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!BIRTH: !BIOGRAPHY: Info. from Cassedy genealogy: He [Elisha Andrews] m. MARY DUNNING, in the autumn of 1777 when Burgoyne’s army was advancing toward Albany, she took her 2 young children, Jamice and Eleanor on horseback from Stillwater, NY into Conn. where her father’s family lived Note-The names Dunning and Andrews figure prominently in the early settlement of Malta. There is a Dunning street rural cemetery (n. side of Rte 67 at the intersection of Rte. 9) where a Michael Dunning (1725-1812) pioneer settler of Malta and his wife Hannah are buried. Note - Per D. Cassedy records - “Ashbel Andrews settled there (meaning Malta) around 1774 and may have been preceded by Michael Dunning (`1772*) who came from Conn. with his wife, six sons and three daughters and purchased a large tract of land. Was Mary Dunning one of the daughters? !DEATH: |