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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52984754/john-archer

John Archer, was born in Salop Co.,England (Shropshire), March 26, 1752. He served as both Private and Sergeant Major in Colonel John Allen's regiment, Artillery company and Capt. Thomas Robbins' and Capt. Jeremiah O'Brien's companies, Col. Allan's regiment in Machias during the Revolutionary War. He was on a list of men raised by the town of Newburyport for service in the Continental Army, where he is described as 28 yrs. of age, 5 ft. 8 in. tall, with a light complexion. On the 18th of November 1778, he married Elizabeth Gates Tupper, daughter of William Tupper and Margaret Gates of Jonesboro and Machias, Maine. They had twenty-three children, mostly sons, most of whom grew to maturity. He lived on the Beddington Road in Cherryfield on a place later occupied by his son, John.

John married Elizabeth Gates Tupper 3 Nov 1778, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of William A. Tupper and Margaret Gates) was born 26 Mar 1758, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States; died 26 May 1830, Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States; was buried , Archer Cemetery Jonesboro, Washington County, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. William Gates Archer