Brief Life History of John
When John Andrews was born in 1697, in Wincanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Andrews, was 30 and his mother, Joan Green, was 28. He married Frances Parsons on 27 January 1717, in Wincanton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- John Andrews, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Andrews, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John Andrews in entry for John Andrews, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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1801 · The Act of Union
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.
1815
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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