William Anderson (abt. 1678 - 1717)

Born about 1678 in New Kent, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Dabney) Trice — married before 25 Apr 1701 in New Kent, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1717 at about age 39 in King William County, Virginia

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Biography

Captain William Anderson is a confirmed brother of the other Andersons of New Kent/Hanover Counties, all of whom were almost certainly the sons of Robert Anderson Sr., 1642-1712, of New Kent. For an analysis of the birth order and birth years of the eight Anderson siblings, including William, see

William’s existence is confirmed via the 1704 King William County quitrent rolls, several land records thereafter in King William County, and one inclusion in the St. Paul Vestry with the other Andersons. He is also specifically named as the brother of Robert Jr., David, Matthew, and John in the Robert Anderson Tobacco Letter Book:

“… I hope you honor my bills with payment, but I have endeavored to lighten the sum as much as I could with ___ bills those mentioned, viz. my brother David Anderson for 22 [lbs], and my brother William Anderson for 22 [lbs], and my brother Matthew Anderson for 6 [lbs]…” Tobacco Letter Book of Robert Anderson 1698-1717, University of Virginia Smalls Special Collection, letter dated June 28, 1706, located in the Tracy W. McGregor Autograph Collection, ca. 1599-1947, Accession #10547, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA, Series III Slipcase Collections, Slipcase Othertype 28 [1]

Capt. William only had two sons and both died without children, so no current male descendant of William’s with the last name of Anderson has participated in YDNA testing. Thus, we do not have and will never have direct YDNA confirmation of the connection to William as we do for brothers John, Robert, and Thomas (to date). The major family histories by Edward L. Anderson and William Pope Anderson do not include William as a son of Robert and brother of the other Andersons. Presumably, this omission is because William only appears once with his brothers, in the 1708/09 St. Paul Vestry processioning, and thereafter shows up only in King William County records. These early researchers may have overlooked or discounted his existence, given the lack of New Kent and Hanover connections. But the Anderson brothers clearly had a brother named William, per the Tobacco Letter Book, and this William is the best and essentially only candidate.

William’s history is somewhat different from that of his brothers and fathers because he left New Kent County very early as an adult to go to the newly established King William County across the Pamunkey River. The others all remained in New Kent and either resided there after it became Hanover County, or they moved up the Pamunkey and its tributaries into Louisa County. William’s older brother David bought land in King William near William’s property but apparently did not live there; David’s sons later joined William near his King William property. William’s older brother John also lived close by in the Piping Tree area of New Kent County. This portion of the Anderson clan thus localized around the Pamunkey Neck area and the New Kent/Hanover land right across the river. These families were also closely tied to the Dabneys in that region; see the profile for David Anderson (Anderson-39070) for Dabney details. William in fact married Dorothy Dabney (see below) who was his older brother David’s step-daughter.

William had earned the title “Captain” by the time of his first and only St. Paul’s vestry entry in 1708/09, where he is listed in the processioning as “Capt. William Anderson” along with several of his brothers. The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, p. 213, tr. and ed. by C.G.Chamberlain, Clearfield Pub. 1940[2] Presumably, he was a captain of the local militia, but we have no other military records or history for him. William only appears in the St. Paul Vestry records just the once, again indicating that he left New Kent County before that processioning in 1709 to go to King William County (the parish records for King William are lost). In fact, his earliest record, in 1701, has him located in King William County’s predecessor county (King & Queen), so he must have moved there right after achieving adulthood.

At the time of his death and inventory of his estate, he continued to have the title “Captain” as stated on the inventory. Library of Virginia [3]

Birth

William's birth year is uncertain but the evidence supports no earlier than 1677 and no later than 1680, most likely 1678. Pat Anderson in his Colonial Virginia Anderson site suggests a birth year of 1680, without analysis. William is listed In the New Kent County 1704 quitrent rolls, so presumably he was born at least by 1683. William is included in the Anderson land in the 1708/09 St. Paul Vestry processioning, probably about age 30. William is also identified in a patent in 1701 in Pamunkey Neck in King & Queen County; this is his earliest land record. His marriage to Dorothy Dabney was after 1699 because she is still a Dabney in the 1699 DeCognet’s commission report. They are named as a couple in an Apr. 25, 1701 land grant, thus they married in 1700 or early 1701. A birth year of 1680 seems unlikely unless he married at 20 or immediately on turning 21. The couple's children have no confirmed birth dates - oldest child Elizabeth is estimated as 1701 but based only on the land records. First son William born no earlier than 1701 to 1703, see WikiTree, supporting marriage no later than 1701. 1678 as birth year fits better with older brother John’s birth year of 1675 (cuts down on the gap between them), justifies his land ownership in 1701 age 23; marriage 1700 age 22; first son 1701.

