Mary (Anderson) England (abt. 1682 - abt. 1743)

Born about 1682 in New Kent, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William England — married about 1699 (to 1711) in New Kent, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1743 at about age 61 in New Kent, Virginia

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Mary (Anderson) England was a Virginia colonist.

Biography

Birth and Family

Based on available evidence, Mary Anderson England was probably the daughter of Robert Anderson I of New Kent County and was thus a sister (and the only female known at this point) of the seven sons of Robert I. The proof of her relationship with this family, however, is relatively thin. This revised profile includes some modifications to correct the erroneous marriage to Richard Cottrell; change her birth year to 1682; and address some of the conflicting information in family genealogies and websites.

The seven Anderson siblings of New Kent County are connected via both paper trail and YDNA evidence. Of the seven sons, four are directly connected to living male Andersons via YDNA, all of whom trace their lines back to Robert, John, and Thomas Anderson. The tobacco letters of Robert Anderson II (1698-1716) identify David, Matthew, John and William, and probably Richard also (named but not specifically identified as a brother), all as brothers of Robert. Thus, between the two sources, all seven are confirmed as brothers and sons of Robert I.

Mary is mentioned as a daughter of Robert Anderson I in two older family genealogies and in various current websites. Thus, there is a history of including her as a sister of the seven sons of Robert I. The tradition of including Mary may have begun with E.L. Anderson’s early work, which included Mary as a sister of the early Andersons (along with Cecilia, erroneously) but with no source cited and some errors in the full list. Edward L. Anderson, The Andersons of Goldmine, Hanover County Virginia, pp. 5-6[1] W.P. Anderson in 1936 simply quoted E.L. Anderson to include Mary, again with no source or citation. William P. Anderson, Anderson Family Records, published by W.F. Schaeffer & Co., 1936 at p. 5[2]; also at[3]

Other genealogies repeated this list. See, e.g., Bessie Calvert’s “Climbing the Family Tree” (includes Mary); Corkill & Sparacio, A Supplement to 'Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County VA at 3-3[4] Pat Anderson’s Rootsweb Colonial Virginia Anderson site also includes Mary as a daughter of Robert I, but has her birth date as 1667 and her spouse as Richard Cottrell, not William English. - Colonial Virginia Anderson Families on Rootsweb, site created by Pat Anderson, “Robert Anderson Sr.” Sr.Descendants of Robert Anderson Both the birth date and the marriage to Cottrell are probably errors as discussed below. Pat provides no evidence or citation for including Mary as part of this family.

Mary’s relationship to this family cannot be confirmed via YDNA testing, which only applies to male descendants. Nor does the tobacco letter book help because women were largely not permitted to engage in business at that time. Her relationship to the Andersons is too far back in time for autosomal DNA to assist, which finds links reliably only back about six generations. Living descendants today are typically 8 or 9 generations from Robert I. Thus, we look to the limited paper trail to tie Mary, somewhat tenuously, to this family.

Despite the lack of sources or proofs provided in the family genealogies, there is some evidence supporting the conclusion that Mary England, the wife of William England, was indeed a New Kent Anderson. The Anderson family had a number of geographic and church connections to the family of William England. Based on those connections, including William England and both Robert Anderson Sr., and Robert Anderson Jr., serving on the St. Paul Vestry together in 1710/1711, the Andersons and Englands certainly knew each other well. They were also geographically close, often processioning land in neighboring precincts. Those connections provided plenty of opportunity for Mary daughter of Robert Sr. to meet and marry William England.

