Captain John Anderson

1665 - 1736  (71 years)

• Name	John Anderson
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1665	Fortrose, Ross-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Abt 1686	Scotland
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1698	Darien, Panama
  	Ship captain, the Unicorn, taking command following the capture of Robert Pinkerton by the Spanish
  Arrival	13 Jul 1699	New York, New York, USA
  	The Unicorn arrived "in a very distressed condition, haveing... lost her foremast, fore topmast and mizan topmast" with loss of life and "more than 60 sick"
  	Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, and John Hill Burton, The Darien Papers: Being a Selection of Original Letters and Official Documents Relating to the Establishment of a Colony At Darien by the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. 1695-1700 (Bannatyne Club, 1849), 146. Letter from George Moffat http://archive.org/details/darienpapersbe9000compuoft
  Role	1700	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Later free emigrant
  Property	17 Dec 1701	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Deed, John Reid of Hortencie to Captain John Anderson of the same place, for two tracts in Monmouth Co., the first on Manalapan Creek, conveyed to grantor by deed from Robert Barclay, 4 Nov 1699, and patents of 7 Oct 1700, and 7 Jun 1701; the other tract on Milston River, along the same and the Indian path, as per patent of 8 Aug 1701
  Residence	17 Dec 1701	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Hortencie
  Religion	1702	New Jersey, USA
  	Anglican
  Property	7 Oct 1702	Ross-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Extract registered disposition of the lands of Meikle Allan by John Anderson (as heir to his brother Kenneth), in favour of his mother-in-law (stepmother), failing her, her children Ninian, then Marjorie
  Occupation	1713	New Jersey, USA
  	Politician - date appointed to the New Jersey Provincial Council. Overcame opposition claiming he was Presbtyerian and had looted the Unicorn on its arrival from Darien
  Burial	1736	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  Occupation	10 Mar 1735/36	New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	President of His Majesty's Counsil [sic] for the Province of New Jersey, and acting Governor (for 18 days, to his death)
  Death	28 Mar 1736	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I45381	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James Anderson,   b. Abt 1629   d. Bef 1702, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age < 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Reid,   b. 4 Jan 1678/79, Lawers, Perthshire, Scotland d. 6 Jul 1723, Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1701	New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Colonel Kenneth Anderson,   b. 5 May 1710, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 18 Mar 1806 (Age 95 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Anderson,   b. 24 Jul 1703  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Anderson,   b. 11 Aug 1704  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Anderson,   b. 7 Jul 1708  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Helen Anderson,   b. 1 Aug 1706  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Anna Anderson,   b. 18 Jun 1712  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Elizabeth Anderson,   b. 7 Jun 1714  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jonathan Anderson,   b. 14 Jun 1717  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Isabelle Anderson,   b. 5 Jun 1719  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1665 - Fortrose, Ross-shire, Scotland Religion - Presbyterian - Abt 1686 - Scotland Occupation - Ship captain, the Unicorn, taking command following the capture of Robert Pinkerton by the Spanish - 1698 - Darien, Panama Arrival - The Unicorn arrived "in a very distressed condition, haveing... lost her foremast, fore topmast and mizan topmast" with loss of life and "more than 60 sick" - 13 Jul 1699 - New York, New York, USA Role - Later free emigrant - 1700 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 7 Oct 1701 - New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, John Reid of Hortencie to Captain John Anderson of the same place, for two tracts in Monmouth Co., the first on Manalapan Creek, conveyed to grantor by deed from Robert Barclay, 4 Nov 1699, and patents of 7 Oct 1700, and 7 Jun 1701; the other tract on Milston River, along the same and the Indian path, as per patent of 8 Aug 1701 - 17 Dec 1701 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - Hortencie - 17 Dec 1701 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Religion - Anglican - 1702 - New Jersey, USA Property - Extract registered disposition of the lands of Meikle Allan by John Anderson (as heir to his brother Kenneth), in favour of his mother-in-law (stepmother), failing her, her children Ninian, then Marjorie - 7 Oct 1702 - Ross-shire, Scotland Occupation - Politician - date appointed to the New Jersey Provincial Council. Overcame opposition claiming he was Presbtyerian and had looted the Unicorn on its arrival from Darien - 1713 - New Jersey, USA Burial - 1736 - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Occupation - President of His Majesty's Counsil [sic] for the Province of New Jersey, and acting Governor (for 18 days, to his death) - 10 Mar 1735/36 - New Jersey, USA Death - 28 Mar 1736 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p147. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD71/108. [S3666] Bartow, Evelyn P., Bartow Genealogy, p244. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p256. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p417.