Show ContentsAndrewson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The origin of the distinguished Andrewson family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Andrewson is a patronymic derived from Anders, the Swedish equivalent of Greek Andreas. In Sweden, Anders had been one of the most common personal names for many centuries when the patronymics were converted into family names; thus explaining the large number of people bearing the surname Andersson.


United States Andrewson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Andrewson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Robert Andrewson, who landed in New Hampshire in 1742 1
  • Thomas Andrewson, who arrived in New Hampshire in 1745 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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