Andrews Ancestors

Paternal Ancestors


Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746 to 1824, age 78 years Signed the Declaration of Independence	John Pinckney Andrews 1824 to 1914, age 90 years My paternal great great grandfather
In Antigua, British West Indies, Charles C's father, Charles Pinckney, married the governor's daughter, Elizabeth Lucas (1722-1793). They lived in Charleston, NC, when Charles was born in 1746. Charles was politically active, signing the Declarationof Independence at age 30; he was 1 of 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention ten years later, and at age 50 was the country's minister to France. At the turn of the century, he ran for vice president under John Hardy; his 1804 bid for presidency lost to Thomas Jefferson. Charles' daughter Mary wedded George E. Andrews, and in 1824 named their first son John Pinckney Andrews. John came to California in 1857, and settled in San Luis Obispo in 1859. He married Tennessee Amania Cheney in 1860; two years later, Geroge Henry was the first of their 13 children.
	George Henry Andrews 4-6-1862 to 1944, age 82 years My paternal great grandfather