Descendants of Edmund Scarborough

Descendants of Edmund Scarborough

Descendants of Edmund Scarborough Generation No. 1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1. CAPTAIN EDMUND SCARBOROUGH (HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , JOHN , NICHOLAS SCARDBURG, ROBERTE DE SCARDEBURG, HENRY , ? SCARDEBURG) was born December 1584 in North Walsham, Norfolk, 1634/35 in Eastern Shore, Accomack Co., Virginia. He married HANNAH BUTLER 1615 in England, daughter of ROBERT BUTLER. She was born Abt. 1585 in England, and died Aft. 1636 in Virginia. Notes for CAPTAIN EDMUND SCARBOROUGH: Captain Edmond Scarborough was prominent in the affairs of Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke from the time of his arrival, circa 1620 in Virginia, serving as the first Justice of Accomac county in 1631 and as Burgess in 1629, 1631, and 1632. Virginia with him, but remained in England until he was settled and had prepared a place for her. >From the book Ancestral Records and Portraits, Vol. I CAPTAIN EDMUND SCARBOROUGH, the son of Henry Scarborough of North Walsham, Norfolk County, came to this country, bringing his wife Hannah, and his son Edmund. He was Commissioner of Accomac County, Va., and a member of the Board of Justices, 1632, and of the House of Burgesses from 1628 to 1630.18 He died 1634, leaving two sons, Charles and Edmund Scarborough. Sir Charles was educated at Caiu's College, Cambridge, and was physician to Charles II., James II. and William I. He was knighted 1669, a member of Parliament, and died 1693 (Feb 26 1694 per Southern Kith & Kin); buried at Cranford, Middlesex. COLONEL EDMUND SCARBOROUGH, was of Northampton County, and for many years one of the most useful men in Virginia. He was Burgess 1642 to 1671, the year of his death; Surveyor­General of the colony from 1655 to 1671, and Speaker of the House, 1645; High Sheriff 1660 to 1661, and frequently Justice. He gave to Hungars Church one thousand acres of land. This church, the third erected in Northampton County, was built in 1680, of brick made and burnt just behind the church, where are still the remains of the old kiln. He married Mary, the daughter of STEPHEN CHARLTON, who was a member of the House of Burgesses 1644, 1645, and 1647, and they had several children, among them Matilda, who married JOHN WEST I., and Tabitha, who married first, William Smart, and third, JOHN CUSTIS II. _____ Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nugent, Vol I Page 35 Patent Book No. 1 ­ Part I Edmond Scarborough, 200 acs. in Accomacke, 28 Nov. 1635, p. 322. Wly, upon Maggitye bay, beg. to the Nwd. of a place called the Stages. 50 acs. in right of his late father Capt. Edmond Scarborough, 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his mother Hannah Scarborough, 50 acs. for his own per. adv. & 50 acs. for the trans. of 1 servt. called Robert Butler, (or Butter). Same, 200 acs. Accomacke Co., 28 Nov. 1635, p. 323. On the Seaboard side, Nly, to a Thickett & Dunn Cr., Sly, along the Seaboard side & Wly, into the woods, Trans. of 4 pers: Roger Wright, Alice, a maid servt., Edward Agar, Eliza. Machin. _____ Cavaliers and Pioneers by Nugent Vol I Page 453 Patent Book No. 5 Col. Edmund Scarburgh, 2400 acs. 20 Oct. 1663, p. 184, (73). Accomack Co., At the seaboard side, bounded on N. by the maine Cr. & branch of a middle cr., lying bet. great & little Matomkins Cr. Trans. of 48 pers: Sanderson, ... Ann Clifton,...Thomas Bush,...Jno. Roberts...James Ellis, James Miller, George Roe, Jno. Stow, Wm. King, Mary Short, Roger Jones. [Note in the above patent I entered only names that seemed familiar.] Page 554 David Williamson, 6000 acs. Accomack Co., beg. at a right line drawn from Crooked Cr., running alonst side of Col. Edmond Scarburgh's land to land of Mr. Henry Smith, bounded on W. by land of the Ratcliffs & Nicholas Layter (or Layler), S. by Mesango Cr., lands of Robert Johnson & Germon Gilliot & Ely. to land of Jno. Stockly. 5 Apr. 1666, p. 499, (611). Trans of 120 pers: Richard Combs, William Maston, Robt. Sadler, Thomas Oxton, John Bristoll, Algerwell Cecill, Thomas Cotton, John Coltrop, ...