When Robert Archibald was born on 22 January 1745, in Derry, County Londonderry, Ireland, his father, David Archibald, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Elliott, was 24. He married Hannah Blair on 2 April 1767, in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1769 and Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1787. His occupation is listed as land surveyor in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in October 1812, in Musquodoboit, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, at the age of 67, and was buried in Iceland.
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October 2, 1758, the Nova Scotia legislature was established. They met in a wooden building and consisted of 22 men.
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Scottish and English: from a personal name, Archibald, of Anglo-Norman French and (ultimately) ancient Germanic origin (see Archambault ). In the Highlands of Scotland it was taken as an Anglicized equivalent of the Gaelic personal name Gille Easbaig ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ), probably because of the approximate phonetic similarity between Arch(i)bald and easbaig. Both Archibald and Gillespie are personal names much favored among Clan Campbell.
History: This is the name of a leading Nova Scotia family, taken there by four brothers who emigrated from Londonderry, northern Ireland, in 1750–62.
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