Archibald McCall (1734–1814)
Archibald McCall (April 28, 1734–October 9, 1814) was a wealthy merchant and landowner. Born in Scotland, he settled in Colonial Virginia in the 1750s. He supported the Stamp Act 1765, he required customers to pay the British tax, and was tar and feathered by a mob for his position. Although he was considered a Loyalist, he signed the Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions of 1770 along with Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and other patriots. There is evidence that he supplied Lord Dunmore's troops with food before he left for Britain in 1775. He stayed in Britain longer than he expected, because he could not get permission to return to Virginia. Early life Archibald McCall was born on April 28, 1734, at Kelloside in Kirkconnel parish, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. His father, a merchant from Glasgow, Samuel McCall, owned property in Colonial Maryland, Virginia, and other places. The land in Virginia that he called New Glasgow was located along the Piscataway Creek. Samuel owned a trading vessel Betty, William Dunlop was its master. It carried goods between Glasgow and Tappahannock, Virginia. Archibald had an older brother, George, who was a merchant in Fredericksburg, Virginia, but he returned to Scotland after a few years.