Son of: James 1764
Andrew was born in Quebec, probably in Stanstead County. In 1815, while still a small child, the family moved to Vermont, then to Maine, and then to Sweden, New York, finally settling in Western Ontario. As a young man he acquired land in West Oxford, which he cleared and farmed He was not only a good farmer but a shrewd business man. He built one of the first grist mills in the area and also operated one of the earliest cheese factories. Ingersoll cheeses later achieved considerable fame. Andrew prospered during the Crimean War when the price of wheat rose to $3.50 a bushel. He bought more land, eventually owning some 400 acres, and built a large stone house which he named "Bleak House" after Dicken's novel. The house still stands, although the verandahs that once surrounded it have all been removed. (G. L Bodwell, 1997)
Andrew listed farmer as his occupation in the 1871 Ontario Census
| Born | Died | Married | Spouse |
| 1810 | 23 Dec 1893 | 29 Oct 1849 | Ann Sutherland Graham |
| Que. | West Oxford, Ont. | Woodhouse, Ont | b. 1815 |
| Name | Birth Date | Birth Place | Death Date | Death Place | |
| 1. | (Son) | 1850 | Dereham, Ont. | 1850 | Dereham, Ont |
| 2. | Eliphalet Graham | 18 Feb 1853 | Dereham, Ont | 11 Jun 1913 | Ingersoll, Ont |
| 3. | Emma Sophia | 1854 | Dereham, Ont. | 1855 | Dereham, Ont. |
| 4. | Martha Ann | 12 Feb 1857 | Dereham, Ont | AFT 1904 | |
| 5. | Agnes Mary | ABT 1859 | Dereham, Ont. | AFT 1912 |
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