Capt. Joseph Andrews

1657 - about 1732  (74 years)

• Name	Joseph Andrews
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	18 September 1657	Topsfield, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	house carpenter
  Death	about 1732
  Notes	Joseph first married Sarah Perley, second Mary Dickinson, and third Abigail (Grafton) Walker, widow of John Walker. From the Perley Family: They resided in Boxford till near 1705, when he moved permanently to Salem. He was a man well adapted to exercise the various civil trusts of a town, and his record is well worthy of the ancestor, as he was, of the eminent and beloved governor of Massachusetts, John Albion Andrew. While he lived in Boxford he was a member of the church society in Topsfield. He was a selectman in 1689, 1697, 1700 and 1704; a constable in 1692; a surveyor of highways in 1687; an assessor in 1694; and fence viewer in 1695. He was freeman in 1732. [2]
  Person ID	I62161	Schirado
  Last Modified	30 August 2012

  
  

  Father	Robert Andrews,   b. about November 1609, Boxford, Berkshire d. 29 May 1668, Topsfield, MA (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Grace   d. 25 December 1701, Boxford, MA
  Family ID	F8581	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 1	Sarah Perley,   b. 7 June 1665, Ipswich, MA d. 15 January 1693[/4], Boxford, MA
  Marriage	1 February 1681	Topsfield, MA   [1]
  Children	1. Hannah Andrews,   b. 13 September 1682, Boxford, MA + 2. Sarah Andrews,   b. 20 August 1683, Topsfield, MA d. 16 October 1732, Middleton, MA (Age 49 years) + 3. Joseph Andrews,   b. 13 March 1686, Boxford, MA d. 22 April 1756, Topsfield, MA (Age 70 years) + 4. John Andrews,   b. 16 September 1688, Topsfield, MA d. March 1745, Topsfield, MA (Age 56 years)   5. Margaret Andrews,   b. 21 July 1690, Boxford, MA + 6. Hephzibah Andrews,   b. 1 July 1691, Boxford, MA d. 13 April 1753, Ipswich, MA (Age 61 years)   7. Abigail Andrews,   b. 29 May 1693, Boxford, MA   8. Robert Andrews,   b. about 1694, Boxford, MA d. about 1718 (Age ~ 24 years)
  Family ID	F42515	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 2	Mary Dickinson,   b. 14 November 1675, Rowley, MA d. 25 February 1700/1, Boxford, MA (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	12 March 1696	Rowley, MA   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Lydia Andrews,   b. 3 September 1697, Boxford, MA   2. Mary Andrews,   b. 19 April 1[699], Boxford, MA
  Family ID	F43193	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 3	Abigail Grafton,   b. 12 August 1667, Salem, MA d. after 1737 (Age > 71 years)
  Marriage	2 November 1704
  Children	+ 1. Col. Nathaniel Andrews,   b. 10 August 1705, Topsfield, MA d. 4 February 1762, Topsfield, MA (Age 56 years)   2. Jonathan Andrews,   b. 12 August 1708, Topsfield, MA d. 16 May 1781 (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F43196	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] (Topsfield Hist Soc, Topsfield, MA, 1903, 1916). [S658] Martin Van Buren Perley, (Higginson Book Co., 1906). [S153] George Brainard Blodgette, (Rowley, Mass., 1933). [S316] (Topsfield MA, 1905).