Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Richard Anderson

Male 1725 - 1778  (53 years)


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  • Name Richard Anderson 
    Birth 1725  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Feb 1778  Montgomery County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I90341  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father John Anderson,   b. 1676, Calvert County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1755, Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth MNU Anderson,   b. Abt 1680   d. Bef 1725, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1696  Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7099  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Priscilla Briscoe,   b. 28 Oct 1722, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1796, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1750  Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Richard Anderson,   b. 16 Jan 1752, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1835, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Edward Anderson,   b. Bef 1756, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 60 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. John Anderson,   b. Abt 1756, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. James Anderson,   b. 1760, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 19 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Anne Anderson,   b. Aft 1762, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 16 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Catherine Anderson,   b. Aft 1762, Benedict Hundred, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1778, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 16 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F43096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Montgomery County, Md Wills
      ANDERSON, RICHARD, planter L A f 24 21 Dec 1777
      L 1 p 21 4 Feb 1778
      Wife: Priscilla
      Sons: John, Edward, Richard, Jeams
      Daus: Ann, Catherine (minors)
      Ex: Son, Edward
      Wit: William West of John, Basil West, Osborn West
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      Anderson, John, Jr., Charles Co. 15th June, 1733; 15th Aug., 1733.
      To brother Robert, personalty.
      To brothers and sisters, viz.: Richard,, James, Anne and Katherine., residue of personal estate.
      Ex.: father John Anderson.
      Test: Rand. Morris, Charles Somerset Smith, Jona. Wilson. MCW 20. 745.
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      Richard Standforth 26.215 CH £12.12.8 Jun 7 1740 Sep 5 1741
      Appraisers: John Adams, Thomas Coleman, Jr.
      Creditors: William Wilson, Walter Hanson.
      Next of kin: Richard Anderson, John Anderson.
      Administrator/Executor: Jonathon Davis Jr.
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      Anderson, John, Jr., Charles Co. 15th June, 1733; 15th Aug., 1733.
      To brother Robert, personalty.
      To brothers and sisters, viz.: Richard,, James, Anne and Katherine., residue of personal estate.
      Ex.: father John Anderson.
      Test: Rand. Morris, Charles Somerset Smith, Jona. Wilson. MCW 20. 745.
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      Mr. Samuel Perrie 25.201 A CA £814.19.5 £667.14.11 Oct 6 1748 of Charles County.
      Appraisers: MM William Wilkinson, Henry Williams.
      Received from: Mr. John Buchanan (merchant in London), Mr. Alexander Black,
      Richard Anderson, Mr. Wilkinson, 1/3 balance of account of Capt. Charles Som.
      Smith, Mr. Richard Mollineaux (merchant in London), Henry Botelar.
      Payments to: James Russell, P. Key, William Wilkinson, John Wheatly, John
      Chesley, George Maxwell, William Middleton, Wardrop & Graham, John Estep,
      Edward Burch, Samuel Hanson & G. Tarvin, Dr. John Hamilton, John Murphey,
      Abram Wood, Joseph Hall, Joseph Estep, Alexander Jolly, Elisabeth Warring,
      Hugh Taylor, Ceesar Grice, Loan Office, Alexander Ross, Alexander Magruder,
      Thomas Crumpton, Phillip Wood, William Holland, executor of M. Yoakley, John
      Clark, Peter Brightwell, John Mercer, Gust. Brown, Ann Eburnethy, Young
      Parran, John Duncastle, Richard Estep, Elias Smith, George Plater, Esq., John
      Lawson, James Russell, William Chapman, William Black, William Thomas for
      Robert Sutcliff, Benjamin Cranston, Thomas Hunt, John Cook (of Prince George's
      County).
      Administratrix: Margaret Perrie (widow).
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      Richard Chunn 23.109 A CH £89.10.6 £90.9.3 Jan 7 1746
      Sureties: Samuel Amery, Edward Swann.
      Received from: Samuel Chunn, John Turton, Edward Swann, Samuel Sothorn, Isaac
      Wood, Thomas Ash, John Noe.
      Payments to: James Nevison, MM Gildart & Sons (merchants in Leverpool), Samuel
      Chunn, MM Muschel & Co., Thomas Midgley, James Compton, Samuel Amery, Anne
      Suet, Richard Anderson, Joseph Noble, Rubard Boarman, William Harrison, Sarah
      Dyson, Zachariah Bond, Charles Love, Edward Davis, William Blackenbury,
      Susannah Magglestone, Anthony Semmes, John Wise, Daniel Dulany, Esq., Walter
      Hanson.
