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Persoonlijke gegevens John VI Balderstone Scarborough 

• Alternatieve naam: III (ook bekend als / alias)
• Hij is geboren op 10 februari 1667 in Hosier Lane, Lancs, London, England.
• Hij is overleden op 27 maart 1727 in Solebury Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, hij was toen 60 jaar oud.
• Een kind van John V Scarborough en Sarah Ashbey

Gezin van John VI Balderstone Scarborough

Hij heeft/had een relatie met Mary Pierson.

Kind(eren):

1. Sarah Scarborough  1694-1748 

Notities over John VI Balderstone Scarborough

John Scarbrough Sr., of St. Sepulchre's, Holborn Parish, London, was known as a blacksmith and coachmaker. He was a member of the Peel monthly meeting of Friends, whose place of worship was in Peel Court, near 65 St. John Street. He is referred to in the minutes of this meeting under date 10 mo. 26, 1677. He signed his name "Scarbrough" as did his descendants until about 1800. On 7 mo. 4, 1682, he purchased from William Penn 250 acres of land to be laid out in Pennsylvania and embarked for the Delaware to locate his purchase and prepare a home for his family in the new province. He left his wife in England, but took with his only son John, then a youth. Friends records report that he arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682.[1] The 250 acres were surveyed to him on Middletown township, near the present site of Langhorne, where he was one of the first settlers. After remaining for two years and preparing a rude home in the wilderness, he embarked for England with the intention of bringing over his wife, leaving his son in the care of a Friend until he was able to take charge of his father's farm. His wife, not being a Quaker, declined to come to Pennsylvania, and, the persecution of Friends having abated somewhat, he decided to remain in England and never return to America. In 1696, he executed and sent to his son John a power of attorney to convey his lands in Bucks County.
Spelling of Last Name

The name Scarborough, like most in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, had multiple spelling variations: Scarbrough (which the family seemed to prefer), Scarboro, Scarbrow, Scardeburg, Scarburg, Searborough (which is the spelling in abstracts of three wills filed in Bucks County before 1790—or, more likely, the abstractor's interpretation of the handwritten 17th century "c"), and finally Scarborough (uniformly in use by 1800).[2]
Life with the Indians

Left behind as an apprentice with Friends in 1684, John ran away and lived with the Indians for five yrs. He returned, was used as an interpreter in later years for William Penn. It is said that at one time he was instrumental in preventing an Indian War. He is known to have been a great friend of the Indians, and is said to have visited them on religious missions. John died 5, mo 21 1707, aged sixty years.

His only experience among the Indians is mentioned on page 222, "Proud's History of Pennsylvania", 1797.[3]

During his residence in Pennsylvania, provisions being sometimes scarce in that part, where her resided, especially in the first year, he is said to have occasion to remark to the province of God, to him and those near him, when they were under great difficulty.

The wild pigeons came in such great numbers, that the air was sometimes darkened by their flight, flying low, they were frequently knocked down, as they flew, in great quantities, by those who had no other means to take them; whereby they supplied themselves and having salted those which they could not immediately use, they preserved them both for bread and meat.

Thus they were supplied several times, during the first two or three years, till they raised, by their own industry, food sufficient out of the ground; for tilling of which they used hoes, having neither horses or plows. The Indians were remarkable kind, and were very assistant to them in that respect, frequently supplying them with provisions, as they could spare.

He gave strict charge when it should be in his power to be kind to the poor Indians for the favors he had received from them, which his son John faithfully observed and complied with; and he is said to have been a worthy man, and of good character."

