| i. | JOSEPH3 SCRIBNER, JR., b. Abt. 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, NH10; d. 24 May 1756, Exeter, Rockingham, NH11; m. ELIZABETH ???; b. Abt. 1725. | ||
| ii. | ELIZABETH SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1723, Exeter, Rockingham, NH12; d. 30 September 1774, Exeter, Rockingham, NH13; m. JOSEPH LOUGEE, Abt. 1745, Exeter, Rockingham, NH13; b. Abt. 1723, Exeter, Rockingham, NH13; d. May 1794, Gilmanton, Belknap, NH13. |
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Notes for ELIZABETH SCRIBNER: Joseph was a tailor for most of his life. Elizabeth was his first wife. She was aged 49 at her death in 1774. A few years later, by 1787, Joseph married Lydia Lamson, daughter of William and Joanna (Tuttle) Lamson. Lydia died in Gilmanton in January 1811 (Holman, "Lougee Descendants" [op. cit.], 34). JOSEPH'S PARENTS: John Lougee was born 1682-1685 on the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. He died before 1769 in Exeter. We have no dates for Anne (Gilman) Lougee. They were married about 1718 in Exeter (Holman, 31). " 'Joseph Lougee and Elizabeth Lougee his wife, John Glidden and Ann Glidden his wife and Dorothy Scribner, all of Exeter, sell to Thomas Odiorne land in Exeter, "at a place Called the neck," being part of ye homestead of our Hon'd Father Joseph Scrivener, late of Exeter Deceas'd.' Witnesses: Peter Coffin and Sam'l Gilman Jr. dated 29 Nov. 1763 and on the same day John Glidden of Exeter bought of Joseph Lougee and his wife Elizabeth one third of the home place of the late Joseph Scribner in Exeter." (N.H. Provincial Deeds, 86:338 and Rockingham Co. Deeds, 118:2.) |
| iii. | ANN SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1724, Exeter, Rockingham, NH14; d. Bef. 29 November 176315; m. JOHN GLIDDEN, 12 January 1746/47, Kensington, Rockingham, NH15; b. Abt. 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, NH15; d. 09 October 1796, Raymond, Rockingham, NH16,17. |
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Notes for ANN SCRIBNER: John was a carpenter and farmer. In 1758, he was a soldier in the Crown Point Expedition. On 14 December 1791, he sold to his son, Samuel, 47 acres of land with the building thereon, "it being all my land and buildings in my home place where I now live," reserving privileges for daughters Susannah and Eunice as long as they were to live unmarried (Rockingham County Deeds 149:18). JOHN'S PARENTS: Charles Glidden was born in Exeter about 1690, and died 18 October 1727 in Stratham. Abigail (Jones) Glidden was born in Stratham, and died before 22 February 1742/43. They were married about 1720. |
| iv. | JOHN SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 172518. | ||
| v. | DOROTHY SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1727, Exeter, Rockingham, NH18; m. NOYES HOPKINSON, Abt. 1768; b. 03 October 1742, Newbury, Essex, MA19,20; d. Abt. 26 February 1777, Exeter, Rockingham, NH21. |
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Notes for DOROTHY SCRIBNER: "John Glidden of Exeter, carpenter, and Ann his wife . . . sell Nicholas Gilman of Exeter, gentleman, 23 acres . . . bounded 'by land set off to Dorothy Scribner now Dorothy Hopkinson which I purchased of Joseph Lougee,' 2 Nov. 1770." (Rockingham Co. Deeds, 109:451.) |
| i. | JOHN3 SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1716, Exeter, Rockingham, NH; d. Aft. 10 April 1783, Wakefield, Carroll, NH; m. SUSANNA DAVIS, 05 July 1749, Kingston, Rockingham, NH27; b. Abt. 1725; d. Abt. 1782, Wakefield, Carroll, NH. | ||
| ii. | ABIGAIL SCRIBNER, b. 30 March 1717, Exeter, Rockingham, NH28,29; d. Brentwood, Rockingham, NH; m. JONATHON YOUNG, 11 April 1738, Exeter, Rockingham, NH29,30; b. 22 November 1712, Exeter, Rockingham, NH31,32. |
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Notes for ABIGAIL SCRIBNER: Jonathon was a Housewright (builder of houses). His father, Robert, was born about 1674 in Exeter and was married about 1700. |
| iii. | SAMUEL SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1719, Exeter, Rockingham, NH33; d. Raymond, Rockingham, NH. |
