John Piborn (1717 - aft. 1765)

Born 15 Sep 1717 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Ancestors

Died after 1765 after age 47 in Bedford County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

John was born in 1717 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was the son of John Piborn and Sarah Unknown. The elder John moved his family to Prince George's County, Maryland around 1724 and remained there until his death in 1747.

After his father's death, John and his brothers moved to Lunenburg County, Virginia. That move took place sometime shortly before 1750. John likely remained in Bedford CO. (formed from Lunenburg in 1754) until about 1765. He made land entries in 1765 on Smith and Pigg Rivers - land which was located in today's Henry and Franklin Co. John apparently never formalized his ownership with a land grant so we don't know if he actually lived on one of those properties.

Little, if anything, is known about John's family life - at least with any degree of certainty. It seems likely that he did marry and some have reported sons John, Benjamin and James, all born in the 1740's in Maryland. Some of the same reports suggest his wife's maiden surname was Lawrence.

He passed away after 1765.

Sources

• Pioneers of Old Monacacy: the early settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743, by Grace L. Tracey, John Philip Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987; p. 371, A list of petitioners seeking creation of All Saints Parish in 1742 (through division of Prince Georges Parish) included John Pyburn and John Pyburn, Jr.

• Prince George’s County, Maryland Will Book 1, p. 324-325 (FHL Film 5080168, Image 174); 23 September 1747 (written), 25 November 1747 (proved); Will of John Piborn; will mentions: ...Item, it is my will and Pleasure that my Son John Piborn shall have my young Roan Mare called Blaze... Item, it is my will and Pleasure that my Sheep shall be equally divided between my Sons and daughters that is to say my sons John, Jacob and Benjamin and my daughters Mary and Ruth.

• 1750 Lunenburg Co. – Sunlight on the Southside, Tithe List of Nicholas Haile (usgwarchives); John Pybon - 1; Jacob Pybon -1.

• Lunenburg County Order Book #2-1/2 A, p. 152-154 (FHL Film 7898596, Images 83-84); July 1752, John Day obtained attachment against Lewis Lafoe, who had apparently left the county owing substantial debts. The Sheriff then proceeded to summon all those who had owed money to Lafoe and one of them was John Pyborn, who owed Lafoe £2.3.0.

• Bedford County, Virginia Court Order Book 1-B, p. 17 (FHL Film 8141117, Image 170); 26 August 1754, John Piburn sworn Constable in this County for the precinct in the Fork between Stanton and Black Water.

• Bedford County, Virginia, Order Book 1, 1754-1761 (FHL Film 8141117); p. 23-24, Images 18-19, 23 September 1754, John Pyborn is appointed Constable in the fork Between Stanton River and Blackwater River, and the said John Pyborn took the oath of a Constable and all the oaths appointed by act of Assembly.

• Hening’s Statutes, Vol. 7, p. 205 (usgwarchives); 1758, Bedford County Militia, John Pyburn of Bedford Co. supplied provisions valued at £3.13.0 to the Bedford Co. Militia during the French and Indian War.

• Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 Bedford Co., Virginia, edited by William Armstrong Crozier, p. 68; September 1758, John Plybon listed as Private in Bedford County Militia.

• Entries from an old Record Book of Drury Stith concerning land and property in Pittsylvania Co., 1737-1770, p. 344, (FHL Film 7895949, Image 390); 1 June 1765, John Pyburn, 400 Ac on Smiths Rr. Beg. at a Mountain Beach on a Small island in the fork of the Rr. Mark’t I P Th.e up and down.

• Entries from an old Record Book of Drury Stith concerning land and property in Pittsylvania Co., 1737-1770, p. 344, (FHL Film 7895949, Image 390); 1 June 1765, Also [John Pyburn], 400 Ac on pig Rr. Beg. at a B. O. Mark’t I P Th.e up and down Adj.g Pattons (sic?, patent lines?) line.