Anderson, Matthew, 1745-1803.

Matthew Anderson was born in Gloucester, Virginia, the son of William and Sarah Anderson, and younger brother of James Anderson, blacksmith of Williamsburg, Virginia. Mathew was in Williamsburg in 1779 as a saddler, shoemaker and harnessmaker; then as a merchant, 1784-1803. Entered into partnership with David Low, 1784 [partnership dissolved in 1785 but accounts continue until 1788]. Never married. His nephew, Robert, youngest son of James, joined him in the mercantile business in the late 1790s. David Low was a merchant in Williamsburg from 1782 until his death in 1787.