ANDERSON James^[1]

Abt 1700 - 1758  (~ 58 years)

• Name	ANDERSON James
  Birth	Abt 1700	Dungannon, Tyrone, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Church Member	10 May 1747	North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts [Maine]   [2, 3]
  	First Church (No. 150)
  	(Public profession.)
  _UID	44E50D38EB9ED5118A064445535400009DA5
  Death	8 Jan 1758	North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine]   [2]
  	(Flying Point)
  Notes	James and Ann settled briefly at Cape Elizabeth before establishing themselves at Flying Point. They were of North Yarmouth on 1 April 1735, when James was sued in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for York County by Robert Boyes, trader, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, who sought to recover the sum of £30 10s due on a note given by Anderson at York on 25 February 1731/2. He was chosen a field driver at North Yarmouth 21 March 1738/9. The Rev. Nicholas Loring recorded in his diary the sad news of the death of four children of James Anderson in the spring of 1737. All were victims of the throat distemper then epidemic in Maine. Thus within a little more than three months James and Ann lost all but their eldest son Jacob. It was not until 30 January 1747/8 that James Anderson, husbandman, of North Yarmouth, purchased land there. He bought from Jeremiah Powell, gentleman, of North Yarmouth, for £800 Old Tenor, a tract of 200 acres described as follows: ... part of the Dummer Claim lying upon Flying Point beginning at a tree marked IP & IA standing near the Waterside Six Rods to the N.E. of the Second Small Creek above Bucknam's Point (so called) upon Maquoit Bay and from the sd tree N 50 2/3 W across the neck to the water & thence along the shore as the shore runs round the said Flying Point alias Pine Point & said Bucknam's Point including said Points until it come to the Tree first mentioned. This land became the inheritance of his younger sons James and Joseph, and remained in the hands of descendants until the 20th century. Although the death of James Anderson on 8 January 1758 was recorded by the Rev. Nicholas Loring, it was not until 4 October 1758 that his widow Ann Anderson appeared in York Court to request administration on her late husband's estate. She was appointed administratrix, and on the following day she was appointed guardian of her son Joseph during his minority. Ann appears in Court records in both Maine and Massachusetts for several years following as she attempted to settle her husband's accounts.
  Person ID	I10136	Old North Yarmouth, Maine
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2004

  
  

  Family	[ANDERSON] Ann,   b. Abt 1700, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1725  [2]
  Children	+ 1. ANDERSON Jacob,   b. Abt 1728, , Tyrone, Ireland d. 6 Dec 1803, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] (Age ~ 75 years)   2. ANDERSON   d. Mar 1737   3. ANDERSON   d. Mar 1737   4. ANDERSON   d. Mar 1737   5. ANDERSON   d. Mar 1737   6. ANDERSON Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1741   d. 5 Mar 1813, Trenton, Hancock, Massachusetts (Age ~ 72 years) + 7. ANDERSON James   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. ANDERSON Joseph,   b. Abt 1747, North Yarmouth, York, Massachusetts [Maine] d. 20 Feb 1811, Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts [Maine] (Age ~ 64 years)
  Family ID	F2160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2020

  
  

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  [S202] Book-Brewer-Descendants of Thomas Brewer, p.321, 323. [S202] Book-Brewer-Descendants of Thomas Brewer, p.321. [S273] Book-North Yarmouth-First Cong. Church, N. Yarmouth, ME, p.18.