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IE ARCHER TSJETaOIM* 6EOMI AfcCHEtr BI!MKtNnTV. TIWIXU.Issue of Doctor Peter F. end Martha (Bolling) Archer : 1. Powhatan married Walthall; 2. Martha manic 1 first,John Bolling; second, Berry; 3, Ellenmarried Berry; 4, Mary married--Covington; 6, Lucy married Archer.There have been other branches of ;his family in Chesterfield, Amelia, Peteis-burg, lt;fcc , but our information in regsnl to them Is not definite enough for publication. among them, however, may be noted; Doctor John R Archer, of Ame lia (appointed justice of that county, 1814), who married Frances C., daughter of Colonel John Tahb. and had, with probably other issue, Yelverton and Seinnora B., who married in 1848 Doctor H. K,. L Jones, of Petersburg. Edward E. Archer I “formarly of Chesterfield, who married in 1832, Mary Ann, daughter of Thomas Shore, of Petersburg Harriett, daugh ter «f £Hbe late” William Archer, married Pleasaut, Chesterfield, in 1824, _Jer Robertspn. William Archer r Mount Pleasant, Chesterfield, 28, 1882. Edward Archer was justice of Chesterfield, 1806. ler appointed justice in 1807. Archbr appointed justice of Ame-‘ Branch T. Archer justice in Id, 1810. John Archer in 1807. Archer, of Chesterfield, married 1828, Jane Sophia, daughter of John m, and had issue: 1, William; 2, Sophia married Doctor J. J. Rives;3, Isabella; 4, John Gilliam married Mary a Davidson; S, Cadmus married Margaret Fefld.There are or have been several other families of the name in Virginia, but of no known relationship. One of these was long resident in York eounty, and was probably established therp by “James Archer, Junior, ’ who came to Virginia, 1676, as military engineer of the forces sent to suppress Bacon’s rebellion. Of this family were Captain James Archer, of York, alive 1691; Capt. James Archer, vestryman of Bruton parish; Abraham Archer bom 1690; oilt; d 1752, whose tomb was formerly in the churchyard at Yorktown; Thomas Archer, of York, whose wife diea 1773: Thomas Archer, Junior, of York, lieutenant in the regular troops raiseda lieutenant in the regular troops raised j by the State in 1776; Thomas Archer, justice Of York, 1816, and Abraham Archer, naval officer of York river, 1777; eacheater of York county, 1794; appointed justice 1789, and sheriff, 1798 We snUnfor med that there is ag account of this family in 'he Sullivan^-Memorial.” a genealogical“work privately printed not long ago.■ident in the same section, but of aResid ____ . ____ _______different family, apparently, was Michael Archer, who was clerk of James City county as early as 1724. and ' whose tomb remains in Bnstoo churchyard, Wifiia.,18- -burg, with the following inscription ;“Here lies ye bodv of Micbeei Archer. Gentleman, who was born the 29th of September. 1681. neer Rippon in Yorkshire, and died ye 10th pf February, 1788, in ye 46th year of bis ace. Also, Joanna Archer, wife of Michael • Archer, who departed i this life October 1st, 1782 ”The ancestor of the Archers, of Norfolk (to which family belonged the late Doctor Robert Archer, who spent bis later years in this cityX immigrated from Barbadoes early in the eighteenth century.We are enabled to make the following idditions to'the account ef the Archers, mbhsbed May 5h.[ Colonel William Archer, of Powhatan, bo died 1822, married Charlotte, daugh. r of Major John Clarke, of “Keswick, n that couniyI Dabney Wharton Atelier married Mary, laugh ler of William P Shepherd (who Las for years Cbamherlaine ol Richmond mty), and bad issue: 1. William Whar-n; 2. Edward Sheppard; 8, Mary L. -arried Le« is D Ay lei t I Branch fUArcher, of Richmond, so fcbn F. Archer, married Mrs. Marietta fines, nee,Davis. .(Doctor Biauch T Archer, of Powha-n and Texas, married Eloise, daughter Major John Clarke, of Keswick, and id issue; 1. Mary E. born 1815; died Itober 7, 1825; 2, Richard F.; 8. Robert born 1818; died October 9, 1834; 4, jictor Powhatan, killed-In battle in Bxas while serving in the Confederate ptv; 5, Eloise; 7, Logan died Octobersth. daughter of Colonel William _ , m rried Jackson Morton (born in ■ylvania county, Virginia, August 10,L died in Florida; United Slates Sena-I from that State, 1849-1855). and mem-I of the Confederate Congress; and had : 1. Charlotte, dead; 2, Mary Eloise,, 3, Howard, has attained distinc p as a journalist and man of letters; 4, jfcbase, now of the Second Auditor’s .f the Stale of Virginia, j Archer, Of Bermuda Hundreds i of John and Eltza Trent Archer)1 Elizabeth Chamberiayne Batte, d October 17, 1865, having issue: din Trent, died young; 2. Elizabeth a in infency; 3, John died in infancy: largaret J. married John J Clarke, of Jrles City county; 5. Thomas died No-Iber 1. 1852; 6, Amanda M. married iameR Hill, and died May 4 1862; ictor Alexander Trent died in Mis-, September. 1861; 8, Charles died j ig: 9. Doctor Carlhon, now of “Grass s,” Henrico, ynutied Msria Randolph in. of Cumberland county, and bad John A. horn November 1, 1869; Henry F. born July 2, 18711j An article on the Aichers of Wor-Jrshire in the English Notes and Que-■f July 11, 1874, possibly gives clues p ancestry of more than one Virginia ■ of the name. It is stated that were Archers in Barbadoes from Ion. Suffolk and Lincolnshire. Ed-I Archer, who died in Barbadoes, I and still has descendants there and knaica, was. the writer of the article Is, from Worcestershire. John Ar | of Welland, England (descended ‘« Archers, of Umberslade. War-re. afterwards Lords Archer. See fs Extinct Peerage), married Elea-r of Richard Frewen, of Han-
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