Robert Anderson, I^[1]

1613 - 1666  (53 years)

• Name	Robert Anderson
  Suffix	I
  Born	1613	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1666	New Kent County, Virginia
  Person ID	I7270	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard Anderson, Sr.,   b. 1585, England ,   d. King and Queen County, Virginia
  Mother	Elizabeth Hawkins,   b. Est 1585, England ,   d. Bef 1634, England  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1611	London, England
  Family ID	F2550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Celia not proven Massie,   b. 1614, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Children of Robert Anderson and ? are: + 5 i. Robert6 Anderson, Jr., born 1663 in New Kent County, Virginia; died 1716 in Hanover County, Virginia. +6 ii. David Anderson, born Abt. 1665 in New Kent County, Virginia; died Abt. 1716 in Hanover County, Virginia. +7 iii. Mary Anderson, born 1667 in New Kent County, Virginia. +8 iv. Richard Anderson, born Abt. 1673 in New Kent County, Virginia; died Bet. 1723 - 1731 in Hanover County, Virginia. + 9 v. John Anderson, born October 18, 1675 in New Kent County, Virginia; died 1731 in Hanover County, Virginia. + 10 vi. Captain William Anderson, born Abt. 1680 in New Kent County, Virginia; died 1717 in King William County, Virginia. +11 vii. Matthew Anderson, born Abt. 1682 New Kent County, Virginia; died 1719 in Hanover County, Virginia. +12 viii. Thomas Anderson, born Abt. 1684 in New Kent County, Virginia; died October 1757 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F2555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Robert Anderson, Sr.,   b. 1663, King and Queen County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1712, Hanover Co., Virginia  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2017
  Family ID	F1006	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From the Virginia land patents 1666 Robert Anderson adjacent Moyses Davies at Tottopottomoyes Creek 1670 Robert Anderson adjacent John Fleming & Thomas Glass The 1666 record is the first that we can soundly assigned to the family of Robert Anderson, Sr., either to himself or his father. Virginia land patents often identify the land by reference to nearby creeks and branches and whether they are above of below a river that is a branch of the Chesapeake Bay. In addition they list the adjacent landowners. These two records indicate that a Robert Anderson already owned land along Tottopottomoyes Creek before 1666. Totopotomey's Creek flows into the Pamunkey River from the south in the eastern part of what is now Hanover County Virginia. George Chapman 04/22/1670 4150 acres New Kent County Pamunkey Neck, etc. for the transport of Robert Anderson This reference may be from Robert returning from a trip to England. There were many reasons for such a trip including the need to see to family affairs there and for education and merchantile affairs. At this time the many landowners frequently selected a member from among them to act as an agent, who returned to England in the spring season when such trips were considered safe from hurricanes and took with him papers and power of attorney from the other landowners that allowed him to represent their interests. He would then return their monies and report to them upon his return. Such trips were burdensome and such task was rotated among landowners. In 1677 Robert Anderson signed the petition of grievances for Blisland Parish regarding Gov. Berkley. He was a vestry man of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County on 11/1686; and for St. Paul's Parish from 1704-1712. However these records do not imply that he had ever moved, rather they reflect the reorganization of the parishes that were occuring at the time as the Virginia frontier expanded St. Paul's Parish having been formed from the western reaches of St. Peter's Parish. Robert Anderson 04/16/1683 727 acres New Kent County Patent Book 7 page 272 N of Chickahominy Swamp in the head of Holly Bush Branch adj. Thomas Glass, to mouth of Meyry Branch. For the importation of 15 persons

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anderson/va/trees/robert2.html. Robert5 Anderson, Sr. (Robert4, Richard3, "York Watershed"2, "Colonial Virginia"1) (Source: (1) William Pope Anderson, Anderson Family Records, (W. F. Schaeffer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; 1936)., (2) William Pope Anderson, Anderson - Overton, A Continuation of Anderson Family Records (1936) & Early Descendants of William Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia & Allied Fa, (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1945.)., (3) C. G. Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786, (Clearfield Company, Inc.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1999).) was born Abt. 1642 in York County, Virginia, and died 1712 in New Kent County, Virginia. He married ? (Source: William Pope Anderson, Anderson Family Records, (W. F. Schaeffer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; 1936).) Abt. 1661. She was born Abt. 1645, and died Aft. 1685 in New Kent County, Virginia. The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives; 1957. Anderson, Robert New Kent County 700 acres Anderson, Robert New Kent County 900 acres Anderson New Kent County 300 acres Anderson, John New Kent County 100 acres Anderson, John New Kent County 100 acres Anderson, Richard New Kent County 200 acres Robert Anderson's death in 1712 is recorded in the St. Paul parish vestry book when an entry is made that he is deceased and being replaced as church vestryman. From the 1704 rent roll it appears likely that Robert, David, John and Richard were the oldest sons and that Matthew, Thomas were younger and had not established their own plantations as of 1704. William appears in the King William County rent roll when it is known that he had relocated. Notice also that there is an additional John Anderson in this list I suspect is his younger brother John who appears to have died about 1706 according to St. Paul's vestry book which opens with an entry about care for his children. Robert Anderson likely had daughters as well, however no record of them has been discovered to date. The sources below list daughters for him and his son as Cecelia, Mary, Sarah and Charity; but this is clearly a confusion by those researchers with the names of the widows of his sons that appear in the St. Paul Parish vestry book. Take caution, It is unproven that David, John, Richard, Matthew, William, and Thomas are sons of Robert Anderson, Sr. Indeed some may be sons of his brother Bartelot Anderson. [S84] Rootsweb, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anderson/va/trees/robert2.html. Robert5 Anderson, Sr. (Robert4, Richard3, "York Watershed"2, "Colonial Virginia"1) (Source: (1) William Pope Anderson, Anderson Family Records, (W. F. Schaeffer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; 1936)., (2) William Pope Anderson, Anderson - Overton, A Continuation of Anderson Family Records (1936) & Early Descendants of William Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia & Allied Fa, (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1945.)., (3) C. G. Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786, (Clearfield Company, Inc.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1999).) was born Abt. 1642 in York County, Virginia, and died 1712 in New Kent County, Virginia. He married ? (Source: William Pope Anderson, Anderson Family Records, (W. F. Schaeffer & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; 1936).) Abt. 1661. She was born Abt. 1645, and died Aft. 1685 in New Kent County, Virginia. The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives; 1957. Anderson, Robert New Kent County 700 acres Anderson, Robert New Kent County 900 acres Anderson, David New Kent County 300 acres Anderson, John New Kent County 100 acres Anderson, John New Kent County 100 acres Anderson, Richard New Kent County 200 acres Robert Anderson's death in 1712 is recorded in the St. Paul parish vestry book when an entry is made that he is deceased and being replaced as church vestryman. From the 1704 rent roll it appears likely that Robert, David, John and Richard were the oldest sons and that Matthew, Thomas were younger and had not established their own plantations as of 1704. William appears in the King William County rent roll when it is known that he had relocated. Notice also that there is an additional John Anderson in this list I suspect is his younger brother John who appears to have died about 1706 according to St. Paul's vestry book which opens with an entry about care for his children. Robert Anderson likely had daughters as well, however no record of them has been discovered to date. The sources below list daughters for him and his son as Cecelia, Mary, Sarah and Charity; but this is clearly a confusion by those researchers with the names of the widows of his sons that appear in the St. Paul Parish vestry book. Take caution, It is unproven that David, John, Richard, Matthew, William, and Thomas are sons of Robert Anderson, Sr. Indeed some may be sons of his brother Bartelot Anderson.