Marriage and Children

William is one of the younger sons of Robert Anderson Sr. William became closely affiliated with the Dabneys in King William County via his marriage to Dorothy Dabney, the daughter of Susannah Dabney and Cornelius Dabney. Pat Anderson estimates Dorothy’s birth year as 1685, which would indicate a somewhat early marriage age – 16 or so. Pat Anderson provides a soft reference for William’s wife’s birth year by noting that Dorothy’s younger sister Sarah was born in 1688 per the Carr family Bible. But that leaves a lot of room for Dorothy's birth year. After Cornelius died in 1698, widow Susannah Dabney married David Anderson in 1699, William’s older brother. See Anderson-39070. Thus, Dorothy’s mother, Susannah, was William’s aunt by marriage accordingly both his aunt and mother-in-law.

The marriage date for William and Dorothy is relatively easy to pin down, at least to within a year or two. Dorothy is named as a Dabney (along with father and siblings) in the DeCognets’ Commission report dated 1699; she was likely not married yet:

“In 1699 these four children ‘James Dabney, Geo. Dabney, Dorothy Dabney, and Sarah Dabney recorded as devisees of Cornelius Dabney dec’d & due 700 acres to which is added of Low Land thereto adjoining 150 acres’ in Pamunkey Neck.”

Louis de Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 59.[4] The June 1699 date is somewhat uncertain, because the original Commission released its report on that date but did not give individual dates for the land grants. The year still has to be close to 1699 given the ages of Dorothy and marriage to William before 1701. Thus, Dorothy was likely not yet married in 1699.

On April 25, 1701, however, Dorothy is specifically identified as William’s wife in a land grant:

“…give and grant unto WM. ANDERSON & DOROTHY his wife 179 ½ acres of land lying and being in St. John’s Parish in Pamunkey neck in King & Queen County bounded as followeth Beginning at a red Oake on Pounces Swamp and running east 21 degrees south 211 poles & ½ to a hickory then south … land adj her sister Sarah’s land and brother James Dabney’s land Grant.”

Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Grants and Patents Online[5] Thus, the marriage took place between June 1699 and April 1701. The 1701 record confirms that William's new wife Dorothy’s last name was Dabney based on the reference to her brother James Dabney. After William died fairly young, in 1717 (37 years old), Dorothy married James Trice.

William and Dorothy had eight children. The names are well-established through the wills of both William and Dorothy, but their birth dates are all estimated and the order may be wrong. Here is the list of children in Pat Anderson’s Rootsweb analysis:

• Elizabeth Anderson b. 1701 New Kent County
• Susannah Anderson b. 1702 New Kent County
• Dabney Anderson b. 1704-1710 New Kent County, d. 1735 King William County
• Sarah b. 1706 New Kent, m. John Ashburn d. after 1756 Caroline County
• Ann 1708 New Kent; Pat identifies her husband as Stephen Martin of Amherst County, but her actual husband was Christopher Miller, see below.
• Mary Anderson b. 1708-1714 New Kent, m. Richard Cottrell
• Judith Anderson b. 1710-1714 New Kent, m. Goodwin Trice
• William Anderson b. after 1716, named in Susannah’s 1722 will as her grandson. The attribution of William as the youngest son is probably wrong, see below.

Some of this information seems incorrect, so an attempt is made here to provide corrections.

First, the oldest child per the Pat Anderson Rootsweb site was Elizabeth born “abt. 1700” in NKC per Pat. That date seems too early if her mother were still unmarried in 1699. In addition, other evidence indicates that son William was in fact the first born, not the last born. That evidence is as follows.

Two of these children are identified in a later law suit over the value of an enslaved person. Dorothy’s second husband James Trice filed a lawsuit against a nephew named Charles Crenshaw documenting (quoting from the case records) that the son of William and Dorothy “William Anderson it is admitted was possessed of Bess Mother of Dick (who was hanged) and which slave or his value is now in Dispute – he claims under Dabney Anderson will as heir at law of John Trice – Dabney Anderson was brother to William to whom the gift was made and Dabney had Six Sisters and John Trice, father of William the Pltff [plaintiff] had a sister who was Defts [defendant’s] mother.” The court records are located at the Library of Virginia.[6] The Dabney family website has a summary and partial translation.[7].

