John Scarborough

Bef 1639 - 1706  (> 67 years)

• Name	John Scarborough
  Born	Bef 24 Feb 1639	Hosier Lane, London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Checker Alley, Bunhill Burying Grounds, London, England   [1]
  Alternate birth	1 Mar 1639	London, England   [2]
  Died	11 Apr 1706	London, England   [1]
  Alternate death	21 May 1706	London, England   [2]
  Buried	Bunhill Fields Burying Ground, Islington, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I6839	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ashby,   b. 1646, London, England ,   d. Aft 25 Aug 1680, London, England  (Age > 34 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1663	St. Brides, Fleet Street, London, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. John Scarborough,   b. 10 Feb 1667, Hosier Lane, London, England ,   d. 27 Apr 1727, Solesbury, Bucks, Pennsylvania  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F4020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Blacksmith and coachmaker. Member of the Peel Monthly Meeting in London. Emigrated October 1682 aboard Penn's ship the Welcome. Returned to England intending to come back with his wife, but she refused. From Proud's History of Pennsylvania (1797): During his residence in Pennsylvania, provisions being sometimes scarce in that part, where he 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S576] "Descendants of John Scarborough", by Christina Lynn Wells. [S437] Findagrave.com page for John Scarborough.