Your post takes Adam further back than any I have seen. My ancestor is my gggg-grandfather, Robert Andrew who appears in London Grove twp of Chester County as a wedding guest on 3m 25 1748, and again, with wife, Sarah, 18 12m 1756 at a different wedding. He and family were received on certificate at the New Garden MM 29 5 1762. They later removed to Fairfax MM (VA), then returned with a certificate to Warrington (PA) MM then soon removed to NC, where they remained. Robert died there in 1793. I wish I could help you with Adam. Andrew isn't such a common name.... and two families of that ilk in the same place at the same time is, well, unusual. You are welcome to any thing I have on Robert, his progeny, and his travels. I do have one question for you, however. You made a reference to Adam's name possibly being Mac Andrew. Do you have any reference to that name in any document? I have long thought that some Andrew people shortened their names to Mac Andrew instead of changing to the more common Andrews settled for Andrew. I know that the small distinction was strictly observed in my family. Cheers, Philip Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Werling" <werlinks@yahoo.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 8:53 AM Subject: [PaOldC] Adam Andrew - born 1760 > Inquiry: Searching for Adam Andrew (possibly MacAndrew or possibly > Andre) born in Chester County, PA - Feb. 12, 1760 - possibly Pikeland > Twp. I have his descendents, but am searching for his parents names, his > nationality and his siblings names. His wife was Catherine (unknown) and > their first children were baptized in East Vincent Reformed Church > starting in 1784. I have his Rev. War records. > > Ann Werling > > > --------------------------------- > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save > big. > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com with the single word unsubscribe in > the message or subject slot. > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > please visit the Chester Co rootsweb site...it is full of area photos, > helpful URLs and lots of county information > http://www.pa-roots.com/~chester/ > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

A Robert Andrew also attended the marriage of David Harlan and Allice Star, 16, 12m 1756....and Simon Dixon of Cane Creek meeting, who married Elizabeth Allen of Londongrove 8 11m 1752. These both took place in the New Garden MM, Chester Co. Remember, the names you find in records are not necessarily the way an individual spelled his name.....they only represent the way a clerk believed the name to be spelled. As we've said so many times, a signature is the only way to know how a person spelled his name, and unfortunately these are hard to come by.... Also, I doubt that anyone would shorten a name by adding a Mac to it........it would be much more likely to go the other way round....a Scot whose name was Mac Andrew might shorten it to Andrew, NOT add the prefix...Mac and Mc were Gallic prefaces meaning son of, so it's not the thing someone named Andrew would suddenly just choose to use. S. "my ancestor is my gggg-grandfather, Robert Andrew who appears in London Grove twp of Chester County as a wedding guest on 3m 25 1748, and again, with wife, Sarah, 18 12m 1756 at a different wedding. You made a reference to Adam's name possibly being Mac Andrew. Do you have any reference to that name in any document? I have long thought that some Andrew people shortened their names to Mac Andrew instead of changing to the more common Andrews settled for Andrew. I know that the small distinction was strictly observed in my family." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release Date: 7/10/2006

Sandra.... By using "to" instead of "from" I sure messed up the meaning of my musings about the name Andrew. Thanks for keeping me honest! I meant to say that some people named Mac Andrew shortened the name to Andrew without the Mac or Mc or Ma or whatever. I do tend to forget about "recording persons" spelling what they think instead of the correct information whether it be date of birth, name, rank or serial number. As you say, only a signature will yield the correct spelling, excepting the ubiquitous "X", which isn't much help. While I am at it, thanks so much for the new references to Robert Andrew as a wedding guest. Odd that his wife, Sarah, didn't show up at the one in 1756. Cheers, Phil Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <ferg@ntelos.net> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:26 PM Subject: [PaOldC] Robert Andrew > A Robert Andrew also attended the marriage of David Harlan and Allice > Star, 16, 12m 1756....and Simon Dixon of Cane Creek meeting, who married > Elizabeth Allen of Londongrove 8 11m 1752. These both took place in the > New Garden MM, Chester Co. > Remember, the names you find in records are not necessarily the way an > individual spelled his name.....they only represent the way a clerk > believed the name to be spelled. As we've said so many times, a signature > is the only way to know how a person spelled his name, and unfortunately > these are hard to come by.... > Also, I doubt that anyone would shorten a name by adding a Mac to > it........it would be much more likely to go the other way round....a Scot > whose name was Mac Andrew might shorten it to Andrew, NOT add the > prefix...Mac and Mc were Gallic prefaces meaning son of, so it's not the > thing someone named Andrew would suddenly just choose to use. > > S. > > > "my ancestor is my gggg-grandfather, Robert Andrew who appears in > London Grove twp of Chester County as a wedding guest on 3m 25 1748, and > again, with wife, Sarah, 18 12m 1756 at a different wedding. > You made a reference to Adam's name possibly being Mac Andrew. Do > you have any reference to that name in any document? I have long thought > that some Andrew people shortened their names to Mac Andrew instead of > changing to the > more common Andrews settled for Andrew. I know that the small distinction > was strictly observed in my family." > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release Date: 7/10/2006 > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > Visit the archives for this list to view old postings > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list..contact me > personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I learned my lesson about name spellings when I found a VA family will of mine, with the same woman's name spelled 3 completely different ways....in the same will! You KNOW she didn't use 3 spellings, so the clerk just couldn't make up his mind! It's always stuck with me as absolute proof that clerks get things WRONG! Sarah Andrew did attend the David Harlan marriage in 1756.... these 2 marriages are the only mentions of anyone named Andrew, in New Garden meeting 1704-1799, so they apparently didn't have family in this meeting. I checked the CD of PA wills and found another Robert Andrew, mentioned in a Chester will....he is said to be married to Agnes, referred to as the niece of Susanna Ramsey, of Sadsbury....the will went through probate in 1759..... S. " I do tend to forget about "recording persons" spelling what they think instead of the correct information whether it be date of birth, name, rank or serial number. As you say, only a signature will yield the correct spelling, excepting the ubiquitous "X", which isn't much help. While I am at it, thanks so much for the new references to Robert Andrew as a wedding guest. Odd that his wife, Sarah, didn't show up at the one in 1756." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release Date: 7/10/2006