The best evidence connecting Mary England to the Andersons is the recurrence of the name Anderson in the descendants of William and Mary England. The name “Anderson” appears as both a middle and first name in that line, per WikiTree profiles (see Children below). In addition, the prior WikiTree profile for Mary Anderson England (before editing) referred to the will of Mary’s husband William England as naming Robert Anderson Jr. (Mary’s older brother) as executor. That will, however, has not been located so this information cannot be confirmed. In addition, it is possible that the Robert Anderson link with William England’s will is the result of confusion with the will of John Page, for which Robert Anderson Jr. did indeed serve as executor. Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia on Ancestry[5] A granddaughter of Mary Anderson English married a John Page, which may have led to this confusion. If the 1711 will of William England exists and was executed or witnessed by Robert Anderson Jr., then that connection is most easily explained if Robert were William’s brother-in-law. Other explanations are possible, though (perhaps he was a friend or business associate instead), so this evidence is useful but not definitive.

Mary Anderson’s birth year is also uncertain but was likely about 1682. Her husband William England, if he was indeed her husband (see Marriage below), appeared in land records as early as 1700, and the couple’s first child John was baptized in September 1700 as well (St. Peter’s Registry), see marriage and children below. William then appeared in the New Kent County tax rolls in 1704. The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives at 167 [6]

Taken together, this evidence indicates that William was born no later than 1678 or 1679, may have married around age 21 in late 1699 or January 1700 (first child born September of that year), and was about 25 when he appeared in the tax rolls. Mary, then, would likely have been about 17 or 18 at her marriage and thus born 1682 or so. The William England family websites give her birth as 1684, in which case she would have been only 15 at marriage, which seems very young. These estimated birth and marriage dates could be off by several years, and there is no definitive evidence to pin the dates down more precisely.

Several sites give Mary’s birth year as 1667, and there is a gap in the Anderson siblings between David (1665) and Richard (before 1673) in which she would fit. But those sites tend to be the ones that connect Mary via marriage with Richard Cottrell. Cottrell was born considerably earlier than William English and likely married about 1684, consistent with a birth year for Mary of about 1667 (age 17 at marriage). But as analyzed under Research Notes, Mary Anderson daughter of Robert Anderson I almost certainly did not marry Richard Cottrell but instead married William English as her only husband. That marriage (1699) makes it much more likely she was born about 1682 and her age was thus well-matched with William England when they married in 1699. If born in 1667, she would have been 32 at that marriage, and to a much younger man – again, unlikely.

Where was Mary in the birth order of the Anderson siblings? If born in 1682 or so, she was later than the fourth son John (b. 1675), and almost certainly earlier than the two youngest sons Matthew (probably born 1684) and Thomas (1685). Her brother William obtained land in 1701, married between 1698 and 1700, and was probably born in 1678 or 1679. The best estimate would be to place Mary in the gap between William born 1678 and Matthew born 1684, i.e., about 1681 or 1682. This “open” slot in the birth orders fits well with an estimated birth year of 1682 in order to be 17 or 18 at marriage in late 1699 to William England.

Marriage and William England Notes

Based on best evidence, Mary married William England in New Kent County about 1699. This marriage year assumes that the England children listed in St. Peter’s registry born beginning 1700 are William and Mary’s. See Children below. William England was probably born about 1678, possibly earlier. The first historical record for William is his listing in the New Kent County Quitrent rolls of 1704, meaning he had to be at least 21 and thus born no later than 1683. The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives at p. 167[7] But based on St. Peter;s Registry records, William began having children in 1700, probably married Mary in 1699, and thus would have to be born by 1678 to be 21 years old at marriage. His wife Mary was probably born about 1682. William would likely be a few years older than his new wife.

This profile will use 1678 as William England’s birth year until better evidence becomes available. That date is consistent with one England family genealogy stating that William was born about 1678-1679 in New Kent County. See Genealogies of Some England Families in America; Compiled by C. Walter England Ph. D., C.G. Published by the Compiler, Silver Spring, Maryland 1980[8]. The Find-a-Grave birth year listed for William England of 1652 is certainly much too early, as he would have been 47 by the time of his marriage to Mary based on that birth year. Find-a-Grave William W. England[9]

William’s parents are unknown. But note that a William England was transported to Virginia 1682.[10] This 1682 immigrant might be the father of Mary’s William, who perhaps immigrated with his very young son then died shortly after and doesn’t appear in other records. This could also be the William English who married Mary’s, or maybe it is an unrelated William English. William’s father may also have been one of the immigrants named England listed in transportation records (see Research Notes below).

