Archibald Harwood was born in August 1762 probably in Dunstable Township (later Nashua, Hillsborough County), Province of New Hampshire. He was the third child of James Harwood and his wife Mary Clogston. His father and two older brothers John and James also served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

He enlisted in Dunstable Township on July 6, 1780 as a Private in Captain William Barrows Company, Colonel Moses Nichols, Regiment for the defense of West Point and then in Captain John Mills, Colonel Daniel Reynolds, Fifth Regiment of New Hampshire Militia; “he was one of those who were sold (but not delivered) to the British by the traitor Arnold.” The Harwood Genealogy states: “He used often to relate to his children how Washington addressed the soldiers after Arnold’s treachery became known. He pleaded with them to remain loyal to the American cause.”

He again served in the Fifth Regiment of Militia as a “Three Months Man” under Colonel Noah Lovewell beginning on September 17, 1781. The Harwood Genealogy further states: “he never in his old age applied for a pension, being naturally of a very independent disposition.”

Archibald married Susannah House on May 8, 1786, in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont. Susannah was born about 1762 the daughter of Combs/Coomes House and his first wife Sarah (———). They had eleven known children: Jesse, Sarah, Annis, Cyrus, Herman, Luke, Amanda, James, Phila, Ann, and Riley.

The family lived in Springfield, Weathersfield, and finally Eden, Vermont. He was by trade a carpenter and mill wright. Archibald died September 29, 1837 in Eden, Lamoille, Vermont. His widow Susannah died in 1848, probably in Eden.

*References:
A Genealogical History of the Harwood Families, Descended from Andrew Harwood, Watson H. Harwood, Third Edition, Chasm Falls, New York, 1911, pp.46-48
Archibald Harwood, Revolutionary War Records, www.Fold3.com