[lists all 120 pers] Devoras Browne was his administrator ­ No order of qualification ­ 1672 p. 188 Pitt, Robert ­ "Upon intelligence of the death of Mr. Robert Pitt, Devoras Browne produced a will formerly made by the sd Pitt appointing him to be his executor" Browne willing to take charge of said estate for 9 months from this date, and if no other will appears the Court to grant adminstration upon the petition of sd: Browne, he in the meantime to take an inventory of the estate in this country & Mr. Richard Hill to be present ­ 16 June 1670 ­ p. 196 Pitt, Robert ­ Adm. his est. to Devoras Browne upon the petition of Tabitha Browne, wife of sd. Devorax, in accordance with an order dated 16 June, 1670 ­ 19 Oct. 1672 ­ p. 188 Scarburgh, Col. Edmund ­ Devoras Browne his administrator ­ No order of qualification ­ 1672 ­ p. 144 Browne Devoras ­ Adm his est. to Tabitha Browne, wid. of sd. Devoras; Charles Scarburgh & Capt. Daniel Jenifer sec. 17 June 1673 ­ p. 206 Will presented but the Court decided that there was not sufficient evidence and testimony that it was the real will and testatment of the said decedent ­ p. 204 I believe this was the same Capt. Daniel Jennifer who married Mrs. Anne Toft. I would appreciate your thoughts or any info you might find in this regard. Barb Holmes Notes for HANNAH BUTLER: ...his wife, Hannah, did not come to Virginia with him, but remained in England until he was settled and had prepared a place for her. She is listed in Greer's Early Virginia Immigrants as arriving in 1635, brought over by her husband, Captain Edmond Scarborough, Accomac County. Children of EDMUND SCARBOROUGH and HANNAH BUTLER are: Generation No. 2 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2. SIR CHARLES SCARBOROUGH (EDMUND , HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , JOHN , NICHOLAS SCARDBURG, ROBERTE DE SCARDEBURG, HENRY , ? SCARDEBURG) was born December 1615 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, and died 26 February 1693/94 in Middlesex, England. He married MARY DANIEL, daughter of THOMAS DANIEL. She was born Abt. 1615 in Newbury , County of Bedford, England. Notes for SIR CHARLES SCARBOROUGH: Physician to King Charles II, James II as well as William and Mary. Of brilliant mind, he is lastingly recognized for his influence on mathematics, on the Royal Society, and as the collector of a great library. America. He was educated at St. Paul's School. Caius college where many of his forbears and relatives were educated and where he became a Fellow. He worked in mathematics with Seth Ward of Cambridge. Cambridge. He went then to Oxford and took up medicine. His principal interest was in the mathematical analysis of muscular motion of which he was the pioneer. He took his D.M. at Oxford in 1646 in which year Royalist Oxford fell to the Cromwell forces. King's forces until 1648 when he was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians, began practice in London and was made a Fellow of the College in 1650. A memorial to him stands in the Church of St. Dunstan and Holy Angels, Cranford Park on Bath Road near London where he is also buried. ­­­­ "Sir Charles Scarbourough, of London, England, born circa 1616, remained in England when his parents came to America, and held many positions of honor under the Crown; A.M. of Caius College in 1639, where he became a Fellow; Doctor of Physics at Merton College, Oxford, in 1646; Court Physician to Charles II, James II, and William III; Member of Parliament, and knighted August 11, 1669. Samuel Pepys mentioned him many times in his chatty diary. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Daniel, of Newberry, County Bedford. Charles died February 26, 1694, and is buried at Cranford, Middlesex. His portrait hangs in Barber Surgeons Hall, in London. His only known children were: Charles Scarborough, Esquire, who was in the service of Prince George of Denmark, and was Envoy from him to his brother, the King of Denmark, on his accession to the Crown; and Rev. Edmond Scarborough, who was born in 1656, and died in 1705." (Southern Kith & Kin, p. 16) Children of CHARLES SCARBOROUGH and MARY DANIEL are: 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3. LT. COLONEL EDMOND SCARBOROUGH II (EDMUND , HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , HENRY , HENRY , JOHN , JOHN , NICHOLAS SCARDBURG, ROBERTE DE SCARDEBURG, HENRY , ? SCARDEBURG) was born September 1617 in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, and died 23 May 1671 in "Seaside", Accomac Co., Virginia. He married MARY Bef. 03 August 1640. She was born 1619 in England, and died Bet. 14 June ­ 15 December 1691 in Accomack Co., VA. Notes for LT. COLONEL EDMOND SCARBOROUGH II: Col. Edmond Scarborough, the second son of Captain Edmond and Hannah Butler came to America with his father. He married Mary Littleton, [sic; see Mary] daughter of Col. Nathaniel Littleton, in England, and patented vast tracts of land in Virginia. not come over with her husband, but arrived in 1640, brought over by her husband, Edmond Scarborough, of Accomac, according to Greer.) He held the highest offices within the gift of the people, and the Crown, and was the most distinguished member of the family, as well as the most spectacular. There are many traditions concerning him and his high handed actions in Colonial Virginia, some of which were called unscrupulous. He was called "Conjurer" by the Indians, who hated and feared him, and was anathema to the Puritans and Quakers, whom he considered his special enemies.

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