      Representatives (siblings): Mary Anne Burch, Elisabeth Chunn, Lydia Chunn,
      Perregrine Chunn, Andrew Chunn, Judith Chunn, Dorithy Chunn,
      Administrator (de bonis non): Andrew Chunn.
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      Vincent Askin 23.80 A CH £1016.12.7 £1899.4.0 Nov 5 1746
      Sureties: Philip Edlin, Holland Middleton.
      Received from: Samuel Gardner, Elisha Harbin, James Carrio, Thomas Jones, Mary
      Caudle, Ignatius Hall, John Cooksey, Joseph Sothorn, Mary Raley, Thomas
      Mahue, William Glasgow, Samuel Johnson, Ignatius Hagan, James Thomas, Jane
      Craycroft, William Bryan, James Semmes, Peter Carrico, Benjamin Smith, William
      Thomas, Peter Gates, Jacob Moreland, John Kidwell, William Hagan, Charles
      Spaulding, John Ally Robey, Henry Miles, Nathan Barker, Charles Proctor,
      Tubman Rumball, William Wood, John Macmains, Thomas Hayes, Thomas Wilkinson, Patrick Moreland, Thomas Speake, Bejamin Cawood, Mary Magrah, Thomas Poston, Edward Jenkins, Matthew More, John Wathen, Leonard Gray, Sarah Hawkins, John More, William Bowling, Thomas Davis, Samuel Chew, Sarah Glaze, Luke Scanthing, Margaret Capshaw, James Gates, John Smith, Sarah Hawkins, Hudson Wathen, William Tensh, John Hayes, George Askin, Samuel Garner, Margret Loveless, Thomas James Boarman, Jacob Moland, Mary Pigeon, Henry Miles, Sarah Teneson, Sophial Mudd, Samuel King, Sr., Charles Blandford, Samuel Glaze, James Fagan, Mary Gray, Hannah Kidwell, John Turton, William Bryan, Matthew More, John Wathen, William Cooksey, Philip Mason, Francis Semmes, John Cawood, Francis Wheatley, Joseph Routhorn, James Keech, Philip Moreland, Francis Montgomery, William Cawood, Richard Anderson, Elisabeth Mudd, Francis Wheatley, Jr., Pat. Noland, Fra. Wheatley, Sr., Philip Moland, Luke Garner, Thomas Loveless, Jr., William Tucker, William Cohoe, James Neale, Roger Cohoe, William Boling, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Ferker, William Baggot, Peter Bryan, Mary Bryan, John Gales, Sr., John Tee, John Mudd, Jr., William Wilkinson, Thomas Mudd
      Zachariah, James Gates, John Cusswell, Elisabeth Jameson, Richard Montgomery,
      Thomas Lewis.
      Payments to: Mr. George Maxwell, Teresia Parks, Samuel Hanson, George Tarvin,
      Samuel Garner, Elisabeth Harbin, James Carrico, Thomas Jones, Ignatius Hall,
      William Nahon, John Thompson, Ann Cook, William Middleton, Samuel Hanson, John Montgomery, Charles Spaulding, William Bryan, David Ross, John Chesley, Young Parran, George Maxwell, John Dove (mulatto).
      Executors: James Middleton, Ignatius Gardner.
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      John Anderson 2.21 D £547.3.10 (1756)
      Sureties: Edward Burch, George Ross.
      Distribution to: Widow (unnamed, 1/3).
      Residue to (equally): Robert, Mary, Elisabeth, Richard, James, John, Joseph, Catherine,
      Administratrix: Anne Chezeldine (late Anne Anderson), wife of Cyrenus Chezeldine
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      John Anderson 99.110 FR £53.14.5 Nov 14 1768 Jan 19 1769
      Appraisers: Joseph West, Sr., Benjamin West, Sr.
      Next of kin: Catharine Anderson, Joseph Anderson.
      Administrator: Richard Anderson
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      John Anderson 6.342 D FR £37.3.5 Dec 2 1774
      Distribution to: Representatives unknown to this Office.
      Administrator: Mr. Richard Anderson.
