Matthew Archibald Esq. (1745 - 1820)

Born 9 Mar 1745 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Son of Samuel Archibald Sr. and Eleanor (Taylor) Archibald

Husband of Gennet Marie (Fisher) Archibald — married 1767 (to 1820) in Londonderry, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1820 at age 74 in Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Matthew + Janet Archibald Tombstone

Matthew was born in 1745 to Samuel Archibald Eleanor Taylor^[1]. It is disputed whether he was born in Londonderry, Ireland or Londonderry, New Hampshire, where his parents immigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, reportedly in 1757 when Matthew would have been 8 years old.

He married Janet Fisher in 1767^[2] in New Hampshire. They had 12 children.

1. Sarah 1769-1799
2. Agnes 1770-1851
3. Samuel 1772-1860
4. Matthew 1774-1839
5. Adams 1777-1857
6. Ebenezer 1779-1829
7. Eleanor 1781-1857
8. Jane 1783-1874
9. Elizabeth 1786-1846
10. Major Alexander Lackie Archibald MPP 1788-1859
11. John James 1790-1864
12. Jonathan 1793-1861

Notes re Matthew Archibald Esq.: (From MacNutt-Murray History)

"Matthew was born Mar. 9, 1745 . Son of Samuel Archibald and Eleanor Taylor. Married Janet Fisher daughter of Samuel Fisher and Agnes Wilson in 1767 at Londonderry, New Hampshire. He was a Farmer/Tanner. He came to Truro with his parents in 1762. He was the oldest son of Samuel and Eleanor. He returned to New England and married there to Janet Fisher in 1767. He was 22 and she was 17. He and his wife returned to Truro and raised their family. He carried on farming and tanning and was part owner of the Mills on the south side of the river. He was eminently pious and from his careful use of the Bible the hill where he lived took it's name as "Bible Hill". Matthew was named a justice of the Peace and became a coroner for Colchester District in 1786. (Information from the Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1958 Public Archives of Nova Scotia) Matthew died at the age of 75 on Jan. 18, 1820, and his wife died at age 93 on Mar. 5, 1843. He lived at Bible Hill, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia. He was buried at Robie Street Cemetery in Truro."

On 29 July 1779 purchased a slave Abram, bought in Pictou from Matthew Harris. view bill of sale ^[3] "Matthew Harris, farmer, of Pictou records the sale of his slave 'Abram' to Matthew Archibald, tanner, of Truro. The sale price is £ 50. Abram, about 12 years old, was the child of Harris's slave in his former house in Maryland."

He died in Truro in 1820 and was buried at Robie Street Cemetery in Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. ^[4]

His obituary read, "At Truro, on the 18th inst. in the 75th year of his age, after a short illness, Matthew Archibald, Esq. one of the first English settlers in that township. In his public character both as magistrate and a representative in the general assembly of this province, he was remarkable for his impartiality, zeal and integrity, and in the more private walks of life, as a man and a christian, he was not less noted for his regular conduct and piety. He has left behind him a wife, eleven children, sixty-nine grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren, in all one hundred and six." ^[5]

Matthew Archibald notice of death

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of Kay(Mewer) Spear - GEDMatch ID: F356772, Loren A. Bertocci, FTDNA and Philip W. Smith - GEDmatch ID: T618013 sharing a common segment on chromosome 14 from 50,275,895 to 56,703,577. The common ancestor pair is John T. Archibald Sr. (1693 - 1751)] and Margaret (Wilson) Archibald (abt. 1695 - aft. 1751).

Research Notes

• some of the sources below are incomplete. Any information that can update sources for "Birth Certificate - New Hampshire 1745", "Marriage - New Hampshire 1767" and "Canada Census 1801 and 1811" would be a welcome addition to this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ Dennis, W. Alexander, “Genealogies and Sagas: Dennis, Miller, Archibald” p. 27.
2. ↑ Dennis, W. Alexander, “Genealogies and Sagas: Dennis, Miller, Archibald” p. 27.
3. ↑ Purchase: Nova Scotia Archives Colchester County register of deeds vol. 1 p. 468 (microfilm copy only available at NSARM, microfilm no. 17438), (Bill of sale for slave 'Abram' accessed 2 Dec 2020, scanned image), recorded at the Colchester County Registry of Deeds
4. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #46387765 accessed 2 Dec 2020), memorial page for Matthew Archibald (8 Mar 1745–18 Jan 1820), Find a Grave Memorial no. 46387765, citing Robie Street Cemetery, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada; Maintained by Gregory Chapman (contributor 47516681).
5. ↑ Publication unknown, View Free Ancestry image: Media Format: jpg. Matthew Archibald.

• Dennis, W. Alexander, “Genealogies and Sagas: Dennis, Miller, Archibald”, published privately, 1960.
• Vital statistics of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia
• Birth Certificate - New Hampshire 1745 (requires source)
• Marriage - New Hampshire 1767 (requires source)
• Vital statistics from Halifax newspapers, compiled by Terrence M. Punch, Books/Monographs/Book with Fiche, Halifax, Nova Scotia : Genealogical Committee of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, 1978
• MacNutt-Murray database Person page 19 (where is this found?)
• Canada Census 1801 and 1811 (requires more information)
• Wikipedia - Matthew Archibald (1745-1820)- birth place incorrect - he was born in New Hampshire.
• Planters and pioneers, Esther Clark Wright, 1895-1990, Wolfville, N.S. : E.C. Wright, 1978, (http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=87556) accessed 2 Dec 2020
• image of handwritten note from 1792 (Note from Matthew Archibald, M.L.A. to the clerk of the House accessed 2 Dec 2020), 7 July 1792, Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 4 number 84.
• Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester county down to the present time, by Miller, Thomas, b. 1803, CIHM/ICMH microfiche series ; no. 11106, Published: Halifax, N.S. : A. & W. MacKinlay, 1873, Identifier: 11106, FC 02 0203 no. 11106, Document source: Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the National Library of Canada, (5 microfiches (212 fr.)., Includes index: 400 p. ; 22 cm., Monographs, English, Halifax, N.S. : A. & W. MacKinlay, 1873.; 419 pages, 412 with full-text search.