NINTH GENERATION

372. * David Archibald ⁽¹⁰⁸²⁾ was born on SEP 20 1717 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽¹⁰⁸³⁾ He immigrated about 1757 to New England.⁽¹⁰⁸⁴⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹⁰⁸⁵⁾ He died about 1795 in Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹⁰⁸⁶⁾ He is my 6th great grandfather. 6th great grandfather

*Colchester History: His parents are not given. "David Archibald, Esq., was the eldest of four brothers who settled in Truro. They arrived in Nova Scotia with a number of others on the 13th day of December, 1762. He was a leading man in society; was the first Justice of the Peace who was settled in Truro; was the first who represented Truro township in Parliament. He first took his seat June 5th, 1766. His name stands first in the Grant of said Township, also to the call given to Rev. Daniel Cock, which was dated September, 13th, 1770. His name is also at the head of the list of elders of the Presbyterian Congregation. These were chosen in the summer of 1770. He had his front lands on the north side of Salmon River. His house stood near George McLeod's, on what is called Bible Hill. At one time a thief was brought before him for trial, and the sentence was, 'That the thief should be tied to a cart and driven from the Hill across the River, down round the Parade, and back to the Hill again; and that the driver should use the whip more freely on the thief than on the horse.' "

see also p.15 He was married to * Elizabeth Elliott on OCT 19 1741. ⁽¹⁰⁸⁷⁾

373. * Elizabeth Elliott ⁽¹⁰⁸⁸⁾ was born on JUN 10 1720. ⁽¹⁰⁸⁹⁾ She died on OCT 19 1791 in Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹⁰⁹⁰⁾ She is my 6th great grandmother. 6th great grandmother

*Colchester History : Her parents are not given. She was probably also from Ireland. Children were:

i. Samuel Archibald⁽¹⁰⁹¹⁾ was born on NOV 11 1742 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽¹⁰⁹²⁾ He immigrated about 1757 to New England. ⁽¹⁰⁹³⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹⁰⁹⁴⁾ He died in 1779 in West Indies. ⁽¹⁰⁹⁵⁾ He is my 5th great granduncle. 5th great granduncle

*Colchester History: He was a grantee of the township of Londonderry, NS, with his front land at Little Dyke. [p.39]
"...; he settled at Little Dyke, and remained there until 1769. His eldest child was born there in 1767, and died young. It was buried on a small island near the shore. He exchanged farms with William Corbett," [a grantee of Truro] "removed to Truro, and settled upon the Townsend Farn, so called, being the same upon which William C. Eaton, Esq., now resides." [in 1873] "He was an active man in business and a good writer. He was Town Clerk of Truro fron the year 1771, until the time of his death. He took his seat in the House of Assembly as representative of the Township of Truro on June 12th, 1775. He was again returned to represent Truro in 1777. He was very full of sport. On one ocvasion when a number of men were engaged dyking in the marsh, as it was the custom in those days, the men took their dram in the middle of the afternoon, and laid down to have a little rest. This time they all fell asleep; he then took every man's spade and fastened each one of them down to the marsh by the cue of his hair pressed into the marsh."
"In 1779 he started to go to the West Indies in a vessell with a cargo of boards and horses. When he was on his way down to the Bay, to go on board the vessel, he rode up to John Smith's shop door, and said to him, 'Come, Smith, let us have a parting drop,' When Smith was about taking the parting drop with him, he snatched the bottle from him, and rode off, laughing, at the sport of playing a good trick on him. The bottle was filled with fish oil. While he was in the West Indies he received foul treatment from a British officer, and died there suddenly, leaving a widow and six young children to bemoan their sad bereavement."
186 ii. * Robert Archibald.
184 iii. * John Archibald.
iv. Margaret Archibald⁽¹⁰⁹⁶⁾ was born on DEC 15 1749 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽¹⁰⁹⁷⁾ She immigrated about 1757 to New England. ⁽¹⁰⁹⁸⁾ see general notes She immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽¹⁰⁹⁹⁾ see general notes She is my 5th great grandaunt. 5th great grandaunt

