Henry Anderson (abt. 1680 - bef. 1734)

Born about 1680 in Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Stratton) Anderson — married 1704 in Virginia

Descendants

Died before May 1734 before about age 54 in Henrico, Virginia

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Biography

Henry Anderson's family is mainly informed by a will, proved May 1734 in Henrico County.^[1]

However, one source indicates that Prudence Stratton, orphan of Edward Stratton, and Henry Anderson had married in Sep 1704 in Henrico County. Their children are below-connoted, in an as yet unconfirmed Virginia Historical Society (VHS) submission.^[2][3]

His wife at the time of his will was named as Elizabeth.^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Claiborne Clayborne or Clyborn Anderson, 21 Dec 1732, baptized 14 Jan 1732^[4][2] - note, however, that a christening record indicates his birth to be that of 2nd wife Elisabeth's 21 Dec 1732; and some accounts [e.g., Pritchett (2007)]^[3] also attribute Claiborne to the second marriage. Given Elizabeth's surname, onomastics would also predict that this child was of the second marriage.^[5] Note that some are confirmed in the Bristol Parish Register, as noted.^[4]
2. Edward Anderson^[2]
3. Henry S Anderson^[4][2]
4. Ann (Anderson) Ward^[2]
5. Judith (Anderson) Cocke^[2]
6. Elizabeth Anderson, 14 Apr 1729^[6][4]
7. Sarah Anderson
8. Frances Anderson^[2]

Will of Henry Anderson

Will of Henry Anderson - Proved May, 1734. Bristol Parish, Henrico County, Book 1725-1737, p. 439.^[1]

To wife ELIZABETH, the use of the plantation where I now live, for life, and then to my son CLAIBORNE; and all of that tract on the southside of the road that leads through my land on Beaver Pond Branch in Prince George County, being part of 1145 acres, the other part going

Slaves

• to my son EDWARD, with negroes (sic), and items to said son.

To son HENRY, daughter ANN WARD, and daughter JUDITH COCKE, each, 1 shilling.

To son CLAIBORNE, negroe (sic) and items.

To daughter ELIZABETH ANDERSON, negroes (sic) and items.

To daughter SARAH ANDERSON, negroes (sic) and items.

To daughter FRANCES ANDERSON

Wife to be executrix

Wit William Branch, Edward Osburne, Walter Chiles

Research Notes

• The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography citation is weak (the volume spans four issues, and is presumptive as no year is given; no pages are given, either). In order to reproduce it, these volumes have to be reviewed:
  • Vol. 32, No. 1, Jan., 1924
  • No. 2 Apr., 1924 pp. 113-208
  • No. 3 Jul., 1924 pp. 209-304
  • No. 4 Oct., 1924 pp. 305-416+405-442
• The following are index records that MAY indicate that a source document exists. Without further detail, the quality cannot be evaluated. Generally "Family Data Collection" means user submitted family tree data, which cannot be evaluated without corroboration with a primary or secondary source document:
  • Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Births. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
  • Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Deaths. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
  • Birth year: 1688; Birth city: Charles City County; Birth state: VA. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
  • Yates Publishing. US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. (Often based upon family group sheet entries, alone. Cannot be evaluated without locating the record that informed the entry.)
• Ancestry Family Trees
• Marian June Andrews

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Transcriber Will of Henry Anderson - Proved May, 1734. Bristol Parish, Henrico County, Book 1725-1737, p. 439. Secondary report/transcription to be confirmed.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Virginia Magazine of History & Biography. Vol. 32. 1924. (The specific Issue No and page/s to be located; links to the four possible Issues are provided.) Virginia Historical Society. Cited in My Southern Family Col Henry Anderson (1688-1735) ID I67758. Previous link was broken. Please refer to Research Notes for a description of the voluminous pages needing review to validate the VHS citation.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. 2007. Genealogical Publishing Company.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson, “Births from the Bristol Parish Register of Henrico, Prince George, and Dinwiddie Counties, Virginia, 1720-1798;” excerpted and reprinted from The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, transcribed and published by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Richmond, VA, 1898; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1980. Digital images of this book (1996 edition) are online at Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch: indexed 28 Jan 2020, Henry Anderson in entry for Clyborn Anderson, 1732.
6. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch: indexed 28 Jan 2020, Henry Anderson in entry for Eliza. Anderson, 1729.