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Notes for SAMUEL SCRIBNER: Samuel is probably the "Sam Scribner, age c. 13" who, in June 1732, accidentally shot a young friend, William Levit of Exeter. The news of this sad event appeared in the 26 June 1732 issue of the "New-York Gazette" newspaper (Kenneth Scott [contrib.], "Genealogical Data from New York's First Newspaper," THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 95 [New York: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1964], 223). In 1745, Samuel served as a colonial soldier in Capt. Light's Exeter Company, which took part in the successful attack upon the French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Clement Moody (a son of Samuel's aunt, Elizabeth, and her husband, Clement) died in that attack. |
| iv. | MARTHA SCRIBNER, b. 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, NH34; d. 21 March 1789, Deerfield, Rockingham, NH34,35; m. CAPTAIN JOHN ROBINSON, 14 November 1739, Kingston, Rockingham, NH36; b. 1715, Exeter, Rockingham, NH37; d. 14 March 1784, Deerfield, Rockingham, NH38. |
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Notes for MARTHA SCRIBNER: According to Robinson Family Historiographer Frederick W. Robinson, writing in the THE ROBINSON SCROLL, Vol. 4 (publication of the Robinson Genealogical Society, West Roxbury, MA, 1950), John was born at Exeter. But, Ethel Stanwood Bolton's IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1700-1775 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1931) and N. F. Carter's HISTORY OF PEMBROKE, N.H. 1730-1895 (Concord, NH: The Republican Press Association, 1895) both indicate that John was born in England and came to America in 1737, settling in Exeter. However, it seems most logical to accept Exeter as John's birthplace because John's grandfather, David, was born 9 March 1649 in Haverhill, Essex, MA (VITAL RECORDS OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1849, 1[op. cit.], 259), not in England. His family moved to Exeter in 1652. John's father, Thomas (probably born in Exeter about 1681) was granted land in Exeter in 1725 and died in Epping after 1745. |
| v. | SARAH SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1723, Exeter, Rockingham, NH; d. Aft. 1743; m. ??? ROBINSON, Abt. 1741, Exeter, Rockingham, NH; b. Abt. 1718, Exeter, Rockingham, NH. | ||
| vi. | ELIZABETH SCRIBNER, b. 23 May 1725, Exeter, Rockingham, NH; m. SAMUEL HARPER, 09 January 1742/43, Exeter, Rockingham, NH39; b. 22 May 1722, Brentwood, Rockingham, NH40,41; d. 25 August 179041. |
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Notes for ELIZABETH SCRIBNER: Samuel performed "patriotic service" in New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War (DAR PATRIOT INDEX, CENTENNIAL EDITION, PART 2 [op. cit.], 1316). |
| i. | CAPT. DANIEL3 SCRIBNER, b. 07 April 1718, Exeter, Rockingham, NH46; d. October 1802, Otisfield, Cumberland, ME47,48; m. ELIZABETH TAYLOR, 03 December 1767, Wells, York, ME49; b. Abt. 15 July 1744, Wells, York, ME50; d. 11 December 1829, Otisfield, Cumberland, ME51,52. |
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Notes for CAPT. DANIEL SCRIBNER: ELIZABETH'S PARENTS: Joseph was born about 21 November 1725 in Wells. He was a sawmill operator. He and Elizabeth Jacobs were married 9 December 1734 in Wells (WELLS (ME) VITAL RECORDS, 1695-1826 (Maine State Archives Microfilm Roll 643), Unpaginated). Daniel was commonly referred to as "Capt. Daniel." During the Revolutionary War, he served in a New Hampshire Regiment and attained the rank of Captain, which is how he was known for the rest of his life. It's believed that he was killed by Benjamin Kimball, husband of his daughter, Susan, in a fight over an unpaid debt. After Daniel's death, Benjamin and Susan left Otisfield and moved to Gilead, ME, or Milan, Coos County, NH, for a few years. They later returned to Otisfield. Daniel's monument is in the Scribner Cemetery, Lower Yard, Scribner Hill, Otisfield. Elizabeth is buried in the Scribner Cemetery, Upper Yard. |
| ii. | EDWARD SCRIBNER, b. 11 October 1721, Exeter, Rockingham, NH53; d. 19 March 1823, Otisfield, Cumberland, ME54,55,56; m. (1) ???, Abt. 1745, Exeter, Rockingham, NH; b. Abt. 1725, NH; m. (2) SARAH TAYLOR, Abt. 1760, New Hampshire; b. Abt. 1730, Waterborough, York, ME57; d. 22 October 1824, Otisfield, Cumberland, ME58,59. |
