Sgt Maj John Archer

1752 - 1830  (77 years)

• Name	John Archer
  Title	Sgt Maj
  Born	26 Mar 1752	Worthen, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
  Christened	12 Apr 1752	Worthen, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jan 1830	Cherryfield, Washington, Maine, United States
  Buried	John Archer Cemetery Cherryfield, Washington County, Maine, USA
  Person ID	I10049	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Gates Tupper,   b. 26 Mar 1758, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States ,   d. 26 May 1830, Jonesboro, Washington, Maine, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1778	Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
  Children	+ 1. William Gates Archer
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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.