Robert Anderson

• Name	Robert Anderson
  Gender	Male
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA   [1]
  	Imported by Gawen Lawrie on a four-year indenture
  Role	1 Dec 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Residence	1695	New York, New York, USA   [2]
  Property	1 Jan 1694/95	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  	Deed, Robert Anderson of New York and John Sharp to John Cockbourn, for his headland (30 acres), he having come as servant from Scotland to East Jersey in 1683
  Property	20 Jan 1694/95	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  	Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 relate to the headlands of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp
  Person ID	I45237	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

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  Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Gawen Lawrie on a four-year indenture - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Residence - 1695 - New York, New York, USA Property - Patent to John Cockburn of Newark, mason for 205 acres there, of which 55 acres are paid for, 30 are given in right of Benjamin Griffith and 120 relate to the headlands of Robert Anderson, Mathew Gracie, John and George Sharp - 20 Jan 1694/95 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p233. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, E (EJ): Folio 330 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p232. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p272. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, F(EJ): Folio 434-437 (SSTSE023). [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp214-215.