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| Mike Posted From: 198.142.186.125 |
From: "mike burs" <mikeburs434@hotmail.com> Subject: The Andrews Familey History Date: Friday, 10 December 2004 12:47 PM Hi, my name is Mike and I have Andrews blood on my mother's side of my familey. I am researching the Andrews name and I found out it was scottish. I went to www.houseofnames.com and that said it was first found in Caithness scotland and is a sept of the clan Ross. I then found out that we are actually McGregors but johnathan McGregor changed his name to Jonathan Andrews because he was being chaced for stealing sheep. Your website is very intresting. I would love to hear from you. Cheers! | ||
| Roy Andrews
Posted From: 198.142.186.125 |
Hi Mike and apologies for not replying sooner. All I can say is that this story has been handed down through generations of the same Andrews family that came from Bishopstone, via Salisbury in England that an Andrew McGregor came from Rannock Moor, just south east of Glencoe in the highlands of Scotland. He was accused of sheep stealing and was pursued by irate farmers into the south of England, possibly on horseback where he managed to evade his pursuers, finally disappearing some where near Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Later Andrew changed his name to Jonathan Andrews and on the 30 March 1771 married Jane Rook of the Parish of Downton, in the Parish Church of St. Laurence, Downton, Wiltshire. Obviously none of this can be proved (at the moment). One of Jonathon and Janes sons (Abraham) migrated to Australia in 1838 and here I am. | ||
| Nicky Posted From: 81.5.171.85 |
Hi Jonathon Andrews/Andrew McGregor is my 6g grandfather Peter Andrews is my 5g grandfather I was wondering if there has been any further work done on the McGregor lineage? or is this impossible due to the outlawing of the name? Your site is brilliant --really really interesting. Thank you for making public what must have been a huge amount of work in a really informative and accessible way. Do you know if Andrews was a really common name in and around Bishopstone as I note that there are marriages in Bishopstone for a Leah Andrews to a William Dawkins in 1805 and Elizabeth (betty?) Andrews to a Thomas Dawkins in 1807? (Free and complete transcripts of the Bishopstone Registers can be found on the Moonrakers site in a searchable spreadsheet format.) Cheers | ||
| admin Posted From: 58.166.91.27 |
Hi Nicky, my name is Roy and Im the owner of this message board + the website with all the Andrews info on it - would love to connect with you - my email is: roy@xroyvision.com.au | ||
| Toni Andrews Posted From: 105.236.124.6 |
Just wondering if anyone was able to get further with the McGregor line  |