William Anderson^[1]

circa 1645 - 1698  (~ 53 years)

• Name	William Anderson
  Born	circa 1645	Accomack county, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1698	Pocomoke Sound, Virginia, USA
  Notes	He was a wealthy tradesman and landowner and lived on Occoconson on Pocomoke Sound - 1681 built a house in Onancock.  Neighbor of Col. Wise.     In his will, written 23 Jul 1698, William Anderson named a wife Mary; daughters Naomi, w/o Francis Makemie, and Comfort, w/o Elias Taylor; granddaughters Elizabeth, Naomi and Comfort Taylor, daughters of Comfort and Elias Taylor; sisters (-----) Barns, (-----) Hope, (-----) Nock and Comfort Scott; nephews Anderson Parker, Thomas Parker, Matthew Parker and William Parker; nephew William Hope s/o George and Temperance Hope (assumed to be the (-----) Hope sister); and brother(in-law) George Hope (Acc Co Wills &c. 1692-1715(xi), p. 209). The full text of his will is in "The Life Story of Rev. Francis Makemie," pp. 109-115. It is not clear if the sisters were his full or half sisters, as they were not named in the will of his father, Garrett Anderson, in 1648, nor in his mother's will (then Amy Fowkes) in 1678. Lived on Occoconson on Pocomoke Sound - 1681 built a house in Onancock.  Neighbor of Col. Wise.
  Person ID	I6661	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 6, 2003

  
  

  Father	Garret Andrews Anderson,   d. circa 1648, Virginia, USA
  Mother	Amy (__),   d. 1678
  Family ID	F2338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wise,   b. circa 1648, Accomack county, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1703  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	circa 1668
  Children	1. Naomi Anderson,   b. 1669, Accomack county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   2. Comfort Anderson,   b. circa 1670,   d. 1742, Accomack county, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F2337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S874] Gedcom - Sherlock, Barbara.