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Notes for EDWARD SCRIBNER: Edward is commonly referred to as "The Pioneer," because he was the first Scribner to settle in Otisfield, arriving there on foot from Waterborough about 1794 or 1795. In fact, he was the oldest person to ever live in Otisfield, living to the age of 102. He was a lumberman whose purpose for going to Otisfield was to build houses and settle the town. He settled on Scribner Hill on a lot he purchased from George Peirce on 19 December 1796 for $500. Edward and Sarah are buried in the Scribner Cemetery, lower yard, Scribner Hill. |
| iii. | ABIGAIL SCRIBNER, b. 06 March 1723/24, Exeter, Rockingham, NH60. | ||
| iv. | JOHN SCRIBNER, b. 12 March 1728/29, Exeter, Rockingham, NH60; d. Bet. 1729 - 1732, Exeter, Rockingham, NH60. | ||
| v. | JOHN SCRIBNER, b. 18 August 1732, Exeter, Rockingham, NH60; d. Waterborough, York, ME; m. ???, Abt. 1760; b. Abt. 1740. |
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Notes for JOHN SCRIBNER: John was the first Scribner to settle in Waterborough, moving there about 1770 from New Hampshire to do lumbering. According to THE HISTORY OF YORK COUNTY, MAINE (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck,1880), page 388: "The first settler was John Smith, who located near Waterborough Old Corner, in 1768. During the next two years, he was joined by seven other families: John Scribner, Robert Harvey, Alexander Jellison, Wm. Deering, Scammon Hodgdon, Wm. Philpot, and Wm. Nason. These men came from Berwick, Scarborough, and Somersworth, N.H., to engage in lumbering." Along with his brother, Daniel, John served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. |
| vi. | SAMUEL SCRIBNER, SR., b. 19 May 1735, Exeter, Rockingham, NH61; d. 13 November 1815, Waterborough, York, ME61; m. SARAH BUCKNELL, 10 April 1764, Somersworth, Strafford, NH62; b. 29 July 1745, Somersworth, Strafford, NH62; d. 29 December 1829, Harrison, Cumberland, ME62. |
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Notes for SAMUEL SCRIBNER, SR.: Samuel and family moved from Raymond, New Hampshire, to Waterborough in September of 1764. One of the first Constables of Waterborough when the town was incorporated (March 6,1787), Samuel was the first Representative from Waterborough to the District Court of Massachusetts, 1789-91, and in 1794. A sketch in the Lewiston, Maine, "Journal" of 27 February 1889 states: "Samuel Scribner was a great man. Among other things that he set on foot was to get the Province of Maine set off as a State from Mass. He also led in getting the County Seat of York moved from the town of York on the seacoast to what is now Alfred, Me. He also led in getting a portion of the town of Sanford set off as the town of Alfred as the York County Seat, in 1808. Samuel Scribner and two neigh- bors built on the original Scribner farm at Waterboro, Me., about 1790, a two-story building which was used for the alternate sittings of the York County Court until Alfred was set off as the permanent seat of the County. This building was also used for Town Meetings, for a school house, and for the First Baptist Church. An old record says, 'This house was built by Square Scribner, Square Burleigh and Square Warren.' " Samuel enlisted July 1775 at Hollis, ME, and served 8 months in the Revolutionary War. He was about 40 years old when he enlisted and was a noble soldier. |
| vii. | ALICE SCRIBNER, b. 26 October 1736, Exeter, Rockingham, NH63; d. Abt. 1797, Otisfield, Cumberland, ME63. |
| i. | BENJAMIN3 SCRIBNER, b. Bef. 1718, Exeter, Rockingham, NH68; d. Abt. 30 November 1769, Brentwood, Rockingham, NH69; m. ABIGAIL GILMAN, 26 May 1744, Kingston, Rockingham, NH70,71; b. 07 October 1720, Kingston, Rockingham, NH72; d. Aft. 20 November 1771, Brentwood, Rockingham, NH73. |
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Notes for BENJAMIN SCRIBNER: Abigail's first marriage was to Samuel Stevens (born 17 December 1704) of Stratham, Rockingham, NH, on 26 April 1739 in Kingston (NHGR, 3 [op. cit.], 40). It is not clear as to what caused Samuel and Abigail to part. Most likely, he died about 1743, leaving Abigail with two young sons, Samuel (born about 1740) and Daniel (born about 1742). On the other hand, Samuel's will was not probated until 20 January 1755, at which time guardianship of his sons (at the time Samuel was aged "more than 14 years" and Daniel was "less than 14 years") was granted to Benjamin Scribner (PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 5 [op. cit.], 209). Whatever