From Ruth Vreeland, Date: July 17, 2007:

A member of the Andrews family in Tennessee just recently sent my parents the following, out of the blue. I offer it here in case it will help anyone out there, researching their Andrews heritage...

Authored by James David Andrews in 1928.

The Andrews Family
In the year of 1690, William Andrews, who was related to Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of London, England, was a merchant in London. William and Thomas were twins and died at the age of two years. His other two sons were given the same name as their two deceased brothers. When they became twenty-three years of age, and twenty-five years respectively, they came to America and located in the state of Virginia, then a Colony.

It is the Thomas Andrews (of Virginia) branch of the family that is the subject of this sketch. He had two sons, William and John. William was twice married, and was the father of eight children, William, John, Thomas, Winifred, Abram, Lucy, Ephram and Richard.

William Andrews, Jr. served in the American Revolution as Sergeant in the Continental Army, and was awarded a grant of land of two hundred acres of land for his services as shown by Book No. 2 at page 57 in the Office of the Secretary of State of Commonwealth of Virginia, which are in the records of Brunswick County, Virginia. He was married to Ann Brooks, and their children were: Ephraim, David, William and Henry. David Andrews, son of William Andrews, Jr., was born about 1765 and married Elizabeth King, October 29, 1787,
Brunswick County, Virginia, and then removed to North Carolina and in 1815 removed to Tennessee, first locating in Sumner County and later settling in Stewart County. his children were David, William, Drewry, James, Ben, Polly (Mary), and Henry.

David Andrews, Jr. was born in Virginia in 1793, when he removed to Tennessee with his father. He did not go to Stewart County but went to Giles County to reside. There in 1820 he married Eliza Brown, daughter of Davis Brown. She was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1798, and removed to Giles in 1813 with her father, where she died in 1857.

David Andrews, her husband, died in Birmingham, Alabama and was buried there.

Children of David Andrews and Eliza Brown Andrews were George W., James David, David Brown, Henry, Beverly Green, William Thomas, Amanda, Ellen, Martha and Sara.

William Thomas Andrews was born in Alabama Sept. 28, 1838, married Eliza Catherine Stevenson, Giles County, Tennessee, Nove. 30th, 1856. Their children were James David, John Beverly, Charles Fletcher, William Brown, Milton, and Ola. W.T. Andrews and wife both died in Birmingham, Alabama and are buried there.

James David Andrews, born Sept. 8, 1857, married Lula Maxwell October 17, 1882. Their children: Frank Maxwell, James David, William Valery, Lea Craighead, and Josephine.

Ben Andrews, son of David Andrews, Sr. was married in Stewart County, Tennessee and resided there until his death. His children were Jane, Sara and William.

Henry Andrews, son of David Andrews, Sr. married Rebecca Sexton in Stewart County and settled on a farm near Dover; their children were Emma, Mary, Pinkney, Eliza, Joiner, Missouri, and Marion R.
Marion R. Andrews married Emma McGee. He and his sister Eliza Cole now reside on the farm which their father settled and died.

C. Pinkney (Pink) Andrews, born in Stewart County, Oct. 8, 1836, married Maria Elizabeth Laurie, Jan. 2, 1873, at Paducah, Ky. Lived in Bells, Tennessee.

The authority for the compilation of the above data was derived from sundry sources, with
satisfactory warrant for its correctness.

James David Andrews -- Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 8, 1928

From Ruth Vreeland, Date: July 17, 2007 at 20:08:16:

A member of the Andrews family in Tennessee just recently sent my parents the following, out of the blue. I offer it here in case it will help anyone out there, researching their Andrews heritage. I only wish it could help our family with some of our own unanswered questions. If anyone can please tell me how this might relate to my own Andrews family, I'd be much obliged. It must, or this distant cousin wouldn't have sent it to my parents! My father, Joseph E. Andrews, is the great-great-grandson of one Dr. Franklin (Francis) Andrews, born in Kentucky in 1830, and dying in Arkansas in 1922. He was a surgeon in the Civil War. We have no other information about him, other than that he married Mary Young and they had the following children in or near Dover, Tenn: James Henry, Annie, Samuel, Belle, Molly and Johnny (later Mayor of Hope, Arkansas during the 1940's.)

