Hi Mark, Thanks for your reply. I have in fact checked out John Anderson of Bourtie and there is no apparent link with my John Anderson who was born in Kemnay parish. There were of course many thousands of Jacobite supporters who were never listed in military records and he must have been one of them. His University colleague Thomas Ruddiman was a publisher and librarian and we only know about his Jacobite sympathies through his writings. Also, the links between the Episcopal church and the Jacobite movement were very close. John Anderson's posting from London where he was a schoolmaster to the Caribbean in 1719 could easily have been a career move rather than an escape from the 1715 rebellion. He did however meet up with many Jacobite deportees and escapees in the Caribbean and if anyone reading this listing finds that their researches point in that direction I would be very willing to help. Regards, Bruce Manson PS Anderson's money was left in perpetuity and whilst the capital was borrowed several times over after 1745 to restore a number of attainted estates, the interest is still used today both by his descendants and the church throughout Scotland. A number of lines of inheritance (particularly of the Stevens family) remain unclaimed and awaiting a diligent genealogist! In message <001401bf27b9$978a00a0$9d3d883e@default>, Mark Sutherland- Fisher <mark@highland-family-heritage.co.uk> writes >Hi Bruce and troops, >This is a real poser. I have consulted my book of words and your man is not >shown as a Jacobite. HOWEVER in the '15 List is an Alexander Anderson from >Aberdeen who died in 1728 and was son of Captain John Anderson of Bourtie. I >don't know anything about the Andersons but since Captain John isn't listed >in the '15 Muster Rolls, could he be your man or can another list member >eliminate him from the picture. Remember it was common for clergymen to have >been soldiers in an earlier "life", often the horror of hand to hand combat >and seeing mens' bodies blown to bits on the battlefield having pushed them >towards a career in the church after leaving the army. Only a thought. >Regards to all, >Mark >Genealogist: Clan Sutherland >Co-genealogist: Clan Mackenzie >see my web-site: http://www.highland-family-heritage.co.uk >Professional Genealogist specialising in Highland Research and the 18th >century >----- Original Message ----- >From: Bruce Manson <bruce@brucemanson.demon.co.uk> >To: <JACOBITES-D-request@rootsweb.com> >Sent: 04 November 1999 18:28 >Subject: JohnAnderson of St Kitts > -- Bruce Manson