Sarah Archer

Not the same as Sarah Barksdale

Biography

Sarah Randolph was the daughter of Henry Randolph III and his wife, Elizabeth Eppes. She was born 10 Oct 1715 in Barro Plantation, Appomattox, Virginia and died March 29, 1774 at Petersburg, Dinwiddle County , Virginia, Colonial America

Sarah Randolph married John Archer, son of John Archer & Frances Shippey.

Elizabeth (Eppes) Randolph names her grandson John Archer, Sarah's son by John Archer, executor of her will, dated 30 April 1775.

SARAH RANDOLPH ARCHER LINE

311 RANDOLPH, Sarah, b. 10/10/1715, d. 1774, (will dated 3/29/ 1774 Ches. W. B. 2, p. 220)3, m. 1733 John Archer Il 4 of Dale Parish Bermuda Hundred (131 Archer line; d. 1773, will dated 9/5/1773, prob. 9/5/1774. Ches. W. B. 2, p. 28, 0. B. 5, p. 378)5. I 8 sue: 1) John; 2) Henry; 3) Sarah; 4) Judith; 5) Anne; 6) Mary. 6

Origins

In his will dated Aug. 27, 1726 Henry Randolph named his first four children. Issue: l) Sarah; 2) Anne; 3) Henry; 4) Francis. His last two children were posthumous twins, which accounts for their unusual names, 5) Grief (male) and 6) Mourning (female) and for their not being named in his will.

Randolph, Wassel, "Henry Randolph I (1623-1673) of Henrico Co., Virginia and His Descendants", Distributed by Cossitt Library, Memphis, 1952

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randolph-317
   1. Pedigree of the descendants of Henry Randolph I (1623-1673) of Henrico County, Virginia. Page 8 < FamilySearch >