Some Ancestry sites identify his father as John England and mother as Mary Anne or Anne Mary Martin, but without sources linking that British couple with William English of Virginia, and with a large set of obvious errors including citations to Civil War records. See, e.g., Ancestry Tree of mneubert1141[11] The WikiTree site for William England has disassociated William from John and Mary Martin England, and that conclusion seems correct. WikiTree William England Comments[12]

All of the records reflecting William and Mary England’s geographic location have the couple in New Kent County up through and after William’s death in 1711. For example, the first records identifying William by name are the St. Peter’s registry references to John and Elizabeth born to William England, in 1700 and 1702. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish at p. 10[13]; St. Peter’s was in New Kent County. Two years later, the 1704 Quitrent rolls for New Kent include a William England 409 acres, located in what became Hanover County in 1720. William England then participated in the first processioning in the new St. Paul’s Parish in western New Kent in 1708/09. The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, p. 45[14].

William England was sworn in to the St. Paul Vestry on Aug. 15, 1710, probably age 38 or older. He made several more appearances in the vestry records through May 3, 1711, then does not appear again alive. In the September 17, 1711 vestry meeting, William Meriwether replaced “Mr. W. England lately deceas’d” (page 48). So Mary’s husband William England died between May 3 and Sep. 17, 1711.

The last historical reference to William England identifies him as deceased and replaced by the “Widdow England” in the processioning of 1711/12, again in New Kent County. Some websites and genealogies have him dying in Goochland County, but that could not likely be the case if he and his widow processioned only in St. Paul’s Parish, in New Kent and later Hanover Counties. The Goochland reference likely resulted from confusion with his son and grandson who had dealings in that county.

Mary England’s St. Paul Processionings

Mary’s first appearance in any record is in precinct 7 in the 1711/12 St. Paul Parish processioning record where she is identified only as “Widdow England.” The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, p. 224[15]. She was in the same precinct as William England was in 1708/09. There is little doubt that this is a reference to William’s widow who took over the processioning after William died.

In the 1716 processioning, precinct 7 is the same as precinct 7 in 1711/12, where Widow England first appeared (p. 236). The names in this 1716 precinct are virtually identical to those in 1711/12, i.e., Shelton, Bullock, Dumas, John Anderson (Mary’s older brother), Tate, and Hester, and the overseers are the same (Edward Bullock and John Shelton). Mary’s name does not appear in 1716, but the report contains the following reference to her recently deceased husband: “…all the several respective Lands therein Containd, except the Dividing Line between M. Wharton and Will. England deceas’d which can’t be found”(p. 236). For reasons unknown, Mary did not participate in this processioning as widows typically did.

Mary made several more appearances in the processioning after that, but the record is confusing because it appears the writers often used the last name English instead of England. (To be fair, I have made the same error repeatedly in writing this profile.) No England or English appeared in the 1719 processioning. Mary appeared again eleven years later in the 1731 processioning as “Mary English” (not England; p. 274). But in the report by the overseers that immediately follows this, she was identified as “Widd: England” (not English), who did not appear for that processioning.

There is some uncertainty whether this is our Mary England – only three of the landowners in the 1711 processioning precinct that included Widow England are in the 1731 precinct #4 with “Widdow English.” That grouping appears to have largely broken up by 1731, but then 15 years had passed since the last processioning. Mary’s brother Andersons were in precinct 10. But the combination of “Mary English” with “Widd: England” is telling – it seems very likely this is Mary England the widow of William, and an ongoing confusion of last names England and English is underway.

