Andrews Family

The birds of which she had a great number she kept in a curious kind of cage, or rather a number of cages which formed a pyramid, each cage contained a different kind of bird. The house was very handsomely furnished but she only occupied one room. She kept no servant as she was in constant fear of being robbed, the furniture literally dropped to pieces from neglect and some valuable oil paintings with agreat number of foreign prints were found, after her decease, totally destroyed by worms, and the skeleton of a cat behind a large chest which must have been there for years. The large looking glass entirely destroyed by rust. This pitiably woman, in the midst of riches, was miserable, in her person she was tall, much above the ordinary height, very slender, and her complexion that of a Gypsy from constant seclusion and living in a smokey apartment. She died when between 70 and 80 - unpitied, unlamented, and was buried in Stoke Church Yard in the Parish of Stoke Dameral.
It should have been stated that she was a most fearless woman as it respected herself, never marketing until ten at night, when she sallied out carrying with her a long stick which contained a sword for the purpose of self defence if attacked. In addition to the money which she first claimed and which was gained by capture of the Galeon before mentioned, she also received after a lapse of many years additional sums which she had never before claimed. On finding she had spent the larger part of her property, an enquirey being instituuted by the Navy Board, why she had never claimed it before, it was stated that the claimant had but lately recovered from insanity - althought the real cause was that she supposed she had so much, she should never spend it.

Name: Jane ANDREWS Born: Married: 28 Mar 1722 at Stoke Dameral, Devon. James HYDE Death:
James ANDREWS Born: Spouses:	A carpenter in the Royal Navy who made his fortune by taking a Spanish Galeon. He died unmarried in the West Indies from the effects of breaking his leg
Name: Elizabth ANDREWS Born: Married: Mr TISDAL	Husband was a boatswain at H.M Dockkyard. Died without issue
Name: Margaret ANDREWS Born: Married: Mr. BROWN	an officer in the RN, by whom she had two sons and one daughter. William Brown a Post Capt. in the Navy. He died unmarried. Robert BROWN, a quartermaster in H.M Dockyard. He died aged 93 unmarried
Name: Agnes ANDREWS	was left in possession of all her brother Jame's property. She lived and died in a house of her own in North Corner Street, and was a woman of most eccenttric habits - her early life was spent in visiting and ggaiety, but her latter days were passed in seclusion and retirement. The money left by her brother, she could never be persuaded to place out at interest, but went on living on the principle, to guard which she sat up through the night, and lay in her bed by day. Her family consisted of cats, birds and monkey's, of the former, the narrator (John Patrick) well remembers her having at one time as many as one and twenty - which she constantly fed on fat loins of mutton. The birds of which she had a great number she kept in a curious kind of cage, or rather a number of cages which formed a pyramid, each cage contained a different kind of bird. The house was very handsomely furnished but she only occupied one room. She kept no servant as she was in constant fear of being robbed, the furniture literally dropped to pieces from neglect and some valuable oil paintings with agreat number of foreign prints were found, after her decease, totally destroyed by worms, and the skeleton of a cat behind a large chest which must have been there for years. The large looking glass entirely destroyed by rust. This pitiably woman, in the midst of riches, was miserable, in her person she was tall, much above the ordinary height, very slender, and her complexion that of a Gypsy from constant seclusion and living in a smokey apartment. She died when between 70 and 80 - unpitied, unlamented, and was buried in Stoke Church Yard in the Parish of Stoke Dameral. It should have been stated that she was a most fearless woman as it respected herself, never marketing until ten at night, when she sallied out carrying with her a long stick which contained a sword for the purpose of self defence if attacked. In addition to the money which she first claimed and which was gained by capture of the Galeon before mentioned, she also received after a lapse of many years additional sums which she had never before claimed. On finding she had spent the larger part of her property, an enquirey being instituuted by the Navy Board, why she had never claimed it before, it was stated that the claimant had but lately recovered from insanity - althought the real cause was that she supposed she had so much, she should never spend it.