Hall - Blackwood - McKeen - Saunders in Canada:Information about Samuel Archibald
Samuel Archibald (b. November 11, 1742, d. 1779)
Notes for Samuel Archibald:
Samuel came with his father to Truro in 1762, when he was aged 19. He and his wife settled at Little Dyke and remained there till 1769 when they moved to Truro. He was an original Grantee of the Township of Londonderry, Nova Scotia. Samuel was an important man in his community. He was Town Clerk of Truro from 1771 till his death and he twice represented Truro in the house of Assembly (from 12 June 1775 and from 1777).
Samuel was also a "sporting man". Once, when a number of men were dyking a marsh they took their noontime break for their "daily dram"and a little nap. While they were sleeping, Samuel took their shovels and pressed their hair into the ground, fastening them to the marsh. It is not recorded whether the men were amused or not...
In 1779 when he was preparing to go down to the West Indies with a cargo of boards and horses he stopped in an the shop of John Smith and said to him "Come, Smith, let us have a parting drop". At he last second he stopped the hapless Smith from drinking of his bottle of fish oil and rode off laughing at his good joke. In the West Indies he received "foul treatment" from a British officer and he died, leaving a widow and six children. Possibly he played one trick too many? His brother James later went down to the West Indies to reclaim the cargo.
Children of Samuel Archibald and Rachel Duncan are:
- John Archibald, b. 1769, d. 1792.
- Elizabeth Elliott Archibald, b. 1770, d. date unknown.
- +David Archibald, b. 1772, d. November 23, 1814, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Rachel Todd Archibald, b. 1775, d. 1819.
- +Samuel George William Archibald, b. February 5, 1777, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, d. January 28, 1846, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Margaret Archibald, b. 1779, d. 1811.