Four years later, on Oct. 18 1735, “Mary English” appeared in precinct 8 with many of the families in 1731’s precinct 4 (p. 287). She then processioned on Sep. 1, 1739 (p. 289), again as “Mary English,” mostly same group as above. This district was too large, so the overseers requested a split. After the split, “Widdow English” appeared in the second precinct with relatives Dabney and others. This processioning mentioned the orphans of one John English – probably William and Mary’s oldest son. Thus, the reference to this Widdow is likely not the wife of John, because his children were orphans, and is probably John’s mother Mary. The last appearance for Mary, if Mary “English” was Mary England, was in the Sep. 18, 1743 processioning (p. 305).” She was again in precinct #8, and again listed as “Widdow English, with mostly the same landowners as 1735.

The 1731 processioning is thus the key, given that Mary was called both English and England in that processioning. The rest of the entries are probably her, especially since the precincts track landowners consistent with property associated with the Englands. No Englands appear in the processionings thereafter, thus it is unclear what happened to her land.

Children

Most England family trees and genealogies only list one known child of William and Mary England. That child was also named William England. born perhaps about 1710. See Genealogies of some England Families in America; Compiled by C. Walter England[16]; Find-a-Grave William W. England[17] ; WikiTree William England-2717 [18]. One England family genealogy does not mention the older William husband of Mary Anderson, but begins instead with their son William, born in Hanover County, died 1768.[19] This William moved to Goochland County. His first son was named William Anderson England, married 1765 so the son was probably born before 1744.

Contrary to these family genealogies, however, which list only one child, it is likely that William and Mary England had other children before William was born. The St. Peter’s Registry lists two children born to a William England, John in 1700 and Elizabeth in 1702. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish at p. 353[20];[21] No other William England is known to be present in New Kent County in this time frame except William the Vestry man and husband of Mary Anderson. Thus, it seems highly likely that these two were his and Mary’s children. Why the family genealogies do not list these two is unknown. William Jr. was probably then the third child, born sometime between 1704 (after Elizabeth) and 1710, which some genealogies give as his birth year but without source citations. The Find-a-Grave record for William the elder, who died in 1711, supports the conclusion that William and Mary English had at least three children, not one. That website incorporates the St. Peter’s register births of John and Elizabeth with a later birth of William in 1710.[22].

Death

Mary England’s husband William English predeceased her - he died between May 3 and Sep. 17, 1711.The date of death is based on the St. Paul Vestry records in which he appeared in precinct 18 in 1708/09 (age 24/25?) as overseer and the Sep. 17, 1711 date where he was listed as deceased. There is no known will, but New Kent is a burned county so it is not clear whether one existed.

Mary Anderson England, assuming the St. Paul’s Parish records references to “Mary English” are her, outlived her husband for some 32 years. She was certainly alive in 1731 when the processioning records clearly refer to Widow England, and probably died after her last processioning record (for Mary English) in 1743.

Research Notes

Possible Fathers of William England 1687-1711

The father of William England, Mary’s husband is unknown. Immigration records, including Hotten’s and the Complete Book of Emigrants by Coldham, however, list a number of males named England who came to the Colonies in the right time frame to possibly be that father. They include:

• June 9, 1637, persons who have taken passage from Sandwich, Kent to the American plantations includes John Ingland, a servant of Edward Johnson and his wife. Destination not identified. • 1657, John England tailor bound to Charles Horne of Barbados for 5 years. • 1659 – John England mariner had several people bound to him • 1659 – Robert England yeoman of Bristol bound to Andrew Rumigard 7 yrs, no destination • 1657 – Thomas England bound to Charles Horne of Barbados 4 yrs • 1658 – two men bound to Thomas England for 4 years, no location • 1685 – Hottens lists a John England p. 316/344 among prisoners transported due to Monmouth’s Rebellion

None of these men were recorded as imported to Virginia. More research would be necessary to link any of these men named England to William England, even tentatively.

