Samuel Scarburgh, Esq.

Samuel Scarburgh was born in North Walsham, County Norfolk, England. He migrated from England to America sometime around 1620.

Samuel apparently returned to England prior to his death. Per "The Scarburgh Family of the Eastern Shore" by M. K. Miles (September 2002): he references the work by Jennings Cropper Wise, VA Historical Society, "Col. John Wise, His Ancestors and Descendants," Bell Book & Stationary Co;, Richmond, VA, 1918:

"Samuel died 20 Apr 1655 in North Walsham, Co Norfolk, England, at 61 years of age. His body was interred in North Walsham, Co Norfolk, England. He attended school in North Walsham. He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, England on 3 Nov 1610 and received a B.A. in 1614. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1614. There is a monument in the church at North Walsham where he is buried."

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• Find A Grave Memorial# 63974063
• Miles Files - Virginia Eastern Shore Public Library
• * VA Hist Society Jennings Cropper Wise, Col. John Wise, His Ancestors and Descendants.
• * Original Wills, 1605, No. 134, will of Henry Scarburgh, as shown in footnote No. 3, p. 540, Adventurers of Purse & Person, full text provided by James R. Revell Sr. Consistory Court of Norwich, Norwich, Original Wills 1605.
• * Evelyn Kinder Donaldson, Squires & Dames of Old Virginia, p. 257.
• * Norwich Consistory Court, Norwich Consistory Court Register 1617.

Samuel Scarburgh's will (which can be found in facsimile at http://image2.findagrave.com/photos/2013/363/63974063_138842649840.jpg ) makes no mention of wife or child, but leaves the bulk of his estate to his nephew Henry (son of his brother John). Sizable bequests also go to John, Samuel's sister Mary Stanton (wife of Samuel Stanton of Suffolk) and/or her children, and various friends and neighbors.