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Click here to read a history of the Archer Family of Fordham, New York. This excerpt details the ancestors of Richard Archer (Generation No. 1), starting with Fulbert L'Archer, who came into England with William the Conqueror in 1066.
RICHARD ARCHER married ELIZABETH TOWNSEND.
Child of RICHARD ARCHER and ELIZABETH TOWNSEND is:
JOHN ARCHER (RICHARD ARCHER1) was born in 1553 and died unknown. He married ELEANOR FREWIN.
Child of JOHN ARCHER and ELEANOR FREWIN is:
SAMUEL ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER2) was born unknown and died unknown. He married ALICE ALLAN in Salem, Massachusetts. She was born in Clairemont, England.
Notes for SAMUEL ARCHER
Settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630
Children of SAMUEL ARCHER and ALICE ALLAN are:
JOHN ARCHER (SAMUEL ARCHER3) was born between 1627-1635 and died October 1685 in Westchester County, New York. He married MARY FOWLER, February 15, 1659.
Notes for JOHN ARCHER
He left Salem, Massachusetts and reached Fairfield, Connecticut in 1654. In 1656, he established himself in New York as a prominent shipping merchant, owning ships that plied between New York and England. He became the Lord of Fordham Manor (now part of the Bronx).
Child of JOHN ARCHER and MARY FOWLER is:
JOHN ARCHER II (JOHN ARCHER4) was born about 1660 in Westchester County, New York and died unknown. He married SARAH ODELL, October 7, 1686, daughter of WILLIAM ODELL.
Children of JOHN ARCHER II and SARAH ODELL are:
JOHN ARCHER III (JOHN ARCHER II5) was born between 1687-1693 in Fordham Village, New York and died between 1758-1766 in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York. He married ELIZABETH VALENTINE, daughter of JACOB VALENTYN.
Children of JOHN ARCHER III and ELIZABETH VALENTINE are:
RICHARD ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER5) was born about 1718 in Westchester County, New York and died in 1783. He married SARAH VALENTINE.
Notes for RICHARD ARCHER
"The first internment on record in St. John's Cemetery occurred in 1783 and is that of RICHARD ARCHER." This was recorded in Church and Sunday-School Work in Yonkers: Its Origin and Progress, by Agnes E. Kirkwood, 1889.
Children of RICHARD ARCHER and SARAH VALENTINE are:
SAMUEL ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER5) was born unknown and died unknown.
Child of SAMUEL ARCHER is:
JOHN ARCHER IV (JOHN ARCHER III6) was born unknown and died unknown. He married MARY LEGGETT.
Children of JOHN ARCHER IV and MARY LEGGETT are:
ANTHONY ARCHER (RICHARD ARCHER6) was born about 1746 in New York and died March 11, 1837 in Westchester County, New York. He married MARGARET MAPES, October 26, 1775 in New York, daughter of BENJAMIN MAPES and MARGARET DE VOO; granddaughter of DANIEL DE VOO. She was born about 1755 in New York and died March 9, 1836 in Westchester County, New York.
Children of ANTHONY ARCHER and MARGARET MAPES are:
MATTHIAS ARCHER (RICHARD ARCHER6) was born about 1748 and died about 1818 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Child of MATTHIAS ARCHER is:
ABRAHAM ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER6) was born unknown and died unknown. He married MARY about 1764.
BENJAMIN ARCHER, SR. (SAMUEL ARCHER6) was born about 1735 and died December 15, 1807. He married 1) RACHEL DE VOE. She was born about 1740 and died unknown. He married 2) MARGARET BROWN.
Children of BENJAMIN ARCHER and RACHEL DE VOE are:
GABRIEL ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER IV7) was born about 1750 and died 1830. He married SUSANNAH HUNT, March 25, 1772, daughter of BENJAMIN HUNT. She was born about 1754 in Westchester County, New York and died between 1820-1830 in New Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Children of GABRIEL ARCHER and SUSANNAH HUNT are:
REBECCA ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER IV7) was born about 1740 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York and died unknown. She married JACOB WILTSE, May 11, 1758, son of HENDRICK WILTSE and RACHEL VAN WEERT. He was born about 1728 and died unknown.