A second record from the same lawsuit includes more information on Capt. William and Dorothy’s son William. From the Dabney site summary: “Dorothy Anderson had a son, William Anderson, according to an attested copy of a 15 Feb 1720 King William Co., VA Deed of Gift. Dorothy Anderson, widow of Wm Anderson dec'd of St. John's Parish, gave her son William Anderson 2 young Negroes, Shion and Betty and her increase, as long as he was a minor and only if he outlived her. William died without issue "in the lifetime of his mother she married Mr. Trice and lived several years afterward," attested Jno Wickham, Richmond 16th Oct 1802. This deed of gift is found in Louisa Co., VA Chancery Case ‘Charles Crenshaw vs William Trice’ 1804-011 at the Library of Virginia.” Genealogy.com Forum[8]

This story contains the ugly and unfortunate report that Bess’ son was hanged for cause unknown. But the lawsuit also preserved several important pieces of information about the Anderson family – (1) the filings name Dorothy’s husband as Captain William Anderson, confirming that relationship; (2) son William was underage in 1720 when Dorothy executed a “deed of gift” to her son of Bess and a male slave and their offspring, thus William was born no earlier than 1700; (3) the record documents that William had a brother Dabney and six (unnamed) sisters, thus matching or confirming the list above. In addition to the above, as noted more fully below, William submitted the inventory of his father's estate in 1724 - he could not have been born in 1717 as he would have been only seven years old. These records indicate that William was not in fact the youngest child of Capt. William and Dorothy but probably the oldest. He must have been born by 1700 or so to serve as the court appointed inventory submitter for his father’s estate in 1724, assuming the William in that record is William Jr. The Dabney family website analysis agrees with a birth year around 1700/1701.[ https://www.dabney-early-virginia.info/getperson.php?personID=I483&tree=Dabney&sitever=standard]

According to the lawsuit papers, son William died without issue and predeceased his mother who died in 1742. Thus, 1701 to 1703 is probably the likely range of William’s birth year based on the marriage year of Capt. William and Dorothy (1699-1701), son William’s minor status in 1720, and his majority by 1724.\

The other error in the Pat Anderson list of children is the spouse of daughter Ann Anderson. Researcher and profile manager Jim Miller has traced this history of this couple and has documented Ann's marriage to Christopher Miller, not Steven Martin. See Anderson-32232. Several of children of Christopher and Ann Miller, as noted in his will, were given the names Anderson and Dabney, thus indicating that she is the Ann born to William Anderson and Dorothy Dabney. Citation Will Book D (1748-1760), page 539; Reprinted in HOPKINS, William Lindsay, "Middlesex County, Virginia Wills and Inventories (11673-1812) & Other court Records" (Athens, Georgia, Iberian Publishing company, 1989) Notes Will Book D (1748-1760), page 539.

Land Transactions and Residence

The only confirmed land transaction for William is his April 25, 1701 patent, together with his new wife Dorothy, of 179 ½ acres on Pounce’s Swamp adjoining Sarah Dabney in Pamunkey Neck. This land was still King & Queen County at the time, but was located in the Pamunkey Neck area that became King William County in 1702. According to Nadine Gregory's analysis of St. Martin's Parish land holdings, the land was adjacent to the northern border of Dorothy’s sister Sarah Dabney’s land (Gregory p. 336), and it was once Pouncey land.

The following entry from a Dabney website helps explain the context of the land William acquired at this time, apparently by virtue of his marriage to Dorothy Dabney daughter of Cornelius Dabney:

"In April, 1701, James received a patent for 204 acres in Pamunkey Neck, part of King and Queen County (later King William County). On the same date, his brother George and sisters Sarah and Dorothy received similar patents. All four patents adjoined each other and are shown in (Figure _____). They received the patents because their father was one of eight men who had early land leases from the Pamunkey Indians. In 1679, a government commission reviewed the leases and recognized the lessees’ rights to patents for the land when issued in future. In 1699, a committee of the Assembly recommended that patents be issued to 45 persons having claims derived from the original eight claimants together with 75 others whose claims derived from events during the 20 years after the original recommendation. The Virginia House of Burgesses approved the patents in 1701 and the patents were issued in the next few years." Dabney Family of Virginia Website located at[9]

This description does not mention William obtaining land at the same time and location, probably because the author was focused on individuals with the last name Dabney. But William’s land grant is on the same date and immediately adjacent to the Dabney children’s land, so it seems clear that Cornelius gave land to his daughter Dorothy and her new husband William along with the land given to his other children. So William clearly benefited from his marriage into the Dabney clan.

