Rev
James
Anderson
Born in Glasgow, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John Anderson
and Susannah (Hamilton) Anderson
Brother of
George Anderson, Alexander Anderson, Susannah Anderson, Marion Anderson [half] and Barbara Anderson [half]
Husband of
Sudt (Garland) Anderson
— married
5 Dec 1712 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Husband of
Rebecca Crawford
— married
27 Dec 1737 in Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Garland Anderson, Ann (Anderson) Allison, Mary Anderson, James Anderson II, John Garland Anderson, John Anderson, Susanna (Anderson) Woods, William Anderson and Thomas Anderson
Died
at age 61
in Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Biography
This profile is part of the Anderson Name Study.
Exceprt from Elgel's "Pennsylvania Genealogies")[1]
"James Anderson was born on November 17, 1678, in Scotland; was educated at Edinburgh, under the care of Principal Stirling. He was ordained by Irvine Presbytery, November 17, 1708, with a view to his settlement in Virginia. He sailed March 6, 1709, and arrived in the Rappahannock on the 22nd of April following; but the condition of affairs not being favorable for introducing any other religion than that of the established Church of England in that Colony, he came northward, and was received by the Presbytery September 20 following. He settled at New Castle, where he was installed pastor in 1713. In 1714, out of regard for the desolate condition of the people in Kent County, he was directed to supply them monthly on a Sabbath, and also to spend a Sabbath at Cedar Creek, in Sussex. In 1716, receiving a call from the first church organization of New York City, he went there and labored with his accustomed zeal and energy; but his strict Presbyterianism and rigid Scottish habits and doctrines were distasteful to the people, and his charge, consequently, did not. prove to be happy or comfortable, and he desired a removal. He was called, September 24, 1726, to Donegal, on the Susquehanna, and accepted. He was installed the last Wednesday in August, 1727. In September, 1729, he gave every fifth Sabbath to the people on Swatara, and joined the congregation of Derry, thus becoming the first settled pastor over that church, until the call to Rev. William Bertram, in 1732. He died July 16, 1740. In the language of Presbytery, " he was high in esteem for circumspection, diligence, and faithfulness as a Christian minister." His name and fame are associated with the early history of the Presbyterian church in America. He was a man of talent, learning, and piety, a graceful and popular preacher—a leader among men. Mr. Anderson was twice married; m., first, February, 1713, Mistress Suit Garland, dau. of Sylvester Garland, of the head of Apoquinimy, Delaware, who d. December 24, 1736, and lies buried in Donegal churchyard, where a large flat stone marks the resting place of herself and her distinguished husband."
Historical Account of Rev James Anderson from multiple sources.[2]
Birth: 17 Nov 1678 Scotland[3]
Death: Age: 61; 16 Jul 1740 Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[4] [5]
Burial: Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Lancaster Co, PA[5][6]
- Parents - Son of George Anderson 1660–1754 and Mary Matthews Anderson 1654–1754.
Children of Rev James Anderson and Suit Garland are identified in his Bible published in Pennsylvania Genealogies Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German by William Henry Egle MD MA (1896) Section: Anderson of Donegal pp 27-36 and North American Family Histories on Ancestry.com image 58 Rev James Anderson's Bible (Imprint Edinburgh A D 1676) is copied the following imperfect list of births p 28 (dots must be illegible areas?)
Garland b Nov 21 1714 m Jane Chevalier Ann b July 24, 1816 in New Castle m John Stewart [. . .] b Feb 17 1717-8 in New York [. . .] b Feb 23 1718-9 in New York James b May 14, 1721 m Ruth Bayley [a son] b Dec 18, 1722 in New York John b Jan 13, 1724-5 in New York Susannah b Oct 4, 1725-26 in New York [a son] b March ~ [. . .] b July --- Thomas
The Rev James Anderson m secondly, December 27, 1737 Rebecca Crawford of Donegal. After his death the Widow Rebecca Anderson married Joshua Baker
NOTE: He arrived in VA in 1709, all children were born in America added by Angela (Jones) Harlan
- Spouses
- Suit Garland Anderson 1690–1736 (m. 1712)
- Rebecca Crawford Anderson 1690–1754 (m. 1737)
- Children
- Garland Anderson 1714–1781
- Ann Anderson Stewart 1716–1810
- Mary Anderson 1718–1718
- Sylvester Anderson 1719–1819
- James Anderson 1721–1790
- Robert Anderson 1722–1822
- Susannah Anderson Woods 1725–1791
- William Anderson 1727–1826
- Baby Anderson 1728 – unknown
- John Anderson 1730–1781
- Thomas Anderson 1730–1814
Immigration
Sailed from Scotland on 06 Mar 1709: arriving in Rappahannock, VA on 22 April 1710.
