Deacon Alfred Andrews

1797 - 1876  (78 years)

• Name	Alfred Andrews
  Prefix	Deacon
  Born	16 Oct 1797
  Christened	30 Oct 1803	Farmington, Hartford Co., CT
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Apr 1876	New Britain, Hartford Co., CT
  Notes	DEACON ALFRED ANDREWS, son of Captain Ezekiel Andrews and his first wife, Roxana Hinsdale, born at New Britain, Conn., October 16, 1797, was baptized October 30, 1803, by Reverend John Smalley, D. D.  He obtained a common school education in the south-west        district; spent the winter term of 1814-15 in the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Conn.; became a school teacher in November, 1815; a Sunday School teacher in the spring of 1816, and continued as such till 1867. On December 16, 1818, he married CAROLINE BIRD HART, daughter of Abijah Hart of New Britain, who died of spotted fever August 22, 1823.  He married as his second wife, September 15, 1824, MARY LEE SHIPMAN, daughter of Joseph Shipman of New Britain. Deacon Alfred Andrews' home was nearly opposite that of his father and grandfather on West Main Street, two miles west of the town, near the Quinnipiac River.  It was built in 1820. He joined the First Church of New Britain, August 5, 1812; was appointed one of the standing church committee December 30, 1823, in place of Ensign Levi Andrews, resigned; was superintendent of the Sabbath school in 1826; and deacon of the church October 23, 1851. He learned the wagon and carriage making business, and was extensively engaged in the manufacture of cast-iron ploughs, wagons and carriages, in the firm of A. & E. Andrews.  The business failed in 1837, having been burnt out. Deacon Alfred Andrews was enlisted in common schools, Sunday schools and the temperance cause.  He was appointed secretary of the Sabbath School Union, for Wethersfield, Berlin, and vicinity, September 6, 1832, and resigned, September 4, 1866.  He was a zealous anti-slavery man, held public offices, and was employed in the settlement of estates. He began his genealogical researches for the "Andrews Memorial" in 1855, but deferred it for the compilation of his "History of New Britain," which he began February, 1858, and finished and delivered the first copies December, 1867, and began the "Hart Memorial" in 1870, and carried on both at the same time.  Deacon Alfred Andrews was a member of the Connecticut Historical Society, and corresponding member of the Wisconsin Historical Society. He died April 13, 1876, at his home in New Britain.  His second son, Deacon Cornelius Andrews, lived on the homestead.
  Person ID	I12838	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006

  
  

  Father	Capt. Ezekiel Andrews,   b. 25 May 1775, Farmington, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. 3 Sep 1852, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Roxana Hinsdale,   b. 10 Jun 1778,   d. 4 Jun 1832  (Age 53 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1796
  Family ID	F3231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline Bird Hart,   b. 15 Apr 1798, New York, New York Co., NY ,   d. 22 Aug 1823  (Age 25 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1818
  Children	1. Julia Ann Andrews,   b. 15 Nov 1819,   d. 29 Nov 1904  (Age 85 years)   2. Caroline Hart Andrews,   b. 4 Dec 1822,   d. 4 Nov 1902, Evanston, Cook Co., IL  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F5393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Lee Shipman,   b. 14 Apr 1805,   d. Unknown
  Married	15 Sep 1824
  Children	1. Margarette Andrews,   b. 30 Aug 1826, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 74 years)   2. Eliza Shipman Andrews,   b. 8 Apr 1828, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 72 years)   3. Rev. Edwin Norton Andrews,   b. 1 Sep 1832, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 68 years)   4. Deacon Cornelius Andrews,   b. 1 Nov 1834,   d. Aft 1901  (Age 67 years)   5. Alfred Hinsdale Andrews,   b. 25 Dec 1836, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Aft 1905  (Age 69 years)   6. Jane Louisa Andrews,   b. 22 Apr 1842,   d. 25 Jan 1844  (Age 1 years)   7. Herbert Lee Andrews,   b. 6 Jun 1844, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Unknown   8. Jane Louisa "Jennie" Andrews,   b. 10 Aug 1847, New Britain, Hartford Co., CT ,   d. Aft 1905  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F5394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Christened - 30 Oct 1803 - Farmington, Hartford Co., CT Died - 13 Apr 1876 - New Britain, Hartford Co., CT  = Link to Google Earth