Person:Mary Andrews (6)

Mary Andrews
d.Aft Mar 1707/08
m. 1641
  1. Mary Andrews1643 - Aft 1707/08
  2. John Andrews1645 - Bef 1713/14
  3. Hannah Andrews1646/47 - 1725
  4. Abraham Andrews1648 - 1693
  5. Daniel Andrews1649 - 1731
  6. Joseph Andrews1651 - 1706
  7. Rachel Andrews1654 - Aft 1712/13
  8. Stephen Andrews1656 -
  9. Benjamin Andrews1659 - 1727
  • HThomas Barnes1615 - Bet 1688 & 1688/89
  • WMary Andrews1643 - Aft 1707/08
m. 23 Mar 1662/63
  1. Two Daughters Barnes - Aft 1693
  2. Deacon Thomas Barnes1664/65 - 1741/42
  3. Ebenezer Barnes1675 - 1756
  • HJacob BrownsonAbt 1641 - 1707/08
  • WMary Andrews1643 - Aft 1707/08
m. Bet 9 Jun 1688 and 18 Nov 1693
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Mary Andrews
Alt Name Mary Andrus
Gender Female
Birth[4] 15 Apr 1643 Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Baptism[4] 16 May 1658 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 23 Mar 1662/63 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Thomas Barnes
Marriage Bet 9 Jun 1688 and 18 Nov 1693 to Jacob Brownson
Death[4] Aft Mar 1707/08
Ancestral File Number 1XKB-0QM
Ancestral File Number 1S2W-V7J

From Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Connecticut[1]

citing Ten Generations of the Barnes Family in Bristol, Connecticut, by Fuller F. Barnes, privately printed 1946

Perhaps the darkest side of colonial church life was the universal belief in witchcraft... In 1662 his wife, Mary, was indicted for witchcraft. She was "conflicted of entertaining familiarity with Satan" and put to death. Not only did Thomas Barnes lose his wife, but he had to pay Daniel Garrett, jailkeeper at Hartford, twenty-one shillings besides fees which, the old record says, "goodman Barnes is to see discharged."

...in his grief he could not ignore the fact that a wife was essential on any colonial farm... during the same year in which the first Mary Barnes was hanged, he entered into an agreement with John Andrus of Farmington to marry his daughter, Mary...

From Leann sweetheart_usa@@yahoo.com

Supposedly, the second [wife] Mary was married within months and was the daughter of the trying judge (of the first wife's witchcraft trial). Days of Our Lives started a LONG LONG TIME AGO!!!!!!!!

From Stewart Download.ftw

The will of John Andrews, senior, of Farmington, dated 9 Nov 1681, contained bequests "to my daughter Marie Barnes my black Heiffer," and to my grand child Thomas Barnes 20s." The will of Thomas Barnes, sen., of Farmington, made in the form of a "Deed of Gift" on 9 June 1688, contained grants "to my beloved wife Mary Barnes" half the home lot, dwelling house, and other lands in Farmington, etc., during the term of her natural life (and not merely during widowhood). The will of Mary "Andrus" of Farmington (widow of John) was also made in the form of a Deed of Gift, said to have been dated 18 Nov 1683, but the year must be a mistake for 1693. Herein the widow Mary Andrus said "I give to my daughter Mary Brunson the cloth of my featherbed and half the feathers that are in it. I give to my daughter Mary Brunson aforesaid one large pettycote and wastcote, one chest and one curtain. I give to the two eldest daughters of my daughter Mary Brunson, each of them five shillings..." (The wills of John and Mary Andrews are given in full in Alfred Andrews, Andrews Memorial, Chicago 1872, pp, 52-5., though the compiler did not identify the daughter Mary Brunson as wife of Jacob, Long abstracts of the wills of John Andrews and Thomas Barnes are in Manwaring, Probates, 1:269 and 401.

See also Frederick R. Barnes, Thomas Barnes of Hartford and Farmington, Conn., Minneapolis 1943, especially p. 85; Donald Lines Jacobus, "John Andrews of Farmington," TAG, supra, 35:84. The present contributor is grateful to Mr. Jacobus, with whom he has discussed this entire problem. Mr, Jacobus pointed out that "The two eldest daughters of my daughter Mary Brunson" mentioned in the will of Widow Mary "Andrus" were unquestionably Barnes girls and not Brunsons. See also E.J. Andrewss "Thomas Barnes and John Andrews of Farmington, TAG, supra, 9:40-1.)

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Barnes, Frederic Wayne, and Edna Cleo Bauer Barnes. Thomas Barnes of Hartford, Connecticut, plus 1,766 descendants, 1615-1994. (Fairfield)
    p. 7.
  2. BARNES: The Barnes Museum, Connecticut.
  3. Alfred Andrews. Genealogy and Ecclesiastical History of Farmington, Connecticut. (Chicago, Illinois 1867)
    p. 15.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Coddington, John Insley. The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family of Earl's Colne, Essex, England, - Connecticut, and South Carolina. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (1962-1963)
    39:113.

    'Jacob [Brunson] married secondly, after 9 June 1688 but before 18 Nov. 1693, Mary (Andrews) Barnes, who was born at Hartford or Farmington 15 Apr. 1643, baptized at Farmington 16 May 1658, and survived her second husband; the date of her death has not been found.'

  5.   Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Farmington Vital Records:158 (edited version).

    'ANDREWS, ANDROS, ANDRUS, ANDRUSS, ANDREWES, ANDREUSS ...
    Mary, d. John, b. Apr. 15, 1643'