ANDERSON, Archibald John Baptist RC Deacon 1
Other names for Archibald were ANDERSON, Archibald RC Deacon 2 and ANDERSON, John.1
General Notes:
"That summer (1720) also Bishop Gordon brought Archibald Anderson to Scalan to assist with the teaching. The new man had been trained for the priesthood in Paris, and had been ordained deacon there. but had been forced to leave after suffering a brain fever that left him with a permanent disability."
Note: the 'brain fever' that Deacon Anderson suffered from is said to gave been a form of epilepsy.
(re Gregory Farquharsonand his school in Glenlivet)
"But in the sumer of 1724 he (Gregory Farquharson) moved to Fochabers, to become private tutor to the Duke of Gordon's oldest son. Bishop Gordon decided that Archibald Anderson would have to be released from Scalan to keep the school going.
The deacon went with some reluctance , for he did not think himself 'carv'd out to be a Dominie'. And as a single man it was beyond him to keep the boarders on. Nor could he hope to be supported by his own family, for his older brother had squandered every penny of their money. Bishop Gordon knew his circumstances and had been giving him an annual allowance of £30 Scots just to keep him in clothes. But he could not make ends meet at the school and in any case, when his father died the following year, he was needed back at the farm, and had no choice but to close it."
from Scalan by John Watts 2
Research Notes:
The Archibald Anderson named below may be this man:
"Genealogie de I'illustre et ancienne maison de haut et puissant prince Mylord Due de Gourdon, Marquis de Huntly, Comte d'Ainzie, Seigneur de provinces de Badenots et Lokaber, Baron de Stradoun, d'Achindoun, de Strabolgy, etc., Pair d'Escosse, descendant par les Rois d'Escosse, des Rois d'Angleterre, des Rois de France et d'autres Princes Souverains. [Circa 1700].
A folio volume of six pages printed on parchment and now in Gordon Castle. In the same volume there is a MS. translation into English made by Archibald Anderson, library keeper at Gordon Castle, in 1748, followed by a continuation of the genealogy to 1748, and by a " short account of the principal transactions during the time of
Alexander, second of that name and fourth Duke of Gordon," beginning in 1758 and ending abruptly in 1765." 3
Noted events in his life were:
• Sent: to the seminary for priests, atumn of 1708, To Paris. 1
• Returned, August 1718, Home. 1
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