Third Generation  

3. George Anderson ¹ (George², Thomas¹) was born on Feb 20, 1698 in Wagley, NewhillsParish, Scotland,¹ was christened on Feb 20, 1698 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, died on Apr 25, 1766 in Scotland at age 68, and was buried on Apr 25, 1766 in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire Parish Record.

• 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)

• Poll Tax Paid: Poll Tax, 1696, Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen. 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. 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 an actual record of his marriage to Margaret Taylor.

• Historical: The Source for the above information is copied from the original print as follows:-


582
VIII. PRESBYTRIE OF ABERDEEN.
Item, Janet Chalmer,servant, fee 10 merks p.er annum, fortieth pairt and generall poll is£094
- 7 4
7 4
SCLATIE.
William Bruice, taylor ther, his proFOrtione of the valued rent is 2s., and the
generall poll for himself and wife is£100
Item, James and Jean Bruices, his children in familia, their poll is0 120
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

MILL OF SCLATTIE.
Robert Chalmer, tennent ther, his proportione of the valued rent is 48., and
the generall poll of 6s., both is£0 10 0
WAGLEY.
George Anderson, weaver ther, his proportion of the valued rent is 3s., and the
generall poll for himselfe, wife, and trade£1
Robert Fouler ther, his proportion of the valued rent is 2s., and the generall poll
for himself and wife, is0 14-0
£1 I5 0
0
The waluatione of the Lands of Auchmull and Muggemoss, belonging to Mr.
WILLIA.M: ALEXANDER, in the said pariochin, is£166 134
The hundred pairt whereof, payable be the tennents, is..."'£1
William Edward, tennent in Auchmull, his proportione of the valued rent
is£0 112
Alexander Duncan in Mnggemoss, isI22
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£5 3 4ACHMULL.
William Edward, tennent ther, his proportione of the valuatione is lis. 2d., and
the generall poll for himself and wife, is£13 2

12, TOUNE OF OLD ABERDEEN.
583
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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~,0 6 0
MUGGIMOSS.
Alexander Duncan, tennent ther, his proportione of the valuatione is £1 2s. 2d.,
and the generall poll for himself and wife, is...,.,"£1 142
Alexander Donald, his sernmt, fee £8, the fortieth part and generall poll0 100
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
f
!
The waluatione of the Lands of Bishops Clinterty, belonging to WILLIAM J OnNSTONB of Craige, in the said pariochin, is£66
(The heretor of this land is polled in Banft'shyre, and there is no person
living on the ground of it.)
13 4
The hundred pain whereof is£0 134
Summa of NEWHILLS Paroch is£12662
PAROCH OF NEWHILLS
MALES FEMALES
102 110
TOTAL
212

• Marriage: Confirmation Record, Sep 14, 2009, Aberdeen Scotland. Newhills Parish reord on the baptism of Margaret reads -
"26 May 1717, George Anderson and Margaret Taylor from Wagley, had a child baptised Margaret. Witnesses were James Jameson and James Head"

Ralph Blyth Anderson and Edward Ralph Anderson say this reord on a visit to Aberdeen September 14, 2009

• Genealogy: Family Line Confirmation, Sep 14, 2009, Aberdeen Scotland. Visit by Ralph Blyth Anderson and Edward Ralph Anderson to Aberdeen Scotland September 14-16, 2009 to investigate various historical records. We found -

George Anderson married to Margaret Taylor records for all five children. Formally it was thought that there was an anomally in the fact that one son given in the biblical record, namely Peter Anderson, could not be found: However, it is established that the first name "Peter" was interchangeable with "Patrick" at the time they living in the early 1600's. A record was indeed found for Patrick Anderson, son of George Anderson of Walgley in the Parish of Newhills, Aberdeen.

Therefore, any doubt that may have existed as to who the father of the five children were, is now dispelled. George Anderson married to Margaret Taylor were the proven parents of the five children beyond doubt.

Entered September 14, 2009

• Burial: Apr 25, 1766, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire Parish Record. Burial record found by Ralph Blyth Anderson and Edward Ralph Anderson September 15, 2009 in the Pre-OPR burial records held at the Family History Sociaety office Aberdeen, Scotland

Record shows Geoge Anderson Newhills Parish (Abode) was buried 25 April 1766 Old Machar Parish Record.

George married Margaret Taylor,¹ daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on an unknown date in Scotland. Margaret was born Abt 1697 (?) in Scotland,¹ died May 16, 1756 ? in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire Parish Record about age 59, and was buried on May 16, 1756 in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire Parish Record.

• 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.
See also the events reported for George Anderson.

• Burial: May 16, 1756, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire Parish Record. Record found as per her husband George Anderson in Old Machar record, abode Newhills Parish adding further evidence as to the marriage to George Andesron.
Same Abode and burial place.
Entered September 15, 2009 visit by Ralph Blyth Anderson and Edward Ralph Anderson to Aberdeen, Scotland

Children from this marriage were:

+ 4 F    i. Margaret Anderson was born on May 23, 1717 and was christened on May 26, 1717 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen, Scotland.

+ 5 M    ii. George Anderson was born on Jul 16, 1719,¹ was christened on Jul 21, 1719 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen,¹ and was buried on Dec 2, 1770 in Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire (Abode Cothill).

+ 6 M    iii. James Anderson was born on Apr 24, 1722 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen.

+ 7 M    iv. William Anderson ^{2 3} was born on Jul 14, 1724 in Aberdeen, Scotland,^{2 3} was christened on Jul 21, 1724 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen,¹ died on Feb 26, 1789^{2 3} at age 64, and was buried in Bunhill Fields, London.⁴

+ 8 M    v. Patrick Anderson was born on Jun 15, 1726 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen and was christened on Jun 19, 1726 in Wagley, Newhills Aberdeen.¹

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.
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.

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.
, ANDERSON - Vol 1 page 63.

4. Bible (Pocket) (Printed 1684).