Note 127 — III. SIR EDMUND ANDROS.

Whitmore, Andros Tracts, I. xlix., Note D. “In an old pedigree written about A. D. 1687 by Charles Andros uncle of the governor, and still preserved in the family, we find:

‘The 13th April 1683, the King, Charles II. gave the charge of Gentleman in ordinary of his privy chamber’ to Sir Edmund, and ‘the 6th day of the month of June 1685, the King, James II. gave a Commission to the above Sir Edmund Andros to command a troop of Cavalry to go against the rebels in England.’ This refers of course to Monmouth’s Rebellion. ‘In August, 1685, he was made Lieut.-Colonel of Lord Scarsdale’s cavalry.’”