John Jarbo/Jarboe (1619-1674/75)
MSA SC 3520-724
Biography:
BORN: in 1619 in Dijon, France.
IMMIGRATED, in 1646 from Virginia as a free adult.
RESIDED, in Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's County.
MARRIED
Mary Tettershall, Her brother was probably William Tettershall, a
Catholic who immigrated from Wiltshire, England, in 1648.
CHILDREN.
SONS: John (?-1705); Peter (?-1698), who married Ann, daughter of John
Nevit; and Henry (?-1709). DAUGHTER. Mary (?-1739), who married first,
William Boreman (ca. 1630-1709), and second, John Sanders.
PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic.
SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: Jarboe was in Kecoughton, Virginia, when Leonard
Calvert (ca. 1606-1647) organized the expedition to recapture Maryland
in 1646; no title on arrival; Gent., by 1656; naturalized by act of the
Assembly, 1666.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: was called "brother" by John Pile (?-ca. 1675/76) in 1651.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1674-1674/75 (elected to the 3rd session of the 1671-1674/75 Assembly).
LOCAL OFFICES: justice. St. Mary's County, 1663/64-1666; sheriff, St. Mary's County, 1667-1672.
MILITARY SERVICE: lieutenant, 1658; lt. colonel, by 1660.
STANDS
ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: In 1650 Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675) demanded
that Jarboe apologize or be punished for his contemptuous and
unmannerly behavior to William Stone (ca. 1603-ca. 1659/60). In 1655
Jarboe supported the rebellion against the Puritan government.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: more than 950 acres.
WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED, on March 4, 1674/75, in St. Mary's County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least 56,657 pounds of tobacco (including 1 servant and 6 slaves).
LAND, at least 950 acres, plus his home plantation (acreage unknown).
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