Husband Edmund Scarborough Capt.
Born: Abt 1584 at: England 1
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Died: Abt 1634 at: Virginia 1
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Father: Henry Scarborough (Abt 1565-1617)
Mother: Mary Humberstone
Married: Abt 1614 Place: England 1
Events
1. Baptism 1, December 25, 1584, North Walsham, County Norfolk, England
2. Immigration 1, Abt 1624, Magothy Bay, Virginia
Wife Hannah Butter Or Butler
Born: Est 1587 at: England 2
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Events
1. Immigration 3, 1635, Virginia
Book states Hanna Scarborough brought over by Capt. Edmund of Accomack County.
Children
1 M Edmund Scarborough Col.
Born: 1618 at: London, England 2
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Died: May 1671 at: Occahannock Creek, Virginia 1
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Spouse: Mary Littleton (Est 1617- )
Marr: Abt 1638
2 M Sir Charles Scarborough 1
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Died: February 26, 1694/95 1 at:
Buried: 1695 at: Cranford, Middlesex, England 1
3 M Ralph Scarborough
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Buried: February 27, 1622/23 at: St. Martins
4 F Hannah Scarborough
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Buried: January 14, 1622/23 at: St Martin, Westminster, London England
5 F Hannah Scarborough
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6 F Catherine Scarborough (details suppressed for this living person)
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Notes for Child: Edmund Scarborough Col.
He accompanied his parents to Virginia, while his elder brother Charles remained in England to complete his education. At the death of Captain Edmund Scarborough, he assumed the responsibility of settling his fathers affairs in Virginia. On November 28, 1635 he patented 200 acres of land on Magothy Bay in Accomac County- "fifty acres for his late father, Captain Edmund Scarborough, fifty acres for the personal venture of his mother, Hannah Scarborough, fifty acres for his own personal venture, and fifty acres for the transportation of one servant called Robert Butler." This was the first of many land patents issued to Col. Edmund Scarborough; in subsequent years he acquired lands totaling more than 46,500 acres, and became the largest landholder on the Eastern shore of Virginia. Col. Edmund Scarborough was a vindicative Indian baiter, an intolerant persecuter of the Quaker settlers in the area, and a totally unscrupulous politician and business man. On the other hand, he was totally fearless, a gifted orator, a shrewd lawyer, an accomplished surveyer and engineer, and a highly successful planter and merchant. He served a number of terms in the house of Burgesses (where for a time he was speaker), was sheriff of Northampton County, played a major role in drawing up the famous "Northampton Protest", and for many years was Surveyer-General of Virginia, in which capacity he surveyed the boundry between Virginia and Maryland on the Eastern Shore. He erected on his estates a malt house, a shoe factory, and a salt works, and he was the owner of numerous ships with which he carried on an extensive trade with England, New England, the Netherlands and the West Indies. He was the first to import Negro Slaves of any number into Virginia. The Colonel was constantly involved in quarrels with his neighbors and business associates. At one time (July 1653) his conduct was such that he was charged with treason and piracy and forced to flee the colony. In a little over a year, however, he was back in Virginia, and incredibly enough, within a few months gained back everything he had lost and more. From this time to the restoration (1660) he was on the best terms with Governor Bennett and the Parliamentary authorities - indeed, his eldest son Charles later married Governor Bennett's daughter Elizabeth. With the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, Scarborough's influence and power increased still more, and he consistantly flouted the laws, refused to pay his debts, and blithely disregarded the decisions of the courts and the mandates of Governor William Berkely. The influence of his brother Sir Charles Scarborough at the English court seems largely to account for the Colonel's immunity.
Notes for Child: Sir Charles Scarborough
Sir Charles Scarborough, Knight and original fellow of the Royal Society. He attended St. Paul's School in London, and on March 4, 1732/33 was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, where he recieved his B.A. in 1637 and his M.A. in 1640. On June 23 1646 he received his M.D. at Merton College, Oxford. He was author of several important tracts on anatomy, and was a personal friend of Sir William Harvey. Shortly after the resoration of the monarchy (1660) he became Physician-in-Ordinary to King Charles II, by whom he was knighted, August 15, 1669. After the death of the "merry monarch", Sir Charles served James II and William III in the same capacity.
1 W. Marshall Sellman, John Sellman of Maryland and Descendants, (Cincinnati, Ohio, Self Published by W. Marshall Sellman, 1975), Looseleaf in Possesion of John D. Warren.
2 Cd Rom 100 Automated Archives.
3 George Cabell Greer, Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1912 reprint 1998). Page 291.
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