Virginia Land Patents
reveal the presence of: Robert 04/16/1683 New Kent Co 727a north side Chickahominy Swamp at Holly Bush Branch patents 7/272 Robert, Jr. 10/23/1690 New Kent Co 1200a Southside of York River on Branches of Matapony Creek & Crumps Creek assigned to John Wray by John Webb patents 8/103 Robert, Jr. 10/23/1690 New Kent Co 727a north side Chickhominy Swamp at Holly Bush Branch patents 8/107 William 12/10/1668 New Kent Co 437a branches of Poroptank adj John Fox patents 6/213 William 10/22/1682 New Kent Co 90a adj Andersons fence to Rappahanock Road patents 7/186
1810 Virginia Census
Anderson, James New Kent 097 00010-00000-0,2 Anderson, John New Kent 097 10010-00010-0,1
Discussion
These are two branches of the early James River Anderson family headed by Robert Anderson and William Anderson and who are believed to be descendents of Richard Anderson born 1585.William Anderson lived along the Poroptank River between it and the Rappahanock Road whish is now Virginia State Route 17. William's descendents apparently stayed above the Pamunkey River as they moved inland. Robert Anderson was a landowner north of current Mechanicsville between Tottopotomies Creek, Crumps Creek and Mechumps Creek as early as 1666.
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.