Mary Anderson’s Purported Marriage to Richard Cottrell

Several websites, including WikiTree prior to the completion of this revised profile, include a second or different husband for Mary, one Richard Cottrell or Cotterell. See, e.g., Cottrell Family Rootsweb Genealogy Page at[23]; Cottrell Family Genealogy Page at [24]; Russell Warren Cottrell Family Tree at [25] The WikiTree page for Richard Cottrell also lists Mary Anderson as his wife but has her married to William England as well, thus associating her with the New Kent Andersons. WikiTree Richard Cottrell-643 [26] The WikiTree page’s source links are dead or refer to a private Ancestry tree.

It seems unlikely, however, that Mary Anderson, daughter of Robert and wife of William England, could have married Richard Cottrell, either alone or before her marriage to England. The evidence instead strongly supports only one husband, William England. The profile has been changed accordingly and Richard Cottrell disassociated from Mary. The keys to this analysis are as follows:

• Naming – The Cottrell line, based on WikiTree and several family genealogies cited above, has no one named Anderson in the family tree other than the presumed wife of Richard Cottrell (sometimes listed as Mary Alice Anderson). It would be quite strange for the Anderson last name to never appear as a middle or given name in the Cottrell line given that Mary Anderson would have been the originating mother of the American Cottrells. In contrast, the line of William England husband of Mary includes his grandson William Anderson England, a prominent and well-documented descendant. The Anderson middle name continued to the next two generations as well. WikiTree William Anderson England Jr.[ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/England-3128] and possibly Anderson England[27]

• Time frame and birth – Sources provide two different possible birth years for Mary Anderson, quite different in time frame and effect. The sites linking her with Richard Cottrell have her birth around 1667 and death about 1690/1691. The sites linking her With William England, in contrast, put her birth closer to 1682 and death after her husband in 1711. Which is correct?

If Mary were born in 1667 in St . Peter’s parish, as stated in Cottrell trees, then she would fit into the gap among the Anderson siblings after David Anderson (second son) born 1665 and before Richard (third son) born before 1673. Thus, there is a space for Mary born 1667 in the Anderson line. Her death in 1690 St. Peter’s would be quite young, only 25, but old enough to produce the two documented children of Richard Cottrell

If, on the other hand, Mary Anderson married William England, then she was much more likely to have been born around 1680-1682. William England was probably born no later than 1678 and thus his wife Mary would typically have been probably somewhat younger. Mary’s birth around 1682 also fits into the Anderson sibling timeline, between William (fifth son) in 1678 and Matthew (sixth son) 1684. Thus, the estimated birth year of 1667 fits with the Cottrell marriage time frame but is likely not the correct birth year for Mary Anderson daughter of Robert I and wife of William England.

Some sites list both Richard Cottrell and William England as husbands, but that dual marriage seems very unlikely. The Mary who married Richard Cottrell so much earlier (about 1685) is probably not the same Mary who married William England almost 14 years later and who would have been much older than William. In addition, the Cottrell sites consistently give Mary Cottrell’s death year as 1690 or 1691, in which case that Mary could not possibly have married William England who was only 3 or 4 years old at the time of her death. These two Marys are almost certainly two different women, and Mary Anderson daughter of Robert married William England, not Richard Cottrell.

• Geographic and other connections to Andersons – The Cottrells have no connection to the Robert Anderson family of New Kent and Hanover Counties in any record. In addition, the Cottrells have a very limited record in New Kent County and the vestry records and do not seem to have moved in the same circles as the Andersons – e.g., no role on the vestry or other leadership activity, and no land grants recorded in the Library of Virginia records until much later in other counties. Noreen Gregory’s extensive work on St. Paul landowners (Some Ancient Landowners of St. Martin’s Parish in Hanover County, VA), which includes considerable information on the Andersons, does not mention anyone named Cottrell anywhere in the entire book.

