- Veteran of French and Indian Wars
- Veteran of American Revolutionary War
Capt Abraham Andrews, SR. was born 6 September 1747 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to Solomon Andrews (1699-1778) and Elizabeth Ingalls (1710-1778) and died 13 July 1823 Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, United States of unspecified causes. He married Esther Stearns (1749-1799) 19 October 1773 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. He married Abigail Cross (1756-1843) 27 July 1804 in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, United States.
Biography
CAPTAIN ABRAHAM ANDREWS," [84] (Solomon, William, John, John, Robert) born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, September 6. 1747. He was a farmer and lived at Billerica, or Concord, Massachusetts, at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. ......
Lieutenant Abraham Andrews served in Captain Joshua "Walker's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's Regr from October 19, 1779, to November 23, 1779. .......
He married first, Esther, daughter of Hon. Isaac Stearns,of Billerica, a soldier of the French and Indian wars, a legislator and magistrate, October 19, 1773. She was born April 13,1740. She died (March 1, 1799) and lies buried at the cemetery at Lovell Center, by the side of her husband. Her gravestone is inscribed as follows:.....
He afterwards married Abigail, widow of Hubbard Carter, of Fryeburg, September 21, 1804. She married Carter at Bow, New Hampshire, September 22, 1772, her maiden name being Cross. She died Feb. 27, 1843.
He died suddenly of heart disease, at Lovell, and is buried as indicated.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Abraham Andrews (1774-1848) | 10 August 1774 Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 7 October 1848 Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, United States | Hannah Barker (1775-1804) Sarah Frye (1780-1832) Abigail Colby (1803-1865) |
| Betsy Andrews (1777-1844) | |||
| Esther Andrews (1780-1826) | |||
| Sarah Andrews (1785-1860) | |||
| Isaac Stearns Andrews (1788-1868) | |||
| Jacob Abbot Andrews (1790-1815) | |||
| Polly Andrews (1792-1809) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Solomon Andrews (1727-1759) | |||
| Isaac Andrews (1729-1796) | |||
| Elizabeth Andrews (1732-1780) | |||
| Stephen Andrews (1734-1832) | |||
| Ammi Andrews (1737-1833) | |||
| Nehemiah Andrews (1739-1800) | |||
| Edmond Andrews (1742-1808) | |||
| Issachar Andrews (1744-1796) | |||
| Abraham Andrews (1747-1823) | 6 September 1747 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | 13 July 1823 Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, United States | Esther Stearns (1749-1799) Abigail Cross (1756-1843) |
| Ruammi Andrews (1749-) | |||
| Ruhamah Andrews (1749-) | |||
Residences
Vital Records
Lovell Gravestone
- Inscription : Sacred to the Memory of Capt. Abraham Andrews, who died July 13, 1823 Aet. 75
- Location : Center Lovell Cemetery, Oxford County, Maine
- Capt Abraham Andrews at Find A Grave
See Also
- Abraham Andrews - disambiguation
- Andrews Family
- Andrews in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Andrews in Oxford County, Maine