EIGHTH GENERATION

184. * John Archibald ⁽⁷³⁰⁾ was born on AUG 18 1747 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽⁷³¹⁾ He immigrated about 1757 to New England.⁽⁷³²⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷³³⁾ He is my 5th great grandfather. He died in Nova Scotia, Canada. see general notes 5th great grandfather

*Colchester History: "He came, with the rest of the family, to New England about the year 1757, and to Truro December 13th, 1762. He was one of the grantees of Truro Township. He lived, while in Truro, on his house lot in the Village, it being the same place on which Mr. Hiram Hyde now resides, He removed to Musquodoboit, and settled on the farm that Mr. John Tupper nows resides upon, where he spent the remainder of his days." He was married to * Alice Moor on JUN 2 1768 in Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷³⁴⁾

185. * Alice Moor ⁽⁷³⁵⁾ immigrated in 1760 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷³⁶⁾ She is my 5th great grandmother. 5th great grandmother

*Colchester History: Her parents are not given. She was a "sister of the late Hugh Moor, Snr., of Truro," [see p.126] Children were:

i. David Archibald⁽⁷³⁷⁾ was born on MAR 19 1769 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷³⁸⁾ He is my 4th great granduncle. 4th great granduncle

*Colchester History: "This David Archibald was David the fifth, or otherwise known by the name of David Barnhill."
ii. Hugh Archibald 1 was born on OCT 24 1770 in Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷³⁹⁾ He died on JAN 7 1771 in Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷⁴⁰⁾ He is my 4th great granduncle. 4th great granduncle

He died at 2 months.
iii. Ann Archibald was born on MAR 28 1772 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁴¹⁾ She died in OCT 1858 in Pleasant Valley, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷⁴²⁾ *Colchester History: "She died at her son William's house, in Pleasant Valley, October, 1858, aged 86 years." She is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt
92 iv. * Hugh Archibald 2.
v. James Archibald⁽⁷⁴³⁾ was born on NOV 20 1775 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁷⁴⁴⁾ He died on JUL 4 1834 in Pleasant Valley, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁴⁵⁾ He is my 4th great granduncle. 4th great granduncle

*Colchester History: "James Archibald, 4th, after he was married, steeled in Middle Stewiacke, and had a Grist Mill on the same brook on which the Mills now stand, and remained there until the year 1823, when he removed into the woods in Plesent Valley, and commenced clearing a farm; being the same on which his two sons Kennedy and Johnson now reside. He spent the remainder of his days there,"
vi. Elizabeth Archibald was born on NOV 24 1777 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁴⁶⁾ She is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt
vii. Mary Archibald was born on DEC 10 1781 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁴⁷⁾ She died in MAR 1866. ⁽⁷⁴⁸⁾ She is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt
viii. Alice Archibald was born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁴⁹⁾ She is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt
ix. Margaret Archibald was born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽⁷⁵⁰⁾ She is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt
x. daughter Archibald⁽⁷⁵¹⁾ is my 4th great grandaunt. 4th great grandaunt

*Colchester History: "John and Alice Archibald had another daughter; her name cannot now be ascertained. The father, mother, and child were crossing the Musquodoboit river on horseback when an ice cake floating down the river struck the horse's hind legs and nearly threw him down. The mother, in the struggle, let the child fall and it was drowned."