- Arrival: Virginia
- Name: James Anderson
- Event Type: Immigration
- Birth Date: 17 Nov 1678
- Departure Place: Scotland
- Arrival Date: 1709
- Arrival Place: Virginia
- Death Date: 16 Jul 1740
- Spouse: Suit Garland[7]
Marriage
m.1 (5 Dec 1712 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Mistress 'Suit Garland[8] (d. 24 Dec 1736; Father: Sylvester Garland). Issue:
- Garland Anderson (b. 21 Nov 1714 Newcastle, DE) m. Jane Chevalier
- Ann (b. 24 Jul 1716 Newcastle, DE)
- m.1 John Stewart (Father: George Stewart)
- m.2 John Allison of Lancaster Co.
- ____ (b. 17 Feb 1717/8 NY)
- ____ (b. 23 Feb 1718/9 NY)
- James (14 May 1721 NY - 01 Jun 1790 Anderson's Ferry, Lancaster Co., PA. bur. Donegel Church)
- m.1 Ruth Bayley (1722 - 02 Jan 1784; p. Thomas Bayley and Mary)
- m.2 Mrs. Margaret Tate (d. 13 May 1801; widow of Rev. Joseph Tate)
- son ____ (b. 18 Dec 1722 NY)
- John (b. 13 Jan 1724/5 NY)
- Susannah (b. 04 Oct 1725/6 NY)
- son ____ (b. Mar ___)
- ____ (b. Jul ___)
- Thomas [9][10]
m.2 (27 Dec 1737) Rebecca Crawford of Donegal
Residence
- from c.1713: Newcastle, DE
- 1716: NY
- 1727: Donegal, Susquehanna. 1726 to 1740 in what would become the town of Marriettta.[11]
- Pennsylvania[12]
Death
Rev James Anderson was mentioned on a memorial in Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States with a death date of 16 July 1740.[13]
Will
The last Will and Testament of Rev James Anderson signed 14 Jul 1740 at Donegal, Lancaster, PA.[14]
Research Notes
See family history letters in profile bio for son William Anderson (1693-abt.1796).
Conflicting vital information in a merge:
- Born before 1678 in Glasgow, Scotland
- Died about 1778 after about age 100 [location unknown]
- Born 17 Nov 1678 in Scotland
- Died about 16 Jul 1740 at about age 61 in Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Disputed Parentage
None of the current sources support any heritage of this person. During the last merge a different father, George Anderson, was removed. The parents, John Anderson and Susannah Hamilton are based on This website which shows John Anderson born 1636 as the son of John Anderson born 1636.
Incorrect Relationship
James Anderson-9141 is not the son of James Anderson-13257 or his wife, Sudt Garland-11.
James Anderson married Sudt Garland 5 Dec 1712 in Philadelphia, PA. James and Sudt had eleven children. James Anderson-9141 was born in 1711 in VA and he died in VA. This was before the marriage of James and Sudt in 1712. James Anderson-13257 was only in VA for a few months between April 1709 and Sep 1709. He did not return to Virginia until later in his ministry in 1737 to set up a Presbyterian Church in Opecquan, VA. Afterwards he returned to Donegal where he died in 1740 and was buried.
James and Sudt did have a son, James Anderson-45115 born 1721 who inherited half of his father's estate per the father's will. This son, James is buried in the Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery where his parents James and Sudt are also buried.
Could you remove James Anderson-9141 from the relationship as son of James Anderson and Sudt Garland.
From at least six sources from a history of James Anderson-13257 about his ministry and his family.
James Anderson Anderson-13257 arrived in Virginia in April 1709 and left for New England and settled in New Castle, Delaware Sep 1709. In 1717 he became the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City. In 1726 he accepted a call to Donegal, Pennsylvania. in 1737 he went to Opecquan, VA to set up a Presbyterian Church and returned to Donegal where he died in 1740.
James had two wives.
5 Dec 1712 in Philadelphia, James married Sudt Garland-11 with whom he had eleven children.
He married a second wife was Rebecca Crawford-6239 27 Dec 1737 in Donegal a year after Sudt's death. They had no children. In his will James asks Rebecca to care for his youngest son, Thomas as her own.
