CHAPTER TT
EARLY LIFE TY COUTACT WITH THE ADVEITISTS
Eicshteen years after the landing of the "iayflower," the
paternal ancestors of John llevins Andrews disembarked at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, in 1638. Ther made their home at Taunton.t
| There were dancers crossing the ocean, clearing the wilder-
ness and cultivating the land, but these were as nothing compared
to the constant menace of the Indians. One day when all the men
were working in the field, a band of red skinned warriors charged
upon them. By skillful strategy the Indians succeeded in getting
between the Andrews and their home. Vithout weapons, without
protective defence, these men of imposing stature and great physical
strength, tore up trees of considerable size and clubbed down the
enery. Acainst overwhelming odds they continued this desperate
fight until the well armed Indians killed them all. Then "nearly
the entire family were massacred."?
Over a century went by, and arain the Andrews were at war.
It was the American Revolution. This time they were more successful,
"Both my grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War," said John
I
Letter of J. 'l. Andrews to James “hite, Febrmary 8, 1877.
See also rs. E. G, White and Zlder James Vhite, Christian Temperance
and Bible Hygiene, p. 258. Yereinafter desicnated as .hite and white.
2 Toc. cit.
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3 Loc. cit.
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