.

Joseph Andrews' will is found in Essex County Probate Record Book 315, page 191-2. The following is an excerpt from the will of Joseph Andrews:

"I, Joseph Andross [as written], of Ipswich, Husbandman, in consideration of the trust, love and natural affection which I Bare to my eldest son, Joseph Andross [as written], I give grant (etc) to him and his heirs the Dwelling House that he now lives in, with the land it stands upon together with 30 acres of upland and marsh joining to it, bounded westerly upon Mr. John Cogswell's Land. and southerly upon Gloucester line, and otherwise bounded upon the land of said Joseph Andross [as written] senr, the said house and Land is situated lying and being in the township of Ipswich in the precinct of Chebacco nigh to Gloucester line. . . [The date seems to be June 12, 1707]. Witnesses: Nathaniel Rust, Senr, John Cogswell, Robert Rust. Feb 12, 1724, Joseph Andrews acknowledges this instrument to his Act and Deed, before Symonds Epes, Justice Peace. Recorded Nov 26, 1729 Libro 315 folio 192, John Higginton, Regr."

Sources

1. ↑ "Descendants of John Andrews of Ipswich," The Essex Antiquarian, (Salem, Massachusetts: July 1899) Vol. III, No. 7 , pp. 97-98. https://archive.org/details/essexantiquarianv3v4sale/page/203/mode/2up
2. ↑ Name: Joseph Andrews Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 16 Feb 1680 Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Sarah Ring Spouse's Gender: Female Reference ID: 112 GS Film Number: 877468 Digital Folder Number: 007009706 Image Number: 00082 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M03766-5 Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G722 : 18 February 2020), Joseph Andrews and Sarah Ring, 16 Feb 1680; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.
3. ↑ Name: Joseph Andrews Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 16 Feb 1680 Event Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Sarah Ring Spouse's Gender: Female Reference ID: 33 GS Film Number: 877468 Digital Folder Number: 007009706 Image Number: 00168 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M03766-5 Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G7NV : 18 February 2020), Joseph Andrews and Sarah Ring, 16 Feb 1680; citing Marriage, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

See also:

• Elisabeth Puckett Martin, Deacon John Burnham of Ipswich and Ebenezer Martin of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1987), pp. 45, 54-55.

• H. Franklin Andrews, History of the Andrews Family, (Iowa: N. E. Brinkerhoff, 1890), pp. 76-77. This reference shows, in error, that Lieut. John Andrews was a son of John Andrews and a grandson of Capt. Robert Andrews, the innkeeper at Ipswich. A correction was published in the Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, (1909) Vol. 9, pp. 223-224.

• Abraham Hammatt, The Hammatt Papers, Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1633-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), pp. 12, 281.

• Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987), p. 17.

• Elliott Morrison Andrews, "The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews", (Typescript: Lee, Maine, 1961), person (2-5) in Mss, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Manuscript pages are not numbered.

• S. M., (Editor) Watson, Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore: 1973), Vol. V, No. 1, p. 27.

• Harriet Andross Goodell, “John Andrews of Ipswich, Mass., and Norwich, Conn. and Some of His Descendants,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society: Boston, Massachusetts), (1916) 70:104.

• Abraham Hammatt, The Hammatt Papers, Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1633-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), pp. 192, 277.

• Elliott Morrison Andrews, "The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews" (Typescript: Lee, Maine, 1961), spouse of person (2-5) in Mss, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, Manuscript pages are not numbered.

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 37