Farms and Land Holdings

Deed from William Penn of Worminghurst in Sussex to John Scarborough of London, blacksmith, dated July 4, 1682, in consideration of 5 pounds, grants 250 acres to be allotted in accordance with agreement between William Penn and purchasers dated 11th day of July last past. Recorded 2nd day of second month, 1690[4]

In 1700 he sold a farm in Middleton Township, Bucks County, Pa., and bought 510 acres in Burn Bridle, Solebury Township, Bucks Co., and moved there. In 1705 he traded for 520 acres adjoining it near Lahaska Station. In 1709 he traded his farm for 820 acres with Jacob Holcombe. He was thought to be the first white settler in the Buckingham-Solebury valley. Part of his farm was later owned by a third great grandson, Isaac Pearson Scarborough. He was one of the commissioners appointed by the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1711 to lay out the York Road from Reading's Ferry, now Centre Bridge, to Philadlephia.

Real estate transactions.[5]

Deed for Buckingham Friends Meeting House to John Scarbrough et al dated Sept 12, 1705, recorded Dec 14, 1705, [6]
The Quaker Church

He was a Quaker minister of Buckingham Meeting House, Bucks Co. PA. He and Mary were members of the Middletown and Fall MM (Neshaminy - Middletown Meeting). On 3 May 1694, the Middletown MM requested that John cease preaching and praying in meetings until further deliberation.[7] On 3 September 1705 John was condemned by the Falls MM for too much celebrating of so called Christmas the previous year. On 2 October 1724 he was recorded as a minister. John and Mary were charter members of the Buckingham MM, Bucks County,Pennsylvania.

Certificate that John Scarborough is minister[8]
Wife and Children

Records of children's births recorded at Holborn Parish, St Sepulchre Church. Purchased 250 acres in Bucks County PA from Wm Penn 4 July 1682 for sum of 5 shillings and yearly quid rental.[5] Land was along Neshaminy Creek, near Longhorne, Middleton Township, Bucks County will witnessed by Wm Penn sailed to new world in Oct 1682 aboard ship "Welcome" owned by Wm Penn - the 19th ship to land in new world John was a blacksmith, whitesmith, and coachsmith returned to England about 1684 with intention of returning with wife, but she refused to come. Gave his son, John, power of attorney for the land, marriage recorded in Register of Marriages, St Bride's Church, Fleet Street London.[9]

Children of John and Mary Scarborough:[10]

William 30 10mo 1691 Middletown MM[11]
Sarah 4 2mo 1694 Middletown MM[11]
Mary 8 8mo 1695 Middletown MM[11]
Susanna 29 5mo 1697 Middletown MM: [11]

Other Legal Records

Promissory note from Thomas Glading to John Scarbrough for 1 pound 6 shillings and nine pence payable upon demand dated 14th day 12th month 1689. [12]

Court held 14 of 10th month, 1689 Joseph Smallwood presented and bound over for beating his wife and child placed in care of John Scarbrough.[13]

Declaration of John Scarbrough against Joseph Smallwood for services of John's wife in washing his linen and for his services in caring for Smallwood's child. Judgment for plaintiff.[14]

Bequest of Francis Russell for the poor - recommended that John Scarborough receive 40 shillings.[15]
Death and Will

John died on his Solebury plantation 1 mo 27, 1727, devising it and the "Liberty Lot" at Fifth and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, patented to him in 1705, in right of his father's purchase of 250 acres, to his sons William, John and Robert. He was buried in Buckingham FBG (Friends Burial Ground), Middleton, Bucks County, PA.

Last Will and Testament of John Scarborough Jr. was dated 13 March 1726/7 (1st month was March) and was confirmed 2 Oct 1727 by the original witnesses at Doylestown, Bucks County, PA. Others give death date as 27 April, 1727. Solebury Township, Bucks County, PA at 60 years old. He was buried, Buckingham Friends Burial ground,, Bucks County, PA.

Abstract of Last Will and Testament: "Son, William 60 acres with the Little Meadow. Wife Mary 200 acres having the Lake Meadow therein during life. Sons John and Robert. Daughters Sarah Haworth, Elizabeth Fisher, Mary Pickering; Grandsons James Haworth, Samuel Pickering and John Brock. Lot in Phila. to be divided into 8 parts. Son John 150 acres. Granddaugher Elizabeth Brock, Mary Brock and Susannah Brock. Wife and Sons Wiliam and John Executors. Witness: Thomas Canby, Henry Paxon, and Joseph Hill.[16]

His daughter, Sarah, was the 4th great grandmother of President Herbert Clark Hoover.