Children of REBECCA ARCHER and JACOB WILTSE are:
ANTHONY ARCHER, JR. (ANTHONY ARCHER7) was born about 1776 and died August 4, 1821 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married ANN. She was born about 1780 and died October 21, 1851 in Hudson County, New Jersey.
Notes for ANN
She was living with her son, HENRY, in Hudson County, New Jersey when she died.
Children of ANTHONY ARCHER and ANN are:
ELIJAH ARCHER (ANTHONY ARCHER7) was born about 1778 in New York and died March 29, 1853. He married HESTER about 1800 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. She was born about 1778 in New York and died after 1850.
Children of ELIJAH ARCHER and HESTER are:
RICHARD ARCHER (ANTHONY ARCHER7) was born March 7, 1785 in New York and died May 23, 1876 in Westchester County, New York. He married RACHEL ARCHER, daughter of BENJAMIN ARCHER and RACHEL DEVOE. She was born about 1788 and died unknown.
Children of RICHARD ARCHER and RACHEL ARCHER are:
CHARLES ARCHER (ANTHONY ARCHER7) was born about 1788 in Westchester County, New York and died March 24, 1872 in Westchester County, New York. He married CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE, daughter of JOSEPH LAWRENCE and ELIZABETH. She was born about 1798 in New York and died unknown.
Children of CHARLES ARCHER and CHARLOTTE LAWRENCE are:
MATTHIAS ARCHER, JR. (MATTHIAS ARCHER7) was born January 30, 1777 in probably New York and died April 30, 1839 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married SARAH ODELL about 1800. She was born between 1775-1794 and died unknown.
Notes for SARAH
I believe SARAH's last name was ODELL. This is based on her second son being named, ODELL.
Children of MATTHIAS ARCHER, JR. and SARAH ODELL are:
ANTHONY ARCHER was born about 1790 in New York and died unknown.
STEPHEN ARCHER was born about 1790 in New York and died unknown.
Children of STEPHEN ARCHER are:
JAMES ARCHER (BENJAMIN ARCHER7) was born about 1786 in New York and died between 1870-1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married CHARLOTTE RHEAD. She was born 1791 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York and died after 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Children of JAMES ARCHER and CHARLOTTE RHEAD are:
DANIEL ARCHER (BENJAMIN ARCHER7) was born about 1800 in Westchester County, New York and died unknown. His wife was born between 1800-1810.
Children of DANIEL ARCHER are:
JOHN ARCHER (GABRIEL ARCHER7) was born 1778 in Westchester County, New York and died between 1840-1850 in New Castle, Westchester County, New York. He married UNKNOWN. She was born between 1790-1800 in probably New York and died between 1830-1840 in New Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Children of JOHN ARCHER and UNKNOWN are:
JOHN ARCHER was born March 1816 in New York and died between 1900-1910 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married MARY A. RHEAD in 1845 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, daughter of AARON RHEAD and ELIZABETH LYNT. She was born January 1826 in New York and died after April 1910 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Notes for MARY A. RHEAD
I believe that MARY is the daughter of AARON RHEAD and ELIZABETH LYNT. MARY'S birth year fits the year that AARON'S oldest daughter was born and traditionally the first born daughter was named after the father's mother; AARON'S mother's name was MARY. The strongest evidence is on the 1850 census which shows JOHN ARCHER and MARY A. living in the AARON RHEAD household.
Children of JOHN ARCHER and MARY A. RHEAD are:
BENJAMIN ARCHER was born about 1810 in New York and died unknown. He married ELIZABETH. She was born about 1812 in New York and died unknown.
