Col Charles Scarburgh, (I)

Abt 1643 - Bef 1702  (< 59 years)

• Name	Charles Scarburgh  [1]
  Title	Col
  Suffix	(I)
  Birth	Abt 1643  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Memo	Colonel Charles Scarburgh was also the proprietor of much land, owning three thousand and fifty acres on Pnngoteague Creek alone, in 1652. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1688 and also in other years; and of the Council from 1691 until his death. In 1692, he was Councillor, Collector of the Eastern. Shore, Naval Officer of the same, and Commander-in-Chief of Accomac, and presiding Justice of that County.
  Occupation	1688  [3]
  	a Burgess
  Reference Number	1885
  Death	Bef 06 Oct 1702  [1, 4, 5]
  Burial	Scarburgh Graves, Accomack County, VA   [6]
  	Scarburgh Graves are near Evans Wharf. Two large imported flat slabs lay side by side about three-quarters way across a large field. Whitelaw (page 808) indicates this as the possible burial site of Charles and Elizabeth Scarburgh. There are no inscriptions on the stones.
  Person ID	I1885	ESVA Connections
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Col Edmund Scarburgh, (II),   b. Abt 1617   d. May 1671 (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Marriage	Bef 03 Aug 1640  [1, 7]
  Family ID	F439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bennett,   b. Abt 1642   d. Jul 1719 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1670  [1, 8]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1671   d. Bef 06 Apr 1700 (Age < 29 years)   2. Major Bennett Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1673   d. Apr 1734 (Age 61 years)   3. Ann Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1675   d. Bef 1719 (Age < 43 years)   4. Capt. Charles Scarburgh, (II),   b. Abt 1677   d. Bef 22 Dec 1724 (Age < 47 years)   5. Col Henry Scarburgh, (I),   b. Abt 1679   d. Oct 1735 (Age 56 years)   6. Mary Scarburgh,   b. Bef 1681   7. Sarah Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1683   d. Bef 1728 (Age < 44 years)   8. Tabitha Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1685   d. Bef 1728 (Age < 42 years)
  Last Modified	11 May 2022
  Family ID	F645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Compiler: Moody K. Miles III, The Scarburgh Family of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, (Self Published, Woodbridge, VA, March 2008), Page 92. [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 86. [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 86. His eldest son, Colonel Charles Scarburgh, was also the proprietor of much land, owning three thousand and fifty acres on Pnngoteague Creek alone, in 1652. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1688 and also in other years; and of the Council from 1691 until his death. In 1692, he was Councillor, Collector of the Eastern. Shore, Naval Officer of the same, and Commander-in-Chief of Accomac, and presiding Justice of that County. [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 86. He married the daughter of Governor Bennett, and died in 1703, leaving a number of soils, who were nearly as prominent as their father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. [S23] Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson, Compiler: Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones: Inscriptions from Lower Accomack Co, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1992), Page 240 Col 1. Scarborough, Charles h/o Eliz; Eldest s/o Col Edmd & Mary nd (1643-1702) Scag [S23] Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson, Compiler: Jean Merritt Mihalyka and Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones: Inscriptions from Lower Accomack Co, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1992), Page 240 Col 1. Scarborough, Charles h/o Eliz; Eldest s/o Col Edmd & Mary nd (1643-1702) Scag Elizabeth w/o Chas nd (d1719) Scag [S146] Harvey Scarborough, Compiler: Harvey Scarborough, Scarborough Family Line, Scarborough Genealogy URL - http://scarboroughgenealogy.org/Scarborough3.htm#SCAR09B. [S145] Jennings Cropper Wise, Ye Kingdom of Accawmacke, (The Bell Book and Stationery Co, Richmond, VA, 1911), Page 86. He married the daughter of Governor Bennett, and died in 1703, leaving a number of sons, who were nearly as prominent as their father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.