Educated for the Scottish Bar, but turned Schoolmaster, and founded the famous gymnasium at Chanonry, Old Aberdeen.

Children:
Francis James Skelton Anderson, b. 19 July 1832, Boyndie Banff, d. 1833.
Alexander Gavin Anderson, b. 18 November 1833, Boyndie Banff.
Frances Anne Anderson, b. 06 July 1835, Boyndie Banff, d. 1898.
Mary Adamson Anderson, b. 07 March 1837, Boyndie Banff, d. 1910.
James George Skelton Anderson., b. 11 March 1838, Boyndie Banff, d. 1907.
John Ford Anderson, b. 08 March 1840, Boyndie Banff, d. 1933.
Jemima Marshall Anderson, b. 01 December 1842, Boyndie Banff, d. 1915.
William Richard Anderson, b. 03 November 1844, Boyndie Banff, d. 1895.
Charlotte Elizabeth Anderson, b. 18 May 1848, Old Machar, Aberdeen., d. 1914.
Andrew Thomson Anderson, b. 16 May 1849, Old Machar, Aberdeen., d. 1912.
Margaret Jane Anderson, b. 1841, d. 1893.
Christina Helen Macleod Anderson, b. 1850, d. 1914.