John Scarborough 
John was born in 1667 in London, England.1 John's father was John Scarborough and his mother was Sarah Ashby. His paternal grandfather was John Scarborough. He had two brothers and four sisters, named William, Richard, Ann, Susanna, Elizabeth and Sarah. He died at the age of 60 on March 27th, 1727 in Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA.1 General Notes
[20;1754.FTW]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 20, Ed. 1, Tree #1754, Date of Import: Jan 22, 2000]
John Scarborough came to America in 1682. His father was a friend of William Penn. He was left in Pennsylvania by his father, John, who returned to London, England to fetch his wife, but she died and his father did not return to America. Young John is said to have run away from his foster-family and went to live with the Indians. He was fluent enough to serve as William Penn's interpreter. About 1690, John married
Mary _______, possibly and Indian. They built several cabins ontheir land and gave shelter to poorer members of the fdamily when they needed it. In the records of the Buckingham Monthly Meeting (Quakers), John is memorialized as follows: "...in his youth somewhat airy...a man of remarkable self-denial and endured with much mildness... with loving and kind deportment...". Hulda Hoover McLeon, Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family, p. 54.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1560 in England d.WFT Est. 1601-1651 in England
- b.1598 in England d.WFT Est. 1624-1689 in England
- b.1620 in England d.WFT Est. 1652-1711
- b.1649 in London, England d.11 Apr 1706 in London, England
- b.1667 in London, England d.27 Mar 1727 in Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA
- b.~ 1648 in London, England d.WFT Est. 1683-1743 in London, England
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