John JARBOE
1619-1674
Born: Dijon, Burgandy, France in 1619
Died: Mar 4th, 1674, St. Mary's Co, Maryland
Married:
Mary TATTERSHALL in 1648 in Maryland
Born: 1630, Wiltshire, England
died: 1677, Calvert Co, Maryland
( To this Union were born :)
1. John JARBOE Jr born : 1659, Maryland
2. Mary JARBOE
3. Peter JARBOE born: 1770, Maryland
4. Henry JARBOE born: 1772, Maryland
John JARBOE was born in 1619 in Dijon, France. He came to the colony of York, Virginia about 1640. During the Claiborne and Ingles rebellion of 1645 and 46 in Maryland. Against Lord Baltimore, Leonard Calvert went to York, Virginia to seek refuge and amass a force to regain his power in Maryland.
He enlisted several men, too which were Col. William Evans and John JARBOE, who was with him in York and Kicotan, VA. ( Kicotan is now Elizabeth City ) . John immigrated to Maryland as apart of the militia. With an promise of 100 acres of land for his services. ( Being French in a British Crown Colony, he was considered a alien and not allowed to own land by law) . There are several documented court appearances by John, trying to gain title to the promised 100 acres of land .
John settled down near Newton, which is not far from present day Leonardtown in St Mary's Co, Maryland. By December 1646 he was a member of the upper house, at St Inegoes Fort. He was attesting to instructions of the Burgesses. He took an " Oath of Fealty " to Lord , Proprietary of Maryland in 1648. About 1648 he married Mary Tattershall. Daughter of William Tattershall. her mothers name has not been found. Their wedding was in St Mary's Co, Maryland. Both were Catholics.
In 1648 John received a patient for his 100 acres of land. And in 1649, him and William Evans demanded 200 acres of additional land promised to them by Walter PAKE. They were given by Leonard Calvert Esq. a plantation in Isle of Kent . Belonging to John ABBOTT who was a member of the rebellion of 1646. John PILE also sold his land and holdings to John JARBOE. Later John petitioned the court for an additional 200 acres of land on behalf of Bertram OBERT. Bertram was an indentured servant brought over from England by John JARBOE.
It appears that John was amassing quite an estate. He eventually ended up with over 1500 acres of land. Several slaves and indentured servants. He owned an mill, was a soldier and politician, High Sheriff of St Mary's Co and plantation owner. He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was allowed to treaty with the Indians. There are numerous items on microfilm in Maryland State Archives pertaining to Lt Col John JARBOE.
He has been referred to as " An old Warrior " and a " Scoundrel ". Personally, I wonder why an French man would come to a British Crown Colony ? Maybe he was in running? Or in search of religious freedom? To my knowledge he was the only JARBOE to migrate to the America's. There is a JARBOE who went to Australia, but that was a lot later, around 1800 and he went from England.