I received this today from the Presbyterian Historical Society after making a request about my 4g-grandfather, Rev. John Andrews who was the father of my 3g-grandfather Lewis F. Wilson (LFW) Andrews. Unfortunately, like accounts of his later ministry, there is still no mention of his own marriage and issue; however, this does present an account of John's parents' migrations and the treasure of his birth date. Hopefully enough other names appear to make it helpful, or at least interesting to all. From Presbyterianism in Sewickley Valley, Pittsburgh, 1876: (p. 18-19) "At the meeting of the Synod of Pittsburgh, in the Fall of 1821, this record was made: "The Rev. John Andrews, of the Synod of Ohio, being present, was invited and took his seat as a corresponding member." And on the 16th day of April, 1822, he was received by the Presbytery of Redstone, which at that time included the City of Pittsburgh within its bounds, from the Presbytery of Chillicothe. On the 15th day of October, in the same year, Mr. Andrews and Revs. Francis Herron, Robert Patterson, Joseph Stockton and Elisha P. Swift, detached themselves from the presbytery of Ohio, according to the order of the Synod. And on the minutes of the Synod for 1823, Mr. Andrews appears as stated supply of Duff's (now Fairmount) and Sewickley. An old session book has been preserved , which contains a partial record of the church from 1822 to 1831. From this it appears that Mr. Andrews began his labors here June 1, 1822. The church then consisted of :elders-- James McLaughlin and Thomas Backhouse; private members--Nancy McLaughlin, Sarah Backhouse, Mrs. Woody (widow) Mann, William McLaughlin, Mary McLaughlin, Thomas Wagoner, Mrs. Wagoner, Jane Lester and Jane Vance, making eleven in all." (p.20-21) "Mr. Andrews was born on Piney Creek, Frederick county, Maryland [now Carroll County], September 16, 1768. His father, in early life, was a member of the church of Pequea, in Lancaster county, Pa., of which the Rev. Robert Smith, whose celebrated school gave so many ministers to the Presbyterian Church, was pastor. In 1772 the family removed to North Carolina, and in 1773, settled on Cane Creek, in the western part of Tryon county, which after the Revolution, became Rutherford county....in 1791, he made a confession of faith in the church of Little Britain, most of whose members came originally from Pennsylvania....." "He was of feeble and attenuated frame, and in his advanced years his hair was perfectly white and his face was nearly of the same color. he died in Pittsburgh when nearly , if not quite, ninety years of age." Christina Auch mailto:theauchs@earthlink.net Personal Family History website http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~familiesacrosstime/