Brief Life History of Edmund
When Edmund Andros was born on 6 December 1637, in London, England, his father, Amice Andros, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Stone, was 24. He married Lady Elizabeth Crispe after 1688, in England. He lived in England in 1681. He registered for military service in 1672. He died on 24 February 1714, in London, England, at the age of 76, and was buried in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edmund Andrews, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Edmund Andros, "Find A Grave Index"
- Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, Vol. 1
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1642 · The English Civil War
A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrews . This surname is very rare in Britain.
American shortened form of Greek Andronikos (see Andron 2) or of any other surname based on a personal name beginning with Andr- (from andros, genitive of anēr ‘man, male’), e.g. Androutsos, including their patronymics and other derivatives, such as Andronikidis.
History: William Andros came to VA in 1617 and died there c. 1655. Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714) was the British colonial governor of several provinces in America between 1674 and 1698, most notably NY (1674–81).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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