Descendants
Through his daughter Sarah, who married John Andrews, of a prominent family of flax merchants, he had several notable descendants, including:
- William Drennan Andrews, judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland
- Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
- John Miller Andrews, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Thomas Andrews who drew up the plans for the Titanic and died in her sinking.
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