John Andrews

  Noted events in his life were:

• Original Settler, 15 Jun 1640. The Court here directs the particuler Courte to conclude the conditions for the planting of Tunxis. There were 37 original purchasers of which I was one of them. I then prepared to immigrate to the colony to take up residents upon my land.

• Immigration, Bef 1650. I came from Berkshire, England to the Boston, Colony in 1650. I was made a freeman at the General Court in Hartford, Connecticut in 1658. In 1672, I settled my family on a homestead on the east side of the river in Farmington, Connecticut.

• Court Case, 2 Jun 1653. I was a defendent in a court case involving slander.

• Court Case, May 1656. Nath: Kellogg Complaines of John Andrews for Resenwing of Cattle Contraty to law out of his hands that he was driving to pound.

• land, February 29, 1658. ⁶³⁷ A parcel of 28 acres is given to John Androus and seven others, ye terms specified being to cut of ye underwood within 2 years and to sow 2 bushels of Inglesh hay within 2 years and to sow 2 bushels of Inglesh hay seed within four years after ye date of this grant."

• faith, 9 May 1658. I joined the Congregational Church in Farmington on May 9, 1658.

• Apppointed: constable, 7 Mar 1661.

• Reprimanded, 5 Mar 1666. ⁶³⁸ "This Court haveing duely considered the presentmt of the Constable of Farmington of words spoken by John Andros as he conceaved tending to ye disturbance of public peace and also further considering the answer and apologie of the said Andros with his interpretation of his words doe declare that they cannot but comend the care of the Constable to conserve the peace of the Colony and judge the expressions of Andros better to have been for borne yet do not judge him worthy any other censure than a caution for future to be mroe careful in his expressions to prevent trouble."

• Biography. Flagg - He was one of the early settlers; his name appears in the listof Freemen in Farmington, Oct 12, 1669; and in 1672, he was one of the original proprietors of Farmington. His homestead was on the east side of the river and about two miles north of the village. The locality is now,(1871), called Waterville and the farm has remained in the possession of his descendants to this day. In the list of 42 families in full communion of the church in 1679, which list seems to have been graded in reference to dignity and standing, he and his wife were No. 14. He was a near neighbor of Deacon Isaac Moore and Capt. John Stanley, and is occasionally referred to as associated with both of them in public business. About 1656, he with John Stanley penetrated the wilderness to the west of Farmington and from a hill, carried back a substance which was believed to be black lead. The location of the mine remains a secret to this day. He was an extensive land-holder, owning tracts in different parts of the town. He became a member of the church in Farmington, May 9, 1658, and was made Freeman by the General Court in Hartord, May 20, 1658. Mrs. Andrews joined the church May 16, 1658, at which time, Mary aged 14 years, John 13 years and Hannah 11 years were baptized. April 2, 1654, Abraham aged 6 years and three months, Daniel three years and ten months and Josph, two years and three months were baptized. (NE Reg., 11, 324; NE Reg, 39,p19) Holmes - John Andrews, of Welsh descent, came from Berkshire, England, to Boston in 1656 and was one of the first settlers of Farmington, Conn.

• will, 14 Jan 1682. John Andrews, her husband, bequeaths "unto my dear and loving wife Mary, the new end of my dwelling house", son Benjamin to have the other part and see "that my wife shall use that she shall need", and maintayne his dear mother comfortably so long as her natural life continueth." Also she can sell any meadow land if "she shall need to obtain a comfortable livelyhood.

• Witness, 26 Mar 1680. ⁶³⁹ John and his son Joseph Andrews were the English witnesses to the Indian deed to Simsbury. Eight indians signed the deed along with them that "all that tract of land lying and being situate on Farmington bounds southward, and from thence to run ten large miles northerly, and from the bounds of Windsor town on the east, to run ten large miles westward, the tract or parcel of land being ten miles square large."

• Will Proved, 2 Mar 1682.

John married * Mary Barnes in 1641 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. (* Mary Barnes was born in 1622 in London, Middlesex, England, christened on 2 Apr 1654 in Farmington, Connecticut and died in May 1694 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut ⁶⁴⁰.)