Andrews Bixby, also called Andreas, Andrus, Andrew and Ambrose, was named after his grandmother's family. She was Eleanor Andrews (his father's mother);her family was prominent in Fairfield, Connecticut. It is thought that Andrews was the name originally given him. In Western Connecticut the name Andrews is frequently corrupted as Andris, and it is believed that this became Andreas among the Dutch speaking neighbors at Hillsdale, New York.

Andrews (also Andreas, Andrus, and Andrew) Bixby (Jonathan, Elias, Jonathan, Joseph) born probably about 1760-62; died at Palatine, Montgomery County, New York; married Priscilla Cleveland, born about 1767, probably at Salisbury, Connecticut, daughter of Elizabeth (White) and Simon Cleveland.

The parents of Andrews Bixby were Jonathan Bixby (1730-1812) and Martha Hull (b. 1731). His grandparents were Elias Bixby born November 23, 1706 and Eleanor Andrews. His great grandparents were Jonathon Bixby born about 1666 in Boxford, Massachusetts and Sarah Smith. His great,great grandparents were Joseph Bixby born 1620 of Ipswich and Botsford, Massachusetts and Sarah Wyatt Heard. He was the seventh of nine children. He moved to Nobletown (Hillsdale area), New York with his parents before age 6.

His children were: Rhoda (born April 6, 1789, at Hillsdale, New York , who died as an infant); Rhoda (born April 6, 1791 at Canaan, Connecticut who married (1) Horace Hatch and(2) Ephraim Cleveland); David (born February 3, 1793 who married Ruth Brainard); Sally (who married Abram Chatfield) ; Aaron; Polly (who married W. Coon) and William (born about 1807 who married Sarah Lighthall); Phebe (born May 22, 1809 who married Ephraim Green); Eveline (also called Poelina and Affa) (born November 2, 1812 who married David Hodge); Lydia (who married Ansel Simmons) and Abel Whalen (born 1817 who married Patty Bates and Amelia Van Dusen).

Manuscripts of the Revolutionary War, N. Y., 19:155, in the Office of the Comptroller, Albany, NY. In "New York Men in the Revolution, page 230, occur the names of Hull and Andress Bixby as enlisted men in Company of the 9th Regiment, Albany County militia, evidently from a list of land bounty rights.

He served in Graves Company Van Rennsselaer's Regiment and also Van Ness' Regiment of militia during the Revolutionary War. All males between fifteen and fifty years of age were enrolled in the county militia. His name appears in records as Andreas, and his brother, Aaron Hull Bixby (or Hull Bixby as he was often called), are said to have been soldiers in the American Revolution. He and his brother "Andress" Bixby were parties to the following assignment of a land bounty. Note page 338 Bixby Genealogy Book.

In the Census of August 1790, he was enumerated at Claverack, New York his family at that time consisting of himself and two females, wife and daughter. His names appears as Andreas Bixby.

There is some uncertainty as to what his name certainly was. In the Cleveland Genealogy it appears as Ambrose, but that is not believed to be correct. Probably the appearance of the name Ambrose in the family of his son William led to the supposition that William's father was so named. The account of the family which appears in the Cleveland Genealogy is very incomplete.

Sources: "A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Bixby" (1914) and DAR records. Also "New York in the Revolution, Albany County", page 230.