Late 18th century tax records
indicate the presence of: ANDERSON, Edward ANDERSON, John ANDERSON, Matthew
18th century Virginia patent records
reveal the presence of: Matthew 06/09/1790 Gloucester Co 8.5a adj Newbottles grants 22/295 Matthew 04/28/1800 Gloucester Co 35a co-patent with Philip Tabb grants 43/611 Richard 03/18/1662 Gloucester Co 200a north side of York River SE of creek dividing Robert Hubbard land patents 5/177 William 03/11/1675/76 Gloucester Co 60a adj his own Maj. Lewis & Nettles patents/601
1810 Virginia Census
Anderson, Mary Gloucester 399 30010-11111-0,9
Discussion
It is possible that Edward, John and Matthew are descendents of the early Anderson family that occupied the York River Watershed and was begun by Richard Anderson, however I have encountered no documentation which establishes their association.
The MIDI file of "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone" (lyrics) by Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) is used by permission of Benjamin Robert Tubb from his website at Public Domain Music http://www.pdmusic.org.
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