William Watson Andrews (1810–1897) was an American clergyman of the
Catholic Apostolic Church
The Catholic Apostolic Church (CAC), also known as the Irvingian Church, is a Christian denomination and Protestant sect which originated in Scotland around 1831 and later spread to Germany and the United States.Windham, Windham Co., Conn., graduated in 1831 at
Yale
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...
, and in 1834 was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational church at Kent, Conn. He early accepted the tenet of the Catholic Apostolic Church, commonly spoken of as the "Irvingites," and in 1849, having given up his charge at Kent. he assumed charge of the Catholic Apostolic congregation in Potsdam, N.Y, He subsequently made his home in Wethersfield, Conn., and traveled much in the Eastern and Middle States as an evangelist. Among the congregations established under his direction was one organized at
Hartford
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in 1868. He was an eloquent preacher and a clear and forceful writer. He contributed articles on the Catholic Apostolic church to the '' Bibliotheca Sacra'' and McClintock and Strong's ''Cyclopœdia'', prepared for the ''Life of Porter'' a chapter on Dr. Porter as "A Student at Yale," and published many reviews, orations, sermons, and addresses, and ''The Miscellanies and Correspondence of Hon.
John Cotton Smith
John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 – December 7, 1845) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and as ...
'' (1847). His son was the notable historian, Charles Mclean Andrews.
Literature
* Andrews, ''William Watson Andrews; A Memorial'' (New York, 1900)
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