When Elizabeth Archer was born about 1753, in Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Archer, was 37 and her mother, Sarah, was 33. She married William Cunnington in 1773, in Leighton Bromswold, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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English and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .
German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.
Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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