John Scarborough

Brief Life History of John

When John Scarborough was born on 13 February 1797, in Solebury Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Scarborough, was 27 and his mother, Amy Pearson, was 27. He married Hannah Reeder on 22 October 1817, in Wrightstown Monthly Meeting, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Newtown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 9 September 1881, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery, Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Scarborough
1797–1881
Hannah Reeder
1798–1872
Marriage: 22 October 1817
Jane Scarborough
1818–1841
Elizabeth Scarborough
1821–1904
Hannah Scarbrough
1826–
Mary Scarbrough
1827–
Charles Reeder Scarborough
1822–
Isaac Kirk Scarborough
1825–1888
Amy Ann Scarborough
1827–1865
Alfred Scarborough
1829–1892
John W. Scarborough
1831–1888
Hannah Mary Scarborough
1833–1842
Cynthia Scarborough
1835–1913

Sources (11)

  • John Scarborrough in household of Oliver Holcomb, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Joseph Scarborough, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • John Scarborough, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (7)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Scarborough (North Yorkshire), from the Old Norse personal name Skarthi + Old Norse borg ‘fortress, fortified town’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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