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  1. Sir Edmund Andros (1637—1714) colonial governor Quick Reference (1637–1714), was the Duke of York's appointed governor of New York (1674), and later the governor of the consolidated northern colonies when James II concentrated British power against Fr ...

  2. "Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714), colonial Governor, was born in London, England, December 6, 1637, son of Amias and Elizabeth (Stone) Andros. He distinguished himself in the war with the Dutch, and in 1672 was commissioned major in Prince Rupert’s regiment of dragoons. In 1674 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New York, and in 1677, while on a visit to England, was ...

  3. ANDROS, Sir Edmund, colonial governor, was born in London, Eng., Dec. 6, 1637, son of Amias and Elizabeth (Stone) Andros. He distinguished himself in the war with the Dutch, and in 1672 was commissioned major in Prince Rupert's regiment of dragoons.

  4. Edmund Andros was married to Mary Craven, the daughter of Thomas Craven of Burnsall in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now North Yorkshire), the son of a cousin to the Earl of Craven, one of the queen's closest advisors, and a friend who served as his patron for many years. His second wife died in 1703, and he married for the third time in 1707, to Elizabeth Fitzherbert.

  5. Edmund Andros (1637-1714) was appointed governor of the Dominion of New England in 1686 and reappointed in 1688 as a reward for his fidelity to the crown after the English Civil Wars. In addition to abolishing colonial assemblies, Andros demanded payments of quit-rents (A rent paid by a freeman in lieu of the services required by feudal custom) where due, suppressed town meetings, levied taxes ...

  6. SIR EDMUND ANDROS’S SECOND COMMISSION as GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY AND DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND 7 April, 1688. James the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the faith &c To Our Trusty and Welbeloved Sir Edmund Andros Knight Greeting