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<p> Andrews, [[William]] (1), </p> <p> a missionary of the Church of England, came to preach to the [[Mohawk]] Indians in New York as a successor to the Rev. Thoroughgood Moore. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs held in Albany, he was greeted by the sachems with great respect; but his mission proving unsuccessful, he abandoned it in 1719. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 5, 91. </p>
<p> Andrews, [[William]] (3), </p> <p> a Congregational minister, was born at Ellington, Conn., Sept. 28, 1782. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1806; studied theology with Dr. Burton, and was ordained pastor at Windham, Conn., in 1808. In 1813 he was installed at Danbury, and in the year following at South Cornwall, where he remained until his death, Jan. 1, 1838. He was a man of grave deportment, good learning, and sincere piety." Of his six sons, five have been preachers, one being president and another professor at Marietta College, O. See Conn. Quarterly, 1861, p. 264; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 2. 237. </p>


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<ref name="term_19875"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrews,+william+(1) William Andrews from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_19882"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrews,+william+(3) William Andrews from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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William Andrews [1]

Andrews, William (3),

a Congregational minister, was born at Ellington, Conn., Sept. 28, 1782. He graduated at Middlebury College in 1806; studied theology with Dr. Burton, and was ordained pastor at Windham, Conn., in 1808. In 1813 he was installed at Danbury, and in the year following at South Cornwall, where he remained until his death, Jan. 1, 1838. He was a man of grave deportment, good learning, and sincere piety." Of his six sons, five have been preachers, one being president and another professor at Marietta College, O. See Conn. Quarterly, 1861, p. 264; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 2. 237.

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