Kintyre People


A genealogical database of individuals who lived in Kintyre during the early modern period, from roughly 1500 CE to 1800 CE.

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Anderson, James

Anderson, James

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  • Name Anderson, James  [1]
    Gender Male
    Occupation 1710  Peninver, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Tacksman 
    Residence 1710  Peninver, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Community-wide Assize Trial 9 Jun 1710  Peninver, Campbeltown parish, Argyll, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    "And Alexander Dunlap, James Anderson, James Cauldwell & Neil McBain in Peninver guilty of cutting of green wood being scrogs, And the s[ai]d Alex[ande]r Dunlap & James Anderson guilty of Moor Burning, by [thei]r own Confessions." 
    Person ID I92  Kintyre People
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • In 1692, James and Mathew Anderson were Lowland fencible men in Peininaver.

      In 1694, Tamas (James) Anderson occupied a hearth in Peninver.

      Listed in the 1709/10 Rental List as the tacksman of Peniver and Iska along with James Cauldwell and Alexander Dunlap.

      There is a James Anderson and Agnes Mitchal listed in the Campbeltown OPRs. They were the parents of nine children born between 1695–1710.

      More research is needed in order to confirm that this is the same person.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] National Records of Scotland, SC54/17/2/35/5.

    2. [S4] A. I. B. Stewart and Andrew McKerral, Kintyre Rentals.