Sources
- ↑ Maxwell history and genealogy, including the allied families of Alexander, Allen, Bachiler, Batterton, Beveridge, Blaine, Brewster, Brown, Callender, Campbell, Carey, Clark, Cowan, Fox, Dinwiddie, Dunn, Eylar, Garretson, Gentry, Guthrie, Houston, Howard, Howe, Hughes, Hussey, Irvine, Johnson, Kimes, McCullough, Moore, Pemberton, Rosenmüller, Smith, Stapp, Teter, Tilford, Uzzell, Vawter, Ver Planck, Walker, Wiley, Wilson by Houston, Blaine, Mellette Published c1916 Page 243
- ↑ Historical Account of Rev James Anderson's Ministry and his Family https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/anderson/revjamesanderson.htm
- ↑ Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. #S-945686377 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); D.C.; Indexes to Naturalization petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for Maryland, 1797-1951; Microfilm Serial: M1168; Microfilm Roll: 1; #S-1315203256 Family group sheet
- ↑ #S-1315198353
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12234831/james-anderson : accessed 19 December 2021), memorial page for Rev James Anderson (17 Nov 1678–16 Jul 1740), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12234831, citing Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find A Grave: Memorial #12234831
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8B5S-SPW2 : 16 September 2021), Rev James Anderson, .
- ↑
Immigration:
"U.S., Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825"
Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Vol. I; Author:: David Dobson
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62215 #62 (accessed 19 December 2021)
Name: James Anderson; Event Type: Immigration; Birth Date: 17 Nov 1678; Departure Place: Scotland; Arrival Date: 1709; Arrival Place: Virginia; Death Date: 16 Jul 1740; Spouse: Suit Garland. - ↑
Marriage:
"U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970"
Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.s., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: Church Register 1701-1746; Accession Number: V Mi46 P477rr V.1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61048 #1500484625 (accessed 19 December 2021)
James Anderson marriage to Sout Garband on 5 Dec 1712 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. - ↑ Rev James Anderson and Suit Garland Family History https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous/page/244/mode/1up?view=theater Maxwell History and Gennealogy p 244-246
- ↑ Family History https://archive.org/details/cu31924028856900/page/27/mode/1up Pennsylvania genealogies; chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, by W H Engle pages 27-28
- ↑ Brief Historical Account https://archive.org/details/historicalcollec00days_0/page/n433/mode/2up Historical collections of the State of Pennsylvania : containing a copious selection of the most interesting facts... by Sherman Day pages 409-410
- ↑ #S-948372505 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), D.C.; Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930; NARA Series: M1522; Reference: (Roll 011) Petition Nos 4669-5193
- ↑
Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #12234831 (accessed 17 September 2023)
Memorial page for Rev James Anderson (17 Nov 1678-16 Jul 1740), citing Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Butterfly Rose (contributor 47011600). - ↑ Last Will and Testament https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-VDSR?_gl=1*85fq9n*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE2OTAzMDQwMTQuRUFJYUlRb2JDaE1JMHZmS2o2bXFnQU1WQXNyakJ4M3l6Z0tJRUFBWUFTQUFFZ0t4dV9EX0J3RQ..*_gcl_au*MzkxOTY4NTg2LjE2ODczMDExNjI.&i=26 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Donegal, Will Book A page 48
- History: "Colonel George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 15897 #36 (accessed 18 December 2021)
- Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, M: Gale Research, 2010. Ancestry.com
- S-1315198353 Family Data Collection: Deaths. Edmund West. The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.
- S-1315203256 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Ancestry.com, 2004.
- North Carolina Census, 1790-1890. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Ancestry.com, 1999.
- New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800. Ancestry.com
- S-945686377 U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995. Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com
- S-948372505 Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974. Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821. Ancestry.com
- An Authentic History of Donegal Presbyterian Church by J.L. Ziegler, Published by E. McManus Jr. & Co., Philadelphia 1902
- Anderson's Bottom by John Phillips
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Categories: Uncertain Family | Scotland, Anderson Name Study
One William Anderson half white half Indian became a Chief in the Lenape tribe of the Delaware Indians.
The city of Anderson owes its name to the great leader of the Delaware tribe, Chief Anderson. He was born along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania near a river ferry called Anderson's Ferry, now Marietta, Pennsylvania. His father, a man of Swedish ancestry named John Anderson, operated the ferry. John was known among the Delaware Indians residing in the area as an honest man, one well loved by the Delaware people. http://www.andersonmchs.com/chief-anderson.php
I spoke to the man, Stephen Jackson Madison Co IN Historian, who researched this, and he said I maybe on the right track based on this, but he couldn't confirm or deny it. He is a historian for Madison Co IN Historical Society and said he got much of his research from the Delaware Indian tribe records and was writing on the history of Anderson IN so he didn't follow his ancestry back. He said John Anderson was an Indian Trader. We know that Rev James Anderson purchased the land in 1727 and took out a permit to run the Ferry shortly before he died in 1740 and the land went to his sons James and Thomas when he died. But not likely a random John Anderson would be running Anderson's Ferry in the 1750's when William was born. Documents state that it stayed in the Anderson family for several generations through James Jr line and none of Rev James older sons were married until the 1740's so not a grandson.
