The identity of Archer's father is controversial.  Based on what evidence I've found, so far, he appears to be the love child of Arabella and C.P. HUNTINGTON, a product of his 15-year affair with Arabella while he was still married to his first wife (and she to her first husband).  After the death of C.P.'s first wife, C.P. married Arabella and adopted her (now teenage) son.  Before C.P. and Arabella were married, she maintained that Archer's father was her first husband, John WORSHAM.  But was Archer really John's son? And was Arabella even married to John WORSHAM?  At this point, only DNA testing could provide the iron-clad proof of Archer's fatherhood, but — aside from the unlikelihood that the family members would consent to the necessary exhumations and testing — as Archer had no children, does it realy matter?

1.  Marriage Records:

2.  1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com):  not found, but said to be living in England.

3.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com):  not found (in Europe?).

4.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1-2 of 17):  Huntington Estate, New York City (Bronx Borough), Bronx Co., NY, pp. 259A-259B, SN 1A-1B, SD 2, ED 344, enumerated 2 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Huntington Archer M

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*Huntington Estate

The question here is whether, with regard to the birthplace of Archer's father, he was referring to his biological father or his adoptive father — or whether they were one and the same.  Certainly, a birthplace of Connecticut does not support the case for John WORSHAM being his biological father because John was born in Virginia, while it was C.P. HUNTINGTON who was born in Connecticut.

5.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found (in Europe?).

6.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Archer Milton HUNTINGTON Birth: 10 Mar 1870, New York, New York, New York Father: Collis Potter HUNTINGTON Marriage: 10 Mar 1923, New York, New York, New York Spouse: Anna Vaughn HYATT Birth: 10 Mar 1876, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Source: patron submission

7.  Laurie E. Jasinski.  nd.  "Huntington, Archer Milton (1870-1955) [link died]."  The Handbook of Texas Online (at the Texas State Historical Association web site).  Abstract of genealogical information (by DGM):

Born: 10 Mar 1870, NYC Biological Father: John WORSHAM; Biological Mother: Arabella Duval YARRINGTON Adoptive Father: Collis P. HUNTINGTON Marriage-1: 6 Aug 1895, London, England; Helen Manchester GATES; divorced 1918; no issue. Marriage-2: 10 Mar 1923; Anna Vaughn HYATT; no issue.

8.  Biography: Archer Milton Huntington (online at the web site of the Hunting Family Association).

9.  Edith Wharton's New York: An Exploration of the Guilded Age at the National Academy of Design [link died] (online at the National Academy of Design web site).  The Academy is housed in Archer HUNTINGTON's New York mansion.  Interesting history, description.  Says Archer's father was Collis Potter HUNTINGTON.