The principal grantees of the manor under the Dutch Reformed Church were Charles Doughty, who held 230 acres ; John Vanholst, 13S acres; Daniel Sicard, loS acres, (of whom Benjamin Archer purchased;) Joseph and Bishop, 155 acres, the Dyckmans, &c. The residue, consisting of forty acres, was sold to the Hon. Lewis ]Morris and William Kelly in 1760. Upon the 2d of May, 1774, Lewis Morris and William Kelly conveyed no acres to Peter Valentine, in whose descendants this portion of the Manor is still vested.

Through the liberality of Mrs. Steenwyck, three hundred acres are said to have been exempted from the sale to the Dutch Church, upon which was situated the old manorial residence. Be this as it may, however, we find Benjamin Archer, son of Samuel, and grand son of John Archer, first grantor of the manor of Fordham, in 1780, seized in fee of a portion of the manor. Upon the death of Benjamin it passed to his children -- Benjamin Archer, John Archer, Sarah, the infe of Jacob Alord, and Rachel, the wife of James Crawford. In 17S6 Sarah and Rachel conveyed their rights and interest unto Benjamin Archer, their brother; wliose sons, the late William and Samuel Archer, conveyed to Gustav Schwab, James Punnett, H. W. T. MaH, Loring Andrews, and F. L. Johnson.

The family of Archer is of English origin -- Fulbert L' Archer, (a surname signifying for distinction's sake the archer, or bowman,) the first of whom any thing is known, came into England with William the Conqueror.^ The .Vrchers for many centuries held large possessions in the County of Warwicksliire. The representative of the senior branch in 1560 appears to have been Humphrey Archer of War\vickshire,^ who was bom in 1527 and died October 24th, 1562, eldest son and heir of Richard Archer, twelfth in descent from the above mentioned Fulbert.