Children of BENJAMIN ARCHER and ELIZABETH are:
ANTHONY B. ARCHER was born about 1812 in New York and died after 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married 1) SARAH. She was born about 1798 and died 5/14/1837 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married 2) ANGELINE. She was born September 20, 1819 and died November 17, 1855 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married 3) CATHARINE. She was born about 1827 in England and died after 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Children of ANTHONY B. ARCHER and SARAH are:
Children of ANTHONY B. ARCHER and ANGELINE are:
ODELL ARCHER (MATTHIAS ARCHER JR. 8) was born about 1806 in New York and died between 1860-1870 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married SARAH/SUSAN. She was born about 1807 in New York and died after 1870 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Notes for SARAH/SUSAN
In 1870 she is living with her four children in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York
Children of ODELL ARCHER and SARAH/SUSAN are:
CHARLES ARCHER (MATTHIAS ARCHER JR. 8) was born September 16, 1808 in New York and died March 2, 1887 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York. He married MARY AUGUSTA OAKLEY, February 16, 1832 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, daughter of STEPHEN OAKLEY and MIRIAM. She was born February 5, 1815 in New York and died August 28, 1880.
Children of CHARLES ARCHER and MARY are:
MARGARET ARCHER (ELIJAH ARCHER8) was born about 1820 in New York and died between 1870-1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. She married ? KIRKMAN. He was born unknown and died before 1850.
Children of MARGARET ARCHER and ? KIRKMAN are:
AARON BURR ARCHER (JOHN ARCHER8) was born 1810/1815 in New York and died after 1880 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York. He married MARY GRACE MCVICKAR, daughter of SARAH MCVICKAR. She was born July 10, 1825 in Coxsakie, Greene County, New York and died after 1880 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York.
Notes for MARY GRACE VCVICKAR
I had received information stating that MARY GRACE MCVICKAR'S last name was MCCARTY. Because of what I found on census records, I don't believe that is correct. In 1880, SARAH PROSSER is listed in the AARON ARCHER household as mother-in-law to AARON. If she is mother-in-law to AARON, then she is MARY GRACE MCVICKAR'S mother. She is also living in the household in 1850 along with two daughters, CAROLINE PROSSER (7) and ISABELLA PROSSER (10) and another child, MARY MCVICAR (10). SARAH is listed in 1860 along with the two daughters but by 1860, MARY MCVICAR has disappeared. They are not listed on the 1870 census.
On the 1840 census for Greene County, New York, SARAH is married to ABRAHAM PROSSER and there is a female in the household between 15-20, which is the right age for MARY GRACE MCVICKAR. It appears that ISABELLA hadn't been born at the time the census was taken. I must conclude that SARAH was married to a MCVICKAR before ABRAHAM PROSSER and had MARY GRACE MCVICKAR; her husband died and she married ABRAHAM as her second husband. He dies between 1843-1850 and she never remarries.
Children of AARON BURR ARCHER and MARY GRACE MCVICKAR are:
MARIA/ANNA ARCHER (ANTHONY B. ARCHER9) was born 1835 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York and died unknown. She married GEORGE BURGESS about 1857 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, son of ??? and HESTER. He was born 1829 in New York and died unknown.
Notes for MARIA/ANNA ARCHER
On the 1860 census, MARIA is the name used for GEORGE BURGESS' wife. On the 1870 census, ANNA is the name that's used. I'm not sure which one is correct.
Children of MARIA/ANNA ARCHER and GEORGE BURGESS are:
SYLVANUS ARCHER (ANTHONY B. ARCHER9) was born about 1839 in Westchester County, New York and died before 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. He married FRANCES. She was born about 1844 in New York and died unknown.
Children of SYLVANUS ARCHER and FRANCES are:
OSCAR F. ARCHER (ANTHONY B. ARCHER9) was born about 1843 in Westchester County, New York and died unknown. He married ELLA L. She was born about 1848 in New York and died unknown.
Children of OSCAR F. ARCHER and ELLA L. are:
