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This is the burial place of THOMAS ANDERSON in Barmuckatie who died the 4 of May 1674. Of ROBERT ANDERSON Commissar Cleark of MURRAY his son who died the 17 of October 1715. & of IANET HEPBURN his spouse who died the 10 of March 1692 & of IAMES ANDERSON of Linkwood, Provost of Elgin who died the 28 of August 1731 aged 51 & of BARBRA KING his spouse who died the 18 of July 1744 aged 56 & of WILLIAM ANDERSON of Linkwood, Provost of Elgin who died the 13 of June 1745 aged 38. Their son likewise of MARGARET (G)ORDON daughter of (A)LEX. GORDON of Ca(irnfi)eld & spouse to R(O)B. ANDERSON of Linkwood. Also their son, who died the 6th of April 1773 aged 51. & of the said ROB. ANDERSON who died the 4th March 1777 aged 61. And of CHARLES ANDERSON, Manufacterer in Huntly, youngest son of ROBERT ANDERSON of Linkwood who died the 1st of Nov. 1790 aged 30. Cap. ALEX ANDERSON of the 69 Reg. eldest son of ROBERT ANDERSON of Linkwood, died at Limrick in Ireland the 30th of May 1791 aged 38th. And of JAMES ANDERSON Esq. second son of ROBERT ANDERSON of Linkwood who died at Edin. the 20 May 1808 aged 51 and of CLEMINTINA GORDON daughter of Mr. GORDON in Newseat, spouse of the said CHARLES ANDERSON who died 25th Oct. 1813 aged 52. CHARLES ANDERSON their son and HARRIET ROUTH his spouse, who both died and were buried in Aberdeen.
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Name of deceased: Thomas Anderson and others
Date of death: 4 May 1674
Location: The tombstone is bolted onto the south-wall of Elgin Cathedral
Entered by: Lindsay Robertson, Aberdeen
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The tombstone is around five metres high and is thought to be the only one of its kind in the region. It is remarkable for the amount of information it lists, recording dates spanning 139 years, from 1674 to 1813. Other unusual features include its location, bolted onto the south wall of the cathedral, and the 17th century masonwork, which suggests the stonemason was asked to carve in an archaic style.
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The Andersons were a notable and influential local family, with some members serving as provost or commissary clerks.
“There are several Anderson gravestones in the area and this may have been an attempt to get all the names listed in one go,” said Keith Mitchell, president of the Moray Burial Ground Research Group. “It may have been the family’s way of saying ‘look at us’. The stone is a single slab, and the cost of quarrying and transporting it would have said something about the family status.”
A later member of the family, General Anderson, is thought to have left money in his will, and this may have been used to amalgamate the various Anderson inscriptions in the graveyard. The epitaph’s neat fit on the buttress suggests it stands in its original location, making it less likely that it had been moved there from the cathedral floor. One theory is that its height may have symbolised the family reaching upwards to heaven.
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