Power of Attorney from John Scarbrough of Parish of St. Sepulcher, London, blacksmith, to son John Scarbrough, Jr. living in Bucks Co., Province of Pa. dated Oct 15, 1696; [17]

Will of John Scarborough of the Parish of St. Sepulchers, London, blacksmith dated Oct 15, 1696. Gives his 250 acres of land with the town lot which lyeth on the County of Bucks in the province of Pa. to my eldest son John Scarborough, and after decease of said son 150 acres to grandson William Scarborough for life and to the heirs of his body and other 100 acres to be at sole disposal of son John and personal estate here in England to wife Sarah during her lifetime and upon her death to son William and daughter Elizabeth.

John Scarborough departed this life the 27th day of the first month (March), 1727, aged 60 years, and Mary (Pierson) Scarborough departed this life on the 23rd day of the first month (March), 1751, aged 85 years.[1]

Will of John Scarbrough of Solberry in the County of Bucks, Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, dated 13th day of 1st month called March, 1726/1727.[18]

..... to my daughter Elizabeth Fisher my silver spoon and pinquishon with a drawer for it and a pewter still ... all rest of personal estate to daughters Elizabeth and Hannah

.....to son William 200 acres and 60 acres on death of wife.

Herbert Hoover, president of the United States, was a descendant of John Scarborough - his daughter Sarah and George Haworth.[19]

Among the members of the Buckingham Meeting who were active in the ministry in former times may be mentioned John Scarborough, born in Buckingham.[20]

Info from the web on JOHN SCARBOROUGH John Scarborough Jr. was born February 10, 1666/67 in Hosier Lane, London, England, the son of John Scarborough Sr. of London, a member of Peel Monthly Meeting. In 1682, he came to America with his father but his father returned to England in 1684 while John Jr. remained in Bucks Co, PA. It is said that he ran away with the Indians for five years and later served as William Penn’s interpreter.

In 1700 he sold a farm in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and bought 510 acres in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and moved there. In 1705 he traded for 520 acres adjoining it near Lahaska Station, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In 1709 he traded with Jacob Holcombe for 820 acres. John is thought to be the first European settler in the Buckingham-Solebury valley of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Part of his farm was later owned by a third great grandson, Isaac Pearson Scarborough.

John was a farmer and a minister. He and Mary (Pierson?) were members of the Middletown and Falls Monthly Meetings of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. On September 3, 1705 John was condemned by the Falls Monthly Meeting for too much Christmas celebrating the previous year. On October 2, 1724 he was recorded as a minister. John and Mary were charter members of the Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he was memorialized: "in his youth somewhat airy ... a man of remarkable self-denial and endowed with much mildness ... with loving and kind deportment."

John married c1690, Middletown MM, Bucks County, PA to MARY ?PIERSON. No proof has been found concerning Mary’s maiden name. Mary was born c1676, Midletown, Middletown Township, Bucks County, PA, died 1-23-1751 at nearly 85 years old. Mary married 2] PHILIP TORREY. In 1700 he sold a farm in Middletown Township, Bucks County, PA, and bought 510 acres in Solebury, Township, Bucks County, PA, and moved there. In 1705 he traded for 520 acres adjoining it near Lahaska Station. In 1709 he traded his farm for 820 acres with Jacob Holcombe. He was thought to be the first white settler in the Buckingham-Solebury valley. Part of his farm was later owned by a third great grandson, ISSAC PEARSON SCARBOROUGH.

John was a farmer and a minister. He and Mary were members of the Middletown and Falls MM. On 3 Sep 1795 John was condemned by the Falls MM for too much celebrating of so-called Christmas the previous year. On 10-2-1724 he was recorded a minister. John and Mary were charter members of the Buckingham MM, Bucks County, PA where he was memorialized: "in his youth somewhat airy… a man of remarkable self-denial and endowed with much wildness.. with loving and kind deportment".

