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From Schenck's History of Fairfield: On the 3. of March 1636, Andrew was appointed with Roger Ludlow & six others by the Gen. Ct. of Mass. to govern the colony of Conn. for one year. He was therfore one of the assistants or judges of the first legislative body held in Conn. at Newtown or Hartford, on the 26nd of April 1636. In 1638, he was appointed with Capt. John Mason & Mr. Allen to go to Agawam or Springfield, "to treat with the Indians of Waronocke concerning the tribute towards the charges of the Pequot war, to the value of one fathom of wampum a man, & also to the Nawattocke & Pacomtuckett Indians one fathom & quarter a man." He removed to New Haven soon after, & his name is there found among the free planters at the gathering of the church on the 4th of June 1639. On the 27th of Oct. 1641, he was with Francis Bell represented at Stamford & N. H., & both were admitted members of that court, & received the charge of freeman. At a Gen. Ct. held at New Haven on the 4th of March 1640, Andrew Ward & Robert Coe of Weathersfield were appointed "to treat with that court about the plantation (lately purchased by said town) called Toquams, or Stamford." He was appointed constable of Stamford on the 26th of March 1640. At the assembling of the Gen. Ct. of N. H. on the 5. of April 1643, his letter was presented, written in the name of the freeholders, introducing Capt. John Underhill & Richard Gildersleeve, as deputies to that court from Stamford; at the same time requesting that a magistrate might be chosen, for the better adminsistration of the prudential affairs of that town. He, withRobert Coe, was appointed to assist at the next Gen. Ct. of Election at New Haven, "in counsel & advice for the more comely carrying on of public affairs." He was again elected one of the deputies from Stamford to the General Court of N. H. in 1644 & in 1646. He may have gone, as Trumbull & Goodwin think to Hempstead, L. I. but he could only have remained there a shorttime, for, on the 6th of Oct. 1651, at the sitting of the General Court at Hartford, he was appointed with John Banks of Fairfield to settle the estate of Peter Johnson of Fairfield. At the same time he, with George Hull & William Bearsley of Stratford, were nominated as assistants, "to join with the magistrates for the execution of justice in the towns of Conn. by the sea-side."About 1651, he purchased Simon Hoyt's home-lot west of Hyde's pond, which he sold in 1653, to Edward Adams; & purchased from Alaexander Bryan the same year, Thomas Newton's house and home-lot on the Ludlow Square. He was one of the most important, & one of the most influential men in Fairfield.
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Esther's birth and burial dates are also given a month later, 28 Feb 1665/1666
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There is one researcher who claims a wife of Francis Nichols was named Margaret or Grace Bruce. referencing: "Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley" - 1913, Page: 494