Captain William was involved in the early settlement of one of the first towns in King William County, called “Delaware Town.” For some years beginning in 1706, Delaware Town was a somewhat thriving spot and was even in the running to become Virginia's capitol. But it fell into decay and later was replaced by today’s West Point. William was one of 37 original lot owners in Delaware Town, that property obtained by him 1706. It is not known whether he built a house or lived there. Malcolm Harris, ‘‘Delaware Town’ and ‘West Point’ in King William County, Virginia,” The William & Mary Quarterly, v. 14 No. 4, pp. 342-351 (Oct. 1934[10]

A mysterious record appears in 1718 that might be William’s land, but the record is dated after William’s death. On July 12, 1718, a William Anderson patented 400 acres in King William County in St. John’s Parish, North of the Northanna River, southeast of Point Lookout Swamp. Colonial Virginia Andersons Rootsweb Site by Patrick Anderson, York River William Anderson[11] Pat Anderson’s site notes that similar records for this William, however, continue to appear through 1729, all referring to this William Anderson north of the Northanna River. These cannot all be Capt. William, who died in1717 per his will, and it is unlikely that any of them are his patents. If son William were born in 1717, as several sources claim, then these patents could not be his either. But if we accept William as the first born son, born around 1701 or 1702, then at least some of these could be his. The 1718 patent, though, would require a birth year of 1697 or earlier, which seems like a stretch if William and Dorothy were not married at the time of the 1699 Commission report. The location of these patents is also well to the west of the Anderson/Dabney land in the Pamunkey Neck. And by 1724 son William seems to be in Middlesex County, further north and east, not in western King William, per the will records below. It is unclear who this William Anderson was but it seems unlikely that it is either Capt. William or his son.

Vestry Records

St. Peter’s Parish preceded St. Paul’s, which began to keep its own records by 1708/09. William’s father Robert appears in the St. Peter’s vestry records, but none of his sons do, including William. The first reference to William in St. Paul’s is in the very first processioning dated March 14,1709 (current calendar). Most of the Andersons are in Precinct 17 (p. 213) in this processioning, which lists “Capt. Rob. Anderson, Cap. William Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Matthew Anderson, David Anderson, John Anderson, adjacent to each other, Robert and David overseers.” The land of these brothers was between Mechumps and Crumps Creeks above the Tottopotomys River. Father Robert and older brother Capt. Robert both have land further east in Precinct 2, the original Anderson land. Thus, the processioning indicates that at an early date William shared in land obtained by his brothers to the west of his father’s land, probably procured for him by his father. But by 1709, this entry also indicates that William had already left the county - "Wm Anderson wanting, he having dispos'd of his part of Land there to Matt: Anderson" (p. 214).

Death

All sources attribute Capt. William’s death as occurring in 1717. This date is taken from the will of William proven in 1717. The only problem is that no one has been able to locate the will itself, probably because it was destroyed in an 1885 fire along with other King William Records. The only known record of the will is an article in the Richmond Virginia Standard that predated the fire, published on July 30, 1881. That article summarizes the will as naming William’s wife Dorothy along with his children Elizabeth, Susannah, Dabney, Sarah, Mary, Judith, Ann, and William. Some sites do not include William but he was likely in the will. The order of names may not reflect birth order as William is probably the oldest child, not the youngest. See discussion above and at Genealogy.com Forum under William Anderson 1717 Will[12]

After Capt. William’s death in 1717, William’s wife Dorothy as executrix submitted the inventory and appraisement of William’s estate two years later, on June 25, 1719 in King William County. Louisa County chancery suit 1804-006, Charles Crenshaw vs William Trice, Library of Virginia Chancery Records Index[13] As part of the litigation between James Trice and Charles Crenshaw ending around 1802, Captain William Anderson’s estate inventory was submitted to the Louisa Courts and is available today at the Library of Virginia website.[14] The 1719 inventory includes nine enslaved persons and one indentured servant, reflecting a modest but not wealthy estate. Dorothy then attested to the will on Feb.15, 1720. On Jan. 5, 1724, William’s son William submitted an inventory of the estate, which appears for some reason in the Middlesex County records. Middlesex County, Virginia Wills, Inventories & Accounts, 1673-1812 published in 1989. These last two records are discussed here via secondary sources; the originals should be identified and reviewed.