The first purchase of land made by John Scarborough, a blacksmith of the city of London, from William Penn, of Worminghurst, county of Sussex, England, was made July 3, 1682, and the deed is recorded at Doylestown, Book 2, page 10. The amount of land purchased was 250 acres to be located after arrival in the province, and the consideration was 5 pounds and a yearly quit rent.

In the year 1696 John Scarborough, of London, gave power of attorney to his son, John Scarborough, Jr., of Solebury, to make sale of such of his lands as was desirable, as appears by the following recital: Whereas, John Scarborough, of the Parish of St. Sepulchers, London, (blacksmith) hereby constitutes and appoints his son, John Scarborough, Jr., "living in the County of Bucks," his true and lawful attorney, etc. This instrument of writing was made October 15th, in the year 1696, and was acknowledged before William Penn and is recorded at Doylestown, book 2, page 251. It is not known that John Scarborough, the London blacksmith, ever came to this county.

John Scarborough, Jr., first settled upon tract No. 10 about the year 1705, as will be shown when we come to that tract. The purchase of the two tracts of land, comprising no. 8, was effected in the following manner: William Penn, by his commissioners, Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen and Thomas Story, by a patent dated December 29, 1702, conveyed a tract of land in Solebury, containing 500 acres, to James Logan. By a second patent dated November 30, 1708, Logan was granted an additional 320 acres,. James Logan by deed dated March 25th, 1709, conveyed the same to Jacob Holcombe, who, the next day, March, 26th, 1709, conveyed the same two racats of land to John Scarborough. This was no doubt an exchange for the 500 acres tract (no. 10), previously occupied by John Scarborough since 1705.

from Early Settlers of Solebury Township Bucks County, Pa. Compiled from Deeds, Wills and the Records of Friends' Meetings by Eastburn Reeder Second Edition 1971 Doylestown, Pa. The Bucks County Historical Society

"Of the family of John Scarborough nothing is known except what has been gathered from the record of deeds and wills at Doylestown, and from the records of Falls and Buckingham monthly meetings of the religious Society of Friends. The name of his wife was Mary Scarborough.

Children

William Scarborough (1691, married Alice Longshore),
Sarah Scarborough (1694, married George Haworth),
Mary Scarborough (1695, married Samuel Pickering and Joseph Lupton),
Susanna Scarborough (1697, married Richard Brock),
Elizabeth Scarborough (1700, married John Fisher),
Hannah Scarborough (1704, married Benjamin Fell),
John Scarborough (1706, married Jane Margerum),
Robert Scarborough (1708, married Mary Bailey).

The births of their first four children were recorded at the Middletown Meeting.

The records of Falls monthly meeting show that on 9 mo. 28, 1710, Sarah Scarborough was married to George Haworth at the Meeting House in Buckingham township. The records of the same meeting show that in 10th-mo., 1712, Mary Scarborough, daughter of John and Mary Scarborough, was married to John Fisher at the Meeting House in Buckingham township. Here we have the record of the marriages of three daughters of John Scarborough at the Falls meeting, between the years 1710 and 1719. John Scarborough lived in Solebury at this time, and prior to the year 1720 all the Buckingham and Solebury Friends belonged to Falls Monthly Meetings, and the marriages were all recorded there.

Robert Scarborough, a son of John and Mary Scarborough was probably married in 1722. The records of Buckingham meeting do not show this marriage. The name of his wife was Elizabeth. The Buckingham records do show the date of birth of two of their children before they removed to Virginia, viz., John, born 11th-mo. 28th, 1734; Mary, born 9th-mo. 18th, 1736.

