In a message dated 12/12/99 8:20:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, BKAYMEL@aol.com writes: << Interesting - I wonder if this was a popular name at the time? Anyone know? I have an Andrew Jackson ANDERSON that married a Minerva ANDERSON. I have her lineage but not his. She is the daughter of James Coleman ANDERSON and Margaret WILLIS and was married in 1840, I'm guessing in Wood Co, VA/WV. So the ages would be about right. >> Of course it was, they were named after the 7th president, hero of the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845. And for the record, I have a few ancestors with that name too (but not Andersons). Cynthia