Founding Families Of “Cochichawick Plantation”

The First 23 Freeholders in Andover As They Came To Town

The Faulkner List

This list, in the handwriting of  Town Clerk Edmund Faulkner is taken from some of the surviving early Town Records. A transcription is provided below.

The capitalized names indicate the ten men who signed the Covenant for the first Christian Church at Andover, including the minister, John Woodbridge. 

1.  Mr. Bradstreet

2.  John Osgood

3.  Joseph Parker

4.  Richard Barker 

5.  John Stevens

6.  Nicholas Holt

7. Benjamin Woodbridge

8. John Fry

9. Edmond Faulkner

10. Robert Barnard

11. Daniel Poor

12. Nathan Parker

13. Henry Jaques

14. John Aslett (or Alebe)

15. Richard Blake (Black)

16. William Ballard

17. John Lovejoy

18. Thomas Poore

19. George Abbott

20. John Russe

21. Andrew Allen

22. Andrew Foster

23. Thomas Chandler

Descendants of some of these founding families still live in town.

Citation: Andover Town Meetings & Land Grants, 1660-1708, p. 0322. NAHS ID: 1994.005.031