Sarah Scarborough, daughter of John Scarborough, who married George Haworth in 1710, married the second time, Mathew Hall, who came from Staffordshire, England, about the year 1701. They were married in 1732, and lived in the northwest corner of Buckingham, near Cottageville, and subsequently removed to Chester County, Pa. Then followed three generations Mahlon Halls, in succession to Mathias H. Hall, who is a lineal descendant of John Scarborough, and resides near Wrightstown, Bucks county.

From the records at Doylestown, and other sources, it has been learned that John and Mary Scarborough had three sons, named William, Robert and John. John Scarborough, the second, in his life time disposed of portions of his real estate, as follows: By a deed dated 8th-mo. 19th, 1711, he sold 200 acres of land to Henry Paxson, off the east side of his tract, and adjoining the Great Spring and Dawson tracts. By another deed dated February 8th, 1714, he sold 200 acres to his son-in-law Samuel Pickering, adjoining the land sold to Henry Paxson. The consideration, or puchase money, for the 200 acres sold to Samuel Pickering was 58 pounds; and the deed is recorded in book 5, page 73. His next sale of land was to his son, John Scarborough, the 3d, December 17th, 1724, and recorded in book 26, page 298. The amount of land sold this time was 155 acres, and the consideration 50 pounds.

This farm was on the northwest corner of his tract and comprised nearly one-half of the 320 acre tract. This farm is now owned and occupied by Wilson Pearson, of Solebury."

According to some sources, John Scarborough was a rascal when he was young. Born in London in 1666, he evidently was apprenticed to a trade during that time, but ran away from his masters. In 1682, he and his father, also John Scarborough came to the New World: the older John would return to the land of his birth, while his son remained in the new territories. The two had survived with the help of the natives, and John the Younger benefited greatly, as he knew some of the Indian language(s), and acted as an interpreter and negotiator.

About 1700, he sold the land in Middletown he and his father had worked, and was one of the pioneer settlers in Solebury Township, with 510 acres of limestone. The track was between Aquetong and Lakaska Stations. Later, keeping 60 acres, he traded the rest off for an adjacent 820 acres--of limestone. Although it may seem strange to us postmodern citizens, limestone was the building stone for durability--easy to cut, it hardens on contact with air--much easier than cutting granite, for instance.

John Scarborough was a Quaker, and helped establish the Buckingham meeting and another meeting led by John Bye in 1702. Scarborough was a Quaker Minister, complete with certification of his role. His wife, Mary (Farr) Pierson, was supposedly of Indian descent, and after Scarborough died, she remarried Phillip Torrey. Stevens-2498 http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Quakers/Scarborough%20Family.html The Scarborough Family also spelled Scarbrough, Scarboro, Scarbrow, Scardeburg, Scarburg, Searborough

The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.

John Scarborough was born in 1667 in England. He came to America in 1682 with his father, John. His father returned to England. His wife was named Mary. Mary's maiden name is disputed by reseachers.

In 1695, Francis Russell left the Bucks County Meeting a bequest for the poor. It was recommended that John Scarborough receive 40 shillings. On October 15, 1696, John's father wrote his will and gave him power of attorney. In 1700 he sold his farm in Middletown Township, Bucks County and bought 510 acres in Solebury Township and moved there.

In 1702 John Scarborough and John Bye asked the Falls Meeting to set off a meeting for worship at Buckingham, which was granted. It was held at Thomas Bye's house. In 1705 he traded for 520 acres adjoining it near Lahaska Station. In 1709 he traded his farm with Jacob Holcombe for 820 acres. On September 3, 1705, John was condemned by the Fall Monthly Meeting for "too much celebrating of so called Christmas" the previous year. On September 12, 1705, he signed the deed for Buckingham Friends meeting house.

In 1720 the Quarterly Meeting allowed Buckingham to be a Monthly Meeting in its own right. In 1721 John was asked to be on a discipline committee to speak with a Friend whose behavior gave cause for concern. In 1724 a certificate was requested to enable John Scarborough to attend the select meeting of ministers and elders as a minister and this was granted, The records noted that he did not speak very much. John died in 1727. Mary died in 1751.

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