Person:John Scarborough (25)

John Scarborough
b.Bef 1617
  • HJohn ScarboroughBef 1617 - 1646
  • WMary SmithBef 1622 -
m. Bef 1642
  1. John Scarborough1642 - 1642
  2. Hannah Scarborough1643 -
  3. Deacon Samuel Scarborough1645/46 - 1715
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Scarborough
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1617 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
Residence[1] 1639 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Other[1][2] 13 May 1640 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Marriage Bef 1642 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Smith
Death[1][3] 9 Jun 1646 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 John Scarborough, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:34.

    "Scarborough, or Scarbarrow, John, Roxbury 1639, freem. 13 May 1640, unless the Col. rec. of Shurtleff, I. 377, justify an earlier date of four days, wh. must seem very improb. for the regular day of open. Gen. Ct. was 13, and, of course, the 9th was Saturday; by w. Mary, prob. sis. of Robert Smith of Boston, had John, b. 10, bapt. 24 July 1642, d. next mo.; Hannah, 3 Dec. 1643, bapt. same day; Samuel, 20 Jan. bapt. 1 Feb. 1646; and was k. 9 June foll. by casualty in charg. a gr. gun. His wid. m. 1 Oct. 1647, Philip Torrey."

  2. Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:188.
  3. Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    2:630.

    "Scarborow, …John [Scarbrough. (church record, First Religious Society, Unitarian)], slain with a gun, June 9, 1646."