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    Person Info
  • Name: John Albion ANDREWS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 31 May 1818 in Windham, Maine b
  • Death: 30 Oct 1867 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jonathan ANDREWS Birth: 10 Sep 1782 in Salem, Massachusetts Death: 27 Dec 1849
  • Mother:
  • Nancy PIERCE Birth: 27 Jul 1784 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire Death: 7 Mar 1832

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles Albion ANDREWS Birth: 28 Oct 1849 Death: 28 Sep 1850
  2. John Forrester ANDREWS Birth: 26 Nov 1850
  3. Elizabeth Loring ANDREWS Birth: 29 Jul 1852
  4. Edith ANDREWS Birth: 5 Apr 1854
  5. Henry Hersey ANDREWS Birth: 28 Apr 1858

Bibliography
  1. Burnham, Samuel, John Albion Andrew, NEHGR v23 (1869) p1-12. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12],
place:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12],
parents:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eliza JONES
date:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12],
child:
[Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]
Research Notes:
21st Governor of Massachusetts [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

1837: graduated Bowdoin College [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

studied law in Boston in the office of Henry H Fuller, Esq, an uncle of Margaret Fuller (D-Ossoli) [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

1840: admitted to bar [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

1847: entered the law office of Theophilus P Chandler, Esq [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

1854: defended the parties indicted at Boston for rescuing the fugitive slave Anthony Burns [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

Nov 1860: chosen Governor of Massachusetts, inaugurated Jan 5 1861 [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]

Jan 3 1866: elected President of New England Historical Genealogical Society [Ref: Burnham ANDREW v23p12]



Pedigree of John Albion ANDREWS
                                     /-----Robert ANDREWS
                            /-----Joseph ANDREWS
                           |         \-----Grace MELBURN
                   /-----Nathaniel ANDREWS
                  |        |                  /-----Joseph GRAFTON
                  |        |         /-----John GRAFTON
                  |         \-----Abigail GRAFTON
          /-----John ANDREWS
         |        |                                    /-----Francis Rev HIGGINSON
         |        |                           /-----John Rev HIGGINSON
         |        |                  /-----John HIGGINSON
         |        |         /-----Nathaniel HIGGINSON
         |         \-----Mary HIGGINSON
 /-----Jonathan ANDREWS
|        |                           /-----John PICKERING
|        |                  /-----John PICKERING
|        |         /-----William PICKERING
|         \-----Elizabeth PICKERING
John Albion ANDREWS
 \-----Nancy PIERCE



Descendants of John Albion ANDREWS
1. John Albion ANDREWS m. Eliza JONES
m. Eliza JONES father: Charles JONES mother: Eliza HERSEY