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Edward Archer (1774 - 1823)

Edward Archer
Born in Chesterfield, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 10 Apr 1797 (to 21 Mar 1798) in Chesterfield, Virginiamap
Husband of — married 29 Aug 1799 in Chesterfield, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at age 49 in Chesterfield, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Edward Archer was born 1774 to Edward Archer, Sr. and Mary Walthall in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Col Edward Archer's first wife was [Bolling-239| Mary Bolling (Polly)]], They were married in 1797[1][2], she died in 1798, daughter of John B. Bolling and Mary Martha Jefferson. They had one son:

  1. Peter Jefferson Archer

His second wife was Ann Walthall (1781 - 1839). They were married 29 Aug 1799;[3]

Their children were: (incomplete)

  1. Elizabeth Elvira Archer Dudley (1810 - 1879) wife of Dr. Joseph Dudley
In memory of My devoted Mother
Elizabethe
Wife of Dr. Joseph Dudley
and Daughter of Col. Edward and Ann Archer
Born May 21, 1810
Died July 3, 1879[4]

From Southside Virginia Genealogies by John W Pritchett
Edward Archer (10 Jan. 1774 -1823), who inherited land on the north side of Second Branch Road, married 1st Mary Jefferson Bolling in Chesterfield County 27 May 1797, and 2nd, Ann Walthall 29 Aug. 1799. During his first brief marriage he had one child, and during his 2nd, he had 5. He paid taxes in Chesterfield County in 1800. Archer, captain in the 23rd Regiment during the War of 1812, left a will in Chesterfield County (will dated 11 Jan. 1822 and proved 10 Nov. 1823), as did Ann (will dated 11 Oct. 1833 and proved 17 Oct. 1839).

Timeline

Birth
10 Jan 1774 • Chesterfield County, VA

Will of Edward C Archer
30 Dec 1789 • Chesterfield County, VA
Item:I give unto my Son, Edward Archer, the land and the plantation left to my wife during her life or widowhood, also that part of the tract whereon my father lived that lies on the north side of the Second Branch Road,

Guardian
14 Oct 1790 • Chesterfield County, VA
Young orphaned sons Field and Edward Archer chose Archibald Walthall as their guardian 14 Oct. 1790

Marriage
10 Apr 1797 • Chesterfield County, VA
Mary Jefferson BOLLING
(–1798) [5]

Marriage
29 Aug 1799 • Chesterfield County, VA
Anne WALTHALL
(1781–1839) [6]

Personal Property Tax
1800 • Chesterfield County, VA

Justice of the Peace
1806 • Chesterfield County, VA

War of 1812
1812
Captain in the Twenty-third Regiment during the War of 1812.

Residence
1820 • Chesterfield, Virginia, United States [7]

Will of Edward Archer
11 Jan 1822 • Chesterfield County, VA
Names five children

Death
bef 10 Nov 1823 • Chesterfield County, VA

Probate
10 Nov 1823 • Chesterfield County, VA

Sources

  1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDD-X2W : 11 February 2018), Edward Archer and Mary Jefferson Bolling, 27 May 1797; citing Chesterfield, Virginia, reference p 385; FHL microfilm 30,869.
  2. ↑ [https://archive.org/details/pocahontasalias00brocgoog/page/n47 Pocahontas by Robertson, Wyndham, 1803-1888
  3. ↑ *"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDD-FL7 : 11 February 2018), Edward Archer and Ann Walthal, 29 Aug 1799; citing Chesterfield, Virginia, reference p 390; FHL microfilm 30,869.
  4. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/chesterfield/cemeteries/valleyfrm01.txt
  5. ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
  6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRDD-FLW
  7. ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chesterfield, Virginia; Page: 231; NARA Roll: M33_129; Image: 243




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Thomas-8856 Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)
The Edward Archer January 01, 1739/40 - January 03, 1790 married Mary Walthall This is the profile of Col. Edward Archer 1774-1823 Col. Edward Archer was the son of Edward Archer and Mary Archer (born Walthall).
posted by Allan Harl Thomas (1951-2021)
Pamela (Henderson) LeCroy
Archer-3014 and Archer-574 appear to represent the same person because: This looks like the same person -- same wife.
posted by Pamela (Henderson) LeCroy

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