Family:John Scarbrough and Abigail Unknown (1)

Identity of John Scarbrough and wife Abigail

Although I've found no positive proof of the identity of this John Scarbrough, the records I could find MAY be correct.

In the records printed in Woodstock Vital Records, kept by Elisha Child, but not originally recorded in WVR is:

Pa.4
"Married by the Rev'd Josiah Dwight.... John Scarbrough and Mehetabel Bugbee Oct'r 17th, 1695"

On pa.6 an original record...
"Rebeckah Scarbrough the daughter of John Scarbrough by Abigail his wife born may 7: 1699"

Seven more children for John & Abigail are recorded on later pages, and John's death in 1731/32 (pa. 45)

Assuming that "John" is the same man in all entries, I checked Roxbury VR for John, & Mehetabel Bugbee. Since I can't access Roxbury marriages I surveyed births.

SCARBROUGH, John, s. John [born] Nov. 11, 1675 BUGBE, Mehetabel, d. Joseph and Experience, [born] Aug. 20, 1679....
were the only entries of appropriate age, although Mehetable is a little young. However, Mehetabel's older sister:

"BUGBEE, Abigail, d. Joseph and Experience, [born] Nov. 16, 1676" would have been almost 19, if the marriage date is correct, but the bride's given name is not.
I can't access any of the Scarbrough genealogies unfortunately, and John's burial place has no record of either a "Mehetabel" or an "Abigail". Obviously more proof needed.