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Note: . Lyon. The Maine Historical Magazine, vol. 9, p. 36 (Bangor, Me.: J. W. Porter, 1895). (mainegenealogy.net website)
Headstone located at Intervale (Archer family) Cemetery, Butler Rd., Cherryfield, Maine, reads:
"SACRED To the Memory of Mr John Archer Born In Salop C- in Wales March 26 1752 Died January 20 1830 In the 79 Year of his Age Memento Mori" 1810 census, Cherryfield or Plantation No. 11: Archer, John, (9 total in household including one male age 45 or over)
"John Archer, an Englishman, a man of some education, a land surveyor and a teacher in his time. married a Tupper of Jonesboro, and at an early date in the settlement of the place, took up the lot afterwards occupied by his son John, on the Beddington road. They had a family of twenty-three children, mostly sons, and most of whom grew to man's estate. The youngest of the family was David Cobb Archer, who lived until about a year since, and whom travellers between Columbia Falls and Jonesboro will well remember. But few of the name remain in the county." The Narraguagus Valley, p.24.
Note: Marriage : John Archer and Elizabeth Tupper, November 18, 1778, Machias, Maine, by Rev. Jas
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