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William James Anderson

Parents

Father	Capt James Francis Anderson (b. 1726, d. 16 May 1782)
Mother	Margaret Troys (b. 1728, d. about 1780)

Children with Catherine Shirley (b. April 1760, d. 28 October 1833)

Son	William Anderson (b. 1777, d. 1803)
Son	Thomas Shirley Anderson+ (b. 8 February 1779, d. 8 October 1858)
Daughter	Elizabeth Anderson+ (b. circa 1780, d. 1846)
Son	Joel Andrew Anderson+ (b. 31 August 1781, d. between 1860 and 1869)
Son	Garland Anderson+ (b. 1782, d. 1850)
Son	John Anderson+ (b. circa 1785, d. 4 August 1867)
Son	James Anderson (b. 1789, d. 1789)
Daughter	Frances Anderson+ (b. 1791, d. 1835)
Daughter	Martha Anderson (b. 1793, d. 1793)
Son	Caleb Anderson (b. 1795)
Daughter	Nancy Anderson (b. 1797, d. 1797)
Daughter	Sarah Anderson+ (b. 1799)
Son	Shirley Anderson (b. 1801)
Son	Paul Anderson (b. 1803)

Biography

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Anecdote		From Cumberland County Virginia History,(submitted by Janet Anderson)       My third great grandfather, Thomas Anderson, left Cumberland County in 1806 and headed West.He traveled with two brothers, Garland, and Joel.       The three Anderson boys had been born and raised in Cumberland.They left behind several brothers and sisters and their mother, Catherine Shirley Anderson.Their father, William Anderson had died in Cumberland in 1795. William had been a tailor by trade and lived on land in Cumberland that he had inherited from his father James Anderson.Beside William lived his two brothers, Lawrence and George and their families. Also living in Cumberland were three other brothers of William; Richard, John, and Jesse.       When it cam time for William to marry, he picked a girl from Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Catherine was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Shirley and was probably one of the oldest children of her parents.She and William were married about 1770.       William and Catherine, by family tradition had fourteen children, however records have been found for only eleven.       Elizabeth, who married Jack Tally and had many descendants, and lived for many years in Cumberland.       John married Frances Anderson, his first cousin and had many descendents.       Joel, Thomas, and Garland married sisters, Judith and Sarah Robinson, daughters of Edward and Anna(h) Meador Robinson of Cumberland who moved with their daughters and sons-in-law to Tennessee.       William was a tailor as was his father.He married and lived in Cartersville, Cumberland County until his death about 1822.He had one son, and three daughters.       Sarah married Gross Robinson in 1809, and lived in Cumberland until her husband's death.Then she and her many children moved to Middle Tennessee near her brothers.       Caleb married his first cousin Rebecca Anderson and lived in Cumberland. He had no children and died in Cumberland in 1847.       Frances married James Meador and had children. Little is known of Frances after her marriage, however.       Shirley married twice, first to his cousin Elizabeth Anderson and then to Mary Oslin.He had one son, Willis, whose descendents still live in Cumberland.       James died as a young man in Cairo, Cumberland County.He too was a tailor and when he died he had no wife or children.       Children also recorded for William and Catherine for which no records have been found are Paul, Nancy, and Patsey.       The Anderson brothers produced a bountiful clan in the early years of Cumberland County. William, George, and Lawrence lived on Soke Arse Creek.Richard lived nearby and John and Jesse lived closer in the county near the present Brown's Church.Their children married into many of the families of Cumberland including Meadors, Robinsons, Talleys, Oslins, Osbornes, Jenkins, Blantons, and Trents.
DNA Verified		72 DNA matches through William James Anderson
Person Source		He had person sources.1
Birth	January 1753	He was born in January 1753 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBGO.1,2
Marriage	1776	He and Catherine Shirley were married in 1776 in Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBG.1
Death	31 October 1805	He died on 31 October 1805 at age 52 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBGO.1,2
Estate Settled	December 1834	He made a will in December 1834 in Cumberland, Virginia, United StatesBG. his estate listed in Book 3, pages 270-280. His estate was not divided until December 1834 after the death of his wife, CATHERINE SHIRLEY ANDERSON in 1833. Her will was recorded October 28, 1833, in Book 9, page 84.3

Citations

1. [S50] Roberson Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=6729735&pid=-1237071245.
2. [S477] Allen Family Tree, William James Anderson
3. [S5565] Emma Jean Young Clark, "The Meador - Anderson - Perkins Family", Cumberland County Virginia & Its People, Third Supplement, p. 43-49; (http://www.ajlambert.com/anderson/stry_map.pdf); The Cumberland County Historical Society, Inc.