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Philip Andrew was a maltster born in Swimbridge in  1774 and a brother to James and our William. Philip  married Ann Shimell in Barnstaple on 3^rd. December 1797 with another brother, Nicholas Andrew as a witness.  They came to Swansea in about 1800. There are no  records of any children being born to Philip and Ann  either in Barnstaple or Swansea but it is known from his  will that he had four surviving children at the time of his  death in 1825, when his will was hurriedly written. The  cause of his death is unknown. The absence of any  baptism records for his children suggests that his wife  Ann was of a different Faith to Philip, possibly Catholic. 

Philip and Ann’s children were Charles born 1801, Joseph born 1804, Mary Ann believed to have been born 1802 and Elizabeth possibly born 1806.

Philip was a very successful businessman running  several businesses and owning a string of properties in the town centre. He probably came here  after borrowing money from his father, investing it in property, and then paying him back with the  profits of sale or business. He had set himself up as a maltster and skinner and owned his own  malt house in Back Lane along with an adjoining house where the family lived.  This would now  be the top end of Orchard Street near its junction with Pleasant Street. There is no information  about the skinning business but he must also have owned property associated with that. He was  also the owner of the Orange Tree house and inn Orange Street; The Pilot Boat house and inn, the Strand; the Recruiting Officer house and inn, High Street; The New Inn house and inn, Fisher  Street; a house and garden in Wind Street; the freehold of five houses in Grenvill Row near the  river; and the freehold of a house, garden and stable opposite the Swansea Pottery and used as a  compting house by the Swansea Canal Company. Philip Andrew died in Swansea on the 10^th. July  1825 aged 52 and was buried on 13^th. July.

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