Chronology and Life Events

• 1678 – William’s estimated birth year, based loosely on William’s first patent in 1701 and married record, presumably at age 21. He was almost certainly born in New Kent County given his family’s presence there.

• 1683-1685 – Dorothy Dabney, William’s future wife, born to Cornelius and Susannah Dabney. The Dabneys and Andersons lived close together around the junction of the Tottopotomys Creek and Pamunkey River. Nadine Campbell Gregory, Some Ancient Landowners in Saint Martin's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, Hanover County Historical Society (2015) at 212-213.

• 1699 - Dorothy Dabney assigned patents by 1699 Pamunkey Committee in old King & Queen County, 179 ½ acres. Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 69, Clearfield Publishing 1958[15]; Gregory p. 336. Neighbors were James, George, and Sarah Dabney.

• 1701 - King William County formed out of old New Kent County by Act of House of Burgess in 1701, effective April 1702. Land entries seem to have reflected the change in 1701, however – see next entry.

• April 25, 1701 – William’s first appearance in any record is his patent for land in King William County, entered on this date. “Apr 25 1701 William and wife Dorothy patented 179 ½ acres on Pounce’s Swamp adjoining Sarah Dabney in Pamunkey Neck, adjacent to northern border of Sarah’s land on what was once Pouncey land.” Gregory, p. 336; Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 69, Clearfield Publishing 1958, “A List of Patents Signed in April 1701”[16]; Library of Virginia Land Grants and Patents Online[17]

• 1704 – William appears in the Quit Rents of King William County with 150 acres. His brothers, father, and an uncle all appear in New Kent County in this same publication, indicating that William moved across the Pamunkey to King William after reaching adulthood. Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 157 (167), Clearfield Publishing 1958[18]

• July 20, 1704 – William served as witness to a Mahixon Creek land transaction: “CHARLES FLEMING of New Kent Co. for several kindnesses had from WILLIAM GUNNELL of King William Co. assignes to Gunnell 160 acres of woodland beginning at a corner of COL. RICHARD JOHNSON, dec’d. etc. on Mahixon Creek. Wits: WILLIAM ANDERSON, WILLIAM WINSTON. Land part of the aforementioned 1500 acres.” Beverly Connolly, King William County Records 1702-1806, New Papyrus Publishing 2006 at p.160 (226-227).

• June 1, 1707 – William served as witness to another King William land transaction: “JOHN WALLER and THOMAS CARR, Gents. two of ye ffeoffees of the town of Delaware to PHILIP WHITEHEAD for 482 lbs of tobacco etc. Lot #1...same conditions as above. Wits: JOHN MONRO, WILLIAM ANDERSON, FRANCIS GRIGGS.” Beverly Connolly, King William County Records 1702-1806, New Papyrus Publishing 2006 at p. 345.

• 20 June 1707 et seq. – William Anderson obtained a lot in the new town of Delaware, then witnessed a series of similar deeds: “Ffeoffees [Trustees] of the town of Delaware to WILLIAM ANDERSON, Lot ( ). Same conditions as above. Wits: JAMES TAYLOR, RICHARD LITTLEPAGE, JOHN CARR. Same later pg. 345: 20 June 1707. JOHN WALLER and THOMAS CARR, Gents. two of ye ffeoffees of the town of Delaware to PHILIP WHITEHEAD for 482 lbs of tobacco etc. Lot #1...same conditions as above. Wits: JOHN MONRO, WILLIAM ANDERSON, FRANCIS GRIGGS. And pg. 348-373: The below deeds are all dated "20 June 1707," and with the same conditions as above: JOHN WALLER and PHILIP WHITEHEAD to THOMAS CARR, lot #31. Wits: SAMUEL 24 copyrighted material - Iberian Publishing King William County, Virginia Records NORMENT, WM. ANDERSON, CHARLES FLEMING. Others follow, all lots in the town of Delaware, solely as witness. Beverly Connolly, King William County Records 1702-1806, New Papyrus Publishing 2006 at p. 346 et seq.

