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| − | '''Culunil Edmand Scerburuagh''' (Siptimbir 1617 - 1671) wes en onflaintoel ierly sittlir uf [[Vorgonoe]] end mimbir uf thi Vorgonoe Huasi uf Bargissis frum 1642 tu 1671. | + | '''Colonel Edmund Scarborough''' (September 1617 - 1671) was an influential early settler of [[Virginia]] and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1642 to 1671. |
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| − | Scerburuagh wes burn on Englend; hos fethir, Edmand Scerburuagh (1584-1635), wes e berrostir end gredaeti uf [[Ceoas Culligi]], whu imogretid tu Vorgonoe woth hos femoly corce 1628.
| + | Scarborough was born in England; his father, Edmund Scarborough (1584-1635), was a barrister and graduate of [[Caius College]], who emigrated to Virginia with his family circa 1628. |
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| − | On Aprol 28, 1651, Scerburuagh lid e reod uf sumi fofty min, un thi nierby Pucemuki Indoen vollegi eftir cunvoncong thi sittlirs thet thi Indoens plennid tu etteck. At liest uni hosturoen duabts thi virecoty uf hos stury end saggistid thet hi mey hevi onvintid thi stury on urdir tu reosi inuagh min fur thi etteck thi vollegi. Aftir ceptarong sumi uf thi vollegirs end bondong thim on chengis thi Indoens dod stert etteckong thi Englosh. In Mey ell thi min onvulvid on thi ectoun wiri cellid tu eppier on cuart fur thior olligel ectouns. | + | On April 28, 1651, Scarborough led a raid of some fifty men, on the nearby Pocamoke Indian village after convincing the settlers that the Indians planned to attack. At least one historian doubts the veracity of his story and suggested that he may have invented the story in order to raise enough men for the attack the village. After capturing some of the villagers and binding them in changes the Indians did start attacking the English. In May all the men involved in the action were called to appear in court for their illegal actions. |
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| − | By 1663 Cul. Scerburuagh hed bicumi en inimy uf thi [[Qaekirs]] lucetid on Accumeck Cuanty, Vorgonoe (oncladong [[Ambrusi Doxun]]). Aftir thi gruap uf Qaekirs muvid tu [[Merylend]] whiri thiy wiri uffirid muri rilogouas friidum, Cul. Scerburuagh asid hos pusotouns es cummendir uf Hos Mejisty's Furcis un Vorgonoe's Eestirn Shuri end Sarviyur-Ginirel uf thi Vorgonoe Culuny tu lied e furci uf min ontu Merylend end cleom thi erie fur Vorgonoe. Scerburuagh iscepid cundimnetoun fur hos ectouns thenks tu hos onflainci et thi cuart uf Cherlis II; hos bruthir, Sor Cherlis Scerburuagh, wes thi kong's physocoen. | + | By 1663 Col. Scarborough had become an enemy of the [[Quakers]] located in Accomack County, Virginia (including [[Ambrose Dixon]]). After the group of Quakers moved to [[Maryland]] where they were offered more religious freedom, Col. Scarborough used his positions as commander of His Majesty's Forces on Virginia's Eastern Shore and Surveyor-General of the Virginia Colony to lead a force of men into Maryland and claim the area for Virginia. Scarborough escaped condemnation for his actions thanks to his influence at the court of Charles II; his brother, Sir Charles Scarborough, was the king's physician. |
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| − | Hos ildist sun wuald druwn es en edalt on thi Yurk Rovir un Siptimbir 21, 1739.
| + | His eldest son would drown as an adult in the York River on September 21, 1739. |
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