Thomas Andrews

Male1714–

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Andrews was born in 1714, in Berwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Andrews, was 25 and his mother, Mrs Richard Andrews, was 26. He married Barbara Collins on 8 December 1754, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son.

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Thomas Andrews
1714–
Barbara Collins
1729–
Marriage: 8 December 1754
Thomas Andrews
1756–

Sources (4)

  • Thomas Andrewes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Andrews, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Thos. Andrews in entry for Thos. Andrews, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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  • Marriage
    8 December 1754Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (3)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 87

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 94

    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

    1815

    Age 101

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    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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