Seeking information on James ANDERSON & Mary BRIMMER who were in MD in the years
1748 - 1780, specifically in the FellsPont area of East Baltimore (please see below).
Thank you.
J. Patrick Hagan
White Rock, BC, Canada
James Anderson, b. about 1748 +- 3 yrs. He married Mary Brimmer, b. ???, d. ???. James
died about 1796 in West Indies.
Notes:
From Births/Heirs section of Chester Township Book. Death year & place from
handwritten document in possession of Bill Anderson.
Also see:
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/gene/bonds.htm
Claims & Memorials Memorial of James Anderson of Maryland
To The Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament for Enquiring into the Losses
and Services of the American Loyalists The Memorial of James ANDERSON lately of the
Province of Maryland in Dorset County Sheweth That your Memorialist went into the
British Service in the year of our Lord 1776 and Served as a Lieutenant on Board the Lord
Dartmouth when she was at Senagole and that in the year 1781 he was Master Mate of the
General Monk and your memorialist has Served his present Majesty in Different Capacities
from the years 1776 to the year 1783. That your Memorialist has Suffered and Sustained
the Loss of three Negro men, a Negro Lad Aged about 16 years, a negro woman, a Bond of £
50 payable to your memorialist several Sheep, Hogs, Horses, and other Cattle. That for
the Satisfaction of the said Commissioners your memorialist has annexed a Schedule to this
Petition wherein is Particularized every Article. Your Memorialist therefore Prays that
his Case ma!
y be taken into your Consideration in Order that your memorialist may be Enabled, under
your Report to receive such aid or Relief as his Losses and services may be found to
deserve. [James ANDERSON] Great Britain, Public Record Office, Audit Office, Class 13,
Volume 96, folio 59. NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ANDERSON, JAMES, North Branch of the
Potomac near Fort Cumberland, Md. Left home and hid in woods until joining Army at
Philadelphia April 1778. Obtained permit to use own vessel to secure provisions for
garrison, and often served as pilot during war. Property has been confiscated. Memorial
22 Apr. 1786 Halifax. Claim: Farm of 380 acres and house; two-storey framed house at
Fells Point, East Baltimore; brick house; horses, etc. Rejected. (A013/24/7-9)
Children:
i Mary Anderson, b. 19-Nov-1776 in Baltimore, Maryland
ii Eunice Anderson b. 14-Mar-1782, in NYC, NY.
iii John Secombe Anderson b. 06-Feb-1790.
iv Ann (Anabella/Isabella) Brimmer Anderson, b. 22-Sep-1796 in
Halifax, NS.