Lorrin Andrews

Lorrin Andrews was an early American missionary to Hawaii and judge. He opened the first postsecondary school for Hawaiians called Lahainaluna Seminary, prepared a Hawaiian dictionary and several works on the literature and antiquities of the Hawaiians. His students published the first newspaper, and were involved in the first case of counterfeiting currency in Hawaii. He later served as a judge and became a member of Hawaiis first Supreme Court.

Lorrin Andrews was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1795. He graduated from Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, and attended Princeton Theological Seminary. He married Mary Ann Wilson from Washington, Kentucky on August 16, 1827. The marriage produced seven children son Lorrin Jr. , daughters Elizabeth Maria , Sarah , sons Robert Wilson , Samuel , William , and daughter Mary Ellen . Sarah would marry Asa Goodale Thurston, son of Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston, earlier missionaries from the first company to the islands. Sarahs son, Lorrin Andrews Thurston, played a pivotal role in later Hawaiian history.

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