In contrast to the lack of linkage between the Andersons and any Cottrells, the Englands of New Kent County have many potential connections with the Andersons. The families clearly knew each other, providing substantial plausibility for Mary to meet and marry William England. The England family was part of the St. Peter’s Parish of New Kent County, in which the Andersons were prominent. William England served on the Vestry of the newly formed St. Paul’s parish in 1710/1711 along with Vestry members Robert Anderson Sr. and Robert Anderson Jr. William England also appeared on the 1704 New Kent County quitrent roles, along with Robert Anderson Sr., his brother John, and several of Robert Sr.’s sons. In the St. Paul processioning records, the widow Mary England (sometimes called “English”) processioned her deceased husband’s land in precincts near the Andersons as well. The previous WikiTree profile for Mary English stated that Robert Anderson Jr., Mary’s older brother, served as executor for William England in William’s will probated in 1711, but the will itself is not on line and has not been reviewed to confirm this association.

• Genealogies – The major Anderson genealogies by W.P. Anderson and E.L. Anderson do not identify Mary Anderson’s spouse or family, only naming her as one of two daughters of Robert Sr. (the other erroneously identified as Cecilia). The usually reliable Pat Anderson Rootsweb site on the Andersons has Richard Cottrell as Mary’s husband but with no citations or sources except unsourced trees contributed by correspondents. WikiTree correctly connects Mary with the Englands, not the Cottrells.

The sum of this is that Mary Anderson is much more likely to have been born about 1682, married William England about 1699, and produced three children by that marriage – John b. 1700, Elizabeth b. 1702, and William b. before 1710. The association with the Cottrells appears to have resulted from confusion with the Thomas Anderson of Gloucester family, unrelated to the Andersons of New Kent/Hanover. That confusion may have arisen from the presence of a Richard Cottrell entry on the 1704 quitrent rolls, in which several Andersons also appear. But the Quitrent rolls Cottrell was probably the husband of the Gloucester Mary (Alice?) Anderson. The best Cotrell tree[https://www.russellcottrell.com/genealogy/ in fact includes the Gloucester Thomas Anderson as the father of Mary Anderson Cottrell and includes other names (e.g,, Reynard Anderson) that are not part of the New Kent Andersons. Given all of this, the WikiTree profile connection with the Cottrells has been removed, subject to input and proofs provided by other researchers.

Whether William England’s Son William Had a Middle Name Anderson

Genealogy sites for the England family sometimes give the elder William’s son, also named William England, the middle name Anderson. Land and other records, however, do not support this and instead support the conclusion that the middle name Anderson instead belonged to the elder William’s grandson (not son), William Anderson England.

An 1802 Amherst County deed (p. 387 Amherst County Deed Book 1), seems to refer to William England, the son of William and Mary, as deceased and without the middle name, but the son of this William is named William Anderson England: “13 feb. 1802. ELIZ. ENGLAND widow of WM. ENGLAND; ELISHA ENGLAND; JANE & ANNE ENGLAND (WILLIAM’s children), AC, to WM ENGLAND for £6, all interest in land pat. To WM. ANDERSON ENGLAND, 14 Oct. 1789, 174 acres. Signed by LIZ., ELISHA, GUINEAU ENGLAND; ANNA ENGLAND, JOSIAH MARTIN. Orig. del. To WE 18 Feb. 1802. Wit. Dabney Hill, JNO FULCHER, EDWD. BOWLING.”

In contrast, the Find-a-Grave site for the younger William England (child of William and Mary) includes the middle name Anderson, but without any citation or source supporting that inclusion. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132296303/william-anderson-england The link referenced in Find-a-Grave to support the name is the Walter C. England family history that actually names this William only as William England, without the middle name. So the Find-a-Grave inclusion of the Anderson middle name for the child of William and Mary is unsupported.