the circumstances, Abigail's marriage to Samuel Stevens was over by the time she married Benjamin 26 May 1744. ABIGAIL'S PARENTS: Jacob Gilman was born in Exeter, and died 11 March 1742/43 in Kingston (KINGSTON EARLY FAMILIES [op. cit.], 89). Mary (Ladd) Gilman was born 28 Dec 1682 in Exeter (Bell, HISTORY OF EXETER [op. cit.], 27g). They married 1 September 1704 in Kingston (KINGSTON EARLY FAMILIES, 89). Benjamin was a husbandman [farmer]. He and the family lived for a time in Kingston, then moved to Brentwood where he joined the Society of Friends. The Brentwood Meeting of Friends was established in 1751 and quickly fell into disfavor with the Hampton Monthly Meeting, due to some reported "disorders" among the people at Brentwood. Among the disorders were that (1) several persons were speaking at the same time at the meetings, (2) they were greeting one another with kisses, "pretending it to be a kiss of charity [which] is not to be commended in the way and manner it is practiced in your meetings: its to be feared will prove of ill consequence if you continue therein," and (3) they were holding meetings at times other than on Sundays, which "is contrary to the practice of Friends and not to be justified amongst us." The Brentwood Meeting was ordered to reply to these complaints in writing. That reply was signed by Benjamin and one other member explaining that, in their opinions, the charges against them "are groundless." The Hampton and Amesbury Monthly Meetings did not accept Benjamin's reasoning and ordered that " the people of Brentwood no longer hold a meeting from this time in the unity of Friends until they condemn the disorders..." The Amesbury and Hampton Meetings withdrew fellowship from the Brentwood people, including Benjamin, on 21 October 1756. The Brentwood group continued to meet, however, as "belonging to the People called Quakers." |
| ii. | MARGARET SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, NH74; d. 08 January 1751/52, Kingston, Rockingham, NH75; m. DAVID SLEEPER, 24 November 1743, Kingston, Rockingham, NH76,77; b. 18 November 1721, Kingston, Rockingham, NH78; d. 18 October 1780, Sandown, Rockingham, NH79. |
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Notes for MARGARET SCRIBNER: Margaret was admitted to membership in the Kingston First Church 22 November 1741 (Ann Theopold Chaplin [contrib.], "Kingston First Church Records," THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 14 [Concord, NH: The New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, 1997],118). Following the death of Margaret, David re-married, taking for his second wife Ruth James (29 March 1735 - 6 July 1823) of Sandown, the daughter of Edmund and Priscilla James (KINGSTON EARLY FAMILIES [op. cit.], 171). There were 14 children born in that second marriage. His main occupation was farming. "He was prominently identified with the early civic affairs of Sandown, and also with the Baptist Church of which he was one of the leading supporters. As commander of the local militia company he hastily assembled his command on hearing the news of the battle of Lexington, and marching to Boston reported for duty in defense of national independence" (Stearns, GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2 [op. cit.], 811). DAVID'S PARENTS: Moses Sleeper was born 22 January 1684/85 in Hampton, and died 13 January 1754 in Kingston. Margaret (Sanborn) Sleeper was born in Kingston 20 March 1697/98. They were married in Kingston 9 January 1714/15 (KINGSTON EARLY FAMILIES, 174; Noyes, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE [op. cit.], 604). |
| iii. | ELIZABETH SCRIBNER, b. Abt. 1724, Exeter, Rockingham, NH80; d. Bef. 02 June 1748, Kingston, Rockingham, NH81; m. ABRAHAM SMITH, 05 January 1742/43, Kingston, Rockingham, NH81; b. 01 June 1720, Exeter, Rockingham, NH81,82; d. Aft. 1782, Kingston, Rockingham, NH83. |