this book is already a source for Rev James Anderson but his children etal are also detailed. Book: Maxwell HIstory and Genealogy by Florence Ameila Wilson Houston, Laura Anna Cowan Blain and Ella Dunn Mellette published in 1916 Focusing on the relationaship of John Anderson, son of Rev James Anderson & Suit Garland pp 241-261 https://books.google.com/books?id=9aU0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA254&dq=martha+anderson+married+joseph+baugh+history&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj9o6DJqLmDAxUsRjABHfj3A3wQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=martha%20anderson%20married%20joseph%20baugh%20history&f=false
Anderson History and Genealogy begins pp 241-261 (information stated in multiple places that information was given by Martha Anderson Baugh, dau of William Anderson and Elizabeth Henderson, granddaughter of John Anderson and Ann Erwin , her testimony written in the 1860's, and her account of John and Ann Erwin Anderson may be correct but book is in error connecting him as son of Rev James Anderson and Suit Garland.
Statement made on p 246 The Anderson descendants are recorded by hundreds in Pennsylvania Genealogies and Church HIstories. Garland, the oldest son, lived and died in New York, Ann married John Stewart and remained in Pennsylvania. At least two of the children went to Virginia, John and Susannah. Their descendnats were pioneers in Madison County, Kentucky, and withing the memory of people now living, had kept the acquaintance and called each other "cousin."
Susannah was born 1736, married Col John Woods, of Albemarle County, Virginia, son of Michael Woods and Lady Mary Campbell of the Scotch IClan Campbell of Argyleshire, Scotland. HEr early record was a romance still delightfull retold by her grandchildren. The two families had been neighbors and friends in Scholand
John the seventh child of Rev James Anderson was born January 13, 1724. It is recored that he was born in New York, while his mother was visiting at the home of a relative. (NOTE: Rev James was also residing in NY at this time). says John's early years were spent in Pennsylvania, but then still a youth he went to Virginia and the greater part of his active years were spent there.
By various records- especially the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography and the Chalkley Records, his path is made clear. For the more minuted and intimate details, as to his famiily we have the long line of descendants given from the personal knowledge of his granddaughter, Martha (Anderson) Baugh, near the middle of the last century.
p 247 NOTE: The John Anderson who married Ann Erwin has been proven as incorrect son of Rev James Anderson. His father was a James Anderson of Augusta Co VA as proven in Madison Co KY court records of his children hiring an attorney in 1811 to collect from the estate of their late grandfather James Anderson of Augusta Co VA.
edited by Angela (Jones) Harlan
- I'm inclined toward our John Anderson being the John who voyaged here aboard ship with Alexander Mebane and Margaret Moore. We would have to find his parents by researching Ulster and Scot genealogy, which I haven't yet learned to do. - The John Anderson who was the son of Rev. James Anderson was born in New York about 1724, according to some sources. There is alternate data that he was born in East Lothian, Scotland. - There are many more John Andersons around during the period. I tried tracing them one by each one and got overwhelmed and surrounded by index cards.
To clarify, I am confident that our John is connected to this James in a few places, so that’s why I connected them here and said it was based on cumulative research.
That said, I’m not confident the cumulative research is correct, and conflations seem to have occurred.
I was hoping to try and see how the connections worked on Wikitree and compare DNA from descendants easily. The DNA comparisons won’t be much use I don’t think, given the time period. At least, not to me.
We can unattach John to James, if you like? If we find a better paper trail that leads to James and Suit, we can always add them back as parents.
edited by Joshua Stewart
For DNA, I'm a direct paternal Anderson descendant, and I have three brothers, each of whom had sons that had sons, so I'm not the last or only one. Our paternal haplogroup is R-Z30. If we can ever make any connections by DNA then maybe knowing our Anderson haplogroup will help to sort things. 23andMe says that 1 in 140 customers share the R-Z30 haplogroup, so there's that weighing against finding anything definitive from DNA.
I don't know if it's better to keep James and John attached or better to disconnect them for now. I do think that John's bio needs to be cleaned up, and I'm not sure we are able to at this time since it's unclear whether he was born in Ulster, Pennsylvania, or New York. I lean toward dettaching them until we can connect to the John Anderson of Eno Presbyterian.
Anecdotally, my grandfather Franklin Pierce Anderson said we were "Scotch-Irish."
I really like the collaboration here on WikiTree.
Rev James Bible tells us that son John was born 13 Jan 1724 New York question is who is his son. They moved to PA in 1727 and John grew up in Lancaster Co PA so he likely married there?
Cheers! Becky Elizabeth Simmons-11603