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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 189 Thomas Archer, Esq., M.P. co. Warwick, who was created by Letters Patent, 1747, Baron Archer, of Umbershide, co. Warwick. Alderman Thomas Aechee (who in an old deed is stjled " practitioner in phisicke ") is mentioned in the last will of Captain William Minors, of High-street, Hertford, bearing date 1666, who bequeaths to his " oozin," Thomas Archer, and his wife, certain legacies. Captain Minors was mayor of Hertford in 1662, and d. 18th July, 1667, and was buried in All Saints' Church, Hertford (see Clutter- buck's Sistory and Antiquities of the County of Hertford). Turner, in his History of Hertford, makesmentiouof Thomas Archer : — " The old yew tree, which stands near the western angle of All Saints' Church, towards Bailey Hall Field, was the gift of Mr. Alder- man Thomas Archer, who served the office of mayor of the borough in the years 1681 and 1694, and was planted by him in 1660." This " old yew tree " is still in existence. Dr. Thomas Archer's brothers were, Henry, Joseph, and John. He d. in 1694, having had three sons, I. John, of whom presently. II. Henry, M.D., d. unm. 13th January, 1723. His portrait, painted on oak, is preserved in the family. III. Joseph, d. unm. The eldest son and heir, John Ahchek, Esq. (whose widow was buried under the "old yew tree" in All Saints' Churchyard, Hertford), had a son, Thomas Aechee, Esq., who m. Sarah, daughter of Edmond Newton, Esq. of Bengeo, Herts, and d. 27th February, 1734, and was buried under the " old yew tree " in All Saints' Churchyard, as was also his wife. In his will, dated 10th December, 1733, he leaves a considerable amount of property. He had issue (besides a daughter, Sarah, who d. unm., and was buried with her father, mother, and paternal grandmother, under the " old yew tree " in All Saints' Church- yard) a son, John Aechee, Esq., who m. January, 1752, Mary Bazell or Bassett, and d. in 1765, having had by her two sons and one daughter, viz., I. William, of whom presently. II. Henry, went to America, and became a major in the American Army. He m. Miss Mifflin, the daughter of the Governor of Pennsylvania, and d. in America in 1788. I. Mary, m. first, in 1777, Dr. Frost, of Hertford (who d. in 1787), and secondly, T. G. Street, Esq., for many years editor and joint proprietor of the London Courier newspaper. The elder son, William Aechee, Esq. of Woolmers, Longford, Tasmania, left England for Tasma- nia in 1827, and for him and his eldest son, William, the governor, Colonel Sorrell, had reserved free grants of land (shortly after this period land could only be obtained by purchase). He m. 16th May, 1776, Martha Kensey, who d. in England, 26th January, 1816. He d. at Brickendon, Longford, Tasmania, 3rd January, 1833, aged 79 years, from the effects of a fall from his horse, having had nine sons and five daughters. His four eldest surviving sons were, I. William, of whom presently. II. Thomas (Hon.), of Woolmers, Long- ford, Tasmania, h. at Hertford, Eng- land, in 1790. In 1811 he left Eng- land for Sydney, and was made a clerk in the Commissariat Department in February, 1812. In 1813 was made a J. P., and sent to Tasmania in charge of the Commissariat Department, and appointed a magistrate of the territory in 181G, and sjiortly after a deputy- assistant commissariat-general. At the time of the establishment of the Legislative Council, in 1827, he was appointed to a seat by the governor, and continued a member for about 20 years. With regard to his qualifi- cations as a government officer, the following is quoted from a dispatch of Governor Sorell's to Governor Mac- quarie : — " Hobart Town, 4th October, 1819. I beg leave, upon this occasion, to notify to your excellency, in the strongest terms, the satisfaction which I have felt in the correct and careful performance of his duties, which has characterised Mr. Ai'cher during two years and a half that he has had the charge successively of Commissariat Department in the two settlements under my authority, the last 20 months of which at Hobart Town." The Hon. Thomas Archer at one time owned the estates of Woolmers, Fairfield, and Panshanger, being a block of over 31,000 acres, and of Cheshunt, near Deloraine, consisting of 10,000 acres. He m. in 1816, Susan Hortle, who d. 31st July, 1875. He d. 16th October, 1850, having had issue, 1. Thomas William, m. Mary, daughter of Major Abbott, and has had issue, Thomas Chalmers, of Woolmers, Longford, Tasmania, d. at Longford, 4th March, 1890, in his 50th year; and Louisa. 2. William, m. his cousin, Ann Hortle, and has issue, twelve children. 3. Joseph, of Panshanger, Longford, Tasmania. {See next article^ 1. Martha, in. the Hon. Robert Q. Kermode, of Mona Vale, Ross, Tasmania, and has issue four sons, viz., I. William ; ii. Robert ; III. Louis; IV. Thomas. 2. Ellen, m. the Rev. Alfred Stack- house, M.A., incumbent of Long- ford and Perth, Tasmania, and has issue, four sons and one daughter. 3. Susan, m. James Stewart Kil- gour, Esq., M.D., and has issue, twelve children. III. Edward, arrived in Tasmania in