• 1708/09 – William made his only appearance in the St. Paul’s Vestry records, which encompassed New Kent County at this time. He was named in the first recorded St. Paul’s processioning in early 1709 in Precinct #17, on lands next to his brothers Robert Jr., Matthew, Thomas, David, and John. But William had apparently sold this land recently to his brother Matthew and thus did not participate in the processioning itself: “Wm. Anderson wanting, he having disposed of his part of Land there to Matt. Anderson.” St. Paul’s Parish - The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, p. 213, tr. and ed. by C.G.Chamberlain, Clearfield Pub. 1940[19]

• 1710 –William appointed justice of the peace in King William, as described in this entry from a Dabney website: “In January and June, 1703, James Dabney served as a witness on two deeds in King William County. In September, 1704, he was appointed one of three appraisers for an estate. In the same year, he was assessed quit rents, a form of land tax, on 200 acres in King William County and 320 acres in neighboring New Kent County. He and his brother-in-law, William Anderson, were appointed Justices of the Peace for King William County in 1710, a position that combined the duties of a county judge with those of a county commissioner.” Dabney Family of Virginia Website located at[20]; Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 4(167), Clearfield Publishing 1958[21]

• 1711-1712 – William Anderson appointed as sheriff for King William County on 27 Apr., 1711 and 22 Apr., 1712. Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p. 5(167), Clearfield Publishing 1958[22]

• 1714 – “The Present State of Virginia for the Year 1714, with respect to the county in particular,” lists William Anderson twice under King William County, as Coroner and Justice of the Peace. Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, p.25, Clearfield Publishing 1958[23]

• 1717 – William died in 1717, based on references to his will probated in that year. B. A. Brock, "The Richmond Virginia Standard," May 28, 1881. He died in King William County, where his will was probated. Colonial Virginia Anderson Families on Rootsweb, site created by Pat Anderson, “William Anderson”[24]; Dabney Family of Early Virginia Website Entry: “p. 166, Richmond, Va., Standard newspaper, May 28, 1881, col. 3, genealogical notes by R. A. Brock cite a lost will of William Anderson proved 1717 mentioning wife Dorothy and children Elizabeth, Susannah, Dabney, Sarah, Mary, Judith, and Ann.[25] This reference appears to leave out son William.

• June 25, 1719 – Dorothy Anderson, wife and executrix, submitted a long inventory of William’s estate. This record resides in the courthouse records of Louisa County chancery suit 1804-006, Charles Crenshaw v. William Trice, Library of Virginia Chancery Records Index. Dabney Family of Early Virginia Website Online[26]

• 1722 – Will of wife Dorothy’s mother Susannah 1722/1724 includes grandson William Anderson, son of Dorothy Dabney Trice and James Trice “father-in-law” of William (actually step-father). Some Wills from the Burned Counties of Virginia, William Lindsay Hopkins, Iberian Publishing Co. 1995 p. 87.

• 1724 – Capt. William’s son William submitted the final inventory for his father’s estate. For unknown reasons, this document appears in Middlesex County records. Middlesex County, Virginia Wills, Inventories & Accounts, 1673-1812 published in 1989: 1724: "(p.282) Inventory of Estate of William Anderson for William Anderson, administrator. 5 Jan 1724."

Sources

• Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Grants and Patents Online[27]

• Beverly Connolly, King William County Records 1702-1806, New Papyrus Publishing 2006.

• Louisa Co., VA Chancery Case "Charles Crenshaw vs William Trice" 1804-011 at the Library of Virginia.

• Louis des Cognets, Jr., English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records, Clearfield Publishing 1958[28]

• Nadine Campbell Gregory, Some Ancient Landowners in Saint Martin's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, Hanover County Historical Society (2015) at 212-213 and other references.

• The Quit Rents of Virginia, 1704, by Annie Laurie Wright Smith, Virginia State Archives; 1957[29]

• "Virginia Quit Rent Rolls 1704", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28, No. 3 (July 1920)p. 207-218

• The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, VA, 1706-1786, tr. and ed. by C.G.Chamberlain, Clearfield Pub. 1940[30]

• Tobacco Letterbook kept by Robert Anderson, 1698-1717, located in the Tracy W. McGregor Autograph Collection, ca. 1599-1947, Accession #10547, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA, Series III Slipcase Collections, Slipcase Othertype 28 [31]

• Middlesex County, Virginia Wills, Inventories & Accounts, 1673-1812 published in 1989: 1724 (p.282, 133) Inventory of Estate of William Anderson for William Anderson, administrator. 5 Jan 1724; petitions for administration f the estate 3 Nov. 1724.

• Dabney Family of Early Virginia Website[32]

• R. A. Brock, "The Richmond Virginia Standard," May 28, 1881, July 30, 1881