1. George Anderson 1 was born Abt 1697(?) in Scotland 1 and died in Scotland.
Events:
• Historical: 1 Following on from the event recorded for Margaret, the evidence strongly supports the idea that the father of the 5 children was indeed named George and not William Anderson. The naming of children follows normal custom in that the first child was female and thus named Margaret after her mother, Margaret Taylor. The secnd child a male was named after his father, George. The third child being a male would have been named possibly after his grandfather, say William which seems to have been a common family name. Peter Stafford Anderson, who has the biblical record of the family states that there is no record of the name William for the Anderson born in Aberdeen about 1697, but we have found that my father William Wardlaw Anderson had used this name as the original name of the earliest family head in his booklet "A Pioneer's Tradition"
In hindsight, I can well understand why he assumed this name, as it was certainly a traditional first name of a number of his forefathers. He could also have assumed that he was born 20 years earlier than his first born child, Margaret (1717-) and hence he entered the birthdate as Abt 1697.
Thus I am led to believe that our first known Anderson was indeed named George and not William, and furthermore, his spouse was Margaret Taylor, who we have not previously had any information about. I have therefore taken the liberty of making this very important change to the Anderson family tree, and I hope that it will be accepted for at least until it could be further investigated and only changed if then found to be to the contrary.
Ralph Anderson. (21 July 2006)
• Alt Birth: 1 In trying to obtain more information about George Anderson we found that name in the records of the Family Society on the 1696 Poll Tax in Scotland. In the Parish of Newhills there were a total of about 1200 people, but in Wagley there were only two who paid tax and one was a George Anderson, described as a weaver, and I am informed that he would have had to be at least 16 years old before he could be liable for tax. If he had been the father of the 5 children listed here he would have been at least 36 years old when his first child Margaret was born, and 50 in the case of the last child, James. This is not an unusual situation but still we need some other evidence to support that notion. It might be significant that the 3rd son William is reported to have been a partner in a firm of silk merchants in London, and there may be some connection therefore with his work as a weaver father in Aberdeen. The only other factor is that of the very small population of the parish Newhills of only 1200 and Wagley must have been much less so that there could not have been too many George Anderson's in Wagley. I would be happier to accept this George as the father of the 5 children if we could find further evidence in records of his birth and death, for example, and/or his marriage to Margaret Taylor.
• Historical: The Source for the above information is copied from the original print as follows:- George married Margaret Taylor 1 on an unknown date in Scotland. Margaret was born Abt 1697 (?) in Scotland (?).1
Events:
• Marriage: 1 I visited the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society with the express purpose of finding out more information on what we then thought was our earliest Anderson ancestor, namely William Anderson of Aberdeen. My first approach was to search the Society records for the 5 children whose birth dates had been listed in a family Bible handed down from a descendant, William Anderson of Griquatown, as we now refer to him. Of the five children, 3 were identified in the records for the parish of Newhills by the closeness of the stated baptismal dates after the afore-mentioned birth dates, but in addition they were all cited by the same father, George, and the name Wagley, it being assumed that the latter was the name of the local village within the parish of Newhills.However, one of the 3 records recorded Margaret Taylor, as the spouse, and the child found was also named Margaret, and was the first named child in the Bible record.So this finding is the first evidence, not only of the correct name of the father but also of the mother. + 2 F i. Margaret Anderson was born on 23 May 1717 and was christened on 26 May 1717 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen.
+ 3 M ii. George Anderson was born on 16 Jul 1719 1 and was christened on 21 Jul 1719 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen.1
+ 4 M iii. William Anderson 2 3 was born on 14 Jul 1724 in Aberdeen, Scotland,2 3 was christened on 21 Jul 1724 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen,1 died on 26 Feb 1789 2 3 at age 64, and was buried in Bunhill Fields, London.4
+ 5 M iv. Peter Anderson was born on 15 Jun 1726 and was christened on 19 Jun 1726 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen.1
+ 6 M v. James Anderson was born on 11 Sep 1731.
1. Newhill 226 Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths.
2. Dr. D. F. du Toit MALHERBE, Family Register of a South African Nation (Third Edition published by TEGNIEK STELLENBOSCH, 1966. 3. J. A. Heese & R.J.T. Lombard, South African Genealogie (SAG), a set of volumes being produced, augmented and maintained by the Genealogical Institute of South Africa (GISA) in Stellenbosch. 4. Bible (Pocket) (Printed 1684).
5. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of December 17, 2003).
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VIII. PRESBYTRIE OF ABERDEEN.
Item, Janet Chalmer,servant, fee 10 merks p.er annum, fortieth pairt and ge
7 4
William Bruice, taylor ther, his proFOrtione of the valued rent is 2s., and the
Item, James and Jean Bruices, his children in familia, their poll is
Item, JAMES THOM, tennent ther, his proportione of the valued reut is Ss., and
the generall poll for himself, his wife, and son, Gilbert, in familia, is...
James Simpson, servant, fee 20 merks, fortieth pairt and generall poll is.........
Thomas Andersone, subtennent ther, and his wife, their poll is.....................
Item, ALEXA.NDER FETTES, tennent ther, his proportione of the valued rent is
Ss., and the generall poll for himself and. wife is...........................
John Henderson, servant, fee 20 merke, the fortieth pairt an4 generall poll......
Agnes Anderson, servant, fee 10 merke, the fortieth parland generaU'poll is...
William Gray, his servant, his fee £8, fortieth pairt and generall poll is.........
Robert Stephan, cottar ther, and his. wife, their poll is.................................
Item, Alexander Traill, heather bearer, aliaI bisom maker, and his wife, poll is
George Anderson, weaver ther, his proportion of the valued rent is 3s., and the
Robert Fouler ther, his proportion of the valued rent is 2s., and the generall poll
0
The waluatione of the Lands of Auchmull and Muggemoss, belonging to Mr.
The hundred pairt whereof, payable be the tennents, is...
13 4
I 13 4
The said Mr. William Alexander his walnatione in the said pariochin being above :fifty pound, is layable in the poll of £4, and the generall poll for
himself and wife, is '"'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' £4 12 0
Item, Mary Midletone, servant, fee 16 merke, fortieth pairt and generall poll is 0 11 4
12, TOUNE OF OLD ABERDEEN.
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Margaret Andersone, servant, fee 5 merks, the fortieth pairt and generall poll... £0 7 10 Andrsw Chalmer, subtennent and desher ther, his poll for himself and wife is 0 18. 0
Marjorie Cumming, subtenn~n~ tber,.her generall poll is
MUGGIMOSS.
Alexander Duncan, tennent ther, his proportione of the valuatione is £1 2s. 2d.,
Alexander Donald, his sernmt, fee £8, the fortieth part and generall poll
Jean Roch, his 6el'\\"ant, her fee 11 merks, the fortieth pairt and generall poll is 0 9 8 Alexander Clerk, officer to the Shirreft'e of Aberdeen, and his wife, their poll is 0 12 0
£3 5 10
15 0
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The waluatione of the Lands of Bishops Clinterty, belonging to WILLIAM J OnN
13 4
The hundred pain whereof is
Summa of NEWHILLS Paroch is
PAROCH OF NEWHILLS
MALES FEMALES
102 110
TOTAL
212
See also the events reported for George Anderson.
Sources
This is a wonderful source of clues on specific families, but all data in the publication needs to be verified with Original Sources.), ANDERSON Extract - Page 17.
, ANDERSON - Vol 1 page 63.