Hi all, Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2012. It's also time for me to make my annual inquiry about Robert Anderson. I hope somebody here can help to establish the identity of any of his ancestors or siblings. Butler county history biography of his son Irwin Anderson states that his father was "a soldier of the Revolution, descended from a pioneer family of Lancaster county, whither they had emigrated from Ireland prior to the Revolution". Robert Anderson was born about 1756. The Anderson family of Donegal is well documented in chapter 5 of "Pennsylvania: Genealogies Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German" by William Henry Egle. My Robert Anderson does not appear to be among them. The DAR database lists three Robert Andersons who died in PA (mine died in 1841 and is buried in Allegheny county), none of whom are mine. The PA Archives documents 5 Robert Andersons who are listed in the Revolutionary War militia roles: one each from Colerain, East Strasburg, and Elizabeth townships, and two from Leacock township; Robert Andersons Sr and Jr. The Robert Anderson Jr. of Leacock remains the most interesting and mysterious. Robert Anderson Sr. of Leacock died in Dec 1778 and his only son named Robert was born in 1776 - way too young to have served in the militia during the Revolution. So who was Robert Anderson Jr of Leacock? My best guess is he was a nephew of Robert Anderson Sr of Leacock, perhaps a son of his brother James Anderson (my Robert Anderson's eldest son's name was James). Any help or information on this James Anderson family from Leacock will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jim Strutz