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Notes for ELIZABETH SCRIBNER: Elizabeth was admitted to membership in Kingston First Church 2 January 1742. Abraham joined 14 March 1742 ("Kingston First Church Records," NHGR, 14 [op. cit.], 118-119). ABRAHAM'S PARENTS: Jonathon lived his entire life in Exeter, being born there about 1679 and dying there 29 September 1742. His first marriage was to Mary Ames 17 December 1713/14. She died 21 December 1717. Then, Jonathon married Bridget Kenniston 11 August 1719 in Greenland, Rockingham County, NH. Their 12 children included Abraham, and Deborah (who married John, Elizabeth's brother. See the following article). After Jonathon died in 1742, Bridget married Isaac Clifford 27 October 1743 in Kingston. She died in 1771 (Danny D. Smith, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT SMITH [op. cit.], 92; Metcalf, PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 3, 1741-1749 [Concord, NH: The Rumford Press, 1915], 62; Bell, HISTORY OF EXETER [op. cit.], 43g; "Kingston First Church Records, Marriages by Rev. Joseph Secomb," NHGR, 3 [op. cit.], 41). |
| iv. | JOHN SCRIBNER, b. 15 November 1727, Fremont, Rockingham, NH84; d. 01 January 1813, Fremont, Rockingham, NH84; m. (1) DEBORAH SMITH, 27 September 1750, Kingston, Rockingham, NH85; b. 23 February 1732/33, Exeter, Rockingham, NH86; d. 21 March 1756, Fremont, Rockingham, NH87; m. (2) MARY HARRIMAN, 04 August 1757, Hampstead, Rockingham,NH88; b. 27 March 1737, Haverhill, Essex, MA89; d. 09 December 1770, Fremont, Rockingham,NH90; m. (3) GRACE HUBBARD, 07 March 1771, Fremont, Rockingham,NH90; b. 22 December 1730, Kingston, Rockingham, NH91; d. 21 August 1784, Fremont, Rockingham, NH92; m. (4) ABIGAIL STEVENS, 26 July 1787, Fremont, Rockingham, NH92. |
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Notes for JOHN SCRIBNER: DEBORAH'S PARENTS: See the above Notes for Elizabeth Scribner (25) for information about Deborah's parents. Deborah's brother was Abraham Smith, husband of Elizabeth. MARY'S PARENTS: Joseph Harriman and Lydia Eatton (born 18 October 1694 in Haverhill) were married 23 May 1723 in Haverhill (HAVERHILL VRs, 1 [op. cit.], 105; HAVERHILL VRs, 2 [op. cit.], 103). John's third wife,Grace Hubbard Stuart, was the widow of Samuel Stuart of Kingston. Samuel Stuart was born in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, 3 November 1728. He died in Kingston 2 December 1767 (Blodgette, EARLY SETTLERS OF ROWLEY [op. cit.], 362). GRACE'S PARENTS: Richard Hubbard was born 27 December 1696 in Salisbury, and died 26 December 1782 in Kingston. Abigail (Davis) Hubbard was born 11 March 1702/03 in Haverhill, and died 25 September 1733 in Kingston. They were married 27 December 1722 in Haverhill (KINGSTON EARLY FAMILIES [op. cit.], 109, 110). We have no dates for Abigail Stevens. John was a prominent businessman who transacted all of the legal affairs of Raymond's early residents. He is remembered as an able, upright and worthy citizen. John is listed among the Freeholders of Poplin who, on June 4, 1776, reported on their election of a delegate to the state legislature. He bought 1,000 acres of land in the town of Raymond. Eventually, he divided that property equally among his sons. In 1769, John joined with other Poplin (Fremont) Quaker men in presenting a "Quakers' Petition About Rates" to John Wentworth, Governor of the Province of New Hampshire. It reads in part: "The humble petition of John Scribner of Poplin in said province yeoman in behalf of himself and Jacob Smith of said Poplin, Daniel West and Jeremiah Glidden, both of Deerfield in said province yeomen (all being of the people called Quakers) shows that they apprehend they have been rated illegally and inequitably relating to the tax towards raising men to serve His Majesty's in the last war. Your petitioner humbly conceive that the act by which the men were levied was never designed to tax any of the people called Quakers who were always ready to contribute towards the public expense . . . Wherefore your petitioner in behalf of himself and others above mentioned humbly prays that they be exonerated and discharged from the payment of the whole such part of said tax, as you in your great wisdom shall think most proper and expedient and your petition as in duty bound shall ever pray etc." February 23, 1769 JOHN SCRIBNER On April 17 of that year, the House of Representatives voted "to discharge from paying their respective assessments to said tax namely the said John Scribner" and the other men named in the petition (Nathaniel Bouton (ed.), PROVINCIAL PAPERS. DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS RELATING TO THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM 1764 TO 1776 [Manchester, NH: James M. Campbell, State Printer, 1873], 228). |