Archelaus Anderson (1733 - 1782)

Husband of Sarah Anderson — married 1769 in Murrayfield, Hampshire, MA

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1782 at about age 49 in Massachusetts

Biography

Archelaus was born circa 1733.1

Archelaus married Sarah [--?--] Anderson circa 1769 in Murrayfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, (now Chester, Hampden, MA), Copeland's History of Murrayfield, p.153, and Chester VR, p.119, list a marriage intention in 1791 between William Smith and Sally Anderson who may have been another daughter of Archelaus and Sarah Anderson. Chester VR also lists a marriage intention between Selah Anderson of Chesterfield and John Clark in 1782. Selah is probably unrelated.. List of marriage intentions in Copeland's History of Murrayfield includes an intention in 1782 between John Clark and Sela Anderson of Chesterfield, possibly the home of the Anderson's.2 He died of smallpox on on 23 February 1782 at Murrayfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, (now Chester, Hampden, MA). Chester VR, citing Littleville Cemetery grave records, says Archelaus died in his 48th year in West Point "in the service of his country"..3 He was buried at Section A of the Eastman at Cemetery on Bromley Road at Murrayfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, (now Chester, Hampden, MA).4

Family Sarah [--?--] Anderson b. c 1739, d. 3 Sep 1790 Child ◦Susannah Anderson+ b. 18 Feb 1770, d. 20 Jul 1848

Sources

• Citations

1.[S500] Francis H. O'Leary, Gravestone Inscriptions for Chester MA, 1761-1981, p.32. Birth date taken from gravestone inscription that he was in his 48th year in 1782. LDS Ancestry Ancestry File AFN:LDR5-W5 says he was born in 1744 in Murrayfield but this name was not used before 1763 and no Anderson's have been identified among the very few settlers in the area in 1744. 2.[S207] LDS Ancestral File, Date and place of marriage taken from Ancestral File AFN:LDR5-XB. However, this marriage is not included in the list of intentions and marriages from the Murrayfield record book listed in Copeland's History of Murrayfield. 3.[S500] Francis H. O'Leary, Gravestone Inscriptions for Chester MA, 1761-1981, p.32. Said to have died at West Point but it not clear whether that was a part of Murrayfield or the town/military academy in New York. 4.[S500] Francis H. O'Leary, Gravestone Inscriptions for Chester MA, 1761-1981, p.31. Chester VR, p.202, says Archelaus' death is recorded in Littleville Cemetery records.