The WikiTree profile for the elder William’s son, William England born 1710, omits a middle name Anderson for him but includes it for his son. That conclusion seems well supported, as the will of William England, b. 1710 d. 1768, specifically names his son as “William Anderson England” (born 1740). Why would the will name the father as only “William England” and the son as “William Anderson England” if both had the same middle name? William England’s inventory after his death in Goochland County also omits any reference to a middle name. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-9CY5 \; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-9C5J

An England family genealogy also identifies William, the son of William and Mary, without the middle name but includes one for his son, i.e., William/Mary’s grandson. Genealogies of some England Families in America; Compiled by C. Walter England Ph. D., C.G. Published by the Compiler, Silver Spring, Maryland 1980. https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/England-1388-2 The grandson William Anderson England then appears, with the middle name, in several land and other records, including a marriage record (to Elizabeth Fairies) that includes the middle name.[28]

The safer and better supported conclusion is that William and Mary did not give their son William the middle name Anderson, but that son William passed his mother’s Anderson name on to his son and William/Mary’s grandson, William Anderson England b. 1740. The presence of the name in the grandson helps support the conclusion that Mary’s last name was Anderson.

Chronology of Life Events

• 1682 – Most likely year of Mary’s birth. She was the sixth child, after Capt. William, and before Matthew and Thomas. Born in New Kent County where the Andersons lived.

• 1699 – Most likely year of Mary’s marriage to William England, based on the appearance of children of William England in the St. Peter’s registry beginning in 1700. At this time the couple lived in New Kent County, where St. Peter’s was located.

• 1700 – Birth of first child John England, New Kent County, per St. Peter’s Registry. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish at p. 353[29];[30]

• 1702 – Birth of daughter Elizabeth England, New Kent County, per St. Peter’s registry (same reference).

• 1704 – Mary’s husband William England appeared in the 1704 Quit Rent rolls for New Kent County, 409 acres in what became Hanover County. The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives at 167 [31] He is listed along with several of his Anderson in-laws. Munro England also appeared in this list; possibly a brother to William.

• 1708/09 – Mary’s husband William England processioned land in the newly created St. Paul’s Parish, served as overseer, precinct 18, March 17, 1708/09. William England did not appear in any further processionings. The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, p. 45[32].

• William England was sworn in to the St. Paul Vestry on Aug. 15, 1710, probably age 38 or older. St. Paul Vestry, p. 42.

• March 17, 1711/12 – William England was replaced in this processioning by the “Widdow England.” St. Paul Vestry, p. 224. She was in precinct 7 rather than 18, but many of the names are the same as in 1708/09 or are in a nearby precinct that appears to have been split off or rearranged with the new 7.

• Oct. 29, 1731 – The processioning in 1731 included “Mary English.” But the return by the two overseers, directly below, names her as “Widd. England.” St. Paul Vestry, p. 234. Apparently, the names English and England were confused or substituted, and this Mary English has to be the Widow Mary England.

• 1735-1743 – Mary England likely appeared in several more processionings listed as Mary English or Widow English. The spelling “England” seems to have been replaced by English.

• After 1743 - Mary England died probably after the 1743 processioning.

Sources

• Edward L. Anderson, The Andersons of Goldmine, Hanover County Virginia, pp. 5-6[33]

• William P. Anderson, Anderson Family Records, published by W.F. Schaeffer & Co., 1936 at p. 5[34]; also at[35]

• Bessie Lamar Anderson Calvert, Climbing the Family Tree[36]

• Colonial Virginia Anderson Families on Rootsweb, site created by Pat Anderson, “Robert Anderson Sr.” Sr.Descendants of Robert Anderson

• Corkill & Sparacio, A Supplement to 'Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County VA at 3-3[37]

• The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives at 167 [38]

• Find-a-Grave William W. England[39]

• The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish at p. 353[40];[41]

• The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, multiple pages[42].

• Genealogies of some England Families in America; Compiled by C. Walter England[43]

• Find-a-Grave William W. England[44]