THE ANDERSON FAMILY IN GRANDMOTHER'S ANCESTRY


I.  REV. CHARLES ANDERSON, whose tomb is at Westover Parish, died in 1718.  He
      married Frances ---.  (Copied from Mrs. Morton's papers.)

II. HENRY ANDERSON, m. Prudence Stratton, orphan of Edward Stratton, in September
      1704. They married at St. John's Church at Henrico Co.  Henry had not lived
      in Henrice previously, but he owned land in 1704 across the Appomattox from
      Prince George Co.
      From St. John's Church Record Book, page 10, Vestry of 1731, Ordered:
      Capt. Henry Anderson do receive, According to Law, of every thitheable perfon
      within the parifh, twenty five pounds and half of tobacco being the parifh
      Levy for this year, and that he pay the several Allowances before mentioned to
      the refpective perfons to whom the fame are due.  Signed, James Keith.
      Henry was the Justice of the Peace for Henrice in 1719 and the High Sheriff of
      Henrico County in 1729.  His second wife was Elizabeth ---.
      Issue of Henry and Prudence:  Claiborne, Frances, Judith Ann, Henry, Edward.
      (Vol. 32, Va. Mag. Of Hist. & Biog.

      STRATTON
         The Stratton Family came from Wilshire, England.  Their ancestry is given
         to the 14th Century in the Stratton Genealogy Book.

         1. EDWARD STRATTON b. about 1633, d. after 1688.
              Edward was a planter of Henrico Co., Virginia.  He is given as the
              progenitor in Virkus, but I found that Joseph Stratton, who was a
              Burgess in 1632, had a patent for land at a place commonly called
              Nutmeg Quarter that did belong to Capt. John Smith, and was now sold
              to Stratton by Capt. Wm. Pierce July 8, 1635, so perhaps he was
              Edward's father.
              We do not know the name of Edward's first wife, but his second wife
              was Martha Shippey, widow of Thomas Shippey the 2nd.  The will of
              Martha Stratton (widow of Edward Stratton, the elder, and before that
              of Thomas Shippey) dated July 24, 1692, probated in Henrico, shows
              that she was the wife of the first Edward.
              The Stratton ancestral home was at one of the most beautiful spots in
              eastern Virginia, according to Farrar in Old Virginia Homes Along the
              James.  She said that just at the spot where Swift Creek flows into
              the Appomattox River rocks eight-five feet in height project over the
              shore line.  Tradition says that this used to be a favorite haunt of
              Pocahontas.  Many Indian artifacts have been found there.  This land
              was owned by Abraham Wood and the Strattons.  The Strachans inherited
              the place through their ancestors, the Strattons, and the Battes.
              The ancestral home became known as OLD CASTLE.
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         2. EDWARD STRATTON, Jr., m. Martha Shippey, daughter of Thomas and Martha
              Shippey.  It seems that he married his step-sister.  Among the issue
              were Prudence and Edward III who married Martha Cox.

         3. PRUDENCE STRATTON, m. Henry Anderson in September 1704.

            SHIPPEY

              A. THOMAS SHIPPEY came on the SUPPLY from England to Bermuda Hundred,
                   Henrico Co., Va., in 1621.  He did some trading with the Indians
                   and lived on "Neck of Land" Henrico Co.  He died in 1678 and his
                   wife married Edward Stratton (although I also made a note that
                   she married John Archer.)

              B. MARTHA SHIPPEY, daughter of Thomas, b. 1655, m. Edward Stratton
                   1678, d. 1698.

III. FRANCES ANDERSON m. Thomas Watkins of Chickahominy
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