Morman Family Group Record

Husband
F M Andrews
Birth: 1833, Stewart, Tennessee
Marriage: 07 JUN 1858, Stewart, Tennessee

Wife
Mary Young
Birth: 1837, Stewart, Tennessee
Marriage: 07 JUN 1858, Stewart, Tennessee

Anyway, here is the writing sent to my parents, authored by James David Andrews in 1928.

The Andrews Family
In the year of 1690, William Andrews, who was related to Lancelot Andrews, Bishop of London, England, was a merchant in London. William and Thomas were twins and died at the age of two years. His other two sons were given the same name as their two deceased brothers. When they became twenty-three years of age, and twenty-five years respectively, they came to America and located in the state of Virginia, then a Colony.

It is the Thomas Andrews (of Virginia) branch of the family that is the subject of this sketch. He had two sons, William and John. William was twice married, and was the father of eight children, William, John, Thomas, Winifred, Abram, Lucy, Ephram and Richard. William Andrews, Jr. served in the American Revolution as Sergeant in the Continental Army, and was awarded a grant of land of two hundred acres of land for his services as shown by Book No. 2 at page 57 in the Office of the Secretary of State of Commonwealth of Virginia, which are in the records of Brunswick County, Virginia. He was married to Ann Brooks, and their children were: Ephraim, David, William and Henry. David Andrews, son of William Andrews, Jr., was born about 1765 and married Elizabeth King, October 29, 1787, Brunswick County, Virginia, and then removed to North Carolina and in 1815 removed to Tennessee, first locating in Sumner County and later settling in Stewart County. his children were David, William, Drewry, James, Ben, Polly (Mary), and Henry.

David Andrews, Jr. was born in Virginia in 1793, when he removed to Tennessee with his father. He did not go to Stewart County but went to Giles County to reside. There in 1820 he married Eliza Brown, daughter of Davis Brown. She was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1798, and removed to Giles in 1813 with her father, where she died in 1857. David Andrews, her husband, died in Birmingham, Alabama and was buried there.
Children of David Andrews and Eliza Brown Andrews were George W., James David, David Brown, Henry, Beverly Green, William Thomas, Amanda, Ellen, Martha and Sara.

William Thomas Andrews was born in Alabama Sept. 28, 1838, married Eliza Catherine Stevenson, Giles County, Tennessee, Nove. 30th, 1856. Their children were James David, John Beverly, Charles Fletcher, William Brown, Milton, and Ola. W.T. Andrews and wife both died in Birmingham, Alabama and are buried there.

James David Andrews, born Sept. 8, 1857, married Lula Maxwell October 17, 1882. Their children: Frank Maxwell, James David, William Valery, Lea Craighead, and Josephine.

Ben Andrews, son of David Andrews, Sr. was married in Stewart County, Tennessee and resided there until his death. His children were Jane, Sara and William.

Henry Andrews, son of David Andrews, Sr. married Rebecca Sexton in Stewart County and settled on a farm near Dover; their children were Emma, Mary, Pinkney, Eliza, Joiner, Missouri, and Marion R.
Marion R. Andrews married Emma McGee. He and his sister Eliza Cole now reside on the farm which their father settled and died.

C. Pinkney (Pink) Andrews, born in Stewart County, Oct. 8, 1836, married Maria Elizabeth Laurie, Jan. 2, 1873, at Paducah, Ky. Lived in Bells, Tennessee.

The authority for the compilation of the above data was derived from sundry sources, with satisfactory warrant for its correctness.

James David Andrews -- Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 8, 1928

Description of Andrews family in America and biography of Lancelot Andrews from John Luther Andrews of North Atlanta, Georgia.