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      Francis (Frances) West 100.230 FR £106.8.0 Apr 22 1769 Jul 29 1769
      Appraisers: Richard Anderson, Gerard Briscoe.
      Creditors: Gavin Tod.
      Next of kin: John West, Sr., William West, (son of John West).
      Executor: Benjamin West.
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      Rev. Mr. John Urquhart 104.156 FR 4689.7.0 Oct 19 1765 Nov 22 1770
      Appraisers: Thomas Mattingly, John Wheatly.
      Next of kin: Peter Urquhart (heir at law).
      Administrator: Alexander Urquhart.
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      Rev. Mr. John Urquhart 104.157 SM 4260.14.0 Nov 16 1765 Nov 22 1770
      Appraisers: Richard Anderson, Robert Briscoe.
      Next of kin: Peter Urquhart.
      Administrator: Alexander Urquhart.
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      DYSON, THOMAS, Frederick Co, 8 Nov. 1775 12 Feb 1776
      1 order all my real and personal estate to be sold to highest bidder and the money divided between my children, John, William, Anne and Margaret the sons to be paid when 21 years the daughters when 16 years or upon marriage.
      Richard Anderson, Sr., Adm. and he renounces all right and title to same.
      Wit: Sarah Williams; David Hurry; Margaret Hurry, 41.46
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      Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 411.
      At the request of James Anderson, the following deed was recorded on Aug 29, 1750.
      Aug 15, 1750 from John Anderson of CC, to James Anderson of cc, for 20 £sterling money of GB, a tract of land, being part of a tract of land in CC called Foxes Race, bounded by a small branch called Fillpails Branch, a parcel of land laid off for Richard Anderson out of the same tract, containing and now laid out for about 165 acres. Signed - John Anderson. Wit - Thos Stone, Robt Yates. Ann, wife of the sd John Anderson, released her dower.
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      Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (324). Mar 31, 1755 from Richard Anderson of CC, planter, to William Canter of CC, planter, for 25 £sterling, part of a tract of land called Foxes Race in CC, bounded by the fork of a branch of Indian Cr called Filpails (Fillpails) Branch, containing about 102 acres. Signed - Richard Anderson. Wit - Jno Winter, Jas Nivison. Priscilla, the wife of Richard Anderson, relinquished her right of dower to the lands within mentioned. Recorded May 5, 1755.
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      Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (381), mar 31, 1755 from Richard Anderson of CC, planter, to Edward Postin of CC, planter, for 5000 lbs of crop tobacco, a tract of land in CC called Poverty, containing 247 acres, being now in the possession of sd Richard Anderson, William Poston, and James Neveson. The tract of land contains about 82.3 acres. Signed - Richard Anderson. Wit - Jno Winter, Jas Nevison. This deed was acknowledged by Richard Anderson and Priscilla, his wife. Recorded Sep 11, 1755
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      Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 325. Nov 11, 1767 from Joseph Anderson of CC, to Robert Gill of CC, for 125 £, part of a tract of land in CC called Foxes Race, bounded by a small branch called Fillpails Branch, a parcel of land laid off for Richard Anderson out of the same tract, containing about 165 acres. Signed. - Joseph Anderson. Wit - Rich Harrison*, Josias Hawkins*. Recorded Jan 27, 1768.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 393-106: FOXES RACE: 413 acres; Possession of - 413 Acres - None: Surveyed 10 July 1719 for John Anderson beginning at a bounded White Oak in the main branch of Indian Creek at the North East corner tree of a tract of land called SOLOMANS DESIRE: Other Tracts Mentioned: SOLOMONS DESIRE; FOXES RACE RESURVEY; ; Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, Included in RESURVEY OF FOXES RACE, Jan 1726, folio 413,
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Newport: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 413-252: FOXES RACE: 682 acres; Possession of - 682 Acres - Anderson, John: Re-Surveyed for John Anderson, 2 July 1726, lying inside county. Patented to said Anderson 20th April 1732: Conveyance notes - {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 86 Acres - Richard Standforth from John Anderson Sr.; 14 July 1733,100 Acres - Robert Anderson from John Anderson; 10 Nov 1735, 102 Acres - Richard Anderson from John Anderson; 9 Nov 1742, 94 Acres - Edward Burch from John Anderson; 14 Aug 1750, 165 Acres - James Anderson from John Anderson; 15 Aug 1750, 86 Acres - Elizabeth Capshaw from John Anderson; 15 Aug 1750

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