*Colchester History: "She came with the rest of the family when she was 8 yeasrs old to New England, and from thense to Nova Scotia, when she was about 13 years old."
v. Ann Archibald⁽¹¹⁰⁰⁾ was born on MAR 12 1752 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽¹¹⁰¹⁾ She immigrated on DEC 13 1752 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹¹⁰²⁾ She immigrated about 1757 to New England. ⁽¹¹⁰³⁾ She died in 1836 in Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹¹⁰⁴⁾ see general notes She is my 5th great grandaunt. 5th great grandaunt

*Colchester History: She "was deprived of her sight for a number of years before they left Truro." [in 1815] "She died at Mabou, Cape Breton, in the house of her son Samuel in 1836, aged 84 years."
vi. James Archibald⁽¹¹⁰⁵⁾ was born on APR 9 1754 in Londonderry, Ireland.⁽¹¹⁰⁶⁾ He immigrated about 1757 to New England. ⁽¹¹⁰⁷⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹¹⁰⁸⁾ He is my 5th great granduncle. 5th great granduncle

*Colchester History: No wife or children given. "He was brought by his parents to New England, and thense to nova Scotia. In the year 1780, after the sudden death of his brother Samuel, which took place on one of the West India Islands, he left home to go there to look after the vessel and cargo, which belonged to his late brother. He never returned. A few years ago there was a sea Captain by the name of Archibald, sailed into port at one of the West India Islands. He found that the Custom House officer's name was Archibald also. this led to a conversation; he stated to the Captain that his grandfather was a white man from Britian, and that he settled and married on the Island, a long time ago. As was stated by the Captain to the writer, he was a portly good looking man resembling some of the Archibalds in Nova Scotia. His complexion was a little dark, but he was a smart man for business."
vii. Thomas Archibald⁽¹¹⁰⁹⁾ was born on MAY 17 1756 in Ireland.⁽¹¹¹⁰⁾ He immigrated about 1757 to New England.⁽¹¹¹¹⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹¹¹²⁾ He immigrated about 1777 to New Hampshire. ⁽¹¹¹³⁾ He is my 5th great granduncle. 5th great granduncle

*Colchester History: No wife or children given. "He was brought by his parents to New England when about a year old, and to Nova Scotia when he was about 6 years old. His name is among the grantees of the Township of Truro, although he was not quite ten years old at the date of the grant. He remained in Truro until he was about 21 years old. He then returned to New Hampshire. In 1783 he was among the graduates at Dartmouth College, being then 27 years old. On November 11th, 1789, he was ordained over a Church of Congregationalists in Acworth [NH]; this church contained but fifty-eight members at the time. He was dismissed from this congregation June 14th, 1794."
viii. David Archibald⁽¹¹¹⁴⁾ was born on SEP 27 1758 in Londonderry, NH.⁽¹¹¹⁵⁾ He immigrated on DEC 13 1762 to Nova Scotia, Canada. ⁽¹¹¹⁶⁾ He died in 1823 in Sherbrooke, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽¹¹¹⁷⁾ He is my 5th great granduncle. 5th great granduncle

*Colchester History: "He was know by the name of clerk David, or David the 3rd. He inherited a large part of his father's farm on Bible Hill. He built the house in which Mr. George W. Hamlon now resides, south of the bridge. He built another house near the place that Mr. John Davison now resides. He sold this house, with a large part of his farm, to Mr. Robert Barry, about the year 1812. He built another house on the top of the hill, on the place that the Cout House stood a few years; north of the Metzler house. He carried on a considerable business at shipbuilding, which was not very profitable." ... "He obtained a large tract of land on the St. Mary's River, on which now stands a large part of the Village of Sherbrooke," [in Guysborough Co., NS] "He removed to this place in July, 1815. He carried on there a considerable business at milling, lumbering and farming. He died there in the year 1823, aged 65 years."