John
Anderson
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Unknown (Lenape) Anderson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
KikThaWeNund Anderson
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
N.B. I have added a guesstimate of his birth date (1700), which I have based on his wife's birth date of 1703. If you have information and a source of his actual date of birth, please enter it here and notify me and/or the profile manager. Thank you. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 22 Aug 2018.)
- John Anderson was born in 1700 (estimated). He married Unknown Lenape. She bore him one known child, a son whom they named KikThaWeNund.
John was a Swedish trader (no source given).
His son Kikthawenund (1757–1831), also known as William Anderson, was a leader of the Unalatchgo Lenape people. The city of Anderson in Indiana is named after him.
Early life
Kikthawenund, John Anderson was born along the banks of the Susquehanna River in or about what is today Marietta, Pennsylvania close to what was then called Anderson's Ferry. The Ferry was operated by his father, John Anderson, a man of Swedish descent. John Anderson was married to a daughter of the Lenape chief Netawatwees. This woman's name has not been recorded.
Kikthawenund, William Anderson married young. In 1784 after his first wife had died he married Ahkechlungunaqua. They had three children together including Mekinges Conner.
Little is recorded of Kikthawenund, William Anderson's early life. He had moved to what is now Ohio by the 1790s and was one of 14 Lenape leaders to sign the Treaty of Greenville. It was about then that Kikthawenund, William Anderson Anderson moved to the site that was later named after him: Anderson, Indiana. The move seems not to have happened until 1798 based on later statements of Kikthawenund, William Anderson's son Sarcoxie. Kikthawenund, William Anderson built a log house within the current boundaries of the city of Anderson.
Citations
Acknowledgments
- Unknown imported the data for John Anderson from Terry Fisher Family Tree.ged on 9 May 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Rejected matches › John (ANDERSON) Anderson (1869-) › › Alexander John Anderson (1837-) › Alfred John Edward Anderson › Andrew John Anderson (1878-1953) › Arthur John Anderson (1878-1878) › › Carl Johan Anderson (1833-1920) › Charles John Anderson › › › › › › Johan Edvin Anderson (1886-1952) › Emil John Anderson › Francis John Anderson (1852-) › Hector John Anderson (1891-1967) › Jens Johan (Andersen) Anderson (1888-1968) › John Anderson (1587-1612)
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Something worth following up on. Bio on Chief William Anderson says his father, John operated Anderson's Ferry. Anderson's Ferry was owned by Rev James Anderson who passed it to son James and to his son James and down for several generations.
Rev James Anderson (1678-1740) He was a Presybeterian Pastor and he arrived from Scotland into Rappahanock Apr 22 1709. He married Suit/Sodt Garland 05 Dec 1712 Philadelphia Presbyterian Church. In 1713, he spent time in New Castle DE, where his first two children were born.and in 1716 he pastored a church in New York, New York where most of his children were born. 24 Sep 1726 he was sent to Donegal, Lancaster PA. In 1727 he purchased a ferry and he and his family owned the ferry for several generations. He passed it to his son James Jr who pased it to James III and then to James IV etc Rev James Anderson had a son who has been elusive but his birth in the Bible is recorded as 13 Jan 1724 New York. He was a child when they moved to Lancaster, PA. If there was a John Anderson running the ferry when William Anderson was born it is highly likely it was the son of Rev James.
Suit Garland was the daughter of Silvester Garland of New Castle DE who was an Indian Trader. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10953/images/dvm_LocHist000578-00081-0?pId=146
Now there was a John Anderson a Pennsylvania Delagate who was employeed by the Government as an Indian Interpreter. He is recorded in the Journals of Nicholas Cresswell p 102 image 118 but goes on further on various pages of the book. https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbtn.30436/?sp=118&st=text