| | +----+------------+++ +--------------------+ | ||| | William, Thomas = Margaret Craven, b. 4 Oct. 1668, | dau. of Robt 2d Lord Craven, | d. 23 Feb. 1702, of Hampsted Marshall. | aged 80. | +----------------------+------------------------+ | | | Sir William = Mary, Sir Robert = Margaret. Sir Anthony = Theodosia, of Winwick, dau. of d. 4 Oct. Bart. of dau. of d. Mch, 1707, George 1672, Spersholt, Sir Wm. æt. 73. Clerke. æt. 40. 1661, d. 1713. Wiseman.] It is possible that Andros came to England for the marriage, and returned to Barbados; but we think it more probable that the regiment had been recalled to England. DUNCAN states that in April, 1672, a regiment raised for Prince Rupert was armed for the first time with the bayonet, that Andros was made Major, and the four Barbados companies then under his command were incorporated in it. In the same month, the proprietors of the Province of Carolina, of which the Earl of Craven was one, conferred on him the title of Landgrave, with four Baronies, containing 48,000 acres of land. In April, 1674, Andros succeeded his father in his estates in Guernsey, and 30 June, was sworn as Bailly of the island, the reversion of that office having been before granted him. We do not find mention of the occasion which recommended him to the attention of the Duke of York, but from his early attendance on the royal family, and his exceptional loyalty, he had probably long been known to that prince. Andros was accordingly selected to be the Governor of the Province of New York, which was claimed by the Duke, and had recently been restored to him by the Dutch. He arrived in this country, November 1st, 1674, accompanied by his wife. A brief notice of the events which had occurred in this country immediately before his arrival, may render his subsequent proceedings more intelligible to the reader.