Brief Life History of Francis
When Francis Andrews was born on 8 July 1754, in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ebenezer Andrus, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Sturges, was 29. He married Amelia Prince about 1777. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1790. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 30 December 1825, in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Francis Andrews, "United States Census, 1790"
- Francis Andrews, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Francis Andrews, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1788
Date of Statehood: February 6, 1788, the fifth State
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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