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Henrico County, Virginia  |
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- [S100] Internet Source, Virginia Heraldica.
ARCHER. Henrico county.
Arms: Azure three arrows argent.
Crest: Out of a mural coronet gules a dragon's head argent.
Motto: Fortitude.
The first of this family in Virginia was George Archer, who, ia 1665, had a grant of 550 acres of land on Tunstalls Creek, Henrico County; he also was granted other patents. He died in 1677, in
that part of Henrico which is now Chesterfield county. It is not known whom he married, but he left issue: (1) George, born 1654, died 1731, a vestryman of Bristol Parish in 1721, who married Elizabeth, sister of William Harris of Henrico; (2) Elizabeth, married Thomas Branch of Henrico; (3) John of Henrico, vestryman and Justice in 1713, married, 1st, Frances, relict of Thomas
Shippey; married, 2nd, Martha, daughter of Major Peter Field of Henrico; (4) :Margaret. The arms are from the book plate of Col. William Archer of
Amelia county, who was a Justice in 1743. He was a grandson of John and Martha (Field) Archer of Henrico.
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