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Note: Abstract of Will 33 NJA1st 18: 1763, March 7. Andrews, Samuel, of Little Egg Harbor, Burlington Co.; will of. Daughter, Esther Lippincott, £500. Wife, Elizabeth, the rest while my widow, and, after her death, the plantation to be sold, and money given, to my daughter, Esther Lippincot 1/4 part; daughter, Hannah Mathis, 1/4; daughter, Mary Parsal, 1/4 ; and to my grandchildren, Jere [sic - should be Jesse - GWU] Andrews, Mary and Sarah Andrews, the children of my son Peter, deceased, 1/4. To Mary Gifford a bed. Executors sons-in-law, Joseph Lippincott and John Persell. Witnesses - Joseph Parker, Sr., Peter Parker, Joseph Parker, Jr. Proved May 24, 1763. Lib. 11, p. 324. 1763, April 25. Inventory, £254.14.0, made by Joseph Parker and Peter Parker. What follows is quoted from the outstanding ANDREWS Genealogy by John P. Dornan, which appeared in the Genealogical Dictionary of New Jersey, beginning at Vol 24, p. 51, (1949). SAMUEL ANDREWS (Edward`'), b. 7 Jan. 1697/8 at Mansfield, Bur. Co.; d. 17 ApI. 1763 at (Tuckerton) L.E.H. Twp., Bur. Co.; md. (2nd. ints. dec. at L.E.H. Mtg. 14 July) 1726, Elizabeth Ridgway. It has been stated (BLEH) that Elizabeth was a daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Sr., but the fact is otherwise. She was a daughter of Richard Ridgway, Jr., by his first wife Mary Willits, the daughter of Hope and Mercy (Langdon) Willits of Hempstead, Long Island. Richard Ridgway, Jr.'s will, 12th of 12th Mo. (Feb.) 1718-9, appointed "my loving brother Joseph Willis" a co-executor. Mary Ridgway, another daughter of Richard Ridgway, Jr., married Thomas Cramer in 1728, and on 30 May 1733, "Thomas Cramer of Barnegat, Monmouth Co., and Mary his wife [with] Samuel Andrews of Little Egg Harbour, Bur. Co., and Elizabeth his wife Release and Quit-claim to Joseph Willits of Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon Co., Executor of the last will and testament of Richard Ridgway, Jr., deceased, all legacies, gifts, bequests [etc., etc.] given to the aforesaid Mary Cramer and Elizabeth Andrews by the names of Mary Ridgway and Elizabeth Ridgway in and by the last will and testament of their father the said Richard Ridgway, deceased." This deed of release settles for all time the erroneous and constantly repeated statement, which appeared first in The Proceedings . . . o f the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey, that, Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Andrews, was a daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Sr., by his wife Elizabeth Andrews, daughter of Edward and Sarah (Ong) Andrews. The will of Elizabeth (Andrews), widow of Thomas Ridgway, Sr., dated 1 Mch. 1725, mentioned her own brother Samuel Andrews and their mother Sarah (Ong) Andrews (NJW 2:294; NJA 23:383). Samuel Andrews was a "birthright Friend." He removed to L.E.H. with his parents and, during his own lifetime there, was one of the most prominent and influential members of L.E.H. Friends' Meeting. He was appointed an "overseer" 8 Feb. 1727/8 "in the room of Thomas Ridgway, Sr., deceased" (his own brotherin-law); was directed "to peruse the Minutes" 14 Sept. 1732; appointed to visit families of Friends and also an elder an 8 Feb. 1738; ordered "to transcribe the Minutes Book" 13 July 1749, and on 3 Mch. 1760 was one of a committee "to make a List of all Friends belonging to the Meeting." From 3rd Month (May) 8th 1722 until 5th Month (May) 8th 1762, a period of 40 years and 2 months, he was appointed a "Representative to the Quarterly Meeting" no less than 24 times, a greater number of times than any other member in the whole history of the Meeting. He was equally prominent in neighborhood affairs, frequently being a witness to wills, appraising estates and acting as bondsman. He had inherited from his father "150 acres of land at the head of the plantation in L.E.H.; 50 acres [his father had] bought from Mordecai Andrews, Sr.; [the land under] the Mill-Pond and [was to have] the Grist-Mill after the death of his mother." He sold all of the above to his brother Jacob (18) on 24 Oct. 1726 for the consideration of (20 silver money ( W JD E:36) ; the deed described the 150 acres as part of the tract Edward (7) had bought of William Biddle and the 50 acres as "meadow land at a fishing-wier between the said Edward and Mordecai, Sr. [2], which Mordecai had bought of the said William Biddle and lies on the East side of the Creek, being the bounds between the said Edward and lvlordecai." The Creek is now called Tuckerton Creek. The will of Samuel Andrews, dated 7 Mch. 1763 (inventory taken 25 Apl.) and probated on the 24th, gave £ 50 to his daughter Elizabeth Lippincott, and the remainder of his entire estate to his wife Elizabeth. He directed that at her death the plantation be sold by his executors and the moneys received be given, 1/4 to his daughter Elizabeth Lippincott, 1/4 to his daughter Hannah Mathis, 1/4 to his daughter Mary Parsal, and 1/4 to his three grandchildren Jesse, Mary and Sarah, children of his deceased son Peter. Executors: sons-in-law Joseph Lippincott and John Persell (NJW 1J:324; NJA 33:18). Issue (births and deaths entered in LEHQR):
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