Andrew Hull Foote (1806 - 1863)

Born 12 Sep 1806 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Street) Foote — married 27 Jan 1842 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Died 26 Jun 1863 at age 56 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

Andrew Hull Foote was born in New Haven, Connecticut on September 26, 1806. He was the second of six known children born to Samuel Foot and Eudocia Hull, all of whom were males. Note: His birth record would show his last name spelled as "Foot", but at some point in his career, he added a final e to the spelling, as did many of his cousins prior to the Civil War.

He finished his secondary education at the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, in the same class as Gideon Wells who went on to become the Secretary of the Navy, "and went immediately to sea under old Admiral Gregory" as acting midshipman. ^[1]

His early career took him to the Mediterranean as Log Lieutenant of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1833, and as First Lieutenant of the war sloop of war "John Adams" which circumnavigated the globe in 1838. This included "participating in the attack on the pirates of Sumatra". ^[2]

To be added soon:

• Marriage and seven children
• Temperance on USS Cumberland --> leads to end of Navy standard issue of grog to sailors
• 1848-50 Active suppression of slave trade ships from coast of Africa to Brazil
• Author, "Abrua and the American Flag" 1854 and "Letters on Japan, 1857"
• After ensuring decisive and quick defeat of Confederate forces at Fort Henry: commendations, appointed as a Rear Admiral in the U. S. Navy (Foote p. 322).

Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote died on June 26, 1863 in the Astor House in New York City, shortly after being ordered to the command the South Atlantic Squadron which was enforcing the maritime blockade against the Confederacy. ^[3] Rear Admiral Foote is buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Connecticut. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Foote, Abram. Foote Family, comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut and his Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907. Pages 188, 322-323.
2. ↑ Foote, Abram. Foote Family, comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut and his Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, 1907. Pages 188, 322-323.
3. ↑ Foote, Abram. Foote Family, comprising the Genealogy and History of Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, Connecticut and his Descendants. Rutland, Vermont: Marble City Press, Marble City Press, 1907. Pages 188, 322-323.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6942807/andrew-hull-foote

• Leading Business Men of New Haven County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887) Page 40.

Earlier sources cited, to be checked for accessibility and accuracy of information:

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&indiv=try&h=920807
• Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929 - Descendent of William Brewster - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PAMayflowerDescendants&h=100713&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61157
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=279968&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2557
• U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 - Marriage - Lt. Andrew Foote and Caroline August Street on 27 Jan 1842 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewspaperExtractions&h=112843&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61157
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSConnecticutDeath&h=2069362&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6942807
• The Connecticut War Record (Aug. 1863) Page 1
• U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 - Death of Rear Admiral Andrew H Foote - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewspaperExtractions&h=126021&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=50015
• Great Civil War Heroes and their battles. Page 60 - 64