Twelfth Generation

2240. John ANDREWS emigrated about 1654. He was born in Alexton in County of Leicester, and of Pisbroke in County of Rutland, England. He lived in Calvert County, Maryland. He lived in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He is reference number 618. JOHN (1), son of Edward (2) and Maria Holder Andrews, of Alexton andPisbroke, England, was born at Alexton. He emigrated to the United Statesof America under the patronage of Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore) aboutthe year 1654 and settled in Calvert, and Anne Arundel Counties
in the Province of Maryland

(List furnished by H. W. Andrews.)
List of early settlers by name of Andrews who emigrated from England tothe Province of Maryland during the English Commonwealth, and landing atAnnapolis, Md.
Andrews, Robert, 1654, Calvert Co., Md.
Andrews, John, 1654, Calvert Co., Md.
Andrews, William, 1663, Accomoc Co., Va.
Andrews, Christopher, 1663, Kent Co., Md.
Andrews, Thomas, 1663, Dorchester Co., Md.
Andrews, Edward, 1671, Calvert Co., Md.
Andrews, John, 1671, Anne Arundel, Md.
Andrews, Cornelius, 1674, Anne Arundel, Md.
Andrews, John, 1674, Calvert Co., Md.
Andrews, Nathaniel, 1674, Baltimore, Md.
Andrews, Nicholas, 1674, Talbot Co., Md.
Andrews, Marcus, 1674, Dorchester Co., Md.
Above list were descendants of the Cavaliers, and were mostly of theChurch of England, their descendants removing to Pennsylvania, Delaware,Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, New Jersey, andother Southern States. They came from Rutland, Leicester, and NorthamptonCounties, England. Robert Andrews in 1893 published a genealogy of thedescendants of Anthony Andrews, of Pisbrooke, England, of whom JohnAndrews, whose name is underscored above, of Calvert County, Md., 1654,was great-grandson.
Furnished me by Henry White Andrews:


"The author in the Preface says the book was written after years ofresearch set in motion by a question of a Mr. Andrews of Ohio. Hedescribes the leading characteristic of the family as being a wonderfulspirit of emigration, almost equal to the dispersion of the Jews ofold--for they forsook father and mother, brothers and sisters, houses andlands, for the frontier and border settlements--bidding farewell to allfamily connections, genealogies, and memorials, their strong armsoccupied in clearing the new farm and building the log house in the newcountry, where every energy was taxed for subsistence.
He describes them as distinguished in piety, patriotism, honesty, andindustry. Their natural traits and gifts, common height and ruddycountenance, inclined to be thick-set, of quick step, with sanguinetemperament, strong passions, generous impulses, light clear complexion,tenacious of life, hopeful, extremely fond of frontier life, restlessunder restraint, of ready wit, fond of domestic life, always ready toenlist in defense of country, and above all of good common sense. The mengenerally well to do in the world, and the women equal to their brothers."

2241. Mary ??? is reference number 619. Children were:

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John ANDREWS.