Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Judge Benjamin Franklin Archer Sr was born in January 1759, in Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Archer, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Shreve, was 27. He married Margaret Brown on 14 June 1784, in New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1833, in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Washington Township, Allen, Indiana, United States.
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- Benjamin Archer, "United States Census, 1830"
- Benjamin Archer, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
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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Bio of Benjamin Archer from History of Montgomery County, OH
Source: History of Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume ll, published by W.H. Beers, 1882, Book lll, First Part, Township Histories, Washington Township, written by Joseph Nutt, page3 - 4. Washington Town …
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