Information on these families mostly came from the works of Roger S. Boone, Some Quaker Families, Scarborough/Haworth.
John came to America with his father and when his father returned to England, he stayed here. It is said that he ran away from the family to which he was apprenticed and lived with the Indians for five years and later served as William Penn's interpreter.
In 1700 he sold a farm in Middletown Townnship, Bucks Co., PA and bought 510 acres in Solebury Township, Bucks Co., adn 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 n the Buckingham-Solebury Valley. Part of his farm was later owned by a thrd great grandson, Isaac Person Scarborough.
John was a farmer and minister. He and Mary were members of the Middletown and Falls MM. On 3 September 1705 John was condemned by the Falls MM for too much celebration of so called Christmas the previous year. On 10-201724 he was recorded a minister. John and Mary were charter members of the Buckingham MM, Bucks Co., PA, where he was memorialized: "In his youth somewhat airy ... a man of remarkable self denial and endowed with much mildness ... with lovign and kind deportment".
His will was dated 13 March 1725/7 and was confirmed 2 October 1727 by the Original witnesses at Doylestown, Bucks Co., PA.
No proof has been found concerning Mary's maiden name. Mary deid at nearly 85 years of age. There is no proof of the maiden name of Mary. She was born abt 1676 in Middletown, Middletown Twnshp, BUcks Co., PA. She died 1-23-1751 at nearly 85 years of age. She married secondly to Philip Torrey.
The predominant information on all the SCARBOROUGH families came from the works of Roger S. Boone, SOME QUAKER FAMILIES, Scarborough/Haworth
For marriage records see: Register of Marriages, St. Bride's Church, Fleet St., London, England.
John was a blacksmith, whitesmith and coachsmith. He was a member of of Peel MM, 65/67 St. John's St., one of the earliest Friends Churches in Enlgand. Sarah was not a Quaker. They lived on Hosier Lane, London, England. In July 1682 John bought from Wiliam Penn for five pounds, 250 acres along Neshaminy Creek, near Longhorne, Middleton Township, Bucks Co., PA. In October 1682, he arrived in America, he returned to London to get Sarah, but she was afraid to cross the ocean and refused to leave. By this time the persecutions of Quakers in England had declined, so he stayed there with her. His will made in 1696 and was witnessed by William Penn.
died young
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